The Ohio Northern women's outdoor track and field team is ranked the highest it has ever been ranked in the fifth weekly United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association power rankings, released Tuesday, May 2.

The Polar Bears (78-4 overall) received 82.57 points in the rankings and are ranked No. 8 in the rankings.

Washington (Mo.) held the top spot with 204.74 points, while Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.) came in second with 124.57 points and Williams (Mass.) rounded out the top-3 with 118.44 points.

Northern is coming off of a dominating first place finish at the Ohio Athletic Conference Championships where they won the title for the first time in seven years.

The Polar Bears return to action May 11-12 as they compete at the North Central (Ill.) Keeler Invitational.

USTFCCCA Power Rankings - Week 5

Tues., May 2

RankSchoolPoints

1.Washington (Mo.)204.74

2.Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Cal.)124.57

3.Williams (Mass.)118.44

4.Ithaca (N.Y.)113.68

5.Nebraska Wesleyan107.45

6.SUNY Geneseo106.98

7.MIT91.07

8.Ohio Northern82.57

9.George Fox (Ore.)82.39

10.Wis.-Eau Claire79.96

11.UMass Boston79.81

12.Redlands (Cal.)70.03

13.Wis.-Whitewater69.75

14.Whitworth (Wash.)69.47

15.Johns Hopkins (Md.)67.22

16.Emory (Ga.)65.74

17.Wartburg (Iowa)64.17

18.Pomona-Pitzer (Cal.)59.70

19.Gwynedd-Mercy (Pa.)54.55

20.OtterbeinOberlin53.34

21.Bates (Maine)49.50

22.Carthage (Wis.)48.66

23.Concordia Moorhead (Minn.)47.61

24.Bridgewater (Va.)46.53

25.Loras (Iowa)44.94