Track and Field Set to Host Patriot League Championships at Gerhard Fieldhouse

Track and Field Wraps Up Weekend with Another Stellar Showing

Track and Field Set to Host Patriot League Championships at Gerhard Fieldhouse

2/20/2014 5:29:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

By: TBD

LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Bucknell track and field team will welcome the nine other schools in the newly-expanded Patriot League to Gerhard Fieldhouse on Friday for the start of competition in the 2014 Patriot League Track & Field Championships. The Bison have prepared for this meet for weeks, improving their performances with each successive weekend of competition, and are primed for a sweep of the team titles, a feat that they accomplished when they last hosted the conference show-down in 2012.

Competition will begin on Friday at 12 p.m. with the women's pentathlon and the first four events in the men's heptathlon, and will pick up again at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday with the conclusion of the heptathlon, as well as finals in the weight throw, long jump, high jump, 5,000 and 4x800 relay. Sunday's 14 events commence at 10 a.m., and the team champions will be crowned in an awards ceremony at 5 p.m. Live results will be available for the duration of the competition.

The Bucknell women enter the weekend as the defending Patriot League champions, having won the meet for the past two seasons, and were also picked to finish first in the pre-season poll conducted back in December. The Bison have won more team titles than any other school in the conference, taking top honors on 15 occasions and winning seven consecutive championships from 2002 to 2010. Bucknell, which has never finished less than third in a league meet, returns 13 scorers and two individual champions from last year's winning squad, and is primed to defend the title on its home track.

The Bucknell men, who won the team's first title since 1993 in the 2012 meet, were edged out by Navy last year, and will be looking to reclaim the Patriot League title with their performances this weekend. The Bison, who have finished in the top three in the conference on 21 occasions, were picked to finish second in the pre-season poll, but have produced a plethora of record-setting performances since December, setting them up for a strong run at the title. They return 17 scorers, two individual champions and all four members of the winning distance medley relay team to this year's squad and will seek their fifth team championship when they take to the track on Friday.

Meet Information
► Live Results
► Patriot League Championship Site/Schedule of Events

Bucknell's All-Time Patriot League Championship Results
► Men: 1991 (1^st), 1992 (1^st), 1993 (1^st), 1994 (3^rd), 1995 (2^nd), 1996 (2^nd), 1997 (2^nd), 1998 (2^nd), 1999 (2^nd), 2000 (2^nd), 2001 (2^nd), 2002 (2^nd), 2003 (3^rd), 2004 (3^rd), 2005 (6^th), 2006 (6^th), 2007 (3^rd), 2008 (2^nd), 2009 (2^nd), 2010 (2^nd), 2011 (3^rd), 2012 (1^st), 2013 (2^nd)
- Number of Each Finish: 1^st (4), 2^nd (12), 3^rd (5), 6^th (2)

► Women: 1991 (2^nd), 1992 (1^st), 1993 (1^st), 1994 (3^rd), 1995 (3^rd), 1996 (2^nd), 1997 (3^rd), 1998 (1^st), 1999 (1^st), 2000 (1^st), 2001 (2^nd), 2002 (1^st), 2003 (1^st), 2004 (1^st), 2005 (1^st), 2006 (1^st), 2007 (1^st), 2008 (1^st), 2009 (2^nd), 2010 (1^st), 2011 (2^nd), 2012 (1^st), 2013 (1^st)
- Number of Each Finish: 1^st (15), 2^nd (5), 3^rd (3)

Bucknell's Returning Patriot League Scorers
► Men
- John Dugan
2013: 6^th in 5000
- Jacob Eaton Hall
2011: 2^nd in 4x400
2012: 4^th in 4x400, 5^th in 500
- Tyler Erhard
2012: 4^th in distance medley, 5^th in 1000
2013: 2^nd in 1000, 5^th in 4x800
- Jack Fellows
2013: 3^rd in weight throw, 6^th in shot put
- Andrew Garcia-Garrison
2013: 1^st in distance medley, 6^th in mile
- Ray Holmes
2011: 5^th in triple jump
2012: 4^th in triple jump
2013: 1^st in triple jump
- Alex Jagelsky
2012: 2^nd in 4x800, 3^rd in 1000, 4^th in distance medley
- Ryan Johnson
2013: 1^st in distance medley, 5^th in 400
- Kevin Keller
2012: 4^th in long jump
2013: 1^st in long jump, 2^nd in 4x400, 3^rd in triple jump, 5^th in 400
- Dennis Logan
2011: 4^th in distance medley
2012: 2^nd in 4x800, 6^th in 800, 4^th in distance medley
- Christian Lupica
2012: 2^nd in 200, 3^rd in 60, 3^rd in hurdles
2013: 3^rd in hurdles, 4^th in 200
- Anthony Menza
2013: 2^nd in 4x400, 6^th in 400
- Zachary Moon
2013: 5^th in 800, 5^th in 4x800
- Patryk Najbar
2013: 5^th in 200
- Chris Oesterlin
2013: 1^st in distance medley, 5^th in 4x800
- Alex Prieto
2012: 5^th in long jump, 5^th in triple jump
2013: 2^nd in long jump, 2^nd in triple jump
- Grant Reynolds
2013: 5^th in hurdles
- Kamal Riley
2012: 5^th in 60
- Kevin Tapper
2012: 6^th in triple jump
2013: 2^nd in 400, 2^nd in 4x400, 4^th in triple jump, 6^th in long jump
- Scott Weismiller
2011: 6^th in pole vault
2013: 5^th in pole vault
- John Westwood
2013: 1^st in distance medley, 4^th in 800, 5^th in 4x800
- Nathaniel Witter
2012: tied for 3^rd in pole vault

► Women
- Emily Ando
2011: 4^th in pole vault
2012: 1^st in pole vault, 4^th in high jump
2013: tied for 3^rd in high jump
- Jess Bridle
2013: 3^rd in 4x400, 5^th in 400
- Alyssa Cardillo
2013: 2^nd in long jump
- Hana Casalnova
2011: 4^th in 500, 4^th in 4x800, 6^th in 4x400
2012: 1^st in 4x400, 2^nd in 800, 3^rd in 4x800
2013: 2^nd in 4x800, 2^nd in distance medley, 3^rd in 800
- Montana DiPietrantonio
2013: 6^th in 5000
- Maddie Dulac
2012: 4^th in mile, 6^th in 3000
- Katie Jessee
2013: 4^th in 3000, 4^th in 5000
- Chelsea Lodato
2012: 3^rd in distance medley, 4^th in 800
2013: 2^nd in distance medley
- Laura Lutzker
2011: 6^th in high jump
- Jessica Matsinger
2012: 4^th in triple jump
- Yanelis Mestre
2013: 4^th in pole vault
- Kim Nagotko
2012: 1^st in 4x400, 3^rd in 400, 5^th in 200
2013: 3^rd in 200, 3^rd in 4x400, 5^th in 60
- Sophia Nnadi
2013: 1^st in shot put
- Autumn Schellenberger
2012: 2^nd in pole vault
2013: 3^rd in pole vault
- Emily Waksmunski
2011: 3^rd in distance medley, 4^th in 4x800, 5^th in 800
2012: 3^rd in 4x800, 5^th in 800
2013: 2^nd in 4x800, 2^nd in distance medley
- Jennifer Zymet
2011: 2^nd in 400, 3^rd in 200, 6^th in 4x400
2012: 1^st in 4x400, 3^rd in 200, 3^rd in 500
2013: 1^st in 500, 3^rd in 4x400, 4^th in 200

Career All-Patriot League Awards
► Men
- Jacob Eaton Hall: 2011 (second team)
- Tyler Erhard: 2013 (second team)
- Andrew Garcia-Garrison (first team)
- Ray Holmes (first team)
- Alex Jagelsky: 2012 (second team)
- Ryan Johnson: 2013 (first team)
- Kevin Keller: 2013 (first team, second team)
- Dennis Logan: 2012 (second team), 2013 (second team)
- Christian Lupica: 2012 (second team)
- Anthony Menza: 2013 (second team)
- Chris Oesterlin: 2013 (first team)
- Alex Prieto: 2013 (second team)
- Kevin Tapper: 2013 (second team)
- John Westwood: 2013 (first team)

► Women
- Emily Ando: 2012 (first team)
- Alyssa Cardillo: 2013 (second team)
- Hana Casalnova: 2012 (first team, second team), 2013 (second team)
- Chelsea Lodato: 2013 (second team)
- Kim Nagotko: 2012 (first team)
- Sophia Nnadi: 2013 (first team)
- Autumn Schellenberger: 2012 (second team)
- Emily Waksmunski: 2013 (second team)
- Jennifer Zymet: 2011 (second team), 2012 (first team), 2013 (first team)

2013-14 Weekly Awards
► Men
- Jack Fellows (Patriot League Male Field Athlete of the Week – 2/18)
- Ray Holmes (Patriot League Male Field Athlete of the Week – 2/11)
- Christian Lupica (Patriot League Male Track Athlete of the Week – 12/9, 1/27, 2/18 & Bison Athlete of the Week – 12/9, 1/27)

► Womem
- Sophia Nnadi (Patriot League Female Field Athlete of the Week – 2/11)
- Catherine Scott (Patriot League Female Rookie of the Week – 2/4)
- Jennifer Zymet (Bison Athlete of the Week – 2/10)