Saturday, August 31
Tyrone, Pa.
10 a.m.
Bucknell University
at
Father Bede Invitational
Women's Cross Country Starts 2024 Season at the Father Bede Invitational
8/29/2024 4:52:00 PM | Women's Cross Country
LEWISBURG, Pa.- The Bucknell University women's cross country team journeys to central Pennsylvania to open the 2024 season when the squad heads down PA State Route 45 to Tyrone, Pa. for the Father Bede Invitational hosted by Saint Francis University.
When:Â Saturday, August, 31, 10:00Â a.m.
Where:Â B&D Acres, Tyrone, Pa.
Live Results: sfuathletics.comÂ
Participating Teams: Allegheny, Bucknell, Duquesne, Mercyhurst, Staint Francis, St. Vincent
Season Preview
Donner's Debriefing
"This is a great early season meet for our freshman and a few of our upperclassmen to gain some collegiate cross country experience. The shorter length races are perfect for early in the season when the weather is warm and most people are not at full fitness yet. Although, we have been training well, it is always fun to find out who likes to compete and there are always a few surprises at the first meet. I do not know what to expect from our competition yet so we plan to just run our race early on and adjust once we see what is happening around us."
Overview
Bucknell returns to action on Sept 6. at the Lafayette Invitational.Â
When:Â Saturday, August, 31, 10:00Â a.m.
Where:Â B&D Acres, Tyrone, Pa.
Live Results: sfuathletics.comÂ
Participating Teams: Allegheny, Bucknell, Duquesne, Mercyhurst, Staint Francis, St. Vincent
Season Preview
Donner's Debriefing
"This is a great early season meet for our freshman and a few of our upperclassmen to gain some collegiate cross country experience. The shorter length races are perfect for early in the season when the weather is warm and most people are not at full fitness yet. Although, we have been training well, it is always fun to find out who likes to compete and there are always a few surprises at the first meet. I do not know what to expect from our competition yet so we plan to just run our race early on and adjust once we see what is happening around us."
Overview
- Bucknell looks to crack into the top three of the Patriot League and improve upon its fourth-place finish at the 2023 Patriot League Championships. The team finished ninth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regionals.Â
- The 2023 squad rose to seventh in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Rankings.
- The women do not return any All-Conference runners, as Abby Paczewski graduated, but senior captain Lauren Trapani just missed All-Conference honors by finishing 15th at the Patriot League Championships. Eight of the top ten runners are back in Lewisburg.Â
- Keeley Mistuka won All-Conference honors two years ago when she finished 12th at the 2022 Patriot League Championships.
- Margaret McLoughlin, Sarah Policano, and Lauren Trapini serve as captains for 2024.Â
- B&D Acres fills in as the alternative home course for the Red Flash and is the family farm of head coach Douglas Hoover. Hoover served as an assistant under Bucknell Head Coach Kevin Donner when Donner coached the Red Flash in the early 2000s.Â
Bucknell returns to action on Sept 6. at the Lafayette Invitational.Â
Players Mentioned
/ Women's Cross Country
/ Women's Cross Country
/ Women's Cross Country
/ Women's Cross Country
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