MORAVIAN’S HEIM & POLLARD HONORED BY USTFCCCA

Photo courtesy of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

METAIRIE, LA --- Freshman pole vaulter Anna Heim (Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown HS) and head coach Doug Pollard of the Moravian College women’s indoor track & field team have been honored as the Mideast Region Women’s Field Athlete of the Year and Women’s Coach of the Year by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced Wednesday.

Heim, pictured in the middle of the photo at right receiving award at NCAA Championships banquet on March 8th, won the pole vault at the 2007 Middle Atlantic Conference Championships at a height of 3.81 meters (12 feet, six inches) and heads into this weekend’s NCAA Division III National Championships ranked second in the event.

Pollard, pictured at left, led the Greyhounds to their 11th MAC Indoor title in the last 12 years this season and has a total of four student-athletes, Heim and sophomore Christine Kihm (Quakertown, PA/Quakertown HS) on the women’s team and juniors Ozzie Brown (Plymouth Meeting, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh HS) and Nathaniel Tussey (Perkiomenville, PA/Boyertown HS) from the men’s squad heading to the NCAA Division III National Championships this Friday and Saturday, March 9th and 10th at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana.

The complete list of regional winners can be found at http://ustfccca.cstv.com/sports/division3/spec-rel/030707aaa.html.