Wednesday,
August 22, 2007
MORAVIAN MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM SELECTED
SIXTH IN LANDMARK CONFERENCE PRESEASON POLL
MADISON, N.J. --- The 2007 Moravian College men’s cross
country team has been picked to finish sixth in the inaugural Landmark
Conference season in a preseason poll selected by the conference’s
head coaches and sports information directors.
Susquehanna University was selected first in the poll with 64
points just one point ahead of the United States Merchant Marine
Academy with 63 points and three points in front of Juniata College
with 61 points. The University of Scranton finished fourth in the
preseason voting with 42 points while The Catholic University of
America collected 41 points to finish fifth. Rounding out the poll
were the Greyhounds with 29 points, Goucher College with 19 points
and Drew University with 17 points.
Moravian returns five letterwinners returning on the men’s
team. The cross country squad is going into the 2007 season with
high hopes ahead of them as second-year head coach Welles
Lobb looks into building his young teams up enough to be
a top competitor in the Landmark Conference. The team began its
preseason on Wednesday, August 22nd.
The Greyhounds begin their 2007 season on Friday, September 7th
at the Lehigh Valley Games hosted by Lehigh University on the Goodman
Campus at 5:00 p.m. The inaugural Landmark Conference championship
meet will be held on Saturday, October 27th at Goucher College in
Baltimore, Maryland.
2007 Landmark Conference Men's Cross
Country Preseason Poll
Selected by Head Coaches & Sports Information Directors
Rank |
School |
Points |
1. |
Susquehanna
University |
64 |
2. |
United
States Merchant Marine Academy |
63 |
3. |
Juniata
College |
61 |
4. |
The
University of Scranton |
42 |
5. |
The
Catholic University of America |
41 |
6. |
Moravian
College |
29 |
7. |
Goucher
College |
19 |
8. |
Drew
University |
17 |
|