Track & Field Heads to the Colonial Relays to Defend Last Year's Titles

Thursday, April 2

Williamsburg, Va.

3:30 p.m.

Bucknell University

Colonial Relays

Bucknell Track & Field Runners in Fervent Competition

Track & Field Heads to the Colonial Relays to Defend Last Year's Titles

4/1/2026 3:16:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

LEWISBURG, Pa.- The Bucknell track & field program returns to Williamsburg, Virginia for the 60th edition of the Colonial Relays this weekend. The Bison teams look to defend their titles won at the past two competitions. Both the men and women squads routed Binghamton last Sunday at The Battle of the BUs while select athletes shined at the Raleigh Relays and US National Champion Evelyn Bliss threw at the USATF Winter Long Throws National Championships.

What: Colonial Relays
Where: Walter J. Zable Stadium at Cary Field-Williamsburg, Va.
When: Thursday, April 2-Saturday, April 4
Live Results: goinguplive.com

Donner's Debriefing

"The Colonial Relays have been a staple in the Bucknell schedule for many years. This year is the 60th annual and I bet Bucknell has been to the majority of them. Our athletes really enjoy the meet and it gets them used to competing on back-to-back days like the championship meet later in the season. I also like that it is a scored meet and we are the back-to-back defending champions with both genders, so it does give us a little pressure to defend which I believe will sharpen us for later on the season as well."

Overview

The Colonial Relays have been a constant meet on head coach Kevin Donner's outdoor schedule.
Bucknell will send full contingents in title defense.
Bliss looks to go 3-for-3 in the javelin at the Colonial Relays and unlock an NCAA qualifying bid.
Only the men's hammer throw will be contested Thursday. Full days of competition start Friday.
Wade Shomper won the shot put last year, as part of Bucknell's two wins and 139.5 points.
The women's team earned 149 points and conquered five events with Justley Sharp winning both the discus and shot put.
Both squadrons will go for their third consecutive win at the Colonial Relays.
Shomper won Patriot League Field Athlete of the Week and Bison of the Week for his performance at the Raleigh Relays.
Julia Sobilo began her outdoor season with a smashing result in the discus throw to win Patriot League Rookie of the Week.

Last Time Out (Raleigh Relays/Long Throws/The Battle of the BUs)

Shomper finished second - the highest ranking collegiate thrower - at the Raleigh Relays in the shot put and reset his school record, throwing 18.23m (59-9.75). He comfortably positioned himself for his first NCAA qualifying bid.
Brylee Tereska placed eighth in the javelin throw at the Raleigh Relays, chucking 46.82m (153-7).
Despite a stomach bug, Bliss finished third at the Long Throws National Championships, tossing 54.79m (179-5).
The men's team routed Binghamton, scoring 125 points to the Bearcats' 35. Bucknell won 16 of the 18 events.
Two Bison throwers notched victories and moved into Bucknell's top ten lists. Freshman Owen Allen won the hammer throw with a toss of 56.18m (184-4). The distance arrived during his fourth throw. The mark moved the rookie into ninth place at Bucknell. Keenan LaMontagne achieved victory in the discus throw, flinging the instrument 52.07m (170-10). The mark came during his second chance and sits third all-time at Bucknell.
Lucas Williams moved up Bucknell's all-time top 10 in the pole vault with his victorious clearing of 16-5.25. The junior now slots third in Bucknell history.
The women's squad decisively defeated Binghamton, 124 points to 58. Bucknell earned victory in 14 of the 19 events.
Sobilo headlined in her outdoor debut. The rookie won the discus throw with a toss of 48.49m (159-1), which arrived during her fifth attempt. The mark moved her into third at Bucknell.
Meghan Rentner conquered the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:49.59, which moved her into seventh all-time at Bucknell.
The 4x100-meter relay quartet of Amanda Agambire, Jordan Muraglia, Piper Portacio, and Alexandra Lea zoomed to victory on a time of 47.04 - seventh best at Bucknell and Lea's third time in the top ten as a member of a 4x100 relay team.