The Big Men Take Over on the Last Day

Top Field Judge Mark Heckel

Joe Kovacs and Ryan Whiting are left in today's Shot Put Championships.  Both will be throwing near Ex-PSU Hammer Thrower and Blue Band Captain Mark Heckel, now a top-notch Field Judge at the NCAA and USATF  levels.

Bridget Franek showed just how much of a true champion she is after her steeplechase event at the USATF Championships.  With a lap remaining she was in third place, but a brutal 1:40 last 400 M in the near 100 degree temperatures left her in 12th place.  She still faced the interviewers and gave honest and enlightening answers to everything they asked. I have no doubt she'll rebound from the disappointment and will have a rather stellar European swing in the coming months. 

"Everything just got hard." -Bridget Franek, following the 2013 USATF Steeplechase.