Claire Bucklin

  • Award
    Women's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/7/2026
  • Sport
    Women's Outdoor Track & Field
  • School
    Carroll
  • Year
    Sophomore
  • Position
    Hurdles
  • Hometown
    Sunburst, Mont.
  • High School
    North Toole County High School
Women’s Outdoor Track Athlete-of-the-Week: Claire Bucklin, Carroll (Mont.)
Bucklin, a sophomore from Sunburst, Mont., was chosen as the Track Athlete-of-the-Week. 

Bucklin surpassed the NAIA ‘B’ standard as she won the 400-meter hurdles with a time equivalent to her personal best for Carroll (Mont.) at the Digger Spring Series I in Butte, Mont.  She clocked a time of 1 minute, 2.94 seconds in the race.  This will be her second trip to the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships. 

Bucklin also placed in the top 3 in the 100-meter hurdles in the same meet, recording a time of 15.65 seconds.

This is Bucklin’s first career Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference Women’s Outdoor Track & Field weekly honor.