LANCASTER, Pa. – Eleven-time defending champion Johns Hopkins has been tabbed as the favorite to repeat in the 2022 Centennial Conference Women's Outdoor Track & Field Preseason Poll. The Blue Jays received all nine possible first-place votes for a total of 81 points to earn the top spot in the voting among CC head coaches. 

Swarthmore was tabbed to finish second with 69 points and the other first-place vote. Dickinson finished close behind in third place with 66 points, followed by Ursinus (57), Franklin & Marshall (44) and Haverford (42) in the top six. McDaniel was projected sixth with 32 points, while Muhlenberg (24), Gettysburg (21), and Bryn Mawr (14) rounded out the poll in seventh through 10th, respectively. 

The majority of CC teams open up the spring campaign in late March. The Centennial Outdoor Championship meet is set for May 6-8 at Ursinus. 

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With 11 consecutive Centennial outdoor titles in hand, Johns Hopkins enters 2022 as the prohibitive favorite to hoist the conference trophy once again. Hopkins secured gold in nine of 21 events at last spring's CC outdoor meet hosted by Muhlenberg. The Blue Jays collected 281 points to win the team title by more than 100 points.  

Both CC major award winners from the 2021 championship are back for Hopkins this spring - Ella Baran and Victoria Kadiri. Baran was named Outstanding Track Performer of the championship after setting a new championship-meet record in the 1500 meters and also anchoring the winning 4x800 relay. Baran also enters 2022 as the conference record holder in the 5,000 meters following a record-breaking performance at the 2021 NCAA outdoor meet. Kadiri collected both Outstanding Field Performer and Outstanding Rookie honors after capturing gold in the high jump, placing second in the 100-meter dash and fifth in the shot put. 

JHU then went on to nab a fifth-place finish at the NCAA Championship, earning seven All-America awards. Dickinson placed 26th at the 2021 NCAA's, while Ursinus finished in a tied for 64th. 

Five individuals that earned All-America accolades at the 2021 NCAA Championship are back on CC rosters this spring - JHU's Baran (1500m, 5,000m, Kadiri (long jump), and Annie Gutierrez (pole vault), Dickinson's Elaina Clancy (10,000m), and Ursinus' Isabelle Deal (javelin). 

2022 Centennial Conference Women's Outdoor Track & Field Preseason Poll