January 14, 2022
Moravian Women Place Third in Ithaca College Quad Meet
ITHACA, N.Y. --- The Moravian University women’s indoor track & field team competed for the first time in over a month and finished third of four teams at the Ithaca College Quad Meet Friday as the Greyhounds scored 21 points while the host Bombers took first with 100 points.
ITHACA, N.Y. --- The Moravian University women's indoor track & field team competed for the first time in over a month and finished third of four teams at the Ithaca College Quad Meet Friday as the Greyhounds scored 21 points while the host Bombers took first with 100 points.
Top 4 Scoring Finishes
- Senior Emma Marion placed fourth in the 5,000-meter run in a time of 20:16.44 to earn a point in the opening race on the track
- Senior Natalie Stabilito garnered three points for a runner-up finish in the mile run in a time of 5:26.15
- Sophomore Lexi Groff was the runner-up in the high jump, clearing an All-Atlantic Regional Track & Field qualifying height and indoor PR of 1.61 meters (5-3.75), the same height as the winner but in one more attempt
- Junior Crystal Robinson took second in the 60-meter dash in a time of 8.12 seconds in the final after qualifying fourth in 8.23 seconds while junior Helen Davis earned a point with a fourth-place finish in 8.21 seconds after running the third fastest time in qualifying at 8.22 seconds
- Robinson also finished third in the 200-meter dash in a time of 27.17 seconds while Davis placed fourth in 27.41 seconds as the duo earned another three points for Moravian
- Senior Santina Burak was the runner-up in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 11:58.94 to garner three points
- The Hounds 4x400-meter relay squad of junior Rachel Byrne, junior Peyton Herbst, freshman Rylie Murphy and sophomore Pia Mazzella DiBosco was fourth in 5:03.36 to earn three points for Moravian
- Junior Elizabeth DeMassa finished fourth in the triple jump with a distance of 9.84 meters (32-3.5)
Other Top 8 Finishes
- Freshman Gillian Schonenberg was sixth in the 5,000-meter run in 23:25.87 in her first career indoor race
- Freshman Amber Poniktera was sixth in the mile run with a time of 5:56.81 in her first collegiate race while Byrne took seventh in 5:59.51
- Freshman Lizzy Blaski took fifth in the 60-meter hurdle finals in a time of 10.50 seconds while DeMassa finished seventh in 10.88 seconds. Blaski had the fourth-fastest qualifying time of 10.28 seconds while DeMassa earned the final qualifying spot in 10.67 seconds
- Freshman Arin Peykar placed fifth in the shot put with a toss of 9.86 meters (32-4.25)
- Murphy finished sixth in the 800-meter run in her first collegiate indoor meet in a time of 2:43.72
- DeMassa also placed fifth in the long jump with a leap of 4.76 meters (15-7.5) while junior Haylee Saylor took eighth at 4.55 meters (14-11.25)
- Saylor also finished sixth in the triple jump with a distance of 9.18 meters (30-1.5)
- Freshman Ally Meeks finished fifth in the 3,000-meter run in 12:43.64 while Herbst took seventh in 13:11.71 and freshman Lily Mingora placed eighth in a time of 13:18.89
- Junior Maddie Wickel took seventh in the weight throw with a mark of 11.86 meters (38-11) while freshman Liz Miskovsky placed eighth at 10.83 meters (35-6.5)
Up Next for the Greyhounds
- Saturday, January 22 hosts Moravian Indoor Meet at Lehigh University's Rauch Fieldhouse, 10:00 a.m. (No Spectators)
- Saturday, January 29 at Nazareth (N.Y.) College Conference Challenge Cup, 10:00 a.m.
- Saturday, January 29 at McElligott Invitational at Haverford College, 10:30 a.m.
