William H. Gravely ’77

Track and Field

A four-year letterman in track and field and owner of indoor and outdoor triple jump records that were more than two feet longer than the marks by any other athlete in Bucknell history, Bill Gravely was also a three-year letterman and two-year starter in basketball. The outdoor triple jump mark of 50 feet, 11 ¾ inches was set while posting a fifth-place finish at the 1976 IC4A Championships, and the indoor mark of 50-3 ½ was achieved in his senior year, when he was runner-up at IC4As. Gravely won two East Coast Conference outdoor titles and was runner-up the other two years, and he helped lead the Bison to three ECC team championships. In addition to earning All-East honors indoors and outdoors, he was the first Bucknell athlete to score points in a field event at the IC4A meet. A basketball player during his first three winters at Bucknell, Gravely averaged 5.8 points and 5.1 rebounds for his career. (Bucknell Hall of Fame Class of 1998)