Shauna Howell
The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association ranked the BYU men’s track and field team No. 5 in its outdoor preseason rankings on Monday.
This is the first time in school history that the Cougars have been ranked in the preseason top five. The BYU women’s team opens the season ranked No. 32 out of the 173 Division I teams rated by the USTFCCCA.
The USTFCCCA national ranking index primarily bases its preseason standings off of previous seasons’ results from the top returning athletes and how each athlete ranks compared to other returning individuals nationally.