Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame
Fertik Williard, Lonnie
Lonnie Fertik Williard
- Induction:
- 1994
- Class:
- 1983
Sport: Track and Field
Lonnie Fertik Williard became the first Bucknell woman ever to qualify for a national track and field championship and also became the first Bucknell All-American in that sport when she placed fourth in the heptathlon at the AIAW Division Two National Championships in 1982. Fertik Williard set seven indoor and outdoor school records and placed in the top six in the EAIAW indoor and outdoor heptathlon and pentathlon championships six times. She won the East Coast Conference indoor and outdoor high jump titles in 1983 and placed second in the shot put and high hurdles at both of those meets. Fertik set the long-standing Bucknell heptathlon record of 4,816 points en route to a seventh-place finish at the 1983 Penn Relays. She also graduated with school records in the pentathlon and outdoor high jump. Fertik came to Bucknell from John F. Kennedy High School in Old Bethpage, N.Y.
(Bucknell Hall of Fame Class of 1994)
Lonnie Fertik Williard became the first Bucknell woman ever to qualify for a national track and field championship and also became the first Bucknell All-American in that sport when she placed fourth in the heptathlon at the AIAW Division Two National Championships in 1982. Fertik Williard set seven indoor and outdoor school records and placed in the top six in the EAIAW indoor and outdoor heptathlon and pentathlon championships six times. She won the East Coast Conference indoor and outdoor high jump titles in 1983 and placed second in the shot put and high hurdles at both of those meets. Fertik set the long-standing Bucknell heptathlon record of 4,816 points en route to a seventh-place finish at the 1983 Penn Relays. She also graduated with school records in the pentathlon and outdoor high jump. Fertik came to Bucknell from John F. Kennedy High School in Old Bethpage, N.Y.
(Bucknell Hall of Fame Class of 1994)
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