Carmel, Ind. - The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference has released the 2025 Women's Cross Country Preseason Poll, which sees the Spartans selected to finish second.
The Spartans received 75 points as well as five first place votes in a vote amongst fellow HCAC coaches. Manchester Men's Cross Country finished third last season, falling short to Berea and Hanover. Coach Cashdollar looks to emulate the most recent Women's Cross Country Championship seasons, 2021 and 2022.
Women's Cross Country returns three All-Conference runners from the 2024 season in Sophomore
Chesnee Miller, Sophomore
Ava Egolf, and Senior
Rylee Stephany. Additionally, Sophomore
Sophia Chen and Sophomore
Addison Ebert were selected to the 2025 HCAC Athletes to Watch list.
Manchester Cross Country opens the season Saturday, September 6th at the Franklin Invitational, start time of 10:00 AM.
2025 HCAC WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY PRESEASON POLL
(#) Denotes First Place Votes
| 1. |
Hanover College (5) |
77 |
| 2. |
Manchester University (5) |
75 |
| 3. |
Berea College |
62 |
| 4. |
Transylvania University |
52 |
| 5. |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
50 |
| 6. |
Franklin College |
41 |
| 7. |
Anderson University |
31 |
| 8. |
Earlham College |
28 |
| 9. |
Bluffton University |
21 |
| 10. |
Mount St. Joseph University |
10 |
https://heartlandconf.org/news/2025/8/21/hcac-2025-womens-cross-country-preseason-poll.aspx
