TOWSON, Md. -Moravian University senior Crystal Robinson has been honored as the 2023 Landmark Conference Senior Scholar-Athlete for Women’s Indoor Track & Field.
The Landmark Conference selects 22 senior scholar athletes each year to recognize the top student-athlete in each sport based on academics and athletics.
The honorees must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.20 and are selected by a committee of Landmark Conference officers, athletics directors, senior woman administrators, and sports information directors.
This winter, Robinson was part of the Landmark Conference & School Record 4x400-meter relay team at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational, becoming the first indoor women’s 4x400 to go sub-four minutes with a time of 3:59.02 in conference and school history. Robinson placed fourth in the 400-meter dash, fifth in the 200-meter dash, and eighth in the 60-meter dash final after being fourth in the preliminaries at the 2023 Landmark Conference Indoor Championships.
Robinson also garnered United State Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Metro-All-Region honors in the 4x400-meter relay.
In 2022, Robinson won 200-meter and 400-meter dashes, was third in the 4x400-meter relay, and fourth in the 60-meter dash at Landmark Conference Indoor Championships to earn 2022 Landmark Conference Indoor Track Athlete of the Year accolades. She also captured the 200-meter dash and 4x100-meter relay, was runner-up in the 100-meter dash, and third in the 400-meter dash and 4x400-meter relay at Landmark Outdoor Championships, earning 2022 Landmark Conference Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year honors. Robinson made the USTFCCCA Metro All-Region squad indoors in the 200-meter dash and outdoors in the 100-meter dash and 4x100-meter relay.
In 2021, Robinson did not have an indoor season due to COVID. She did win the 200-meter dash and 4x100-meter relay and was runner-up in the 400-meter dash and 4x400-meter relay at the 2021 Landmark Outdoor Championships. Robinson also competed in the 200-meter dash at the 2021 NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships while receiving USTFCCCA Metro All-Region honors outdoors in the 200-meter dash, the 400-meter dash, the 4x100-meter relay, and the 4x400-meter relay.
As a freshman, Robinson won the 200-meter and 400-meter dashes and took second in the 60-meter dash while part of winning the 4x400-meter relay at Landmark Indoor Championships, earning 2020 Landmark Conference Indoor Track Athlete of the Year accolades. She was USTFCCCA Metro All-Region in the 200-meter dash while the outdoor season was cancelled due to COVID.
Off the track, Robinson has made Moravian’s Dean’s Honors List seven times as well as being a member of the Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society. She will be a six-time member of the Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll. Robinson is majoring in business management with a 3.83 grade point average. Robinson was selected to the 2021 and 2022 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for Track & Field.
Robinson is Moravian’s 41st Landmark Conference Senior Scholar-Athlete since the conference began in 2007-08, and she is the fourth women’s indoor track & field student-athlete to be honored. The Greyhounds have had a total of 12 student-athletes from the women’s cross country and track & field programs honored as Landmark Conference Senior Scholar Athletes.