Top Ten of 2012-13 - #7 - Micah Leonard Sweeps Landmark Conference Field Athlete of the Year Awards
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- --- Moravian College continues its countdown of the top 10 honors and moments of the 2012-13 season today with a look at our No. 7 highlight – Senior Micah Leonard sweeping the Landmark Conference Women’s Field Athlete of the Year honors.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- --- Moravian College continues its countdown of the top 10 honors and moments of the 2012-13 season today with a look at our No. 7 highlight – Senior Micah Leonard sweeping the Landmark Conference Women's Field Athlete of the Year honors.
Leonard had a record-setting senior year on the track for the Greyhounds, helping the program sweep the Landmark Conference Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships for the sixth consecutive year. She also won four individual Landmark titles in 2012-13 while being named the Landmark Indoor Field Athlete of the Year and earning Landmark Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year honors.
Susquehanna University hosted the Landmark indoor meet on February 23rd in Selinsgrove. Leonard captured first place in the triple jump for the fourth consecutive year with a meet record distance of 11.66 meters (38 feet, 3 ¼ inches), and she won the long jump for the third straight season at 5.47 meters (17 feet, 11 ½ inches). Leonard, who was also the runner-up in the high jump at 1.47 meters (four feet, 9 ¾ inches), was named the Indoor Field Athlete of the Year for a third consecutive year.
"I'm so happy to have won the Landmark Indoor Field Athlete of the Year honor for three straight years," Leonard said. "I have worked so hard to improve my jumping, and receiving those awards was the icing on the cake."
Goucher College hosted the two-day Landmark Outdoor Championships on April 27th and 28th in Towson, Maryland. Leonard added another pair of individual titles at the meet, winning the triple jump for the fourth straight year at a meet and Landmark record distance of 12.14 meters (39 feet, ten inches) and capturing the long jump for the second time in her career outdoors at a meet record of 5.69 meters (18 feet, eight inches). Leonard was the runner-up in the high jump and honored with the Landmark Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year award as well.
"It brought me to tears of joy to also win the Landmark Athlete of the Year Award outdoors," stated Leonard. "The best part was having the people I took the journey with, my teammates, there to celebrate with me. I was representing all of us and that was an honor."
Leonard completed her track & field career in May with 13 individual and one relay Landmark championships, and she was also a six-time All-American including a runner-up finish in the triple jump outdoors in 2013. Leonard honored as a four-time Landmark Field Athlete of the Year, also winning the honor indoors in 2011and 2012.
Leonard finished her career with school records in the triple jump indoors at (39 feet, 2 ½ inches) and outdoors at (40 feet, 11 inches), the latter coming in her final meet at the NCAA Division III National Championships.
"I hope no one breaks the records for at least one year," Leonard joked. "I knew coming into this year that I wanted to make a big impact in my last year. I couldn't have imagined a better ending to such a positive experience."
Number six on our countdown will be announced on Thursday, July 25th.
No. 10 - Donnie Noble Sweeps Landmark Conference Track
Athlete of the Year Awards
No. 9 - Women's Volleyball Wins School Record 29 Matches
No. 8 - Women's Basketball Wins Play 4Kay for 5th Straight Year
with over $16,000 Raised
No. 7 - Micah Leonard Sweeps Landmark Conference Field Athlete of
the Year Honors
No. 6 - Women's Track & Field Team Wins 2 More Landmark
Conference Titles
No. 5 - Dillon Farrell Wins Landmark Conference Men's Cross Country
Championship
No. 4 - Men's Cross Country and Track & Field Teams Sweep
Landmark Conference Team Titles for 2nd Straight Year
No. 3 - Travis King & Micah Leonard Honored as Greyhound Senior
Athlete Award Winners
No. 2 - Micah Leonard Finishes as Runner-Up in Triple Jump at NCAA
DIII National Championships
No. 1 - Baseball Wins Landmark Conference Championship
