RESULTS
BETHLEHEM, PA. – Led by another remarkable performance from senior
Toria Levy, the Boston University women's track & field team claimed second place at the 2017 Patriot League Outdoor Track & Field Championship which concluded Saturday at Lehigh University. Levy won three gold medals and broke a PL record, as BU won a total of six gold medals and finished with 171.5 points, behind only PL Champion Bucknell (194.5 points).
Levy won gold in the 400m dash, breaking her own Patriot League record in the process, and also won the 100m hurdles and the 400m hurdles. After the meet, Levy was named 2017 Patriot League Female Track Athlete of the Meet.
THE RUNDOWN
2017 Patriot League Outdoor Championships
Location: Goodman Track & Field Complex, Bethlehem, Penn.
Results
TOP PERFORMANCES
• The 4x100m relay team of
Ayodele Adesanya,
Leah Fowlkes,
Djenne Parris and
Tehya Noell got things started for BU on Saturday, winning the Terriers' first gold of the day with a time of 46.10.
•
Toria Levy won the 100m hurdles to defend her PL title with a time of 13.92. In the same event, senior
Ally Saccone finished third to win bronze with a time of 14.36.
• Levy also won gold in the 400m dash with a time of 54.31 to break her PL record she set in 2016 (54.41) and establish a new personal best time. BU swept the event with
Leah Fowlkes winning silver (54.90) and
Ayodele Adesanya taking bronze (55.74).
• Levy won her third gold medal of the meet in the 400m hurdles, finishing with a time of 59.55.
• Senior
Adrienne Pascucci finished second in the two-day heptathlon to win silver with 4,484 points, behind only Lehigh's Sarah Cassidy with 5,029 points.
• On Friday, sophomore
Lovie Burleson won gold in the long jump with a leap of 5.87 meters (19' 3.35").
• Sophomore
Kennedy Jones won the triple jump with a 12.21m (40'0.75") jump. Burleson took home silver with a 12.13m (39' 9.75") leap.
FINAL STANDINGS
Place Team Points
1) Bucknell – 194.5
2) Boston University – 171.5
3) Lehigh- 166
4) Army West Point - 125
5) Navy – 85.5
6) Holy Cross – 70.5
7) Loyola - 21
8) Lafayette - 17
9) Colgate – 4
10) American - 3
