UNIVERSITY PARK
Michael Shuey’s Penn State athletic career will end Wednesday evening in Eugene, Ore.
The fact that he will even be at Hayward Field, throwing the javelin in the NCAA Track and Field Championships, is a testament to his perseverance after the way his body broke down. Two years ago, he suffered two torn ligaments at the Big Ten championships.
“It was pretty mental to accept that everything was fine,” the fifth-year senior said of his recovery, “to go through the normal motion and not develop any bad habits along the way. I tried not to baby the injury and just had to forget it was there.