Eastern Eagles Placed Sixth in the Men’s Preseason Poll Results and the Women’s Team in Ninth

The Big Sky finalized college cross country preseason poll results for fall 2022

The Big Sky Conference published their preseason poll results today (Aug. 24) for the men and women's cross country team. Out of ten teams, the men's Eastern Washington University cross country team came in sixth place with 47 votes and the women's team was picked ninth with 27 votes.

For the men's cross country team, winning the poll for first place was Northern Arizona University with a total of 100 votes. Followed by Montana State University with 90 votes for second, and for third place came Weber State University with a number of 77 votes.

Just two places ahead of EWU is the University of Idaho who were ranked fourth in the preseason poll, with a number of 67 votes alongside Portland State University for fifth place just six votes below. Following the Eagles for seventh place with 41 votes was Montana State University and with 35 votes was Idaho State University for eighth.

Stealing the last two spots on the preseason poll was Sacramento State University and Northern Colorado University. Sacramento State received 21 votes for ninth place while Northern Colorado came in tenth place with 11 poll votes.

For first place on the women's cross country preseason poll is Northern Arizona University with a vote count of 100. Creating a second-place tie, with 81 votes, was the University of Idaho and Weber State University. And right behind the tie, Montana State University received 71 votes for fourth place along with Portland State University who was ranked fifth with 61 votes.

Tailing right after is Idaho State University, who came in sixth place with 48 votes, as well as Montana State University with 33 votes for seventh. With only one more vote than Eastern, Sacramento State University pulled ahead with 28 votes for eighth place, while University of Northern Colorado was placed in the tenth spot with 20 votes.

This fall 2022 season, the EWU cross country team comes with 23 returning runners, 12 on the women's side and 11 for the men, as well as six fresh new student-athletes ready to race.

The Eagles kick off the season with its first home meet. EWU hosts the Clash of the Inland Northwest on Sept. 1, along with the invited teams Gonzaga University, Montana State University, Lewis and Clark State College, Spokane Community Colleges, Whitman University, Whitworth University and Walla Walla University. The men's cross country team will start the meet with a 6K at 10 A.M. following the women's 4K at 10:45 A.M.

2022 Big Sky Men's XC Poll Results

Place	Team	Votes (1^st Place)
1^st	Northern Arizona	100 (10)
2^nd	Montana State	90
3^rd	Weber State	77
4^th	Idaho	67
5^th	Portland State	61
6^th	Eastern Washington	47
7^th	Montana	41
8^th	Idaho State	35
9^th	Sacramento State	21
10^th	Northern Colorado	11

2022 Big Sky Women's XC Poll Results

Place	Team	Votes (1^st Place)
1^st	Northern Arizona	100 (10)
T2^nd	Idaho	81
T2^nd	Weber State	81
4^th	Montana State	71
5^th	Portland State	61
6^th	Idaho State	48
7^th	Montana	33
8^th	Sacramento State	28
9^th	Eastern Washington	27
10^th	Northern Colorado	20

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Eastern Eagles Placed Sixth in the Men’s Preseason Poll Results and the Women’s Team in Ninth

The Big Sky finalized college cross country preseason poll results for fall 2022