May 11, 2006

Houston - The University of Houston men's and women's track and field teams have climbed into Trackwire's Top 20 this week. The men's team is ranked 15th after being ranked 23rd last week. The women's team also climbed up one spot to No. 20 this week after being ranked 21st each of the last two weeks in the poll.

The Trackwire Top 25 poll is a projection of team scores at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, and factors in injury reports and other information gathered from coaches and NCAA-qualifying competitions across the country. Scoring a ranking of the nation's Top 12 athletes and relay squads in each NCAA event known as the "Dandy Dozen" generates the projection.

In this week's "Dandy Dozen" women's rankings, junior Ebonie Floyd and the women's 4x400-meter relay team remained in the Number Two and Number Seven spots for the second straight week.

In the men's "Dandy Dozen" poll, Carey LaCour is ranked third and senior Preston Perry is ranked sixth in the 200 meters, while Houston's 4x100-meter relay team is second and the 4x400-meter relay squad is 12th.