Last Saturday the Wheel of Fortune puzzle read T-E-A-M E-F-F-O-R-T.

And even if Coach Harry Groves and his team didn't win a car or a boat on Saturday afternoon, the words T-E-A-M E-F-F-O-R-T, however, enabled the Lions to capture an even more meaningful prize: the University of Toronto Classic.

Penn State, with 62 points, had little trouble defeating the University of Toronto (45), Queens College (37) and McGill University (17) in the 15-event meet across the border to our north. But the score can be deceiving.

"In a meet like this there are no room for mistakes," Coach Groves said. "With only one man per event, you don't have anybody to back up."

The Classic put a lot of pressure on the individual athlete to win his event for his team. Five team points were awarded for a first-place finish, three for a second, two for third and one for fourth.

"It was exciting with a lot of good competition," Groves said. "Toronto is a top-notch quality team for their program. They ran an excellent track meet."

But heading into the weekend, Penn State knew it would have to adapt to a new set of rules including many of the international variety.

That, however, did not stop many of the Penn State athletes from turning in outstanding performances.

"Our guys had to approach each event knowing there is not going to be anybody there to pick up the slack," Groves said.

Antonio Davis finished first in the long jump with a leap of 22'6½". Craig Waltz who tied his career best jump of 6'7" in the high jump. However, Waltz lost to the fourth-ranked junior in the world, who cleared 7'3".

"I was nervous all week for this meet," Waltz said. "When I saw that guy clear 6'7" in warmups, I pretty much knew I'd be going for second."

Waltz will be trying to clear 6'8" this Saturday against Shippensburg.

Triple jump specialist Ricardo Hall leaped 50'1¾" as he too, garnered five team points.

While shot putter Phil Caraher didn't have one of his best throws, he still won the event with a throw of 60'3"; Mason Ternay pole vaulted 15'3" for yet another first-place finish.

Ken Cripanuk finished second in the 60-meter hurdles in 8.33, but Mike Adams false started twice in the 60-meter dash and was disqualified.

Jon Strange won the 300-meter event in a Toronto Field House record time of 34.76; Aidan O'Reilly finished second in the 600 in 1.21.73; and Joe Stegbauer turned in a career best 2.26.75 in the 1000. Stegbauer qualified for the IC4As with that time.

Mike Crescenzi won the 1500 in 3.54.07 and Doug Walter distanced out a 8.19.93 in the 3000.

The three relay teams each picked up victories. The 4x200 squad won in 1.32.35, the 4x400 in 3.19.06 and the 4x800 in 7.49.69.