MORAVIAN'S OZZIE BROWN NAMED ECAC DIVISION III MALE FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

CAPE COD, MA --- Junior Ozzie Brown (Plymouth Meeting, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh HS) of the Moravian College men’s outdoor track& field team has been named the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Division III Male Field Athlete of the Week for his performance last week.

Brown won the decathlon orange at the Bucknell University Bison Outdoor Classic with a stadium record of 6,797 points. Brown's total is also a Moravian record and automatically qualifies him for the NCAA Division III National Championships. It is the highest point total in NCAA Division III so far this season. Brown, who was competing in the decathlon for the first time in his collegiate career, broke the school mark set by Greg O'Neil back in 1993 by 233 points.

Brown was in first place after the first day of competition with 3,828 points. Brown was first in the 100-meter dash in 10.98 seconds to earn 865 points, first in the long jump at 7.22 meters (23 feet, 8 1/4 inches), a distance that provisionally qualifies for the NCAA Division III National Championships, to earn 866 points, first in the shot put at 11.26 meters (36 feet, 11 1/2 inches) to garner 562, points, second in the high jump at 1.89 meters (six feet, 2 1/4 inches) to earn 705 points and first in the 400-meter dash in a time of 49.67 seconds to earn 830 points.

Brown started the second day of competition with a first place finish in the 110-meter high hurdles in a time of 14.88 seconds to earn 864 points. Brown was then second in the discus with a toss of 29.73 meters (97 feet, six inches) to garner 459 points, second in the pole vault clearing 4.05 meters (13 feet, 3 1/2 inches) to earn 631 points, second in the javelin with a toss of 44.63 meters (146 feet, five inches) to earn 510 points and fifth in the 1,500-meter run in 5:09.79 to earn 505 points.

Moravian is scheduled to return to action on Friday, April 20th and Saturday, April 21st when the team hosts the Greyhound Invitational at Timothy Breidegam Track and Rocco Calvo Field.