ROSEMONT, Pa. – The Cairn University Highlanders, who won their first Colonial States Athletic Conference Women’s Cross Country Championship in 2018, are the pick of the coaches to repeat as champions in 2019.
In the preseason poll, the Highlanders received 72 points and three first-place votes. Keystone College was second with 69 points and three first-place votes.
Third place went to Bryn Athyn College with 50 points and one first-place vote, followed by Notre Dame of Maryland University with 48 points.
Cedar Crest College was fifth with 42 points and one first-place vote, followed by Centenary University in sixth with 41 points and one first-place vote.
Rosemont College was seventh with 32 points, followed by Clarks Summit University in eighth place with 31 points and The College of Saint Elizabeth in ninth with 20 points.
Cairn University was also the top pick in the fan poll.
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 Women’s Cross Country Preseason Coaches Poll
- Cairn University – 72 pts (3)
- Keystone College – 69 pts (3)
- Bryn Athyn College – 50 pts (1)
- Notre Dame of Maryland University – 48 pts
- Cedar Crest College – 42 pts (1)
- Centenary University – 41 pts (1)
- Rosemont College – 32 pts
- Clarks Summit University – 31 pts
- College of Saint Elizabeth – 20 pts
