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Women's Track and Field
Updated July 1, 2009 4:52 AM
For Bridget Franek, a matter of seconds made the difference between a trip home for a relaxing summer or continuing on to a world championship.
Updated June 15, 2009 11:48 PM
Ryan Foster is getting used to pressure races pretty quickly. Updated 11:48 PM
Updated June 2, 2009 4:51 PM
Picking up a number of automatic qualifiers and gold medal victories, the Penn State women's track and field team continues to make its mark on the national scene en route to the upcoming NCAA Championships. Updated 4:51 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 4:46 AM
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 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 23, 2009 4:52 AM
Penn State track and field coach Beth Alford-Sullivan remembered her first trip to Franklin Field was in 1996 when her team just barely lost the distance medley relay in the final leg.
Updated April 22, 2009 4:00 AM
John Mahoney stills gets goosebumps when he steps on Franklin Field.
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
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 9, 2009 4:00 AM
If one was to look through Bridget Franek's bio in the Penn State track and field media guide, one would find a full column dedicated to her yearly accolades.
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 1, 2009 4:00 AM
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.
It's always a sight to watch Aleesha Barber warm-up for a meet. As she prepares to race she is completely focused, tuning out the noise and distractions around her.
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.
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.
Updated March 20, 2009 4:00 AM
The United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Preseason Outdoor Rankings were supposed to be released Wednesday.
Updated March 19, 2009 4:47 AM
The 2009 indoor track and field season might go down as one of the more successful one's in recent memory for Penn State.
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