Oct. 28, 2000

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The NC State women's cross country team captured its 18th ACC Title in the 23rd annual Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Cross Country Championship with low score of 43 points. The Wolfpack was followed by North Carolina who finished second with 52 points. Wake Forest finished third with 92 points while Duke was fourth with a total of 106 points. Virginia, Florida State and Georgia Tech finished fifth, sixth and seventh with scores of 107, 128 and 143 respectively. Clemson and Maryland registered scores of 253 and 263.

Pacing the Pack was four of the top ten finishers in Christy Nichols, Katie Sabino, Beth Fonner and Beth Kraft. North Carolina finished with two runners in the top ten including the 2000 ACC Individual Champion Shalane Flanagan who doubled as the ACC Freshman of the Year. Flanagan crossed the finish line with a time of 17:38.1. Rounding out the all-conference team was Sara Day of Wake Forest, Sheela Agrawal of Duke, Sarah Folse of Virginia and Amy Pleckaitis of Florida State.

2000 ACC Women's Cross Country Results

NC State (43)
North Carolina (52)
Wake Forest (92)
Duke (106)
Virginia (107)
Florida State (128)
Georgia Tech (143)
Clemson (253)
Maryland (263)

2000 ACC Women's All-Conference Team

Shalane Flanagan North Carolina 17:38.1
Sara Day Wake Forest 18:03.1
Sheela Agrawal Duke 18:15.5
Kim Timberlake North Carolina 18:27.5
Christy Nichols NC State 18:32.9
Sarah Folse Virginia 18:36.1
Katie Sabino NC State 18:43.3
Beth Fonner NC State 18:51.0
Amy Pleckaitis Florida State 18:52.4
Beth Kraft NC State 18:53.1

Freshman of the Year: Shalane Flanagan, North Carolina