Sports News: Spring 2006
Monday, May 22, 2006

MORAVIAN COLLEGE’S OZZIE BROWN & NATHANIEL TUSSEY TO COMPETE AT NCAA DIVISION III
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

LISLE, IL --- Moravian College sophomores Ozzie Brown (Plymouth Meeting, PA/Plymouth-Whitemarsh HS) and Nathaniel Tussey (Perkiomenville, PA/Boyertown HS) will each compete in two events at the 2006 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships hosted by the Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois from Thursday, May 25th through Saturday, May 27th.

Tussey (pictured at right), who has the 17th best qualifying time in the 400-meter hurdles at a Moravian College record of 53.73, will run in the event's third heat of the preliminary race on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. central time while trying to make the final that will be run on Saturday afternoon at 3:25 p.m. central time. Tussey is making his second trip the national meet after earning All-American honors back in March with an eighth place finish in the 55-meter hurdles in the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships.

Brown (pictured at left) is making his first trip to the NCAA Championships and heads into the 200-meter dash preliminaries with the 15th best time in the nation this spring, a Moravian College record of 21.53 seconds. Brown’s third heat of the preliminary race is on Thursday at 6:25 p.m. central time with the top eight competitors advancing to Saturday’s championship race at 3:45 p.m. central time.

Both Tussey and Brown will compete in the 110-meter high hurdles. Tussey qualified eighth in a Moravian College record time of 14.55 seconds and will be in the first heat on Friday at 3:40 p.m. central time while Brown qualified 16th at 14.76 seconds and is the third heat of the preliminary races. The finals of the 110-meter high hurdles will be on Saturday at 1:55 p.m. central time.