NEW ORLEANS – Following a 14th-place finish at the 2024 NCAA Championship, the Johns Hopkins Men's Cross Country Program opens the 2025 season ranked No. 4 in the US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Preseason Poll, released Wednesday. The No. 4 ranking sets a program record in the preseason poll, originally set in 2014 when the program entered at No. 7.
Defending national champion Wisconsin-La Crosse tops the poll after receiving all 10 first-place votes. Wartburg, the 2024 national runner-up, ranks second, followed by SUNY Geneseo in third, with Pomona-Pitzer rounding out the top five.
The Blue Jays, who finished 14
th nationally in back-to-back years, welcome back six of seven runners from last year's squad, highlighted by senior star
Emmanuel Leblond, who finished sixth at the 2024 NCAA Championships.
2025 USTFCCCA Preseason Poll Top 10
1. Wisconsin-La Crosse (10 first-place votes) – 300
2. Wartburg – 290
3. SUNY Geneseo – 275
4. Johns Hopkins – 266
5. Pomona-Pitzer – 263
6. North Central (IL) – 242
6. St. Olaf – 242
8. RPI – 232
9. Williams – 212
10. Wisconsin-Whitewater - 203
