LANCASTER, Pa. – Nine-time defending champion Johns Hopkins has been selected as the favorite to repeat in the 2022-23 Centennial Conference Men's Indoor Track & Field Preseason Poll. The Blue Jays collected seven first-place votes and 63 points to secure top billing in a vote among Centennial head coaches. 

Ursinus was projected to finish second with 58 points and the remaining two first-place nods. Dickinson was picked third with 44 points, followed by Haverford (40) in fourth. 

Swarthmore (33) edged McDaniel (31) for fifth place, followed by Muhlenberg (22), Franklin & Marshall (19) and Gettysburg (14). 

The 2022-23 opens up this weekend. The Centennial Conference Indoor Championship is slated for Feb. 25-26 at Franklin & Marshall. 

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With nine consecutive Centennial indoor titles, Johns Hopkins will look to tie Haverford's record of 10-straight indoor crowns this winter. The Blue Jays have taken home the CC trophy each year since 2013, and with a win at the 2023 meet would tie Haverford's record winning streak that occurred from 2000-09. 

At the 2022 CC championship, Hopkins compiled totaled 201.5 points to defeat second-place Ursinus (170.7) by 30.8 for the team crown. Haverford still remains atop the all-time list of team titles with 17, while Dickinson and Franklin & Marshall have each collected one indoor crown. 

Six Centennial athletes qualified for last year's NCAA Indoor Championship, including three that return to competition this winter - JHU's Matthew Kleiman, Daniel Chen and Gavin McElhennon. Kleiman secured All-America honors in the mile with a sixth-place finish. 

2022-23 Centennial Conference Men's Indoor Track & Field Preseason Poll