Tuesday, August 27, 2002
MORAVIAN WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY SELECTED FIRST;
MEN SEVENTH IN MAC POLLS
ANNVILLE, PA --- The Moravian College women's cross country team has been selected to
win its tenth straight Middle Atlantic Conference Championships in the 2002 MAC Conference
Preseason Poll as voted by the conference head coaches. The Greyhound men's squad was picked
seventh of 15 schools
The Greyhound women, who have won the last nine MAC titles and finished third in the country
last fall, received 97 points and nine first place votes to finish 16 points ahead of Messiah
College, which had 81 points and two first place votes. On the men's side, Moravian had
37 points while Elizabethtown College was a unanimous choice to repeat as champions.
Moravian, under the direction of 16-year head coach Mark Will-Weber, returns 13 letterwinners
on the women's team and six letterwinners on the men's squad. The women are also looking
for their third straight NCAA Mideast Regional Championship this fall.
The Greyhounds will open their 2002 campaign on Saturday, August 31st at a meet hosted
by Salisbury University in Salisbury, Maryland, the course that will host this year's regional
race.
COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE CROSS COUNTRY PRESEASON POLLS
Women
Rank |
School |
Points |
1. |
Moravian College (9) |
97 |
2. |
Messiah (2) |
81 |
3t. |
DeSales |
62 |
3t. |
Susquehanna University |
62 |
5t. |
Elizabethtown |
41 |
5t. |
Scranton |
41 |
7t. |
Lebanon Valley |
29 |
7t. |
Widener |
29 |
9. |
Juniata |
24 |
10. |
Albright |
17 |
11. |
King's |
7 |
12. |
Delaware Valley |
5 |
First-place votes in parentheses
*Drew, FDU-Florham & Lycoming did not receive votes
Men
Rank |
School |
Points |
1. |
Elizabethtown (12) |
108 |
2. |
Messiah |
86 |
3. |
Widener |
85 |
4. |
Susquehanna University |
61 |
5. |
DeSales |
58 |
6. |
Scranton |
39 |
7. |
Moravian College |
37 |
8. |
Lebanon Valley |
25 |
9. |
King's |
17 |
10. |
Juniata |
11 |
11. |
Albright |
9 |
12. |
Delaware Valley |
4 |
First-place votes in parentheses
*Drew, FDU-Florham & Lycoming did not receive votes
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