NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — With the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships set for this weekend, the Central College men are No. 10 in the seventh USTFCCCCA Indoor Checkpoint of the season released Tuesday.
           
The Dutch women are No. 18 in the most recent poll

Points in the National Team Rating Index are based off placement in the National Descending Order Lists. The higher an athlete sits on the top-35 list, the more points he or she adds to his or her team's total. These points do not reflect placement or scoring at the NCAA Championships but are to show the individuals and teams that have the best chances at scoring well at said meet.

Gage Huyser's (senior, Pella) heptathlon score of 5,007 points at the Wartburg Final Qualifier gave Central its fifth men's individual entry in the top. Huyser sits No. 7 in the event. Grant Miller (senior, Norwalk) also moved up to No. 29 in the 60-meter hurdles at 8.16 seconds at the Wartburg Final Qualifier.

The women's distance medley relay team of Maddy Stevens (freshman, Grimes, Dallas Center-Grimes HS), Olivia Phillips (freshman, St. Charles, Interstate 35 HS), Kyra Cordes (freshman, Marion) and Peyton Steffen (senior, Marion) are the No. 9 time nationally in 11:45.33. Cordes also added the No. 29 time in the 800-meter run in 2:14.66
                          
Central men top-35 nationally
4 Kale Hobart, heptathlon – 5,093 points
4. Gunner Meyer, 60-meter hurdles – 7.90 seconds
6. Jack Brown, mile run– 4:04.25
7. Gage Huyser, heptathlon – 5,007 points
8. Kale Purcell, triple jump – 49-0.75
16. Gavin Smith, heptathlon – 4,941 points
20. Gunner Meyer, high jump – 6-8.75
20. Lance Bunde, high jump – 6-8.75
27. Kale Hobart, 60-meter hurdles – 8.15 seconds
29. Grant Miller, 60-meter hurdles – 8.16 seconds
 
Central women top-35 nationally
4. Olivia Bohlen, pentathlon – 3,592 points
8. Alivia Roerdink, Kennedy Petersen, Emily McMartin, Ava Parkins, 4x400-meter relay – 3:49.85
9. Maddy Stevens, Olivia Phillips, Kyra Cordes, Peyton Steffen, distance medley relay – 11:45.35
9. Peyton Steffen, 3,000-meter run – 9:36.26
17. Peyton Steffen, mile – 4:54.53
18. Olivia Bohlen, 60-meter hurdles – 8.77 seconds
20. Ava Parkins, 400-meter dash – 56.94 seconds
29. Kyra Cordes, 800-meter run – 2:14.66
33. Maddy Stevens, mile run – 4:57.73
35. Emily McMartin, 200-meter dash – 25.32 seconds