Christina Scherwin, Moravian College
Track & Field, Class of 2005
At Moravian, Scherwin won the NCAA title in the javelin in 2002 and 2003, missing the 2001 meet due to an injury and the 2004 championships while training for the Olympics. In addition to setting what is still the NCAA Division III meet record in 2003 with a toss of 55.34 meters (181-7), she also earned All-America honors in the shot put both indoors and outdoors in 2003 and competed in the event outdoors in 2002 with a ninth-place finish. Scherwin captured seven Middle Atlantic Conference titles in just four meets, winning the shot put both indoors and outdoors in 2002 and 2003, the javelin both years and the discus outdoors in 2003. She also finished as the runner-up in the high jump at the MAC indoor meet in 2003 and was third in the long jump in the same meet. Scherwin was a two-time winner of the College Women's Javelin Throw at the prestigious Penn Relays. In addition to collegiate success, she competed in both the 2004 (Athens, Greece) and 2008 (Beijing, China) Olympic Games for her native Denmark. She was 29th in the javelin in 2004 and 44th in 2008. During her international career, Scherwin finished as high as fourth at the 2005 World Championships. She was inducted into the Moravian College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015 and is a member of the MAC All-Century Team.
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