Creese Sets Collegiate 1000-Meter Record

Loxsom, Lane, and Creese all claim Penn State records at Nittany Lion Challenge

Jan. 14, 2012

Complete Results

Interview with Coach Beth Alford-Sullivan
Interview with Casimir Loxsom

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Freshman Robby Creese (Mount Airy, Md.) ran his way into track and field history at the Nittany Lion Challenge, setting a new collegiate record for the 1000 meters, Saturday at Horace Ashenfelter III Indoor Track. Creese wasn't the only Nittany Lion on record-breaking pace however, as senior Caitlin Lane (Greenwich, N.Y.) and junior Casimir Loxsom (New Haven, Conn.) set records in the women's 1000, and men's 600 meters, respectively, highlighting an extensive slate of outstanding performances by the Nittany Lions.

Cruising within the pack during the majority of the race, Creese turned on the jets for the final of his five-lap effort, breaking the tape in 2:19.53 - to better Ryan Foster's Penn State, Meet, and Ashenfelter Facility Record 2:19.60. Creese not only rewrote every record on the heat sheet, but bettered Alan Webb's 2:23.68, which has stood as the American Junior (19-and-under) since 2001. The performance also nipped the 2:19.57 collegiate record, set by former Kansas State Wildcat and 2008 Olympic Christian Smith in 2006.