NEW LONDON, N.H. - October 31, 2019 - The Colby-Sawyer men's and women's cross country teams will compete at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championship this weekend in Standish, Maine. 

The championship will be held at Saint Joseph's College of Maine on Saturday. The women's 6K race will begin at 1 p.m., followed by the men's 8K race at 2 p.m. Full GNAC release > HERE

In a vote of the league's coaches for a pre-championship poll, the Colby-Sawyer men's team was selected to win the title. The Chargers earned 92 points and six first-place votes to be picked ahead of Norwich (88 points, 2 1st place votes) and Suffolk (84 points, 1 first place vote). Emmanuel got the remaining first-place vote and was picked fifth. 

On the women's side, Colby-Sawyer was picked to finish as the runner-up. The Chargers garnered 105 points, nine points behind conference favorite Suffolk with 114 points. The Rams collected five first-place votes, while Colby-Sawyer earned four. Emmanuel received the final two first-place votes to be selected third with 92 points.  

2019 GNAC Men's Cross Country Pre-Championship Poll

Place	Team	Points	1st Place
1.	Colby-Sawyer	92	6
2.	Norwich	88	2
3.	Suffolk	84	1
4.	Saint Joseph's Maine	70
5.	Emmanuel	62	1
6.	Regis	47
7.	Johnson & Wales	44
8.	Saint Joseph CT	27
9.	Lasell	24
10.	Rivier	12

2019 GNAC Women's Cross Country Pre-Championship Poll

Place	Team	Points	1st Place
1.	Suffolk	114	5
2.	Colby-Sawyer	105	4
3.	Emmanuel	92	2
4.	Saint Joseph's Maine	82
5.	Regis	79
6.	Norwich	74
7.	Simmons	61
8.	Johnson & Wales	49
9.	Lasell	30
10.	Saint Joseph CT	22
11.	Rivier	18

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