Results

The Emory women's cross country team closed out the 2011 season on  Saturday with a 24^th-place finish out of 32 teams at the NCAA D-III Championships.  The meet was held at the Lake Breeze Golf Course in Winneconne, Wis., and hosted by UW-Oshkosh.

The Eagles totaled 516 points and were led by senior Tess Gallegos who covered the 6k course in a time of 22:02, good for 42^nd place overall out of 277 runners.  Taking home the team championship was Washington University with a score of 70 points.  Middlebury finished runner-up with 111 points while Williams claimed third with 153 points.  Claremont-Mudd Scripps (223 pts.) and MIT (276 pts.) rounded out the top five finishers.

Emory senior Sara Gelb crossed the finish line in 103^rd place with an effort of 22:34 while freshman Tamara Surtees was close behind at 22:37, placing her 109^th.  Also scoring for the Eagles were junior Melanie Frank (22:45, 127^th) and senior Sabrina Jeppson (22:54, 135^th).  Other competitors for Emory included freshmen Stephanie Crane (23:26) and Shannon Palmer (24:11).

The top individual finisher was Chiara Del Piccolo of Williams who clocked a 20:52.  Christy Cazzola of UW-Oshkosh was runner-up with a time of 20:57.