Moravian College Track & Field: 2010-11
Quick ReCaps
May 2011

The Moravian College women's outdoor track & field team had two competitors on the second day of the 2011 NCAA Division III Outdoor National Championships hosted by Ohio Wesleyan University earn a national title with junior Abigail Schaffer capturing the pole vault for the second time this season after winning the indoor championship back in March.

Schaffer was seeded second in the event and passed on the first five heights before clearing her first attempt at 3.84 meters. Schaffer also needed just one attempt at 3.94 meters and the winning height of 4.14 meters (13 feet, seven inches), breaking Anna Heim '10 meet record set last spring. Schaffer and Catherine Street from Linfield College both made three attempts at 4.24 meters (13 feet, 11 inches) but neither was able to clear the bar. Schaffer captured the title over Street by needing just one vault at 4.14 meters and only missing once at 4.04 meters while Street missed once at 4.14 and twice at 4.04.

Schaffer [holds] two national championships, and her title is Moravian's 17th individual championship and the 16th from the track & field program. Schaffer's win earned ten points for the Greyhounds, and the squad finished in a tie for 19th of 83 teams scoring in the meet.