From the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference 

The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) announced the results of the Men’s Outdoor Track and Field preseason poll, with Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology picked to finish first in 2024 in a vote among league coaches.

Following their Indoor Track and Field Championship, the Fightin’ Engineers were the favorites, with a commanding 80 points. Manchester University finished in second with 74 points, picking up the remaining two first-place votes. Bluffton University (61) finished in third, Hanover College (55) placed fourth and Franklin College (51) rounded out the top half of the poll in fifth.

 
Listed below is the 2024 HCAC Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Preseason Poll and the 2024 HCAC Athletes to Watch.  For more information on HCAC Track and Field, visit the websites of any of the participating schools, or go to the HCAC's home on the Internet at www.heartlandconf.org.  Be sure to stay up to date on all of your Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference news by following @HCACDIII on Twitter and by liking the "HCAC DIII" Facebook page.
 
2024 HCAC Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Preseason Poll
 

1.Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (8) 80

2. Manchester University (1) 74

3. Bluffton University 61

4. Hanover College 55

5. Franklin College 51

6. Mount St. Joseph University 41

7. Anderson University 35

8. Transylvania University 23

9. Defiance College 17

10. Earlham College 13