The 2009-10 Moravian College women’s track and field teams is expecting to continue its success this upcoming season. Head coach Walt Wandall feels that this year could be another record breaking year for the Greyhounds, who are getting ready to defend their Landmark Conference and ECAC Division III Championship titles.

The Greyhounds are looking to defend both indoor and outdoor Landmark Conference titles and ECAC outdoor championship titles. The Greyhounds will be returning an experienced team in the sprint events with seniors Rachel Beck (Churchville, PA/Council Rock South HS), Jessica Posimo (Philadelphia, PA/St. Basil Academy), Symonne Scott (Attleboro, MA/Attleboro HS), and juniors Shannon McEvoy (Lafayette, NJ/High Point Regional HS) and Alyssa Wert (Orefield, PA/Allentown Central Catholic HS).

Posimo, Beck and Scott earned All-American honors with a school record in the 4x100-meter relay (47.39), with a sixth place finish at the Div III 2009 NCAA Outdoor National Championships. Team MVP Posimo competed in the short hurdles at both indoor and outdoor National meets and automatically qualified for the outdoor meet with a jump of 19’ ¾ inch. Scott also competed in the long jump at both indoor and outdoor National Championships earning All-American honors indoors with a seventh place finish.

In the field events, four-time All-American senior Anna Heim (Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown HS), pictured above, will compete in the pole vault after two runner-up finishes at both the indoor and outdoor NCAA National Championships. Heim also won the 2009 Penn Relays College Women’s pole vault and is one of only four women in the history of Division III Women’s track and field to jump over 13 feet. She is the indoor and outdoor school record holder in that event.

Moravian is also set to return several throwers including senior school record holder and NCAA qualifier Flora Robertson (Hawley, PA/East Stroudsburg North HS) and junior All-American javelin thrower Mary King (Paramus, NJ/Paramus HS). Sophomores Brittany Moses (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge HS) and Anne Joseph (Livingston, NJ/Livingston HS) return to be once again to be a formidable pair in the shot, weight, and discus throws. As a freshman, Moses was the conference champion in the discus throw.

The Greyhounds will open up their season on Friday, December 4th at the Lehigh University Season Opener, and will host the Greyhound Invitational on April 16th and 17th at Rocco Calvo Field and Timothy Breidegam Track. Moravian is also scheduled to host the Coach P Open on April 9th 10th.