November 17, 1999

LADY GREYHOUND X-COUNTRY RANKED 22^ND IN NATION

BETHLEHEM, PA --- Heading into this weekend’s NCAA Division III National Championships, the Moravian College women’s cross country team slipped to 22^nd in the nation after being ranked 19^th for three straight weeks.

The Lady Greyhounds placed second at last weekend’s NCAA Division III Mideast Regional at Frostburg State University (MD) to qualify for the National Championships for the seventh straight season.

Moravian is led on the course by a quartet of sophomores and a junior. Sophomores Emily Shertzer (Hummelstown/Lower Dauphin HS) and Heidi Wolfsberger (Moosic/Riverside HS) have battled for the top spot on the squad all season while Kim Jaick (Coopersburg/Southern Lehigh HS) and Erin Boyle (Philadelphia/Nazareth Academy) have run in the fourth and fifth sports. Junior Hannah Wood (Palm/Upper Perkiomen HS) has been in the third spot all season and provides the leadership to the squad. Maria Grabowski (Churchville/Villa Joseph Maria HS) is the lone senior on the squad and has been in the sixth spot all year.

1999 NCAA Division III Women’s Cross Country National Poll, Nov. 16

Rank  / School (first place votes) /  Region / Points  / Last Week /  Place in Regional Race

1. Calvin (5) GL 196 3 1Q
2. Middlebury (2) NE 189 2 1Q
3. St. Olaf (1) C 183 1 1Q
4. Wisconsin-Oshkosh MW 176 4 1Q
5. Williams NE 171 T6 2Q
6. College of New Jersey A 156 9 1Q
7. Wisconsin-LaCrosse MW 152 5 2Q
8. Macalester C 144 10 2Q
9. Hamilton A 137 18 2Q
10. Luther C 114 17 3Q
11. UC-San Diego W 102 13 1Q
12. Wheaton (IL) MW 97 15 3Q
T13. SUNY Cortland A 95 T6 4Q
T13. St. Thomas C 95 11 4Q
15. Baldwin Wallace GL 89 8 2Q
16. Tufts NE 81 NR 3Q
17. SUNY Geneseo A 73 NR 3Q
18. Dickinson ME 65 NR 1Q
19. Wisconsin-Stevens Point MW 58 T21 4Q
20. Wisconsin-Whitewater MW 44 NR 5Q
21. Amherst NE 39 14 4
22. Moravian ME 37 19 2Q
23. Claremont-Mudd Scripps W 27 NR 2Q
24. Wartburg C 21 20 5
25. Colby NE 18 24 5

Q – Qualified for NCAA Division III Championships