We are just two days out from our first home meet of the season! The Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational is a college and high school meet named after legendary cross-country and track coach Harry Groves who coached at Penn State for 38 years. While the "top nine" from both the men and women's squads will be sitting out in preparation for next week's Roy Griak Invitational, it is time for a lot of the younger girls to have the spotlight. This race will be a big contributing factor to see who gets to travel in a few weeks to Notre Dame for the Notre Dame Invitational.
For the men and women sitting out, this will be a weekend where we train through. We will work out on the perfectly manicured Penn State golf course on Friday, (where Spiked Shoe and the Penn State National is held), and then get to the course bright and early on Saturday to cheer on our teammates racing.
The ladies that will be lacing up for this weekend's competition are junior Colleen Shannon, sophomores Matra Klebe, Kalyn Fisher, Markea Dickinson, Lucia Sofo, Gwenn Porter, and Dani Kocjancic. The freshmen that will be racing at home for the first time are Kerrin Jennings, Leigha Anderson, Rachael Casciano and Lauren Mills.
This will be a bit of a challenge for our freshman considering it will be their first 6k, on a very challenging course. However, after a great pre-season and a great first race at the Lock Haven Dolan Duels, I think our group of girls will hold their own against the competition and make Penn State proud.
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