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)
|