By: Casey Kropka
WESTERVILLE, Ohio – Mount Union women's cross country team picked was picked to finish third in the Ohio Athletic Conference coaches preseason Poll.
The Purple Raiders picked up 52 votes earning a first place vote as well sitting six point behind second place Ohio Northern with 58 points and three first place votes while Otterbein leads the coaches' preseason poll with five first place votes and 61 points.
Mount Union returns the OAC cross country individual champion in junior
Savannah Dennison (Mentor)
Mount Union will also bring back five more of their seven girls from the Great Lakes regional team in seniors
Taylor Hennessey (Madison),
Zoe Seabeck (Concord / Painesville Riverside), juniors
Ava Hartman (Lyndhurst / Beaumont),
Gabby D'Amico (Painesville / Riverside) and
Marah Bethel (Barnesville).
Mount Union welcomes four freshmen to the team as the team will start the season competing at the Panther Open at Schenley Park on Friday, September 4th hosted by the University of Pittsburgh.
2026 OAC Women's Cross Country Preseason Coaches' Poll
- Otterbein 61 (5)
- Ohio Northern 58 (3)
- Mount Union 52 (1)
- Baldwin Wallace 43
- Capital 34
- Heidelberg 30
- Wilmington 20
- Muskingum 18
- Marietta 9
