Track & Field (Spiked Shoe Club)

"I extend my gratitude to everyone who supports the Spiked Shoe Club through the One Herd One Day giving initiative. Your generous contributions, today and throughout the year, enable our program to flourish and offer competitive opportunities across all levels of our lineups. Furthermore, they afford us the privilege of acquiring top-notch equipment for both practice sessions and competitions held at our home meets. Your support helps to provide an incredible student-athlete experience at Bucknell. Thank you for making a difference and Go Bison!" - Head Coach Kevin Donner

Bucknell's men's and women's cross country/track and field program has a long and proud history of winning championships with record-setting performances over the last several decades. The Patriot League landscape has changed in more recent times, with the two service academies drastically increasing their track and field resources on the heels of the league's addition of a strong Boston University program. While championships have been more difficult to come by, the Bison have still seen numerous historic performances over the last few seasons. Just three years after Maura Fiamoncini placed third at the NCAA Championships and seventh at the U.S. Olympic Trials in the javelin throw in 2021, Evelyn Bliss has followed in her footsteps. In 2024, Bliss won the gold medal at the U-20 National Championships for the second straight year, she was sixth at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, and 13th at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships. She leapt to even greater heights in 2025, when she repeated as an NCAA All-American, won the gold medal at the Toyota USATF Championships in Oregon and the NACAC Senior Championships in the Bahamas, and capped it off with a 19th-place finish at the World Championships in Tokyo. This fall, the women's cross country team finished in second place at the Patriot League Championship, led by a runner-up finish from Shaelan McNally. Wade Shomper's gold medal in the shot put highlighted Bucknell's weekend at the Patriot League Indoor Championships at Boston University this winter. The men finished in fourth place in the team standings, while the Bison finished fifth. Both track and field teams have seen school records fall in recent indoor and outdoor seasons, and squads fared well academically in the fall semester, with the men's squad combining for a 3.14 GPA and the women putting together an outstanding 3.60 GPA.