This past Saturday, Jan. 20, both Men’s and Women’s Track and Field teams placed first at the Gulden Invitational. The Bison women’s team beat the second team, Binghamton, by 97 points, putting them at 212.5 points.
Karen Hull ’24, who was recently awarded the Bison of the Week award, won the long jump with a leap of 19-6.00, a new school record that helped put the Bison up by ten points. Hull also took home third in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.86, which gave her team 6 points. Justley Sharp ’27 also had an outstanding performance in shotput, winning ten points for the team and earning an ECAC qualification. In the shotput, Avery Rebar ’26 got silver, and Prizila Negrete ’27 placed fourth.
In addition to shotput, the Bison also dominated in the 400-meter dash. For a total of 24 points, Katherine Loew ’25 placed first, Colleen Linko ’24 placed second, and Anna Posh ’25 placed third. Bucknell also performed extremely well in the 3000-meter run, with Kailey Granger ’27 coming in first with a time of 10:15.42, eight seconds ahead of the second-place runner.
The Orange and Blue also swept in the 800-meter run, with Caryn Rippey ’26 winning, Abby Paczewski ’24 coming in second, Katrina Torelli ’27 in third, and Lauren Shaffer ’26 in fifth, earning 26 points collectively for the team. The Bison also placed first in the 4×800-meter relay, giving the team ten points.
The men’s team grabbed seven wins over the weekend at the Invitational. Overall, it won the event 203-119, with Shippensburg coming in second place.
Brandon Foust ’25 locked in first place in the 200m dash and Ethan Wolford-Tuffy ’24 came in fifth.
The Bison had two 4x800m relay teams run at the event, and both qualified for the IC4A Championships. The “A” team consisted of Daniel Hilmer ’26, Christian Cadmus ’24, Alex Simpson ’24, and Hayden Singer ’27. The “B” team, also qualifying, was made up of Jack Higgins ’27, Carter Paul ’27, JP Byrnes ’27, and Zachary Jelinek ’26.
Two runners also qualified for the IC4A meet in the 60m dash, Foust and Cooper Hyken ’26. Brian Scotto ’25 also placed third in the 60m hurdles.
The Bison split up next weekend, with some competing at home in the Bison Open & Multi, while others travel to Penn State to compete in the National Open.
