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The Moravian College women's track & field team, under the direction
of head coach Doug Pollard, saw its string of 13 straight
MAC Outdoor Championships come to a close as Moravian tied for fourth
with Juniata College at 89 points in the 2006 MAC Championships. Messiah
College captured the title with 179.5 points.
The Greyhounds had three student-athletes compete on the first day of
the three-day 2006 Middle Atlantic Conference Outdoor Championships hosted
by Widener University. Freshman Kelly Williams (Tafton, PA/Wallenpaupack
HS) took 12th in the 10,000-meter run in a time of 42:47.91 while
sophomore Katie Pulizzano (Allentown, PA/William Allen HS) placed
16th at 44:20.47. In the heptathlon, sophomore Theresa Zataveski
(Quakertown, PA/Gwynedd Mercy Academy HS) was in sixth place
with a point total of 1,817 after the first four events. She was fifth
in the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 17.05 seconds to earn 591 points,
and Zataveski took fifth in the 200-meter dash in 28.88 seconds for 563
points. Zataveski placed eighth in the high jump, clearing
a height of 1.26 meters (four feet, 1 1/2 inches) to earn 369 points,
and she was eighth in the shot put with a toss of 6.35 meters (20 feet,
10 inches) worth 294 points.
Moravian was in sixth place after the second day of the 2006 MAC Outdoor
Championships with a team total of 23 points. Messiah College is in first
place with 69.5 points while the host Pioneers are second with 58.5 points.
The Greyhounds top individual finish on the second day of competition
was by junior Kelly Applegate (Easton, PA/Wilson HS),
who placed second in the shot put with a toss of 12.82 meters (42 feet,
3/4 inch). Applegate was also fifth in the discus throw with a distance
of 33.04 meters (108 feet, five inches). Junior Tammy Balliet
(Whitehall, PA/Whitehall HS) earned a seventh place in the shot
put with a toss of 10.56 meters (34 feet, 7 3/4 inches). Senior Lauren
Bahnatka (West Chester, PA/Henderson HS) placed fourth in the
3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 12:23.11 while senior Alexis
Vergalla (Glen Gardner, NJ/Voorhees HS) was seventh in 12:47.74
and junior Jennifer Connolly was 11th in 14:03.45. Zataveski
took seventh in the heptathlon with a two-day point total of 2,929 including
1,112 points in the final three events competed on the second day.
In preliminary events, junior Erin Recker (Catasauqua, PA/Catasauqua
HS) tied her own school record in the 100-meter dash with an
NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time of 12.33 to finish first
and move into the final. Recker was also first in the 200-meter dash in
25.55 seconds, and she joined juniors Suzanne Tamlyn (Wappingers
Falls, NY/Wallkill HS), Kathleen McCarron (Nazareth,
PA/Nazareth HS) and Amy Reehil (Roselle, NJ/Roselle Catholic
HS) to place first in the preliminaries of the 4x100-meter relay
in 48.91 seconds. Tamlyn was fourth in the 100-meter
dash in 12.93 seconds and sixth in the 200-meter dash at 26.56 seconds
to move onto the finals of both events while Reehil moved
on in the 100-meter dash at a time of 13.04 seconds and the 400-meter
hurdles with a third place finish in 1:06.99.
Senior Rebecca Moore (Easton, PA/Easton HS) placed fifth
in the 100-meter dash in 13.01 seconds and fifth in the 400-meter hurdles
in 1:09.35 to advance in each race while freshman Rachel Elneus
(Easton, PA/Notre Dame HS) was eighth in the 400-meter das in
1:04.51 to move to the championship. Zataveski reached
the finals of the 100-meter hurdles with a seventh place time of 16.89
seconds. McCarron ran a time of 13.31 seconds in the
100-meter dash preliminaries, but placed 11th and did not move on. Freshman
Katarina Birle (Westwood, MA/Westwood HS) was 18th in
both the 100-meter dash in 14.00 seconds and the 200-meter dash in 29.10
seconds.
Moravian had one individual champion on the final day of the three-day
meet with Recker capturing the 100-meter dash in a school
record and NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time of 12.26 seconds.
Recker also placed second in the 200-meter dash in a
school record and NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time of 25.17
seconds, and she joined McCarron, Tamlyn
and Reehil to place second in the 4x100-meter relay in
an NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time of 48.67 seconds.
Tamlyn placed fifth in the 100-meter dash in 12.91
seconds, and she was sixth in the 200-meter dash in 26.41 seconds. Reehil
was sixth in the 100-meter dash in a time of 12.94 seconds, and Reehil
finished 2nd in the 400-meter hurdles in a time of 1:06.34. Moore
placed seventh in the 100-meter dash in 13.11 seconds, and she was fifth
in the 400-meter hurdles at 1:08.10. Elneus placed eighth
in the 400-meter dash in 1:03.62 while Zataveski took
sixth in the 100-meter hurdles in 16.83 seconds.
In field events on the final day of the meet, Applegate
placed third in the javelin throw with a distance if 37.14 meters (121
feet, ten inches) while Balliet finished third in the
hammer throw with a toss of 38.16 meters (125 feet, two inches). McCarron
was 11th in the long jump with a leap of 4.49 meters (14 feet, 8 3/4 inches)
while Zataveski placed 12th at 4.44 meters (14 feet,
seven inches).
Vergalla placed 14th in the 1,500-meter run for the
Greyhounds in a time of 5:22.46 while freshman Naomie Kachel (Shillington,
PA/Governor Mifflin HS) was 20th in the event in 5:29.87. Williams
was 15th in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 20:24.68 while Bahnatka
took 21st place in 21:03.41.
Vergalla, Moore, Recker,
Tamlyn, Balliet, Reehil,
Connolly, Zataveski and Bahnatka
were all named to the Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic
Corporation Spring Academic Honor Roll.
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