2014-15 Men's Track and Field Roster
Roster
Christian Lupica
- Position:
- Hurdles
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Newtown, Pa.
- High School:
- Holy Ghost Prep
**Holds Bucknell school records in 60 hurdles (7.82), 110 hurdles (13.80), indoor 200 (21.55), indoor 300 (34.62), indoor 4x400 (3:11.54), outdoor 4x100 (40.84) and outdoor 4x400 (3:09.93) … ranks fourth at Bucknell in indoor 60 (6.90), third in outdoor 200 (21.26) and fourth in 400 hurdles (52.59)**
2013-14: [Indoors] Kicked off a monster junior year with a terrific indoor season ... won the Patriot League gold medal in the 60-meter hurdles and finished third in the 60-meter dash ... also helped the 4x400 relay to a runner-up finish at Patriot Leagues, and then to a gold medal at the IC4A Championships ... placed third in the 60 hurdles at IC4As ... broke school records in the 60 dash (6.90) and 60 hurdles (7.82) at the Patriot League meet ... also broke the school mark in the 300 (34.62) at the Bison Opener in December ... competed in the hurdles at six indoor meets and lowed the school record five times ... attended the SPIRE Division I Indoor Track & Field Invitational in Ohio, finishing third in the hurdles with another school record ... three-time Patriot League Track Athlete of the Week and two-time Bison Athlete of the Week ... [Outdoors] Continued his outstanding junior campaign with a dominant season in the hurdles ... swept the Patriot League titles in the 110 and 400 hurdles and then took the silver medal in the high hurdles at the IC4A Championships ... also won a PL championship running the anchor leg on the 4x100 relay ... named Patriot League Track Athlete of the Meet after his hurdles sweep and relay win ... went on to compete at the NCAA East Preliminary Championships in Jacksonville, Fla., where he re-broke his own school record in the 110 hurdles with a time of 13.80, but missed an NCAA berth by just .003 seconds ... earned Patriot League Track Athlete of the Week and Bison Athlete of the Week Honors ... 2012-13: [Indoors] At the Patriot League Championships earned a trio of top-five finishes … placed third in the 60 hurdles (8.17), fourth in the 200 (22.24) and fifth in the 60 (7.06) … set the school record in the 200 prelims (21.44) and the 4x400 (3:12.38) at the IC4A Championships … were third and fourth events in which he had set a school record that season … broke the 4x400 record twice at IC4As, also running 3:14.02 in the prelims … were first 4x400 relays in program history at better than 3:15 … also set the program standard in the 60 hurdles (8.04) at the Youngstown State Invitational and the 300 (34.77) at the Bucknell Mini Meet … ran 8.04 in the 60 hurdles in both the prelims and the finals at Youngstown State, winning the event … also set a career best in the 60 (6.93) and helped the 4x400 relay to a win with the ninth-fastest time in program history (3:18.75) at Youngstown State … 60-meter time ranks fourth in program history … set the Gerhard Fieldhouse facility record in the 200 at the Gulden Invitational … time of 21.84 also earned him the win … also won the 60 hurdles at the Gulden Invite … twice named Patriot League Runner of the Week (Dec. 3, Jan. 21) and Bison Athlete of the Week (Jan. 21, March 4) … [Outdoors] At the Patriot League Championships placed fourth with the 4x100 … posted second-best time in the 110 hurdles prelims at the league meet (14.31) but did not compete in the final due to injury … qualified for the NCAA East Regional Preliminaries in the 110 hurdles … set the school record in the event at 13.96 with the win at the Bucknell Team Challenge … became program’s first hurdler to run a sub-14.0 … also won the 400 hurdles at the Team Challenge (55.11) … ran a career-best 53.24 in the 400 hurdles at the Colonial Relays, finishing third … time also ranks fifth in program history … 200-meter time of 21.26 at the Bison Outdoor Classic earned him a second-place finish and the third-fastest mark at Bucknell … opened spring with wins in the 110 hurdles, 400 hurdles and 4x100 at the UMBC Invitational … anchored 4x100 relay that never placed lower than fourth during the spring … finished third with the 4x100 relay at the Penn Relays with the second-fastest time in program history (41.03) … was relay’s second new top-10 mark of the meet … twice named Patriot League Track Athlete of the Week (April 8, April 22) … 2011-12: [Indoors] At the Patriot League Championships placed second in the 200 (22.05), claiming Second Team All-League accolades, and third in the 60 (6.97) and 60 hurdles (8.17) … set program top-10 marks five times at the league meet – 60 semis (6.99) and finals (6.97), 200 prelims (22.12) and finals (22.05) and 60 hurdle prelims (8.14) … 60 final time was the fourth-fastest in program history … earned All-East honors with a seventh-place finish in the 60 hurdles at the IC4A Championships … ran a season-best 8.11 in the hurdle semis at IC4As … set a school record of 21.58 in the 200 prelims at the IC4As … eventually placed ninth (21.80) in the final … set or tied program top-10 marks 17 times in the 60, 200 and 60 hurdles over eight meets … tied with former teammate Robert Arent for first in the 60 hurdles (8.31) at the Bucknell Mini Meet … won the event outright (8.24) his following meet, the Gulden Invitational … three-time Patriot League Rookie of the Week (Dec. 5, Jan. 9, Jan. 23) … three single-season honors ties former teammate Justin Hicks for the league record … also named Bison Athlete of the Week Jan. 23 after his performance at the Gulden Invite, winning the 60 hurdles and placing fourth in the 200 and seventh in the 60 … [Outdoors] Earned Second Team All-Patriot League honors again after taking second in the 110 hurdles behind former teammate Robert Arent … ran a season-best 14.45 in the league final, giving him the then-fourth-fastest time in Bucknell history … also placed sixth in the 400 hurdles at the PL Championships with a then-career-best 54.93 … time ranked eighth in program annals … placed second with the 4x100 relay at the league meet with what was the fourth-fastest time in program history (41.44) … competed in the 110 hurdles at the IC4A Championships, placing 18th in the prelims (14.67) … named Patriot League Rookie of the Week after winning the 110 hurdles (14.70) at the Bucknell Team Challenge … placed seventh in the 110 hurdles (14.47) and ninth in the 200 (21.69) at the Colonial Relays with then-personal-best times in both events … Major: Accounting and financial management … member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and Academic All-PL Team ... recipient of ECAC Merit Award for athletic and academic success through first three years.
