| Career Highlights |
| • Three-Time PSAC Championship Qualifier |
| • One-Time All-PSAC Honoree |
Personal: Son of Peter Buckless and Genna Rose ... An English major.
2022 (Outdoor): Competed in the 5,000-meters in two meets … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the event, placing 20th at 15:44.42 … Started year by running the 5,000-meters in 15:38.92 to place fourth at the SRU Open.
2022 (Indoor): Ran the 3,000-meters in 8:39.05 to place 11th at the YSU Invitational in lone competition of season.
2021 (XC): Was one of The Rock’s top five finishers in five of six meets … Ran the Atlantic Region Championship course (10k) in 32:35.5 to finish 34th overall … Concluded the PSAC Championships (8k) in 27:11.8 for a 28th place showing to earn all-conference accolades … Top 8k time of the season came at the LHU Invitational (26:05.9 / 35th place) … Also posted top-10 finishes on 8k courses at the Bill Lennox Invitational (Sixth / 26:38.7) and at the Doug Watts Open (Ninth / 26:23.2).
2021 (Outdoor): Competed in the steeplechase at two meets … Won the steeplechase with a time of 9:59.34 to open the year at the LHU Earlybird Invite ... A PSAC Scholar-Athlete
2020-21 (XC): Competed in both meets during the abbreviated season … Opened year by placing 10th at the Cal U invite with a time of 5:26.5 … Served as The Rock’s fifth finisher, and placed 59th overall out of 122 finishers, at the PSAC Championships after completing the 5,000-meter course in 5:24.3.
2019-20 (Indoor): Competed in the 5,000-meters at three meets … Placed 14th at the PSAC Championships with a time of 16:33.10 … Ran a season-best time of 15:49.54 to place eighth at the Doug Raymond National Qualifier … Opened year by running a 16:01.00 race on the way to a 22nd-place finish at the YSU Mid-Major Invite.
2019 (XC): Ran in six races … Competed in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region Cross Country Championships, running a career-best in the 10k with a time of 34:37.8 … Competed in the PSAC Championships, running a career-best in the 8k and finishing as SRU’s fifth runner at 27:24.1 … Helped lead The Rock to a team victory at the Bill Lennox Invitation, finishing as The Rock’s third runner and sixth overall at 27:25.3 … Finished 17th at the Doug Watts Invitational as SRU’s second runner with a time of 27:43.1 … Finished as The Rock’s third runner at the Road Runners Invitation 28.19.2 … Finished as Slippery Rock’s fifth runner at the Lock Haven University Invitation at 27:31.9.
2019 (Outdoor): Did not compete in any 2019 outdoor meets.
2018 (XC): Participated in five races … Top time of the season came at the Doug Watts Invitational (28:43.3) … Completed the LHU Invitational in 28:48.5 … Placed 15th at the Bill Lennox Invite (32:50.3) … Finished first PSAC Championship race in 31:45.8 to come in 109th.
High School: Lettered four times in track, three times in wrestling, one time in cross country and one time in soccer at Perryville High School ... A state medalist and an All-Cecil County honoree in cross country as a senior ... Ran is his way to a bronze medal in the 3,200-meters during senior indoor season ... Capped off prep career as a state finalist during the outdoor season in the 4x800-meters, 1,600-meters and 3,200-meters ... A team captain ... Was a 2016 and 2017 state finalist in the pole vault ... A 2018 recipient of the Cody G. Richardson Memorial Scholarship award.
