Saturday, January 14
University Park, Pa.
11 a.m.
Bucknell University
at
Nittany Lion Challenge
Photo by: Marc Hagemeier
Track & Field Collects Individual Honors at the Nittany Lion Challenge
1/14/2023 10:46:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
State College, Pa.- The Bucknell track & field teams participated in the Nittany Lion Challenge on Saturday. It was a non-scoring meet; thus, it served as a chance for the teams to work out some kinks and prepare for the upcoming indoor schedule.Â
"I thought it was a very good opener for both genders," said head coach Kevin Donner. "We are at a much higher level than we were one year ago today when we attended the same meet. All of our event groups were very solid and handled the tough competition well. We do have a couple of areas that we need to clean up, and we need to get a few injured athletes back, and I am confident in a few weeks that we will be at full strength and ready to compete well at our league championship.
Full Results
Men's Results
Brandon Foust finished ninth (6.98) and Cooper Hyken placed 12th (7.01) in the 60m dash.
Colby Belczyk earned IC4A qualification in the 1000m run with a time of 2:27.95.
Samuel Whittaker unlocked IC4A qualification in the Mile run due to his mark of 4:10.38.Â
In the 600m run, Alex Simpson and Zachary Jelinek earned top-10 spots. Simpson placed seventh (1:21.56) and Jelinek was right behind at eighth (1:21.79).
For the weight throw, John Calisi finished seventh (54-9 ¼). Robert Feeney finished fourth (59-7) and more importantly moved into the Bucknell top-10 list at the seventh position. Â
In the shot-put, Braden Stryker and Wade Shomper finished 12th (51-7 ¾) and 13th (50-11) respectively.Â
Chris Sims finished fifth in the triple jump (44-3 ½).Â
Franco Perinotti propelled to third place (15-07.00) in the pole vault.Â
Women's Results
Meghan Quinn turned in two excellent performances finishing fifth in the 60m (7.73) and eighth (25.10) in the 200m.
Bridget Lalonde placed seventh (57.20), Jessie Castellano grabbed ninth (57.88), and Alison Cooke finished 12th (59.86) in the 400m.
Anna Posh notched a seventh-place finish in the 600m with a time of 1:37.54.
In the 800m, Mackenzie Turner finished ninth (2:19.62).Â
Abby Paczewski placed sixth (2:58.88), and Caryn Rippey finished seventh (2:59.03) in the 1000m.
Ally Clarke placed ninth (10:12.10) in the 3000m.
In the 4x400 relay, the "A" Team of Mackenzie Turner, Jessie Castellano, Meghan Quinn, and Bridget Lalonde placed sixth (3:54.80).Â
In the high jump, Karen Hull, Abby Kates, and Olivia Boyce all jumped a 5-5. Hull and Kates placed tenth with those results while Boyce finished 13th. That moved her into tenth all-time in the Bucknell record book for Boyce.Â
For the pole vault, Jennifer Scott and Karly Renn each recorded a result of 11-3 good enough for fourth and fifth place.Â
Kaia Slaw placed eighth in the triple jump with a mark of 36-5.
Madison McGloin finished 11th in the weight throw with a toss of 14.99.Â
Up Next
The Bison stay home and host the Gulden Invitational on Jan. 21.Â
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"I thought it was a very good opener for both genders," said head coach Kevin Donner. "We are at a much higher level than we were one year ago today when we attended the same meet. All of our event groups were very solid and handled the tough competition well. We do have a couple of areas that we need to clean up, and we need to get a few injured athletes back, and I am confident in a few weeks that we will be at full strength and ready to compete well at our league championship.
Full Results
Men's Results
Brandon Foust finished ninth (6.98) and Cooper Hyken placed 12th (7.01) in the 60m dash.
Colby Belczyk earned IC4A qualification in the 1000m run with a time of 2:27.95.
Samuel Whittaker unlocked IC4A qualification in the Mile run due to his mark of 4:10.38.Â
In the 600m run, Alex Simpson and Zachary Jelinek earned top-10 spots. Simpson placed seventh (1:21.56) and Jelinek was right behind at eighth (1:21.79).
For the weight throw, John Calisi finished seventh (54-9 ¼). Robert Feeney finished fourth (59-7) and more importantly moved into the Bucknell top-10 list at the seventh position. Â
In the shot-put, Braden Stryker and Wade Shomper finished 12th (51-7 ¾) and 13th (50-11) respectively.Â
Chris Sims finished fifth in the triple jump (44-3 ½).Â
Franco Perinotti propelled to third place (15-07.00) in the pole vault.Â
Women's Results
Meghan Quinn turned in two excellent performances finishing fifth in the 60m (7.73) and eighth (25.10) in the 200m.
Bridget Lalonde placed seventh (57.20), Jessie Castellano grabbed ninth (57.88), and Alison Cooke finished 12th (59.86) in the 400m.
Anna Posh notched a seventh-place finish in the 600m with a time of 1:37.54.
In the 800m, Mackenzie Turner finished ninth (2:19.62).Â
Abby Paczewski placed sixth (2:58.88), and Caryn Rippey finished seventh (2:59.03) in the 1000m.
Ally Clarke placed ninth (10:12.10) in the 3000m.
In the 4x400 relay, the "A" Team of Mackenzie Turner, Jessie Castellano, Meghan Quinn, and Bridget Lalonde placed sixth (3:54.80).Â
In the high jump, Karen Hull, Abby Kates, and Olivia Boyce all jumped a 5-5. Hull and Kates placed tenth with those results while Boyce finished 13th. That moved her into tenth all-time in the Bucknell record book for Boyce.Â
For the pole vault, Jennifer Scott and Karly Renn each recorded a result of 11-3 good enough for fourth and fifth place.Â
Kaia Slaw placed eighth in the triple jump with a mark of 36-5.
Madison McGloin finished 11th in the weight throw with a toss of 14.99.Â
Up Next
The Bison stay home and host the Gulden Invitational on Jan. 21.Â
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