Tiffin University may have won the G-MAC Indoor Track and Field Championships by 85 points, but it will have to prove itself all over again, as the G-MAC preseason poll placed the Dragons third.
The league's coaches expect Hillsdale to emerge on top following Friday's release of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Women's Outdoor Track & Field Preseason Coaches Poll presented by Under Armour.
Only three points separated the preseason favorite and runner-up while the Dragons, the reigning indoor conference team champion, was tabbed third.
The outdoor season provides a few different wrinkles to the schedule of events including the hammer throw and the 3K steeplechase along with the addition of the 1,500-meter run.
For the outdoor season, Hillsdale collected nine of the possible 14 first-place votes and had a total of 160 points from the coaches in the balloting.
Walsh received a pair of first-place votes and was picked a very close second behind Hillsdale with 157 points.
Tiffin was impressive in its first appearance at the conference indoor championships and was tabbed third despite the Dragons' winter accomplishments. The Dragons had the remaining three first-place votes and earned 144 total points.
Great Midwest Women's Outdoor Track & Field Preseason Coaches Poll presented by Under Armour
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- Hillsdale (9 first-place votes) - 160
- Walsh (2 first-place votes) - 157
- Tiffin (3 first-place votes) - 144
- Findlay - 136
- Malone - 123
- Ursuline - 107
- Cedarville - 101
- Kentucky Wesleyan - 82
- Lake Erie - 71
- Davis & Elkins - 67
- Ohio Dominican - 50
- Trevecca Nazarene - 30
- (tie) Alderson Broaddus - 23
(tie) Ohio Valley - 23