2014 Blue & Grey Intrasquad
Meet - November 12, 2014
It’s a great day to be a Hound! On Saturday, the
track and field teams held their annual Blue and Grey intrasquad
meet and athletes left with a sense of pride and excitement for the
up-and-coming season. The day consisted of nine events, the
standing long jump and triple jump, shot put and weight throw, 40
meter dash, 320 meter race, the three hurdle race, the handstand
walk, and the 4x160m relay.
The pole vaulters started with an impressive handstand walk that
displayed their upper body strength, balance, and poise.
The jumpers leapt to success in both the long jump and the
triple jump. Stand out marks included Melissa Cheong in the
standing long jump with a mark of 8’4” and Gavin Bailey
with a mark of 9’10”. Kiara Bright skipped to victory
in the women’s standing triple jump with a mark of
29’7”. The men’s triple jump was much closer and
only two inches separated Kahron Walker and Chris Ossont who were
both in the 39 foot range.
Gavin Bailey came back to win the hurdles for the men. Morgan
Redmond also had an impressive win in the three hurdle race for the
women. She improved by 0.2 second from last year but came up just
short in the 40 meter dash. Her teammate, Briana Wright, crossed
the finish line first for the women while Matt Barnett sprinted to
victory on the men’s side.
The two lap race, a fan favorite, was a fight to the finish for
both the men’s and women’s race. Corinne Glass and
Brielle Sutter battled for the win. The race was close but 400
meter record holder, Brielle Sutter, was today’s winner by
about a half second. On the men’s side, Tyler Dwyer led
the pack. Although his teammates were close behind him, he
stood his ground and crossed the line first.
The coed relay gave the Greyhounds a chance to mix things up,
work as a team, and created a strong sense of pride amongst each
other. There was no A team, no B team, no women’s team, no
men’s team, there were only teams of Greyhounds racing around
the track.
The throwers had a great day as well. After only a few weeks of
practice, the Blue and Grey meet was a great chance to see where
everyone is at while providing friendly competition. In the
women’s events, Jenny Kratch took the victory in the weight
throw improving her distance by over a meter from the previous
year’s Blue and Grey meet. Ciara Stewart, a newcomer to the
throwers, won the shot put with an impressive early season mark of
just over 37 feet.
On the men’s side, sophomore Matt Jones won a close battle
in the weight throw. He beat out teammates Parker Munson and Jeff
Gallagher by a little more than a foot. In the shot put, redshirt
junior Parker Munson took home the title. His toss of 51 feet 5
¾ inches would have been a Moravian record had this been an
official meet! Overall, the many great throws and personal bests
proved we are headed in the right direction going into the
season.
The Blue and Grey intrasquad meet gives athletes a chance to
compete and with our first meet of the season being only three
weeks away, it’s a great way to know we are on track to
having a great season!
Coach Baumann
2013 Blue & Grey Intrasquad
Meet - November 26, 2013
The Moravian College Track and Field team competed in the annual
Blue-Grey intrasquad meet on Saturday, November 16th in the
ARC. The sprinters, jumpers, hurdlers, and throwers were
split into two teams and competed in eight events (hurdles, shot
put, long jump, 320m dash, weight throw, pole vault, 40m dash, and
the 4x160m relay). The men on the Blue team beat out the Grey
team 91 to 71 while the women on the Blue team also came out with a
victory against the Grey team 84 to 64.
The Blue team’s key victories came from senior Dave
Cariello in the men’s hurdles, senior Yacine Zerdoum in the
320m dash, junior Parker Munson in the shot put, and a sweep in the
40m dash with freshman Matt Barnett, sophomore Albert Myers, and
senior Yacine Zerdoum. Other key performances came from Myers
placing 2nd in the long jump, senior Jeff Gallagher placing 2nd in
the weight throw, freshman Matt Jones placing 3rd in the shot put,
and Cariello placing 3rd in the long jump and tying for 1st in the
pole vault.
The women on the Blue team had key victories from a double
victory by freshman Lauren Suelke in the long jump and 40m dash and
freshman Jackie Finnegan in the shot put. The race of the day
was the showdown between the school record holder in the
women’s outdoor 400m, junior Brielle Sutter, and the school
record holder in the women’s outdoor 400m hurdles, junior
Morgan Redmond, in the 320m dash where Sutter came from behind to
edge Redmond at the line for the victory. Other key
performances came from sophomore Tyler Clore placing 2nd in the
weight throw, sophomore Christelle Reglas placing 2nd in the long
jump and 3rd in the 40m dash, junior Dana Fineman placing 2nd in
the pole vault, freshman Becky Flitcroft and sophomore Meghan
Newman placing 2nd and 3rd in the hurdles.
The Grey team came away with a few victories of their own from
senior Kris Joint in the long jump, senior Tim Lorah in the weight
throw, and sophomore Ryan Karnopp tying for first in the pole
vault. Other key performances from the Grey team included
senior Craig Arner and sophomore Gavin Bailey placing 2nd and 3rd
in the hurdles, freshman KJ Williams placing 3rd in the weight
throw, freshman Greg Cahill placing 2nd in the shot put, while
sophomore Tyler Dwyer and junior Chris Ossont placed 2nd and 3rd in
the 320m dash respectively.
The women on the Grey team also fought their way to victories
from senior Jenny Kratch in the weight throw, junior Hailey Kester
in the pole vault, and junior Morgan Redmond in the hurdles.
Other key performances came from Redmond and sophomore Corinne
Glass placing 2nd and 3rd in the 320m dash, junior Brianna Wright
in the 40m dash, while freshman Casey Raymond placed 3rd in the
pole vault and long jump. The meet ended with the 4x160m
relays. Both Blue and Grey had four mixed gender teams
competing. The Grey relay team of Ossont, Bailey, freshman
Lauren White, and Redmond finished first. The Blue relay team
of freshman Mike Guarino, senior Jenni Smilgis, sophomore John
Barr, and Barnett finished in second while the Grey relay team of
Raymond, Joint, Dwyer, and freshman Kiara Bright finished in
third.
Overall, both teams provided a promising look into the 2013-2014
track and field season for the Hounds! They open the indoor
season at Lehigh University December 6th and 7th.
Coach Baumann
2013 NCAA Indoor Meet - March 22,
2013
This year the NCAAs were out in Naperville, IL at North Central
College. Kris Joint was our lone men’s qualifier
indoors this year in the long and triple jumps, but he stepped up
for the ‘Hounds!
Friday night was the long jump. He had some strong jumps
in trials up to 22'11", which put him at
7th going into finals. Entering the 6th
round of jumps, only one jumper improved on his mark from trials so
we felt Kris had a great shot of maintaining his All American
position. However, in the 6th round the 9th placed
jumper improved 4 cm over Kris which dropped him to 8th
place. Although disappointing, with only one jumper left we
felt confident that he’d still be in 8th, preserving his All
American spot. However, the very next jump from the
(then) 9th placed jumper bettered Kris’ jump yet again,
and this time by just ONE centimeter. Two minutes and two
jumpers before him, Kris was all but assured his first All American
honor, but suddenly had to produce on his final attempt or be left
out of the awards. However, on his last attempt Kris stepped
up with a 17 cm improvement which leapfrogged him from 9th to
6th, where he’d stay and earn his first All American honor
with a jump of 23’6”.
On Saturday Kris was entered in the triple jump. We were
worried about this event due to a lingering ankle injury this
season, and in fact almost didn’t enter him in the long jump
to preserve him for his preferred event. As it turns out, the
long jump did hinder his triple and he could “only”
manage a 47’10” jump in trials, about a foot shy of his
PR. He just didn’t have the strength in his ankle that
he needed, but Kris still managed to jump well, finished 10th, and
missed All American by just 3 inches even with the weakened
ankle! He’ll take a little time to rest up, and
will resume competing a little later in the outdoor season, while
everyone else will start up in two weeks at Washington and Lee
University in Lexington, VA.
Coach Baumann
Conference Championships -
February 27, 2013
As with any season, the first team goal is to win
Landmarks. We were extremely excited about the potential of
this year’s team with a strong freshmen class and key
returners, but the way things look on paper in November isn’t
always how they turn out in February. We were quickly getting
into shape and coming together as a team when in the last week key
athletes John Barr, Yacine Zerdoum, Justin Taylor, Ryan Karnopp,
and Donnie Noble were stricken with injuries. Prior to the
injuries we already knew it’d be a close meet with
Susquehanna, but the setbacks made it even closer!
However, at the meet our team leaders rose to the occasion.
There are too many highlights to mention them all here, but just a
few that immediately come to mind include Kris Joint who won the
long, triple, was 5th in the high, and helped lead our 4x2
relay to second along with senior and fellow jumper Travis King who
was 2nd in the triple, had a huge PR in the 60 (7.3) and had
another season’s best in the long in the 21’s. In
the distances, Donnie Noble overcame his hip flexor strain to win
the mile (4:22) and 5k (15:34), while Dillon Farrell was right
behind in 2nd in both events AND anchored the 4x800 15
minutes later. John Heberling won a tightly contested high
jump competition with freshman Jason Fuehring right on his heels
in 2nd in only his second high jump of the season. Dave
Cariello had a huge day with a season’s best in the PV, and
an ECAC qualifying time of 8.52 in the 60 hurdles, winning both
events. Freshman Gavin Bailey and Tyler Dwyer had big
breakthroughs in the 400s/relays, and we expect both to key parts
of our team for the next four years. Finally in the weight
throw, Tyler Potterton had an enormous PR, nearly throwing 47 feet
which was good enough for 3rd place. In the end we wound
up winning by 21 points in a very tightly-contested battle with
Susquehanna.
We’re off to the Armory this weekend for the ECACs with a
number of our jumpers – Kris Joint, Jason Fuehring, Travis
King, John Heberling, and Dave Cariello in the hurdles. The
following week is NCAAs where, as of this moment, Kris Joint would
be in with his 48’11” TJ and 23’7” LJ from
Princeton. We’re hoping we can get a few of the other
four to better their marks and qualify for Indoor NCAAs in Chicago
on March 8th/9th.
Coach Baumann
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