May 20, 2015
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -
By Michael Shuey, GoPSUsports.com Student-Athlete Writer
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - This past weekend we traveled to the Big Ten Championships in East Lansing, Michigan. The weather for all three days was somewhat cloudy and around 70 degrees. Safe to say that this year's weather at the Big Ten meet was far better than the last time Michigan State hosted it when it snowed.
Day one of the championships started off with men's hammer throw where redshirt freshman Kory Decesaris had a huge 11-foot PR with his throw of 198-5. This mark moved him to No. 6 all-time at Penn State. Also with a PR in the hammer, was Justin Berg with a mark of 185-5. The women's hammer throw had their share of PRs for Penn State with Rachel Fatherly placing eighth with a throw of 191-9. Wrapping up day one was the 10k with Glen Burkhardt and Matt Fischer. Burkhardt finished fourth in his first outdoor Big Tens and Fischer placed sixth.
Day two started off with an exciting finish of the women's heptathlon by Tal Ben-Artzi with a fifth place finish by scoring 4,937. On the track Tichina Rhodes had a huge PR in the 400-meter dash by running 53.65, which moved her in to finals along with Dynasty McGee. In the women's discus, Obeng Marfo threw a 15-foot PR, 170-1, which placed her sixth. Finishing day two was the women's 3000 meter steeplechase with Tori Gerlach capturing a second place finish with a time of 10:13.33.
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