Tuesday, June 21, 2011

MORAVIAN’S LAYNG NAMED TO CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA MEN’S TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY COLLEGE DIVISION THIRD TEAM

BETHLEHEM, PA --- Junior pole vaulter Timothy Layng (Canton, PA/Canton HS) has been named to the 2011 Capital One Academic All-America College Division Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country Third Team selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

Layng becomes Moravian’s 35th Capital One Academic All-American and the 30th in the last 18 years.  He is one of 45 student-athletes to make one of the three Academic All-America teams in the College Division and the only Landmark Conference student-athlete honored.

To be eligible for Capital OneAcademic All-America® accolades, a student-athlete must maintain at least a 3.30 grade-point average, be a sophomore, junior or senior and be a starter or significant reserve. The College Division is made up of all the NCAA Division II and III schools in the nation as well as all NAIA schools.  Student-athletes from NCAA Division I schools are named to the University Division Teams.  District II is made up of schools from Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Layng was the 2011 Landmark Conference Indoor Champion in pole vault at 4.70 meters (15 feet, five inches), and he placed fifth at ECAC Division III Indoor Championships and tenth at 2011 NCAA Division III Indoor National Championships.  Layng was the runner-up at 2011 Landmark Outdoor Championship at same height as winner, 4.70 meters, and he was second at the 2011 ECAC Division III Outdoor Championships hosted by Moravian at a height of 4.77 meters (15 feet, 7 ¾ inches).  Layng won the Landmark Conference pole vault titles indoors & outdoors in 2010 & outdoors in 2009 while finishing as the runner-up indoors in 2009.  He owns indoor school record at 15-11 1/4 (4.86m), which he set at 2011 ECAC Indoor Meet, and Layng is tied for school record outdoors at 15-9 (4.80 meters).  He has been named to the Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll four times in his career.