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Sports News: Fall 2000

Wednesday, October 18, 2000

MORAVIAN WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY BACK UP TO 8TH IN NATION

BETHLEHEM, PA --- With its win at the Allentown College Invitational last Saturday, the Moravian College women's cross country team improved one spot to eighth in the nation in this week's NCAA Division III national poll.

The Greyhounds have won five of the six meets they have run in this season and placed second in the other race.

Junior Emily Shertzer (Hummelstown/Lower Dauphin HS) has captured first place in three of six meets this season.  Shertzer has been followed by junior Kim Jaick (Coopersburg/Southern Lehigh HS), junior Heidi Wolfsberger (Moosic/Riverside HS), who won the Allentown Invitational, junior Erin Boyle (Philadelphia/ Nazareth Academy) and senior Hannah Wood (Palm/Upper Perkiomen HS).  All five of Moravian's top runners have finished in the top 40 of each race this fall.

The Greyhounds will compete Saturday, October 21st at the West Chester University Invitational.

 NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Rankings - Oct. 17, 2000

Rank

Team (first place votes)

Region

Points

Last Week

Best Rank in 2000

1.

Middlebury College (8)

New England

200

1

1

2.

Calvin College

Great Lakes

192

2

2

3.

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Midwest

183

3

3

4.

St. Olaf College

Central

173

4

4

5.

Williams College

New England

171

5

3

6.

Luther College

Central

161

6

5

7.

Baldwin Wallace College

Great Lake

151

7

 7

8.

Moravian College

Mideast

144

9

 8

9.

Ithaca College

Atlantic

135

11

 9

10.

Wartburg College

Central

128

16

10

11.

College of New Jersey

Atlantic

121

8

5

12.

Hamilton College

Atlantic

111 

13

6

13.

University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse

Midwest

97

10

7

14.

SUNY-Geneseo

Atlantic

95

14

9

15.

Brandeis University

New England

90

12

11

16.

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Midwest

74

T24

7

17.

Amherst College

New England

71

T18

9

18.

Loras College

Central

61

T18

12

19.

Washington (MO) University

Midwest

59

15

15

20.

Willamette University

West

51

21

20

21.

Nebraska Wesleyan

Central

32

17

17

22.

Elmhurst College

Midwest

26

22

22

23.

Connecticut College

New England

24

23

23

24.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

West

23

T24

17

25.

Emory University

South/Southeast

10

NR

23

Others receiving votes: DePauw College (9), St. Lawrence University (8)