Just Over a Week To Go

Coach Gary Schwartz

Until the 2nd Annual Penn State Track and Field/Cross Country Alumni Reunion and the 12th Annual Coach Harry Groves Golf Tournament.

Final details are being worked out and, yes, there is still time to beg and bribe your way into attending.  Contact Jess Riden or The Varsity "S" Club to inquire.

Some highlights of the Events:

1. Reception at The Lion's Den on Friday night May 17, 2013.  Open bar and a great spread of food awaits.  A putting contest will be held on the patio to raise monies for the Coach Groves Scholarship Endowment. 
2. Alumni "Run" and meet the team on the track at 9:00AM on Saturday May 18, 2013.  Fun, frivolity, a campus warm up run with the team, a "rabbited" mile run for the frisky, and coffee and donuts for the less frisky.  I'll even extend the putting contest to the infield of the track and will even accept IOUs!
3. 7th Annual Climb of Mt. Nittany at Noon on Saturday May 18, 2013 for those not golfing. Details to be available at the Friday Reception.
4. A Guided Tour of the All-Sports Museum for non-golfers who don't want to brave the wilds of Mt. Nittany.  Details at the Friday Reception.
5. Putting and Chipping Contest/ 50-50 Raffle for the real golfers at the former Elks Club Golf Course at 10:30AM sharp.
6. The 12th Annual Coach Harry Groves Golf Tournament at 12:00PM on the former Elks Club Course.  This is the only chance to be enshrined on the Coach Groves Cup!
7. The Awards Dinner will be held at 6:30PM on the Field Events/Throws area of the Horace Ashenfelter Indoor Complex.  This will be catered by the Penn State Food Service.  There will be an Open Bar at the beginning.
8. Several Speakers have been lined up.  Former Coach Gary Schwartz has traveled from the far reaches of Arkansas and not just to fish!  Possibly we will have a appearance by Wrestling Coach Cael Sanderson, quite a dynamic orator.  Coach Groves will, of course, add a one paragraph speech as is his style!  Coach Alford-Sullivan and possibly Coach Gondak will say a few words also.  The prizes will be awarded by a chipper Clark Haley and Harry Smith.  I hope to refrain from speaking this year.

Coach Cael Sanderson