San Antonio - The Trinity University Tigers men's track and field team has received a No. 6 national indoor Division III ranking by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Trinity, led by second-year head coach David Svoboda, who also coaches the Tiger women's team, held  the No. 6 ranking the previous week. The Tigers amassed 75 rankings points, and are just 3.98 points behind fifth-place Wisconsin-La Crosse.

Tiger senior Todd Wildman of Dallas (Jesuit), the defending men's national indoor pentathlon champion, received an NCAA automatic qualifying score in the event. Wildman also has an NCAA automatic qualifying time in the 55-meter hurdles (7.50 seconds), the high jump (2.04m), and the long jump (6.96m). He currently sits at 1st, 9th, and 13th in those events respectively.

The men's distance medley team of Wildman; senior Chass Armstrong of Boerne, Texas (Boerne); junior Zach Brush of Edmond, Okla. (Edmond North); and senior Bryant Wright of Tulsa, Okla. (Holland Hall); has earned an NCAA provisional qualifying time (9:59.66) and is ranked 5th in the country.

Sophomore Spencer Hayes of Clear Lake, Texas (Clear Lake), registered an NCAA provisional mark in the 55-meter dash (6.44 seconds) and currently sits at 12th in the country.

Junior Caitlin Masse of Katy, Texas (Cinco Ranch), ran an NCAA provisional time in the women's 5,000 meters  (17:23.48) and is ranked 10th in the nation.

The NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships begin March 12 at Greencastle, Ind., hosted by fellow SCAC school Depauw University.

The Tiger teams will compete in two meets over the weekend. The NYU (New York University) Fast Track is slated for Friday in New York. Trinity will also be a competing team Saturday at the UIW (University of the Incarnate Word) Invitational in San Antonio.