NEW ORLEANS - The Xavier women's cross country team was ranked 14th in the preseason USTFCCCA Great Lakes Regional poll.
The Musketeers finished the 2017 season ranked 14th in the regional poll and was ranked four times during the regular season, ranking as high as 10th in the region twice. Xavier returns four of its top seven finishers from the NCAA Regional in Jenna Clayworth, Jennifer Prial, Anna Kostarellis and Jane Onders.
Clayworth finished 63rd at the regional, the fifth-highest finish for a freshman at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional.