2011-12 Emory Men’s Indoor Track & Field Season Recap

The Emory University men’s indoor track and field team, led by University Athletic Association (UAA) Most Outstanding Performer and NCAA Championship participant Ian Francis, highlighted its 2012 campaign with a second-place finish at the conference championship meet in February.

The Eagles scored 90 points during the UAA Championships, hosted by New York University at the Armory Track and Field Center in New York, NY, tying Carnegie Mellon University for second place, and finishing behind only Washington University (Mo.), which won the meet with 117 points scored.  En route to being named the conference’s Most Outstanding Performer in Field Events, Francis, a senior, won both the long jump and the triple jump, claiming the title in the latter with a UAA-record setting leap of 14.87 meters.  It marked the 13^th time that an Emory men’s athlete has been named the UAA’s Most Valuable Performer during the indoor season, and the first time an Eagle has earned the honor specifically for his performance in field events.

Francis would go on to qualify and compete in the triple jump at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, finishing 11^th in the event with a leap of 14.05 meters.

Sophomore Scott Greathouse added Emory’s final individual UAA Championship during the indoor season, winning the high jump after clearing a height of 2.03 meters, tying him for the seventh-best mark in the program’s history.  Senior Ben Euwer earned an all-UAA honor in the shot put after finishing second in the event with a program-record throw of 14.77 meters in the event.  Adding individual all-UAA honors during the indoor season were sophomore Edward Mulder in the mile run and senior Xavier Fowler in the triple jump, each with second-place finishes, and freshman Gui Silva in the 400-meter dash and sophomore Mike Moserowitz in the triple jump, who each claimed third-place in their events.  Emory’s distance medley relay team of Mulder, sophomore Nick Cortellessa, freshman Patrick Crews and junior Stephen Ellwood finished second at the UAA Championships, while the 1,600-meter relay team of junior Isaac Chambers, Francis, Silva and Crews finished third, each earning all-UAA recognition.

Two other Emory records fell during the 2011-12 season, both at the Orange and Purple Classic in December.  Chambers set a new program-best mark in the 500-meter dash with a time of 1:07.51, breaking his own previous school record in the event, set in 2009.  Also at the meet, sophomore William Matheson broke the school record in the 1,000-meter run with a time of 2:40.72.

A number of Eagles were also recognized for their academic success during the 2011-12 season.  Highlighting that group were senior Geraint Davies, Ellwood and Euwer, who were each named to the Capital One/ CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team during the season.

The Eagles earned the following honors during the 2011-12 season:

The following were the top marks by Emory athletes during the 2011-12 season:

*E – Emory Record
*U – UAA Meet Record