NEW YORK, N.Y. --- Moravian College has qualified 20 student-athletes, 11 females and nine males, to compete at the 2015 Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships being hosted by Rutgers-Newark at the New York City Armory, on Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7.
Both Moravian squads continued streaks by winning Landmark Conference Championships last weekend at Susquehanna University, the eighth consecutive Landmark title for the women and seventh for the men in the eight years of the conference including six straight championships.
On the women's side, four Greyhounds will be competing in two events each one as an individual and then as a quartet in the 4x200-meter relay. The group includes seniors Brielle Sutter, Morgan Redmond and Brianna Wright and junior Corinne Glass, and they have the fourth-best qualifying time in the 4x200 at 1:45.44.
Sutter is slated to compete in the 200-meter dash with a qualifying time of 26.28 while Redmond is in the 60-meter hurdle preliminaries with a 9.39 second qualifying time. Wright made the 60-meter dash preliminaries with a mark of 7.90 seconds while Glass will compete in the 500-meter run with a qualifying time of 1:20.10.
The rest of the women's qualifiers are in the field events and will be led by senior Dana Fineman, who has the eighth-best qualifying height in the pole vault at 3.70 meters (12-1.5). Sophomore Kiara Bright is entered in the triple jump with a qualifying distance of 11.04 meters (36-2.75) while junior Christelle Reglas and freshman Melissa Cheong are both entered in the long jump with qualifying marks of 5.29 meters (17-4.25) for Reglas and 5.35 meters (17-6.75) for Cheong.
Freshman Ciara Stewart will compete in the shot put with a qualifying toss of 12.39 meters (40-7.75) while senior Jenny Kratch and junior Abbey Clark are both entered in the 20-pound weight throw with qualifying distances of 14.78 meters (48-6) for Clark and 14.07 meters (46-2) for Kratch.
On the men's side, two of Moravian's nine qualifiers enter the ECAC Championships with the second-best mark in their events. Sophomore Ryan Karnopp enters the meet with the second-best height in the pole vault with a Moravian and Landmark Conference record mark of 5.05 meters (16-6.75) while sophomore Kahron Walker is second in the high jump at 2.03 meters (6-8).
The Hounds have four other entries in the field events with senior Parker Munson competing in the shot put after a qualifying mark of 15.18 meters (49-9.75), sophomore Greg Cahill in the 35-pound weight throw with a qualifying toss of 15.50 meters (50-10.25), senior Chris Ossont in the triple jump with a qualifying mark of 13.86 meters (45-5.75) and junior Gavin Bailey in the long jump with a qualifying distance of 7.00 meters (22-11.75).
Moravian has a trio of runners set to compete on Saturday with senior Dillon Farrell in the 3,000-meter run with a qualifying time of 8:44.22, sophomore Cory Taggert in the 800-meter run at 1:55.32 and senior Alec Duncan in the mile run with a time of 4:23.18.
The ECAC meet is the final chance to qualify for the 2015 NCAA Division III National Championships next weekend. The top 15 men and top 17 women in each event and the top 12 relay teams on the Track & Field Results Reporting System list will be headed to the national meet. Currently, Fineman is tied for 10th in the women's pole vault while Karnopp is fourth the men's pole vault.