Melbourne, Fla.- The Palm Beach Atlantic women's cross-country team, under the leadership of first year head coach Mark Rennix, was selected to finish in fourth place in the preseason SSC poll voted on by the conference coaches.  

Tampa and Nova Southeastern tied for the number one spot in the poll each with 59 points. However, the Spartans received one more first-place vote than the Sharks. Florida Southern rounds out the top three with 52 points, 11 ahead of the Sailfish.  

The Sailfish return four out of five runners from last year's team that made it to the NCAA South Regional tournament under interim head coach Allie Busch, including national qualifier Dominyka Petraskaite. Rennix also welcomes a strong incoming class for the 2025 season. 

The Sailfish kick off the season on September 6th in Lakeland at the Swan City XC Classic hosted by the Southeastern University Fire. The SSC Championships will be held in Lakeland along with the NCAA South regional meet in the same location. The NCAA D2 national championships this year are held in Kenosha, Wisconsin on November 22nd.