Women's Track & Field Travels East on Interstate 80 for Meet at Bloomsburg

LEWISBURG, Pa.- The Bucknell Bison women's track & field team travels east on Interstate 80 to participate in a final tuneup in the Maroon & Gold Meet before the Patriot League Outdoor Championships in May.

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What: Maroon & Gold Meet
Where: Daniel Hale Field at Redman Stadium-Bloomsburg, Pa.
When: Saturday, April 27, 2024

Last Time Out (Bucknell Team Challenge)

Bucknell won the event, scoring 252.5 points to decisively defeat all competition.
It might have been Senior Day but freshman Sharp headlined the competition, winning and setting school records in the shot put and discus to collect 20 points for the Bison. The freshman threw for 51-2 ¾ in the shot put, shattering Sophia Nnadi's old mark of 49-10 ½ set in 2015. The attempt came on Sharp's final flight. Sharp's 165-10 mark in the discus throw broke the previous standard of 159-10 set by Tria Tyler back in 1999.
Three Bison runners collected 22 points in the 800-meter run. Caryn Rippey won the race and ten points by zipping ahead on the final stretch. Her time of 2:16.46 narrowly edged teammate Katherine Loew's mark of 2:16.79. Loew won eight points. Grace Vives clinched four points on a fourth-place time of 2:17.64
The 3000-meter steeplechase saw three Bison combining for 20 points. Ally Clarke celebrated Senior Day, winning the event and ten points on a time of 10:55.03. Meghan Rentner won third place and six points by running 11:01.85. The time is ninth in Bucknell history. Kailey Granger ran 11:13.42 for fourth place and four points.