Norine M. Nadeau-Brown (2019) - Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame

Norine M. Nadeau-Brown

Induction:
2019
Class:
1996

Norine Nadeau-Brown was a versatile athlete during her days with the Bucknell track and field squad. In one of the finest single meets in program history, Nadeau was named the Most Outstanding Performer at the 1996 Patriot League Outdoor Championships after winning league titles in the high jump and long jump while scoring in six different events (also runner-up in the javelin, third in the 100-meter hurdles, fifth in the 200-meter dash and second in the 4x400-meter relay) in her final home meet at Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium. She outscored two other teams all by herself that weekend.

All told, Nadeau won five career Patriot League outdoor gold medals and one more indoors. The Norwich, Conn., native was an All-East performer in the heptathlon and also placed fifth in the heptathlon at Penn Relays, Bucknell's best finish at that prestigious meet. Nadeau, who was a Christy Mathewson Award winner, graduated as the school-record holder in the outdoor high jump, and her personal best of 4,807 points in the heptathlon ranked second all-time to fellow Hall-of-Famer Lonnie Fertik. When she departed Bucknell, her name appeared on top-10 lists in nine different individual events.