Sting ’em Jackets! (Or Maybe Not.)

Congratulations to Greg Nixon, a name you probably don’t know unless you watched the U.S. Olympic Trials on Thursday night.  Greg, a former HPU student who played football and didn’t begin running track until his junior year of college, ran in the 400m finals Thursday night at the U.S. Olympic Trials at the University of Oregon in Eugene, OR.  Granted, Greg didn’t make the final cut to travel to Beijing with the Olympic team and represent the United States, but I couldn’t be prouder that my alma mater received so much attention (compared to years past) this year.

Sadly, though, Greg will probably be the last HPU sprinter to do much of anything for awhile, because HPU decided to cancel the program.