April 26, 2017
Men's Big Ten Release
Women's Big Ten Release
ROSEMONT, Ill. - After a weekend of multiple school record marks; Isaiah Harris and Danae Rivers have been named the Big Ten Men's and Women's Track Athletes of the Week, respectively, as announced by the conference office Wednesday afternoon.
Sophomore Isaiah Harris continues to be one of the top middle-distance athletes in the nation building his resume meet-by-meet.
Harris ran an almost even 1:45.12 this past weekend coming through the 400-meter mark in 52.57 and following it up with a 52.56 over the final lap of the race. His mark is the NCAA leader and is a new Penn State record, erasing the mark of 1:45.28 set by Casimir Loxsom in 2011.
True freshman Danae Rivers, who was a part of four records during the indoor season, grabbed her second school record this outdoor season Friday night in Virginia. Rivers was a part of the school record 4x800-meter relay that set a program best and current NCAA best mark of 8:38.17 at the Florida Relays to open the outdoor season. This week she set an individual school record in the 800-meters with her time of 2:02.53. Her mark is currently No. 5 in the nation and No. 1 in the Big Ten.
The Nittany Lions travel to the 123rd Penn Relays in Philadelphia Apr. 27-29 at Franklin Field.
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Track Athlete of the Week
Isaiah Harris, Penn State
So. - Lewiston, Maine - Lewiston
- Recorded a nation-leading time of 1:45.12 to win the 800-meter race at the Virginia Challenge
- Broke the school record in the event set in 2011
- Earns the third outdoor track weekly award of his career and second of the season
- Last Penn State Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week: Isaiah Harris (April 5, 2017)
Danae Rivers, Penn State
Fr. - Derby, Conn. - Wilbur Cross
- Set a school record in the 800-meter race at the Virginia Challenge
- Finished in a time of 2:02.53, the fifth-fastest time in the nation this season
- Earns the first outdoor track weekly award of her career
- Last Penn State Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week: Tori Gerlach (April 19, 2017)