SELINSGROVE, Pa. --- The Moravian University women's indoor track & field team finished third at the 2024 Landmark Conference Championships hosted by Susquehanna University as the Greyhounds posted 101 points. The Hounds won one event title and had seven All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference qualifying marks.

Moravian Event Winners

• The Greyhounds' 4,000-meter distance medley relay team of juniors Amber Poniktera, Rylie Murphy, Lexi Rushatz and Rachael Goodman captured first place and ten points with an AARTFC qualifying time of 13:08.94

Moravian Top 8 Finishers

• Sophomore Tara Smurla was the runner-up in the first track event of the day, taking second in the 5,000-meter run in a time of 19:06.29 to score eight points while sophomore Meghan Myers finished sixth in 19:42.36 for three points and freshman Kayla O'Neil ran a PR time of 19:49.61 to place seventh and earn two points
• Sophomore Ali Haefele took second in the triple jump with a personal best and AARTFC qualifying mark of 10.98 meters (36-0.25) to earn eight points
• Junior Abby Giamoni finished second in the 400-meter dash in an AARTFC qualifying time 59.77 seconds to score eight points
• Sophomore Karalyn Vashey was the runner-up in the 20-pound weight throw with a toss of 14.24 meters (46-8.75) to garner eight points while sophomore Margie Rayne was fourth at a personal best distance of 13.82 meters (45-4.25) for five points. Junior Caillie Fish earned four points for a fifth place and PR toss of 13.67 meters (44-10.25) while sophomore Heather Adams was sixth at a PR mark of 13.66 meters (44-9.75) for three points and junior Liz Miskovsky took seventh with a PR toss of 13.61 meters (44-8) to score two points
• Graduate student Jocelynn Itterly finished second in the high jump at a PR and AARTFC qualifying height of 1.61 meters (5-3.25) to earn eight points. Senior Lexi Groff was third at the same AARTFC qualifying height but more attempts to garner six points while Haefele scored three points for a fifth-place finish at 1.51 meters (4-11.5)
• Smurla earned a third-place finish in the 3,000-meter run in a PR and AARTFC qualifying time of 10:34.06 to score six points while Goodman was fifth in 10:54.93 for four points
• The Hounds' 4x200-meter relay squad of junior Ashley Rodrigues and sophomores Shai Knight and Makenna Mersch and freshman Rachele Grigoli finished fifth in 1:54.48 to garner four points
• Giamoni took sixth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.79 seconds for three points
• Poniktera placed seventh in the mile run in a time of 5:42.23 to net two points
• Haefele was seventh in the long jump with a leap of 5.03 meters (16-6) to earn two points
• Junior Arin Peykar placed eighth in the shot put at 9.90 meters (32-5.75) to score one point
• Giamoni was eighth in the finals of the 60-meter dash in 8.44 seconds to pick up one point. She had qualified for the finals in fifth at an AARTFC qualifying time of 8.01 seconds

Up Next for the Greyhounds

• Friday-Saturday, March 1-2 at 2024 All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference Indoor Championships at Nazareth (N.Y.) College
• Friday-Saturday, March 8-9 at 2024 NCAA Division III Indoor National Championships, Virginia Beach, Va.