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Sports News: Fall 2000

Wednesday, October 23, 2000

MORAVIAN WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY REMAIN 8TH IN NATION

BETHLEHEM, PA --- With its three dual meet wins at West Chester University last Saturday, the Moravian College women's cross country team remained 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.  Moravian is also 3-0 in dual meets.

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 and all three dual meets, 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 try to win its eighth straight Middle Atlantic Conference Championship on Saturday, October 28th in the MAC Championships at Allentown College.

 NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Rankings - Oct. 24, 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 Lakes

151

7

7

8.

Moravian College

Mideast

144

8

8

9.

Ithaca College

Atlantic

135

9

9

10.

Wartburg College

Central

129

10

10

11.

SUNY-Geneseo

Atlantic

120

14

9

12.

Hamilton College

Atlantic

104

12

6

13.

University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse

Midwest

102

13

7

14.

College of New Jersey

Atlantic

101

11

5

15.

Brandeis University

New England

90

15

11

16.

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Midwest

73

16

7

17.

Amherst College

New England

71

17

9

18.

Washington (MO) University

Midwest

61

19

15

19.

Loras College

Central

59

18

12

20.

Willamette University

West

54

20

20

21.

Nebraska Wesleyan

Central

33

21

17

22.

Elmhurst College

Midwest

27

22

22

T23.

Connecticut College

New England

23

23

23

T23.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

West

23

24

17

25.

DePauw College

Great Lakes

11

NR

25

Others receiving votes: Emory University (9)