Now Our USATF Club Has Muscle

President Heckel.

My pleas for help have been heard and the wonderful people of our group have stepped up to help me run the USATF Club we have just started.  Former Hammer Thrower and Tuba-playing Nittany Lion Mark Heckel has stepped forward and volunteered to be our very first President.  That relegates me to the title of Secretary, a job more fitting for a low-IQ Herder of Cats! It's always good to have Muscle at the top of your organization's hierarchy.  Mark gives us experience in USATF AND the gravitas of a "community leader" like in Boardwalk Empire, only with better teeth and eyes.

Artist's Conception of First Officer's Meeting.

So even you out-of-shape ex-Lions out there need to support our cause.  Sign up for membership in the USATF and designate  Penn State Track/XC Alumni in the Mid-Atlantic Region as your Club.  (I'm not sure if you can belong to several clubs or not? Does anyone know?) If you are as out-of-shape as I am, despite running nearly every day for 7 years (yeah, I've missed 3), you can still sign up as a coach or an official instead of an athlete (or pick any combination of the 3!).

I am hoping that this Club can field teams for all sorts of competitions and we are recognized in all aspects of USATF's purview; Track, Field, Master, XC, Trail, Ultra...  Everything except Youth activities, until a Sheldon Cooper-type graduates from PSU at 15.  Seeing Sheldon's running prowess on BBT makes me think that it is a long-shot.