Christa Sawko

Christa Sawko

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Montoursville, Pa.

High School:
Montoursville

Position:
Mid-distance

2005-06: [Indoors] -- Broke the Bucknell record in the 1,000, taking first at the Patriot League Championships with a time of 2:53.90 to earn all-league first team recognition ... also won the event at the Bucknell Heptagonal (2:57.30) along with the 400 (59.72) ... recorded two second-place finishes in the 500 on the season, with her season-best time coming at the Bucknell Winter Classic (1:16.74) ... won the 800 at the Black Squirrel Invitational (2:15.44), finished second at the Akron Open (2:12.18) and posted a season-best 800 time at the Penn State National Invitational to take fourth (2:12.05) ... was the runner-up in the mile at the Bison Opener (5:08.25) ... ran on Bucknell's winning sprint medley relay at the Gulden relays that set the third-best time in Bucknell history with a time of 4:18.18 ... was a part of the distance medley relay that took fourth at the Penn State National Invitational with a time of 11:56.00, good for fifth in the Bison record books, and the distance medley relay that finished seventh at the ECAC Championships to earn All-East recognition with the second-fastest time in school history ... helped Bucknell win the 4x400 relay at four meets, including the Patriot League Championships where the squad picked up first team All-League honors, running the event in 3:57.06 ... also ran a leg of the Bison 4x800 relay that won the PL title and set the league record with a time of 9:04.95, good for seventh on Bucknell's top-10 list ... was named Female Track Athlete of the Meet at the league championships ... helped set two more 4x800 relay marks in the Bison record books as a part of the squads that posted the sixth-best time to take third in the preliminaries at ECACs (9:02.37) and placed second in the finals with the second-fastest time in school history (8:58.26), garnering All-East accolades. [Outdoors] -- Broke her own school records in the 800 and the 1,500, taking second at the Bison Outdoor Classic with an 800 time of 4:28.28 and 13th at the NCAA Eastern Regional in the 1,500 in 2:08.98 ... captured three wins in the 800, including a Patriot League title in the event (2:09.97), earning a spot on the all-league first team ... also finished as the runner up in the event at two meets during the season ... placed fourth in the 800 at the ECAC Championships (2:10.33) for All-East status ... named to both first and second All-Patriot League teams after running on Bucknell's league champion 4x800 relay that set the fourth-best time in school history (8:59.73) and the second-place 4x400 relay (3:52.68) at the league meet ... part of Bucknell's record-setting distance medley relay (11:41.57) that finished fourth at the Penn Relays.

2004-05: [Indoors] -- Won the Patriot League 1000m crown with a personal-best time of 2:55.20 ... Finished 10th at the ECAC Championships in the 800m with a career-best time of 2:09.18, the second-fastest mark in school history ... ran 1:15.59 for 500m at the Bucknell Winter Classic, the fifth-best time in the Bison record books ... won four individual races in six tries during the season. [Outdoors] -- Shattered school records in both the 800m and 1500m ... set the school's 800 record at 2:09.19 during her first-career appeance at the NCAA East Regional Championships ... broke the 1500m mark at the Bison Outdoor Classic, running 4:32.96 ... won her first-career PL outdoor title with a win in the 800 (2:09.63) ... ran anchor legs on the gold-medal winning 4x800 team at the PL meet and the ECAC Championships ... was named the PL "Track Athlete of the Week" on two occasions during the outdoor season ... was also named the ECAC "Track Athlete of the Week".

2003-04: [Indoors] -- Won the Patriot League title in the 800m with a time of 2:15.18...won the 1000m at the Bucknell Winter Classic in a time of 2:57.56, a personal-best and eighth-best all-time for Bucknell. [Outdoors] -- Qualified for the Junior National Championships in the 400m-hurdles...placed third in the 400m-hurdles at the Patriot League Championships...her time of 1:03.12 is fourth on Bucknell's top-ten list...ran a personal-best 2:14.18 in the 800m at the Duke Invitational, good enough for fifth-best all-time for Bucknell...finished first in the 1500m at the Jim Thorpe Invitational (4:52.43)....member of 4x800m squad that holds the second best time on Bucknell's all-time top-ten list (8:58.11).

Personal: Daughter of Mike and Pat Sawko...graduated from Montoursville High School...won varsity letters for soccer, cross country and track...all-state in track...sociology major.

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