2019 Women's Track & Field Roster

Hope Bushnell

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Upland, Calif.
  • Highschool Upland HS

Biography

2019 (Senior)
• Double champion in her season debut, winning the 100m (11.88) and 200m (24.37) at the UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic
• Both of those marks stood as the team’s top times of the year
• Also clocked in at 11.88 to take third in the 100m at the Big West Challenge
• Added a second-place showing in the 200m at 24.45 seconds
• Won the 100m (11.93) and came in third in the 200m (24.51) at the UCR Spring Track Classic
• Combined for eight top-10 finishes on the season
• Member of the 4x100 relay that ran a season-best 46.76 to place fourth at the Big West Championships

2018 (Junior)
• Member of the 4x100 relay that qualified for the NCAA West Preliminaries (18th)
• Registered a season-best 45.05 to finish ahead of the pack at the Big West Challenge
• Also won the 4x100 at the UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic and UCR Spring Track Classic
• All-Big West performer in the 200m after coming in third at the conference championships (24.11)
• On the season, she placed among the top-five in seven of her eight 200m races
• Ran personal-records of 24.03 in the 200m and 11.76 in the 100m at the Big West Challenge
• Both of those times rank second in school history
• Scored in the 100m at the Big West Championships (7th)
• Advanced to the finals with a wind-aided lifetime-best 11.72
• Claimed the 100m title at the UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic (11.83) and UCR Spring Track Classic (11.77)

2017 (Sophomore)
• Earned All-Big West honors with a third-place finish in the 4x100 relay at the conference meet
• Quartet clocked in at a season-best 45.09
• Also finished eighth in the 100m (11.91) and 200m (24.23) at the Big West Championships
• Notched a wind-legal season-best 11.82 in the 100m prelims
• Ran an 11.73 (2.1 wind) at the Big West Challenge
• Runner-up at the UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic (11.99)
• Added top-five performances at the UCR Spring Classic Invitational and Mondo Team Challenge
• Registered a 200m wind-aided season-best 24.11 to come in third at the Big West Challenge
• Member of the first-place 4x100 relay at the Ben Brown Invitational and Steve Scott Invitational

2016 (Freshman)
• Competed in the 100m and 200m at the Big West Championships, running 12.19 (16th) and 24.81 (17th), respectively
• Both times were season bests
• Took third in the 200m at the Anteater 4-Way Meet (25.93)

High School
• Graduated from Upland High School in 2015
• Finished third in the 4x100 relay at the California State Championships as a senior
• Back-to-back Baseline League champions in the 4x100 and 4x400 (2014-15)
• Earned her team's Coach's Award as a junior
• Honor roll student and received the All-Around Athlete Academic Achievement Award

Personal
• Majoring in sociology
• Parents are Leslie and Gregory Bushnell
• Has four siblings, Brianna, Paige, Adam, and Bryce
• Paige was a four-time All-Big West performer in the hurdles as a member of the UCI track & field team (2012-16)

TOP MARKS AT UCI
100m = 11.72w (2018 Big West Championships) / 11.76 (2018 Big West Challenge)
200m = 24.03 (2018 Big West Challenge)
4x100 Relay = 45.05 (2018 Big West Challenge)

 

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2017Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2018Junior

    Sprints
    5'5"
  • 2019Senior

    Sprints
    5'5"