Chico State has been selected as the favorite in the 2024 CCAA Women's Cross Country Coaches Preseason Poll.
 
The Wildcats received eight of the 11 first-place votes and accumulated 117 points to grab the top spot in the annual poll. Stanislaus State is second with 109 points and two first-place votes. Cal Poly Pomona received the remaining first-place vote and finished third with 102 points.
 

CCAA WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY COACHES POLL
Chico State (8)	117
Stanislaus State (2)	109
Cal Poly Pomona (1)	102
Cal State San Marcos	82
Cal State East Bay	66
Cal Poly Humboldt	55
Cal State Monterey Bay	55
Cal State San Bernardino	48
Sonoma State	47
San Francisco State	34
Cal State LA	11
(First-place votes in parenthesis)

Fourth place went to Cal State San Marcos with 82 points. Cal State East Bay placed fifth with 66 points. Cal Poly Humboldt and Cal State Monterey Bay were deadlocked with 55 points and finished in a tie for sixth. It was also very close for eighth place, where Cal State San Bernardino edged out Sonoma State 48-47. San Francisco State (34) and Cal State LA (11) completed the list.
 
Chico State returned to the winner's circle at the 2023 CCAA Championships and hoisted their 13th conference title in the last 15 seasons. The Wildcats carried that momentum to place third at the NCAA West Regional and earn an invitation to compete in the NCAA Championships. Chico will return five of its top six runners from its 2023 regional team.
 
Stanislaus State placed second at the CCAA Championships and ninth at the NCAA West Regional. The Warriors are expected to be led by two sophomores, Jacqueline Sanchez and Annie Wild, whom each earned All-CCAA honors last season.
 
The coaches are expecting Cal Poly Pomona to be right back where it was in 2023; third place. The Broncos had their best CCAA finish since 2019 last season and carried that momentum into a sixth-place finish at the regional.
 
Cal State San Marcos has placed in the top 5 at the last three CCAA Championships, and it kept that run going with a fourth-place finish in 2023. The Cougars gained experience last season and will return 14 letterwinners.
 
Eight student-athletes will return for Cal State East Bay this season. The Pioneers were picked one spot higher than where they finished at the 2023 CCAA Championships.
 
Sixth place was a tie between Cal Poly Humboldt and Cal State Monterey Bay with 55 points. CSUMB placed fifth at the 2023 CCAA Championships, and Humboldt finished ninth.
 
Cal State San Bernardino placed eighth last season and is picked to finish there again. They edged out Sonoma State, who returns 2023 CCAA Individual Champion Gianna Bomarito, by one point (48-47 points). All-CCAA selection Anika Pettinger returns for San Francisco State, which was picked to finish 10th. Cal State LA completed the list (11).
 
The 2024 Cross Country seasons begin the weekend of Sept. 6-7. Sonoma State will host the Seawolf Invite at the site of the 2024 CCAA Championships, Woodward Park, on Sept. 7, and multiple CCAA teams are expecting to be there to open the season. For more information on the 2024 CCAA Championships, click here.

 

2024 CCAA WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY WATCHLIST
Name	Yr.	School
Gianna Bomarito	JR	Sonoma State
Jaclyn Denham	SR	Chico State
Vivian Martinez	JR	Cal Poly Pomona
Iresh Molina	JR	Chico State
Della Molina	JR	Chico State
Sophie Pelletier	SR	Chico State
Anika Pettinger	JR	SFSU
Jacqueline Sanchez	SO	Stanislaus State
Hannah Wirth	SR	Chico State
Annie Wild	SO	Stanislaus State