RESULTS
LEWISBURG, PA - Highlighted by a silver medal performance by the 4x400 relay team and a record breaking performance by
Jason Biesma, the Boston University men's track & field team finished fifth at the 2018 Patriot League Indoor Track & Field Championship, which concluded Sunday at Bucknell's Gerhard Fieldhouse.
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Biesman broke his own school record in the heptathlon with 5041 points to win silver. In all, the Terriers recorded nine top-five finishes to earn 62 points as a team and finish fifth. Navy won its sixth-straight league title with 240 points, followed by Army (197), Bucknell (117) and Lehigh (81.5).
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THE RUNDOWN
Event:Â Patriot League Indoor Track & Field Championships
Location: Bucknell's Gerhard Fieldhouse – Lewisburg, Pa.
Men's Compiled Results: Leone Timing
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NOTABLE PERFORMANCESÂ Â
- Competing in the two-day heptathlon, senior Jason Biesma earned 5041 points to break his own school record of 4926 points which he set at the back in December. Biesma finished second to earn a silver medal, just behind Lehigh's Trevor Knowles (5313 points).
- Freshman Nikolas Smith finished third in the 400m dash with a time of 49.60 to win bronze while senior Cameron Nurse finished just off the podium in fourth with a time of 50.02.
- In the final event of the meet, the 4x400m relay team of Nikolas Smith, Robie Webster, Haig Rickerby, Cameron Nurse finished second with a time of 3:18.62 to win silver.
- Nurse also qualified for the finals of the 200m dash and finished fourth with a time of 21.97.
- Competing in the men's 1-mile run, sophomore Johnathon Kemps finished fourth with a time of 4:12.80 to earn the Terriers five team points in the first running event of the meet.
- Junior Robie Webster finished fifth in the 500m run with a time of 1:06.53. Webster also qualified for the finals of the 60m hurdles and finished eighth (8.72).
- Sophomore Michael Huber finished fifth in the 800m run with a time of 1:57.03.
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Final Team Results
1. Navy - 240 points (PL Champion)
2. Army – 197
3. Bucknell – 117
4. Lehigh – 81.5
5. Boston University – 62
6. American – 41
7. Lafayette – 23
8. Holy Cross – 11.5
9. Colgate - 6
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