Our Highest Paid Intern Produces A Gem! (Diamonds Are A Lion's Best Friend)

 Updates are coming when my day job allows are here!  And new interns are coming out of the woodwork to volunteer to compile a Women's version!!!

Our Official Physicist Brian Boyer shames all the rest of you as he simultaneously keeps the world safe from nuclear proliferation, raises a family in a foreign land, continues to run at a high level AND produces a post for our humble blog that blows us all away!  He went through all the results of the Berwick Run for the Diamonds to highlight the best performances of Nittany Lions.  Those listed in the top 5 received diamonds!

He has earned the first ever Pierre de Coubertin Intern Bonus!  The funds will be transferred via an unmarked C-130 transport plane in the dead of night in small bills of Chinese Yuan and Cambodian Riels.

Penn State XC and Track Field and Alumni Berwick Run for the Diamonds All Time List

    Rank  Year/ Place   Name                                     Time:

1.      1980-2        Fredericks, Greg                    43:41

2.      1983-3        Snyder, Robert                       44:41

3.      1981-4        Black, Gary                            44:56

4.      1993-6        Wimmer, Mark                        45:18

5.      1980-8        Mangan, Larry                        45:28

6.      1979-6        Cooper, Jim                            45:42

7.      1993-9        Crescenzi, Michael                 45:46

8.      1985-6        Mackley, Paul                         45:54

9.      1984-11       Hudson, Robert                      46:13 

1          10.   1990-3        O'Reilly, Aidan                        46:16

1          11.   1979-11       Boyer, Brian                           46:31

1          12.   1977-12       Felice, Dave                           46:40

1          13.   1978-12       Clelland, James                      46:41

1          14.  1988 -9        McGarry, Rick                        46:44
            15.  1984-13       Haley, Clark                           46:59
            16.   1984-14      Smith, Harry                           47:07
             17.    1980-20      Kvashay, Bill                          47:12

1          18.   1991-11       Radzwich, Robert                   47:18

1          19.   1949-1        Stone, Curtis                          47:19

1          20.   1949-2        Ashenfelter, Horace                47:22

1          21.   1977-16       Krombel, Ray                         47:27

2          22.   2013-5         Ryan Foster                           47:34
            23.  1983-16       Virbitsky, Tom                         47:47

2          24.   1992-11       Pritchard, Jon                         47:50

2          25.   1988-14       Singletary, Patrick                  47:57

2          26.   1977-19       Backentose, Tim                    47:59

2          27.   1978-22       O'Brien, Kelly                         48:04
            28.  1981-17       Haywood, Mark                      48:09

2          29.   1992-15       Cooper, Ken                           48:14

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Yellow means PSU student at the time of the run.

Herm Goffberg ran in Berwick but was not timed but had to be over 49 min…as only the first three had times that year.

NOTE:

FLYING FINNS  (Olympic champions)

1916-1      Kolehmainen, Hannes                49:22

1921-1      Ritola, Ville Willie      49:24

Would not be Flying Lions (Nittany that is)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOTE This Groves character….1951

1       Ross, Browning         46:40

2       Lillikas, Valdu        47:00

3       Jones, Selwyn          48:58

4       Alymer, Ed             49:00

5       Kelley, Johnny         49:34

6       Dunnett, Keith         49:54

7       DiComandra, John       49:57

8       Mitchell, Don          50:33

9             Groves, Harry (21)               50:49

In 1979 this guy ran….at age 49

102        Groves, Harry                      54:08