March 9, 2008

Results

BOSTON, Mass. - The Bucknell women's track and field team wrapped up the final day of the ECAC Championships at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, Mass. on Sunday with freshman Rebecca Frey (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) scoring for the Bison in the pole vault.

Frey notched a career-best mark of 11-11 3/4 in the pole vault to place eighth as the lone scorer for the Bison women this weekend. She owns the fourth-best height in Bucknell history with her new personal record.

Bucknell's 4x800 relay team of senior Mariel Fink (Pennington, N.J./Hun School of Princeton), senior Victoria Gilbert (Bethlehem, Pa./Freedom), sophomore Allison Janda (Plymouth, Mich./Salem) and senior Offeibea Hanson-Hall (New Rochelle, NY/New Rochelle) placed ninth in the final for the event, finishing in 9:13.07. The squad qualified for the final with a prelim time of 9:07.76 on Saturday.

Also competing for Bucknell on the second day of ECACs was sophomore Amy Mantush (Drums, Pa./Hazleton) in the triple jump (38-4 3/4, 15th) and the Bucknell distance medley relay team of sophomore Laura Cundey (Sewell, N.J./Washington Township), sophomore Jennifer Pierce (Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J./Northern Highlands), junior Jenny Dalzell (Linwood, N.J./Mainland Regional) and freshman Sarah Moniz (Topsfield, Mass./Masconomet Regional), posting a time of 12:11.61 for 16th. Additionally, senior Amanda Mockbee (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson) placed 16th in the weight throw with a distance of 48-11 3/4.

The NCAA Championships are set for March 14 - 15, in Fayetteville, Ark. Bucknell will begin the outdoor season March 29, sending athletes to both the Maryland Invitational in College Park, Md., and the Susquehanna Invitational in Selinsgrove, Pa.