Annville, Pa. – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's cross-country team was picked fourth in the pre-Championship Coaches' Poll on Wednesday by the league's 18 head coaches ahead of this Saturday's race.
The Ducks finished in the top five in the pre-championship rankings for the fifth straight year, slotting comfortably into fourth with 228 points, 23 points back of DeSales and 20 points clear of Misericordia. Lebanon Valley, the two-time reigning champions, amassed 16 of the 18 first-place votes for a poll-leading 287 points; 2021 and 2022 conference champion Messiah was second with the remaining two first-place votes and 271 points.
The entire poll can be found below:
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
1st Place Votes |
| 1 |
Lebanon Valley |
287 |
16 |
| 2 |
Messiah |
271 |
2 |
| 3 |
DeSales |
251 |
|
| 4 |
STEVENS |
228 |
|
| 5 |
Misericordia |
208 |
|
| 6 |
York |
193 |
|
| 7 |
Widener |
187 |
|
| 8 |
Marywood |
181 |
|
| 9 |
Eastern |
175 |
|
| 10 |
Arcadia |
142 |
|
| 11 |
King's |
140 |
|
| 12 |
Alvernia |
122 |
|
| 13 |
Stevenson |
91 |
|
| 14 |
Hood |
80 |
|
| 15 |
Delaware Valley |
72 |
|
| 16 |
FDU-Florham |
64 |
|
| 17 |
Albright |
32 |
|
| 18 |
Neumann |
30 |
|
Stevenson will host both the men's and women's conference championships in Owings Mills, Md. on Saturday, October 31, with the men's 8K race scheduled to commence at 12 Noon. Appropriate race links are available at StevensDucks.com.
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