Wednesday, October 17, 2001
MORAVIAN WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY RANKED 1ST IN NATION
FOR FIFTH CONSECUTIVE WEEK
BETHLEHEM, PA --- The Moravian College women's cross country team remained the top team
in the nation for the fifth straight week in the NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country
Poll released Wednesday.
The Greyhounds, who have won five of six meets they have run in this season and they won
the DeSales University Invitational last Saturday, defeating two other schools ranked in
the top 25 last week.
Moravian has placed three of its top five runners in the top 25 of each race this season
and all five have been in the top 50 of each event. The four top finishers have all
been seniors led by Heidi Wolfsberger (Moosic, PA/Riverside HS), who won the Kutztown
Invitational to open the season, the NYU Invitational and the DeSales Invitational. Kim
Jaick (Coopersburg, PA/Southern Lehigh HS) won the Lehigh Valley Championship and has
been second for the Greyhounds in four of the other five races. The other seniors
are Emily Shertzer (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin HS) and Erin Boyle (Philadelphia,
PA/Nazareth Academy HS), who was second for the squad last weekend. Moravian's
other top finisher has been freshman Chelsea Mullins (Jim Thorpe, PA/Jim Thorpe HS).
The Greyhounds will be off this week as the team prepares to win its ninth straight Middle
Atlantic Conference title on October 27th at Messiah College.
NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Poll, Released October 17, 2001
Rank |
Team (first place votes) |
Region |
Points |
Last Week |
1. |
Moravian (PA) College (5) |
Mideast |
197 |
1 |
2. |
Middlebury (VT) College (3) |
Northeast |
195 |
2 |
3. |
Calvin (MI) College |
Great Lakes |
184 |
3 |
4. |
University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse |
Midwest |
174 |
6 |
5. |
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
Midwest |
166 |
4 |
6. |
Wartburg (IA) College |
Central |
164 |
7 |
7. |
Luther (IA) College |
Central |
149 |
5 |
8. |
Williams (MA) College |
Northeast |
147 |
8 |
9. |
Amherst (MA) College |
Northeast |
121 |
11 |
10. |
Nebraska Wesleyan University |
Central |
114 |
12 |
T11. |
Dickinson (PA) College |
Mideast |
109 |
19 |
T11. |
Claremont-Mudd Scripps Colleges |
West |
109 |
T14 |
13. |
Baldwin Wallace (OH) College |
Great Lakes |
108 |
T14 |
14. |
The College of New Jersey |
Atlantic |
105 |
10 |
15. |
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
Midwest |
103 |
9 |
16. |
SUNY-Geneseo |
Atlantic |
89 |
13 |
17. |
Washington (MO) University |
Midwest |
66 |
17 |
18. |
Ithaca (NY) College |
Atlantic |
65 |
16 |
19. |
Haverford (PA) College |
Northeast |
57 |
T20 |
20 |
Hamilton (NY) College |
Atlantic |
37 |
22 |
21. |
Carleton (MN) College |
Central |
34 |
18 |
22. |
Emory (GA) University |
South |
28 |
24 |
23. |
Willamette (OR) University |
West |
24 |
23 |
T24. |
Trinity (CT) College |
Northeast |
18 |
NR |
T24. |
St. Olaf (MN) College |
Central |
18 |
25 |
Others receiving votes: Allegheny (PA) College (11); Brandeis (MA) University (4); University
of Puget Sound (2); Bowdoin (ME) College (4)
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