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2023 NAIA Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll – Preseason KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Greatness is back. Defending champion Taylor (Ind.) is a unanimous No. 1 in the Preseason edition of the 2023 NAIA Women’s Cross Country National Coaches’ Poll, which was released on Thursday by the NAIA National Office. The Trojans were a dominant winner last year, tallying 50 points for the lowest total in meet history since 1998.
They return three of their top-4 scorers from last year – Noel VanderWall, Ahna VanderWall (now Neideck) and Audrey Brinkuff. NAIA — Women's Cross Country This Week's National Top Five 1 Taylor (Ind.) 2 Milligan (Tenn.) 3 College of Idaho 4 The Master's (Calif.) 5 St. Francis (Ill.) Cross Country Polls & Rankings NATIONAL POLL CONFERENCE RANKINGS Milligan (Tenn.) – runner-up last year after winning in 2021 – followed at No.
2 ahead of last year’s third-place finisher, College of Idaho. The remainder of the top-5 has The Master’s (Calif.) at No. 4 ahead of 2020 champion St. Francis (Ill.). The 2023 NAIA Cross Country Championships are scheduled to be held Friday, November 17, at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site in Vancouver, Washington.
