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2007-08 – Week 35 Contact:
Mark Fleming (610) 861-1472, (610) 390-7545 or (610) 758-8721
GREYHOUND TRACKS
Team Records as of May 26th,
2008
Overall Landmark Meets & Tournaments
Baseball 17-21 9-9
Softball 30-6 12-0
Men’s Lacrosse 4-12 0-6
Women’s Lacrosse 9-7 0-5
Men’s Track
& Field 0-0 0-0 NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships
Women’s Track
& Field 0-0 0-0 NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships
Men’s Tennis 6-8-1 4-3
Women’s Tennis 10-6 6-0
GREYHOUND STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
Female – Anna Heim (Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown) and Mary King (Paramus, NJ/Paramus)
Male – Ozzie Brown (Plymouth Meeting, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh) and Nathaniel Tussey (Perkiomenville,
PA/Boyertown Area)
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Greyhound Weekly Update, May 26, 2008 (-2222-)
Men’s Track and Field – 0-0 (Landmark Conference 0-0)
Last Week – Tied for 17th of 81 at the 2008 NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championship
at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
The Greyhounds had two competitors
on the first day of the 2008 NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships
being hosted by the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh. Senior Ozzie Brown (Plymouth Meeting, PA/Plymouth Whitemarsh) was currently in first place after the
first half of the decathlon. Brown
had a point total of 3,942 through five events while Josh Lovell from Linfield
College was second with 3,598 points. Brown was first in the 100-meter dash in 11.10 seconds for 838
points, first in the long jump at 7.03 meters (23 feet, ¾ inch) for 821 points,
fourth in the shot put at 11.94 meters (39 feet, 2 ¼ inches) for 603 points,
first in the high jump at 1.99 meters (six feet, 6 ¼ inches) for 794 points and
second in the 400-meter dash in 48.49 seconds to earn 886 points. The
decathlon continued on Friday with the 110-meter high hurdles, the discus, the
pole vault, the javelin and the 1,500-meter run.
Brown also competed in the long jump competition on Thursday evening
immediately following the decathlon competition. Brown won the 2008 NCAA Division III Indoor National Championship
in the long jump and was the first jumper of the competition. He ended up
finishing sixth in his flight and 13th overall with a jump of 6.74 meters (22
feet, 1 ½ inches).
Moravian
senior Ozzie Brown won the 2008 NCAA
Division III National Championship in the decathlon at the 2008 NCAA Division
III Outdoor Track & Field National Championships being hosted by the
University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh. The national title is the second for Brown this year, making him the first
Moravian student-athlete to win multiple national championships in the same
year. Brown won the long jump title
at the 2008 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field National Championships. Brown won the decathlon with a Moravian
school record and NCAA Division III season best point total of 7,192, 66 points
ahead of Kyle Steiner from Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Brown’s ten team points for winning the national championship
currently has Moravian in a tie for sixth place of the 48 teams that have
scored a point through two days of the three-day meet. The University of St. Thomas (MN) is currently first with 19 team points.
Brown entered the second day of competition in the decathlon with a 344
point lead. He began the second day by placing first in the 110-meter
high hurdles in 14.64 seconds to earn 894 points. Brown then placed eight in the discus throw with a toss of 35.59
meters (116 feet, nine inches) for 576 points to build a lead of 382 points
heading into the final three events. Brown
was fifth in the pole vault, clearing 4.15 meters (13 feet, 7 ¼ inches) to earn
659 points, and then he placed ninth in the javelin throw with a toss of 42.96
meters (140 feet, 11 inches) for 485 to enter the final event with a 235 point
lead. Brown completed the
decathlon with a tenth place finish in the final event, the 1,500-meter run in
4:47.09 to earn 636 points and clinch the national championship. Brown's 7,192 points is the seventh
highest point total in NCAA Division III history.
In
other action on the second day of the NCAA Championships, Brown and senior Nathaniel
Tussey (Perkiomenville, PA/Boyertown Area) both qualified for the finals of
the 110-meter high hurdles on Saturday. Brown, who ran the preliminary between the decathlon pole vault and
javelin, was fourth in his heat and the ninth and final qualifier for the
finals in a time of 14.57 seconds. Tussey
was third in his heat and fourth overall with a time of 14.37 seconds to
advance to the finals on Saturday at 1:55 p.m. central time. Tussey was be in lane three for the
finals while Brown, who entered the
meet with the fastest time of the season in the nation at 14.27 seconds, was in
lane one.
Moravian
senior Nathaniel Tussey earned
All-American honors in both the 110-meter high hurdles and the 400-meter
hurdles on the final day of the 2008 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track &
Field Championships hosted by the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh. The
Greyhounds tied for 17th of 81 teams scoring points with a total of 18 points
to tie with Central (IA) College. McMurry (TX)
University won the men’s title with 35 points while SUNY Cortland was second
with 33 points and Whitworth University was third with 31 points.
Tussey became an All-American for the second time in his career with a fifth
place finish in a time of 14.50 seconds to earn four points for Moravian’s team
score. Greyhound senior Ozzie
Brown, who won the decathlon national championship on Friday, placed ninth
in the finals in a time of 15.13 seconds after hitting a hurdle.
Less
than two hours later, Tussey would
earn All-America honors again with another fifth place finish, this time in the
400-meter hurdles with a Moravian record time of 52.01 seconds. Tussey’s fifth
place added another four points to the Greyhounds’ team score.
Greyhound Weekly Update, May 26, 2008 (-3333-)
Women’s Track and Field – 0-0 (Landmark Conference 0-0)
Last Week – 43rd of 83 at the 2008 NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championship
at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
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Sophomore Anna Heim (Moorestown, NJ/Moorestown)
tied for third in the pole vault, earning All-American honors for the second
time this year, to lead the Moravian College men’s and women’s track &
field teams on the first day of the 2008 NCAA Division Outdoor National
Championships being hosted by the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh. Heim
cleared 3.82 meters (12 feet, 6 ¼ inches) to tie Jessica White of Monmouth
College. Holly Rollins of McMurry University
won the event at a height of 3.92 meters (12 feet, 10 ¼ inches). Heim’s
tie for third earned Moravian 5.5 points, tying Moravian for 12th of 26 teams
that scored a point on the first day of the three-day meet.
In other action, sophomore Symonne Scott (Attleboro, MA/Attleboro) placed
fourth in her flight and tied for ninth overall in the long jump with a
distance of 5.29 meters (17 feet, 4 1/4 inches).
Scott also ran in the preliminaries
of the 4x100-meter relay with sophomores Rachel
Beck (Churchville, PA/Council Rock South) and Jessica Posimo (Philadelphia, PA/St. Basil
Academy) and freshman Syndi Wisniewski (Orlando,
FL/Winter Park); however, the quartet failed to finish the race.
Moravian had just
one competitor on the second day of the 2008 NCAA Division III Outdoor National
Championships being hosted by the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh. Sophomore
Jessica Posimo
competed in the preliminaries of the 100-meter hurdles. Posimo was
seventh in her heat and 19th overall with a time of 15.03 seconds. The
Greyhound women are currently 25th of 49 teams that have scored a point with a
total of 5.5 points.
Greyhound freshman Mary King (Paramus, NJ/Paramus) earned
All-American accolades in the javelin throw on the final day of the 2008 NCAA
Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships hosted by the University
of Wisconsin at Oshkosh. Moravian was 43rd of 83 scoring teams with 6.5
points. The University of Wisconsin at River Falls and Illinois Wesleyan
University tied for first place with 35 points while Wartburg (IA) College was
third with 34 points.
King, competing at the NCAA Championships for the first time in her
career, had a toss of 40.78 meters (133 feet, nine inches) on her first throw
of the competition. King’s
distance would hold up for eighth place by two feet to earn All-America honors
and one point for Moravian’s team score.
Greyhound Weekly Update, May 26, 2008 (-4444-)
Men’s Lacrosse – 4-12 (Landmark Conference 0-6)
Season Completed
Women’s Lacrosse – 9-7 (Landmark Conference 0-5)
Season Completed
Baseball – 17-21 (Landmark Conference 9-9)
Season Completed
Softball – 30-6 (Landmark Conference 12-0)
Season Completed
Men’s Tennis – 6-8-1
(Landmark Conference 4-3)
Season Completed
Women’s Tennis – 10-6
(Landmark Conference 6-0)
Season Completed