NEW ORLEANS, La. - The Sun Belt released the 2024 Men's Cross Country Preseason Coaches Poll on Wednesday. The App State men's team is projected to finish first and defend their 2023 title, earning 80 points and eight first-place votes.
The Mountaineer men clinched their first Sun Belt title since 2019 last season, totaling 28 points, which is the lowest total at the championship meet since 2013. App State recorded four of the top six finishes and five of the top 13, outpacing last year's coaches poll favorite, Arkansas State, by 19 team points. In his first season as the men's distance coach, Brad Herbster was named SBC Coach of the Year for the Mountaineers' success.