NOVEMBER 3, 2015
BY PAUL SCHWARTZ
STAFF WRITER | THE RECORD
One of New Jersey’s top track and field recruits, double state champion Kaitlin Salisbury of Hawthorne, verbally committed to Bucknell University today, choosing the Bisons over Big Ten powerhouses Rutgers and Penn State.
Double state track and field champion Kaitlin Salisbury of Hawthorne has verbally committed to Bucknell.
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/KEVIN R. WEXLER
Double state track and field champion Kaitlin Salisbury of Hawthorne has verbally committed to Bucknell.
Salisbury, who will receive a full scholarship to compete for the defending Patriot League indoor and outdoor championship program, won the long and triple jump championships at the State Meet of Champions last spring. She also earned a national title last June in the Emerging Elite long jump in North Carolina. The formal fall signing period begins Nov. 11.
“I thought Bucknell seemed like a little bit of Hawthorne in the middle of Pennsylvania,” said Salisbury, who took four gold medals at the State Group 1 state championships last May (100, 200, LJ, TJ) and also finished fifth in the SMOC 100.
“It was hard turning down the other schools, especially saying no to Coach [James] Robinson at Rutgers, who I built a bond with. But I’m very excited to be going to Bucknell.”
