November 3, 1999

LADY GREYHOUND CROSS COUNTRY FALLS TO 19^TH IN NATION

BETHLEHEM, PA --- Despite winning a Middle Atlantic Conference record seventh straight MAC Championship this past weekend, the Moravian College women’s cross country team fell five spots to 19th in this week’s NCAA Division III National Poll.

The Lady Greyhounds, who have placed first or second in every invitational this season except the season opening race at Kutztown University, were ranked 19th in the preseason poll by have been as high as eighth during the regular season.

Moravian is led by sophomores Heidi Wolfsberger (Moosic/Riverside HS) and Emily Shertzer (Hummelstown/Lower Dauphin HS). Wolfsberger became the seventh straight Lady Greyhound to win the MAC Individual Championship with a first place finish in 19:00.08 in Saturday’s race. Shertzer was right on her heels, finishing second in 19:08.76. The duo along with junior Hannah Wood (Palm/Upper Perkiomen HS) and sophomore Kim Jaick (Coopersburg/Southern Lehigh HS) earned All-Conference honors for finishing in the top ten.

Moravian will try to qualify for the NCAA Division III Championships, which will be held on Saturday, November 20th at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, in the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional to be held at Frostburg State (MD) University on November 13th.

1999 NCAA Division III Women’s Cross Country National Poll – Released, Nov. 2,

Place School (first place votes) Region Points Last Week

1. St. Olaf College (4) C 193 1
2. Middlebury College (3) NE 192 3
3. Calvin College (1) GL 191 2
4. University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh MW 176 4
5. University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse MW 162 5
T6. SUNY Cortland MA 156 6
T6. Williams College NE 156 7
8. Baldwin Wallace College GL 139 8
9. College of New Jersey MA 133 9
10. Macalester University C 128 12
11. St. Thomas University C 117 10
12. Brandeis University NE 112 11
13. UC-San Diego W 109 13
14. Amherst College NE 88 17
15. Wheaton (IL) College MW 77 18
16. Colorado College W 74 16
17. Luther College C 69 21
18. Hamilton College MA 68 15
19. Moravian College ME 66 14
20. Wartburg College C 49 19
T21. SUNY Plattsburgh MA 34 20
T21. University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point MW 34 23
23. Denison College GL 22 24
24. Colby College NE 13 NR
25. Rhodes College SSE 12 NR

Also Receiving Votes: Nebraska Wesleyan, Augustana (IL), Ithaca, Wisconsin-Whitewater, Dickinson, North Central