St. Joseph's Men's Cross Country Runners Picked to Win Skyline

(Published by the Skyline Conference)

New York, NY - In the 2011 Skyline Preseason Men's Cross Country Coaches' Poll, St. Joseph's College was selected as the front runner. 

The Eagles are the reigning champions and are coming in with a strong attitude that they can do it all again and so do the coaches.  They were selected as the leader of the conference and are being led by their three First Team All-Skyline picks – senior Mike Merolle and sophomores Evan and Eric Haun. Tied for second in the polls is Farmingdale State, paced by senior Sean Tiernan, the Skyline individual champ in 2010, and Maritime, led by junior Luke Milano,

Rounding out the top five are Mount Saint Mary and Yeshiva College, who are both looking for strong seasons. 

Here is the full list of the Coaches' Poll:
1.St. Joseph's -Long Island  (5)     74 pts.
2. Farmingdale State (2)                   69
    Maritime (2)                                   69
4. Mount Saint Mary                          51
5. Yeshiva                                          50
6. Purchase                                       38
7. NYU–Poly                                       31
    The Sage Colleges                         31
9. Mount Saint Vincent                       24
10. Old Westbury (1)                         18

First place votes in parentheses