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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.
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