March 13, 2000
WOLFSBERGER, WILL-WEBER RECEIVE REGIONAL ACCOLADES
OSHKOSH, WI --- Moravian College sophomore distance runner Heidi Wolfsberger (Moosic/Riverside
HS) and head mens and womens indoor track and field coach Mark Will-Weber have
been named the 2000 NCAA Division III Mideast Region Womens Indoor Track and Field
Athlete and Womens Coach of the Year by the United States Track Coaches Association
and Mondo Surfacing.
Wolfsberger was selected as the top female athlete in Mideast Region, one of seven NCAA
Division III womens track and field regions, while Will-Weber was named the top womens
coach in the Mideast Region.
Wolfsberger captured All-American honors last weekend by placing second in the 1,500 meters
at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships hosted by Illinois Wesleyan
University last weekend. Wolfsberger broke her own school record in the finals with a time
of 4:36.86 and was under two seconds shy of the national champion in the event, Heather
Stone from the University of the South. She was also named the Most Outstanding Athlete
at the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships on February 26th by setting
a MAC record for women with four gold medals as she won the 800 and 1,500 meters and was
part of the winning distance medley and 3,200-meter relay teams.
Will-Weber, a graduate of East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, is in his 13th season
as head coach of the Lady Greyhounds and has led the squad to five straight MAC Indoor
Track and Field Championships. Will-Weber, who is also the mens and womens
cross country coach at Moravian, has led the womens cross country squad to a MAC
record seven straight championships.
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