Brian S. Harshman ’85

Track and Field

Brian Harshman won six East Coast Conference individual track and field titles, including the indoor mile and 1,000 meters in 1984 and 1985, the indoor 2-mile run in 1983 and the outdoor 1,500 meters in 1985. Another in a long line of standout distance runners to perform under the guidance of late legendary coach Art Gulden (Bucknell Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2001), Harshman holds the Bucknell indoor record in the 3,000 meters (8:04.04) and the outdoor mark in the 5,000 (13:57.04), and he is listed the top-10 all-time list in three other events. He is one of only two men in Bucknell history to run the 5,000 meters in under 14 minutes. Harshman, a native of Skillman, N.J., won the 5K at the Colonial Relays in 1983 and came back to finish third a year later. He posted two top-25 finishes at the IC4A Cross Country Championship, finishing as high as 17th during his junior year. (Bucknell Hall of Fame Class of 2003)