GUELPH, Ont. - On Wednesday, January 22, 2025, the U SPORTS office and Wrestling Canada released their latest national rankings for the 2024-25 season. Six University of Guelph varsity teams headline the latest rankings, with the Gryphons women's track and field team maintaining their No. 2 ranking and the men's track team moving up two spots in the latest rankings to No. 4. Guelph's wrestling sees the men's team at No. 5 while the women's team comes in at No. 7 in the latest national rankings. The Gryphons women's hockey team maintains their hold on the No. 9 spot in the country, while the Gryphons women's basketball team remains in the U SPORTS Top 10 as they drop a spot to No. 10.
 

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Gryphon Teams Nationally Ranked (Jan. 22, 2025)
 

Women's Track and Field	No. 2
Men's Track and Field	No. 4
Men's Wrestling	No. 5
Women's Wrestling	No. 7
Women's Hockey	No. 9
Women's Basketball	No. 10

 

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Track and Field – Women No. 2 and Men No. 4
 
The Gryphons track and field team sees both of their teams in the top 10 of the latest national rankings with the women's team's maintaining their spot at No. 2, while the men move up two spots to sit at No. 4. The University of Guelph track and field program had their student-athletes represented at a trio of meets in Ithica, New York, Toronto and London over this past weekend. In Ithica, NY, Johnathan Jacob (men's long jump), Logan Spicer (men's long jump) and Chloe Zaraska (women's high jump) all booked their ticket to Windsor for nationals after earning their auto bid. In Toronto, Samuel Utting also qualified for the 2025 U SPORTS Track and Field Championship after gaining the automatic qualification in the men's heptathlon. In London, several student-athletes finished in the top 5 in their meet over the weekend. The Gryphons will return to action next weekend when the team heads to a split meet in State College, Pennsylvania for the Penn State National Open and Toronto for the York Open.
 
Wrestling: Men - No. 5 | Women - No. 8
 
The Gryphons wrestling program sees both their men's and women's teams come in at No. 5 and No. 7, respectively, in the latest Wrestling Canada rankings. Guelph is coming off hosting the Guelph Open over the weekend (Jan. 19) which saw Kelyn Young come out on top in the women's 50kg weight class. Logan Stimson finished in 3rd-place in the women's 83kg weight class after winning the third place match. Cooper Feke (men's 61kg), Kayla Smith (women's 55kg) and Emily Younghans (62kg) had strong showings, placing in the 4th. The Gryphon wrestling team is off this weekend before they head to London for the Western Open on February 1.
 
Women's Hockey – No. 9

The Gryphons women's hockey team remains at No. 9 in the latest rankings following their weekend split on home ice. On Friday night (Jan. 17), Guelph needed overtime against the Windsor Lancers but were on the wrong end of the scoreboard when the Lancers scored 2:03 into OT in their 2-1 loss. The Gryphons on the following night (Jan. 18) hosted the Queen's Gaels and needed late game heroics from Meaghan Chittick as she scored with :42 seconds left in regulation to send the game to overtime. The game would head to a shootout where Alexie Olivier scored the winner in the fourth round to cap of a dramatic come-from-behind 4-3 victory. The women's hockey team is back on the ice for two afternoon games this weekend when they host the TMU Bold from the Gryphon Centre Arena on Saturday (Jan. 25), before making the short trip down to Waterloo to take on the No. 7-ranked Waterloo Warriors on Sunday (Jan. 26).
 
Women's Basketball – No. 10
 
The Gryphons women's basketball team remains in the top 10 in the latest national rankings at No. 10 after splitting their weekend road trip. The Gryphons on Friday night (Jan. 17) cruised to an 89-69 win over the Western Mustangs in London as they were led by the double-doubles from Lucy Tesseyman and Hannah Bourdon in the win. On Saturday (Jan. 18), Guelph wasn't able to shake off the Windsor Lancers on the road as Windsor went on a run in the third quarter and the Gryphs had a chance to tie it late but the three ball missed in their 66-63 loss. The women's basketball team returns to the court for two home games this week, starting with the Western Mustangs coming to the GGAC on Wednesday night (Jan. 22) before they host the Waterloo Warriors on Saturday (Jan. 25).
 

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Women's Track and Field
 

Rank	School	Points
1	Western	132.75
2	Guelph	95.5
3	Saskatchewan	74
4	Calgary	65.5
5	Windsor	36.25
6	Manitoba	34
7	Laval	33
8	Victoria	30
9	Regina	23.5
10	Toronto	21.5

Men's Track and Field
 

Rank	School	Points
1	Western	89
2	Manitoba	85.5
3	Alberta	57
4	Guelph	56
5	Windsor	47.5
6	Sherbrooke	40
7	Saskatchewan	37.5
8	Toronto	32.5
9	Dalhousie	28
10	Regina	26.5

Men's Wrestling
 

Rank	Team	Points	Previous Ranking
1	Brock	76	1
2	Alberta	66	2
3	Western	46	3
4	Calgary	36	4
5	Guelph	34	5
6	Saskatchewan	34	6
7	McMaster	27	7
8	TMU	19	8
9	Concordia	12	9
10	York	11	10

Women's Wrestling
 

Rank	Team	Points	Previous Ranking
1	Brock	63	2
2	Calgary	60	1
3	McMaster	42	3
4	Alberta	41	4
5	Saskatchewan	35	5
6	Western	31	6
7	Guelph	24	8
8	Algoma	22	7
9	Concordia	16	9
10	Lakehead	12	--

Women's Hockey
 

Rank	School	Record	Previous Ranking
1	UBC	19-3	2
2	Concordia	12-0	1
3	Alberta	18-4	3
4	StFX	15-5	5
5	UNB	16-4	8
6	Mount Royal	15-7	6
7	Waterloo	13-5	4
8	Nipissing	14-4	7
9	Guelph	12-6	9
10	Toronto	12-7	12

Women's Basketball
 

Rank	Team	Record	Previous Ranking
1	Carleton	15-0	1
2	Laval	6-1	2
3	Saint Mary's	12-0	3
4	Ottawa	13-2	4
5	Saskatchewan	10-2	5
6	UBC	12-1	6
7	Calgary	9-3	7
8	Alberta	10-2	8
9	Toronto Metropolitan	10-4	10
10	Guelph	11-4	9