Bucknell Women's Cross Country Heads to Florida State, Lafayette for Two Meets on Friday and Saturday

Friday, October 15

Tallahassee, Fla.

9:45 a.m.

Bucknell University

FSU Invite/Pre-Nationals

Photo by: Marc Hagemeier

Bucknell Women's Cross Country Heads to Florida State, Lafayette for Two Meets on Friday and Saturday

10/12/2021 3:16:00 PM | Women's Cross Country

LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Bucknell University women's cross country team is set to travel to Tallahassee, Fla. for the FSU Invite/Pre-National Meet on Friday morning, hosted by Florida State. Another group of Bison will travel to the Leopard Invite hosted by Lafayette on Saturday. Tickets are $5.00 for general admission to Pre-Nationals.

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"With what these student-athletes have gone through over the last year and a half with all of the seasons and many meets being canceled, we wanted to reward them with a nice trip to the national championship course," said Head Coach Kevin Donner. "Our men were put in the pre-national race based on their season thus far, and we want to show that we belong and set ourselves up for the league championships in two weeks. Our ladies were put in the open race, and we are ready to show much improvement from last week's meet at Paul Short. Ramos ran at the NCAA Championships last spring, and seeing this course will put her at a great advantage should she make it again."

"There is also a lot at stake at Lafayette on Saturday," added Donner. "It's the last regular season meet of the year, and we have a deep team that will mix it up with some of the other A teams at this meet. It will also have a lot of influence on our Patriot League lineup for October 30."

Bucknell will compete in the Open 6k race set for 9:45 a.m. on Friday in a field of 26 teams. Notable teams in the Open race include Alabama and defending NCAA Individual Champion Mercy Chelangat, as well as Power-5 schools Arizona State, UC-Berkeley, and Texas, among others.
Bucknell's lineup for the race at Florida State includes Mia Bellucci, Emily Deschler, Olivia Dyer, Karly Forker, Abby Paczewski, Sarah Policano, Ashlyn Ramos, and Lauren Trapani.
Bucknell returns to action after taking last weekend off, with the team last competing at the Paul Short Run on October 1.
Ramos, who was Bucknell's lone qualifier for the NCAA Championships last year, was Bucknell's top finisher at the Paul Short Run in finishing 20^th overall in a competitive field of 341. The senior from Sammamish, Wash. will have a chance to see the course at Florida State, the host of this year's NCAA Championships, in her bid to qualify for her second straight NCAA meet.
Trapani was next up for the Bison, and has had a solid debut campaign for the Orange and Blue that includes a Patriot League Rookie of the Week honor in the opening week of the season. Trapani finished 118^th overall in Bethlehem, and is one of only two first-years along with Policano to make the trip to Tallahassee.
Paczewski, Policano, and Bellucci were Bucknell's other scoring runners at the Paul Short Invite, finishing 190^th,197^th, and 203^rd, respectively as Bucknell finished 25^th as a team in the field of 38.
Additionally, another group of Bison will travel to the Leopard Invite in Easton, where the Bison finished second to American in 2019. Bellucci had Bucknell's top showing at that meet, placing seventh overall. Kate Amaddio (10^th) also competed for the Bison that day, along with Julia Tambaro and Jamie Falla.
The two meets this weekend mark the final tune up for the Bison before the Patriot League Championships hosted by Lehigh on Sunday, October 31.