April 9, 2008

Revised Schedule of Events
Decathlon (Accepted Entries)
Meet Program (Accepted Entries)
Heptathlon (Accepted Entries)

LEWISBURG, Pa. - After two weekends on the road, the Bucknell men's and women's track and field teams are scheduled to host the Bison Outdoor Classic this weekend, April 11-12, at Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium. Bucknell is coming off a weekend where athletes were sent to both the Auburn Tiger Track Classic and Princeton's Sam Howell Invitational.

The Outdoor Classic will be one of the biggest meets in the country this weekend, with over 50 schools competing at the distance carnival on Friday night. Friday's events will begin at 3 p.m. with the decathlon 100-meter dash and the women's hammer throw. Track distance events will begin at 5 p.m. with two heats of the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase.

On Saturday, Bucknell will welcome 13 visiting teams: Detroit Mercy, Yale, Cornell, American, Lehigh, Lafayette, Colgate, St. Francis (Pa.), Brockport State, Cortland State, Susquehanna, Muhlenberg and Duquesne. Saturday's events will begin at 9 a.m. with the decathlon 110-meter hurdles. Field events will start with the women's shot put at 10 a.m. and track events are set to begin at 10:30 a.m. with the women's 10,000-meter run.

A complete schedule for the Bison Outdoor Classic is available at www.BucknellBison.com, where results will also be posted at the conclusion of each day's events. Heat Sheets will also be posted on the sidebar of the men's and women's track and field page.

Bucknell Women's Track and Field Notebook

At the Auburn Tiger Track Classic, April 4-5 -
- Sophomore Amy Mantush (Drums, Pa./Hazleton) posted a career-best distance of 37-10 ¾ in the triple jump for the seventh-best distance in Bucknell history. She went on to tie for third in the high jump (5-5), finish 36th in the 200-meter dash (26.63) and 21st in the 100-meter hurdles (15.70).
- In the pole vault, freshman Rebecca Frey (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) took third with a height of 11-7 ¾. Her height was a season best and the fourth-best mark in Bucknell history.
- Junior Megan Hathaway (North Tonawanda, N.Y./Niagara Wheatfield) ran both the 200-meter dash (26.45, 35th) and the 400-meter dash (58.98, 21st).
- Senior Amanda Mockbee (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson) finished 13th in the hammer throw with a distance of142-5.

At the Princeton Sam Howell Invitational, April 4-5 -
- Freshman Laura Rycek (Northamton, Pa./Northampton Area) led the way with an ECAC-qualifying mark and a new second-best mark in program history of 139-11, to win the javelin throw.
- Freshman Sarah Moniz (Topsfield, Mass./Masconomet Regional) won the 3,000-meter run, posting the sixth-fastest time in Bucknell history (10:08.21), while junior Nicole Falcaro (Dingmans Ferry, Pa./Delaware Valley) followed in second with a time of 10:18.92. In the 5,000-meter run senior Erin Cranmer-Hart (Slippery Rock, Pa./Slippery Rock) ran the 10th-fastest time in Bucknell history (17:34.65) to place 12th in the event.
- Other top finishes in running events included sophomore Laura Cundy (Sewell, N.J./Washington Township) finishing third in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:52.17. Sophomore Allison Janda (Plymouth, Mich./Salem) led Bucknell in the 400-meter dash, placing 13th with a time of 59.01, while in the 100-meter dash, sophomore Kristin Steele (Shiremanstown, Pa./Trinity) placed 12th, stopping the clock at 13.14 and in the 800-meter run, junior Jenny Dalzell (Linwood, N.J./Mainland Regional) took fourth with a time of 2:14.92. In the 400-meter hurdles sophomore Kelsey Coffin (Somerville, N.J./Somerville) finished in 12th in 1:10.38.
- In field events, sophomore Chelsey Musante (Shelton, Pa./Shelton) took fifth in the shot put with a distance of 40-10 ¼ and went on to place eighth in the hammer throw (146-11), while sophomore Emily Moles (Wayne, Pa./Conestoga) led the Bison in the high jump with a mark of 5-1 for 11th. Freshman Casey Krause (Cebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest) posted the top distance for Bucknell in the long jump, placing eighth with a mark of 17-4 ¾. In the triple jump, senior Nicole Ayala (Reading, Pa./Holy Name) led the Bison with a distance of 35-4 ½. Senior Courtney Lynch (Glen Mills, Pa./Archmere Acad.) finished 15th in the discus (102-03) and senior Ashley Curry (Lewistown, Pa./Lewistown Area) posted a height of 10-8 in the pole vault to place 13th.

ECAC-Qualifying Marks (Outdoor 2008) -
- Amanda Mockbee: Discus Throw (152-9, Maryland Invitational)
- Laura Rycek: Javelin Throw (139-11, Sam Howell Invitational)
- Chelsey Musante: Hammer Throw (161-5, Maryland Invitational)

New Bison Top-10 Marks (Outdoor 2008) -
- Discus Throw: Amanda Mockbee (152-9, 2nd, Maryland Invitational)
- Javelin Throw: Laura Rycek (139-11, 2nd, Sam Howell Invitational)
- Hammer Throw: Chelsey Musante (161-5, 10th, Maryland Invitational)
- Pole Vault: Rebecca Frey (11-7 3/4, 4th, Auburn Classic)
- Triple Jump: Amy Mantush (37-10 ¾, 7th, Auburn Classic)
- 3,000-Meter Run: Sarah Moniz (10:08.21, 6th, Sam Howell Invitational)
- 5,000-Meter Run: Erin Cranmer-Hart (17:34.65, 10th, Sam Howell Invitational)

2008 Outdoor Honors -
- Laura Rycek (Patriot League Rookie of the Week, 4/1/08, 4/9/08)
- Patriot League Preseason Poll: Bucknell (1st, 96 points, 12 first-place votes)

Looking Ahead -
- Up next, the Orange and Blue will host the Bucknell Team Challenge, April 19.
- Bucknell will send athletes to the Penn Relays, April 24-26, and to the Shippensburg Invitational, April 26, before heading to the Patriot League Outdoor Championships, hosted by Navy in Annapolis, Md., May 2-3.
- The ECAC and IC4A Championships are set for May 16-18, in Princeton, N.J. The NCAA East Regional Championships are scheduled for May 30-31, and the NCAA Championships will take place June 11-14, in Des Moines, Iowa.