Sports
Women's Track and Field
Updated May 2, 2008 12:42 AM
Gayle Hunter's day at the Big Ten championships was drawing to a close last year when, 30 minutes before the final event, she found out she had to compete once more.
Updated April 30, 2008 12:49 AM
Penn State javelin thrower Karlee McQuillen entered her freshman year with modest expectations despite being a two-time Nike national outdoor champion in the event.
Updated April 28, 2008 12:49 AM
Shana Cox has competed at the Penn Relays since high school, and most years she had a relay team that she said was unable to compete with the nation’s elite.
Updated April 21, 2008 12:38 AM
Briene Simmons heard no footsteps or heavy breathing behind her in the 800-meter race.
Updated April 14, 2008 12:46 AM
Aleesha Barber stood at the starting position of the 100-meter hurdles race at Arizona State solely concentrated on one thing: the finish line.
Updated April 11, 2008 12:48 AM
Emma Schmelzer is packing for the second time in a week. But this weekend her wardrobe is consisting of more shorts, flip-flops and sunglasses.
Updated April 10, 2008 12:50 AM
For students who live on Penn State's campus, one thing is always bound to happen -- the fire alarms will go off at preposterous hours of the night.
Updated April 9, 2008 12:52 AM
When Heidi Nadeau sat down with kinesiology professor Dr. Scott Kretchmar for an interview to be a teacher's assistant, Kretchmar had one burning question.
Former Academic All-American Dayna Wenger qualified for two NCAA championships during her playing days at Penn State -- but Beth Alford-Sullivan says she's an even better coach.
Updated April 7, 2008 12:45 AM
The 45-degree temperature and rainy conditions Saturday at Oregon University left a lot to be desired for the Penn State women's track and field team.
Updated April 4, 2008 12:48 AM
Despite the seven-hour plane ride, no one on the Penn State women's track team is complaining about the team's destination to "Track Town, USA" -- a place in Eugene, Ore., where track and field is as revered as football.
Updated April 1, 2008 12:49 AM
The beginning of the women's outdoor track and field season is a guessing game for head coach Beth Alford-Sullivan.
Updated March 27, 2008 12:48 AM
Shavon Greaves had been hoping to get on a track to forget about her seventh-place finish in the 200-meter dash at the Big Ten indoor track and field championships.
Updated March 17, 2008 12:43 AM
Penn State's Gayle Hunter hoped to earn All-America status in the pentathlon, but after sitting in 10th place with only one event remaining Saturday, she was on the outside looking in.
Updated March 6, 2008 12:50 AM
While the Penn State women's indoor track and field season ended for many last weekend, four players will continue their season in an attempt to move onto the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Updated March 3, 2008 12:48 AM
Penn State track and field coach Beth Alford-Sullivan sported a solid navy blue T-shirt in practice last week, and "What time is it?" was emblazoned in white block letters on the front of her shirt.
Emma Schmelzer touched the middle of the shot put circle, progressively circling faster and faster, until her hips rotated and she released the shot put.
Updated February 29, 2008 12:49 AM
Penn State track and field coach Beth Alford-Sullivan spent part of last year's Big Ten championships driving through a snowstorm that turned a 130-mile trip into a five-hour adventure.
Shana Cox holds eight school records and is a nine-time Big Ten champion and seven-time NCAA All-American.
Updated February 28, 2008 12:45 AM
Throughout this year's indoor track and field season for the women's distance team, Penn State coach Beth Alford-Sullivan became frustrated.
Dominique Blake made a recruiting visit to Penn State in 2004, and her future teammates bragged about their recent indoor track and field title and showed off their conference championship rings.
Updated February 27, 2008 12:50 AM
Gayle Hunter sported a thick pack of ice around each knee after practice Monday, walking gingerly from the training room.
Name any high school sport, and Bridget Franek likely did it.
Updated February 22, 2008 12:47 AM
Years ago, Sonja Hinish walked into the Multi-Sport Complex as a track and field athlete competing at a small high school.
Updated February 21, 2008 12:50 AM
Briene Simmons arrives around 10:30 each morning at the Multi-Sport Complex for practice, hours before any of her teammates show up.
Updated February 18, 2008 12:48 AM
Aleesha Barber will never forget this past weekend's Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark.
Updated February 15, 2008 12:44 AM
When Gabriela Baiter was assigned to interview someone she looked up to for a freshman seminar class, she didn't need to look far.
Updated February 13, 2008 12:48 AM
Fawn Dorr was a Division III national champion at Cortland State.
Updated February 11, 2008 12:44 AM
Shana Cox met her family the first four weekends of the track and field season at the Waffle Shop for an early morning breakfast, then headed to the Multi-Sport Indoor Facility to watch her team compete.
Updated February 8, 2008 12:41 AM
Gayle Hunter stood in the middle of the Multi-Sport Indoor Facility after Saturday's Sykes-Sabock Challenge ready for one thing -- the road.
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