2007 Women's Winter Classic
2007 Sykes-Sabok Challenge Cup
LEWISBURG, Pa - The Bucknell women's track and field squad competed in the 18th Annual Bucknell Winter Classic in Gerhard Fieldhouse. Senior Melanie Buczko (Butler, Pa/Butler Area) won the pole vault after clearing a height of 13 feet, 4 ¼ inches (4.07m), which was an NCAA provisional and ECAC qualifying mark and a new fieldhouse record. The Bison also completed the final day of competition at the Sykes-Sabok Challenge Cup finishing 14th out of 16 teams in University Park, Pa.
At the Sykes-Sabok, senior Christa Sawko (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville Area) notched a third-place finish in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes, 10.42 seconds, which was and ECAC qualifying mark. Senior Catherine Trentacoste (Garden City, N.J./Garden City) posted a time of 26.04 in the 200, which was a personal best and ranks her eighth in school history.
At the Bucknell Winter Classic, the team of senior Kat Allen (Malvern, Pa./Conestoga), junior Lesley Emons (Woodbridge, Conn./Amity Regional), sophomore Katie Becket (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill) and freshman Kelcey Coffin (Somerville, N.J./Somerville) took first in the 4x400 relay with a time of 4:10.25. Freshman Laura Cundey (Sewell, N.J./Washington Township) finished first in the 1,000 with a time of 3:05.16, while sophomore Victoria Gilbert (Bethlehem, Pa./Freedom) crossed the line with a time of 3:05.73.
