October 13, 1999

LADY GREYHOUND CROSS COUNTRY DROP TO 15^TH IN NATION

BETHELHEM, PA --- Despite a first place finish at the Dickinson College Invitational this past Saturday, the Moravian College women’s cross country team dropped to 15th in the nation in the latest NCAA Division III Women’s Cross Country National Rankings released on Tuesday. Moravian is the top ranked team in the Mideast Region.

The Lady Greyhounds, who opened the season with a sixth place finish at the Kutztown University Maroon & Gold Invitational and followed with a second place showing at the Lafayette Invitational and the championship of the Muhlenberg College Invitational, were ranked 19th in the preseason poll. Moravian then fell to 23rd in the first regular season poll of the year before jumping to eighth place for two weeks. The Lady Greyhounds, who finished second at the Frostburg State (MD) Invitational two weeks ago, were ninth last week.

Leading the Lady Greyhounds this season are sophomore Heidi Wolfsberger (Moosic/ Riverside HS) and Emily Shertzer (Hummelstown/Lower Dauphin HS). Wolfsberger won first place at the Lafayette Invitational while Shertzer won the Muhlenberg Invitational. Rounding out the top six for Moravian are junior Hannah Wood (Palm/Upper Perkiomen HS), senior Maria Grabowski (Churchville/Villa Joseph Marie HS) and sophomores Kim Jaick (Coopersburg/Southern Lehigh HS) and Erin Boyle (Philadelphia/ Nazareth Academy). Shertzer, Wolfsberger, Wood and Jaick all placed in the top 15 at the Frostburg State Invitational.

Moravian will return to action on Sunday, October 17th at the Allentown College Invitational.

1999 NCAA Division III Women’s Cross Country National Rankings (10/12/99)

Rank Team (first place votes) Region Points Last Week

1. St. Olaf College (4) C 196 4
2. Calvin College (2) GL 192 1
3. Middlebury College (2) NE 188 2
4. University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh MW 176 3
5. University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse MW 160 7
6. Williams College NE 157 6
7. SUNY Cortland MA 151 16
8. College of New Jersey MA 141 5
9. Baldwin Wallace College GL 130 10
T10. St. Thomas College C 116 8
T10. UC-San Diego W 116 14
T10. Macalester University C 116 NR
13. Brandeis (MA) University NE 114 11
14. Hamilton College MA 89 17
15. Moravian College ME 88 9
16. Colorado College W 82 12
17. Wartburg College C 67 21
18. Wheaton (Ill.) College MW 60 13
19. Amherst College NE 50 T19
20. Luther College C 48 15
21. SUNY-Geneseo MA 42 T19
T22. Emory University SSE 29 T22
T22. Ithaca College MA 29 NR
24. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater MW 26 NR
25. Dickinson College MA 16 25

Also Receiving Votes: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Augustana (IL) College, DePauw University, Colby College, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Chicago.