Men's Track & Field Travels to Liberty for Darius Dixon Memorial

LEWISBURG, Pa.- The Bucknell men's track & field team travels to Lynchburg, Virginia this Friday and Saturday for the 11th annual Darius Dixon Memorial. The competition will serve as another tuneup for the Bison before the fast-approaching Patriot League Championships on March 1. Friday's events starts at 1:40 p.m. and Saturday's proceedings begin at 8:30 a.m. Select coverage of events will be streamed on ESPN+ (Friday: 5:30-9:00 p.m. and Saturday: Noon-4:00 p.m.). The coverage will also include taped highlights of events which fall outside the TV windows.

What: Darius Dixon Memorial
Where: Brant Tolsma Indoor Track at the Liberty Indoor Track Complex-Lynchburg, Va.
When: Friday-Saturday, February 14-15, 2025
Live Watch: ESPN+ (Friday) | ESPN+ (Saturday)
Live Results: Blue Ridge Timing
Participating Schools (42 total): American, Appalachian State, Bryant & Stratton, Bucknell, California (Pa.), Campbell, Charleston Southern, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Duke, ETSU, Eastern Mennonite, Elon, Gardner-Webb, George Mason, High Point, James Madison, Lenoir-Rhyne, Liberty, Longwood, Lynchburg, Malone, Morgan State, Mount St. Mary's, Navy, NC State, Queens, Radford, Richmond, Shippensburg, South Carolina State, Tusculum, UMBC, UNC Asheville, UNCW, USC Upstate, VCU, Virginia, VMI, Wake Forest, Western Carolina, William & Mary

Darius Dixon Info:

Darius Dixon, a promising freshman sprinter from Western Branch High School in Chesapeake, Va., opened his Liberty track & field career by competing in the 200 and 400-meter dash events at the Liberty Kickoff on Dec. 5, 2013. Two days later, he was tragically killed in a car accident at the age of 18.

Donner's Debriefing

"We have never been to this meet. However, I have heard nothing but good things about the facility and the meet looks very competitive. I was looking for a two-day meet to get our athletes used to the feel of competing back-to-back days and we wanted a road trip to simulate a conference championship. We are very excited. We also have some athletes racing a 5k at Youngstown State on Friday afternoon. The 5k was not contested last weekend at UPenn and it will not be contested at next week's Bucknell Tuneup, so we wanted to give our runners an opportunity."

Last Time Out (Penn Classic)

One week after tying for sixth place all-time, Gabriel Pecaitis finished fifth in the pole vault with a clearance of 15-11.75 setting a new personal record and establishing him in sole possession of sixth in Bucknell history.
Jason Lessieu recorded 21-11.75 for a personal record in the long jump placing third.
CJ Simbiri grabbed third place in the triple jump with a mark of 47-10.75.

Up Next

The Bison will host the annual Bucknell Tuneup on Feb. 21.