NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Michelle Grecni (Danbury, Conn.) of the Southern Connecticut State University women's indoor track and field team is still the No. 1 ranked pole vaulter in the nation this week for the 2011-12 NCAA Division II Indoor Qualifier List. She cleared a height 3.85 meters achieved at the Metropolitan Championships held on Jan. 23-24.

Titilayo Vanriel (Hartford, Conn.) ranks eighth in the nation with a time of 2:14.31 in the 800 meters achieved at the Metropolitan Championships held on Jan 23-24.

Brittany Brown (Mount Vernon, N.Y.) has a total of four national rankings. She improved upon her previous season best in the 60 hurdles at the Metropolitan Championships held on Jan. 26th with a time of 8.74 and ranks 19th. She also remains ranked No. 2 in the nation in the high jump by clearing a height of 1.76 meters at the UConn Winter Invitational on Jan. 7th and is still ranked No. 9 in the long jump with a leap of 5.75 at the same event. She is currently sixth in the nation in the pentathlon with an overall score of 3662, which is a new school record set at the Brother Jasper Event held on Dec. 12th.

Ashley Bell (Riverhead, N.Y.) is ranked in two events. At the Metropolitan Championships held on Jan 23-24, she is 23th in the 200 metrers with a time of 25.47 and is still 17th in the nation in the 60 meters with a time of 7.75 obtained at the Yale Season Opener on Dec. 3rd.

At the Brother Jasper Invitational held on Dec. 9th, Kimberly Johnson (Lisbon, Conn.) managed to clear a height of 3.71 meters in the pole vault and is now No. 10 in the nation.

The Owls will be back in action this Wednesday for the Manhattan/Fordham Tri-Meet to be held in Manhattan, N.Y. and again on Feb. 10-11 for the Valentine's Invitational to be held in Boston, Mass.