ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Saturday, October 28, 2006

Elizabethtown Finishes Second at MAC Championships; Erin Fisher Becomes Etown’s First-Ever MAC Individual Champion

Erin Fisher '08

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. --- Elizabethtown finished second out of 14 teams at the 2006 Middle Atlantic Conference Championships, hosted by DeSales University Saturday. The Blue Jays tallied 59 points to finish just behind first-place Messiah College, which totaled 54 points, and well ahead of third-place Juniata College, which finished with 116 points. Elizabethtown junior Erin Fisher (McEwensville, PA/Warrior Run) won the 6000m race, placing first out of 132 finishers on the wet and slick course in a time of 25:06 to become the MAC Individual Champion in the history of the Elizabethtown College women’s cross country program.

Tiffany Kulp '09

Behind Fisher and also finishing in the race’s top ten to earn All-MAC First Team status was sophomore Tiffany Kulp (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge), who placed eighth in 26:36.

Three Blue Jays finished between 11th and 20th places to earn spots on the All-MAC Second Team. Senior Tara Fagan (Gibsonia, PA/Pine-Richland) placed 14th in 26:36; Allison Rahtes (Coopersburg, PA/Palisades) finished 16th in 26:48, and senior Erin Deihl (Aaronsburg, PA/Penns Valley) finished 20th in 26:57. By placing 20th, Deihl became the first runner in the history of the program to earn all-conference honors all four years of her collegiate career.

Tara Fagan '07

Narrowly missing All-MAC berths were sophomores Samantha Jones (Chambersburg, PA/Chambersburg Area) and Amanda Daws (Thorofare, NJ/West Deptford), who finished 21st and 24th, respectively, in times of 27:00 and 27:22.

Elizabethtown will return to action at the Mideast Regional Championships Saturday, November 11 at Waynesburg College. There the Blue Jays will try to qualify to compete at the November 18 NCAA Division III Championships.

Allison Rahtes '09

At Center Valley, Pa.
Middle Atlantic Conference Championships

Team Scores: 1. Messiah 54; 2. Elizabethtown 59; 3. Juniata 116; 4. Scranton 145; 5. Susquehanna 174; 6. Moravian 177; 7. Drew 183; 8. DeSales 208; 9. Albright 234; 10. Lycoming 246; 11. Delaware Valley 278; 12. King’s (Pa.) 320; 13. Widener 344; 14. Lebanon Valley 359.

Elizabethtown Individual Finishers (6000m course, 132 finishers): 1. Erin Fisher 26:06#*; 8. Tiffany Kulp 26:13*; 14. Tara Fagan 26:36^; 16. Allison Rahtes 26:48^; 20. Erin Deihl 26:57^; 21. Samantha Jones 27:00; 24. Amanda Daws 27:22; 34. Johanna Hanisch 27:46; 39. Megan VanDenHengel 28:01; 48. Sarah Grove 28:18; 56. Sarah Merusi 28:44; 61. Meghan Ryder 28:53.

Erin Deihl '07

# MAC Individual Champion
* All-MAC First Team
^ All-MAC Second Team