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Wednesday, October 31, 2001 MORAVIAN WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY FALLS TO 3RD IN NATION BETHLEHEM, PA --- Despite winning its ninth straight Middle Atlantic Conference Championship last weekend, the Moravian College women's cross country team fell two spots to #3 in the nation in the NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Poll released Wednesday. The Greyhounds, who spent six weeks as the number one team in the nation, have won six of seven meets this season. 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, the DeSales Invitational and her third straight MAC Individual title. Kim Jaick (Coopersburg, PA/Southern Lehigh HS) won the Lehigh Valley Championship and has been second for the Greyhounds in four of the other seven 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 at the DeSales Invitational. Moravian's other top finisher have been freshmen Chelsea Mullins (Jim Thorpe, PA/Jim Thorpe HS) and Alison Stoyko (Reading, PA/Governor Mifflin HS). The Greyhounds have a week off as they prepare to defend their NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championship at Lehigh University on November 10th. NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Poll, Released October 31, 2001
Others receiving votes: Carleton (MN) College (11); Trinity (CT) College (9.5); Willamette (OR) University (5); University of Chicago (3) |