South Carolina Gamecocks

April 8, 2003

COLUMBIA, S.C. - In the first Trackwire.com poll for the 2003 Outdoor Track and Field season, the Gamecock women have been picked as the top team in the nation while the men are ranked eighth. The South Carolina women's team is currently in pursuit of defending its outdoor national title. On the women's side, six Southeastern Conference teams are ranked in the Top 25. On the men's side, eight SEC teams are ranked in the Top 25, four of which hold the top four spots with Auburn taking the top ranking.

The Trackwire 25 projects a hypothetical score for the NCAA meet, factoring in injury reports and other variables supported by information gathered from coaches and NCAA-qualfying competitions across the country. This projection is generated by scoring the Dandy Dozen, a power ranking of the top 12 athletes and relay squads in each NCAA event.

The women's team has seven athletes in six events ranked in the Dandy Dozen, as well as both the 4x100m and 4x400m relays. On the men's side, Carolina has six athletes in four events in the Dandy Dozen, and also has the 4x100m and 4x400m relays ranked.

Women's Rankings Rank. Team Score 1 South Carolina 68 2 LSU 61 3 Texas 49 4 USC 41 5 North Carolina 39 6 Florida 33 7 UCLA 31 8 Yale 26 9 Arkansas 25   Indiana 25 11 Auburn 24 12 BYU 23 13 Cal Poly 21 14 Nebraska 20   Stanford 20 16 SMU 18 17 Georgia 16   Oregon 16   Rice 16 20 Florida State 15 21 North Carolina State 14   Washington State 14 23 Northern Arizona 12   Arizona 12 25 Miami 11

Men's Rankings Rank. Team Score 1 Auburn 50 2 LSU 48 3 Arkansas 46 4 Mississippi State 44 5 USC 39 6 Nebraska 37 7 Tennessee 32 8 South Carolina 30 9 SMU 25 10 Eastern Michigan 24 11 Oregon 23 12 Stanford 20   Georgia 20 14 Texas 19 15 Minnesota 17 16 UTEP 16 17 TCU 14   Florida 14   Texas Tech 14 20 Michigan 13 21 Indiana 12   Missouri 12   North Carolina 12   Iona 12 25 Seton Hall 11   Purdue 11   Colorado State 11   Pennsylvania 11