Robert W. Bickel (2002) - Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame

Robert W. Bickel

Induction:
2002
Class:
1979

Bob Bickel entered the Hall of Fame in 2002 alongside teammate Lee Edmonds. That duo joined classmate George Buckheit, a 1986 inductee, in the Hall of Fame from one of the greatest cross country and track eras in Bucknell history. Bickel 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. Bickel competed in the 1978 NCAA Cross Country Championship, the first of five consecutive years the Bison qualified for the meet. He won ECC championships in the indoor 3-mile run in 1978 and outdoors in the 10,000 meters 1978 and 1979, tying for first both times with Edmonds. Bickel, a Vestal, N.Y., native was also sixth in the Penn Relays 10K and 18th in the NCAA 10K in 1978. He was fourth in the IC4A 10K to earn All-East honors in 1979. Bickel posted numerous top-10 times in Bucknell history, and he trailed only Hall-of-Famers Bill Reifsnyder, Buckheit and Edmonds on the 10K chart.
(Bucknell Hall of Fame Class of 2002)