Despite coming off drastically different seasons, both Loyola’s men’s and women’s cross country teams are focused on internal growth while setting their sights on high finishes in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Championships in November.
Last year, the men’s team stumbled to an eighth-place finish out of nine teams in the MVC, while the women’s team — led by senior Lindsey Brewis — finished second in the MVC. In the preseason MVC poll, coaches from the conference voted and predicted Loyola’s men’s team to finish fifth and the women’s team to finish third.
Even after last year’s finish near the bottom of the MVC, men’s coach Mircea Bogdan said he still has high expectations for his team since the entire roster returns from last season.