Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Cross Country Set To Run At Bloomsburg Saturday
9/5/2007 8:00:00 AM | Women's Cross Country
Sept. 5, 2007
LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Bucknell men's and women's cross country team will travel for the Bloomsburg Invitational this Saturday, after beginning the 2007 season at home last Friday at the Bison Open. Saturday's race will begin at 10 a.m.
This weekend, the Bison will have only the freshmen run at Bloomsburg. "This will give our newcomers the opportunity to place themselves in a scoring situation and further develop," said Bucknell head coach Kevin Donner.
Bison Cross Country Notebook
On the Men at the Bison Open -
- The Bison claimed eight of the top-10 placements in the 3-mile race against Scranton, Susquehanna, and Kutztown on the men's side.
- Senior Wallace Campbell (Montgomery, Ala./Montgomery Academy) won the meet by 22.69 seconds in 14:40.85, ahead of 62 runners.
- For second place, senior Michael Gibney (Wading River, N.Y./Shoreham Wading River) finished in 15:03.54.
- Rounding out the top-five runners were sophomore Andrew Huebner (Hampton Falls, N.H./Governor Dummer) in fourth (15:09.71) and junior Clinton Orloski (Butler, Pa./Slippery Rock) in fifth (15:11.97).
On the Women at the Bison Open -
- The Bison claimed seven of the top-10 placements in the 3-mile race against Scranton, Susquehanna, and Kutztown on the women's side.
- Senior Christine Totten (Perkasie, Pa./Pannridge) won the meet by 2.36 seconds in 17:37.28, ahead of 63 runners.
- The next four finishes were by Bison runners. Junior Nicole Falcaro (Dingmans Ferry/Delaware Valley) took second (17:39.64), junior Gillian Nordquist (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston) finished third (17:47.86) followed by freshman Alexa Griffiths (Tamaqua, Pa./Tamaqua) and senior Erin Cranmer-Hart (Slippery Rock, Pa./Slippery Rock) in fourth (17:52.13) and fifth (18:02.47) respectively.
On The Freshmen at the Bison Open -
- For the men, freshman Stephen Dorsey (North Wales, Pa./Casalle Collegiate) was the top finisher of the newcomers. Dorsey took ninth with a time of 15:22.78 and was the seventh-fastest for the Bison in the meet.
- Freshman Christopher Boyd (Gaithersburg, Md./Thomas S. Whooton) and freshman Charles Murphy (Short Hills, N.J./Millburn) were solid runners for Bucknell, finishing 11th (15:26.65) and 12th (15:26.97) respectively.
- On the women's side, Griffiths' fourth-place run was the fastest of the newcomers.
- Freshman Sarah Moniz (Topsfield, Mass./Masconomet Regional) was a top-finisher for the Bison in 11th (18:31.57) and freshman Eileen Foley (Herndon, Va./Chantilly) had a strong finish for her first collegiate race, coming in 17th (19:02.62).
Looking Ahead -
- Following the Bloomsburg Invitational, on Sept. 22, Bucknell will have runners at both the Juniata Invitational in Altoona, Pa. and at the Western Ontario International Invitational in London, Ontario.
- The Patriot League Championships are scheduled for Oct. 27 in Easton, Pa.
- On the women's side, the Bison were picked first (96 points, 13 first-place votes) in the Patriot League Preseason Poll. For the men, Bucknell tied with Army for the third-place pick (67 points) in the preseason poll.
