LANCASTER, Pa. – Ten-time defending champion Johns Hopkins has been unanimously chosen as the favorite in the 2021-22 Centennial Conference Women's Indoor Track & Field Preseason Poll. The Blue Jays received all nine possible first-place votes for a total of 81 points to land atop the poll. 

Dickinson finished second in the preseason vote among CC head coaches, securing the other first-place vote and 70 points. Swarthmore took third with 58 points, with Haverford and Ursinus close behind in a fourth-place tie at 56 points. 

Franklin & Marshall (34) was projected to finish sixth, while Gettysburg (32), Muhlenberg (27), Bryn Mawr (26), and McDaniel (10) rounded out the poll in seventh through 10th, respectively. 

The 2021 season begins this weekend. The Centennial Conference Indoor Championship meet is set for Feb. 26-27 at Ursinus. 

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After a year-long hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Centennial Conference women's indoor track & field teams return to competition this winter. Centennial indoor teams last competed at the 2020 CC Championship, just before the pandemic forced the cancellation of the NCAA Championship. 

Johns Hopkins carries a 10-year CC winning streak into the 2021-22 campaign. At the 2020 CC Championship, the Blue Jays won nine of 19 events and totaled a conference-record 262.25 points to run away with the title. 

Twelve individuals qualified for the 2020 NCAA Championship prior to its cancellation, including three that will be returning to compete this season - JHU's Annie Gutierrez, Ella Baran, and Julianna Lazzari. Gutierrez is the reigning CC Co-Outstanding Field Performer after winning three field events at the 2020 CC Championship. 

2021-22 Centennial Conference Women's Indoor Track & Field Preseason Poll