The Penn Relay Carnival is set to kick off this week and it must be noted that the Penn State 4x8 quartet of Watson, Shisler, Mills and Moore, set their Wall of Fame record in 1985. 7:11.17
Many challengers have attempted to scale that summit, but they've all fallen short. Of course, records are made to be broken, and some day another foursome will dislodge this group of Nittany Lion stalwarts, but we would be remiss if we didn't remember this noteworthy anniversary.
Joe Juliano of the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote a very nice piece on this subject today. A tip of the hat to a crew that brought their grizzled old coach to tears on that sunny day at Franklin Field - a coach that will celebrate his 85th birthday this coming Friday, 4/24.