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**Ranks No. 2 all-time in javelin (145-6) at Bucknell.** 2008-09: [Indoors] Recorded a career-best throw of 38-2 3/4 in the shot put at the Patriot League Championships, finishing eighth ... earned a pair of top-10 finishes in the event, taking fifth at the Gulden Relays and 10th at the Bucknell Heptagonal ... [Outdoors] At the PL Championships placed second (127-9) in the javelin, earning All-League honors ... also took 11th in the shot put at the championship meet with a career-best 37-3 ... finished third in the javelin at the Bison Outdoor Classic, BU Team Challenge and Red Flash Open. 2007-08: [Indoors] Competed in the shot put, placing 15th at the Patriot League Championships (36-10 1/2) ... season-best was 37-3 1/4 at the Bucknell Winter Classic ... [Outdoors] Excelled in her specialty, the javelin, earning All-Patriot League and All-East honors as well as an NCAA Regionals berth ... was runner-up to teammate Beverly Rogers in the Partiot League javelin competition, with her personal-best throw of 145-6 good for the No. 2 spot in Bucknell history ... went on to finish seventh at the ECAC Championships (139-10) and 19th at the NCAA East Regional (135-7), capping a terrific rookie year ... won the javelin at both the Princeton Invitational and Bison Outdoor Classic, where she first met the NCAA Regional standard with a throw of 143-3 ... took third in the javelin in her first outdoor competition, the Maryland Invite ... also competed in the shot put, with a season-best of 35-9 1/4 coming at Maryland ... earned PL Rookie of Week honors three straight weeks. Personal: Parents are Joseph and Ann Marie Rycek ... earned four letters each in track & field and volleyball at Northampton Area Senior High ... team captain in both sports ... state champion in the javelin as a senior ... school record-holder in that event ... two-time member of the LVIAC All-Star Team ... major is animal behavior. |
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