Lee C. Edmonds (2002) - Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame

Lee C. Edmonds

Induction:
2002
Class:
1979

Lee Edmonds entered the Bucknell Hall of Fame in the same year as classmate and close friend Bob Bickel, following in the footsteps of classmate George Buckheit, a 1986 inductee. The outstanding trio came from one of the greatest cross country and track eras in Bucknell history. Edmonds was ranked among the top 50 American runners in 1978 and 1979, a significant achievement for a Bucknell runner. He ran on cross country teams that were a perfect 49-0 in dual meets and won Bucknell's first four of 18 consecutive East Coast Conference and Patriot League championships. Edmonds competed in the 1978 NCAA Cross Country Championship, the first of five consecutive years the Bison qualified for the meet. Edmonds, a Lewisburg High School graduate, won ECC indoor titles in the 3-mile run in 1978 (tying with Bickel) and 1979, and outdoor titles in the 10K in 1978 and 1979. He broke the ECC Championships meet record in the indoor 3-mile, and he enjoyed the privilege of becoming the first Bucknell athlete to win an event in the brand new fieldhouse, which was built during his Bucknell career. In 1978, he was second in the IC4A 10K to score All-East recognition. That year he was also fifth in the Penn Relays 10K and 21st in the NCAA 10K. He repeated as All-East in 1979, placing third in the 10K. Edmonds posted top-10 times in school history in both the 5K and 10K, and he trailed only Hall-of-Famers Bill Reifsnyder and Buckheit on the 10K chart.
(Bucknell Hall of Fame Class of 2002)