FARMINGTON, Utah – The Big Sky Conference announced the results of the men's and women's cross country preseason poll today. The Vandal women were picked second and the men were selected to finish fourth.
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The Idaho women received 81 points and were selected to finish second. The Vandal women finished fourth at the 2022 Big Sky Cross Country Championship and return their top-8 finishers from last season's team. The top returner is Katja Pattis who finished 10^th in that race to earn All-Conference honors.
 
The men's team was picked to finish fourth, receiving 67 points in the poll. A season ago the Vandals finished fifth at the Big Sky Championships and return six of their top seven scorers. Tim Stevens is the top returner from that race where he finished 18^th.
 
The 2022 cross country season will begin on Thursday, September 1 when the Vandals travel to Colfax, Wash. to race at the Washington State Invite.  The Big Sky championship will take place in Spokane, Washington on October 28.
 

2022 Big Sky Men's XC Poll Results
 

Place	Team	Votes (1st Place)
1st	Northern Arizona	100 (10)
2nd	Montana State	90
3rd	Weber State	77
4th	Idaho	67
5th	Portland State	61
6th	Eastern Washington	47
7th	Montana	41
8th	Idaho State	35
9th	Sacramento State	21
10th	Northern Colorado	11

 
 
2022 Big Sky Women's XC Poll Results
 

Place	Team	Votes (1st Place)
1st	Northern Arizona	100 (10)
T2nd	Idaho	81
T2nd	Weber State	81
4th	Montana State	71
5th	Portland State	61
6th	Idaho State	48
7th	Montana	33
8th	Sacramento State	28
9th	Eastern Washington	27
10th	Northern Colorado	20