Charleston Southern Selected 2024 Men's Cross Country Preseason Favorite
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – Four-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 Wednesday.
The Buccaneers claimed the top spot in this year’s poll with eight first-place votes and 80 points.
UNC Asheville, last year’s Runner-Up, finished second in the preseason ranking with 68 points and collected the remaining first-place vote.
High Point placed third in the voting with 67 points, while
Radford claimed fourth in the poll with 54 points.
USC Upstate followed in fifth place with 41 points, with
Longwood in the sixth position with 34 points.
Winthrop landed in the seventh spot (31 points), followed by
Gardner-Webb (eighth-place with 16 points) and
Presbyterian College (9th, 14 points) to round out the preseason rankings.
The men’s cross country season begins Friday, Aug. 30. The 2024 Big South Men’s Cross Country Championship is slated for Friday, Nov. 1
on the campus of Charleston Southern University in Charleston, S.C.
2024 BIG SOUTH PRESEASON MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY POLL
| Rk - School (first-place votes) |
Points |
| 1 - Charleston Southern (8) |
80 |
| 2 - UNC Asheville (1) |
68 |
| 3 - High Point |
67 |
| 4 - Radford |
54 |
| 5 - USC Upstate |
41 |
| 6 - Longwood |
34 |
| 7 - Winthrop |
31 |
| 8 - Gardner-Webb |
16 |
| 9 - Presbyterian College |
14 |
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.