Moravian Places Second at Muhlenberg Invitational with Five Event Victories

Elizabeth DeMassa competing at the Moravian University Invitational hosted at Lehigh University.
Elizabeth DeMassa competing at the Moravian University Invitational hosted at Lehigh University.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. --- The Moravian University women's outdoor track & field team finished second of 12 teams with 130 points at the Muhlenberg College Invitational Saturday

Event Winners

  • Junior Helen Davis won the 100-meter dash with an All-Atlantic Regional Track & Field qualifying time of 12.55 seconds
  • Senior Natalie Stabilito captured the 800-meter run in an AARTF qualifying time of 2:20.26
  • Sophomore Lexi Groff took first in the high jump at an AARTF qualifying height of 1.65 meters (5-05.00), which is also a PR and ties the school record set by Melissa Cheong in 2015
  • Junior Elizabeth DeMassa won the triple jump with a distance of 10.44 meters (34-03.00)
  • Moravian's 4x100-meter relay of Davis, junior Crystal Robinson and freshman Racquel Ramey and Abby Giamoni won with an AARTF qualifying time of 48.39 seconds

Top 10 Results

  • Robinson was the runner-up in the 200-meter dash in an AARTF qualifying time of 25.34 seconds while Giamoni took third in an AARTF qualifying time of 25.84 seconds with Davis placing fourth in 26.09 seconds
  • Robinson also placed as the runner-up in the 400-meter dash in an AARTF qualifying time of 58.61 seconds and was followed again by Giamoni in third in an AARTF qualifying time of 59.48 seconds
  • Freshman Ashley Rodrigues took second in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:12.72 while freshman Lizzy Blaski finished third in 1:12.99 and freshman Bella DeMassa took eighth in 1:16.74
  • Junior Rachel Byrne finished fourth in the 800-meter run in 2:26.21
  • Senior Santina Burak placed fifth in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 5:02.06
  • Freshman Rachael Goodman was seventh in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 14:02.21
  • Blaski was ninth in the 100-meter hurdles in 17.48 seconds
  • The Greyhounds "A" 4x400-meter relay squad of Stabilto, Bryne and freshman Rylie Murphy and Amber Poniktera was the runner-up in a time of 4:19.41 while the "B" squad of Bella DeMassa, Rodrigues, Blaski and Junior Haylee Saylor was eighth in 4:36.65
  • Sophomore Kinsey Metzger finished third in the discus with an AARTF qualifying toss of 38.55 meters (126-06) while freshman Caillie Fish was ninth at 31.95 meters (104-10)
  • Fish also took tenth in the hammer throw on Friday at DeSales University with a toss of 34.60 meters (113-06)
  • Sophomore Vicky Donovan finished seventh in the javelin with a toss of 32.13 meters (105-05) while sophomore Brooke Tulloch was eighth at 31.33 meters and followed by freshman Abby McClaskey in ninth at a distance of 31.20 meters (102-09) and junior Delaney Wiseman in tenth at 30.67 meters (102-04)
  • Saylor finished fifth in the long jump with a leap of 4.67 meters (15-04.00), and she also placed ninth in the triple jump at 9.50 meters (31-02.00)
  • Freshman Amanda Nicolosi was ninth in the pole vault with a mark of 2.30 meters (7-06.50)

Up Next for the Greyhounds

  • Friday/Saturday, April 8-9 at Lehigh University Invitational
  • Saturday, April 15 hosts Greyhound Invitational