LHU’s Moyer makes NCAA Track & Field Championship debut
ALLENDALE, Mich. – Distance-standout Laurel Moyer (Lock Haven, Pa./Central Mountain) of the Lock Haven University women’s outdoor track & field team opened her national-championship run with a strong showing at 10,000 meters Thursday night as she competed at the 2021 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Moyer placed 15th in the 10,000-meter run with a solid effort that saw her cross the line in 35:29.56.
Thursday marked the opening day of the three-day NCAA DII championship-meet with action scheduled through Saturday at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan.
This year’s national-championship event marks Moyer’s NCAA track & field championship debut.
Moyer entered Thursday’s race as the No. 14 seed (35:01.81). She ran her seed-time, which was also her career-best and a school-record, back on April 23, while competing among an elite field at the 54th annual GINA Relays, hosted by Hillsdale College.
Moyer will return to action Fridayat the NCAA championships in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at 6:20 p.m. She’s seeded 14th.
Heading into the 2021 NCAA championships and the steeplechase final, Moyer has just three steeplechase races to her name. On May 1, she made her long-awaited career debut in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and she ran to a school record at the LHU Qualifier. She finished her first ever steeplechase event in 10:49.50, which broke the school record by 22 seconds and broke the meet record by 20 seconds. Less than a week later, she claimed the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) individual title in the event, besting her school record by over nine seconds. Competing in the event for the third time in less than three weeks, Moyer ran 10:39.21 (*new school record) vs. an elite field at the Toledo Rocket Last Chance Qualifier back on May 15.
Moyer’s top marks in 2021:
800-meters || 2:16.18 (career-best)
1,500-meters || 4:49.07
3,000-meters || 9:53.72 (career-best & school record)
5,000-meters || 16:55.83 (career-best & school record)
*10,000-meters || 35:01.81 (career-best & school record)
*3,000-meters || 10:39.21 (career-best & school record)
