Thursday, April 23, 2015

The Cream Of The Crop: Penn State At The Penn Relays

From the vast Penn Relays web site, here are the most celebrated Nittany Lions of all-time:

Elaine Sobansky, 1984.

"The Race", 1985.
Casimir Loxsom, Athlete of the Meet 2013.

Horace Ashenfelter with Horace the Golden Putter.
Barney Ewell.
Lee Talbot, PSU 1909.
Alan Helffrich
"Anchored the Penn State 2-Mile Relay team to a world record at the Penn Relays in 1923."

Wall of Fame Inductees
2000 1985 4×800m Relay
Vance Watson, Steve Shisler, Chris Mills, Randy Moore
2007 Lee Talbott (1910)
2008 Elaine Sobansky (1984)

Olympic Gold Medalists
participating at the Penn Relays
1920 Antwerp Larry Shields  3000 Team
1924 Paris Alan Helffrich  4x400
1948 London Barney Ewell  4x100
1952 Helsinki Horace Ashenfelter  SC



Athletes of the Meet
2013 CM-R Casimir Loxsom     

2 comments:

  1. From the wikipedia on Lee Talbot

    "Talbott was a member of the American tug of war team that refused to compete against the Liverpool Police team after the first round of the controversial Olympic tug of war event."

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  2. "When Paavo Nurmi, the Flying Finn, came to the United States in 1925, he competed in 52 races. Alan Helffrich was the only American to defeat him, scoring a 1.56-4 victory in the 880 yard run at the Yonkers Stadium."

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