Illinois sophomore Jimmy Hill jumps into the long jump pit on Jan. 30 at the Jack Skoog Track in the Indoor Athletics Complex.
The men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams were both slotted fifth in Monday’s Mid-American Conference preseason coaches’ poll — which implies two vastly different outlooks for the teams.
Men’s track is slated to finish fifth out of five teams while the women are slotted fifth out of 12. The polls are topped by last year’s indoor conference champions — Akron for the men and Eastern Michigan for the women.
The CMU men and women both finished fifth in last year’s indoor MAC Championship meet and fifth and sixth respectively in the outdoor MAC Championship meet.