March 22, 2018
Sun Angel Stadium Tempe, Ariz.
Friday, March 23
4:00 p.m ET
LIVE Results | Meet Schedule | Heat Sheets
Saturday, March 24
4:30 p.m. ET
LIVE Results | Meet Schedule | Heat Sheets
| TEAMS COMPETING | |
| Indiana | Arizona State |
| Michigan | California |
| Nebraska | Colorado |
| Penn State | LSU |
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State track & field will make its 2018 outdoor season debut as they travel to Tempe, Ariz. for a third-straight year to take part in the PAC-12/Big Ten Challenge on the campus of Arizona State University at Joe Selleh Track at Sun Angel Stadium Friday and Saturday, March 23-24.
There will be eight schools representing the two conferences; Penn State, Nebraska, Michigan, Indiana, Arizona State, California, Colorado, and LSU will compete in a conference vs. conference scored meet.
WRAPPING UP INDOOR
With the 2018 indoor season officially in the books, the Nittany Lions finished the indoor season having recorded 18 program top-five performances, including five school records.
At the Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championships, Penn State swept the 800-meter titles as Isaiah Harris and Danae Rivers defended their titles from last season. The men's team finished fourth, while the women's team finished sixth at Big Ten indoor championships in Geneva, Ohio.
Four Penn State student-athletes recorded First-Team All-American finishes at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. The NCAA meet was highlighted by a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP by David Lucas in the men's weight throw, a runner-up finish in the men's 800-meters by Isaiah Harris, and seventh-place finishes by Danae Rivers in the women's 800-meters and Maddie Holmberg in the pentathlon.
LAST YEAR'S PAC-12/BIG TEN CHALLENGE
Penn State track & field wrapped up their outdoor debut at the 2017 Pac-12/Big Ten Challenge hosted by Arizona State with the Big Ten conference grabbing the win on both sides while Penn State finished second on both the men's and women's side of the meet with the women's team scoring 134 points followed by the men's team score of 114 total points.
The Nittany Lions recorded 19 top-three finishes over the weekend with eight of those efforts being winning performances. Penn State also had a few athletes who turned in near school record marks.
The winner at the PAC-12/Big Ten Challenge were:
Men's 4x100-meter relay - Kowalchuk, Chisena, Smith, Moffett (39.65) No. 2 in program history
Xavier Smith - 100-meters (10.47) T-No. 4 in program history
Keianna Albury - 100-meters (11.65) No. 6 in program history
Tori Gerlach - 1,500-meters (4:25.63)
Madeline Holmberg - Long Jump (19'-9.75"/6.04m)
Dannielle Gibson - Triple Jump (41'-9.75"/12.74m)
Domenic Perretta - 800-meters (1:49.10)
Michael Shuey - Javelin (247'-2"/75.34m)
Three of the performances at last year's meet moved into the All-Time top-10 outdoor list, with the men's sprint relay finishing just two one-hundredths of a second off the then-school record of 39.63 set back in 1975.
Michael Shuey, who returned to the javelin runway after missing the 2016 outdoor season, picked up right where he left off as he concluded the meet with a mark of 247'2" that fell just two feet away from his then-school record mark of 249'-5" (76.02) from 2014.
In the men's triple jump Bryce Williams took silver with his mark of 50'-8" (15.44m) that stands as the No. 9 mark in program history.
Xavier Smith, who ran as the third leg of the men's 4x100-meter relay earlier in the meet, returned to run 10.47 in the open sprint moving into a tie for the No. 4 time in school history.
In the women's 100-meters Keianna Albury also moved up the list planting herself at the No. 6 spot with her run of 11.65 seconds.
The final Top-10 performance of the weekend came from Obeng Marfo as she launched the hammer 183'-6" (55.94m) to grab the No. 8 mark in program history.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The Nittany Lions are scheduled to compete in eight meets in six states before they return to Happy Valley for the Jim Thorpe Invite (May 4). Following the Jim Thorpe Invite, Penn State will travel to the Big Ten Championships in Bloomington, Ind., before heading to Tampa, Fla. for the NCAA First Round followed by a trip to the west coast for the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore. at historic Hayward Field.
NEXT TIME OUT
The Nittany Lions compete between two meets next weekend as they head to Stanford, Calif (Mar. 30-31) and Gainesville, FL (Mar. 30-31) for the Stanford Invite and Florida Relays.
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