Bucknell University Athletics
Track & Field Standouts Stephanie Bango, Matt Davis and James Hollins Named ECAC Athletes of the Week
12/6/2000 7:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
Dec. 6, 2000
LEWISBURG, PA - Three members of the Bucknell University track & field teams were named Eastern College Athletic Conference Athletes of the Week following the opening weekend of the 2000-01 indoor season.
Junior Stephanie Bango (Smethport, Pa./Smethport) was tabbed as the ECAC Women's Track Athlete of the Week following her performance at the Bucknell Invitational. She captured the 800-meter run with a time of 2:16.96, and was a member of the Bison team that won the Distance Medley Relay in a time of 12:48.35.
Seniors Matt Davis (Bay Head, N.J./The Peddie School) and James Hollins (Feeding Hills, Mass./Northfield-Mt. Hermon) were honored as the ECAC Track and ECAC Field Athletes of the Week, respectively. Davis won the mile in a time of 4:18.81, while Hollins captured the triple jump with a leap of 47'9" and moved into fourth place on the Bucknell all-time performers chart. Hollins also moved into fifth place on the school's all-time performers chart in the long jump with a leap of 23'0."
The Bucknell men's and women's track & field teams will be in action again this Saturday, December 9, when they host the "Opening Day Invitational" at Gerhard Fieldhouse.
