CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--The nine America East women’s indoor track & field coaches selected the University at Albany women as the favorites to win the conference in 2010-11. The Great Danes will look to defend their America East indoor title for the first time in program history.
Albany received six first-place votes and 62 points overall to lead the poll. The Great Danes finished just three points ahead of Boston University, which grabbed the remaining three first-place votes and 59 points. The University of Maine took third in the poll with 48 points, followed by University of New Hampshire in fourth with 42 points. The next four spots were closely contested with UMBC taking fifth place (28 points), just ahead of Binghamton University (27), Stony Brook University (26) and University of Vermont (24). University of Hartford (8) completed the nine-team poll. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams.
For more on the America East women's indoor track and field preseason poll, click here.
The University at Albany men’s indoor track & field team was unanimously selected by the America East coaches as the preseason favorite to capture its sixth straight indoor track and field title in 2011. The Great Danes have won the America East championship five straight years.
The Albany men garnered all eight possible first-place votes from opposing coaches, earning 64 points in the poll. Coaches were not allowed to vote for their own teams. Binghamton University was second, receiving the remaining first-place vote and 53 points overall. Boston University grabbed third in the poll with 49 points. UMBC earned fourth place with 41 points, University of New Hampshire took fifth with 39 points and University of Maine came in sixth with 32 points. Stony Brook University (18 points), University of Vermont (17) and University of Hartford (11) rounded out the nine-team poll.
For more on the America East men's indoor track and field preseason poll, click here.