Track & Field Pulls Double Duty This Weekend

Friday, January 30

University Park, Pa.

11 a.m.

Bucknell University

Penn State National Open

1/29/2026 4:35:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

LEWISBURG, Pa.- The Bucknell track & field teams will pull double duty this weekend with select members running at the Penn State National Open while the rest of the squad will host the Bison Challenge & Multi. The Orange & Blue are coming off twin wins at the Gulden Invitational last weekend.

What: Bison Challenge & Multi
Where: Gerhard Fieldhouse-Lewisburg, Pa.
When: Friday & Saturday, January 24-25
Live Results: pttiming.com

What: Penn State National Open
Where: Multi-Sport Facility & Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track-University Park, Pa.
When: Friday & Saturday, January 24-25
Live Results: anet.live
Live Stream: BIG+ (Day I) | BIG+ (Day II)

Overview

The Bison destroyed the competition at the Gulden Invitational.
Madison Fowler won the Gulden Invitational Women's Field MVP Award after conquering both the shot put and weight throw.
Select distance runners and sprinters will compete at Penn State.

Last Time Out (Gulden Invitational)

The Bucknell men's team scored 166 points to easily win the Gulden Invitational.
The Bison won six events.
The distance crew fueled the Orange & Blue effort, collecting three of the six victories. Senior Henry Didden paced the mile run with a time of 4:17.91, easily taking home the victory. Mason Barlow recorded a leisurely win in the 3000-meter run, racing 8:47.89, two seconds better than the nearest competition. Ethan Pratt-Perez, Bucknell's shining star during cross country, won the 5000-meter run by over eight seconds with his time of 15:06.21.
Two other wins occurred during the relays. The 4x400-meter relay "A" Team, consisting of young guns Nicholas Bouril, Colin Burke, Ethan Fianko, and Eamon Golden, blew away the competition with a time of 3:22.88. The 4x800-meter relay "A" Team matched their counterpart's contribution. The quartet of JP Byrnes, Adam Dicken, Cooper Hollinger, and Carter Paul ran 8:04.10, winning by over six seconds.
Carter Paul represented the middle distance group with an impressive victory in the 1000-meter run. He edged out a Binghamton runner for first with a time of 2:29.93.
Braiden Pulver finished fourth in the shot put with a throw of 55-5.25, moving into fifth place all-time in Bucknell history.
The women's team easily earned first place with a score of 215.5 points.
The ladies also won six events.
MVP winner Fowler headlined the winning Bison effort, easily shining as the field's best thrower. She conquered the shot put, throwing 44-9.50 in her fourth attempt, establishing a new season best mark. In the weight throw, she led the Orange & Blue's podium sweep, tossing the instrument 56-6.75.
Bucknell's distance group provided two more wins. Grace Vives paced the top four runners, all Bison, by racing 5:02.16, which set a new personal record for the senior distancewoman. Bradley Weldon added another victory to her ledger by winning the 3000-meter run. The Bison runner set a new personal best, logging a time of 10:01.19.
The 4x400-meter relay "A" Team of Piper Portacio, Megan Cain, Grace Camerlingo, and Raygan Lust combined for the winning time of 3:56.76.
Madeline Kerr supplied the win in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:16.69.