Reunion Evening a Success

The Lion's Den was the scene of shenanigans for many a PSU Track Alum for decades now.  So it is fitting that it was the scene of 8 decades of PSU Track Alums meeting at the First Annual Penn State Track and Field Alumni Reunion.  The Track Program and the Varsity "S" Club were the host of a spread of food and drink of epic proportion that greeted nearly 100 athletes of just about every variety. I decided not to take pictures because I wanted to talk to as many people as possible. (Not easy for a wannabe hermit!)

My favorite parts were:

1. Meeting so many of my former teammates again from the late 70's and early 80's.
2. Meeting some of the current team including the incredible Throwers, who marveled at my PR Shot Put of 11 feet.
3. Meeting a pole vaulter from 1960 who marveled at my inability to carry a 16 foot pole down the runway.
4. Seeing 3 members of the 1950 NCAA Championship Cross Country team greeting their former teammate.
5. Finding out that Paul Mundy's grandfather ran in the 1932 10000M and the 1936 5000M Olympic Trials.
6. Seeing Coach Sullivan and all of the Assistant Coaches beaming proudly at the turn-out.
7. Meeting Horace Ashenfelter III for the very first time.
8. Seeing Keeper of the Beer Clark Haley drinking Diet Coke.  I warned him that it's poison to no avail!