NCAA Day 2

Another All-American certificate was earned in Eugene as Robert Cardina finished the decathlon in 8th place with 7666 points. Just a freshmen and in his first year as a multi-eventer, expect big things from Cardina in the future.

Advancing out of the semi-finals held was Mahagony Jones in the 200 meters and the women's 4x400. Brittney Howell is in 3rd place after day 1 of the heptathlon.

Tonights coverage begins at 7:30 PM EST on ESPNU or the WatchESPN app on your smartphone.

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Diamond League Winner

Congratulations for Joe Kovacs for earning his first career IAAF Diamond League victory at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games in Olso, Norway. This victory, along with his second place finish at the Prefontaine Classic, puts Kovacs at the top the Diamond League standings for the men's shot put. Also, he now has eternal bragging rights as the first Penn State Alum to win a Diamond League event.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Result		Diamond Points	Diamond Ranking
1	KOVACS Joe	USA	21.14		8	1
2	STORL David	GER	21.08		2	4
3	HOFFA Reese	USA	21.07		5	2
4	LAURO Germán Luján	ARG	20.60
5	MAJEWSKI Tomasz	POL	20.22
6	PRÁŠIL Ladislav	CZE	20.14
7	CANTWELL Christian	USA	19.47		5	2
8	ANDERSEN Stian	NOR	16.87
	KOLAŠINAC Asmir	SRB	NM

Meanwhile Penn State already has one All-American at NCAA's as Laura Loth finished 5th in the javelin with a school record throw of 54.41m (178'-6"). Robert Cardina currently sits 6th in the decathlon with 4087 points after day. Mahagony Jones advanced to the finals of the 100 meters while Kiah Seymour moved on in the 400 meter hurdles.
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Javelin Army

If we were living in antiquity and about to go to battle. These are the men and women I would want on my side. Throwing spears, not at me, but at the enemy.

From the Sun Angel Classic at Arizona State.

          Women's Javelin

          1 Laura Loht SR 170' 3"

          2 Lauren Kenney JR 164' 3"

          6 Megan Boyer SR 140' 2"

          9 Kianna Weinzheimer SO 133' 7"

          11 Olivia Mangan JR 131' 7"

          Men's Javelin

          2 Cole Proffitt FR 217' 9"

          3 Michael Shuey SO 213' 9"

          5 Robert Cardina FR 200' 4"

          11 Russell Hedrick SR 184' 6"

Full Results from TFRRS. Another scored meet (hooray!) with the men taking fourth place and the women in second. Not bad considering it wasn't a full squad as the distance runners competed at Bucknell. This weekend it is the Mt. Sac Relays for some and the Bucknell Team Challenge for others. Penn Relays in two weeks!

I add this photo for artistic purposes only.  I hope Matt doesn't feel I am stepping on his blog toes! -skwilli

Achilles Learns the Javelin by Giovanni Battista Cipriani.