April 11, 2026
Greyhounds Finish Third in Messiah Invitational
GRANTHAM, Pa. --- The Moravian University women’s outdoor track & field team finished third of 25 teams at the Messiah University Invitational Saturday with the squad winning two events and recording five All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference qualifying marks.
GRANTHAM, Pa. --- The Moravian University women's outdoor track & field team finished third of 25 teams at the Messiah University Invitational Saturday with the squad winning two events and recording five All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference qualifying marks.
Moravian Event Winners
- Sophomore Emma Shafnisky won the 100-meter hurdles with a school record and AARTFC qualifying time of 14.67 seconds in the finals after running 15.00 seconds in the preliminaries
- Shafnisky was also part of the Greyhounds winning 4x100-meter relay team with senior Shai Knight, sophomore Kennedy Simons and freshman Morgan Tandy in an AARTFC qualifying time of 49.46 seconds
Moravian Top 10 Results
- Senior Margie Rayne was the runner-up in the shot put with an AARTFC qualifying toss of 12.55 meters (41-2.25)
- Moravian's 4x800-meter relay squad of junior Kierstyn Klingner and freshmen Kiley Amend, Lachlyn Timms and Kate Vickers took second in a time of 10:36.15
- Shafnisky was third in the long jump at 5.37 meters (17-7.5) while Simons was seventh at 5.12 meters (16-9.75)
- Senior Karalyn Vashey placed third in the discus with a toss of 35.14 meters (115-3) while Rayne finished fourth at 34.44 meters (113-0)
- Sophomore Jessica Heydt took third in the hammer throw with a school record and AARTFC qualifying toss of 49.78 meters (163-4) while Vashey was fourth at an AARTFC qualifying distance of 46.61 meters (152-11)
- Simons finished fifth in the triple jump at 10.78 meters (35-4.5) while senior Ali Haefele took sixth at 10.57 meters (34-8.25)
- Haefele was fifth in the high jump at a height of 1.46 meters (4-9.5)
- Freshman Ligia Parada Garcia finished eighth in the 400-meter dash in 1:03.03
- Sophomore Becca Caird placed ninth in the javelin with a toss of 29.85 meters (97-11)
- Knight took ninth in the 100-meter dash preliminaries with a time of 12.72 seconds
Up Next for the Greyhounds
- Sunday, April 12 at Bucknell University Bison Outdoor Classic
- Friday, April 17 host Coach Pollard Invitational, 2:00 p.m.
