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Women's Cross Country To Compete In NCAA Championships
11/17/1999 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
Duke women earn first-ever team berth in 15-year history of program Freshman Swansea, Mass.
ACC Cross Country Freshman of the Year
All ACC Cross Country selection in 1999
Placed 10th at Southeast Region Qualifier with 17:40 time
Placed 6th at ACC Championships with 17:47.2 time
Two-time ACC Cross Country Performer of the Week on Sept. 14 and Sept.
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Won Roy Griak Invitational in Minneapolis with 17:31 time
Won Fordham Invitational in New York with 18:04 time
Won ECAC/IC4A Championships with 17:42.60 time
Finished second in Duke Triangular Meet with 16:59 time
Junior Wausau, Wis.
First-ever runner in Duke history to qualify for NCAA cross country
championships last year
Two-time NCAA qualifier
Qualified individually for 1998 cross country nationals
All ACC Cross Country selection in 1999
Placed 5th at ACC Championships with 17:46.4 time
Placed 12th at Southeast Region Qualifier with 17:43 time
Took 6th at ECAC/IC4A Championships in 18:12.80
All ACC, All Region and All-East Team
Sophomore Salt Lake City, Utah
All-East cross country recipient in 1998
Finished 34th at Southeast Region qualifier with a time of 18:21
Finished 41st at ACC Championships with 19:14.5
Took 14th at ECAC/IC4A Championships in 18:37.30
Took 3rd vs. VCU/UNC-W with a 17:45.8 time
Sophomore Greenwich, R.I.
Finished 36th at Southeast Region qualifier with 18:25 time
Sophomore Harvard, Mass.
Finished 37th at Southeast Region qualifier with time of 18:27
Took 27th at ACC Championships in 18:48.9
Finished 13th at ECAC/IC4A Championships in 18:36.90
Placed 4th vs. VCU/UNC-W with a 17:48.3 time
Sophomore Auburn, N.Y.
Took 70th at Southeast Region qualifier with 18:58 time
Finished ACC Championships in 26th place in 18:44.5 time
Sophomore Johnson, N.Y.
Finished 123rd in 19:48 at Southeast Region qualifier
Placed 5th vs. VCU/UNC-W with a 17:54.1 time
Freshman Tempe, Ariz.
Will serve as alternate at NCAA cross country championships
Placed 10th vs. VCU/UNC-W with a 18:38.2 time
The Duke women's cross country team was selected as one of 31 teams to compete in the 1999 NCAA Championships held Monday, November 22nd at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. The Blue Devil women were selected for the first-time in the 15-year history of the program. Last year, Megan Sullivan was the first-ever individual cross country runner to earn a bid to compete in the NCAA championships.
Duke men's team was not selected to compete in the championships despite placing fourth in the Southeast Region and finishing second at the ACC championships.
The women took third in the Southeast Region championships at Furman University this weekend. The top two teams in each of the nine regions automatically qualify. The NCAA selects a total of 31 squads (18 automatic qualifiers) to round out its, so the Blue Devils were among teams across the country hoping for one of the 13 at-large bids.
"This means everything for our program," Jan Ogilvie said. "When we took over the program two-and-a-half years ago, we set our goal of getting to the NCAA championships in three years. We met our goals in an unexpected way."
ACC Freshman of the Year Sheela Agrawal led the Blue Devil third place team placing with a 10th place individual finish (17:40 time) followed by junior Megan Sullivan's 12th place finish in 17:43. Sophomore Ellie Culp finished in 34th place (18:21), followed by sophomore Heather Ryan (36th in 18:25), sophomore Ann Wickman (37th in 18:27), sophomore Mandy Woodmansee (70th in 18:58) and sophomore Katie Atlas (123rd in 19:48). Those seven runners will compete in the NCAA championships along with freshman alternate Whitney Evans.
"We ran like champions, gave everything we had and had an outstanding performance on the day that counted most," Ogilvie said. "Megan Sullivan has been running on an ankle that will require surgery after the season's over. We've had some problems with sickness. Our runners put all that behind them and came out with a great day."
Duke will enter the NCAA championships ranked No. 21 in the nation.
DUKE SQUAD DOMINATED BY YOUTH
Of the seven runners competing Monday at the NCAA cross country
championships, six are sophomore status or younger. Five runners are
sophomores, two are freshman and one-Megan Sullivan- is a junior. All
eight runners will return to next year's squad giving Duke one of the
most experienced and talented squads in the nation.
WOMEN EARN FIRST-EVER NATIONAL RANKING
Duke women's cross country earned its first national ranking after the
Griak Invitational. The Blue Devils broke into the national rankings at
No. 25. Currently Duke is ranked No. 21.
TWO BLUE DEVILS NAMED TO ALL ACC CROSS COUNTRY SQUAD
Sheela Agrawal named women's freshman of the year
Three Duke cross country runners were selected to the All-Atlantic
Coast Conference cross country teams the ACC announced Tuesday.
Representing Duke on the women's side is Megan Sullivan and Sheena
Agrawal. Agrawal was honored as the women's ACC freshman of the year.
Sullivan, a junior from Wausau, Wis., finished fifth in the ACC
Championships with a time of 17:46.4 while Agrawal placed sixth in the
ACC meet with a time of 17:47.2.
DUKE INDIVIDUAL MEET-BY-MEET
SHEELA AGRAWAL
MEGAN SULLIVAN
ELLIE CULP
HEATHER RYAN
ANN WICKMAN
MADDY WOODMANSEE
KATIE ATLAS
WHITNEY EVANS
1999 DUKE WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM
Runners Cl. Hometown
Sheela Agrawal Fr. Swansea, Mass.
Katie Atlas Soph. Johnson, N.Y.
Ellie Culp Soph. Salt Lake City, Utah
Tuesday, June 17
Friday, May 30
Tuesday, April 01
Saturday, October 19
