Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell University
Patriot League Championships
Men's Track & Field Places Fourth at Patriot League Outdoor Championships
5/7/2022 7:28:00 PM | Men's Track and Field
Final Results
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Bucknell men's track & field team totaled 66 points and finished fourth overall at the 2022 Patriot League Outdoor Championships on Saturday. Navy won the meet with 333 points, and the Mids were followed by Army (2nd, 239) and Boston U. (3rd, 82). Bucknell's 4x100 relay team and Samuel Whittaker highlighted the meet with third-place finishes, and Whittaker's mark in the 5000 ranked seventh on Bucknell's all-time top 10 list.
Whittaker ran a 14:18.54 to beat his previous best time by 18 seconds. He was joined with a bronze medal by Kevin Boyle, Brian Scotto, Matthew Perello and Brandon Foust, whose 42.60 in the 4x100 came in just behind first-place Navy and second-place Army.
A pair of Bison collected points in the 400, as Ethan Wolford-Tuffy placed fourth with a 49.70 and Rayven Sample took seventh with a 51.07.
Joining Wolford-Tuffy with fourth-place finishes were Noah Martin in the steeplechase (9:15.81) and Brian Scotto in the 110 hurdles (15.29).
A trio of Bison scored in the triple jump, led by Ian Lawrence (5th, 45-7.75). The senior was followed by Chris Sims (6th, 45-4.25) and Jaden Rouse (7th, 44-9.75). Also notable in the field was Anthony Zamarra, who grabbed fifth in the shot put with a 53-5.
Franco Perinotti wrapped up the decathlon on Saturday and scored two points for Bucknell with a sixth-place finish (5,869).
Foust, fresh off a Rookie of the Week award on Tuesday, scored in his first Patriot League Outdoor Championship meet with a seventh-place spot in the 100 (15.18). Foust also added a single point in the 200 (8th, 32.16), running both events with a pulled muscle after earning spots in the finals during Friday's prelims.
Lastly, the Bison's 4x400 team (Wolford-Tuffy, Boyle, Thomas Matsumura, Colby Belczyk) finished fifth with a 3:23.27.
"If there is such a thing as a moral victory, this weekend we got one. We finished fourth, which is one place better than indoor, and we were really not that far behind Boston for third," said head coach Kevin Donner. "This entire year we had the injury bug, and even today was a war of attrition, however I was so proud of how our men clawed and scrapped for every point we could possibly get. The weather conditions were about as bad as they can be for an outdoor meet, but we did not let it affect us, and we knew it was there for everyone."
Bucknell continues competition next weekend when it heads to Williamsburg, Va., for the 2022 IC4A Championships. Events begin on Friday, May 13.
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