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Bucknell Track Team Victorious in the Bucknell Octagonal
1/20/2001 7:00:00 AM | Men's Track and Field
Jan. 20, 2001
Men Women 1. Bucknell 212 1. Bucknell 199 2. St. Francis 109 2. Temple 120 3. Towson 70 3. St. Francis 72 4. Delaware 67 4. Delaware 71 5. Lock Haven 57 5. Towson 46 6. Temple 34 6. Lock Haven 38 7. Canisius 7 7. Canisius 10
Lewisburg, Pa. --- The Bucknell men and women claimed first place in a scoring meet held at Gerhard Fieldhouse on Saturday. The Bison men posted eight first-place finishes and scored a team total of 212 points, outdistancing runner-up St. Francis (Pa.) (109) by nearly doubling its point total. The Bucknell women had 11 first-place showings, and finished with 199 points, besting runner-up Temple by more than 70 points.
In addition to the eight event titles by the Bison men, three individuals placed on the school's all-time Top-10 performers chart. Sophomore Adam Kaufman (Bridgeton, N.J./St. Mark's) bested his previous distance of 48'9" in the 35 lb. weight throw by tossing it 51'9 ?" on Saturday. The toss is not only a career-best but it also puts Kaufman in sixth place all-time at Bucknell. "Vaulting" themselves onto the all-time performers chart were freshman Jeff Arek (Shrewsbury, N.J./Red Bank Regional) and sophomore Adam Jacob (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg) in the pole vault. Arek and Jacob both cleared a height of 14'9" which is good enough for a tie for eighth on the BU all-time performers chart.
The women had four individuals place on the all-time performances in chart. Three pole vaulters did not change position on the all-time performances list, but they did improve on their career bests. Freshman Shannon Benson (Visalia, Calif./Golden West) remained in second by clearing 10'10". Classmate Abigail Bouzan-Kalooustia (Orrington, Maine/Brewer) stayed in third on the charts by matching her career-best of 10'4". Finally, junior Samantha Klotz (Orange, Conn./Amity Regional) broke into the top-ten when she cleared a height of 8'10" in the pole vault. Winning the 20 lb. weight throw with a distance of 47'6 ?", freshman Maria Garcia (Providence, R.I./Hope) also moved into the seventh slot on the top-ten performers list at Bucknell.
The men's and women's track & field teams will host the annual Bison Open and a plethora of schools next weekend, on Saturday, January 27 in Gerhard Fieldhouse.
Bison First-Place Performances: MEN: Long Jump James Hollins (Feeding Hills, Mass./Northfield-Mt. Hermon) 23'2 ?" 200M Noel Powell (Tamaqua, Pa./Tamaqua Area) 22.31 500M Andy Hunsberger (Southampton, Pa./William Tennent) 1"07.29 35-lb Weight Ryan Stairs (Somerset, Pa./Somerset Area) 57'3 ?" Triple Jump James Hollins 47'9" Mile Greg Costello (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon) 4:18.35 4x400 Brian Klotz (York, Pa./Dallastown Area) 3:25.27 Andy Hunsberger Justin Crane (Allentown, Pa./Emmaus) Chris Edwards (Altoona, Pa./Altoona Area) 4x800 Matias Palavecino (Gaithersburg, Md./Watkins Mill) 8:00.85 Matt Davis (Bay Head, N.J./The Peddie School) Aaron Hanlon (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon) Greg Costello
WOMEN: Pole Vault Shannon Benson 10'10" T2nd all-time 20 lb. weight Maria Garcia 47'6 ?" 7th all-time 55M Hurdle Jamie Lilien (Hillsdale, N.J./Pascack Valley) 8.60 800M Stephanie Bango (Smethport, Pa./Smethport) 2:14.98 Mile Becki Marshall (Montgomery, N.Y./Pine Bush Central) 5:09.82 500M LaTonya McSwain (Cleveland, Ohio/Hawken) 1:16.64 1000M Kelly McConnell (Danville, Pa./Danville) 3:02.83 3000M Kristin Ferrell (San Rafael, Calif./San Franciso University) 10:42.05 5000M Andrea Beisser (Ames, Iowa/Ames) 18:35.08 4x400 Relay LaTonya McSwain (Cleveland, Ohio/Hawken) 3:54.83 8th all-time Christie Wolfgang (Rossiter, Pa./Punxsutawney) Laura Ryan (Blue Bell, Pa./Wissahickon) Stephanie Bango 4x800 Relay Becki Marshall 9:39.76 Michelle Baylor (Danville, Pa./Danville) Jen Malcolm (West Chester, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) Kelly McConnell
