Moravian honored Santina Burak, Emma Marion and Natalie Stabilito prior to the start of the Coach Pollard Invitational at Rocco Calvo Field and Breidegam Track on Saturday morning.
Posted: Apr 23, 2022
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian University women's outdoor track & field team hosted their annual Coach Pollard Invitational Saturday while honoring their three graduating seniors prior to the start of the meet.
Event Winners
- Sophomore Lexi Groff took first in the high jump at an AARTF qualifying height of 1.60 meters (5-3)
- Moravian's 4x400-meter relay of freshman Zoey Bronson, junior Crystal Robinson, freshman Abby Giamoni and junior Rachel Byrne won with an AARTF qualifying time of 4:07.68 seconds
Top 10 Results
- Freshman Lizzy Blaski placed ninth in the 100-meter hurdles in a time of 17.07 seconds
- Senior Santina Burak placed third in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with an AARTF time of 11:44.11 for the fourth-fastest time in school history while freshman Rachael Goodman finished fifth in 13:28.74
- Robinson turned in an AARTF qualifying time of 12.33 seconds during the finals of the 100-meter dash to place third after running 12.47 seconds during the preliminary race. Giamoni finished in fifth with a time of 12.59 seconds to qualify for AARTF
- Five different Greyhounds finished in the top ten in the 800-meter run, led by senior Natalie Stabilito finished third in the 800-meter run in an AARTF qualifying time of 2:20.86 while Byrne crossed the finish line just behind her for a fourth-place finish in 2:21.92. Freshmen Rylie Murphy, Amber Poniktera and Hannah Kolonoski all finished together, with Murphy placing eighth in a time of 2:29.4, Poniktera crossing the finish line at 2:29.65 for ninth and Kolonoski finishing tenth in 2:32.23
- Freshman Ashley Rodrigues took third in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:11.36 while Blaski finished right behind her in 1:12.84 for fourth place
- Robinson and Giamoni both ran the 200-meter dash in AARTF qualifying times with Robinson taking fourth place in 25.41 seconds and Giamoni placing sixth in 25.79 seconds
- The Moravian 'B' team for the 4x400-meter relay consisting of Blaski, Murphy, freshman Bella DeMassa and junior Haylee Saylor finished fifth in a time of 4:27.61
- Freshman Arin Peykar placed fourth in the shot put with a throw of 10.48 meters (34-4.75) followed by sophomore Kinsey Metzger, who finished fifth with a mark of 10.09 meters (33-1.25). Freshman Caillie Fish was eighth at 9.47 meters (31-1)
- Saylor finished seventh in the triple jump with a leap of 9.90 meters (32-5.75)
- Fish also took seventh in the hammer throw with a toss of 38.34 meters (125-9) followed by junior Maddie Wickel, who finished eighth with a mark of 37.34 meters (122-6). Freshman Liz Miskovsky placed tenth with a throw of 35.50 meters (116-5)
- Sophomore Vicky Donovan finished second in the javelin with an AARTF qualifying toss of 38.09 meters (124-11) while junior Delaney Wiseman was fourth at 35.47 meters (116-4) to qualify for AARTF's and freshman Abby McClaskey in sixth at 32.57 meters (106-2)
- In the discus, Metzger garnered second place with an AARTF qualifying throw of 39.41 meters (129-3) while Wickel threw 36.15 meters (115-4) for seventh place and to qualify for AARTFs and Fish finished ninth with a toss of 34.07 meters (111-9)
Up Next for the Greyhounds
- Friday, April 29 at Penn Relays
- Saturday, April 30 at John Covert Classic at Lehigh University