Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Women's Track and Field To Host Gulden Relays This Saturday
1/8/2008 7:00:00 AM | Women's Track and Field
Jan. 8, 2008
Gulden Relays Schedule of Events
Gulden Relays Performance List
LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Bucknell men's and women's track and field teams are set to return to action this Saturday, Jan. 12, for the Gulden Relays. The Bison will welcome nine visiting teams (University of District of Columbia, Coppin State, Elizabethtown, Loyola, Mansfield, McDaniel, Mount Saint Mary's, UMBC and Wagner) to Gerhard Fieldhouse with field events beginning at 10:30 a.m. and running events starting at 12 p.m.
According to head coach Kevin Donner, "The Gulden Relays has traditionally been a nice lower key meet to see where we are at after the long holiday break. We can compete everyone and it helps determine who will be making travel squads later in the year."
Bison Women's Track and Field Notebook
At the Bison Opener on Dec. 1
- In the first meet of the 2007-08 indoor season, Bucknell had two athletes win an event and one athlete post an ECAC-qualifying mark on the women's side.
- Junior Gillian Nordquist (Clarkston, Mich./Clarkston) took first in the 5000-meter run with a time of 18:12.07.
- In the 3,000-meter run, Bucknell took the top-three places with senior Lisa Prybella (Southampton, Pa./Mt. St. Joseph Acad.) finishing first (10:49.75), sophomore Gabrielle Skovira (Park Ridge, N.J./Park Ridge) taking second (10:55.12) and freshman Colleen Gavigan (Clarks Summit, Pa./Abingdon Heights) in third (10:56.19).
- Freshman Rebecca Frey (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) posted the highest mark of collegiate competitors in the meet, taking second overall, in the pole vault. She notched an ECAC-qualifying mark of 11-9 ¾, to place herself fourth on Bucknell's top-10 list for the event.
- In the 60-meter dash, sophomore Stephanie Evans (York, Pa./Central York) placed 12th in the final with a time of 8.09, after clocking an 8.08 in the prelim to tie the sixth-fastest time in Bucknell history.
- Senior Amanda Mockbee (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson) led Bucknell in both the shot put and the weight throw. She posted the seventh-best all-time mark for Bucknell in the shot put (42-11 ½) for third and took fifth in the weight throw (50-9 ¼).
In the Rankings
- The Bucknell women's track and field team was picked first in the Patriot League preseason poll, announced Dec. 6. The Bison collected 92 points with 10 first-place votes. Navy followed in second with 88 points and six first-place votes, while Army was third with 76 points. Rounding out the list was Lafayette in fourth (61 points), Lehigh in fifth (51 points), Colgate and Holy Cross tied for sixth (32 points) and American in eighth (18 points).
- Bucknell will look to defend their Patriot League indoor title, to give the program its 12th in school history. The Bison return 2007 All-Patriot League performers, senior Erin Cranmer-Hart (Slippery Rock, Pa./Slippery Rock Area) and sophomore Amy Mantush (Drums, Pa./Hazleton) from last year's championship squad. The team is also led by head coach Kevin Donner, who picked up his sixth-consecutive Patriot League Coach of the Year award in 2007.
2007-08 Honors
- On Dec. 11, Frey was one of three Bison track and field athletes (also junior Kevin Macleod (East Longmeadow, Mass./East Longmeadow) and sophomore Kyle Anthony (Barryville, N.Y./Eldred Central) on the men's side) to be honored with a Patriot League weekly award. Frey was named the league's Rookie of the Week after placing second overall and posting the highest mark of collegiate competitors at the Bison Opener in the pole vault. She notched an ECAC-qualifying mark of 11-9 ¾, to place herself fourth on Bucknell's top-10 list for the event.
Looking Ahead
- Following the Gulden Relays, Bucknell will host two more meets in January, the Bucknell Heptagonal on Jan. 19, and the Bison Open and Multi, Jan. 25 - 26. Bucknell will also send athletes to the Penn State National Invitational the weekend of Jan. 25 -26. The Bison will then travel to Akron, Ohio on Feb. 2, for the Akron Open before returning home for the Bucknell Winter Classic on Feb. 9.
- Bucknell will host the 2008 Patriot League Indoor Track and Field Championships, Feb. 22 - 24. The ECAC Championships are set for March 1 - 2 in Boston, Mass. and the NCAA Championships are scheduled for March 14 - 15 in Fayetteville, Ark.
