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T H E M A I N E V E N T TRACK & FIELD NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS @ OREGON J U N E 7 - 1 0 | H A Y W A R D F I E L D | B T N It's been an outstanding year for the Nittany Lion men and women, and it's not over yet. The men are coming o8 the 7rst Big Ten outdoor championship in the program's history, a victory made possible by a number of standout performers, including Isa- iah Harris. Only a sophomore, Harris claimed his fourth conference 800-meter title, 7nishing in 1 minute, 49.68 seconds. The Lewiston, Maine, native has now won the Big Ten indoor and outdoor championships the past two seasons. The Penn State women 7nished third, getting championship performances from Dannielle Gibson in the triple jump and freshman Danae Rivers in the 800. At nationals, Penn State's quali7ers will be competing in one of the most hallowed venues in American track and 7eld. Located on the campus of the University of Oregon, Hayward Field has played host to NCAA and USATF championships, as well as six Olympic Trials. It's where Phil Knight and legendary Ducks coach Bill Bowerman began laying the groundwork for Nike, and where Steve Prefontaine starred as a collegiate runner in the 1970s. (It's also the backdrop of the ROTC scene in "Animal House".) The 98- year-old venue should provide a 7tting stage for some of Penn State's best athletes to wrap up a season to remember. – M.H. SCORECARD FOOTBALL SEPTEMBER 2 AKRON.................................................................. TBA 9 PITT.......................................................................TBA 16 GEORGIA STATE..................................................... TBA 23 at Iowa..................................................................TBA 30 INDIANA................................................................ TBA OCTOBER 7 at Northwestern.....................................................TBA 21 MICHIGAN............................................................. TBA 28 at Ohio State......................................................... TBA NOVEMBER 4 at Michigan State...................................................TBA 11 RUTGERS.............................................................. TBA 18 NEBRASKA............................................................ TBA 25 at Mar yland........................................................... TBA BASEBALL 16-35, 3-17 FEBRUARY 17 L at TCU........................................................... 6-3 18 L at TCU......................................................... 12-1 19 L at TCU........................................................... 9-3 24 W Xavier at Car y, N.C..........................................7-5 25 L Xavier at Car y, N.C........................................10-4 L Xavier at Car y, N.C..........................................7-5 26 W Xavier at Car y, N.C..........................................6-1 MARCH 4 W at Pacific......................................................11-4 5 W at Pacific......................................................11-2 6 L at Pacific........................................................6-1 8 L at UC Davis..................................................10-2 9 W at Sacramento State.......................................4-2 10 L at Sacramento State.....................................11-3 11 W at Sacramento State.......................................6-1 17 DELAWARE.................................................... Canceled 18 L at Delaware....................................................6-1 L at Delaware....................................................5-0 19 L at Delaware....................................................8-0 21 W BUCKNELL...................................4-3 (10 innings) 22 WEST VIRGINIA............................................ Postponed 24 W COLUMBIA................................................... 11-7 25 L COLUMBIA..................................................... 4-2 W COLUMBIA................................................... 10-6 26 L COLUMBIA..................................................... 8-5 29 W CORNELL....................................................... 8-2 31 L at Michigan.................................................. 10-6 APRIL 1 L at Michigan.................................................. 15-2 ALL SPORTS Penn State ascends in Directors' Cup For the 12th consecutive year, Penn State has placed in the top 7ve in the Lear7eld Directors' Cup 7nal winter standings. Powered by the wrestling team's sixth NCAA championship in the past seven years, the Nittany Lions are No. 3 in the 7nal winter standings, ad- vancing four spots from the 7nal fall rankings. Penn State's 786 Directors' Cup points are nearly 120 more than the 667.5 it had accumulated in the 2016 7nal winter standings. The last time the Nittany Lions 7n- ished outside the top 7ve in the winter standings was in 2004-05. Penn State has 7nished in the top 10 in the 7nal winter rankings in 23 of the 24 years of the Directors' Cup, with a total of 19 top-7ve 7nishes. Penn State and Stanford are the only schools to place in the top 7ve in the 7nal winter Directors' Cup standings in each of the past 12 years. Michigan is next with nine top-7ve 7nishes over that same span. The Nittany Lions and Cardinal also are the na- tion's only institutions to place in the top 10 in the 7nal fall Directors' Cup standings in each of the past 10 years. Stanford leads the Directors' Cup and is followed by Ohio State (818 points), Penn State (786), Michigan (762.25), Wisconsin (692), North Car- olina (664), Kentucky (660.25), USC (615.50), UCLA (610) and Notre Dame (599). The Big Ten leads all confer- ences with four schools in the top 10. Penn State is tied for the conference lead with six Big Ten championships this year and has won eight confer- ence titles overall in 2016-17. The Nittany Lions' 49 NCAA cham- pionships all-time (77 national cham- pionships overall) rank 79h among all NCAA Division I programs and are the highest total of any college or univer- sity east of the Mississippi River. ■

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