SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The Portland Pilots men's cross country team has been picked to finish second at the 2018 WCC Championship in the annual 2018 preseason poll, landing three Pilots on the preseason team.
West Coast Conference coaches selected last year's NCAA Mountain Regional runner-up and NCAA Nationals third-place finisher BYU to take home its fourth consecutive WCC crown and sixth in seven years. Portland picked up the remaining two first place tallies to come in second with 58 votes. The Pilots captured last year's NCAA West Regional in Sacramento before turning in a runner-up finish at NCAA Nationals, just their second NCAA podium appearance in program history.