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Seton Hill Women's Cross Country
 The women's cross country team and head coach Tim Creamer are ready for the challenges that lie ahead for them in 2009 as they begin their fourth season as a member of the WVIAC. This season, Coach Creamer will return nine upper class women and another talented freshman class of four. In 2009, Coach Creamer and the Griffins will look to improve upon their fifth place WVIAC team finish at the 2008 WVIAC Cross Country Championships. This year’s team will see leadership from senior Captain Andra Sanders who made vast improvements on the track in the spring of 2008 and is looking to improve on her 28th place finish in 2008. Rounding out a strong top three will be freshman Hannah Lash and sophomore Julie Pierret. Lash holds the Seton Hill University course record in a time of 20:13.69. Returning upperclassmen include junior Anna Cote, the 2007 WVIAC Individual Cross Country Champion. Cote became the first Griffin runner to win an individual cross country conference championship and was named MVP and Freshman of the Year in 2007. In 2008, she became a two- year WVIAC All-Conference runner with a fourth place performance. Cote rounded out the 2008 season with a 18th place finish at the NCAA Regional Championship meet, the highest that any Griffin runner has placed at this meet. Fellow All- Conference runner and Captain Lara Heinz will look to improve on her 20th place finish at the 2008 WVIAC Championship. Creamer will also look to upperclassmen, Kyrstie Sowers, 25th at the 2008 WVIAC Championships, Dianna Griffin, 24th at the 2008 WVIAC Championships, Stephanie Isacco, Katie Zaleskiewicz, and Chelsea Cooper to make contributions to the Griffin squad. Joining the cross county team for the first time are track runners Katie Vann and Tiffany Bankosh. The strong freshman class includes: Lash, Janine Sarver, Maura Hansen, and Arianna Walton. Coach Creamer expects many of these freshmen women to make an immediate impact on the team dynamic and the team's top seven runners. "This year's team will again be one of the strongest we have had in my eight seasons at Seton Hill. I expect the freshman class and upper class women to continue to develop and be in the mix for the conference championship at the end of October. 2009 should be another memorable season for our women, I expect them to continue the winning tradition past teams have set before them," said Coach Creamer.
The Griffins will compete in 6 invitational meets during the 2009 regular season, which are highlighted by two local meets, the season opener SHU Griffin Classic on the Seton Hill campus and California University Invitational. The women will also travel to meets at Davis and Elkins College, Glenville State College, and to the Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic in Kentucky. The team will travel to the Mountaineer Flatland Invitation to run on the NCAA D-II regional course. The season will wind down at the WVIAC Cross Country Championships hosted by Glenville State College in late October along with the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region Championships in November hosted by Mansfield University where Creamer will look to qualify his team for the 2009 NCAA National Championships on November 21nd hosted by the University of Southern Indiana.
Seton Hill Women's Cross Country Records
Women 5k record - 18:41 - Anna Cote - 2008 (National Catholic Championships)
Women 6k record - 22:56.90 - Hannah Lash- 2009 (NCAA Pre-Regional at Mansfield University)
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