Sun Angel StadiumTempe, AZ
Friday, March 25
4:00 p.m ET
Heat Sheets (Track) | Heat Sheets (Field)
Saturday, March 26
5:30 p.m. ET
Heat Sheets (Track) | Heat Sheets (Field)
MEET PREVIEW
| TEAMS COMPETING | |
| Indiana | Arizona |
| Michigan | Arizona State |
| Nebraska | California |
| Penn State | Washington |
March 24, 2016
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Nittany Lion Track & Field will make its outdoor season debut as they travel to Tempe, Ariz to take part in the PAC-12/Big Ten Challenge on the campus of Arizona State University and Joe Selleh Track at Sun Angel Stadium Friday and Saturday March 25-26.
There will be eight schools representing the two conferences; Penn State, Nebraska, Michigan, Indiana, Arizona, Arizona State, Washington, and California will compete in a conference vs. conference scored meet.
"I'm excited to see our kids compete," said head coach John Gondak.
"I'm excited to watch the 100-meters; now that he's had a few months of training under his belt Dan Chisena a 2015 PIAA state champion last year will open up in the event. Anton Porter, who was all American in high school at 10.41 seconds, he'll get to run the 100-meters this weekend, we'll run a men's 4x100-meter relay which I'm excited to see. I'm looking forward to seeing our women's javelin throwers compete, it should be a great weekend of Nittany Lion track & Field."
WRAPPING UP INDOOR
With the indoor season in the books, the Nittany Lions recorded 24 top-five school record performances, including eight school records.
At the Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championships, Penn State captured three Big Ten titles en route to a third-place finish by the women and a sixth-place finish by the men.
Nationally, two Penn State student-athletes recorded first team All-America finishes at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. The NCAA meet was highlighted for Penn State by a seventh-place finish in the men's 800-meters by Brannon Kidder (Lancaster, Ohio) and a seventh-place finish in the women's shot put by Rachel Fatherly (Williamsport, Pa.).
NO. 19 IN THE LAND
The Penn State men's track & field team enters the outdoor season No. 19 in the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Computer Rankings.
Penn State wrapped up the 2015 outdoor season ranked as the No. 10 team in the nation and recorded the highest finish in school history since they tied for eighth in 1966.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The Nittany Lions are scheduled to compete in nine meets in five states before they return to Happy Valley for the Jim Thorpe Invite (May 6). Following the Jim Thorpe Invite, Penn state will travel to Lincoln, Neb. (Big Ten Outdoors), Jacksonville, Fla. (NCAA First Round) and Eugene, Ore. (NCAA Outdoor Championships)
NEXT TIME OUT
The Nittany Lions compete between two meets next weekend as they head to Stanford, Calif (April 1-2) and Gainesville, FL (April 1-2) for the Stanford Invite and Florida Relays.
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