2016-17 Men's Track and Field Roster
Roster
Billy Melchionni
- Position:
- Sprints
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Loudonville, N.Y.
- High School:
- Albany Academy
Career: First Team All-Patriot League (2017) ... 2x All-East performer ... PL Championships Male Track Athlete of the Meet (2017) ... Patriot League Outdoor 400m champion (2017) ... owns the second-fastest time in the outdoor 400m (47.43)... Holds school record in the indoor 300m (34.40) ... holds the ninth-fastest time in the indoor 400m (49.04) ... part of a 4x1 relay team with the fifth-fastest time (41.12).
2018-19 (Senior) [Indoor]: Took third in the 200 with a school-record time of 21.44 in the prelims...went on to break his own record two weeks later at IC4As after taking fifth (21.36)...won the 200 at the Gulden Invite...Broke a school and facility record in the 300 at the Bison Opener (33.63)...[Outdoor]: Set a new personal-best in the 400 to take bronze at the Patriot League Outdoor Championships...took fourth in the 200, while helping 4x100 team to a fourth-place finish and 4x400 team to a third-place finish...won the 100 at the Army Twilight Meet...took third in the 400 at IC4A Championships...competed at the Penn Relays with 4x100 squad...took first in the 400 at the Bison Outdoor Classic...Winner of Christy Mathewson Award at Bucknell's Senior Awards Banquet.
2017-18 [Indoor]: Competed at five meets... posted a top five finish in the 400m at the Patriot League Championships... helped lead the 4x4 relay team to a first-place finish... placed 10th in the 200-meter dash... won the 400m title at the Bucknell Tune-Up... set the school record in the 300m at the Bison Opener... [Outdoor]: Won the 200-meter dash and placed second in the 400-meter dash at the Bison Outdoor Classic... also helped lead a 4x4 relay team to a first-place standing
2016-17: [Indoor]: Won the 300m title at the Bison Opener, earning Patriot League Male Runner of the Week honors ... won the 300m at the Bucknell Tri-Meet ... was the runner-up in the 400m at the Bucknell Tune-Up ... scored in the 400m at the Patriot League Indoor Championships ... [Outdoor]: First Team All-Patriot League ... Patriot League 400m champion ... earned Male Track Athlete of the Meet honors at the PL Outdoor Championships ... reached the podium in the 200m at the outdoor championships, winning the bronze ... earned All-East citations in the 400m and 4x1 relay ... won the 400m at the Bucknell Team Challenge ... won the 100m and 4x1 relay at the Maroon and Gold Invite.
2015-16: [Indoor]: Earned top-five finishes in the 200m at the Bison Opener and Bucknell Tune-Up … helped a 4x400 relay team take fourth at the Bison Open … [Outdoor]: Scored in the 200m and 400m at the Mason Spring Invitational … picked up his first collegiate victory in the 400m at the Bucknell Team Challenge … won the 200m title at the Maroon and Gold Invite … helped the 4x400 relay squad win the bronze while scoring in the 400m at the PL Outdoor Championships
Personal: Economics
Personal Record
Indoor
- 60m (7.14)
- 200m (21.36) *tied for third all-time*
- 300m (33.63) *school record, Gerhard Fieldhouse Record*
- 400m (49.04) *top 10 mark*
Outdoor
- 100m (10.74)
- 200m (20.99)
- 400m (47.15) * ranks second all-time*
