Charleston Southern Tops 2022 Men's Cross Country Preseason Poll
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – Two-time defending Big South men’s cross country champion Charleston Southern University has been voted the favorite in the conference’s annual preseason poll by the league’s head coaches, the conference office announced Monday.
The Buccaneers claimed the top spot in this year’s poll with eight first-place votes and 98 points. High Point, last year’s Runner-Up, finished second in the poll with 87 points and collected one first-place vote. UNC Asheville placed third in the voting with 76 points, while Radford claimed fourth in the poll with 68 points.
Campbell followed in fifth place with 61 points and received the remaining first-place vote, with USC Upstate in sixth at 56 points. Winthrop garnered seventh-place with 37 points, followed by Longwood (eighth, 32 points). Gardner-Webb (ninth, 21 points) and Presbyterian College (10th, 14 points) round out the preseason rankings.
The men’s cross country season begins Thursday, Sept. 1. The 2022 Big South Men’s Cross Country Championship is slated for Saturday, Oct. 29, in Farmville, Va., and will be hosted by Longwood University.
2022 BIG SOUTH PRESEASON MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY POLL
| Rk - School (first-place votes) |
Points |
| 1 - Charleston Southern (8) |
98 |
| 2 - High Point (1) |
87 |
| 3 - UNC Asheville |
76 |
| 4 - Radford |
68 |
| 5 - Campbell (1) |
61 |
| 6 - USC Upstate |
56 |
| 7 - Winthrop |
37 |
| 8 - Longwood |
32 |
| 9 - Gardner-Webb |
21 |
| 10 - Presbyterian College |
14 |
Note: points are based on a weighted system, with first-place votes receiving 10 points, followed by 9 points for second-place, and so on.