Women's Cross Country picked to finish third in OAC preseason Coaches Poll

Women's Cross Country picked to finish third in OAC preseason Coaches Poll
August 26, 2016

By Caleb Scott

| OAC Coaches Poll (.pdf) |

ADA — The Ohio Northern women's cross country team was picked to finish third in the 2016 preseason Ohio Athletic Coaches poll, released on Tuesday.

The Polar Bears finished 95-38 overall and fourth in the OAC a season ago under 8th-year head coach Jason Maus.

Otterbein was picked to win the league title with 81 points and nine first place votes, while Mount Union was picked to finish second with 65 points and Northern rounded out the top-3 with 64 points.

The ONU opens the 2016 campaign on Fri. at the Bluffton Invitational 5k.

Coaches Poll

Rank Team (First Place Votes) Points
1 Otterbein (9) 81
2 Mount Union 65
3 Ohio Northern 64
4 John Carroll (1) 61
5 Heidelberg 49
6 Baldwin Wallace 38
7 Capital 32
8 Muskingum 24
9 Wilmington 18

Marietta 18