Head Coach
Nick Ramirez's Pitt-Johnsotwn men's cross country team has been picked to finish 12th, while the women were selected 15th when the 2024 PSAC Preseason Cross Country Polls were released on Thursday. Voted was done by the league's coaches.
On the men's side, Shippensburg received 14 of the 15 first-place votes and was chosen to win this year's championship. Slippery Rock got eight first-place votes and Bloomsburg collected six first-place votes and were picked to finish first and second, respectively on the women's side.
In 2023, the Mountain Cat men placed 14th at the PSAC Championships, and the women placed 16th.
Pitt-Johnstown is scheduled to open the 2024 campaign at the Lebanon Valley College Dutchman Invitational on September 7.
2024 PSAC Men's Cross Country Preseason Poll (# of first-place votes in parentheses)
1. Shippensburg (14)
2. Slippery Rock (1)
3. IUP
4. East Stroudsburg
5. Kutztown
6. California
7. Lock Haven
8. West Chester
9. Bloomsburg
10. Gannon
11. Edinboro
12. Pitt-Johnstown
13. Seton Hill
14. Mansfield
15. Shepherd
2024 PSAC Women's Cross Country Preseason Poll (# of first-place votes in parentheses)
1. Slippery Rock (8)
2. Bloomsburg (6)
3. Shippensburg (3)
4. East Stroudsburg
5. Millersville
6. Kutztown
7. Edinboro
8. Lock Haven
9. California
10. West Chester
11. Seton Hill
12. Clarion
13. IUP
14. Gannon
15. Pitt-Johnstown
16. Mansfield
17. Shepherd
