Greetings from State College

A long day of travel in the van is complete, as we have arrived at the Marriott Courtyard in State College, PA. We are here for the Penn State National XC Meet. Our men run at 10 a.m. on Friday.

The drive featured several downpours, endless construction delays on PA interstates and plenty of questionable music choices.

One highlight (?) was Quimes DelaCruz (in the usual shotgun spot) discovering an app on his phone that enabled him to sing along with music lyrics of songs on the radio. We were able to hear him (and others) serenade us with "Jesse's Girl" and a Madonna song that I cannot remember (with good reason).

The Penn State course is grassy, wet and muddy -- typical cross country. Our guys reported that the course is in better shape than Lehigh's from two weeks ago. We'll see how it goes ...