INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) released the Women's Indoor Track & Field preseason poll on Thursday morning. The women's team was picked seventh out of 14 teams, tallying a total of 85 votes from the coaches in the conference.  

Trailing behind Maryville with 115 votes, and sitting atop Drury with 80 votes, the Bearcats are in good standing as Head Coach Barry Ford leads his sixth season for the women's team. McKendree received 25 more votes than last year, sitting 10th in the 2025 preseason poll.  

The full voting results are below:  

GLVC Preseason Poll – Women's Indoor Track & Field  

1. Lewis 160 (6) 

2. Indianapolis 156 (5) 

3. Southwest Baptist 140 (2) 

4. Lincoln 139 (1) 

5. Missouri S&T 115 

6. Maryville 115 

7. McKendree 85 

8. Drury 80 

9. Truman 73 

10. Rockhurst 71 

11. Illinois Springfield 47 

12. Quincy 45 

13. Upper Iowa 29 

14. William Jewell 19 

The first meet for the Bearcats will be Dec. 5 at the Fightin' Engineers Invite, hosted by Rose-Hulman.  

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