Saturday, April 5
Williamsburg, Va.
10 a.m.
Bucknell University
at
Colonial Relays
Men's Track & Field Repeats as Colonial Relays Champions
4/5/2025 5:18:00 PM | Men's Track and Field
WILLIAMSBURG, Va.- The Bucknell men's track & field team is the Colonial Relays champion for the second consecutive season. The Orange & Blue collected 139.5 points to comfortably win the competition. The Bison won two events and recorded two new top-ten marks in Bucknell history.Â
ResultsÂ
"Our men have a very balanced team and all event groups were well-represented at this meet and it is always nice to win the team title," said head coach Kevin Donner. "We got exactly where we needed over the two days and I feel we are starting to jell as a team. We are excited to be at home the next two weekends with a very competitive Bison Outdoor Classic next week."
Wade Shomper continued to polish his crown as Bucknell's paramount shot putter with another event win. The junior behemoth threw 16.76m (54-11.75), narrowly edging teammate Braden Stryker's 16.46m (54-0) for the victory.Â
The Bison won the 6000-meter relay. The foursome of Ethan Pratt-Perez, Harry Marson, Ben Santos, and Henry Didden edged William & Mary's team by 0.31 seconds. Â
CJ Simbiri made history in the triple jump with his fifth-place finish. The freshman's mark of 47-2.50 tied Bob Gift's 1986 result for tenth in Bucknell history. Simbiri's accomplishment marks the first time since 2019 a new entry cracked the list.Â
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The 4x100-meter relay quartet of Cooper Hyken, Luke Petryna, Brandon Foust, and Garrett Backus placed second with a time of 41.29. The speed ranked sixth in Bucknell history.Â
Another relay team placed second. The 4000-meter relay grouping of JP Byrnes, Jayson Harmer, Ethan Knight, and Hayden Singer accomplished a time of 10:15.01.Â
Robert Lerner earned silver in the discus throw. The junior tossed 46.79m (153-6).Â
Brian Scotto finished third in the 100-meter hurdles, logging 14.58.Â
Gabriel Pecaitis cleared 15-2.25 in the pole vault to finish third.Â
The Bison obtained fourth place in the rarely-run sprints medley relay. The grouping of Amani Brown, Byrnes, Preston Lubeski, and Connor Goldfarb recorded a time of 3:28.36.Â
The 4x400-meter relay team completed the day for Bucknell with a fifth-place finish. Brown, Foust, Lubeski, and Colby Belczyk combined for 3:16.36.
Belczyk, in his solo effort, finished ninth (1:53.91) in the 800-meter run.Â
Bucknell opens the outdoor home schedule with the Bison Outdoor Classic on April 12-14.Â
ResultsÂ
"Our men have a very balanced team and all event groups were well-represented at this meet and it is always nice to win the team title," said head coach Kevin Donner. "We got exactly where we needed over the two days and I feel we are starting to jell as a team. We are excited to be at home the next two weekends with a very competitive Bison Outdoor Classic next week."
Wade Shomper continued to polish his crown as Bucknell's paramount shot putter with another event win. The junior behemoth threw 16.76m (54-11.75), narrowly edging teammate Braden Stryker's 16.46m (54-0) for the victory.Â
The Bison won the 6000-meter relay. The foursome of Ethan Pratt-Perez, Harry Marson, Ben Santos, and Henry Didden edged William & Mary's team by 0.31 seconds. Â
CJ Simbiri made history in the triple jump with his fifth-place finish. The freshman's mark of 47-2.50 tied Bob Gift's 1986 result for tenth in Bucknell history. Simbiri's accomplishment marks the first time since 2019 a new entry cracked the list.Â
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The 4x100-meter relay quartet of Cooper Hyken, Luke Petryna, Brandon Foust, and Garrett Backus placed second with a time of 41.29. The speed ranked sixth in Bucknell history.Â
Another relay team placed second. The 4000-meter relay grouping of JP Byrnes, Jayson Harmer, Ethan Knight, and Hayden Singer accomplished a time of 10:15.01.Â
Robert Lerner earned silver in the discus throw. The junior tossed 46.79m (153-6).Â
Brian Scotto finished third in the 100-meter hurdles, logging 14.58.Â
Gabriel Pecaitis cleared 15-2.25 in the pole vault to finish third.Â
The Bison obtained fourth place in the rarely-run sprints medley relay. The grouping of Amani Brown, Byrnes, Preston Lubeski, and Connor Goldfarb recorded a time of 3:28.36.Â
The 4x400-meter relay team completed the day for Bucknell with a fifth-place finish. Brown, Foust, Lubeski, and Colby Belczyk combined for 3:16.36.
Belczyk, in his solo effort, finished ninth (1:53.91) in the 800-meter run.Â
Bucknell opens the outdoor home schedule with the Bison Outdoor Classic on April 12-14.Â
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