Saturday, January 25
Lewisburg, Pa.
10:30 a.m.
Bucknell University
vs
Gulden Invitational
Men's Track & Field Holds Gulden Invitational This Saturday
1/24/2025 12:50:00 PM | Men's Track and Field
LEWISBURG, Pa.-Â The Bucknell men's track & field team hosts the annual Gulden Invitational this Saturday at Gerhard Fieldhouse. Bucknell returns to its home pastures after competing last weekend at the Nittany Lion Challenge.Â
What: Gulden Invitational
Where: Gerhard Fieldhouse-Lewisburg, Pa.
When: Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.
Live Results: AthleticLive
The Art Gulden StoryÂ
The competition honors Bucknell's legendary track & field coach Art Gulden. He led the program, that he built from scratch for 31 years, before passing away in the spring of 2001 due to complications from his lengthy and tenacious fight with cancer. Gulden won 68 conference titles with the Bison and more importantly coached nearly a dozen student-athletes to national Academic All-America honors. He was named Patriot League Coach of the Year 20 times in a 11-year stretch. His men's cross country teams won 18 straight conference titles between 1975-92 and won three IC4A championships. Arguably Bucknell's most nationally-accomplished sports program, the Bison men's cross country program qualified for the NCAA Championships nine times in a 20-year span, and at one point compiled a remarkable dual-meet winning streak of 167 -- spanning 16 years.
A monument to Coach Gulden was installed outside the doors to the Gerhard Fieldhouse and is seen by every Bucknell track & field athlete as they enter and depart from practice.Â
Donner's Debriefing
"We are very excited to once again host the Art Gulden Invitational. We treat this as a team-oriented meet that is scored so the coaches promote placing more so than chasing times and distances. However, the times and distances at this meet are usually very good for the top finishers. It is a little larger meet than previous years with 11 total schools for each gender, so scoring will not be easy. We obviously will be trying to win both genders, but it will not be easy with the competition."
Last Time Out (Nittany Lion Challenge)
Bucknell will split its squad for the home Bison Open & Multi (Jan. 30 & Feb. 1) and the Penn State National Open (Jan. 30 & Feb. 1).
What: Gulden Invitational
Where: Gerhard Fieldhouse-Lewisburg, Pa.
When: Saturday, January 25, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.
Live Results: AthleticLive
The Art Gulden StoryÂ
The competition honors Bucknell's legendary track & field coach Art Gulden. He led the program, that he built from scratch for 31 years, before passing away in the spring of 2001 due to complications from his lengthy and tenacious fight with cancer. Gulden won 68 conference titles with the Bison and more importantly coached nearly a dozen student-athletes to national Academic All-America honors. He was named Patriot League Coach of the Year 20 times in a 11-year stretch. His men's cross country teams won 18 straight conference titles between 1975-92 and won three IC4A championships. Arguably Bucknell's most nationally-accomplished sports program, the Bison men's cross country program qualified for the NCAA Championships nine times in a 20-year span, and at one point compiled a remarkable dual-meet winning streak of 167 -- spanning 16 years.
A monument to Coach Gulden was installed outside the doors to the Gerhard Fieldhouse and is seen by every Bucknell track & field athlete as they enter and depart from practice.Â
Donner's Debriefing
"We are very excited to once again host the Art Gulden Invitational. We treat this as a team-oriented meet that is scored so the coaches promote placing more so than chasing times and distances. However, the times and distances at this meet are usually very good for the top finishers. It is a little larger meet than previous years with 11 total schools for each gender, so scoring will not be easy. We obviously will be trying to win both genders, but it will not be easy with the competition."
Last Time Out (Nittany Lion Challenge)
- The Bison did not win an event but notched numerous top ten finishes against some elite Eastern competition.Â
- Tristan An generated some early-season excitement with a second-place finish (6-8.75) in the high jump, nearly matching his career high of 6-9.
- Freshman CJ Simbiri broke into the Bucknell top ten in the triple jump at the Bison Opener and the rookie kept his momentum flowing with a fourth-place finish (47-1.75) in the same event today.
- Freshman Gabriel Pecaitis grabbed fourth (14-11) in the pole vault.
- Wade Shomper, after setting the school record in the shot put at the Bison Opener, finished seventh (54-1.25) in the same event. He was the fourth-highest collegiate thrower.
Bucknell will split its squad for the home Bison Open & Multi (Jan. 30 & Feb. 1) and the Penn State National Open (Jan. 30 & Feb. 1).
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