Women's Track & Field Athletes Achieve Solid Showings at U20 Nationals

EUGENE, ORE.- Two Bucknell student athletes from the women's track and field programs competed at the USATF U20 National Championships on June 19-20. Madison Fowler and Alexandra Lea faced off against some of the finest young athletes in the country and held their own to continue the Bucknell tradition of excellent summer campaigns.

Results

Fowler unlocked two top-ten finishes in the discus and shot put, capping her impressive freshmen campaign where she inscribed her name into multiple Bison top-ten lists. She placed sixth in the hammer throw, tossing 174-9. Her best mark arrived in her fourth attempt.

She rounded out her week with a tenth place finish in the shot put. Her 45-1 mark came in her second attempt and the distance narrowly missed inserting the rising sophomore into the finals.

Lea's first event was the 400-meter dash, her specialty, and she achieved a flat time of 55 seconds to finish 11th in the preliminaries. While the speed did not qualify the rising sophomore for the finals, it represented a solid time after not competing since the NCAA East First Round back in late May. Lea owns the Bucknell outdoor record in the event and finished first at the Patriot League Outdoor Championships where she established a new meet standard.

Her second competition was the 200-meter dash where she placed 12th, racing 24.83. She also won that event at the Patriot League Outdoor Championships, while setting the Bison school record.

The women's track and field team will have more summer representation when Evelyn Bliss competes in the FISU World Championships and the USATF National Championships in the upcoming weeks.

Women's Track & Field Athletes Achieve Solid Showings at U20 Nationals

Players Mentioned

Evelyn Bliss

Madison Fowler

Alexandra Lea

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