Women's Track & Field Starts 2023-24 Season at Bison Opener

Friday, December 1

Lewisburg, Pa.

5 p.m.

Bucknell University

Bison Opener

Women's Track & Field Starts 2023-24 Season at Bison Opener

12/1/2023 2:00:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

LEWISBURG, Pa.- The Bucknell women's track & field team opens the 2023-24 season with the traditional Bison Opener. The squad seeks to break into the top three of the Patriot League, and the Bison Opener is an excellent chance to showcase new and returning talent while shaking off the offseason rust. Events kick off on Friday at 5 p.m. with the heptathlon and pentathlon. Saturday's schedule starts at 8:30 a.m.

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What: Bison Opener
Where: Gerhard Fieldhouse-Lewisburg, Pa.
When: Friday-Saturday, December 1-2

Donner's Debriefing

"The first meet of the year is always exciting. Our sprinters, hurdles, jumpers, throwers, vaulters, and multis have been training for 2.5-3 months, and we want to see where we are now compared to one year ago. That is how I judge development. Most of our distance runners are coming out of downtime and will not compete, so this gives me time to focus on the speed and power events this weekend."

Thoughts from the Team

"I am excited to see what we can do at this first meet," said senior captain Meghan Quinn. "Our team has been training for months, and we are anxious to start competing every weekend. We have a lot of depth this year, and I can't wait to see how everyone does!"

"The Bison Opener brings back all of that meet excitement that we have had pent up since the start of the preseason in August," said captain Abby Kates. "It's so refreshing to be back in the competition mindset and see where our marks are as we head into our fast-paced indoor and outdoor seasons."

Last Time Out

Various Bison competed at the ECAC Outdoor Championships. Karen Hull's jump of 5-9 1/4 won the event to give the Bison women their eighth all-time win in the ECAC Outdoor Championships. Her leap also shattered the Bucknell record for the event.
Hull and Brylee Tereska ventured to Florida for the NCAA East Preliminaries. Tereska entered the competition seeded 43rd and finished 38th out of 48 participants on a throw of 139-1. Hull tied for 43rd out of 48 participants with a 5-5 3/4 jump
Incoming freshman Evelyn Bliss and Tereska threw the javelin at the USATF U20 Championships. Bliss won the event with a toss of 169-11 to qualify her for the Pan American Games, and Tereska finished fourth (147-2).
Bliss built upon her first-place showing at the USATF U20 Championships with a new personal record toss of 173-0 (52.73m) to nab silver at the Pan American Games.

Up Next

Bucknell rests for a month before competing at the Nittany Lions Challenge on Jan. 13.