Men's Track and Field Travels to Angry Birds Challenge

Saturday, January 11

Bethlehem, Pa.

Bucknell University

Angry Birds Challenge

Photo by: Marc Hagemeier

Men's Track and Field Travels to Angry Birds Challenge

1/7/2020 10:58:00 AM | Men's Track and Field

LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Bucknell University men's track and field team returns to action for the first time in 2020 at the Angry Birds Challenge hosted by Lehigh on Saturday at Rauch Fieldhouse.

Setting the Scene
What:  Angry Birds Challenge
When: Saturday, Jan. 11 – All Day
Where: Rauch Fieldhouse, Bethlehem, Pa.
Live Results: Mitchelltiming.com
Meet Info
Participating Teams:  Bucknell, Sacred Heart, Fairleigh Dickinson, St. Joseph, Temple, American, Loyola

"We are looking forward to getting 2020 started on a positive note," said Head Coach Kevin Donner. "Lehigh is hosting the Indoor Patriot League Championships, and this will give our athletes a chance to familiarize themselves with the facility. It's very early, and coming off the holiday break and month-long layoff, we are still in a rust busting cycle. We've had a long week of camp, and we do not want to push our athletes too hard at this meet. The majority of our athletes will just compete in one or two events, and we are holding a few out just to preserve them for a long year."

About the Bison

Senior Jeff Brown helped the Bison to an explosive start in breaking his own school record in the 60 to help six events at the Bison Opener to begin the season.
Brown, the reigning Patriot League Champion in the 60, broke his own record twice in the process, running a 6.79 in the prelims before improving on that time with a 6.78 in the finals to take first place. The Wynnewood, Pa. native also earned a victory in the 200 with an IC4A-qualifying time of 22.13.
Nicholas Marino, who qualified for the NCAA East Provisional Meet during the outdoor season, won the pole vault with an IC4A-qualifying mark of 16-2.75 to finish just shy of his personal-best of 16-4.75.
Brendan Bodisch won the long jump (23-5.25), qualifying for IC4As in the process. C.J. Falcioni also took top honors in the weight throw (55-11.25), while taking sixth in a tough field in the shot put (51-9), qualifying for IC4As in both. Dylan Lopresti earned a win in the 800 (1:57.83) in his collegiate debut, while the Bison 4x400 team of Steve Rizio, R. Dessoye, Brown, and Bodisch took home Bucknell's final win (3:21.39).
Ethan Dunne, a CoSIDA Academic All-District pick during the outdoor season, earned a new personal-best in the heptathlon; just three points shy of earning a spot on Bucknell's all-time list.
Bucknell opened the new year in 2019 at the Nittany Lion Challenge, with Jake Stupak earning IC4A qualification in the 1000 after finishing seventh (2:27.04) in a tough field.