LEXINGTON, Ky. - Rose-Hulman is the preseason favorite to win the men's Heartland Conference indoor track and field crown while Hanover was the choice among the league's women's teams.

The indoor track season gets underway this weekend. Transy's men and women will travel to the Otterbein Invitational on Saturday.

Following Rose-Hulman on the men's preseason poll were Defiance, Manchester, Franklin, Anderson, Hanover, Earlham, Mt. St. Joseph, Bluffton, and Transylvania. The Engineers received 100 points and all 10 first-place ballots in the coaches poll. Rose-Hulman has won the first two HCAC indoor championships and will be looking for its third in a row in February at Deviance.

On the women's side, Hanover received nine first-place votes and 95 points to top Rose-Hulman (87). Those two were followed by Franklin, Manchester, Anderson, Defiance, Bluffton, Mt. St. Joseph, Earlham, and Transy.

Hanover won the school's first indoor championsip last year, topping Rose-Hulman by a point.

For more information about the men's poll, click here. 

For additional information about the women's poll, click here.