WICHITA, Kan. — The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) is proud to announce the 2023 KCAC Women's Cross Country Preseason Team. The group is made up of the top returning runners from the 2022 season, along with the top returning runner from Evangel University from last season's Heart of America Women's Cross Country Championship.
The University of Saint Mary leads the preseason team with 10 honorees. This includes four runners who finished in the Top 10 at last season's KCAC Women's Cross Country Championship. The Spires' Riley Hiebert, who took home last season's individual title, returns for her junior season.
Tabor College ranks second in the conference with four honorees on the preseason team, followed by Kansas Wesleyan University, which has three. Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Friends University, York University, and Evangel University each have one honoree. Evangel's Skylar Adams finished 7th at last season's Heart of America Women's Cross Country Championship, and her time would have been good for a 16th-place finish at last year's KCAC Women's Cross Country Championship.
The preseason team includes four seniors, nine juniors, and eight sophomores.
| NAME |
INSTITUTION |
CLASS |
HOMETOWN |
2022 KCAC CHAMPIONSHIP FINISH |
| Riley Hiebert |
University of Saint Mary |
Jr. |
Eudora, Kan. |
1st |
| Reagan Hiebert |
University of Saint Mary |
Jr. |
Eudora, Kan. |
3rd |
| Brooke Wiebe |
Tabor College |
Sr. |
Elbing, Kan. |
5th |
| Maddy Walter-Sherretts |
University of Saint Mary |
Jr. |
Leavenworth, Kan. |
6th |
| Natalia Quiroz |
Oklahoma Wesleyan University |
Jr. |
Euless, Texas |
7th |
| Kate Madsen |
University of Saint Mary |
Jr. |
Hiawatha, Kan. |
8th |
| Danielle Allison |
Tabor College |
Sr. |
Oakley, Kan. |
9th |
| Madisyn Ehrlich |
Kansas Wesleyan University |
So. |
Salina, Kan. |
10th |
| Josie Tyrrell |
University of Saint Mary |
So. |
Shawnee, Kan. |
13th |
| Carlie Gregg |
University of Saint Mary |
Jr. |
Moses Lake, Wash. |
15th |
| Yesenia Flores |
University of Saint Mary |
Sr. |
Walnut, Calif. |
16th |
| Josie Koppes |
Kansas Wesleyan University |
Jr. |
Manhattan, Kan. |
19th |
| Reagan Clark |
University of Saint Mary |
So. |
McLouth, Kan. |
20th |
| Joni Schroeder |
Kansas Wesleyan University |
So. |
Salina, Kan. |
21st |
| Abigail White |
University of Saint Mary |
So. |
Pretty Prarie, Kan. |
24th |
| Rebekah Choriego |
Friends University |
So. |
Towanda, Kan. |
25th |
| Sonya Zimmerman |
Tabor College |
Jr. |
Valley Center, Kan. |
26th |
| Emilia Diaz |
University of Saint Mary |
So. |
Great Bend, Kan. |
27th |
| Adrienne Selzer |
Tabor College |
So. |
Sharon Springs, Kan. |
28th |
| Shianne Philipp |
York University |
Sr. |
York, Neb. |
31st |
| Skylar Adams |
Evangel University |
Jr. |
Mansfield, Mo. |
7th (Finish at 2022 Heart of America Conference Championship) |
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