Posted: Aug 26, 2016
SPARTANBURG, S.C.- After finishing in eighth last season, Converse Cross Country is selected to finish ninth during the 2016 season.
Converse returns six runners from last season: Lauren Morris, Autumn Stone, Alison Jouan, Elizabeth Noland, Jane Macsay and Hannah Taber, while adding Jessica Morgan and Kensley Echols to the squad.
The Valkyries hit the course on September 2 as they compete in the USC Upstate Eye Opener. Meet starts at 6:30pm.
2016 Women's Cross Country Preseason Poll
| School (first-place votes) | Total |
| 1. Mount Olive (10) | 100 |
| 2. Limestone | 87 |
| 3. Belmont Abbey (1) | 72 |
| 4. North Greenville | 69 |
| 5. King | 59 |
| 6. Barton | 55 |
| 7. Pfeiffer | 42 |
| 8. Southern Wesleyan | 41 |
| 9. Converse | 37 |
| 10. Lees-McRae | 25 |
| 11. Erskine | 17 |