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Men's Track and Field
Updated June 15, 2009 11:48 PM
Ryan Foster is getting used to pressure races pretty quickly. Updated 11:48 PM
Updated May 1, 2009 4:47 AM
The turn of the calendar from April to May for many students means spending a couple of long nights next week as finals commence.
John Mahoney's suitcase will be a little heavier for the Jesse Owens Classic this upcoming weekend.
Updated April 30, 2009 4:49 AM
There's a lot about the Penn Relays for an athlete to get caught up in and lose focus.
One long, enormous grandstand sits on the East Side of the Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. It looms like a great wall over the nine-lane track and giant grass field that sits inside.
This outdoor season has started the same way the indoor season did for the Penn State track and field team.
Updated April 29, 2009 4:44 AM
Stepping onto the track at Franklin Field for the first time in high school, Tanner Evak was doe-eyed. Not knowing what to expect, he was overcome by the masses of fans and athletes from across the country.
Updated April 27, 2009 4:50 AM
In Clarence Smith's opinion, atmosphere is what fuels a field athlete. Unlike runners who block out their surroundings, field athletes must feed off of the crowd.
Updated April 24, 2009 4:00 AM
Coming into the Penn Relays, Fawn Dorr had won the 400-meter run and the 400-meter hurdles in her first two meets.
Updated April 22, 2009 4:00 AM
John Mahoney stills gets goosebumps when he steps on Franklin Field.
Updated April 21, 2009 4:00 AM
After three consecutive Penn State runners were the first to cross the finish line in the men's 1,500-meters race this past weekend, it seemed evident the team is hitting its stride.
Updated April 20, 2009 4:44 AM
In John Mahoney's words, it was the perfect day for a track meet.
From the weather to the actual races, everything clicked for Penn State on Saturday at the War Eagle Invitational in Auburn, Ala.
Updated April 17, 2009 4:46 AM
As he jumped over the water barrier during the steeplechase at Penn Relays, John Mahoney remembered fans standing in that corner, yelling and screaming.
There has been a lot that Penn State's track and field team hasn't been able to control during the outdoor season.
Updated April 16, 2009 4:44 AM
Inside the Multi-Sport Facility, in the hallway that leads to the Penn State track and field locker rooms is the training room.
Competing in 10 different events is a hefty task for Anya Uzoh. For the decathlon, he has to be fine-tuned in the running, jumping and throwing events.
Updated April 15, 2009 4:00 AM
The championship countdown sign still hangs in the hallway of the Multi-Sport Facility with that same Vince Lombardi quote for each member of the Penn State track and field team to see.
Updated April 13, 2009 4:50 AM
Before this weekend, the last time Bridget Franek had ran the steeplechase was during the NCAA Outdoor Championships last June.
Updated April 10, 2009 4:00 AM
One would think that after a number of top-three finishes last weekend, the Penn State men's track and field team would be somewhat satisfied with its season debut.
When Mike Cadau packed his bags to head to Arizona this past weekend for the Jim Click Shootout, he wasn't just getting ready to head to Tucson for any old race.
Updated April 8, 2009 4:48 AM
It seems to be that wild weather has followed the Penn State track and field team through the first three weeks of the outdoor season.
Some of the nation's top track and field teams were at this past weekend's Jim Click Shootout in Arizona.
Updated April 6, 2009 4:48 AM
The big question coming into the Jim Click Shootout was how the Penn State track and field team would react to the layoff before the first meet of the outdoor season.
Updated April 3, 2009 4:51 AM
When the Penn State track and field team left State College for the Jim Click Shootout in Arizona, they faced an unfamiliar foe: the road.
When the plane carrying the 68 members of the Penn State track and field team finally landed in Arizona Thursday afternoon, it was quite a difference from what it left behind in State College.
Updated April 2, 2009 4:51 AM
Clarence Smith begins every jump the same way.
After he starts a rhythmic clap that resonates throughout the crowd and his teammates like something out of a movie, he then leans back, lifts up his left hand and pushes forward toward the sandpit.
Updated April 1, 2009 4:00 AM
Mike Cadau didn't have much time to rest up and recover from a long indoor season. While most of his teammates had time off to recharge for the outdoor season, he still had one of the biggest races of his life still ahead of him.
The calendar may say April 1 and the schedule may say the Penn State track and field team was supposed to be one week into its season by now, but both have been fraudulent to this point.
Updated March 27, 2009 4:51 AM
For some of the Penn State track and field team, namely the athletes that spent spring break in College Station, Texas, this weekend is probably just another week of rest.
Updated March 26, 2009 4:00 AM
As members of the Penn State track and field slowly trickled in for practice at the Multi-Sport Facility, one couldn't tell their outdoor season had just been pushed back another week.
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