Bucknell University Athletics
2026-27 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
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/ Women's Swimming and DivingFree/IM
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/ Women's Swimming and DivingFree/Fly/Back
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/ Women's Swimming and DivingDiving
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/ Women's Swimming and DivingFree/Fly/IM
/ Women's Swimming and DivingDiving
/ Women's Swimming and DivingFree/Back
/ Women's Swimming and DivingFree/Breast/IM
/ Women's Swimming and DivingFree
/ Women's Swimming and DivingFree/Fly/IM
/ Women's Swimming and DivingFree/back/IM
/ Women's Swimming and DivingBreast/IM/Free
/ Women's Swimming and DivingFree
/ Women's Swimming and DivingFree/Fly
/ Women's Swimming and DivingIM/Free/Breast
/ Women's Swimming and DivingFree/Fly/Back
/ Women's Swimming and DivingDiving
/ Women's Swimming and DivingDiving
/ Women's Swimming and DivingDiving
/ Women's Swimming and DivingFree/Fly
/ Women's Swimming and DivingFree/IM
/ Women's Swimming and DivingFree
/ Women's Swimming and DivingBack/Fly
/ Women's Swimming and DivingBack
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Talia Bugel
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Fox Chapel
- Hometown:
- Pittsburgh, Pa.
Career Entering 2025-26: Has recorded 29 points at the Patriot League Championships.
2024-25 (Sophomore): Scored at the Patriot League Championships for the first time, highlighted by a seventh-place finish in the A Final in the 200 backstroke ... also placed 19th in the 100 back ... earlier in the season won the 200 back in a dual win over La Salle and was runner-up in a quad meet vs. Navy, American, and Lafayette.
2023-24 (First Year): Competed in three individual events at the ECAC Championships, placing 10th in the 200 backstroke … earned one win in an individual event, touching the wall first in the 200 backstroke in the dual meet vs. La Salle … went runner-up three times, taking second in the 100 backstroke at Loyola and second in the 200 backstroke at the Navy Quad Meet and Navy Invitational … finished third three times.
Before Bucknell: Team captain for the Fox Chapel Foxes … All-State honoree … 2021 Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League individual champion in the 100 backstroke … two-time WPIAL 200 medley and 400 freestyle champion … Pennsylvania state runner-up in 200 medley (2022) and 400 freestyle relay (2023) … helped guide the Foxes to a 2022-23 WIPAL runner-up finish and three section championships … holds school records in the 100 backstroke, 400 freestyle and 200 medley relay.
Personal: Talia Marie Bugel … born Oct. 21, 2004 in Pittsburgh, Pa. … daughter of Christy Bugel … has one sibling: Garrett Lynn … brother played football at California University of Pennsylvania ... majoring in classics & ancient Mediterranean studies and linguistics.
2024-25 (Sophomore): Scored at the Patriot League Championships for the first time, highlighted by a seventh-place finish in the A Final in the 200 backstroke ... also placed 19th in the 100 back ... earlier in the season won the 200 back in a dual win over La Salle and was runner-up in a quad meet vs. Navy, American, and Lafayette.
2023-24 (First Year): Competed in three individual events at the ECAC Championships, placing 10th in the 200 backstroke … earned one win in an individual event, touching the wall first in the 200 backstroke in the dual meet vs. La Salle … went runner-up three times, taking second in the 100 backstroke at Loyola and second in the 200 backstroke at the Navy Quad Meet and Navy Invitational … finished third three times.
Before Bucknell: Team captain for the Fox Chapel Foxes … All-State honoree … 2021 Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League individual champion in the 100 backstroke … two-time WPIAL 200 medley and 400 freestyle champion … Pennsylvania state runner-up in 200 medley (2022) and 400 freestyle relay (2023) … helped guide the Foxes to a 2022-23 WIPAL runner-up finish and three section championships … holds school records in the 100 backstroke, 400 freestyle and 200 medley relay.
Personal: Talia Marie Bugel … born Oct. 21, 2004 in Pittsburgh, Pa. … daughter of Christy Bugel … has one sibling: Garrett Lynn … brother played football at California University of Pennsylvania ... majoring in classics & ancient Mediterranean studies and linguistics.
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Patriot League Baseball Championship Series Game Three Recap 5-20-2026
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