BRUNSWICK — The Bowdoin College men’s cross country team is ranked 21st in the Preseason Poll released by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Among New England programs, Bowdoin ranks sixth in the first USTFCCCA regional ranking of the year.
The Polar Bears are coming off an end-of-year No. 15 ranking in 2011. Bowdoin took a second-place finish at the New England Small College Athletic Conference Championship, a third-place showing at the New England Division III meet and 15thplace finish at the NCAA Championship last fall.
Under head coach Peter Slovenski, who is entering his 27th year at the helm of the program, Bowdoin will open its 2012 schedule on Sept. 15 at the University of Southern Maine Invitational.
The Polar Bears will host the NESCAC Championship meet on Oct. 27 in their only home competition of the autumn.
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