Top 20 Whittier College Track & Field Performances 2012
Men's Power Rankings
A track & field power ranking represents the relative strength of performance for the event based upon a statistical distribution curve of all performances of the event post high school. The statistical distribution curve is indexed on a scale of 0 to 8. A score of 4.0 represents the median performance for an event. 50% of all performances achieved are superior to a 4.0 power-ranked performance and 50% of all performances are inferior.
| Name | Event | Power Rank |
| Kevin Curbelo | 400m | 6.44 |
| Kimble Tillman | 100m | 6.44 |
| Kevin Curbelo | 200m | 5.82 |
| Alex Jungsten | 110mh | 5.62 |
| Nanahene Djan | 100m | 5.35 |
| Nathaniel Smauley | 1500m | 5.29 |
| Oreese Hoyes | 100m | 5.27 |
| Zach Garrett | 100m | 5.21 |
| Joshua Ehinger | 3000mSC | 5.18 |
| Kyle Feurehelm | 1500m | 5.10 |
| Caleb Carillo | 400m | 5.09 |
| Kyle Feurehelm | 800m | 5.04 |
| Joshua Ehinger | 1500m | 4.99 |
| Alex Jungsten | 100m | 4.97 |
| Daniel Brody | 3000mSC | 4.84 |
| Kimble Tillman | 200m | 4.82 |
| Matthew Gonzalez | 1500m | 4.80 |
| Marco Godinez | 1500m | 4.79 |
| Hayden Schmidt | 5000m | 4.77 |
| John Jackson | 400m | 4.75 |
Whittier College Track & Field School Records
Ranked by strength of the performance relative to all performances in the world for that event.
| No. | Name | Year | Event | Power Rank (Statistical Distribution 0-8) |
| 1 | Stan Sanders | 1963 | Discus | 7.11 |
| 2 | Troy Lyons | 1972 | Long Jump | 7.09 |
| 3 | Tom Vaughn | 1986 | Javelin | 7.06 |
| 4 | Ron Hamley | 1971 | 400m Hurdles | 7.03 |
| 5 | Randolph Carter | 1932 | 200m | 6.82 |
| 6 | Lew Jones | 1967 | 800m | 6.73 |
| 7 | Juan Rodriguez | 1999 | 10,000m | 6.67 |
| 8 | John Temidara | 2003 | High Jump | 6.65 |
| 9 | Luis Ibarra | 2002 | 3000m Steeplechase | 6.59 |
| 10 | Roger Fulcher | 1979 | 100m | 6.56 |
| 11 | Bob Watkins | 1961 | 110m Hurdles | 6.42 |
| 12 | Kevin Curbelo | 2011 | 400m | 6.37 |
| 13 | Jhalister Corona | 2001 | 1500m | 6.28 |
| 14 | Ike Sanders | 1971 | Triple Jump | 6.25 |
| 15 | John Glenn | 1966 | Shot put | 6.11 |
| 16 | Dennis Forthoffer | 1979 | 5000m | 5.95 |
| 17 | Billy Colbert | 1962 | Pole Vault | 5.05 |
| 18 | Alex Jungsten | 2012 | Decathlon | 4.68 |
| 19 | Brandon Wilcox | 2012 | Hammer | 4.65 |
2012 SCIAC Track & Field Power Rankings
Strength of Event in the SCIAC (based upon the top six performances in the conference)
| No. | Event | Power Rank |
| 1 | 800m | 6.2883 |
| 2 | 400m | 6.2806 |
| 3 | 100m | 6.1667 |
| 4 | 1500m | 6.1033 |
| 5 | 3000m Steeplechase | 6.0800 |
| 6 | 200m | 5.9583 |
| 7 | Long Jump | 5.7633 |
| 8 | 400m Hurdles | 5.7112 |
| 9 | 5000m | 5.7100 |
| 10 | Triple Jump | 5.7050 |
| 11 | 110m Hurdles | 5.5117 |
| 12 | Pole Vault | 5.4550 |
| 13 | High Jump | 5.1900 |
| 14 | Javelin | 4.6850 |
| 15 | Discus | 4.4500 |
| 16 | Hammer | 4.3800 |
| 17 | Shot Put | 3.7217 |
2012 NCAA DIII Track & Field Power Rankings
Difficulty of qualifying to the National Championships
| No. | Event | Power Rank |
| 1 | 3,000m Steeplechase | 6.70 |
| 2 | 1,500m | 6.53 |
| 3 | 800m | 6.48 |
| 4 | 400m Hurdles | 6.30 |
| 5 | High Jump | 6.25 |
| Pole Vault | 6.25 | |
| 7 | 100m | 6.23 |
| 5,000m | 6.23 | |
| 9 | 400m | 6.22 |
| 10 | 10,000m | 6.19 |
| 11 | Triple Jump | 6.13 |
| 12 | 200m | 6.09 |
| 13 | Long Jump | 6.04 |
| 14 | Hammer | 5.86 |
| 15 | 100m Hurdles | 5.85 |
| 16 | Discus | 5.77 |
| 17 | Javelin | 5.56 |
| 18 | Shot Put | 5.47 |
| 19 | Decathlon | 5.32 |
