Moravian College Women's Track & Field - 2011-12 News
MADISON, N.J. --- The Landmark Conference has recognized 310 student-athletes including 37 from Moravian College by selecting them for the 2012 Spring Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll. The honorees were selected from all eight Landmark Conference institutions.
MADISON, N.J. --- Seniors Austin Rock, Timothy Layng, Abigail Schaffer and sophomore Eavan Matz from Moravian College have been named to the 2012 Landmark Conference Spring All-Academic Team.
TOWSON, Md. --- Seniors Timothy Layng, Abigail Schaffer and Gary Zack of the Moravian College track & field teams have been named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America® NCAA Division III Women’s & Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country First Teams selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Seniors Abigail Schaffer, Timothy Layng and Gary Zack of the Moravian College track & field teams have been named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-District IV NCAA Division III Women’s & Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country First Teams selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
CLAREMONT, Calif. --- Senior Abby Schaffer earned All-America honors for a second time this season and fourth time in her two years at Moravian College while junior Micah Leonard earned All-America accolades for the fourth time in her career to lead the Greyhounds’ women’s outdoor track & field team on the final day of the 2012 NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championship hosted by Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges at Fritz B. Burns Stadium Saturday.
CLAREMONT, Calif. --- Moravian College has qualified six student-athletes, four males and two females, to compete at the 2012 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges in Claremont, California from Thursday, May 24th through Saturday, May 26th.
NEW ORLEANS, La. --- Senior pole vaulter Abby Schaffer of the Moravian College outdoor track & field team has been named the 2012 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Division III Mideast Region Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year while senior javelin thrower Gary Zack has earned Male Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year honors and javelin coach Bob Luciano earned Male Assistant Coach of the Year accolades announced late Friday.
TROY, N.Y. --- Junior Micah Leonard finished second in the long jump to lead the Moravian College women’s track & field team on the second day of the 2012 ECAC Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Thursday.
TROY, N.Y. --- Senior Abby Schaffer won the pole vault and junior Micah Leonard broke the school record in the triple jump to lead the Moravian College women’s track & field team on the first day of the 2012 ECAC Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Thursday.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Moravian has qualified 18 student-athletes, ten females and eight males, to compete at the 2012 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships hosted by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. on Thursday and Friday, May 17th and 18th.
NEW ORLEANS, La. --- The Moravian College men's & women's track & field teams are both ranked in the Mideast Region in the seventh NCAA Division III Regional Team Index of the 2012 outdoor season released by the U S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Wednesday with the Moravian men rank third in the region while the women moved up to fourth.
SWARTHMORE, Pa. --- Junior Micah Leonard won the triple jump with a season best leap of 11.76 meters (38 feet, seven inches) to lead the Moravian College women's outdoor track & field team at the 2012 Tuppeny Twilight Last Chance Meet hosted by Swarthmore College Monday evening.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Moravian College honored its 2012 senior student-athletes at its annual Senior Athletics Awards Banquet Wednesday night in Johnston Hall. Women’s track & field standout Abigail Schaffer was named the Outstanding Senior Female Athlete while baseball pitcher Brendan Close was honored with the Outstanding Senior Male Athlete award. The Blue & Grey Scholar Athlete awards were presented to women’s soccer student-athlete Diana Feldmann and baseball player Austin Rock. The H.T.D. Gillespie Award for outstanding service to Moravian’s athletics program was presented to Ray Bishop ’81.
NEW ORLEANS, La. --- The Moravian College men's & women's track & field teams are both ranked in the Mideast Region in the sixth NCAA Division III Regional Team Index of the 2012 outdoor season released by the U S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Wednesday with the Moravian men rank third in the region while the women are fifth. The men are also ranked 24th in the national poll.
DURHAM, N.C. --- Junior Micah Leonard of the Moravian College women's outdoor track & field team led the Greyhounds at the non-scoring Duke University Twilight Meet Sunday evening.
NEW ORLEANS, La. --- The Moravian College men's & women's track & field teams are both ranked in the Mideast Region in the fifth NCAA Division III Regional Team Index of the 2012 outdoor season released by the U S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Wednesday with the Moravian women moving up to first in the region while the men are second. The men are also ranked 21st in the national poll.
