COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. --- The RMAC released the pre-season polls for men's and women's cross country on Thursday, selected by the coaches around the league. The Hardrocker men's Cross Country team was selected to finish 12^th, meanwhile, the women's cross country team was selected to finish 14^th.

The men's team brings back seven runners who participated last season, and four incoming freshmen. Coach Steve Johnson is happy with the way the men have run so far in camp, "We're very excited about this season. Looking at the polls, I think we'll surprise a few people. It's very early, but the guys look really good so far" said Coach Johnson.

The women's team has even more experience with 10 females returning, and 3 incoming freshmen. According to Coach Johnson the women are in a better place and improving, "we're pretty young right now, but our depth has gotten better each year. If we can get couple of frontrunners, I think we can improve on this ranking".
 
The cross country teams open the season with a race in Rapid City at Robbinsdale park. The women start at 9:15, while the men begin at 10:05. In between the races is an annual event called the kids fun run starting at 9:50. Registration for the Kids fun run is available at the link on the side of the page.