Wednesday, September 27, 2000
GREYHOUNDS WOMENS CROSS COUNTRY 8TH IN NATION
BETHLEHEM, PA --- Even though the Moravian College womens cross country team finished
second to the College of New Jersey at the New York University Invitational last Saturday,
the Greyhounds moved up one spot to eighth in the nation in this weeks NCAA Division
III national poll.
The Greyhounds were ninth last week while the College of New Jersey moved from 14th to
12th win the win at NYU.
Junior Emily Shertzer (Hummelstown/Lower Dauphin HS) has captured first place in
three of four meets this season and she was second last week. Shertzer has been followed
by junior Kim Jaick (Coopersburg/Southern Lehigh HS), junior Heidi Wolfsberger
(Moosic/Riverside HS), junior Erin Boyle (Philadelphia/Nazareth Academy) and
senior Hannah Wood (Palm/Upper Perkiomen HS). All five of Moravians top runners
have finished in the top 16 of each race this fall.
The Greyhounds will not compete this weekend. Their next meet is Saturday, October 7th at
Dickinson College, also the site of the 2000 NCAA Mideast Regional in November.
NCAA Division III Womens Cross Country Rankings Sept. 26,
2000
Rank |
Team (first place votes) |
Region |
Points |
Last Week |
Best Rank |
1. |
Middlebury College (8) |
New England |
200 |
1 |
1 |
2. |
Calvin College |
Great Lakes |
191 |
2 |
2 |
3. |
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
Midwest |
183 |
3 |
3 |
4. |
St. Olaf College |
Central |
174 |
6 |
4 |
5. |
Williams College |
New England |
172 |
4 |
3 |
6. |
Luther College |
Central |
155 |
5 |
5 |
7. |
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
Midwest |
148 |
7 |
7 |
8. |
Moravian College |
Mideast |
145 |
9 |
8 |
9. |
SUNY-Geneseo |
Atlantic |
131 |
20 |
11 |
10. |
Baldwin Wallace College |
Great Lakes |
123 |
10 |
10 |
11. |
Brandeis University |
New England |
121 |
11 |
11 |
11. |
College of New Jersey |
Atlantic |
121 |
14 |
5 |
13. |
Wartburg College |
Central |
96 |
15 |
13 |
14. |
University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse |
Midwest |
95 |
13 |
7 |
15. |
Hamilton College |
Atlantic |
94 |
8 |
6 |
16. |
Amherst College |
New England |
81 |
12 |
9 |
17. |
Ithaca College |
Atlantic |
74 |
16 |
16 |
18. |
Dennison College |
Great Lakes |
60 |
17 |
17 |
19. |
Loras College |
Central |
59 |
18 |
17 |
20. |
Augustana (IL) College |
Midwest |
54 |
19 |
19 |
21. |
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps |
West |
37 |
21 |
17 |
22. |
Dickinson College |
Mideast |
32 |
22 |
22 |
23. |
Emory University |
South/Southeast |
20 |
23 |
23 |
24. |
Nebraska Wesleyan |
Central |
10 |
NR |
24 |
25. |
Connecticut College |
New England |
9 |
NR |
25 |
Others receiving votes: Washington University (8), DePauw College (4), Ren. Poly Inst.
(3)
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