Bison Men's Track and Field Finishes Bucknell Winter Classic

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Conor McNamara

Orange and Blue Picks Up Eight Individual Wins

Feb. 9, 2008

Complete Results

LEWISBURG, Pa. - The Bison men's track and field team closed out the Bucknell Winter Classic on Saturday, claiming eight individual event wins, three of which were with IC4A-qualifying standards.

Senior Wallace Campbell (Montgomery, Ala./Montgomery Acad.) won the mile and topped his IC4A-qualifying time set earlier this season, with a career-best 4:09.26 for the seventh-fastest time in Bucknell history. In the high jump, freshman Nicholas Hruch (Sykesville, Md./Liberty) notched an IC4A-qualifying height of 6-8 ¼ to win the event and place himself sixth on Bucknell's all-time list for the event. Sophomore Timothy Medlock (Evan Mills, N.Y./Indian River) won the shot put, posting his seventh IC4A mark in the event this season. He notched a career-best distance of 52-6, for the second-best mark on Bucknell's all-time list.

Senior David Mante (Warwick, NY/Warwick Valley) posted an IC4A-qualifying mark of 16-2 ¾ in the pole vault for second place. The mark was a career-best height for Mante and is the second-best mark in program history. Freshman Drew Fitzgerald (Ballston Spa, Pa./Ballston Spa) followed in third place with a height of 14-9.

In the final for the 55-meter dash, sophomore A.J. Kizekai (Pawtucket, R.I./Blair Academy (N.J.)) won the event, tying the eighth-fastest time in Bucknell history, 6.54. Sophomore Kevin Macleod (East Longmeadow, Mass./East Longmeadow) notched a career-best time of 22.43 in the 200-meter dash to win the event and tie the fifth-fastest time in school history.

Sophomore Clement Gyan (Yonkers, N.Y./Abraham Lincoln) won the 500-meter dash, stopping the clock at 1:06.45, while sophomore Kyle Ramer (Landisville, Pa./Hempfield) took first in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:55.82.

Bucknell took the top-two places in the 1,000-meter run. Senior Brian Mooney (Rochester, NY/Gates-Chili) led the way with a first-place finish (2:30.91) followed by sophomore Conor McNamara (Baldwin, N.Y./Chaminade) in second (2:32.21).

Other top finishes for the Bison included sophomore Sean Coyne (Freehold, N.J./Freehold Township) tying for second in the final for the 55-meter hurdles, running a time of 8.00. In the 3,000-meter run, sophomore Andrew Huebner (Hampton Falls, N.H./Governor Dummer Academy) led the Bison with a time of 8:43.70 and a third-place finish. Freshman Stephen Dorsey (North Wales, Pa./Casalle Collegiate) took sixth in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:41.76. Senior James Meyer (Pac. Palisades, Calif./Pacific Palisades) posted a top finish for Bucknell in the weight throw, taking second with a distance of 53-5 ¾. In the long jump, sophomore Kyle Anthony (Barryville, N.Y./Eldred Central) took third with a distance of 22-6 ¼. Junior Jeremy Hollins (Feeding Hills, Mass./Gow School) took fourth in the triple jump with a distance of 43-5 ¼. Bucknell's 4x400 relay team of freshman Matt Bender (Holland, N.Y./Holland Central), Ramer, Anthony and Mooney took second with a time of 3:24.88.

The Bison are now set to prepare to host the 2008 Patriot League Indoor Championships, Feb. 22 - 24 at Gerhard Fieldhouse.