INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.  –  The women's cross country team received 119 votes in the year's preseason poll, putting them at 7th in the conference. The team also welcomed a new coach last month in Cameron Knudsen.

The team took 7th in the conference championship last year, with Grace Giesler (Owasso, OK/Owasso) leading the returners from that event with a time of 23:57.24 in the 6k. The team average was 24:07.94.
Giesler is one of four NCAA Regional qualifiers returning to the team this season, the others being Victoria Regitz (Rockville, MD/Rockville), Grace Johnson (Rogersville, MO/Logan-Rogersville), and Allison Rush (St. Charles, MO/Francis Howell Central). Regitz had the best individual finish of this season's returners, taking 8th at the Larry Young Invitational with a time of 19:33.53.
 
We are just two weeks away from the first meet of the season, which will take place at the Bearcat Invitational on September 6th at 5:30pm in Bolivar, MO. Links to the team's schedule and social medias can be found above in this article's links.
 
GLVC PRESEASON RANKINGS (1st-place votes)
1. Lewis - 196 (14)
2. Southwest Baptist - 167
3. Drury - 163
4. Truman State - 151 (1)
5. Indianapolis - 150
6. Illinois Springfield - 141
7. Missouri S&T - 119
8. Maryville - 97
9. Missouri-St. Louis - 96
10. Rockhurst - 92
11. McKendree - 64
12. Upper Iowa - 43
13. William Jewell - 37
14. Lincoln - 31
15. Quincy - 28

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