NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Washburn Ichabod men's track and field team is ranked No. 11 in the first national poll of the season released today by the USTFCCCA. The ranking is the highest for the Ichabods since being ranked No. 14 in the 2020 preseason poll. Washburn finished the 2024 season ranked No. 21 in the nation.
 
The Ichabods will be in action this weekend at the Washburn Open Jan. 31-Feb. 1 inside the Washburn Indoor Athletic Facility.
 
So far this season, the Ichabods have top 10 individual rankings in the 200m (Ezekiel Seamster – No. 2), high jump (Matt Heckman – No. 9) and in the heptathlon (Chaney Martin – No. 3). Additionally, the Ichabods have a total of eight in the top 15 of the rankings this season with Tre Richardson and Seamster being ranked 11th in the 60m, Jordan Dale ranked 12th in the high jump and the 4x400m relay team ranked 15th.
 

National Rank		Team	Points	Conference	Region	2024 FINAL
1		GRAND VALLEY STATE	229.47	GLIAC	Midwest	2
2		PITTSBURG STATE	192.61	MIAA	Central	1
3		COLO. SCHOOL OF MINES	153.79	RMAC	South Central	11
4		WINGATE	138.24	SAC	Southeast	9
5		WEST TEXAS A&M	103.34	Lone Star	South Central	4
6		NORTHWEST MISSOURI	99.84	MIAA	Central	6
7		MINNESOTA STATE	80.23	NSIC	Central	7
8		ADAMS STATE	79.17	RMAC	South Central	3
9		UC-COLORADO SPRINGS	78.09	RMAC	South Central	14
10		ASHLAND	72.04	G-MAC	Midwest	29
11		WASHBURN	67.22	MIAA	Central	21
12		TIFFIN	56.73	G-MAC	Midwest	22
13		ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE	53.56	GSC	South	---
14		AZUSA PACIFIC	52.92	Independents	West	---
15		HILLSDALE	50.42	G-MAC	Midwest	41
16		ALASKA ANCHORAGE	49.32	GNAC	West	---
17		HOLY FAMILY (PA.)	47.20	ECC	East	---
18		ANGELO STATE	46.53	Lone Star	South Central	14
19		HARDING	41.04	Independents	Central	8
20		FINDLAY	40.50	G-MAC	Midwest	22
21		OKLAHOMA BAPTIST	39.82	Independents	Central	38
22		CARSON-NEWMAN	39.18	SAC	Southeast	---
23		CSU PUEBLO	37.20	RMAC	South Central	22
24		FORT HAYS STATE	36.98	MIAA	Central	30
25		ACADEMY OF ART	35.26	Independents	West	30