Women's Track & Field Wins Five Events at Two Meets

Saturday, January 27

University Park, PA

10 a.m.

Bucknell University

National Open at Penn State

Women's Track & Field Wins Five Events at Two Meets

1/27/2024 7:58:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

LEWISBURG, Pa./UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.- The Bucknell women's track & field team recorded a successful Saturday at the Bison Open and the PSU National Open. Bucknell athletes won five events and obtained two new top-ten marks.

Results

Bison Open | PSU National Open

Donner's Debriefing

"It was a tremendous weekend for both teams. We had many people make our all-time top ten lists, numerous qualifiers for the ECAC and IC4A Championships, wins at the Bison Open, and plenty of personal and season-best marks. It was great to see some breakout performances from our younger and less experienced athletes, who are ready to step up and help our program. I have always felt that when February hits, rust-busting is done, and our teams start to jell. We became a better team this weekend."

Bison Open Recap

The weight throw belonged to the Orange & Blue. Christine Ajao won gold, obtained ECAC qualification, and now ranks fifth in Bucknell history with her toss of 55-02.75. Prizila Negrete grabbed silver (51-11.00), Madison McGloin earned fourth (48-07.25), Anne Glenning finished fifth (48-2.00), and Siobhan O'Sullivan rounded out the finishers at eighth (44-11.75).

Laura Posh shined in the 1000-meter run. The Bison runner won the event with a time of 3:07.75, which ranks #178 in Division I.

Eva Lindner brought home victory in the mile run with a time of 5:06.96. She won by nearly two seconds.

Meghan Rentner won the 3000-meter run by narrow margins. Her time of 10:20.85 beat out the second-place runner by 0.06 seconds. Lauren Joyce finished fourth (10:40.49).

Four Bison jumpers finished in the top ten of the high jump. Abby Kates won gold (5-5), reigning record-holder Karen Hull notched second (5-5), Madeline Lehker earned fourth (5-3), and Olivia Boyce obtained seventh (5-3).

Alison Cooke finished second in the 400-meter dash (1:00.01). She was only 0.08 seconds away from first place.

Four Bison slotted into the top ten of the 800-meter run. Hailey Tabar earned silver (2:18.54), Hollie Walters grabbed fourth (2:22.02), Katrina Torelli obtained sixth (2:22.41), and Mari Engleby finished eighth (2:22.53).

Megan Baggetta narrowly missed the entry into the Bucknell top ten for the triple jump. The freshman's leap of 38-08.75 finished second. Kaia Slaw's mark of 36-09.75 was sixth.

Regan McGarth placed fourth (1:20.39) in the 500-meter run.

Abby Eisold slotted fifth (17-05.50) in the long jump.

PSU National Open Recap

The "A" Team of Abby Paczewski, Colleen Linko, Anna Posh, and Caryn Rippey finished fifth (11:47.92) in the distance medley relay. The mark now ranks eighth in Bucknell history.

Meghan Quinn won silver in the 200-meter dash. The senior recorded a time of 24.24.

Up Next

Bucknell hits the road for the Akron Invitational on Feb. 2.