Don't ignore Western Washington, Edinboro and Stonehill

The United States Track & Field and Cross County Coaches Association (whew!) released their pre-season poll.

The ranking is by region, with no real surprises, although apparently I'll have to pay more attention to Western Washington, which the association (which doesn't really say who votes) placed ahead of Alaska-Anchorage. I've been pretty bullish on the Seawolves.

Western Washington has high hopes to improve its finish last year in Slippery Rock -- and they have a coach named "Pee Wee" to boot.

It's worth paying attention to Edinboro (yep, that's where Greg Beardsley ran) and Stonehill, who are picked to win the Atlantic and East regionals, respectively. It's about time some East Coast squads made some noise at nats.