INDIANAPOLIS – UIndy was voted in the preseason coaches' poll to finish second in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) women's outdoor track and field championships, the league office announced on Thursday.
The preseason poll is selected by the league's head coaches, who, per GLVC Bylaws, are not permitted to vote for their own team.
No. 2 Indianapolis
- Received one first-place vote and 155 total points.
- Finished runner-up at GLVC Championship and tied for 53rd at the NCAA Division II Championships last season.
- Coached by Brad Robinson in his first season, who replaces long-time mentor Scott Fangman but has served as the head cross country coach for the past eight seasons.
- Return 2023 All-GLVC hammer throw champion, Zoe Pentecost, long jump and 400-meter hurdles champion, Ellie Lengerich, as well as pole vault runner-up, Sabrina Robison.
- Pentecost earned All-America honors at last year's NCAA Championship with a seventh-place finish in the hammer.
The complete poll and voting results can be found below.
| Rank |
School |
Points (1st-place votes) |
| 1. |
Lewis |
164 (11) |
| 2. |
Indianapolis |
155 (1) |
| 3. |
Southwest Baptist |
136 (1) |
| 4. |
Missouri S&T |
122 |
| 5. |
Maryville |
113 |
| 6. |
Drury |
109 (1) |
| 7. |
Truman State |
94 |
| 8. |
Illinois Springfield |
85 |
| 9. |
William Jewell |
74 |
| 10. |
McKendree |
66 |
| 11. |
Missouri-St. Louis |
54 |
| 12. |
Upper Iowa |
43 |
| 13. |
Rockhurst |
35 |
| 14. |
Quincy |
24 |
