JC's Runners Stand Out at Bison Open
Lewisburg, Pa. - Juniata's women and men indoor track and field competed in the Bison Open at Bucknell on Saturday, Jan. 28.
Juniata's women and men indoor track and field competed in the Bison Open at Bucknell on Saturday, Jan. 28.
WOMEN'S EVENTS:
Julia Freimuth (York, Pa./Cedar Cliff) and Faith Nichols (Pittsburgh, Pa./Taylor Allderdice) placed 55th and 57th, respectively, out of 60 competitors in the 400-meter dash. Freimuth recorded a time of 1:08.06. Nichols was right behind her with a time of 1:08.37. The first-place finisher completed the dash at 59.09.
Claudia Sacks (Allentown, Pa./Allentown Central Catholic) finished 20th in the 800-meter run, beating out 25 runners. She marked a time of 2:28.24. Sacks went on to place seventh in the next event, the 1000-meter run. The freshman was two seconds behind Yanibel Collado (Freeport, N.Y./Forest Hills), who finished sixth with a time of 3:14.08.
Collado then placed 22nd out of 54 in the one-mile run with her time of 5:33.24.
MEN'S EVENTS:
Ryan Bogdan (Buffalo, N.Y./Canisius), Andrew Meci (Woodstock, N.Y./Onteora) and Vinnie Caroselli (Hershey, Pa./Milton Hershey) competed in the 800-meter run for Juniata. Bogdan was the first of the Eagles to cross the finish line, marking a time of 2:04.08 and landing at 26th overall. Meci placed 32rd with his time of 2:05.08.
In the next event, Petro Sokirniy (Huntingdon Valley, Pa./Upper Moreland) placed eighth in the 1000-meter run. Sokirniy recorded a final time of 2:39.91.
Storm Fridinger's (Shippensburg, Pa./Shippensburg) 1.84-meter high jump landed him at 13th in the event.
Out of 29 qualifiers, Andrew Paterno (Waynesboro, Pa./Waynesboro Area) placed 15th with his 13.85-meter weight throw.
Juniata is heading to the S.U. Challenge at Susquehanna on Friday, Feb. 3.
