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Women’s Cross Country Place Third at NAC Championships

Published: 10/28/2007 Bookmark and Share
Women’s Cross Country Place Third at NAC Championships

Women’s Cross Country Place Third at NAC Championships

SCHILLER PARK, Ill.—Behind the senior leadership of Heather DeLany (West Bend, Wis./West Bend) and Leah Leja (Pulaski, Wis./Pulaski), the MSOE women’s cross country team placed third in their first Northern Athletics Conference Championships. DeLany finished the 6 kilometer course with time of 24.27.0, placing fifth and garnering All Conference honors. This is DeLany’s third all-conference award in her four year MSOE career. Leja, a 4-year women’s soccer star, also ran well at the meet, placing 10th with a time of 24.55.0.Other scorers for the Raiders include senior Libby Nowak (Pulaski, Wis./Pulaski), (26:13.2. 22nd), freshman Emily Schmeling (Milwuakee, Wis./ Milwaukee School of the Arts) (26:27.9, 25th) and senior Becky Schermerhorn (Fon du Lac, Wis./Winnebago Lutheran Academy) (26:54.2, 32nd).


Concordia-Wisconsin won the event with a low score of 47, followed by Aurora (80, 2nd place), MSOE (94, 3rd), Wisconsin Lutheran (101, 4th) and Benedictine (145, 5th) in the 13 team field.