Sports News: Spring 2007
Monday, March 5, 2007

FOUR MORAVIAN STUDENT-ATHLETES TO COMPETE AT NCAA DIVISION III INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

TERRE HAUTE, IN --- Moravian College has four student-athletes that will compete in three events at the 2007 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships hosted by the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana on Friday and Saturday, March 9th and 10th.

Junior jumper/sprinter Ozzie Brown (Plymouth Meeting, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh HS), pictured at right, who has the 13th best qualifying distance in the long jump of 7.05 meters (23 feet, 1 ¾ inches), will compete in the preliminaries of the long jump on Friday at 3:00 p.m. with the finals to follow immediately with the top eight competitors. Brown is making his second trip to the NCAA Indoor National Championships.

Brown and fellow junior Nathaniel Tussey (Perkiomenville, PA/Boyertown HS), pictured at left, will also compete in the preliminaries of the 55-meter hurdles on Friday at 4:50 p.m. Brown enters the meet with the third best time in the country this year at 7.53 seconds while Tussey, who is making his second trip to the NCAA Championships, was tenth of the 12 entrants at 7.64 seconds. The top eight competitors will advance to Saturday’s championship race at 2:35 p.m.

Moravian also has two student-athletes slated to participate in the women’s pole vault at noon on Friday. Freshman Anna Heim (Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown HS), pictured at right, is currently second with a height of 3.81 meters (12 feet, six inches) while sophomore Christine Kihm (Quakertown, PA/Quakertown HS), pictured at left, is tied for ninth at 3.70 meters (12 feet, 1 ½ inches) in the 15-entrant field. The top eight competitors will participate in the finals immediately following the preliminaries.