Sports News: Fall 2001

Tuesday, September 11, 2001

GREYHOUNDS RANKED 2ND IN CROSS COUNTRY PRESEASON POLL

BETHLEHEM, PA --- The 2001 edition of the Moravian College women's cross country team has won its first two invitationals of the season and has now been ranked second in the nation in the NCAA Division III Preseason Poll released by AppleRaceberryJam.com Tuesday.

Moravian, which placed fifth at the 2000 NCAA Division III National Championships, received 166 total points and one first place vote.  Middlebury (VT) College, the defending national championship, has been selected first in the preseason poll with 173 points and six first place votes.  Moravian will be traveling to Middlebury for a meet this Saturday, September 15th.

 The Greyhounds are being led by the senior class this season and have had five runners place in the top ten at each race this year.  Senior Heidi Wolfsberger (Moosic, PA/Riverside HS), who placed second in last year's national championship race, won the Kutztown Invitational on September 1st and placed third at the Lehigh Valley Championships this year.  Senior Kim Jaick (Coopersburg, PA/Southern Lehigh HS) won the Lehigh Valley Championships last Friday, September 7th and she was fourth at the Kutztown race.  

Senior Emily Shertzer (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin HS) was fifth at Kutztown and sixth at the Lehigh Valley Championships while senior Erin Boyle (Philadelphia, PA/Nazareth Academy) was sixth and seventh at the two races.  Freshman Chelsea Mullins (Nazareth, PA/Notre Dame HS) has been Moravian's fifth runner this season, placing eighth at Kutztown and tenth at the Lehigh Valley Championships.

Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points Place in 2000 National Championships

1.

Middlebury (VT) College (6)

New England

173

1

2.

Moravian College (1)

Mideast

166

5

3.

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Midwest

160

4

4.

Luther College

Central

157

3

5.

Williams College

New England

144

2

6.

Ithaca College

Atlantic

130

10

7.

Nebraska Wesleyan University

Central

125

6

8.

University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point

Midwest

120

9

9.

SUNY-Geneseo

Atlantic

119

8

10.

Baldwin Wallace College

Great Lakes

109

12

11.

Calvin College

Great Lakes

107

14

12.

Amherst College

New England

90

16

13.

University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse

Midwest

88

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14.

Hamilton College

Atlantic

77

15

15.

Wartburg College

Central

69

19

16.

Wheaton (IL) College

Midwest

52

--

17.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps

West

48

--

18.

The College of New Jersey

Atlantic

47

11

19.

Washington University

Midwest

44

18

20.

Elmhurst College

Midwest

38

7

21.

Carleton College

Central

32

--

22.

Dickinson College

Mideast

30

--

23.

Connecticut College

New England

29

--

24.

University of Chicago

Midwest

27

17

25.

DePauw University

Great Lakes

22

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Others Receiving Votes: St. Lawrence University (15), Brandeis University (14), Willamette University (13), St. Olaf College (11), Emory (GA) University (9), Kenyon College (7), University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (2), Allegheny College (1)