PORTLAND, Ore. – The Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) announced its 2025 Cross Country Preseason Coaches Poll on Monday, Aug. 25, with the Alaska Nanooks women's team picked to finish fourth and the men's team tabbed seventh.
On the women's side, Alaska earned 69 points in the voting after a standout 2024 campaign that saw the Nanooks place second at the GNAC Championships with a team score of 74. They then went on to place fourth at the 2025 NCAA DII West Regional Championships and 13th at the NCAA DII National Championships. Western Washington, the defending GNAC champion, topped the poll with 100 points and all 10 first-place votes, followed by Alaska Anchorage (83) and Simon Fraser (73). The Nanooks were slotted just ahead of Seattle Pacific, who tied for third at last year's championship meet.
Western Oregon (55), Central Washington (43), Northwest Nazarene (31), Montana State Billings (19), and Saint Martin's (18), rounded out the 2025 GNAC Women's Cross Country Preseason Coaches Poll.
For the men, Alaska collected 39 points to rank seventh in the preseason poll after a seventh-place finish at the 2024 GNAC Championships. Western Washington led the men's ballot with 98 points and eight first-place votes, while Northwest Nazarene followed in second with 92 points and the remaining two first-place nods. Alaska Anchorage (73) and Western Oregon (72) rounded out the top four.
Central Washington (57) placed fifth in the preseason poll, and Simon Fraser (56) placed ahead of Alaska in the sixth spot. The Nanooks were in seventh ahead of Seattle Pacific (32), Saint Martin's (21), and Montana State Billings (10).
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