April 22, 2023
Hounds Capture Two Event Titles at Coach Pollard Invitational
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian University men’s track & field squad captured two event titles and four All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference marks while celebrating Senior Day at the Coach Pollard Invitational at Timothy Breidegam Track Friday and Saturday.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian University men's track & field squad captured two event titles and four All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference marks while celebrating Senior Day at the Coach Pollard Invitational at Timothy Breidegam Track Friday and Saturday.
Event Winners
- Senior Shane Houghton won the 3,000-meter steeplechase with an AARTFC qualifying time of 9:51.15
- Moravian's 4x100-meter relay squad of junior Matt Shea, sophomores Trevor Gray and Owen Sabastro and freshman Jacob Fenstermaker won in an AARTFC qualifying time of 42.34 seconds
Top 10 Finishers
- Gray was the runner-up in the 100-meter dash in an AARTFC qualifying time of 10.79 seconds
- Sophomore Jake Farrell placed second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in 9:56.38 while senior Liam Duffy was fifth in 10:18.91 and senior Christian Jancsarics took seventh at 10:31.86
- Sophomore Geoffrey Kleinberg finished sixth in the 800-meter run in 1:59.64 while freshman Bryan Kerchner took seventh at 2:00.79
- Kerchner was also seventh in the 5,000-meter run in a time of 16:22.59
- Freshman William Cooper was third in the 10,000-meter run Friday evening in 37:03.60
- Sophomore Trey Rolle tied for fifth in the high jump at a height of 1.85 meters (6-0.75)
- Rolle was also ninth in the long jump at 6.50 meters (21-4)
- Senior Adam Gildea finished fifth in the discus with an AARTFC qualifying toss of 43.40 meters (142-4)
- Graduate student Tim King placed fourth in the hammer throw Friday at 47.35 meters (155-4)
- King took eighth in the shot put Friday evening at a distance of 14.05 meters (46-1.25), and he was also tenth in the discus at 39.55 meters (129-9)
- Prior to competition starting on Saturday, the Greyhounds honored the senior class of Duffy, Jancsarics, Gildea, Ethan Cherubin and Eric Keck
- The 200-meter dash and 4x400-meter relays were not competed due to storms moving into the area later in the day
Up Next for the Greyhounds
- Friday, April 28 at Penn Relays
- Friday, April 28 at Lehigh University John & Carol Covert Classic
