Friday, March 14, 2008

MORAVIAN’S WALT WANDALL NAMED NCAA DIVISION III MEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR BY USTFCCCA

METAIRIE, LA --- Moravian College head track & field coach Walt Wandall has been named the 2008 NCAA Division III Men’s National Indoor Coach of the Year by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced Friday.

Wandall, pictured at right, took over the program after seven years as an assistant coach when former head coach Doug Pollard, last year’s USTFCCCA Women’s Mideast Region Coach of the Year, passed away suddenly last October.  Wandall led the Greyhounds to their inaugural Landmark Conference Championship and a second place finish at the ECAC Division III Championships on the men’s side and the Landmark Conference and ECAC Championships for the women.  Earlier this week, Wandall was named the Mideast Region Men's Indoor Coach of the Year by the USTFCCCA.

Wandall has a total of two student-athletes, senior sprinter/ jumper Ozzie Brown (Plymouth Meeting, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh HS) from the men's squad and sophomore Anna Heim (Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown HS) from the women’s team competing at the NCAA Division III National Championships this Friday and Saturday, March 14th and 15th at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. Brown was the USTFCCA honoree as the Mideast Region Men's Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year.

The complete list of national winners can be found at http://ustfccca.cstv.com/sports/division3/spec-rel/031408aaa.html.