Sunday, December 11, 2011

Linking the Past and the Present Like Never Before

One reason our group is in existence is to link all past and present PSU Track Alums so that we can promote a successful and dynamic Future for Penn State Track and Field (and XC!).  The efforts to find common ground between old-timers like me and the current Nittany Lions is never an easy task.  It is made easier when  the two groups actually meet and the older set sees a part of themselves in the younger, or the younger set sees an attribute in an old-fart like me that they may wish to emulate or learn from. (Gosh forbid!) Both groups have a lot to offer the other, so getting them together is a major step in the right direction.  With this year's PSU Track Alumni Reunion and the Coach Groves Golf Tournament in May 2012, another bond will be added between the past and the present.  Final details are not yet ironed out, but activities and get-togethers are in the works, the likes of which have not been seen in Happy Valley's history. One missing ingredient in the mix is YOU.  Set aside the dates of May 18-20, 2012 for a celebration of the complete history of PSU Track.

One linkage of the past and present has been the Rusty Boots cheer (whose complete history is still eluding us!).  It makes us "has-beens and never-was'es" (I'm using this in jest and in a self-mocking way, so don't take it too hard!) smile when we hear the cheer or see references to it. 

In the hopes of promoting that linkage, I have arranged for several items to be added to the PSU Track Alumni Golf Store sporting the Rusty Boots emblem (modified a little by me, I hope it's all right with them!).  It took some doing to get it sorta, kinda correct, but I'm a podiatrist, not a graphic artist!  I hope some of you will enjoy them and order a few.  A buck or two goes back to our group and is 100% destined for the Coach Harry Groves Scholarship.  Check out the other items also.  If anyone wants something else with the Rusty Boots emblem, just let me know.  It can be arranged.

with Group Logo on front and Rusty Boots emblem on back
excellent companion to the Alumni Singlet (sold separately)

no explanation needed

Root beer boys, root beer!

Just Added! 
Light Grey T-Shirt
Like in the olden days!
with Group emblem on front and Rusty Boots emblem on back shoulder!
I can hear the cheer now....


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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 12, 2011 at 8:09 AM

    Do you remember doing the Rusty Boots in The Varsity in Syracuse? We were there for the indoor meet at Manley with Syracuse and Dartmouth, and went to The Varsity (through the snow!) for pizza. I think I recall that either Ziggy or Jim Cleland led it, to the stunned silence of those in attendance. Anyone else recall that infamous production?

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  2. skwilliDecember 12, 2011 at 8:44 AM

    I vaguely remember this, although I more completely remember the cheer from Freshman year XC meets. Manley Field House was my favorite venue, with those wide, wide turns and the cemetery across the street for warm-ups! (And it couldn't have been Clelland, no one could have heard him!)

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  3. AnonymousDecember 12, 2011 at 1:07 PM

    I recall doing the chant in XC over the years after Central Collegiate or the District II meet. We generally did it away from the "crowd" during the warmdown....LTM

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