*Labeling people as either Men or Women isn't easy anymore, and gets you in trouble with someone no matter how you try to do it. As a Biology PSU grad, I tend to think in terms of 2 sexes. As a skinny geek back in the day, I was extremely good at not being able to get the time of day from one of those sexes. I only discovered the key to getting younger members of the one sex to talk to me in my late 30s while walking my Shih Tzu puppies on Campus from my Efficiency apartment on College Avenue. Those were the days. Puppies, nerds, puppies.
But if we can pretend to all agree that there are 2 divisions of athletes in the NCAA that compete against each other, things become a little clearer. Let's call them Men and Women just so old-timers can be in on the discussions.
For a sizable time frame, the Men at PSU have been the prime drivers of the PSU is 800U phenomenon. This entails not only the 1980s Penn Relays Record Holders, and the 2000s or so School Record holders, but NCAA champions going back to the 1920s.
It sure is fun seeing what's happening with the Womens 800M runners this year at dear ole State. This is quite literally one of the great outcomes from the 1970s adoption of the Title IX legislation.
Four Nittany Lions have been ranked among the best in the NCAA so far this year in the Indoor Track rankings.
| 2 | Johnson, Allison | FR-1 | Penn State | 2:02.84 | Music City Challenge |
| 8 | Tachinski, Victoria | SR-4 | Penn State | 2:03.83 | Music City Challenge |
| 14 | Gearing, Rachel | SR-4 | Penn State | 2:04.22 | Music City Challenge |
| 27 | Vanriele, Victoria | SO-2 | Penn State | 2:04.96 | Music City Challenge |
Looking forward to the Penn Relays! Hope they bring out the old school singlets for this one!
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