High Point Tops 2023 Women's Cross Country Preseason Poll
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – Six-time defending Big South women’s cross country champion
High Point University has been voted the favorite in the conference’s annual preseason poll by the league’s head coaches, the conference office announced Thursday.
The Panthers received six of the nine first-place votes and 77 points to claim the top spot for the sixth consecutive season.
Charleston Southern, last year’s Runner-Up, received two first-place votes and 73 points to finish second in the poll, while
Radford was third with 65 points and collected the remaining first-place vote.
UNC Asheville finished fourth in the voting with 46 points, ahead of
USC Upstate, which placed fifth in the poll with 40 points.
Longwood claimed sixth-place with 38 points, followed by
Winthrop in seventh with 30 points and
Gardner-Webb in the eighth position (24 points).
Presbyterian College landed in ninth and final position with 12 points.
The women’s cross country season begins Friday, Sept. 1. The 2023 Big South Women’s Cross Country Championship is slated for Saturday, Oct. 28, at Greenhill Park in Salem, Va., and will be hosted by Radford University.
2023 BIG SOUTH PRESEASON WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY POLL
| Rk - School (first-place votes) |
Points |
| 1 - High Point (6) |
77 |
| 2 - Charleston Southern (2) |
73 |
| 3 - Radford (1) |
65 |
| 4 - UNC Asheville |
46 |
| 5 - USC Upstate |
40 |
| 6 - Longwood |
38 |
| 7 - Winthrop |
30 |
| 8 - Gardner-Webb |
24 |
| 9 - Presbyterian College |
12 |
Note: points are based on a weighted system, with first-place votes receiving 9 points, followed by 8 points for second-place, and so on.