PHILADELPHIA, Pa. --- The Moravian College women's track & field squad competed on the second day of the Penn Relays at historic Franklin Field Friday by running in a pair of relay events for the first time in school history.
The Greyhounds placed tenth in the College Women's Shuttle Hurdles Championship of America Invitational race in a time of 1:05.49. The quartet of senior Morgan Redmond, junior Meghan Newman, sophomore Rebecca Flitcroft and freshman Melissa Cheong was just edged out by Ramapo College of New Jersey by 16 hundredths of a second. The shuttle hurdles has each team taking up two lanes and running 100-meter hurdle races. Each runner cannot begin their turn until the previous competitor has crossed the line.
Moravian also ran the 4x200-meter relay for the first time in school history with the squad placing second in its heat and 40th overall in a time of 1:44.07. Redmond joined with senior Brielle Sutter, junior Corinne Glass and sophomore Lauren White to run the race.
The Hounds will compete in the second day of the Lehigh University Games on Saturday, April 25 beginning at 10:00 a.m.
