Monday, March 3, 2003
TRIO HONORED AS MORAVIAN STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
BETHLEHEM, PA --- Sophomore Kirsten Rotzell (Bangor, PA/Bangor HS) from
the women’s indoor track and field team, senior Tara Wozniak (Roseland, NJ/West
Essex Regional HS) of the women’s basketball squad and junior Joe
Moore (Andover, NJ/ Newton HS) from the men’s indoor track and field team
have been named the Moravian College Student-Athletes of the Week for their performances
last week.
Rotzell set the Middle Atlantic Conference Indoor Championship records
in both the long jump and triple jump to lead Moravian to its eighth consecutive MAC Indoor
Championship in the 2003 Championship hosted by Susquehanna University. Rotzell jumped
5.67 meters (18 feet, 7 1/4 inches) in the long jump, which is an NCAA provisional qualifying
distance, and beat the former MAC record of 5.58 meters. Rotzell had a
distance of 11.34 meters (37 feet, 2 1/2 meters) in the triple jump, which was also an
NCAA provisional qualifying distance, and bettered the old MAC mark of 11.22 meters. In
the track events, Rotzell finished third in the 55-meter dash with a time
of 7.54 seconds, and she ran a time of 7.43 seconds in the preliminaries.
Wozniak, a guard, led the Greyhounds to a 1-1 week and a berth in the
Commonwealth Conference Championship game while averaging 13.0 points and 7.0 rebounds
per game in the Commonwealth Conference Tournament. Wozniak started the
week with 13 points and three rebounds in Moravian’s 53-51 victory versus Lebanon
Valley College in the semifinals. Wozniak added 13 points and 11 rebounds
in the Greyhounds’ 73-52 loss at Messiah College in the title game. Wozniak went
eight-for-eight at the foul line in the loss to the Falcons. For the week, Wozniak shot
93.3 percent (14 of 15) at the foul line while averaging 28.5 minutes in each game. The
Greyhounds are 20-7 on the season and await a berth in the 2003 ECAC South Tournament.
Moore was named the Most Outstanding performer at the 2003 MAC Indoor
Championships, and he led the Greyhounds to a second place team finish after winning three
gold medals. Moore captured first place in the 55-meter dash in a time
of 6.65 seconds and he ran a 6.60-second race in the preliminaries. Moore also
captured first in the 200-meter dash in 22.82 seconds, and he won the long jump with an
NCAA Division III provisional qualifying distance of 7.18 meters (23 feet, 6 3/4 inches). Moore also
ran on the 4x200-meter relay squad that was third in a time of 1:33.28 seconds.
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