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T&F Hosts Penn State National Open

Jan. 25, 2018

Friday, January 26
4:00 p.m. ET

Saturday, January 27
 10:30 a.m. ET

MEET INFO | LIVE RESULTS | MEET PROGRAM

BTN Plus Broadcast (Day One)
BTN Plus Broadcast (Day Two)

MEET PREVIEW

Teams Competing
Akron Army West Point
Ashland Binghamton
Bucknell Buffalo
Coppin State Duquesne
La Salle Lebanon Valley
Maryland Monmouth
Mount St. Mary's Muhlenberg
Norfolk State Pitt-Johnstown
Richmond Saint Joseph's
Temple Towson
UMBC Vermont
Washington & Jefferson West Virginia

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State track & field teams are back in action this weekend as they host the Penn State National Open at the Ashenfelter III Indoor Track. Twenty-four schools are making their way to Happy Valley for the prestigious two-day meet that will be streamed on FloTrack.com and simulcast on BTN Plus.

PENN STATE NATIONAL
When: Fri.-Sat., January 26-27
Where: Ashenfelter III Indoor Track
Start time: 4 p.m. Fri; 10:30 a.m. Sat.
Cost: Admission is FREE

NATIONALLY RANKED TEAMS
Men
No. 18 Penn State

Women
No. 25 Penn State

*Penn State is one of three teams in the Big Ten Conference with both M/W teams in the USTFCCCA top-25 (Indiana, Ohio State).

LITTLE LION LAP
The Little Lion Lap is open to children in K-5 and will take place at approximately 2:00 p.m. on Saturday at the Ashenfelter III Indoor Track.

The Nittany Lion will be joining the children for one lap around the track.

PENN STATE ON BTN Plus & FLOTRACK PRO
The entire meet will be broadcast on BTN Plus, as well as on FloTrack with a FloPro subscription.


PENN STATE GREAT BARNEY EWELL
The men's 200-meter this weekend will officially be the "Barney Ewell Men's Invitational 200-meters" in honor of the late great Barney Ewell. Below are a few notes on the former Penn State sprinter and USATF Olympian.



BREAKIN' RECORDS
Three school records have been broken thus far during the 2018 indoor campaign.

The first by Bryce Williams, who etched his name in the record books for his performance in the triple jump at the Nittany Lion Challenge. Williams, who entered the meet with a personal best of 15.75m (51'-8.25) indoor and 15.90m (52'-2") outdoor used his second jump of the meet to establish a new program record jumping out to a mark of 16.24m (53'-3.50"). The mark surpassed the program record of 16.17m (53'-0.75") set by Chavous Nichols set back in 2003.

The second by David Lucas, who set a new program record in the weight throw. Lucas entered the meet No. 5 all-time in the event but moved his name all the way to the top launching a throw of 21.52m (70'-7.25") to cement himself as one of the best to come through Penn State in the event and besting the mark of 21.50m (70'-6.50") set by All-American Will Barr in 2014.

The third by Danae Rivers, who stole the show laying down a school record performance - breaking her own mark set last year 2:04.04 - running 2:03.13 that currently leads the NCAA. Rivers was bested by only Adidas' Natoya Goule who finished in 1:59.86 but eclipsed the field by a full eight seconds over the next closest competitor.

Each of the aforementioned trio was named Big Ten Athlete of the Week following their performances.

FOUR-MINUTE SUCCESS
In five of the last six years, it took a sub-four-minute mile to win the invitational section of the men's mile.

2012 Jeff See 3:56.51
2013 Brannon Kidder 3:59.48
2014 Brannon Kidder 3:59.55
2015 Robert Denault 3:58.25
2016 Robert Domanic 4:00.19
2017 Jack Keelan 3:59.62


HOME SWEET HOME
The Nittany Lions are set to welcome teams from across the nation into the Ashenfelter III Indoor Track as they host four meets during the 2018 indoor season.

NEXT TIME OUT
The Nittany Lions continue their home campaign at the Ashenfelter III Indoor Track as they compete in the two day Sykes-Sabock Challenge Cup Feb. 2-3 with day one action starting at 5 p.m. Fri. Feb 2.

For more on Nittany Lion track & field, log onto www.GoPSUsports.com or follow the team on Twitter @PennStateTFXC.