Onwuzurike Wins Gold, Terriers Finish Sixth at PL Championships

Friday, April 30

West Point, NY

Boston University

Patriot League Championship

Onwuzurike Wins Gold, Terriers Finish Sixth at PL Championships

May 1, 2021 | Men's Track & Field

Results

WEST POINT, NY. - Highlighted by a gold medal performance in the 100 meter dash by Chiebuka Onwuzurike, the Boston University men's track & field team finished sixth at 2021 Patriot League Outdoor Track & Field Championship which concluded Saturday at Army West Point.

Onwuzurike won gold in the 100m dash with a personal best time time of 10.46, just missing the school record of 10.45 set by Justin Flynn at the PL Championships in 2018. Later in the meet, Onwuzurike also won bronze in the 200m dash with a time of 21.37.

Kasim Cisse had a tremendous performance in the high jump, winning silver with a personal-best jump of 2.08 (6' 9 ¾").

As a team, the Terriers finished in sixth place with 49 points behind PL Champion Navy (298 points), Army (294) Bucknell (70.5) Lehigh (59) and Holy Cross (53).

NOTABLE PERFORMERS

Chiebuka Onwuzurike won gold in the 100m dash with a personal best time of 10.46. The time just missed the school record of 10.45 set by Justin Flynn at the PL Championships in 2018. Later in the meet, Onwuzurike won bronze in the 200m dash with a time of 21.37.
In the final field event of the meet, Kasim Cisse had a tremendous performance in the high jump, battling it out with three Navy jumpers and taking home silver with a personal-best jump of 2.08 (6' 9 ¾").
The Terriers earned nine big points in the 3000m steeplechase. Logan Broedner had a great performance, taking fourth with a personal-best time of 9:10.92 to earn BU five points while Jonathan Fierro was fifth with a time of 9:17.50, also a personal best, to earn the Terriers four points.
Competing in the 1,500 meter run, Foster Malleck took fourth with a time of 3:52.82 to earn BU five points.
In the field, Sam Dennerlein finished seventh in the shot put with a throw of 14.57 (47'9 ¾")
DAY 1
Kevin Murphy got things started for the Terriers on Friday, competing in the 10,000m run and finishing 14th with time of 32:06.76 while Alex Brown finished 15th (32:08.04).
Adam Crawford competed in the javelin throw and finished ninth with a throw of 58.77 meters (192' 9").
Fred Lu had a great effort in the hammer throw, finishing with a personal best throw of 42.16 (138'4"), good for 13th place.
Declan Ritzenthaler finished sixth in the pole vault with a vault of 4.68 meters (15' 4.5") while Douglas Young took eighth (4.38m - 14' 4.5").
Foster Malleck qualified for the finals of the 1500 meters, finishing fourth in the semis with a time of 3:56.83.
Riley Sasaki advanced to the finals of the 100m dash with a time of 11.01 and in eighth place.

Men - Final Team Standings
1) Navy            298
2) Army           294
3) Bucknell      70.5
4) Lehigh         59
5) Holy Cross   53
6) BU               49
7) American    11
8) Lafayette     10.5
9) Colgate        6

Women - Final Team Standings
1) Navy            295
2) Army           216
3) Bucknell      129.5
4) BU               61
5) Lehigh         52
6) Holy Cross   34.8
7) Loyola         33
8) Lafayette     19
9) Colgate        10
10) American  4

2021 Patriot League Outdoor Track & Field Major Awards
Patriot League Men's Coach of the Year: Jamie Cook, Navy
Patriot League Women's Coach of the Year: Jamie Cook, Navy
Patriot League Men's Track Athlete of the Meet: Clayton Thompson, Navy
Patriot League Women's Track Athlete of the Meet: Molly Mangan, Navy
Patriot League Men's Field Athlete of the Meet: August Cook, Army West Point
Patriot League Women's Field Athlete of the Meet: Maura Fiamoncini, Bucknell
Patriot League Men's Rookie of the Meet: Mitchell Burr, Army West Point
Patriot League Women's Rookie of the Meet: Georgia Jones, Army West Point
Patriot League Men's Highest Point Scorer: Clayton Thompson, Navy
Patriot League Women's Highest Point Scorer: Emily Mikoud, Army West Point

2021 Women's Outdoor Track & Field First-Team All-Patriot League (First-Place Finishers)
Army West Point: Hannah Blakey (400m hurdles), Shayla Bonzelet (4x800m relay), Morgan Chewning-Kulick (4x800m relay), Quinn Collins (4x800m relay), Bonvie Fosam (triple jump), Abigail Green (hammer throw), Georgia Jones (10,000m*), Emily Mikoud (shot put*, discus), Helen Shearer (3,000m steeplechase*), Lindsey Smith (long jump), Anna Tovkach (4x800m relay),
Boston University: Andrea Claeson (1,500m)
Bucknell: Alexandra Butz (high jump), Maura Fiamoncini (javelin*), Ashlyn Ramos (10,000m)
Holy Cross: Christa Jay Moore (pole vault*),
Loyola Maryland: Senna Ohlsson (800m*),
Navy: Chloe Alfieri (400m, 4x400m relay), Alexa Arthun (100m hurdles, 4x100m relay), Chelsey Edwards (4x400m relay), Katherine Halbert (heptathlon), Ann Jackson (4x100m relay), Molly Mangan (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay, 4x400m relay), Sabrina Sutter (4x100m relay), Shania Vincent (4x400m relay),

2021 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Second-Team All-Patriot League (Second-Place Finishers)
Army West Point: Hannah Blakey (4x400m relay), Shayla Bonzelet (4x400m relay), Holli Chapman (400m, 4x100m relay, 4x400m relay), Kersten Douglas (4x100m relay), Abigail Green (discus), Emily Mikoud (hammer throw), Jade Robinson (4x100m relay), Nicole Sacchinelli (javelin), Anna Tovkach (800m, 4x400m relay), Brianna White (4x100m relay)
Bucknell: Karly Forker (1,500m), Abby Kates (high jump), Meghan Quinn (100m), Ashlyn Ramos (10,000m)
Lehigh: Madison Harding (heptathlon), Kaja Skerlj (400m hurdles)
Navy: Eleanor Abraham (4x800m relay, 3,000m steeplechase*), Bronte Bacchetta (4x800m relay), Audrey Fernandez (triple jump), Katherine Halbert (100m hurdles), Stephanie Jacobs (pole vault), Eva Knowles (4x800m relay), Breanna Mealer (long jump), Jessica Nangle (10,000m), Samantha Orie (shot put), Sabrina Sutter (200m), Maddie Warrender (4x800m relay),

2021 Men's Outdoor Track & Field First-Team All-Patriot League (First-Place Finishers)
Army West Point: Marshall Beatty (10,000m, 5,000m), Mitchell Burr (1,500m), August Cook (javelin*), Jamir Gibson (discus), Josh Heiman (long jump), Ryan Hogan (4x100m relay), Kedrin Jefferson (200m, 4x100m relay), Geoff Kirk (shot put), Jon Redmond (4x100m relay), Marco Risi (hammer throw), Tarik Samuel (4x100m relay), Peter Smith (800m)
Boston University: Chiebuka Onwuzurike (100m)
Bucknell: Connor McMenamin (3,000m steeplechase)
Holy Cross: Michael Pichay (triple jump)
Navy: Cole Bailey (high jump), Sethan Hollier (4x400m relay), Eric Hughey (400m, 4x400m relay), Thomas Johnstone (pole vault, decathlon), James Love (4x400m relay), Simon Petsch (4x400m relay), Clayton Thompson (110m hurdles, 400m hurdles*)

2021 Men's Outdoor Track & Field Second-Team All-Patriot League (Second-Place Finishers)
Army West Point: Tyrese Bender (triple jump), Caden Foster (1,500m), Hayden Fox (javelin), Jamir Gibson (shot put), Luke Griner (800m, 4x400m relay), Austin Herndon (hammer throw), Ethan Hesson (pole vault), Kevin Sembrat (4x400m relay), Peter Smith (4x400m relay), Calvin Wetzel (4x400m relay
Boston University: Kasim Cisse (high jump)
Bucknell: Alex Dessoye (400m)
Holy Cross: Gabriel Piepergerdes (400m hurdles)
Lehigh: Jeffrey Kirshenbaum (10,000m), Connor Melko (5,000m)
Navy: Autrey Baynes (decathlon), Sethan Hollier (200m, 4x100m relay), Eric Hughey (4x100m relay), David Huizenga (discus), Julian Perez (3,000m steeplechase), Austin Pierce (100m, 4x100m relay), Clayton Thompson (long jump, 4x100m relay), Brahmir Vick (110m hurdles)