Moravian College Athletics

Sports News: Fall 2001

Tuesday, November 13, 2001

MORAVIAN WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY REMAINS 3^RD IN NATION

BETHLEHEM, PA --- The Moravian College women's cross country team remained the #3 in the nation for the third consecutive week in the NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Poll released Tuesday.

The Greyhounds, who spent six weeks as the number one team in the nation prior to dropping to third, have won seven of eight meets this season including last weekend's NCAA Division III Mideast Regional at Lehigh University.

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, her third straight MAC Individual title and her second straight NCAA Regional championship. Kim Jaick (Coopersburg, PA/ Southern Lehigh HS) won the Lehigh Valley Championship and has been second for the Greyhounds in four of the other eight races. The other seniors are Emily Shertzer (Hummelstown, PA/Lower Dauphin HS), who has been second for the team three times this season, and Erin Boyle (Philadelphia, PA/Nazareth Academy HS), who was second for the squad at the DeSales Invitational.

Moravian's other top finishers have been freshmen Chelsea Mullins (Jim Thorpe, PA/Jim Thorpe HS) and Heather McGarvie (Medford, NJ/Shawnee) and junior Jen Wagner (Riegelsville, PA/Wilson HS). Mullins & McGarvie earned All-Freshman Mideast Region honors for top 35 finishes last week while all seven runners were named All-Mideast Region for their top 35 finishes.

The Greyhounds will try to win their first NCAA Division III National Championship at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL on Saturday, November 17th at 12:00 p.m. eastern time.

NCAA Division III Women's Cross Country Poll, Released November 13, 2001

Rank	Team (first place votes)	Region	Points	Last Week
1.	Middlebury (VT) College (4)	Northeast	171	1
2.	Calvin (MI) College (3)	Great Lakes	166	2
3.	Moravian (PA) College	Mideast	165	3
4.	University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse	Midwest	153	4
5.	Williams (MA) College	Northeast	144	7
6.	Wartburg (IA) College	Central	137	6
7.	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh	Midwest	136	5
8.	Amherst (MA) College	Northeast	127	9
9	Nebraska Wesleyan University	Central	116	10
10.	Ithaca (NY) College	Atlantic	106	14
11.	Luther (IA) College	Central	100	8
12.	Claremont-Mudd Scripps Colleges	West	94	12
13.	Dickinson (PA) College	Mideast	93	11
14.	Hamilton (NY) College	Atlantic	86	19
15.	Baldwin Wallace (OH) College	Great Lakes	84	16
16.	The College of New Jersey	Atlantic	64	15
17.	Washington (MO) University	Midwest	63	21
18.	Emory (GA) University	South	47	20
19.	University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point	Midwest	45	17
20.	Brandeis (MA) University	Northeast	42	23
21.	SUNY-Geneseo	Atlantic	41	18
22.	St. Olaf (MN) College	Central	31	22
23.	Haverford (PA) College	Northeast	24	13
24.	Elmhurst (IL) College	West	17	NR
25.	SUNY-Cortland	Atlantic	14	25

Others receiving votes: Mount Union (OH) College (9)