LANCASTER, PA – The Johns Hopkins men's indoor track and field team has been picked to win the 2025 Centennial Conference Championship in a preseason vote of the league's head coaches. The Blue Jays won their conference record 11th consecutive crown last winter.  
 
Hopkins received six of a possible eight first-place votes and 62 points overall to land atop the voting. Ursinus was picked second with 59 points and the final three first-place votes. Haverford took third in the voting with 46 points, followed by McDaniel (37) and Muhlenberg (36) in the top five.  
  
At last year's championship, the Blue Jays totaled 187.5 points throughout the two-day event to edge second-place Ursinus by five points for the team championship. The Blue Jays return 13 Centennial All-Conference athletes, including First-Team members Emmanuel Leblond, Connor Oiler, Aiden Deffner, Ethan Oluwole and Fisayo Omonjie.  
 
Johns Hopkins opens the season tomorrow as the Blue Jays will send athletes to compete at Navy, Boston University and Ursinus.  
 
2024-25 Centennial Conference Preseason Poll 
1. Johns Hopkins (6) – 62 points 
2. Ursinus (3) – 59 
3. Haverford – 46 
4. McDaniel – 37 
5. Muhlenberg – 36 
6. Dickinson – 32 
7. Franklin & Marshall – 22 
8. Swarthmore – 17 
9. Gettysburg – 13