Women's Track and Field Ranked No. 23 in the USTFCCCA NCAA D1 Preseason Poll
1/6/2016 2:18:00 PM | Women's Track & Field
Women's Preseason Poll Full Ranking
The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced the NCAA Division 1 Indoor Preseason Poll on Tuesday, January 6th, which has Kent State's women's track and field team ranked 23rd in the country.
The Golden Flashes are the lone Mid-American Conference team picked to finish in the top-25 in both the women's and the men's rankings.
Individually ranked in the preseason poll were Dior Delophont, Morgan Estes, Jackie Leppelmeier and Danniel Thomas.
Delophont is ranked eighth in the high jump (1.84m | 6' 1.5") and tied for 10th in the triple jump (12.86m | 42' 2.25"). Estes is ranked 30th in the preseason poll in the pole vault at 4.10m (13' 5.25"). Leppelmeier is seeded 11th in the country in the weight throw at 20.46m (67' 1.5"), while Thomas is second in the nation in the shot put at 17.71m (58' 1.25"). *All marks were recorded during the 2015 season and are used to rank athletes.
Earlier this week, Kent State was selected to finish second in the MAC Preseason Coaches' Poll, behind defending champion Eastern Michigan.
The Golden Flashes return to action on January 16th when they host the Doug Raymond Invitational in the Kent State Field House.
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