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.

April 23, 2022

Moravian Honors Three Seniors as Hosts of Coach P Invitational

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.

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)