2015 Moravian Women's Cross Country News

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Moravian Hosting Women in Athletics Week March 14-19 Highlighted by Joetta Clark Diggs Speech on March 16
Moravian Hosting Women in Athletics Week March 14-19 Highlighted by Joetta Clark Diggs Speech on March 16

BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian College Department of Athletics and Recreation is hosting Women in Athletics Week from March 14-19 in a weeklong celebration honoring former and current Greyhound student-athletes while encouraging young girls to stay active through participation in sports.

Brockett & Hughes Named to USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
Brockett & Hughes Named to USTFCCCA All-Academic Team

NEW ORLEANS, La. --- Moravian College has had two runners named United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic individuals and its women's cross country squad honored as an All-Academic Team by the USTFCCCA for the 2015 season.

Moravian Girls in Sports Week event
Moravian Hosting Girls' Sports Clinic on March 19

BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian College Department of Athletics & Recreation will be hosting a Girls' Sports Clinic on Saturday, March 19 from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.

Moravian Student-Athletes Continue to Excel in the Classroom
Moravian Student-Athletes Continue to Excel in the Classroom

BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian College student-athletes have been working hard on the playing field as well as in the classroom. The Hounds had 264 student-athletes post a GPA of a 3.0 or better while all of the teams combined posted a 3.06 GPA for the fall 2015 semester.

Moravian student-athletes teach skills to students at Marvine Elementary School
Moravian Student-Athletes Partnering with Marvine Elementary School for 2015-16

BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian College Department of Athletics and Recreation has formed a partnership with Marvine Elementary School for an after school program throughout the 2015-16 academic year.

29 Greyhounds Named to Landmark Fall Academic Honor Roll
29 Greyhounds Named to Landmark Fall Academic Honor Roll

TOWSON, Md. --- The Landmark Conference has announced its fall 2015 Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll which recognized 29 student-athletes from Moravian College. The honorees were selected from all nine Landmark Conference institutions with a total of 380 athletes.

Six Greyhounds Named to Landmark Conference Fall All-Sportsmanship Team
Six Greyhounds Named to Landmark Conference Fall All-Sportsmanship Team

TOWSON, Md. --- The Landmark Conference has named 51 student-athletes including six from Moravian College to the 2015 Fall All-Sportsmanship Team. The All-Sportsmanship Team includes one student-athlete from each institution for each sport and is selected by the players and coaches from their respective team.

Brockett and Hughes Race to All-Region Honors
Brockett and Hughes Race to All-Region Honors

NEWVILLE, Pa. --- The Moravian College women’s cross country teams finished up their season with the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championship Saturday morning hosted by Dickinson College at Big Spring High School in Newville.

Moravian Inducts 2015 Hall of Fame Class
Moravian Inducts 2015 Hall of Fame Class

BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The 2015 Moravian College Athletic Hall of Fame Class that was inducted on Friday, November 6 in Johnson Hall honored Heather Bortz ’05; Stephanie Rickards Corrigan ’99; Christina Scherwin ’05 and James Van Natta ’59 as Moravian’s 28th Hall of Fame Class. The 1995 Greyhound Women’s Cross Country team was inducted last night.

Brockett & Hughes Named to Landmark All-Conference Teams
Brockett & Hughes Named to Landmark All-Conference Teams

TOWSON, Md. --- The Moravian College women’s cross country team had a pair of runners earn 2015 Landmark All-Conference honors this past Saturday with junior Meg Brockett earning a spot on the All-Conference First Team and junior Sarah Hughes making the All-Conference Second Team.

Brockett & Hughes Earn All-Conference Honors as Hounds Place 3rd at Landmark Meet
Brockett & Hughes Earn All-Conference Honors as Hounds Place 3rd at Landmark Meet

KING’S POINT, N.Y. --- The Moravian College women’s cross country team placed third at the 2015 Landmark Conference Championship meet hosted by The United States Merchant Marine Academy on Saturday at Sunken Meadow State Park, and the Hounds had a pair of runners earn All-Conference honors.

1995 Women's Cross Country Team to be Honored at Hall of Fame Induction
1995 Women's Cross Country Team to be Honored at Hall of Fame Induction

BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The 1995 Women's Cross Country Team finished third in the NCAA Division III national championship meet hosted by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and the squad will be honored at into the Moravian College Athletic Hall of Fame Induction ceremony on November 6, 2015 in Johnston Hall beginning at 6:00 p.m.

Women's Cross Country Races Hard at Rowan University
Women's Cross Country Races Hard at Rowan University

GLASSBORO, N.J. --- The Moravian College women’s cross country team raced hard on a chilly morning at the Rowan University Inter-Regional Border Battle.

Women's Cross Country has a Strong Showing at Paul Short Run
Women's Cross Country has a Strong Showing at Paul Short Run

BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian College women’s cross country team was off to the races to compete at the 2015 Paul Short Invitational Women’s Brown 6,000-meter race on a very muddy and chilly Friday afternoon at Lehigh University.

Hughes Selected as Landmark Conference Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week
Hughes Selected as Landmark Conference Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week

TOWSON, Md. --- Junior Sarah Hughes of the Moravian College women's cross country team has been selected as the Landmark Conference Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week for her performance over the weekend.

Women's Cross Country Competes at Dickinson Long-Short Invitational
Women's Cross Country Competes at Dickinson Long-Short Invitational

NEWVILLE, Pa. --- The Moravian College women’s cross country team was off to the races today at the Dickinson College Long-Short Cross Country Invitational on Saturday morning at Big Spring High School in Newville, Pennsylvania.