Men's Track and Field Set for Raleigh Relays, Jim Taylor Invite

Saturday, March 30

Selinsgrove, Pa.

10 a.m.

Bucknell University

Jim Taylor Invitational

Photo by: Marc Hagemeier

Men's Track and Field Set for Raleigh Relays, Jim Taylor Invite

3/26/2019 5:02:00 PM | Men's Track and Field

LEWISBURG, Pa.—The Bucknell University men's track and field team will take part in two meets this weekend when a group of Bison travels to the Raleigh Relays on Friday and Saturday at NC State, while another group will compete in the Jim Taylor Invite on Saturday on the campus of Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa.

Setting the Scene
What: Raleigh Relays/Jim Taylor Invite
When: Friday, March 29- Saturday, March 30
Where: Raleigh, N.C./Selinsgrove, Pa.
Watch (Raleigh Relays):
Friday - http://www.espn.com/watch/_/id/3502491/nc-states-raleigh-relays-track--field
Saturday - http://www.espn.com/watch/_/id/3502490/nc-states-raleigh-relays-track--field
Live Results:  https://www.flashresults.com/

The ESPN broadcast will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday and 1:20 p.m. on Saturday.

Bison Notes

The team posted a strong performance on Saturday at the Penn Challenge, finishing fourth on 68 points in the first outdoor meet of the season for the Orange and Blue. Patriot League rival Army won the meet, followed by Penn (163), Rider (83) and the Bison. Villanova (65), Georgetown (62), Columbia (60), La Salle (23), George Washington (10), and Lehigh (5) rounded out the field.
The Bison were led by Reggie Harris, who returned to his hometown of Philadelphia and posted a personal-best leap of 48-9 in the triple jump that moved him up to fifth on Bucknell's all-time list. Harris finished first in the event for Bucknell's only win of the day and qualified for IC4As in the process.
Billy Melchionni picked up a second place finish in the 400, running an IC4A-qualifying time of 48.55.
Jordan Montero and Jake Stupak each earned third place finishes, both IC4A standards.
Montero tossed a 197-3 in the javelin, while Stupak ran a time of 1:53.89 in the 800 in his first time competing in the event. Stupak's time was just .03 off of the first place time of 1:53.86 set by Army's Anthony Boswell.
The Bison placed three in the top ten of the 400 hurdles, with Matthew Barton (4^th) Brendan Bodisch (5^th), and Jack Memoli (8^th) each registering points in the event. Memoli was also sixth in the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.81.
This will be Bucknell's first time attending the Raleigh Relays since the 2015-16 campaign.
The Bison won eight events in last year's Jim Taylor Invitational, with Harris (triple jump), Bodisch (long jump), Nicholas Marino (pole vault), Montero (javelin), Terryl Ferrell (3,000m steeplechase), James Weissenborn (5,000), and Jeff Brown (100) all earning individual titles.
The 4x100 team of Ryquan Harris, Brown, Alex Dessoye, and Melchionni also finished first with a time of 41.74.