ROSEMONT, Pa. – The Cairn University Highlanders, who won the 2018 Colonial States Athletic Conference Men’s Cross Country Championship, are the pick of the coaches to repeat as champions in 2019.
In the preseason poll, the Highlanders received 47 points and five first-place votes. Keystone College was second with 41 points and one first-place vote.
Taking third was Rosemont College with 28 points, while Centenary University was fourth with 26 points and one first-place vote.
Fifth place went to Bryn Athyn College with 21 points, followed by Clarks Summit University with 19 points and the College of Saint Elizabeth with 14 points.
The fan pick with 900 of the nearly 1100 votes cast was Keystone College
The season starts August 30, with the CSAC preview meet at Bryn Athyn set for Thursday, October 10. The CSAC Championship, also at Bryn Athyn, is set for Saturday, November 2.
2019 CSAC Men’s Cross Country Preseason Coaches Poll
- Cairn University – 47 pts (5)
- Keystone College – 41 pts (1)
- Rosemont College – 28 pts
- Centenary University – 26 pts (1)
- Bryn Athyn College – 21 pts
- Clarks Summit University – 19 pts
- College of Saint Elizabeth – 14 pts
