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HAWKS LOOK FOR BIG THINGS IN 2000 Defending Atlantic-10 Champion Kane and All-District Honoree Fergus Return to Lead SJU Senior captain Christine Kane and junior Denise Fergus are expected to be at the front of the pack during the 2000 cross country season. "We have two very strong frontrunners in Kane and Fergus," states head coach Kevin Quinn. The duo led SJU to a fourth place finish at the 1999 Atlantic 10 Championships and a ninth place finish at the NCAA District 2 meet. Kane, a two-time NCAA qualifier, enters her final season at Hawk Hill as the defending Atlantic 10 Champion. The senior also garnered All-District honors after a fifth place finish at the NCAA District 2 meet and All-East honors after a third place finish at the ECAC Championships. Fergus is coming off an impressive 1999 campaign. The junior was named All-District after a 17th place finish at the NCAA District 2 meet. She also placed 17th at the Atlantic 10 Championships and finished 26th at the ECAC Championships. "Fergus showed a real spark last year in the NCAA District 2 meet, running probably her best collegiate race yet," adds Quinn. Quinn will also look to senior Gabby Quezada to be a very important member of the team. Quezada had her best season in 1999, placing 29th at the ECAC Championships and 30th at the Atlantic 10 Championships. Senior Meghan Clancy and sophomores Amy Bashore, Sarah Conway, Kelly Fleming and Megan Wynne will look to make significant contributions to this year's squad. All five will be competing for the team's four and five spots. Bashore and Conway ran in all seven races last season while Wynne competed in five. Four freshman, Emily Choromanski, Jessica Keating, Amy Manwaring, and Karen Weber, complete the cross country roster.