Bucklin, a junior, won the 55-meter hurdles at the Buena Vista Dennis Young Classic with a school record and NCAA Championship automatic qualifying time of 8.18 seconds. Running the fourth fastest time in the nation this season, she bettered the old Simpson mark by five-tenths of a second. She also ran on the winning 4x200 relay (1:47.46) and finished second in the 200 (26.47).