ROLLA, Mo. – Missouri S&T's men's cross country team was picked to finish fourth in the Great Lakes Valley Conference for the upcoming 2025 season, while the women's squad was tabbed place seventh in the 14-team race by the league coaches.

The Miner men finished fifth in the GLVC last season and had its first national qualifier in over two decades when Henry Born (Lake Quivira, KS/Shawnee Mission Northwest) earned a spot in the NCAA Division II Championships field, as he followed up his fourth place showing at the GLVC Championships with a ninth place performance at the Midwest Regional.

Besides Born, the Miners also return Andrew Bacon (Webster Groves, MO/Webster Groves), who ended up 18^th at the GLVC Championships last season as part of their 34-man roster for the upcoming year.

S&T's women finished eighth a year ago at the GLVC Championships and will carry 13 runners on the roster this fall, led by sophomores Scout Colvin (Kansas City, MO/Park Hill South) and Meadow Lepert (Lee's Summit, MO/Lee's Summit North), each of whom finished among the top six for the Miners at last year's conference meet.

Defending GLVC champion Lewis was picked to win both the men's and women's conference race this season.

Missouri S&T's first competition of the season is set for Sept. 5 at the Bearcat Classic at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Mo.
 
2025 GLVC Pre-Season Men's Cross Country Poll
1. Lewis, 121 points (11 first place votes)
2. Drury, 109 points (1 first place vote)
3. Illinois Springfield, 100 points
4. Missouri S&T, 83 points
5. Southwest Baptist, 76 points
6. Indianapolis, 75 points
7. Truman State, 56 points
8. Missouri-St. Louis, 52 points
9. Rockhurst, 41 points
10. Maryville, 39 points
11. McKendree, 26 points
12. Quincy, 14 points

2025 GLVC Pre-Season Women's Cross Country Poll
1. Lewis, 169 points (13 first place votes)
2. Southwest Baptist, 149 points (1 first place vote)
3. Illinois Springfield, 140 points
4. Truman State, 132 points
5. Drury, 114 points
6. Maryville, 113 points
7. Missouri S&T, 90 points
8. Rockhurst, 86 points
9. Indianapolis, 85 points
10. (tie) McKendree, 53 points
10. (tie) Missouri-St. Louis, 53 points
12. Lincoln, 37 points
13. Quincy, 27 points
14. Upper Iowa, 26 points