The Ohio Northern men's cross country team was picked to finish second in the Ohio Athletic Conference preseason poll, voted on by the leagues 10 head coaches.

Northern welcomes back five letterwinners to the team, all of which are All-OAC honorees.

ONU is coming off of one of its most successful seasons in school history where it posted a 114-20 record and finished 14th as a team at the NCAA III Championships.

Ohio Northern opens the season on Sept. 1 as it travels to Bluffton to compete in the annual Bluffton 5k Invitational.

OAC Coaches Preseason Poll

    RankTeam (First Place Votes)Points

1.Mount Union (5)74

2.Ohio Northern (5)72

3.Otterbein63

4.John Carroll57

5.Heidelberg49

6.Baldwin Wallace41

7.Wilmington35

8.Capital30

9.Muskingum20

10.Marietta9