The Moravian College men’s indoor and outdoor track & field teams posted a pair of top six finishes at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships to highlight the 2003-04 season for the Greyhounds. Head coach Doug Pollard also had one student-athlete qualify and compete at the NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships.

The Greyhounds finished fifth of ten schools at the 2004 MAC Indoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Susquehanna University. The Greyhounds had a team score of 54 points with two individual championships. Senior Joe Moore (Andover, NJ/Newton HS) defended his MAC crown in the long jump with an NCAA Division III provisional qualifying distance of 7.23 meters (23 feet, 8 3/4 inches). Freshman Matt Bailey (Reading, PA/Reading HS) won the 55-meter hurdles in a time of 7.83 seconds to win the Greyhounds' other championship.

Moore also placed fifth in the 200-meter dash in 23.32 seconds while freshman Josh Kline (Reading, PA/Exeter HS) was ninth in the race with a time of 23.72 seconds. Kline finished second in the 400-meter dash in 51.64 while Bailey was eighth with a time of 53.17. Junior Dan Corey (Fair Lawn, NJ/Glen Rock HS) ran a time of 8.67 seconds in the 55-meter hurdles to place tenth.

In the distance events, senior Sean McDonnell (Scranton, PA/Scranton Prep HS) led a quartet of Greyhounds in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:13.22, which placed him seven. Sophomore Greg Rarick (Drums, PA/Hazleton HS) was 13th in 4:19.76, sophomore Russell Zaleski (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough HS) took 15th place in 4:23.78 while sophomore William Shimer (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS) placed 21st with a time of 4:30.19.

Moravian had three relay teams compete with the 4,000-meter distance medley relay team of Corey, McDonnell, Rarick and senior Joe Grady (Nanticoke, PA/Nanticoke HS) placing second in a time of 10:41.88. Grady, McDonnell and Rarick teamed up with junior Patrick Grogan (Nazareth, PA/Notre Dame HS) to place third in the 4x800-meter relay in 8:15.04 while Bailey, Corey, Kline and McDonnell had a time of 3:35.47 to place fifth in the 4x400-meter relay.

Sophomore Michael El Kazzaz (Easton, PA/Easton HS) placed second in the pole vault, clearing 14 feet (4.26 meters), the same height as the event's winner but in more attempts. Freshman Steve Kondorossy (Belle Mead, NJ/ Montgomery HS) placed seventh in the 35-pound weight throw with a toss of 12.65 meters (41 feet, six inches), and he finished 11th in the shot put with a toss of 11.77 meters (38 feet, 7 1/2 inches). Freshman Samir Perez (Saddle Brook, NJ/Saddle Brook HS) was 15th in the weight throw with a distance of 11.21 meters (36 feet, 9 1/2 inches) while freshman Patrick Callahan (Matawan, NJ/Matawan HS) placed 15th in the shot put with a toss of 11.47 meters (37 feet, 7 3/4 inches).

Moravian had a pair of competitors in action on the first day of the 2004 MAC Outdoor Championships hosted by Messiah College. Shimer placed 15th in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 35:56.44 seconds while Corey participated in the first day of the decathlon. Corey earned 685 points with a fifth place finish in the 100-meter dash in 11.83 seconds, and he earned 542 points with a fifth place showing in the long jump with a leap of 5.79 meters (19 feet). Corey was second in the shot put and received 543 points for his toss of 10.96 meters (35 feet, 11 1/2 inches), and he was fifth in the high jump, clearing 1.71 meters (five feet, 7 1/4 inches) for 552 points. Corey rounded out the first day of competition with a fourth place in the 400-meter dash in 54.02 seconds, good enough for 649 points.

Moore won the long jump as Moravian's only individual champion on the second day of the 2004 MAC Championships. The Greyhounds were in fifth place with a score of 22 points. Moore won the long jump with a leap of 6.97 meters (22 feet, 10 1/2 inches) while sophomore Grant Curry (Palmyra, PA/Palmyra HS) was seventh with a leap of 6.43 meters (21 feet, 1 1/4 inches). Moravian's other points came from a second place finish by Corey in the decathlon with 5,709 points, and a seventh place showing in the pole vault by El Kazzaz, clearing 3.96 meters (12 feet, 11 3/4 inches).

In the preliminaries of the sprint races, junior Scott Silvoy (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS) qualified for the finals in the 100-meter dash with a second place time of 11.01 seconds. Curry also moved onto the finals, finishing fourth in 11.03 seconds. In the 200-meter dash, Moore was second in 22.37 seconds to move onto the finals while Kline placed 12th in 23.01 seconds. Kline would make the finals of the 400-meter dash with a fourth place time of 50.19 seconds while freshman Nicholas Keysock (Bethlehem, PA/Freedom HS) was 13th in 52.28 seconds. Bailey advanced in both the 110-meter high hurdles and the 400-meter hurdles with times of 15.41 seconds and 55.64 seconds, which placed him third and first, respectively, in the events. The Greyhounds 4x100-meter relay squad of Silvoy, Moore, Curry and Kline won the preliminary race in 42.12 seconds.

In the distance events, McDonnell advanced to the finals of the 800 meters with an eighth place finish of 1:59.31 in the preliminaries. Grady was tenth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:00.21 while Grogan placed 14th at 10:29.12.

Callahan placed 13th in the shot put with a toss of 11.96 meters (39 feet, three inches) while Kondorossy was 19th at 10.74 meters (35 feet, three inches).

Bailey was named the Rookie of the Year and won the individual title in the 110-meter high hurdles to lead Moravian to a sixth place finish at the 2004 MAC Championships. Moravian had a team score of 82 points while Elizabethtown won the title with a score of 167 points. Bailey captured the 110-meter high hurdles in 14.93 seconds, and he placed sixth in the 400-meter hurdles in 58.11 seconds. Bailey also ran on Moravian's 4x400-meter relay team that placed seventh in 3:27.33 with McDonnell, Kline and Keysock.

The Greyhounds only other first place finish on the final day of the championships was by the 4x100-meter relay team of Kline, Moore, Silvoy and Curry, which won the race in a time of 42.39 seconds. Kline was fourth in the finals of the 400-meter dash in 50.01 seconds while Moore was second in the 200-meter dash in 22.23 seconds. Silvoy placed third in the 100-meter dash in 11.23 seconds while Curry was fourth at 11.24 seconds. McDonnell placed seventh in the 800 meters in 2:01.03 while placing eighth in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:05.63. Rarick was ninth in the 1,500-meter run in 4:05.75 while Grady placed 19th in 4:15.61.

Junior Shawn Nelson (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS) placed fourth in the hammer throw with a toss of 39.01 meters (128 feet) while Kondorossy was ninth at 36.16 meters (118 feet, eight inches). Kondorossy also placed eighth in the discus with a toss of 36.24 meters (118 feet, 11 inches) while freshman Michael Ossont (Archbald, PA/Valley View HS) was seventh in the javelin at 47.44 meters (155 feet, eight inches).

Moore, who won the NCAA Division III Indoor National Championship in 2003 in the long jump, qualified to participate in the 2004 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the same event. However, Moore, failed to record a distance in the preliminaries after suffering an injury during the warm-up for the long jump.