Craver completed

the conference championship race in 20:24, a new personal best by 44 seconds.

The McIntosh graduate placed 48th out of 76 runners overall.

"Nikki

is one of my favorite atheltes on the team," said Emory Coach John

Curtin. "She's always there, always upbeat and always working hard."

Craver has

shown improvement this season. This was the first year that she made Emory's

conference travel squad, which is made up of the top 10 runners on the

team. She also improved her season average tim by a minute and 40 seconds.

"Nikki

is as hard a working athlete as we've ever had," said Curtin. "She

is involved in a lot of activities on campus and she's always busy with

something, but she still makes time for the team and its training."

Emory captured

its first conference championship title since 1988. They won the NCAA

Division III regional championship for the 11th consecutive year and found

themselves ranked 20th in the national poll earlier this month.

Craver is the

daughter of Ed and Angele Craver of Peachtree City.

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