UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State track & field team is set to return to action on Saturday when the team hosts the Nittany Lion Challenge.
The meet will be held at Penn State's Multi-Sport Facility & Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track and is slated to begin at 11 a.m. Competition will be streamed live on BIG+ beginning at noon.
LIVE STREAM | MEET RESULTS | MEET SCHEDULE | MEET PROGRAM
COMPETING TEAMS: Bucknell, Duquesne, Georgetown, Loyola (Md), Maryland, Pittsburgh, Robert Morris, Saint Francis, Saint Joseph's (Pa), UMBC, Youngstown St
LAST TIME OUT: The Nittany Lions has a solid start to the season at Bucknell's Bison Opener last month. Penn State athletes claimed six event victories with several personal bests. Among those with strong season openers was Mallory Kauffman, who won the women's shot put with an indoor best throw of 15.97m while also setting a PR in the weight throw (16.45m) in a third place finish. Fellow thrower Tom Bojalad won the men's weight throw with a personal best 17.06m toss.
Nittany Lions took the top three spots in the women's high jump (Cecelia Bacon, Carlie Wilson and Kate Willshaw) and two spots in the men's pole vault (Luke Knipe and Dan Dean). Breana Gambrell and Tesia Thomas placed first and second in both the long jump and triple jump, with Thomas setting personal bests in both events (long jump – 5.72m and triple jump – 12.06m).
FULL INDOOR SCHEDULE
Dec. 4-5 - Bison Opener | Lewisburg, Pa. - COMPLETE
Jan. 15 - Nittany Lion Challenge | University Park, Pa.
Jan. 21 -22 - Penn State National Open | University Park, Pa.
Jan. 29 - Sykes Sabock Challenge | University Park, Pa.
Feb. 4-5 - JDL Camel City Invitational | Winston Salem, N.C.
Feb. 4-5 - Armory Collegiate Challenge | New York, N.Y.
Feb. 11-12 - Boston University Invitational | Boston, Mass.
Feb. 11-12 - Vanderbilt Invitational | Nashville, Tenn.
Feb. 18 - Penn State Tune Up | University Park, Pa.
Feb. 18-19 - JDL DMR Invite | Winston Salem, N.C.
Feb. 25-26 - Big Ten Indoor Championships | Geneva, Ohio
