Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Men's Track And Field To Host Gulden Relays This Saturday
1/8/2008 7:00:00 AM | Men'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 Men's Track and Field Notebook
At the Bison Opener on Dec. 1
- To start the 2007-08 indoor season, the Bison men 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 3/4. Anthony also won the triple jump, posting an IC4A-qualifying distance of 48-3/4.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
In the Rankings
- The Bucknell men's track and field team was picked third in the Patriot League's preseason poll, announced Dec. 6. The Bison tallied 70 points to place third, following Army (10 first-place votes) and Navy (six first-place votes), who tied for first with 90 points. Rounding out the list was American in fourth (64 points), Lehigh in fifth (47 points), Lafayette in sixth (43 points), Colgate in seventh (28 points) and Holy Cross in eighth (16 points). The Bison men will look capture their first indoor league title since 2003, returning Anthony, the 2007 Patriot League Championship Rookie of the Meet and a First-Team All-Patriot League performer last season.
2007-08 Honors
- Macleod and Anthony were two of three Bucknell track and field athletes (also freshman Rebecca Frey (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) on the women's side) to be honored by the Patriot League with weekly award on Dec. 11.
- Macleod was named the league's Track Athlete of the Week after setting a new school record in the preliminaries for the 60-meter hurdles at the Bison Opener. He ran a time of 8.34 seconds, surpassing his own record of 8.36, set last season. MacLeod placed third out of 29 athletes in the prelim for the event.
- Anthony was named the league's Field Athlete of the Week after winning two events at the Bison Opener, posting IC4A-qualifying marks in each. He took first in the long jump (23 feet, 2 ¾ inches) and went on to win the triple jump (21-6 ¼). This is the second-consecutive season that Anthony has won both events at the Bison Opener.
- On Dec. 1, Anthony earned Damon's Bison Athlete of the Week honors for his performance at the Bison Opener.
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 IC4A Championships are set for March 1 - 2 in Boston, Mass. and the NCAA Championships are scheduled for March 14 - 15 in Fayetteville, Ark.
