Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Track and Field Quartet Named Bison Athlete of the Week
1/29/2007 7:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Jan. 29, 2007
LEWISBURG, Pa - On Monday, Bucknell's indoor track and field athletes Kerry Boyle (Hazleton, Pa./Hazleton), Marjorie Grap (Van Etten, N.Y./Spencer-Van Etten), Tyler Hoffman (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg), and Nina Reinhardt (Northport, N.Y./Northport) were selected as the Damon's Bison Athlete of the Week after recording a total of five new school records last weekend at the Bison Open and Multi and the Penn State National Invitational.
Boyle qualified for his second event for the IC4A Championships in the second event after breaking his own record in the 400-meter dash crossing the line with a time of 47.59 seconds at the Penn State National Invitational. The sophomore also teamed with junior Brian Mooney (Rochester, N.Y./Gates-Chili), sophomore Kevin MacLeod (East Longmeadow, Mass./East Longmeadow) and freshman Gregory Baxter (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley) to win the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:15.96, just .45 shy of the school record.
At the Bison Open and Multi, Grap broke a seven-year-old record in the shot put after launching a distance of 46 feet, 2 inches (14.07m), which placed her second in the event and qualified herself for the ECAC Championships. She also placed first in the weight throw with a length of 64-3 ¾ (19.60m) which made her an NCAA provisional qualifier. At the Penn State National Invitational, the senior notched a second-place finish in the weight throw with a distance 65-7 ½ (20.00m), which was also a NCAA provisional and ECAC mark and a new school record.
Hoffman placed first in the 35-lb weight throw at the Bison Open and Multi with a toss of 64-11 ¼ (19.79m) breaking a nine-year-old record and making him a NCAA provisional and IC4A qualifier. He also won the weight throw at the Penn State National Invitational with an distance of 63-31/2 (19.29m).
Reinhardt broke a 25-year-old school record in the pentathlon, scoring a total of 3504 points and qualified herself for the ECAC Championships at the Bison Open and Multi. In the pentathlon, she posted a first-place finish in the shot put with a length of 35-8 ¾ (10.89m).
The Bucknell indoor track and field squads will be away on Saturday, Feb. 3, at the Akron Open in Akron, Ohio. The meet will begin at 10:30 a.m.
