UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State track and field assistant coach Fritz Spence has been surrounded by the sport of track and field his entire life. It is a sport that has given him much more than just a chance to compete, it has given him life.
Coming from the Bahamas, Spence started doing track and field and a young age. So young, he doesn't even remember exactly how old he was.
"I've run track for as long as I could remember. I've been running and jumping. In the Bahamas they pick up track because it's a relatively easy sport to pick up as far as it doesn't cost a lot of money to run track, so a lot of the kinds will do track and field," Spence said.