Wingate Men's Cross Country Ranked No. 6 in USTFCCCA Preseason National Poll; Four Teams Ranked in Southeast Region
August 30, 2022
The Wingate Bulldogs are ranked No. 6 in the nation according to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Men's Cross Country Preseason Poll released on Tuesday (Aug. 30).
In addition to a No. 6 national ranking, the Bulldogs were picked first in the Southeast Region Poll, followed by Anderson at No. 3, Catawba at No. 5, and Tusculum at No. 9.
USTFCCCA NCAA Division II
Men's Cross Country National Coaches' Poll
2022 Preseason - August 30th
| RANK | TEAM & INFO | PTS | 2021 FINAL |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
|
ADAMS STATE South Central Region (1) RMAC Damon Martin (28th) |
237 (5 fpv) |
2 |
| 2 | 
|
COLO. SCHOOL OF MINES South Central Region (2) RMAC Chris Siemers (11th) |
235 (3 fpv) |
3 |
| 3 | 
|
GRAND VALLEY STATE Midwest Region (1) GLIAC Jerry Baltes (24th) |
222 | 1 |
| 4 | 
|
AUGUSTANA (S.D.) Central Region (1) NSIC Tracy Hellman (22nd) |
213 | 4 |
| 5 | 
|
CHICO STATE West Region (1) CCAA Gary Towne (27th) |
209 | 8 |
| 6 | 
|
WINGATE Southeast Region (1) SAC Pol Domenech (3rd) |
197 | 6 |
| 7 | 
|
COLORADO CHRISTIAN South Central Region (3) RMAC Jon Poag (9th) |
195 | 10 |
| 8 | 
|
WESTERN COLORADO South Central Region (4) RMAC Jennifer Michel (16th) |
183 | 7 |
| 9 | 
|
MISSOURI SOUTHERN Central Region (2) MIAA Jamie Burnham (7th) |
175 | 13 |
| 10 | 
|
UC-COLORADO SPRINGS South Central Region (5) RMAC Mark Misch (16th) |
164 | 5 |
| 11 | 
|
CHARLESTON (W.VA.) Atlantic Region (1) Mountain East Nick Bias (9th) |
163 | 14 |
| 12 | 
|
LEE (TENN.) South Region (1) GSC Caleb Morgan (9th) |
153 | 17 |
| 13 | 
|
PITTSBURG STATE Central Region (3) MIAA Ben Barrows (2nd) |
148 | 15 |
| 14 | 
|
WALSH Midwest Region (2) G-MAC Rob Mizicko (11th) |
133 | 18 |
| 15 | 
|
FRESNO PACIFIC West Region (2) PacWest Ray Winter (9th) |
127 | 21 |
| 16 | 
|
MICHIGAN TECH Midwest Region (3) GLIAC Kristina Owen (3rd) |
120 | 24 |
| 17 | 
|
WAYNE STATE (MICH.) Midwest Region (4) GLIAC Grant Lofdahl (6th) |
104 | 16 |
| 18 | 
|
ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE South Region (2) GSC David Cain (25th) |
103 | 12 |
| 19 | 
|
MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE South Region (3) GSC Matthew Reneker (3rd) |
92 | 23 |
| 20 | 
|
NEB.-KEARNEY Central Region (4) MIAA Brady Bonsall (16th) |
78 | 25 |
| 21 | 
|
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL East Region (1) Northeast-10 Logan Sharpe (2nd) |
74 | 11 |
| 22 | 
|
CAL POLY POMONA West Region (3) CCAA Chris Bradford (6th) |
69 | 30 |
| 23 | 
|
LEWIS Midwest Region (5) GLVC James Kearney (9th) |
63 | 9 |
| 23 | 
|
WEST TEXAS A&M South Central Region (6) Lone Star Matt Stewart (1st) |
63 | 22 |
| 25 | 
|
AZUSA PACIFIC West Region (4) PacWest Sean Smith (3rd) |
48 | --- |
| 26 | 
|
SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT East Region (2) Northeast-10 John Wallin (13th) |
38 | 19 |
| 27 | 
|
SAGINAW VALLEY STATE Midwest Region (6) GLIAC Rod Cowan (13th) |
29 | --- |
| 28 | 
|
EDINBORO Atlantic Region (2) PSAC Nathan Meeuwenberg (2nd) |
25 | 28 |
| 29 | 
|
EMBRY-RIDDLE (FLA.) South Region (4) Sunshine Michael Rosolino (20th) |
20 | 29 |
| 30 | 
|
WESTERN WASHINGTON West Region (5) GNAC Pee Wee Halsell (36th) |
18 | --- |
Also Receiving Votes: Colorado Mesa 13, Cedarville 7, Cal State San Marcos 2
Southeast Region -- Men
| RANK | TEAM CONFERENCE |
2021 FINAL |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
WINGATE SAC |
1 | |
| 2 | 
|
AUGUSTA PBC |
4 | |
| 3 | 
|
ANDERSON (S.C.) SAC |
5 | |
| 4 | 
|
EMMANUEL (GA.) Conference Carolinas |
6 | |
| 5 | 
|
CATAWBA SAC |
3 | |
| 6 | 
|
UNC PEMBROKE Conference Carolinas |
7 | |
| 7 | 
|
FLAGLER PBC |
8 | |
| 8 | 
|
LEES-MCRAE Conference Carolinas |
10 | |
| 9 | 
|
TUSCULUM SAC |
11 | |
| 10 | 
|
GEORGIA COLLEGE PBC |
12 |