Track is More Than Just Training for Athletic Trainer

By Alyssa Palfey, GoPSUsports.com Student Staff WriterUNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Assistant Athletic Trainer Michael Gay has been with the Penn State track and field team for just about five years, and to him, his job is more than just treating injuries, but actually getting to know the athletes and teaching them life lessons.

"One of the biggest things is how this stuff applies to life. How fighting through and getting through tough times, something that doesn't go well, how you can sort that out, take inventory of what's going on and move forward and do better," Gay said. "Each one of us has this ability inside, and it's something that each of these kids needs to take with them and apply later."

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