Freshman in Name Only: PSU is 800 U

There was a time not that long before I went to college where Freshman were not allowed to compete with the Varsity team and were relegated to the Freshman team.  There was a time not that long before I went to college that a Freshman "came out of nowhere" to become one of the athletes that transitioned Penn State Track back into a national power in the sport.  There was a time not that long before I went to college that the nation took notice of the excellent coaching and educational opportunities at Penn State, and scores of talented student-athletes chose PSU over everyone else.

Maybe we are seeing that time repeating itself, but either way PSU is 800 U. The only single event where every distance represented by 800 U is included is the Distance Medley Relay, (400M, 800M, 1200M and 1600M for those not informed about my warped sense of distance).

Freshman are not supposed to be able to close like this, but maybe that was only in a time not long before before I went to college...