Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Cross Country To Run At Mid-Atlantic Regionals This Saturday
11/7/2007 7:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Nov. 7, 2007
LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Bucknell men's and women's cross country teams are set to run at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships this Saturday at Lehigh in Bethlehem, Pa., scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. The Bison had this past weekend off and most recently ran at the Patriot League Championships on Oct. 27, at Lafayette. Earlier this season, Bucknell ran at Lehigh for the Paul Short Invitational on Sept. 28.
The Bison women defended their Patriot League Championship title on Oct. 27, tying Navy for first place in the league. The Bucknell women's team ranks eighth (tied with Navy) on the US Track and Field, Cross Country Coaches Association's Mid-Atlantic Regional rankings list, released Nov. 5.
"The last two years we were ranked seventh going in and we finished fifth," said head coach Kevin Donner concerning the women. "This year we are eighth and I would love to see a top-five to top-seven finish. Our ladies know the course well and they need to stay focused the entire race. This year may be one of the strongest years as we have four teams from the Mid-Atlantic region that are nationally ranked (Princeton, West Virginia, Georgetown and Penn State). This should open the doors a little for some possible individual qualifiers. I believe Erin Cranmer-Hart and Christine Totten are dark horses for those spots."
The Bison men took fourth place at the Patriot League Championships and currently rank 11th in the Mid-Atlantic region. Concerning the men, Coach Donner says, "We would love to get our program back in the top-10. We are ranked 11th and we always make a goal to finish higher than our ranking. We are running a veteran team and the seniors may possibly be running their last cross country race ever. I believe Wallace Campbell has an outside shot to qualify for NCAAs."
Bison Cross Country Notebook
On the Women at the Patriot League Championships on Oct. 27 -
- The Bison women tallied 58 points to defend their Patriot League Championship title, tying Navy for first place.
- In the 6K race, senior Erin Cranmer-Hart (Slippery Rock, Pa./Slippery Rock Area) led the Bison with a sixth-place finish in 21:42.20 to make first team all-league.
- Senior Christine Totten (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) and junior Gillian Nordquist (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston) made second-team all-league, finishing eighth (21:44.90) and ninth (21:50.00), respectively.
- Rounding out the top-five finishers for the Bison women were freshman Sarah Moniz (Topsfield, Mass./Masconomet Regional) in 16th with a time of 22:05.30 and senior Offeibea Hanson-Hall (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle) in 19th with a time of 22:12.80.
Notes on the Women in 2007 -
- Moniz has been the top finisher for Bucknell on the women's side twice this season. At the Bloomsburg Invitational, she ran the 6K in 24:57.00 for a sixth-place finish and 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).
- Junior Nicole Falcaro (Dingmans Ferry, Pa./Delaware Valley) 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 and Cranmer-Hart also led the Bison once this season, at the Patriot League Championships (6K, 21:42.20, sixth).
- Nordquist and freshman Alexa Griffiths (Tamaqua, Pa./Tamaqua) have also been consistent scorers for the Bison this season, while junior Kim Hassett (Falmouth, Maine/Falmouth), senior Jennifer Grant (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) and Hanson-Hall have each scored once this season.
On the Men at the Patriot League Championships on Oct. 27 -
- The Bison finished in fourth place with 95 points, behind first-place American (47), second-place Navy (48) and third-place Army (78).
- In the 8K race, Senior Wallace Campbell (Montgomery, Ala./Montgomery Academy) led the Bison men with a sixth-place finish in 25:48.30 to make first-team all-league.
- Junior Clinton Orloski (Butler, Pa./Slippery Rock) was the next finisher for Bucknell and made second-team all-league with a 13th-place finish in 26:37.90.
- Rounding out the top-five finishers for the Bison men were sophomore Andrew Huebner (Hampton Falls, N.H./Governor Dummer Academy) in 22nd (26:53.90), senior Michael Gibney (Wading River, N.Y./Shoreham Wading River) in 26th (27:08.30) and senior Andrew Corral (Bellport, N.Y./Bellport) in 29th (27:13.30).
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 and a 25:48.30 at the league championship meet for sixth.
- Orloski, Huebner, Corral and Gibney have been consistent scorers for the Bison. Huebner, Corral and Gibney have finished in the top-five in four of Bucknell's scored races this season, while Orloski has finished in the top-five in three of the scored races. All four runners scored for the Bison at the Patriot League Championships.
- 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./Casalle 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.
Honors and Rankings -
- On Oct. 31, Nordquist was named Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She holds a cumulative grade-point average of 3.91 and earned her second all-league honor after scoring for the Bison at the Patriot League Championships for the second time of her career.
- At the Patriot League Championships, on Oct. 27, Campbell earned a first-team all-league selection on the men's side and Cranmer-Hart made first-team all-league for the women. Additionally, Orloski received a second-team all-league nod for the men while Totten and Nordquist made second-team all-league for the women.
- 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 Nov. 5, the Bucknell women's cross country team ranks eighth (tied with Navy) on the USTFCCCA'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 -
- The IC4A Championships for the men and the ECAC Championships 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.
