EOU Women’s Cross-Country Cracks Top Five
By Garrett Christensen on Thursday, August 18th, 2022 in More Top Stories Northeastern Oregon News
LA GRANDE – (Release from Eastern Oregon University) The Cascade Collegiate Conference released the 2022 Coaches’ Preseason Poll Wednesday morning, and the Eastern Oregon University Women’s Cross-Country team is ranked fourth. The Mountaineers tallied 56 points in the poll and sit behind College of Idaho at No. 1, Southern Oregon University at No. 2, and Lewis-Clark State College at No. 3.
The Mounties will have to counter two key losses in Michelle Herbes and Katie Jo Kerbhardt. Herbes was a four-time national qualifier for EOU.
Eastern Oregon will only have one senior for the upcoming campaign, Dierdre McKay. McKay will be joined by a group that consists of four sophomores and three freshmen. Sophomores Kendall Bonzani, Emma Hollon, Jessica McDonald, and Madelyn Nichols will look to make strides from their first year. Lauryn Mitchell will compete in her first competitive fall as a redshirt freshman and Riley Morris and Audrey Gerdig will join the ranks and look to compete as true freshman.
“It is a young group,” Head Coach, Ben Welch said. “I expect them to improve as the season progresses.”
The Mountaineers will start off their 2022 campaign in Talent, Oregon, at the Cascade Collegiate Conference Preview on Friday, Sept. 9. The race will start at 10:00 a.m.
