2006 Indoor Season Review

The Moravian College men's indoor track & field team placed third of ten schools at the 2006 Middle Atlantic Conference Championships hosted by Susquehanna University. Moravian had a team score of 76 points while Elizabethtown College won the title with 129 points. The Greyhounds also tied for 50th of the 51 teams that scored and had one All-American on the second and final day of the 2006 NCAA Division III Indoor National Championships hosted by St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.

At the NCAA Division III Indoor National Championships, sophomore Nathaniel Tussey (Perkiomenville, PA/Boyertown Area HS) placed fifth in the preliminaries of the 55-meter hurdles with a season best time of 7.64 seconds and advanced to the championship race. Tussey was eighth in the finals of the 55-meter hurdles in a time of 8.04 seconds to earn All-American accolades for the first time in his collegiate career. His eighth place finish also earned Moravian a point, tying the squad for the final place in the standings while the University of Wisconsin LaCrosse won the title with 78 points. Sophomore Ozzie Brown (Plymouth Meeting, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh HS) placed 13th in the long jump, the first event of the two-day meet, with a leap of 6.62 meters (21 feet, 8 3/4 inches).

At the MAC Indoor Championships, the Greyhounds had three individual champions with Brown winning the long jump with an NCAA Division III provisional qualifying distance of 7.00 meters (22 feet, 11 3/4 inches), Tussey capturing the 55-meter hurdles in an NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time of 7.73 seconds and sophomore Nathaniel Dutile (Plymouth, ME/Nokomis HS) winning the shot put with a toss of 15.02 meters (49 feet, five inches).

Brown also placed second in the 200-meter dash in 22.68 seconds, third in the high jump, clearing 1.98 meters (six feet, six inches) and tenth in the preliminaries of the 55-meter hurdles in 8.28 seconds. Sophomore James Bell (Mohnton, PA/Governor Mifflin HS) was fifth in the 55-meter dash in a time of 6.63 seconds, and he took sixth in the 200-meter dash in 23.32 seconds. Freshman Robert Shaffer (Pottsville, PA/Pottsville HS) was seventh in the preliminaries of the 55-meter dash in 6.69 seconds, and he placed eighth in the 200-meter dash in 23.42 seconds. Junior Josh Kline (Reading, PA/Exeter HS) was third in the 400-meter dash in 51.41 seconds, and he was 11th in the 200-meter dash in 23.80 seconds.

Sophomore Ty Kern (Mohnton, PA/Governor Mifflin HS) was eighth in the preliminaries of the 55-meter hurdles while freshman Jeff Berland (Glen Rock, NJ/Glen Rock HS) recorded a time of 8.35 seconds, good enough for 11th place. In the distance races, freshman Timothy Murphy (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS) placed 13th in the 800-meter run in 2:11.17 while sophomore Timothy Pagano (Cherry Hill, NJ/Cherry Hill West HS) was 12th in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 16:18.15.

Moravian's 4x400-meter relay team of Kline, Tussey, Kern and Brown placed fifth in a time of 3:32.39 while the 4,000-meter distance relay squad of Murphy, senior Greg Rarick (Drums, PA/Hazleton HS), junior Anthony Sarno (Forked River, NJ/Lacey Township HS) and sophomore Vince Pagano (Harrisburg, PA/Central Dauphin East HS) was sixth in a time of 11:07.34. The 4x800-meter relay team of Murphy, Sarno, Rarick and junior Josh Hunter (Palmerton, PA/Palmerton HS) placed eighth in a time of 8:44.56 while the 4x200-meter relay squad was disqualified.

In other field events, senior Michael El Kazzaz (Easton, PA/Easton HS) took second in the pole vault, clearing a height of 4.42 meters (14 feet, six inches while freshman Alan Woods (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cedar Cliff HS) was seventh at 3.96 meters (13 feet). Freshman Blair Maginnis (Asbury, NJ/Warren Hills Regional HS) was third in the shot put with a toss of 13.96 meters (45 feet, 9 3/4 inches) while freshman Lance Adelsberger (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS) was fourth with a distance of 13.62 meters (44 feet, 8 1/4 inches).

In the 35-pound weight throw, Dutile placed fifth with a toss of 13.65 meters (44 feet, 9 1/2 inches) while sophomore Robert Bernadyn (Mahanoy City, PA/Mahanoy Area HS) took seventh at 13.24 meters (43 feet, 5 1/4 inches). Junior Steve Kondorossy (Belle Mead, NJ/Montgomery HS) was 12th at 12.13 meters (39 feet, 9 3/4 inches) while sophomore John Wagner (Wayne, NJ/Wayne Valley HS) placed 15th at 11.82 meters (38 feet, 9 1/2 inches) and junior Patrick Callahan (Matawan, NJ/Matawan HS) was 19th with a toss of 10.15 meters (33 feet, 3 3/4 inches).

Tussey, Rarick, Timothy Pagano, Vince Pagano and senior William Shimer (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS) were named to the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation Winter Academic Honor Roll.