2004-05 Indoor Review

The Moravian College men’s indoor track & field team posted a fourth place finish at Middle Atlantic Conference Indoor Championships at Susquehanna University. The Greyhounds had a team score of 79 points. Freshman Ozzie Brown (Plymouth Meeting, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh HS) was named the MAC Rookie of the Year at the meet. Brown captured his first MAC individual championship with a leap of 6.95 meters (22 feet, 9 3/4 inches) in the long jump. His longest jump was 7.01 meters (23 feet) in the Lafayette College Indoor Meet. He was fourth in the 200 meter dash in 22.95 seconds and third in the finals of the 55-meter hurdles in a time of 7.93 seconds after a time of 8.04 seconds in the preliminaries. Brown teamed with senior Scott Silvoy (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS), and sophomores Josh Kline (Reading, PA/Exeter HS) and Matt Bailey (Reading, PA/Reading HS) to help the Greyhounds win the 4x200-meter relay in a Moravian record and an MAC record time of 1:31.08. Brown, Bailey, Kline and freshman Ty Kern (Mohnton, PA/Governor Mifflin HS) combined to place third in the 4x400-meter relay in 3:29.11.

Freshman Nathaniel Tussey (Perkiomenville, PA/Boyertown Area) won the 55-meter hurdles in 7.74 seconds which is a provisional qualifying time for the NCAA meet, after a time of 7.76 seconds in the preliminaries. Bailey placed fourth in the finals at 8.13 seconds after a trial time of 8.11 seconds. Kern finished fifth in the finals of the 55-meter hurdles at 8.30 seconds with a preliminary time of 8.15 seconds. In the 55-meter dash, Silvoy placed fourth in the finals with a time of 6.67 seconds after running a 6.69 race in the preliminaries. Freshman James Bell (Mohnton, PA/Governor Mifflin HS) was 14th in the trials of the 55-meter dash in 6.90 seconds. Silvoy also placed fifth in the 200-meter dash in 22.96 seconds while Bailey was ninth at 23.36 seconds. Kline ran a time of 23.71 seconds in the 200-meter dash while Bell was 18th at 23.93 seconds. Kline also finished third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.78 seconds. Kern was seventh in the race at 52.59 seconds while freshman Erik Nielsen (Quakertown, PA/Quakertown HS) took 15th in the 400-meter dash at 54.62 seconds.

Junior William Shimer (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS) was 12th in the 5,000-meter run while the Greyhounds 4,000-meter distance relay team of seniors Patrick Grogan (Nazareth, PA/Notre Dame HS) and Dan Corey (Fair Lawn, NJ/Glen Rock HS), junior Greg Rarick (Drums, PA/Hazleton HS) and freshman Erik Boyer (North Wales, PA/North Penn HS) took sixth with a time of 10:52.10. Grogan, Rarick and Boyer teamed up with freshman Jeffrey Meltzer (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough HS) to run a time of 8:42.47 in the 4x800-meter relay to place eighth.

In the field events, junior Michael El Kazzaz (Easton, PA/Easton HS) tied for second in the pole vault, clearing a height of 4.42 meters (14 feet, six inches). Sophomore Steve Kondorossy (Belle Mead, NJ/Montgomery HS) finished third in the 35-pound weight throw with a toss of 14.29 meters (46 feet, 10 3/4 inches) while freshman Robert Bernadyn (Mahanoy City, PA/Mahanoy Area HS) was seventh at 12.81 meters (42 feet, 1/2 inches). Corey was 16th in the high jump at 1.77 meters (five feet, ten inches) while Nielsen was 17th in the long jump with a leap of 5.53 meters (18 feet, 1 3/4 inches). His best jump was 5.72 meters (18 feet, 9.25 inches) at Susquehanna Orange and Maroon Classic. Sophomore Patrick Callahan (Matawan, NJ/Matawan HS) placed 15th in the shot put with a toss of 11.76 meters (38 feet, seven inches). His best throw was at the Lafayette College Indoor Meet with 11.90 meters (39 feet, .5 inches).