Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Cross Country Set For Patriot League Championships, This Saturday
10/24/2007 8:00:00 AM | Men's Cross Country
Oct. 24, 2007
LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Bucknell men's and women's cross country teams are set to run at the Patriot League Championships this Saturday at Lafayette. The men's race (8K) is slated to begin at 11 a.m. and the women's race (6K) will follow at 12 p.m. The Bison had this past weekend off and most recently ran at the Lafayette Leopard Invitational, on the same course as this weekend's race. Up-to-date information concerning this weekend's meet can be found at the Patriot League Cross Country Championship webpage.
As the Bison women look to defend their title as Patriot League champions, head coach Kevin Donner notes that "It looks to be a very tight meet with Navy, Colgate and ourselves. It is great to see a few teams battle for a championship."
The Bison men finished in third place at last year's Patriot League Championships. Donner feels that "Navy has been running great all year and American is the five-time defending champions with great front runners. Army and Bucknell seem to be the dark horses along with an improving Lehigh. The course is a great pure cross country course and I believe the second loop will make or break the race for many runners."
Bison Cross Country Notebook
On the Men at the Leopard Invitational on Oct. 13 -
- The Bison men took fifth of 12 teams tallying 111 points to finish behind first-place Maryland (63), second-place American (90), third-place UConn (93) and fourth-place Saint Joseph's (108).
- Senior Wallace Campbell (Montgomery, Ala./Montgomery Academy) led the Bison men in the 8K race, finishing 19th with a time of 26:39.00.
- Junior Clinton Orloski (Butler, Pa./Slippery Rock) followed in 20th (26:41.00) and sophomore Andrew Huebner (Hampton Falls, N.H./Governor Dummer Academy) finished in 26:52.00 for 24th.
- Rounding out the top finishers for Bucknell on the men's side were senior Andrew Corral (Bellport, N.Y./Bellport) and senior Michael Gibney (Wading River, N.Y./Shoreham Wading River) finishing in 25th (26:55.00) and 33rd (27:07.00), respectively.
Notes on the Men in 2007 -
- Campbell has led the men in each meet he has participated in this season. He opened 2007 with a first place-finish at the Bison Open, running the 3-mile race in 14:40.85. At the Western Ontario International Invitational, he paced the Bison with a second-place finish (31:59.00, 10K) and at the Paul Short Invitational he took 19th of 270 runners with a time of 24:44.00 in the 8K. Most recently, Campbell ran a 26:39.90 in the 8K for a 19th-place finish at the Leopard Invitational.
- Orloski, Huebner, Corral and Gibney have been consistent scorers for the Bison. Huebner, Corral and Gibney have finished in the top-five in three of Bucknell's scored races this season, while Orloski has finished in the top-five in two of the scored races. Junior Donald Sanner (Meyersdale, Pa./Meyersdale) scored for the Bison once this season, at the Western Ontario International Invitational.
- Freshman Stephen Dorsey (North Wales, Pa./Caselle Collegiate) led the Bison once this season at the Bloomsburg Invitational. He ran the 8K in 27:44.00 for a fourth-place finish, posting the top time for Bucknell's first-year runners at the meet.
On the Women at the Leopard Invitational on Oct. 13 -
- The Bison women took second of 11 teams with 75 points behind first-place Maryland which totaled 68 points.
- In the 6K race, freshman Sarah Moniz (Topsfield, Mass./Masconomet Regional) led the Bison women with a 12th-place finish in 21:43.00.
- Junior Gillian Nordquist (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston) followed in 14th (21:46.00) while seniors Christine Totten (Perkasie, Pa./Pannridge) and Erin Cranmer-Hart (Slippery Rock, Pa./Slippery Rock Area) both ran a 21:47.00 for 15th and 16th, respectively.
- Rounding out the top finishers for Bucknell were freshman Alexa Griffiths (Tamaqua, Pa./Tamaqua) in 18th (21:48.00) and junior Nicole Falcaro (Dingmans Ferry, Pa./Delaware Valley) in 19th (21:49.00).
Notes on the Women in 2007 -
- Moniz has been the top finisher for Bucknell on the women's side. At the Bloomsburg Invitational, she ran the 6K in 24:57.00 for a sixth-place finish and most recently, at the Leopard Invitational, she finished the 6K in 21:43.00 for 12th.
- Totten has also led the Bison twice this season. She had a first-place finish at the Bison Open, running the 3-mile race in 17:52.13 and took 63rd of 317 runners at the Paul Short Invitational (22:00.00, 6K).
- Falcaro was the top runner for Bucknell at the Western Ontario International Invitational, taking fourth in the 5K race with a time of 18:49.00.
- Cranmer-Hart, Griffiths and Nordquist have also been consistent scorers for the Bison this season, while junior Kim Hassett (Falmouth, Maine/Falmouth) and senior Jennifer Grant (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) have each scored once this season.
Honors and Rankings -
- On Oct. 2, Campbell and Griffiths notched Patriot League weekly honors. Campbell was named PL Male Runner of the Week and Griffiths was named PL Female Rookie of the Week.
- Campbell notched Damon's Bison Athlete of the Week Honors on Sept. 24 for his second-place finish of 148 runners in the 10K race at the Western Ontario International Invitational.
- For his first-place finish at the Bison Open, Campbell earned Patriot League Runner of the Week Honorable Mention for the men on Sept. 5. Campbell earned his second Honorable Mention on Sept. 25 for leading the men in the Western Ontario.
- Dorsey notched Patriot League Rookie of the Week honors on Sept. 11 after leading the Bucknell freshman class for a second consecutive week. At the Bison Open, on Aug. 31, he was the highest finisher of Bison newcomers, and was the top finisher for the all-freshman squad at the Bloomsburg Invitational on Sept. 8.
- As of Oct. 22, the Bucknell women's cross country team ranks ninth on the US Track and Field, Cross Country Coaches Association's Mid-Atlantic Regional rankings list. Bucknell's men's team ranks 11th for the Mid-Atlantic region.
- On Aug. 28, the Bucknell women's cross country team took the No. 1 spot in the Patriot League Preseason Poll with 96 points and 13 first-place votes. On the men's side, Bucknell tied with Army for the third pick in the league preseason poll released with 67 points.
Looking Ahead -
- Following the Patriot League Championships, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships are scheduled for Nov. 10 at Lehigh. IC4As for the men and ECACs for the women are set for Nov. 17 in Bronx, N.Y. The NCAA Championships will take place on Nov. 19 in Terre Haute, Ind.
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