Arkansas No. 8 in USTFCCCA Preseason Rankings

NEW ORLEANS, LA — The women of Arkansas checked in at No. 8 in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Preseason National Coaches Poll, announced Tuesday afternoon

Arkansas leads the way among the two Southeastern Conference teams featured in the preseason poll, with Ole Miss squeezing in the top-20 at No. 15.

The Razorbacks return five All-SEC performers in Taylor Werner, Carina Viljoen, Lauren Gregory, Maddy Reed, and 2018 SEC Freshman of the Year Katrina Robinson

Arkansas finished first at the 2018 SEC Championships and the 2018 NCAA South Central Region Championship, with a 14th place finish at the NCAA Championships.

The 2019 cross country season beings Saturday as reigning SEC Coach of the Year Lance Harter and the Razorbacks travel to Tulsa, Oklahoma to compete at the Hurricane Invitational. The 2019 SEC Cross Country Championships are slated to take place Friday, Nov. 1 in Lexington, Ky.

2019 USTFCCCA Preseason Coaches Poll

  1. Colorado
  2. New Mexico
  3. Washington
  4. Michigan
  5. Stanford
  6. BYU
  7. Wisconsin
  8. Arkansas
  9. Oregon
  10. NC State
  11. Notre Dame
  12. Michigan State
  13. Bosie State
  14. Penn State
  15. Furman
  16. Ole Miss
  17. Iowa State
  18. Columbia
  19. Oklahoma State
  20. Florida State
  21. UCLA
  22. Utah
  23. Princeton
  24. Syracuse
  25. Minnesota
  26. Ohio State
  27. Dartmouth
  28. Penn
  29. Air Force
  30. Villanova

Arkansas was ranked first in two polls released Monday, the Division I Preseason Regional Rankings (South Central) and the Southeastern Conference Preseason Coaches Poll. In the SEC poll, Arkansas was projected to finish first at the 2019 SEC Championships by its league coaches.

2019 Division I Preseason Regional Rankings (South Central)

  1. Arkansas
  2. Texas
  3. Texas A&M
  4. Rice
  5. Texas State
  6. Baylor
  7. SMU
  8. UTRGV
  9. Houston
  10. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
  11. North Texas
  12. Stephen F. Austin
  13. McNeese State
  14. TCU
  15. Incarnate Word

2019 SEC Cross Country Coaches Preseason Poll (points)

WOMEN
Rank Team Points
1 Arkansas (13) 13
2 Ole Miss (1) 32
3 Florida 37
4 Georgia 55
5 Missouri 63
6 Vanderbilt 84
7 Alabama 91
T8 Kentucky 107
T8 Texas A&M 107
10 Tennessee 115
11 Auburn 117
12 Mississippi State 136
13 South Carolina 158
14 LSU 159

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