Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges enter the 2025 season ranked No. 6 in the nation and Pomona-Pitzer Colleges received votes in the USTFCCCA Preseason Coaches Poll.
USTFCCCA Poll
Owners of the second-longest active SCIAC championship streak across all sports, the Athenas and four-time Coaching Staff of the Year winner
Marina Muncan welcome back their top four runners after an 11
th-place finish at the NCAA Championship. Athlete of the Year
Riley Capuano and Newcomer of the Year
Sadie Drucker placed first and second at last year’s title race. Two-sport star
Revere Schmidt also placed sixth after winning Newcomer honors in 2023, extending a streak of six consecutive Newcomer honors for CMS harriers that also includes
Elle Marysla, who finished runner-up in 2023 before missing last season due to injury. A fifth All-Conference runner rounds out the anticipated scoring lineup as
Sara Wexler made the All-SCIAC First Team in 2023.
Pomona-Pitzer Colleges also bring back five All-Conference runners as each of
Fiona Bodkin,
Eva Novy-Hildesley,
Joya Terdiman,
Megan Walter and
Kendall Madine made the Second Team last fall. Madine was the only first-year to crack the conference’s Top-20 before the team recorded a 30
th-place finish at NCAAs.
Occidental College, led by two-time First Team All-SCIAC honoree and NCAA qualifier
Jenna LeNay, ranked No. 6 in the regional poll.
USTFCCCA Regional Poll
CMS opens the season on Saturday, Aug. 30 at the Mark Covert Classic which has been moved from Brea to Fullerton, while Pomona-Pitzer will begin its season at the Cal State San Marcos Invite on Saturday, Sept. 13 and Occidental will open at the Master's Invitational in Santa Clarita on Saturday, Sept. 20.
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