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Bison Opener
Bucknell Men's Track and Field Starts Season With Solid Showing At Bison Opener
12/1/2007 7:00:00 AM | Men's Track and Field
Dec. 1, 2007
LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Bucknell men's track and field team started the 2007-08 indoor season at home on Saturday, with the Bison Opener. On the men's side, the Bison posted five IC4A-qualifying marks, picked up six individual wins and posted a new school record in the 60-meter hurdles.
In the 60-meter hurdles, junior Kevin Macleod (East Longmeadow, Mass./East Longmeadow) ran a time of 8.34 in the prelim, to record the No. 1 time for the event in Bucknell history. He broke his own record of 8.36, set last season. Sophomore Andrew Yehl (Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown) led the Bison in the final for the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.54 for eighth place and the third-fastest time in the Bucknell record books. Macleod took 16th with a time of 8.91.
Sophomore Kyle Anthony (Barryville, N.Y./Eldred Central) won the long jump with an IC4A-qualifying mark of 23-2 ¾, while senior Michael Contino (Broomall, Pa./Episcopal Acad.) rounded out the top-10 in the event, posting a mark of 21-6 ¼. Anthony also won the triple jump, posting an IC4A-qualifying distance of 48-3/4. Freshman Kevin McGuire (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg) finished eighth (42-9 ¾) and freshman Daniel Kubinski (Erie, Pa./Cathedral Preparatory School) took 10th (42-5 ¼).
Sophomore Ryan White (Elkins Park, Pa./Father Judge) won the heptathlon, posting an IC4A-qualifying point total of 4,828, recording the top mark in four of the six events.
In the pole vault, senior David Mante (Warwick, NY/Warwick Valley) recorded an IC4A-qualifying height of 15-9 to win the event and place him second all-time in the Bucknell record books.
Sophomore Timothy Medlock (Evan Mills, N.Y./Indian River) threw an IC4A-qualifying distance of 52-2 in the shot put to place fourth and to post the second-best mark in the Bucknell record books. He was followed by senior James Meyer (Pac. Palisades, Calif./Pacific Palisades) in ninth (47-2 ½) and freshman Zachary Shapiro (River Edge, N.J./River Dell Regional) in 10th (46-2 ¾).
In the 3,000-meter run, sophomore Conor McNamara (Baldwin, N.Y./Chaminade) took first in 8:50.98 and senior Wallace Campbell (Montgomery, Ala./Montgomery Acad.) won the 5000-meter run, clocking a time of 14:54.66. Junior Clinton Orloski (Butler, Pa./Slippery Rock) followed in second with a time of 15:02.37.
In the prelim for the 60-meter dash, junior Kerry Boyle (Hazleton, Pa./Hazleton) ran a time of 7.17 for the third-fastest time in Bucknell history while, MacLeod set the fourth-fastest all-time mark at 7.19.
Yehl placed third in the 300-meter dash with a time of 36.49, to place himself seventh on Bucknell's all-time top-10 list for the event, while sophomore Kyle Ramer (Landisville, Pa./Hempfield) led Bucknell in the mile, running a 4:26.41 for third place.
In the 400-meter run, freshman Guy Castranova (Trenton, N.J./Notre Dame) led the Bison with a time of 50.39 for fifth place and was followed by sophomore Gregory Baxter (Binghamton, N.Y./Chenango Valley) in sixth (50.85). Castranova also led the Bison in the 200-meter dash, placing seventh in 23.01.
Sophomore Clement Gyan (Yonlers, N.Y./Abraham Lincoln) recorded a third-place finish in the 500-meter dash, running a time of 1:06.12.
Senior Brian Mooney (Rochester, NY/Gates-Chili) led Bucknell in the 800-meter run, posting a second-place finish with a time of 1:57.01. Freshman Evan Novakowski (Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury) followed in seventh, clocking a time of 1:59.83.
Bucknell's 4x400 relay team of Boyle, Gyan, Baxter and Castranova clocked a 3:22.97 for third place.
Freshman Nicholas Hruch (Sykesville, Md./Liberty) and junior Ryan Robinson (Bloomsburg, Pa./Bloomsburg) tied for fourth in the high jump, each posting a mark of 6-5.
In the weight throw, Meyer went on to record the top finish for the Bison in sixth with a mark of 52-9 ¼. He was followed by Medlock in seventh (50-9 ¼) and sophomore Jonathan Lockhart (Chesapeake, Va./Great Bridge) in 10th (48-2 ¾).
The Bison are now set to prepare for the Gulden Relays at home on January 12.
