Feb. 6, 2012

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. -- The Patriot League announced its weekly awards for Jan. 30-Feb. 5 in indoor track & field and swimming & diving Monday.

All eight schools were in action this past weekend as the indoor track and field regular season winds to a close. With just one weekend left before the Patriot League Championships at Bucknell on Feb. 17-19, several teams and student-athletes are hitting on a cylinders. Bucknell's Tom Barr and Navy's Jess Palacio both had big weekends again as they were among several IC4A and ECAC qualifiers.

The last dual meets of the 2011-12 swimming and diving season took place over the weekend with just a handful of Patriot League teams in competition. Over half of the League was idle in anticipation of the League's Swimming and Diving Championships set for Feb. 16-18 at Navy's Lejeune Hall in Annapolis, Md. The Mids wrapped up their dual meet schedule as the men swept a doubleheader last week against visiting Columbia and Johns Hopkins. Holy Cross and Lehigh were both in the pool this weekend as well in their final showings before next week's championship meet.


Patriot League Indoor Track and Field Weekly Awards

MALE TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
JORDAN DONALDSON, BUCKNELL Sr., Saxton, Pa.
Donaldson earned a pair of IC4A-qualifying times in the 500 (1:04.22) and the 800 (1:53.21) at the Youngstown State Invitational Saturday. He has three wins this winter and has finished no lower than second place in his five events. This is his first weekly award.

FEMALE TRACK ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
JESS PALACIO, NAVY Sr., Sun Valley, Nev.
Palacio put together three ECAC-qualifying marks and finished first in three events at the Navy-Army dual meet. Palacio finished first in the 1,000 (2:54.90), first in the mile (4:57.58) and second in the 3,000 (9:52.71). She wins the weekly award for the fourth time this season and eighth time in her career.

MALE FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
TOM BARR, BUCKNELL Sr., Ambler, Pa.
Barr finished first in the weight throw (63-5) and second in the shot put (54-11.25) with IC4A-qualifying distances, breaking his school record in the shot put by 10.75m; inches. Barr wins the weekly award for the fifth time this season, setting a new single-season Patriot League record.

FEMALE FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
AMANDA PHELPS, NAVY Sr., Oceanside, Calif.
Phelps finished first in the weight throw at the Navy-Army dual meet with an ECAC distance of 58-7.5;. She also had an ECAC distance in the shot put, finishing second with a throw of 44-4. This is Phelps' second award this season and fourth of her career.

MALE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
ALEX JAGELSKY, BUCKNELL Fr., Rutland, Mass.
Jagelsky finished first in the 1,000 with an IC4A time of 2:27.68 at the Youngstown Invitational. He also placed sixth in the 800 with a time of 1:54.09.

FEMALE ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
LISA JUNTA, ARMY Fr., Yorkville, Ill.
Junta wins her third and Army's fourth Rookie of the Week award this season with her ECAC time in the 3,000 (9:51.34) at the Army-Navy dual. With her third award, she ties a Patriot League record.

HONORABLE MENTIONS
JOSH OLSEN, AMERICAN Sr., Thomaston, Conn.
Olsen finished fifth in the 5,000 at the New Balance Championships with a time of 14:27.64, qualifying for IC4As.

MICHAEL HOFFMAN, ARMY So., Moraga, Calif.
Hoffman finished first in the 200 with an IC4A time of 22.09 seconds in a dual meet against Navy.

TOM WAGNER, ARMY Sr., Clinton, N.Y.
Wagner finished first and qualified for the IC4As in three events in a dual meet against Navy. He won the high jump (6-10.25), long jump (23-5.25) and triple jump (46-11).

HANA CASALNOVA, BUCKNELL So., Grove City, Pa.
Casalnova finished second in the 1,000 (2:52.96) with an ECAC time at the Youngstown State Invitational.

MADELINE DULAC, BUCKNELL Fr., Baltimore, Md.
Dulac finished third in the 3,000 with an ECAC time of 9:55.0 at the Youngstown State Invitational.

ABBY MONAGHAN, BUCKNELL Jr., La Plata, Md.
Monaghan qualified for the ECACs in the weight throw with a second-place finish (53-0) at the Youngstown State Invite.

JAMIE KING-PRUNTY, COLGATE So., Jamestown, N.Y.
King-Prunty finished first in the 500 (1:15.0) and third in the DMR (11:48.35) with ECAC times at the Geigengack Invite.

ALEXANDRIA CULKEEN, HOLY CROSS Sr., Beverly, Mass.
Culkeen finished first in the weight throw with an ECAC distance of 52-6 in a win over Maine on Saturday.

JESSICA KENDZOR, LEHIGH So., Somers, N.Y.
Kendzor finished 11th in the 1,000 at the New Balance Collegiate Games with an ECAC time 2:53.38.

SAVANNA PLOMBON, LEHIGH Fr., Frederick, Md.
Plombon finished 10th in the 3,000 at the New Balance Collegiate Games with an ECAC time of 9:55.83.

PAUL NEIDHARDT, NAVY Sr., Lawrenceville, Ga
Neidhardt finished first in the pole vault with an IC4A height of 16-2.75 in a dual meet win over Army.

CODY ROME, NAVY Sr., Eagle, Idaho
Rome finished first in the mile in the Mids' win over Army, posting an IC4A time of 4:08.54.

MARK VETERE, NAVY Fr., Andover, Mass.
Vetere was second in the pole vault vs. Army with an IC4A height of 15-9.


Patriot League Swimming and Diving Weekly Awards

MALE SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
MAC ANTHONY, NAVY Sr., Allentown, Pa.
Anthony captures his sixth weekly award of the season and wraps up his career with 12 after sweeping the 200- and 400-meter freestyle events in a 156-136 victory over Columbia last week. He swam the 200 in 1:50.72 to win by 1.42 seconds, and touched the wall in 4:02.03 in the 400 to win by 1.67 ticks. He also swam the fastest time of any swimmer in the 200 freestyle relay with a 22.82, which was 0.12 seconds ahead of the rest of the field. Navy eventually took third in that event in 1:36.61.

FEMALE SWIMMER OF THE WEEK
ALISSA LEUNG, LEHIGH Fr., Garden City, N.Y.
Leung has been a bright spot for the Mountain Hawks all season long and performed well in a tri-meet against Penn State and Saint Francis (Pa.) Saturday in University Park, Pa. The freshman from Garden City, N.Y., was Lehigh's top performer on the day with three finishes in the top four. She captured second in the 400-yard IM with a time of 4:38.19. She added a third-place showing in the 100 back in 59 seconds flat, and took fourth in the 200 back in 2:05.81.

MALE DIVER OF THE WEEK
No Nominees

FEMALE DIVER OF THE WEEK
No Nominees