Zack & Layng Earn All-America Accolades at NCAA DIII Championships
CLAREMONT, Calif. --- Senior Gary Zack earned All-America honors for a second straight year while senior Timothy Layng was an All-American in the pole vault for the second time this season to lead the Moravian College men’s outdoor track & field team on the final day of the 2012 NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championship hosted by Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges at Fritz B. Burns Stadium Saturday.
CLAREMONT, Calif. --- Senior Gary Zack earned All-America honors for a second straight year while senior Timothy Layng was an All-American in the pole vault for the second time this season to lead the Moravian College men's outdoor track & field team on the final day of the 2012 NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championship hosted by Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges at Fritz B. Burns Stadium Saturday.
The Greyhounds scored 13 points to finish 21st of 84 teams that earned points in the three-day meet. McMurray (Texas) University won the team title with 66 points.
Moravian picked up eight points in the javelin with Zack's runner-up throw of 67.14 meters (220 feet, three inches), which was just two inches shy of junior Tim Van liew from Rutgers-Camden winning toss of 67.19 meters (220 feet, five inches). Zack entered as the defending champion in the event and had the top throw of the year just over 69 meters. Greyhounds sophomore Timothy Lorah made the finals as well in his first trip to the national meet. Lorah finished ninth in the even with a toss of 62.15 meters (203 feet, 11 inches).
Layng tied his own school record of 5.00 meters (16 feet, 4 ¾ inches) to finish fourth in the pole vault to earn the Greyhounds there other five points. Layng, who previously cleared five meters back on April 14th, cleared his opening height of 4.75 meters and then cleared the next three heights to finish his career as a two-time All-American. Peter Geraghty of North Central College won the pole vault at 5.40 meters (17 feet, 8 ½ inches).
For complete results of the meet, visit http://www.deltatiming.com/results/meet.aspx?yf=2012&mf=2012-ncaa-division-3-outdoor-championships&ts=true.
Zack photo courtesy of Brent Harris, Director of Sports Information at Wabash College.
