Men's Track and Field | 2/10/2016 9:13:00 PM

TROY, N.Y. - The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men's track & field team has cracked the top 25 of the latest NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field National Team Computer Rankings, released Tuesday by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). The Engineers are 25th this week, the third listing of the season, and first among Liberty League schools.The Engineers, who are coached by, have competed in four meets, three of which featured team scoring. RPI was second of teams at the season-opening Bowdoin Quad Invitational, third of four at the Ithaca College Quad and third of eight at the Middlebury Invitational. Rensselaer's fourth meet was a multi-divisional, non-team scoring competition at Dartmouth College.Individual standouts for the Engineers include junior(East Greenwich, RI / East Greenwich), senior(Merrimac, NH / Central Catholic) and freshman(West Hartford, CT / Hall). A distance runner, Fazio has set multiple school records on his way to winning a pair of Liberty League Track Performer of the Week awards. Yeastedt, the reigning league Field Performer of the Year, has three weekly conference honors to date, and O'Connor, also a distance competitor, has two Rookie of the Week awards.Sophomore jumper(Clear Brook, VA / James Wood) has been the league Field Performer of the Week once, helping Rensselaer to four straight weeks of capturing that honor.RPI features 25 freshmen, 14 sophomores, 19 juniors and nine seniors. They all return to action on Saturday as Rensselaer looks to defend its Liberty League Championship Meet title in Canton, N.Y. Since 2003-04, the Engineers have won five conference meets.