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Manchester Selected Lead 2022 HCAC Women’s Cross Country Race

Manchester University was tabbed to finish the 2022 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) women’s cross country season on top in a vote amongst league coaches.

 The Spartans were voted to reign victorious in the 2022 season, garnering 77 points and six first-place votes. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology picked up the other three first-place votes in route to 74 points and second place. Hanover College snuck into third place with 56 points, narrowly edging out Anderson University, who finished in fourth with 55 points. Rounding out the top half of the poll was Bluffton University, who picked up 47 points.

 

Listed below is the 2022 HCAC Women’s Cross Country Preseason Poll and the 2022 HCAC Athletes to Watch.  For more information on Women’s Cross Country, visit the websites of any of the participating schools, or go to the HCAC's home on the Internet at www.heartlandconf.org.  Be sure to stay up to date on all of your Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference news by following @HCACDIII on Twitter and by liking the "HCAC DIII" Facebook page.

2022 HCAC WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY PRESEASON POLL

(#) Denotes First Place Votes

1.	Manchester University (6)	77
2.	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (3)	74
3.	Hanover College (1)	56
4.	Anderson University	55
5.	Bluffton University	47
6.	Earlham College	39
6.	Franklin College	39
8.	Transylvania University	25
9.	Mount St. Joseph University	23
10.	Defiance College	15

 

2022 HCAC Women’s Cross Country Athletes to Watch:

Anderson

Name	Class	Hometown
Lydia Dyer	SO	Harlan, Ind.
Noelle Loller	SR	Lapel, Ind.
Paige McKain	FY	Brownstown, Ind.
Emilie Penick	JR	Brookville, Ohio

 

Bluffton

Name	Class	Hometown
Brooke Barnes	JR	Ashland, Ohio
Miranda Billman	JR	Castalia, Ohio
Jenia Freewalt	JR	Delphos, Ohio
Basil Gates	SO	Galion, Ohio

 

Defiance

Name	Class	Hometown
Kathleen Hernandez	FY	Holgate, Ohio
Shyla Pemberton	FY	Dayton, Ohio

 

Earlham

Name	Class	Hometown
Elena Strin	SR	Burr Ridge, Ill.

 

Franklin

Name	Class	Hometown
Jill Anspaugh	SR	Shelbyville, Ind.
Ella Bashor	SO	Aurora, Ind.
Angelina Gregory	SR	Indianapolis, Ind.
Haley Makowski	SO	Osceloa, Ind.
Mallory Watson	JR	Greenwood, Ind.

 

Hanover

Name	Class	Hometown
Amberleigh Sorensen	JR	Yorktown, Ind.

 

Manchester

Name	Class	Hometown
Hannah Brubaker	SR	Goshen, Ind.
Sarah Rohr	SR	Rochester, Ind.
Lauren Smith	SR	Anderson, Ind.

 

Mount St. Joseph University

Name	Class	Hometown
Kayla Hess	JR	Cincinnati, Ohio
Avery Moehring	SO	Cincinnati, Ohio
Hannah Morgan	JR	Lawrenceburg, Ind.
Emily Salmons	SR	Harrison, Ohio

 

Rose-Hulman

Name	Class	Hometown
Naomi Knudtson	SO	Colbert, Wash.
Abigail Kurfman	SO	Greenville, S.C.
Madison Lindfelt	SR	Carmel, Ind.
Audrey Pangerc	SO	Pewaukee, Wisc.
Libby Smith	SO	Williamsport, Ind.

 

Transylvania

Name	Class	Hometown
Vanessa Alonso	FY	Lexington, Ky.
Kaycee Moore	FY	Morehead, Ky.
Libby Perkins	FY	Louisville, Ky.
Camden Wilson	FY	Whiteplains, Ala.

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