
Women's Cross Country Places 21st At NCAA Championships
11/24/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Nov. 24, 2003
CEDAR FALLS, IA-- The 13th ranked Wake Forest women's cross country team wrapped up its season with a 21st place finish at the 2003 NCAA Championships held in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Monday. Six different Demon Deacon runners finished the race, including Annie Bersagel who placed 29th overall which guaranteed her a spot as an NCAA All-American for the second consecutive year. Bersagel was Wake Forest's top finisher, crossing the finish line with a time of 20:41.10.
Erin Franklin (61st), Michelle Sikes (67th), Rachel Mistur (169th), Selina Sekulic (170th) and Catherine Fortin-Major (201st) also competed for Wake Forest. Hanna Bremler also traveled to Iowa for the Demon Deacons, but was unable to continue after falling just moments into the race. Sean Stevens was the only NCAA qualifier from the Wake Forest men's team, and he placed 148th overall in the men's division.
Stanford University took home both the men's and women's team titles at the NCAA Championships while Colorado's Dathan Ritzenhein and North Carolina's Shalane Flanagan captured the individual titles on Monday.
For complete results from the 2003 NCAA Cross Country Championships, visit www.unipanthers.com.