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Mike Moserowitz of Emory Claims UAA Title During Day 1 of Outdoor Championships

Mike Moserowitz of Emory Claims UAA Title During Day 1 of Outdoor Championships
Posted: Apr 26, 2014

From Emory University Athletics

Emory University senior Mike Moserowitz finished first in the long jump, pacing the Eagles during the first day of competition at the 2014 University Athletic Association (UAA) Championships in Chicago, Illinois, hosted by the University of Chicago.

The Emory men sit in sixth place with 27 points, as Carnegie Mellon (69 points), Washington (62 points) and Chicago (47.50 points) top the standings.

Moserowitz won the long jump with a leap of 6.75 meters, marking his first-career outdoor title in the event, and his second outdoor championship overall.  Sophomore Maxwell Hoberman added a scoring performance in the event, placing fourth with a leap of 6.64 meters.

Other Emory men to finish in the top-eight in the finals of their events on Saturday and contribute to the team's  point total included freshman Christian Johnson in the 3,000-meter steeplechase (fourth, 9:36.54), sophomore Jacob Seigel in the shot put (eighth, 12.69 meters), sophomore Taylor Jarl in the hammer throw (eighth, 39.72 meters) and the 4x800-meter relay team of senior Eric Weiner, senior William Matheson, juniorKevin Delaney and freshman Walker Marsh (fourth, 8:01.13).

Junior Gui Silva qualified for the finals in a pair of events, winning the preliminaries of the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.70 seconds and finishing third in the 200-meter dash preliminaries with a mark of 22.06 seconds.  Junior Zachary Rosenberg will join Silva in the finals of the 400-meter dash after claiming sixth in the preliminaries with a time of 51.60 seconds, while freshman Dennis Kamara earned entry to the finals of the 100-meter dash after finishing fourth in the preliminaries with a mark of 10.99 seconds.  A pair of Eagles qualified for the finals of the 400-meter hurdles, with sophomore Adam Rabushka winning the preliminaries with a time of 55.23 seconds, and junior Ankush Mohile claiming seventh with a mark of 58.35 seconds.  Junior Patrick Crews rounded out Emory's list of qualifiers, placing sixth in the 800-meter run preliminaries with a time of 1:56.10.