2014-15 Men's Track and Field Roster
Roster
Kevin Tapper
- Position:
- Sprints/Jumps
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Elkridge, Md./Calvert Hall
**Member of indoor (3:11.54) and outdoor (3:09.93) 4x400 replays that hold school records … ranks No. 4 at Bucknell in indoor 400 (48.21) and No. 6 in outdoor 400 (48.24) … ranks No. 3 in indoor 300 (34.98) … ranks No. 7 in indoor 500 (1:04.28) … ranks No. 4 in indoor triple jump (49-2.25) and No. 6 in outdoor triple jump (47-7) … member of outdoor 4x400 relays that rank No. 4 (3:14.58) and No. 8 (3:15.55).**
2013-14 [Indoors] Had a big indoor season, scoring in three individual events at the Patriot League Championships and helping the 4x400 relay to a gold medal at the IC4A Championships and a silver at the PL meet ... runner-up to teammate Ray Holmes in the triple jump at Patriot Leagues, giving him All-Patriot League honors ... also placed sixth in the long jump and the 400 meters ... IC4A qualifier in the 400 and triple jump ... [Outdoors] Placed third in the triple jump and fourth in the 400 meters at the Patriot League Championships ... IC4A qualifier in the 400 and triple jump ... won the triple jump with a PR of 47-7 at the Colonial Relays ... won the long jump at the Bison Outdoor Classic ... recorded a personal-best 48.24 in a runner-up finish in the 400 at the Bison Outdoor Classic ... 2012-13: [Indoors] Earned Second Team All-Patriot League honors with runner-up finishes in the 400 (49.50) and 4x400 (3:18.78) at the championship meet … also placed fourth in the triple jump (46-7 ¼) and sixth in the long jump (22-7) at the league meet … both jumps marks were career bests … relay time at the Patriot League Championships ranks 10th in program history … member of 4x400 relay that broke the school record twice at the IC4A Championships … relay ran 3:14.02 in the prelims and 3:12.38 in the finals … first relay in program history to run a sub-3:15 … relay finished seventh at IC4As to earn All-East honors … posted a career best in the 400 (48.21) in the prelims at the IC4A Championships … time ranks fourth in program history … won the invitational heat of the 500 at the Penn State National Invitational … time of 1:04.28 is seventh in the Bucknell rankings … was third consecutive meet with a victory … also won the 200 (22.60) at the Bucknell Mini Meet and the 400 (49.31) at the Gulden Invitational … [Outdoors] Named Second Team All-Patriot League with a runner-up finish in the long jump, clearing a career-best 23-1 ¾ … distance ranks 10th all-time at Bucknell … also posted a personal-record 48.62 in the 400 at the league meet, placing sixth and giving him the eighth-fastest time in program history … also took fourth in the triple jump (46-2) and fifth with the 4x400 (3:19.34) at the Patriot League Championships … cleared a career-best 47-3 ¾ in the triple jump for fifth place at the Colonial Relays … distance ranks eighth on the program ledger … never placed lower than fifth in the triple jump in four spring meets … member of 4x400 relay that ran 3:15.55 in the prelims at the IC4A Championships … time ranks eighth in program history … 2011-12: [Indoors] Scored in the triple jump at the Patriot League Championships, placing sixth (45-6 ¼) … also competed in the long jump (eighth) and 500 (10th) … long jump mark of 22-2 ¼ was a career best … best triple jump mark of the season came at the Gulden Invitational … cleared 45-11 ¾ for third place at the home meet … also claimed second in the 400 and 11th in the long jump at the Gulden Invite … broke on to the program top-10 lists in his collegiate debut with a third-place finish in the 300 (35.98) at the Bucknell Mini Meet … placed second in the triple jump at the Mini Meet … led off for the winning 4x400 at the Youngstown State Invitational … relay’s time of 3:18.54 ranked seventh in Bucknell history … [Outdoors] At the Patriot League Championships helped the 4x400 to a fourth-place finish … time of 3:14.58 ranked fourth in program history … also placed seventh in the triple jump (44-11 ¾) and 12th in the long jump (21-0 ¾) at the league meet … competed in the 4x400 at the IC4A Championships … best triple jump mark of the season (45-9 ¼) came at the Bucknell Team Challenge … placed fifth at the home meet … season-best 21-10 in the long jump earned him second place at the Maroon & Gold Invitational … Major: Biomedical engineering … member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and Bucknell Dean’s List.
