April 18, 2026
Greyhounds Add Five Regional Qualifiers at Coach Pollard Invitational on Senior Day
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian University women’s outdoor track & field team collected five All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference qualifying marks, one school record and one event title in the Coach Pollard Invitational at Timothy Breidegam Track on Senior Day Saturday.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian University women's outdoor track & field team collected five All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference qualifying marks, one school record and one event title in the Coach Pollard Invitational at Timothy Breidegam Track on Senior Day Saturday.
Moravian Seniors
- Prior to the beginning of the meet, the Hounds honored seniors Heather Adams, Tori Champagne, Ali Haefele, Shai Knight, Caroline Melillo, Makenna Mersch, Meghan Myers, Margie Rayne, Sarah Rice, Tara Smurla and Karalyn Vashey
Moravian Event Winners
- Senior Tara Smurla won the 5,000-meter run with an AARTFC qualifying time of 18:04.64
Moravian Top 10 Results
- Sophomore Emma Shafnisky placed third in the finals of the 100-meter hurdles in an AARTFC qualifying time of 14.60 seconds after setting the school record with an AARTFC qualifying time of 14.54 seconds in the preliminaries
- Shafnisky also finished third in the long jump with an AARTFC qualifying distance of 5.44 meters (17-10) while sophomore Kennedy Simons was seventh at 5.28 meters (17-3.75) and sophomore Erika Dietz took ninth at 5.23 meters (17-1.75)
- Simons placed third in the triple jump with an AARTFC qualifying mark of 11.29 meters (37-0.25)
- Freshman Kiley Amend was sixth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase in a time of 12:21.17
- Junior Rachele Grigoli took sixth in the 400-meter dash in 59.33 seconds
- Senior Margie Rayne finished sixth in the discus with an AARTFC qualifying toss of 39.20 meters (128-7) while senior Heather Adams was tenth at 37.58 meters (123-3)
- Sophomore Becca Caird placed tenth in the javelin with a toss of 31.67 meters (103-11)
- Dietz finished tenth in the high jump at 1.48 meters (4-10.25)
- The Greyhounds' 4x400-meter relay team of Grigoli, senior Shai Knight and freshman Ligia Parada Garcia and Morgan Tandy was fifth in 4:09.67
Up Next for the Greyhounds
- Thursday-Friday, April 23-24 at Penn Relays
- Friday-Saturday, April 24-25 at Lehigh University John & Carol Covert Classic
