Wednesday, February 27, 2002

ROTZELL NAMED ECAC FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

CENTERVILLE, MA --- Freshman jumper Kirsten Rotzell (Bangor, PA/Bangor HS) of the Moravian College women's indoor track & field team has been named the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III Women's Field Athlete of the Week after her performance last week.

Rotzell was named the Women's Most Outstanding Performer while winning the long jump and triple jump and leading Moravian to its seventh straight Middle Atlantic Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship.  The Greyhounds squad posted a team score of 147, 65 points ahead of second place Widener University.  Rotzell won the long jump with an Eastern College Athletic Conference qualifying leap of 5.29 meters (17 feet, 4 ¼ inches) and she captured the triple jump with an ECAC qualifying distance of 10.92 meters (35 feet, ten inches).  Rotzell, who was Moravian's third straight Most Outstanding Performer, placed sixth in the 55 meters with an ECAC qualifying time of 7.68 seconds.