2016-17 Men's Track and Field Roster
Roster
Joseph Breen
- Position:
- Throws
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Northborough, Mass.
- High School:
- Algonquin Regional
Career: NCAA Regional Qualifier (2016), Second Team All-Patriot League (2016). Left Bucknell as the program record holder in the indoor shot put (56-7 1/4) and outdoor shot put (56-5 3/4) while holding the secnd-best mark in the discus (169-10).
2016-17 (Senior): [Indoor]: Was the runner-up in the shot put at the Gulden Invitational ... finished in the top-five of the shot put at the Penn State National Open ... finished second in the shot put at the YSU National Invite ... set the school record in the shot put at the Bucknell Tune-Up ... reached the podium in the shot put at the Patriot League Indoor Championships, taking the bronze ... [Outdoor]: Competed in the shot put and discus ... won the discus at the Bucknell Team Challenge ... picked up a pair of victories at the Maroon and Gold Invite ... scored in the shot put and discus at the Patriot League Outdoor Championships ... IC4A qualifer
2015-16 (Junior): [Indoor]: Earned runner-up finishes in the shot put at the Bison Opener, Gulden Invitational and Bucknell Tune-Up meets … finished third in the shot put at the PL Indoor Championships … IC4A-qualifier … earned All-East status in the shot put the IC4A Championships … [Outdoor]: NCAA qualifier in the shot put … Won the discus at the Jim Taylor Invitational … scored in the discus at the Colonial Relays … set a personal-record in the discus at the Bison Outdoor Classic … set the school record in the shot put at the Penn Relays while winning a pair of titles at the Maroon and Gold Invite to earn PL and ECAC Field Athlete of the Week honors … won the silver in the discus at the PL Outdoor Championships … IC4A qualifier in the shot put and discus events
2014-15 (Sophomore): [Indoors] Placed sixth in the shot put at the Patriot League Championships ... also competed in the weight throw at the conference meet ... qualified for the IC4A Championships in the shot put ... named the Patriot League Field Athlete of the Week after a runner-up finish in the shot put at the Bucknell Tune-Up ... his toss of 54-11 1/4 at the Bucknell Tune-Up ranked third on Bucknell's all-time list ... added a runner-up finish in the event at the Youngstown State National Invitational ... [Outdoors] Set a school record in the shot put with a toss of 56-3 while taking third at the Patriot League Championships ... also competed in the discus at the conference meet and finished 11th ... IC4A qualifier in the shot put and discus ... won both events at the Bloomsburg Invitational
2013-14: [Indoors] Made an immediate impact, finishing third in the shot put in his first Patriot League Championships ... PL mark of 52-2.25 is the seventh-best in school history ... qualified for IC4As in the shot … [Outdoors] Competed in the shot put, hammer throw and discus outdoors, and scored in the shot and discus at the Patriot League Championships ... took fifth in the shot put and eighth in the discus ... IC4A qualifier in the shot put ... PR of 53-1.5 in the shot ranks No. 5 all-time at Bucknell
Major: Political Science
Personal Record
Indoor
- Shot Put (56-7 ¾) *school record*
- Weight Throw (49-7 ¾)
Outdoor
- Shot Put (56-5 ¾) *school record*
- Discus (169-10) *ranks second all-time*
- Hammer (154-11)
