High Point Voted Favorite in Annual Preseason Women's Indoor Track & Field Poll
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – Defending Big South Champion
High Point University has been unanimously voted the top team in the annual Big South Conference Women’s Indoor Track & Field preseason poll, as voted by the league’s head coaches and announced Thursday afternoon by the conference office. The Panthers received all seven first-place votes and 49 points repeat as conference champions in 2023-24.
Charleston Southern was second to High Point with 42 points, ahead of third-place
Radford (31 points).
UNC Asheville and
USC Upstate tied for fourth in the preseason ranking with 25 points each, while
Winthrop was sixth with 16 points.
Gardner-Webb landed in the seventh and final spot in the polling with eight points.
The 2023-24 women’s indoor track & field season begins today and thru this weekend, Nov. 30-Dec. 3, and concludes with the 2024 Big South Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championship, Feb. 23-24 at Rector Field House in Blacksburg, Va.
2023-24 BIG SOUTH WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD PRESEASON POLL
| Rk - School (first-place votes) |
Points |
| 1 - High Point (7) |
49 |
| 2 - Charleston Southern |
42 |
| 3 - Radford |
31 |
| T-4 - UNC Asheville |
25 |
| T-4 - USC Upstate |
25 |
| 6 - Winthrop |
16 |
| 7 - Gardner-Webb |
8 |
Note: points are based on a weighted system. First-place votes received 7 points, followed by 6 points for second-place, and so on.