TOWSON, Md. – Junior Kristopher Joint of the Moravian College men's track & field team was named the Landmark Conference Field Athlete of the Week. This is Joint's second time earning Landmark Track Athlete of the Week this season.
Joint broke the school and Landmark records in the triple jump with a leap of 14.91 meters (48 feet, 11 inches) at the Princeton University Invitational Saturday. Joint was second in the event with his ECAC qualifying distance, and the record-breaking mark improved his standing to fifth in the nation in the event on the Track & Field Results Reporting System national list.
Joint was also third in the long jump with an ECAC qualifying mark and career best leap of 7.20 meters (23 feet, 7 ½ inches), which is tied for fifth on the TFRRS list.
Moravian will return to action Saturday, February 23rd as the squad looks to win its fifth Landmark Conference championship in the 2013 meet hosted by Susquehanna University starting at 10 a.m.
