Penn State Preview with Director of T&F Beth Alford-Sullivan

The Nittany Lion Track and Field squads opened the 2010-11 indoor campaign last weekend at the Blue/White Intrasquad Meet. The Nittany Lions impressed in their first competition of the season, including a pair of facility records in the 300-meters by senior Shavon Greaves (Lakewood, N.J.), and freshman Brady Gehret (Altoona, Pa.). Last year, the Penn State program engineered outstanding indoor and outdoor efforts, highlighted by Top 25 standings from both the men's and women's squads at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships, including a fourth-place "Trophy Team" finish by the women's squad outdoors. All told, the Nittany Lions collected 22 NCAA All-America finishes, 12 individual Big Ten titles, three relay conference wins, and seven Penn State records in 2010, and are poised for even more success in 2011. Following the Blue/White competition, Director and Head Coach of Track and Field Beth Alford-Sullivan gave her impressions of the first competition of the year, as well as her thoughts on both the men's and women's squads for the upcoming year.