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Sports News: Fall 2000

Thursday, September 21, 2000

GREYHOUNDS WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY 9TH IN NATION

BETHLEHEM, PA --- After three straight invitational wins to open the 2000 season, the Moravian College women’s cross country team moved up to ninth in the second NCAA Division III poll of the season.

The Greyhounds, who have won the Kutztown Maroon & Gold Invitational (a Div. II race), the Lafayette College Invitational (a Div. I meet) and the Muhlenberg College Invitational (a Div. III event), were 12th  in last week’s first poll of the 2000 season.  Moravian has won the last seven Middle Atlantic Conference Championships and has also competed in the NCAA Division III National Championships the last seven years.

Junior Emily Shertzer has captured first place in each meet this season and has been followed by junior Kim Jaick, junior Heidi Wolfsberger, junior Erin Boyle and senior Hannah Wood. All five of Moravian’s top runners have finished in the top 16 of each race this fall.  The Greyhounds will compete at the New York University Invitational this weekend.

NCAA Division III Women’s Cross Country Rankings – Sept. 19, 2000

Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points Last Week Best Rank
1. Middlebury College (7) New England 199 1 1
2. Calvin College (1) Great Lakes 193 2 2
3. University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Midwest 179 4 3
4. Williams College New England 173 3 3
5. Luther College Central 167 8 5
6. St. Olaf College Central 159 5 5
7. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Midwest 154 7 7
8. Hamilton College Atlantic 141 6 6
9. Moravian College Mideast 138 12 9
10. Baldwin Wallace College Great Lakes 131 10 10
11. Brandeis University New England 119 11 11
12. Amherst College New England 102 13 9
13. University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse Midwest 102 14 7
14. College of New Jersey Atlantic 101 9 5
15. Wartburg College Central 98 15 15
16. Ithaca College Atlantic 79 16 16
17. Dennison College Great Lakes 60 20 17
18. Loras College Central 59 17 17
19. Augustana College Midwest 59 21 19
20. SUNY-Geneseo Atlantic 49 19 11
21. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps West 43 18 17
22. Dickinson College Mideast 32 24 22
23. Emory University South/Southeast 23 23 23
24. Concordia-Moorhead Central 13 22 22
25. Washington University Midwest 10 10 25

Others receiving votes: DePauw College (6), Colby College (4), SUNY-Cortland (3), RPI (3)