Sports News: Spring 2007
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

MORAVIAN’S OZZIE BROWN HONORED BY USTFCCCA

METAIRIE, LA --- Junior sprinter/jumper Ozzie Brown (Plymouth Meeting, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh HS) of the Moravian College men’s outdoor track & field team has been honored as both the 2007 Mideast Region Men’s Track Athlete of the Year and the 2007 Mideast Region Field Athlete of the Year by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced Monday.

Brown, who was named the Male Outstanding Athlete of the Meet while leading Moravian to a second place finish at the 2007 Middle Atlantic Conference Outdoor Championships, won the 100-meter dash in a school record, MAC meet record and NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time of 10.60 seconds, the 200-meter dash in a school record and NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time of 21.37 seconds, the 110-meter high hurdles in an NCAA Division III provisional qualifying time of 14.51 seconds and the long jump with an NCAA Division III provisional qualifying leap of 7.11 meters (23 feet, four inches).

Brown also placed second in the high jump at the MAC Championships, clearing a height of 1.93 meters (six feet, four inches). Brown would set another school record, a meet record and also automatically qualify for the NCAA Division III National Championships with a preliminary time of 14.38 seconds in the 110-meter high hurdles. Brown's time also set the MAC meet record.

Brown will compete in the decathlon at the 2007 NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships beginning on May 24th at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Brown enters the meet with the second best point total in the nation this season, a school record score of 6,797 points.

The complete list of regional winners can be found at http://ustfccca.cstv.com/sports/division3/spec-rel/052107aag.html.