BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – The Point Park men's cross country team was voted ninth in the 2025 MEC Men's Cross Country Preseason Poll, the league office announced on Thursday afternoon following a vote of the league's 11 head coaches.

Point Park is coming off a seventh-place finish at the 2024 MEC Cross Country Championships. Returner Luke McKenna finished ninth at the 2024 championship to garner first team All-MEC accolades.

The University of Charleston has been picked as the preseason favorite in the 2025 Mountain East Conference men's cross country poll.

UC (97 points) narrowly edged Davis & Elkins (94 points) for the top spot in the annual preseason poll. The Golden Eagles received seven first-place votes, while the Senators had four.

Following Charleston and Davis & Elkins in the 2025 preseason poll were Concord (75 points), Frostburg State (69 points) and West Virginia Wesleyan (60 points). Glenville State and West Liberty were tied for sixth, followed by Fairmont State, Point Park, Wheeling and West Virginia State. 

The 2025 PPU men's cross country season is set to begin Thursday, Sept. 4 at the West Liberty Invitational. The 2025 MEC Championships will be held Saturday, Oct. 25, on the Crispin Golf Course at Oglebay Resort in Wheeling, West Virginia.