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05/11/2012 Bucknell's Tolli Repeats as PL Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the YearBella, Casalnova, Hornock, Waksmunski Join Tolli on All-Academic Team 05/05/2012 Zymet, Funk, Bella Win Gold as Bison Women's Track & Field Places Second at PL Championships4x100 Breaks Second School Record of the Meet 05/03/2012 Bucknell Women's Track & Field to Challenge for Fourth Consecutive Patriot League TitleBison Seniors Look to Cap Off Careers Undefeated Outdoors 05/01/2012 Sarah Bella Receives Senior Athletic Award at BucknellBison Women's Track Thrower Receives Bison Club Award at Annual Senior Athletic Awards Banquet 05/01/2012 Ted Heitzman Receives Senior Athletic Award at BucknellBison Track & Field Star Wins Bison Club Award at Annual Senior Athletic Awards Banquet **Ranks No. 2 in outdoor shot put (46-4) and No. 3 in indoor shot put (46-1 ¼); Ranks 10th in discus (139-5).** 2010-11: [Indoors] Competed just three times in the shot put, winning twice ... second victory came at the Patriot League Championships (44-3 ¼) ... league win was the first of her indoor career ... also won the Bucknell Winter Classic (41-8) ... [Outdoors] Did not compete ... 2009-10: [Indoors] At the Patriot League Championships, placed second in the shot put (44-11 ¾) behind teammate Chelsey Musante ... took 12th in the shot put at the ECAC Championships (44-1 ½) ... set the third-best mark in program history in the shot put, winning at the Bucknell Heptagonal with a throw of 46-1 ¾ ... also placed sixth in the weight throw at the home meet ... performance earned her Patriot League Field Athlete of the Week honors ... set a personal-best mark in the weight throw (49-8 ¼) at the Penn State Invitational ... placed in the top three in the shot put in six of eight meets ... also placed in the top 10 in the weight throw in five of seven meets ... [Outdoors] At the Patriot League Championships, again placed second in the shot put (43-1) behind teammate Chelsey Musante ... also placed seventh in the discus with a throw of 123-6 ... top discus mark of the spring came at the season-opening Maryland Invitational (135-1) ... also threw a season-best 101-10 in the hammer at Maryland ... threw a season-best 43-8 in the shot put at the William & Mary Colonial Relays ... placed in the top 10 in the shot put in every meet except the Penn Relays ... finished 12th in the shot at the Penn Relays (42-3 ½) ... 2008-09: [Indoors] Placed fourth in the shot put at the Patriot League Championships with a throw of 43-0 ½ ... won the shot put at the Bucknell Winter Classic with the then-fifth-best throw in Bucknell history (43-4 ¼) ... also was the victor in shot at the Gulden Relays ... never placed worse than sixth in the event ... also competed in the weight throw with a best finish of fifth at the Gulden Relays ... named Patriot League Rookie of the Week (Feb. 17) ... [Outdoors] Patriot League champion in the shot put (45-7 ¾) and discus (139-5) ... named Rookie of the Meet at the PL Championships ... discus performance at the league championship meet ranked eighth all-time at Bucknell ... broke the school record in the shot put at the NCAA East Regional meet with a throw of 46-4 ... also competed in discus at NCAA East Regional ... scored in three events at the Bucknell Team Challenge, including shot put (third, 43-5), discus (fourth, 127-5) and javelin (fourth, 108-11) ... took ninth place in shot and discus at the William & Mary Colonial Relays ... Personal: Parents are Elizabeth and Fred Bella ... has three brothers, Seth, Ed and Josh ... lettered four times in outdoor track and three times in indoor track ... state sectional champion in the shot put and discus ... two-time Morris County shot put champion ... three-time Iron Hills shot put champion ... Nike Nationals qualifier ... two-year team captain ... major is biology ... member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll and Bucknell Dean's List ... selected to 2011 Academic All-Patriot League Team for indoor track & field. | |||||||||||||||