Women's Track and Field Heads to Army Twilight, ECAC's

Thursday, May 9

West Point, N.Y.

6:00 p.m.

Bucknell University

Army Twilight

Photo by: Marc Hagemeier

Women's Track and Field Heads to Army Twilight, ECAC's

5/8/2019 3:51:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Bucknell University women's track and field team will prepare for two meets when a group of Bison will head to the Army Twilight meet in West Point, N.Y. before another group heads to IC4As in Princeton, N.J. on Saturday and Sunday.

SETTING THE SCENE
What: Army Twilight/IC4As
Where: West Point N.Y./Princeton, N.J.
When: Thursday, May 9/Saturday, May 11-Sunday May 12.
Live Results: Leonetiming (Army Twilight) Paynescornertiming (IC4A)

Bison Notes

The women's team took fourth at the 2019 Outdoor Championships over the weekend, with two Bison earning individual titles in the field events.
Maura Fiamoncini and Lexy Forrestal earned gold medals in the javelin and high jump, respectively.
Fiamonconi broke her own Patriot League Championship record (168-2) to remain unbeaten on the season. She has now won the javelin title in each of her first two seasons in Lewisburg.
Forrestal won the high jump (5-5) after beating out a talented field that included Bucknell school-record holder Taylor O'Brien, who took silver, and defending champion Jordan Otto from Lehigh. She was named the Bison Athlete of the Week for her efforts.
Alexandra Butz also cleared 5-5 to take fourth.
Kaitlin Salisbury took second in the 100 (11.93) for her highest-ever finish at the Outdoor Championships. She also placed third in the 200 (25.00) for her highest-ever showing in that event at the meet.
Tia Tardy posted a personal-best in the 800 (2:10.21) to take second, which ranks as the fifth-fastest time in Bucknell history.
The women's 4x800 squad also posted a strong finish to move into the fourth spot on Bucknell's all-time list (8:53.90). The team of Karly Forker, Gianna Mincone, Madeleine Hunt, and Tardy helped the Bison to a fourth-place finish overall.
Payton Capes took fourth in the steeplechase (10:42.86) for a new personal-best that ranks fourth in Bucknell history.
Jenna Farmer who was named to the Patriot League All-Academic Team along with Harper Stewart, took second place in the event (36:38.15), smashing her previous personal-best of 37:36.92. Ashley Blair took third (36:43.45), while Colleen Buckley was sixth (37:48.87) as Bucknell scored 17 points in the event.
Fiamoncini earned the title at ECAC's last season (176-11), over ten feet further than the silver medalist in the event. Taylor Oxley and Kasey Getkin also scored at the meet.
Bucknell finished in the top ten for the third straight year.
The 4x800 squad of Christine Bendzinski, Madeleine Hunt, Tardy, and Farmer earned runner-up honors, being narrowly edged by Cornell at the finish as both teams finished at 9:00.75)

Up Next

Qualifying Bison athletes will head to the NCAA East Preliminaries held in Jacksonville, Fla. on the campus of North Florida University from May 23-25.