CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – The Patriot League Women's Cross Country 25th Anniversary Team was announced on Friday with nine schools represented and six that placed at least three honorees on the squad, led by Bucknell with five honorees.
The team members are listed below by school with each athlete's years of competition in the Patriot League. Each school that participates in women's cross country selected 25 players in the voting for the 25th Anniversary Team, and could not vote for its own student-athletes.
American: Keira Carlstrom (2002-05); Octavia Rinehardt (2008-11); Samia Akbar (2001-02)
Army West Point: Catherine Gaffigan (1991-94); Jessica Jones (1996-99); Ashley Urick (2002-05); Erin Miller (1993-96)
Boston University: Rosa Moriello (2013-14)
Bucknell: Becki Marshall (1998-01); Julie Sweitzer (1995-98); Theresa Dennis (1999-02); Leanna Nastase (2003-06); Carla Graytock (1996-99)
Colgate: Betsy Cunningham (1993-96); Elise DeRoo (2008-11); Stacy Marion (2007-10); Molly DeMark (1996-99)
Lafayette: Megan Smith (1993-96)
Lehigh: Elizabeth Weiler (2012-present); Gretchen Repasky (1990-93); Jen Schappert (2003-06)
Navy: Jess Palacio (2008-11); Annie-Norah Beveridge (2011-14); Amy Watson (2005-08)
Fordham: Lauren Gubicza (1990-92)
Each of the 15 student-athletes who have won individual titles at the Patriot League Women's Cross Country Championship made the 25th Anniversary Team, with three honorees that won the race three times and four others that won a pair.