2008-09 Track & Field News
June 30, 2009Landmark Honors Second Semester Senior Scholar Athletes
The Landmark Conference has chosen fourteen student-athletes as Landmark Senior Scholar Athletes for their respective winter and spring sports. A committee of Landmark Conference officers, athletics directors and sports information directors selected the recipients, choosing one senior from each of the sports sponsored by the conference. The honorees must have a cumulative GPA of 3.2 and are selected based on their accomplishments in all areas of college life including athletics, academics and other extracurricular activities. It is the most exclusive award given out by the conference with just 20 honorees for each academic year.
April 1, 2009
Scranton Moves To Top Of President's All-Sports Cup Standings
The University of Scranton Royals have claimed the top spot in the Landmark President’s All-Sports Cup standings after the completion of the winter season. Twelve of the twenty sports in the Landmark Conference have now concluded leaving institutions only the spring season to leave their mark on the standings. After claiming three Landmark Conference Championships Scranton has accumulated a score of 7.65 to edge out previous leader Susquehanna University’s score of 7.38.
March 26, 2009
Landmark Honors Thirty-Two Student-Athletes On Winter All-Academic Team
The Landmark Conference has announced that 32 student-athletes have been honored with selection to the 2009Winter Landmark All-Academic Team. Two male and two female athletes from each of the eight Landmark institutions were selected for the team which honors athletes who have excelled athletically and academically. Nominees could compete in any of the Landmark winter sports and must be a sophomore or older with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better.
March 24, 2009
Landmark Releases Winter Academic Honor Roll
The Landmark Conference has recognized 236 student-athletes by selecting them for the 2009 Winter Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll. The honorees were selected from all eight Landmark Conference institutions.
March 14, 2009
Susquehanna's Huber Earns All-America Status
Susquehanna University's freshman Graham Huber (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg Area) tied for eighth place out of 14 athletes in the men's high jump at the 2009 NCAA Division III indoor track & field championships, held at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology's Sports and Recreation Center field house from March 13-14. Huber competed on March 14.
March 13, 2009
Moravian Sits In Fifth Place At NCAA Indoor Track Championships
The Moravian College women’s track & field team had three competitors on the first day of the 2009 NCAA Division III Indoor National Championships being hosted by Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology with two of them earning All-America honors. The team is currently tied for fifth with ten points.
March 9, 2009
Four Athletes Qualify For NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships
A total of four Landmark Conference student-athletes will represent their institutions at the 2009 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind. March 13-14.
March 2, 2009
Ten Student-Athletes Earn Player of the Week Honors
With four winter sports concluded Landmark play with Championships and spring sports beginning in earnest a total of 10 Landmark student-athletes were chosen as Players of the Week. The Landmark Player of the Week selections are made by the Landmark Conference office.
February 28, 2009
Landmark Crowns Two Team Champions In Indoor Track & Field
One team defended its title and another claimed the first conference title in program history as the Moravian College women and Susquehanna University men earned team championships at the Landmark Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships Saturday afternoon at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa.
February 24, 2009
Teams Ready For Landmark Indoor Track & Field Championships
Five indoor track & field programs will try and earn their first conference titles while the defending men’s and women’s champions of Moravian College will work to defend their crown when competition begins at the 2009 Landmark Indoor Track & and Field Championships Saturday Feb. 28 at the Garrett Sports Complex on the campus of Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa.
February 23, 2009
Six Student-Athletes Honored As Players of the Week
The winter sports regular season concluded this weekend and six winter sports student-athletes have been chosen as Landmark Players of the Week. The Landmark Player of the Week selections are made by the Landmark Conference office.
February 21, 2009
Simpson Notches Provisional Qualifying Mark At Susquehanna Open
The Susquehanna University men's track & field team hosted the Susquehanna Open at the James W. Garrett Sports Complex field house on Feb. 21. Junior Josh Simpson (North Braddock, Pa./Woodland Hills) broke a 13-year-old school record to lead Susquehanna with a first-place finish in the 55-meter dash. Simpson’s time of 6.44 seconds provisionally qualifies him for the 2009 NCAA Division III indoor track & field championships.
February 16, 2009
Landmark Picks Nine Players Of The Week
Following a championship in one winter sport and two other winter sports heading into the stretch run, nine student-athletes have been chosen as Landmark Players of the Week. The Landmark Player of the Week selections are made by the Landmark Conference office.
February 9, 2009
Six Student-Athletes Named Players of the Week
After another week of winter sports competition six Landmark student-athletes have been chosen as Landmark Players of the Week. The Landmark Player of the Week selections are made by the Landmark Conference office.
February 7, 2009
Buffenmyer And Johnson Lead Eagles As Susquehanna Invite
Juniata College senior Kelsey Buffenmyer (Mount Joy, Pa./Donegal) ran a season-best time of 9.26 seconds in the 55m high hurdles, while junior Ryan Johnson (Mountaintop, Pa./Crestwood) set a new school record in the 35-lb. weight throw, to highlight Juniata College results at Saturday's Susquehanna Invitational.
February 2, 2009
Landmark Honors Eight Players of the Week
With one winter sport concluding its regular season and two others heading for the finish line, a total of eight Landmark student-athletes have been chosen as Landmark Players of the Week. The Landmark Player of the Week selections are made by the Landmark Conference office.
January 28, 2009
Susquehanna Competes At Ursinus Pentathlon
Susquehanna University's sophomore Bobby Eppleman (Chester Springs, Pa./Great Valley) and junior Steve Drosdick (Verona, N.J./Verona) competed in the Ursinus Pentathlon at Ursinus College's Floy Lewis Bakes Field House on Jan. 28.
January 19, 2009
Landmark Selects Players of the Week
With the full slate of winter sports in action this past week, a total of eight student-athletes have been chosen as Landmark Players of the Week for their performances. The Landmark Player of the Week selections are made by the Landmark Conference office.
January 17, 2009
Heim's Provisional Mark Paces Greyhounds At Orange & Maroon Classic
The Moravian women's track team returned to action for the first time in 2009 by competing at the non-scoring Orange & Maroon Classic hosted by Landmark Conference rival Susquehanna University. Moravian had three individual first place finishes in the field events led by junior Anna Heim capturing the pole vault in an NCAA Division III provisional and Eastern College Athletic Conference qualifying height of 3.66 meters (12 feet).
December 8, 2008
Landmark Selects Eight Players of the Week
With the first semester of competition beginning to wind down and all of the winter sports now in action, eight student-athletes have been chosen as Landmark Conference Players of the Week. The Landmark Player of the Week selections are made by the Landmark Conference office.
December 6, 2008
Buffenmyer Posts NCAA Provisional Leap In Track Opener
enior Kelsey Buffenmyer (Mount Joy, Pa./Donegal) provisionally qualified for the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships in the high jump, to highlight Juniata College performances at the West Virginia University Holiday Classic indoor track meet on Saturday in Morgantown, W.Va.
December 6, 2008
Crusaders Kick Off Indoor Track Season at Bucknell
The Susquehanna University men’s and women's track & field teams opened up the indoor portion of its 2008–09 season by competing at Bucknell University’s non-team-scoring Bison Opener at Gerhard Fieldhouse on Dec. 6.
August 26, 2008
Moravian Names Wandall Track & Field Coach
Walt Wandall has been named the head coach of the Moravian College men’s and women’s track & field teams and the director of the Moravian men’s and women’s cross country programs.
