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New Story Women Claim No. 1 in Preseason SEC Cross Country Coaches Poll

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The Gator Women (1) look to repeat as SEC champs, while the Men (8) look to build off of a productive first season under coaches Will and Sam Palmer

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -
Florida's Men's and Women's Cross Country teams were predicted to finish No. 8 and No. 1 respectively in the 2024 SEC Cross Country Preseason Coaches' Poll, the conference announced Tuesday.

Florida earned nine of 16 first-place votes in the women's poll. Points for the men's poll were awarded on a 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13 basis, while points for the women's poll were awarded on a 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15 basis, where the fewest combined points determined the final ranking. Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own teams.

The women's program enters the 2024 Cross Country season looking to repeat as SEC Champions after taking home the title in 2023. The SEC title was their first since 2012, and the seventh in program history. The men look to continue their forward momentum from last season, when they improved to seventh in the SEC Championship meet and tenth in the NCAA South Regional, up from 10th and 19th respectively in 2022.

The SEC cross country season is set to begin the weekend of Aug. 30, and Florida will compete in the UCF Invitational in Orlando that day to open the season. and the 2024 SEC Cross Country Championships are slated to take place Friday, Nov. 1 in Bryan-College Station, Texas.

The complete results from the 2024 SEC Cross Country Coaches' Preseason Poll can be found below.

2024 SEC Cross Country Coaches' Preseason Poll - first-place votes in ()

MEN
WOMEN
Rank
Team
Points
Rank
Team
Points


1

Arkansas (11)

15

1


Florida (9)

21

2


Alabama (3)

23

2


Alabama (7)

27

3


Texas

47

3


Arkansas

50

4


Ole Miss

62

4


Tennessee

61

5


Texas A&M

71

5


Ole Miss

84

6


Auburn

73

6


Texas A&M

92

7


Tennessee

78

7


LSU

107

8


Florida

96

8


Texas

119

9


Missouri

102

T9


Auburn

139

10


Kentucky

117

T9


Vanderbilt

139

11


Oklahoma

124

11


Missouri

148

12


Georgia

147

12


South Carolina

160

13


LSU

150

13


Kentucky

178

14


Vanderbilt

169

14


Oklahoma

182

15


Mississippi State

193

16


Georgia

220



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