Sports News: Spring 2009

Monday, March 2, 2009

MORAVIAN’S BLAIR MAGINNIS HONORED AS LANDMARK CONFERENCE MEN’S FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

MADISON, NJ --- Senior thrower Blair Maginnis (Asbury, NJ/Warren Hills Regional HS) of the Moravian College men’s indoor track & field team has been named the Landmark Conference Men’s Field Athlete of the Week for his performance last week.

Maginnis helped Moravian to a runner-up finish at the 2009 Landmark Conference Indoor Championships while being named the Landmark Conference Field Athlete of the Year.  Maginnis captured a pair of first place titles, claiming the 35-pound weight throw in a school record, a Landmark Conference record and ECAC qualifying toss of 15.62 meters (51 feet, three inches), and winning the shot put with an NCAA Division III provisional and ECAC qualifying distance of 15.54 meters (51 feet).

Moravian will return to action on Friday and Saturday, March 6th and 7th at the 2009 Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III Indoor Championships being hosted by Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.