ROCK HILL, S.C. - Winthrop was picked to finish eighth in the annual Big South Conference Women's Indoor Track & Field preseason poll, as voted by the league's head coaches and announced Thursday afternoon by the conference office. High Point received eight unanimous first-place votes and 64 total points for the top spot in the voting.
 
Campbell is second with 50 points. Charleston Southern totaled 49 points for third-place, while USC Upstate claimed fourth with 36 points -- just ahead of fifth-place Radford (32 points). UNC Asheville landed sixth in the polling with 26 points, followed by Gardner-Webb (seventh – 19 points) and Winthrop (eighth – 12 points).
 
The 2022-23 women's indoor track & field season begins this weekend, Dec. 1-4, and concludes with the 2022 Big South Women's Indoor Track & Field Championship, Feb. 24-25 at Rector Field House in Blacksburg, Va.
 
2022-23 BIG SOUTH WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD PRESEASON POLL
 
 Rk - School (first-place votes)        Points
 1 - High Point (8)                               64
 2 - Campbell                                      50
 3 - Charleston Southern                    49
 4 - USC Upstate                                36
 5 - Radford                                        32
 6 - UNC Asheville                              26
 7 - Gardner-Webb                             19
 8 - Winthrop                                      12

Note: points are based on a weighted system. First-place votes received 8 points, followed by 7 points for second-place, and so on.