NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Embry-Riddle men's track and field team is ranked sixth overall in the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field National Team Computer Rankings.  The rankings were released Wednesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
 
The rankings are determined using the national descending order lists for individual and relay events to calculate a point total for each team. The higher an athlete is ranked in the descending order lists, the more points he or she accumulates for his or her team; the more high-ranking athletes a team has, the higher their score.
 
The Blue and Gold received 268.03 points and is the only team from The Sun Conference ranked in the top 25.  The Eagles have posted seven national qualifying standards so far this outdoor season.

The five teams ranked ahead of ERAU are Indiana Tech (357.87), Oklahoma Baptist (328.71), Concordia (314.71), British Columbia (307.37), and Wayland Baptist (300.35).
 
ERAU currently has five individuals and one relay ranked in the top-10 NAIA times/marks this season: the 4x800 relay team of Alec Hernandez, Jamin Mays, DeVontae Persha, and Zachary Kraus own the best time in the nation (7:42.18), James Bullock ranks first in the decathlon (6324 points) and fourth in the pole vault (4.85m), Rico Saldana has the second best mark in the high jump (2.13m), Richard Maku ranks second in the triple jump (14.67m), Lonnie Marts owns the fifth best decathlon score (5722 points), and Zachary Leitzau has the 10th best mark in the pole vault (4.55m).
 
The Eagles will be in action this Friday, April 10th, when they head to Jacksonville for the UNF Invitational. 
 
Click HERE for the complete rankings.