BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Conference USA announced today that the WKU women’s cross country team has been picked to finish seventh in the league while the men’s unit was voted ninth.
On the women’s side, Rice was selected to repeat as the C-USA champion with nine first place votes as Middle Tennessee ranked second with three top votes. The top five was rounded out by Southern Miss, Charlotte and North Texas. UTEP grabbed the sixth spot with the Lady Toppers right behind them in seventh. The remaining C-USA teams were predicted in the order of UTSA, Marshall, UAB, Florida Atlantic, FIU and Louisiana Tech.
UTEP was favored on the men’s side to repeat as the C-USA champion, picking up nine first place votes. Middle Tennessee garnered the remaining first place vote and was selected to finish second followed by North Texas in third, Rice at No. 4 and Charlotte rounding out the top five. UTSA, Marshall and Louisiana Tech filled spots six through eight with the Hilltoppers coming in at No. 9. Florida Atlantic was voted to finish 10th and FIU in 11th.
WKU will kick off its season in a week and a half on Saturday, Sept. 3, at the Golden Eagle Invitational in Cookeville, Tennessee. Four races later, the 2016 Conference USA Championships will be hosted by Charlotte in Charlotte, N.C., on Oct. 29.
2016 Conference USA Men’s Cross Country Poll
First Place Votes in Parentheses
- UTEP (9)
- Middle Tennessee (1)
- North Texas
- Rice
- Charlotte
- UTSA
- Marshall
- LA Tech
- WKU
- Florida Atlantic
- FIU
2016 Conference USA Women’s Cross Country Poll
First Place Votes in Parentheses
- Rice (9)
- Middle Tennessee (3)
- Southern Miss
- Charlotte
- North Texas
- UTEP
- WKU
- UTSA
- Marshall
- UAB
- Florida Atlantic
- FIU
- LA Tech
