January 17, 2026
Moravian Wins Four Events in Blue & Grey Invitational
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian University women’s indoor track & field team hosted the Blue & Grey Invitational at Lehigh University’s Rauch Fieldhouse Saturday with four event titles.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian University women's indoor track & field team hosted the Blue & Grey Invitational at Lehigh University's Rauch Fieldhouse Saturday with four event titles.
Moravian Event Winners
- Senior Tara Smurla captured the 3,000-meter run with a personal best and All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference qualifying time of 10:11.33
- Senior Margie Rayne took first in the shot put with a toss of 11.91 meters (39-1)
- Senior Karalyn Vashey finished first in the 20-pound weight throw with an AARTFC qualifying toss of 16.71 meters (54-10) to tie her school record
- The Hounds "B" 4x200-meter relay squad of senior Makenna Mersch and sophomores Emerson Beamer, Erika Dietz and Emma Shafnisky won with a time of 1:56.16
Moravian Top 10 Results
- Freshman Kate Veivia was the runner-up in the mile run in a time of 5:36.27 while junior Kierstyn Klingner took eighth in 5:48.46 and freshman Kiley Amend was ninth in a PR time of 5:54:12
- Rayne took second in the 20-pound weight throw with a toss of 15.02 meters (49-3.5) while senior Heather Adams was third at 15.00 meters (49-2.5), sophomore Jessica Heydt placed fourth at 14.43 meters (47-4.25) and sophomore Naaliyah Slater finished sixth at 13.20 meters (43-3.75)
- The quartet of senior Shai Knight, junior Rachele Grigoli and freshmen Naomi Craig and Morgan Tandy finished second in the 4x200-meter relay in 1:56.47
- Freshman Ligia Parada Garcia took third in the 400-meter dash in 1:05.84
- Sophomore Tessa Hopkins finished third in the pole vault at 2.72 meters (8-11) while sophomore Annika Petyk was fifth at 2.27 meters (7-5.25) and freshman Maddy Bennyhoff took sixth at the same height
- Senior Ali Haefele was third in the triple jump with a leap of 10.52 meters (34-6.25) while sophomore Kennedy Simons took fourth at 10.44 meters (34-3) and sophomore Bella Fiore finished seventh with a mark of 9.89 meters (32-5.5)
- Vashey took fourth in the shot put with a toss of 10.93 meters (35-10.5) while Heydt took ninth at 9.71 meters (31-10.25)
- Simons placed sixth in the long jump with a PR mark of 5.19 meters (17-0.5) while Haefele was eighth at 5.05 meters (16-7)
- Shafnisky was fourth in the finals of the 60-meter hurdles in 9.58 seconds after a qualifying time of 9.54 seconds while Simons was seventh in 10.19 seconds after a qualifying time of 10.08 seconds
- Freshman Lachlyn Timms placed ninth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:45.52
- Junior Kayla O'Neil took tenth in the 3,000-meter run in a time of 11:03.70
- Moravian's "A" relay team of Mersch, Grigoli, Parada Garcia and Knight took third in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 4:20.91 while the "B" squad of Smurla, Tandy, Craig and Beamer placed fourth in 4:39.77, the "C" team of Amend, Klingner, junior Alexis Hockenberry and sophomore Celia Knoedler took sixth in 4:42.79 and the "D" squad of O'Neil, junior Alyssa Hockenberry, senior Tori Champagne and freshman Lexi Liddell finished seventh in a time of 5:04.66
Up Next for the Greyhounds
- Saturday, January 24 host Hounds Indoor Classic at Lehigh University Rauch Fieldhouse, 10:00 a.m.
- Saturday, January 31 at Alvernia University Plex Shootout and Ithaca (N.Y.) College Bomber Invitational
