The Moravian College women’s outdoor track & field team captured its 13th straight Middle Atlantic Conference Championship with a first place team finished at the 2005 MAC Championship meet hosted by Widener University to highlight the 2005 outdoor season. The Greyhounds posted a team score of 191, 60.5 points ahead of runner up Susquehanna University. Head coach Doug Pollard was named the MAC Women's Coach of the Year following the meet. Moravian also won the 2005 MAC Indoor Championship, its tenth consecutive title, in February.

Moravian had four individuals compete on the first day of the 2005 MAC Championships. Senior Chelsea Mullins (Jim Thorpe, PA/Jim Thorpe HS) won her first MAC Outdoor individual title with a first place finish in the 10,000-meter run in a time of 37:47.91. Mullins win in the 10,000-meters gave the Greyhounds a one-point lead over Messiah College, 10-9, after the first day of competition. Freshman Katie Pulizzano (Allentown, PA/William Allen HS) placed ninth in the 10,000-meter race at 42:00.03 while senior Kim Bushner (Allentown, PA/Dieruff HS) was tenth in a time of 42:02.58. Freshman Theresa Zataveski (Quakertown, PA/Gwynedd Mercy Academy HS) competed in the first day of the heptathlon as well. Zataveski placed seventh in the 200-meter dash in 29.67 seconds to earn 505 points, sixth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.37 seconds for 555 points, sixth in the high jump at 1.27 meters (four feet, two inches) for 379 points and tied for eighth in the shot put with a toss of 6.79 meters (22 feet, 3 1/2 inches) for 322 points.

Senior Kirsten Rotzell (Bangor, PA/Bangor HS) captured first place in the triple jump to lead the Greyhounds on the second day of the 2005 MAC Championships. Rotzell, who won the event for the fourth straight season, had a winning distance of 11.46 meters (37 feet, 7 1/4 inches), which provisionally qualified her for the NCAA Division III National Championships. Sophomore Kathleen McCarron (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth HS) placed third in the triple jump at 10.91 meters (35 feet, 9 1/2 inches).

In other field events, sophomore Kelly Applegate (Easton, PA/Wilson HS) placed second in the shot put with a toss of 11.85 meters (38 feet, 10 1/2 inches) while junior Lynsey Boggess (Washington Township, NJ/Immaculate Heart Academy HS) placed second in the high jump, clearing a height of 1.62 meters (five feet, four inches), which tied the Moravian record. Applegate was fifth in the discus throw with a toss of 34.80 meters (114 feet, two inches) while senior Julie Anderson (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS) placed sixth at 32.62 meters (107 feet). Junior Rebecca Moore (Easton, PA/Easton HS) tied for fifth in the pole vault with a height of 2.89 meters (nine feet, six inches) while freshman Jessica Cianci (Sussex, NJ/Vernon Township HS) was ninth in the event at 2.74 meters (nine feet).

Zataveski finished sixth in the heptathlon with a point total of 2,868. On the second day of the event, Zataveski was seventh in the long jump at 4.21 meters (13 feet, 9 3/4 inches) for 357 points, eighth in the javelin with a toss of 16.99 meters (55 feet, nine inches) for 233 points and sixth in the 800-meter run at 2:45.00 for 517 points. Also in scoring events on the second day of the meet, junior Lauren Bahnatka (West Chester, PA/Henderson HS) placed second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time 11:47.17 while junior Alexis Vergalla (Glen Gardner, NJ/Voorhees HS) was fourth in 12:19.01.

The Greyhounds had a number of competitors qualify for the finals of their events during preliminary races. In the 100-meter dash, Rotzell placed second in 12.89 seconds, sophomore Erin Recker (Catasauqua, PA/Catasauqua HS) was fourth in 12.98 seconds and McCarron was seventh at 13.08 seconds with all three runners earning a spot in the finals. In the 200-meter dash, Recker was fourth in 26.30 seconds to reach the finals while sophomore Suzanne Tamlyn (Wappingers Falls, NY/Wallkill HS) took sixth in 26.53 seconds and Rotzell finished eighth in 26.70 seconds to qualify. McCarron was 12th in the 200-meter dash in 27.43 seconds but failed to move on. Tamlyn qualified in the 400-meter dash in 1:00.70 while senior Heather McGarvie (Medford, NJ/Shawnee HS) was first in the qualifying for the 800 meters in 2:16.95. Senior Kellie Smith (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge HS) also qualified in the 800 meters with a time of 2:24.01, which placed her eighth in qualifying. Senior Margaret Benny (Tamaqua, PA/Tamaqua HS) was second in the 100-meter hurdles in a school record tying time of 15.47 seconds to move on as did Zataveski, who was seventh in 17.17 seconds. Sophomore Amy Reehill (Roselle, NJ/Roselle Catholic HS) took fourth in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:07.94 to earn a spot in the finals while Benny finished fifth in 1:08.23 to earn a spot as well.

Moravian had two individuals win their events, and a relay team also captured first place while the Greyhounds set three school records on the final day of the 2005 MAC Championships. Recker broke her own school mark in the 100-meter dash with a first place finish in a time of 12.33 seconds, which also provisionally qualified her for the NCAA Division III National Championships. Rotzell won her second championship of the meet, taking first in the long jump with a leap of 5.21 meters (17 feet, 1 1/4 inches). Recker and Rotzell joined up with McCarron and Tamlyn to set the school record and win the 4x100-meter relay in 48.50 seconds. The time also provisionally qualified the quartet for the NCAA Championships. However, none of the Greyhounds qualifiers were invited to the NCAA Championship meet in 2005.

Recker also finished second in the 200-meter dash in 26.10 seconds while Rotzell was fourth in the 100 meters in 12.73 seconds and fifth in the 200 meters at 26.46 seconds. McCarron was seventh in the 100-meter dash at 13.06 seconds, and she placed second to Rotzell in the long jump at 5.15 meters (16 feet, 10 3/4 inches). Tamlyn placed fifth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1:00.39, and she was sixth in the 200 meters in 26.57 seconds. Benny set a Moravian record while placing second in the 100-meter hurdles in 15.24 seconds, and she was third in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:07.47. Zataveski finished eighth in the 100-meter hurdles in 17.18 seconds. Reehil took sixth in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:08.07 and the duo joined Tamlyn and McGarvie to place fifth in the 4x400-meter relay in a time of 4:08.69.

McGarvie ran in a pair of races on the final day of the MAC meet, placing second in the 800-meter run in 2:16.56 and third in the 1,500-meters at 4:48.22. Smith also competed in the same events, finishing eighth in the 800 meters in 2:26.49 and seventh in the 1,500-meter run in a time of 4:59.97. Freshman Krystyn Fenon (Palmerton, PA/Lehighton HS) took ninth in the 1,500 meters in 5:09.65. In the 5,000-meter run, Mullins finished second for the Greyhounds in a time of 18:04.70.

In other field events, Anderson placed second in the hammer throw with a toss of 38.52 meters (126 feet, four inches) while Applegate was sixth in the javelin throw with a distance of 35.05 meters (115 feet).