UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State track and field athletes, Collin Burkhart and Tayissa Buchanan were each named for weekly Big Ten awards, as announced by the conference on Wednesday afternoon.
Collin Burkhart was named the Big Ten’s Men’s Field Athlete of the Week for his efforts at the Bucknell Opener, winning his first career Big Ten weekly award. Tayissa Buchanan also won her first career Big Ten women’s Track Athlete of the Week award for her win at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener.
Burkhart opened the season with a win at the Bucknell Opener in the weight throw event. He threw it 20.38 meters to win the competition. Tayissa Buchanan ran a 2:02.67 in the women’s 800-meter in Boston at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener, good for second all-time in Penn State history. She is currently the NCAA leader in the 800-meters this indoor season.
Burkhart, Buchanan, and the Nittany Lions are back in action in over a month, hosting the Nittany Lion Challenge on Jan. 17 at the Multi-Sport Facility & Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track.