Sports
Men's Track and Field
Updated March 1, 2010 4:00 AM
Head coach Beth-Alford Sullivan set a goal of 80 points for the Big Ten championships.
Updated February 28, 2010 10:36 PM
The Penn State men's track team finished seventh at the Big Ten Championship in Minnesota today with a total of 51 points. Updated 10:36 PM
Updated February 26, 2010 4:00 AM
As the plane sets down in Minnesota, there will be one thought on the collective mind of the Penn State men's track team.
Updated February 25, 2010 4:00 AM
The Big Ten championships will be held this Saturday and Sunday with women's teams competing at Penn State and men's squads at Minnesota.
Updated February 18, 2010 4:48 AM
Every year like clockwork, Fritz Spence would get sick around New Year's. In December 2007, Spence and his wife Teri believed this time was no different.
With the Big Ten championships approaching, Penn State coach Beth Alford-Sullivan knows it's time for a complete team effort.
Updated February 15, 2010 4:48 AM
Junior Ryan Foster and Oregon's Elijah Greer sprinted down the homestretch side by side in the 800-meters Saturday at the Husky Classic with Foster edging Greer by .01 seconds to take the win.
Updated February 13, 2010 11:19 PM
The Penn State men's and women's track teams finished up strong at both the Husky Classic in Washington and the Tyson Invitational in Arkansas.
Updated February 9, 2010 5:08 PM
Junior shot putter Blake Eaton took home Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week honors for his performance in the Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup this past weekend. Updated 5:08 PM
Updated February 8, 2010 4:46 AM
With the No. 14 Penn State men's track team resting many key runners, an impressive performance was still the result at this weekend's Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup.
Updated February 6, 2010 6:27 PM
The Penn State women's track team won the Sykers-Sabock Challenge Cup Saturday, beating out Auburn, Cornell and South Florida in the first scored meet of the season. Updated 6:27 PM
Updated February 5, 2010 9:15 PM
The Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup opened up Friday evening with several events, including the 60-meter dash, 5000-meter race and the distance medley relay. Updated 9:15 PM
Updated February 4, 2010 4:46 AM
Shavon Greaves had a record-breaking weekend, setting and re-setting Penn State's best time in the 60-meter dash.
Updated February 3, 2010 4:50 AM
To find the last time a Penn State track and field team climbed this much in the rankings, one would have to look before coach Beth Alford-Sullivan took over 11 years ago.
Updated February 2, 2010 12:40 PM
The Penn State men's track and field team moved up 34 spots in this week's national ranking to No. 14. Updated 12:40 PM
Updated February 1, 2010 9:27 PM
Juniors Ryan Foster and Shavon Greaves both claimed their second Big Ten Track Athlete of the Week awards after their performances at the Penn State National. Updated 9:27 PM
Another meet passed, and another record fell for junior Ryan Foster.
Updated January 30, 2010 8:02 PM
Day two of the Penn State National concluded Saturday with nine additional runners qualifying for the NCAA national indoor track championship, including three distance runners. Updated 8:02 PM
Updated January 29, 2010 4:00 AM
No one expected such a swift rise for the Penn State indoor track teams.
Updated January 27, 2010 4:46 AM
Early in the season, Penn State track and field throws coach T.J. Crater told juniors Blake Eaton and Joe Kovacs he expected them to compete well at the Big Ten level.
Updated January 20, 2010 4:46 AM
After passing Seton Hall's Jernail Hayes Saturday in the final leg of the 4x400 and moving into first place, senior runner Fawn Dorr never looked back.
Updated January 19, 2010 4:42 AM
As junior Ryan Foster crossed the finish line in Saturday's 1,000-meter run, he had no idea what he just accomplished.
Updated January 11, 2010 4:00 AM
Driven by four NCAA-provisional qualifiers, the Penn State track team had a successful first meet, hosting the annual Penn State Relays Saturday.
Updated January 9, 2010 8:09 PM
The Penn State indoor track team held its annual Penn State Relays today to kick off the 2010 season. Updated 8:09 PM
Updated December 9, 2009 4:46 AM
With the first meet a month away, head coach Beth Alford-Sullivan has already set her goals for the Penn State track and field team's winter season.
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.
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