NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Washburn Ichabod women's track and field team has earned its highest ranking in program history in the first USTFCCCA Rating Index coming in at No. 6 in the first checkpoint of the outdoor season. The Ichabods were ranked No. 23 in the final indoor rating index.

Washburn has four marks recorded this season in the top five: Isabel Demarco de Quadros (#2 in the pole vault), Ilaria Villa (#2 discus), Eve Weber (#3 in the steeplechase) and Nairui Krein (#3 in heptathlon).

The Ichabods are scheduled to compete at the ESU Midwest Classic this weekend.

National Rank		Team	Points	Conference	Region	2024 FINAL
1		PITTSBURG STATE	348.60	MIAA	Central	1
2		WEST TEXAS A&M	319.17	Lone Star	South Central	6
3		GRAND VALLEY STATE	313.24	GLIAC	Midwest	4
4		FRESNO PACIFIC	208.56	PacWest	West	15
5		AZUSA PACIFIC	195.30	PacWest	West	3
6		WASHBURN	177.38	MIAA	Central	23
7		U-MARY	170.79	NSIC	Central	16
8		CENTRAL WASHINGTON	156.28	GNAC	West	---
9		SOUTHWEST BAPTIST	152.18	GLVC	Midwest	---
10		OKLAHOMA BAPTIST	139.11	GAC	Central	53
11		TEXAS A&M-KINGSVILLE	138.81	Lone Star	South Central	45
12		CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO	132.72	CCAA	West	---
13		ANGELO STATE	127.97	Lone Star	South Central	8
14		LEWIS	124.32	GLVC	Midwest	---
15		CSU PUEBLO	119.75	RMAC	South Central	40
16		ADAMS STATE	119.75	RMAC	South Central	2
17		MISSOURI SOUTHERN	115.21	MIAA	Central	20
18		LENOIR-RHYNE	114.57	SAC	Southeast	9
19		MINNESOTA STATE	111.37	NSIC	Central	5
20		WINGATE	105.49	SAC	Southeast	---
21		LEE (TENN.)	104.88	GSC	South	50
22		CUI	101.98	PacWest	West	---
23		CENTRAL MISSOURI	100.38	MIAA	Central	34
24		COLO. SCHOOL OF MINES	98.50	RMAC	South Central	12
25		CAL POLY POMONA	95.83	CCAA	West	50