NEW ORLEANS – The UTA Mavericks and Texas State Bobcats are the favorites to win the 2019 Sun Belt Conference Men's and Women's Cross Country titles, respectively, as voted on by the league’s head coaches. The Sun Belt released the preseason poll Thursday in advance of the 2019 season.
The Mavericks' men’s squad, who claimed the 2018 Sun Belt Championship, their fourth overall cross country title, return five of their top seven finishers from last season. Justin Domangue leads the squad and returns for his senior season after finishing fourth at last year's championship.
UTA has not finished lower than third as a team at the Sun Belt Cross Country Championships since 2013.