NEW ORLEANS, La. --- The Moravian College men's & women's track & field teams are both ranked in the Mideast Region in the third NCAA Division III Regional Team Index of the 2012 outdoor season released by the U S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Wednesday with the Moravian men second in the region while the women are third. The men are also ranked 14th in the national poll, moving up four spots this week.

The Greyhound men have a total of 269.78 points. Haverford College leads the Mideast Region with 362.44 points. Widener has moved up from sixth to third with 227.52. Salisbury University is fourth with 224.20 points and Messiah College rounds out the top five with 201.69 points.

The Greyhound women have a total of 215.46 points. Johns Hopkins University tops the women's top ten with 258.33 while Salisbury is second with 247.96 points. Lebanon Valley is fourth with 206.48 points while Elizabethtown is fifth with 187.72 points.

The scoring system for the teams shall be the sum of two factors measured per individual/relay performance on the national descending-order lists: place on the descending order list and a weighed value of the individual/relay performance based on the field ("bonus"). Complete information and the polls can also be found at http://www.ustfccca.org/rankings/division-iii-rankings.

Moravian will return to action on Saturday and Sunday, April 28th and 29st as they host the 2012 Landmark Conference Championships.