Aug. 16, 2011
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego State track and field team recently attended and helped out at the 19th edition of the Thorpe Cup at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.
The Thorpe Cup is an international multi-event competition between the United States and Germany that is made up of seven women and seven men on each side. The top-three women's heptathlon and top-five men's decathlon scores were added to determine the overall winners. This year's competition saw the United States women down Germany, 17,611-17,115, while the results were reversed on the men's side (Germany - 38,970-United States - 38,006).
Aztec head coach and two-time Olympian Shelia Burrell was an ambassador at the event. Other SDSU representatives at the Thorpe Cup included volunteer coach Robert Dean and freshman heptathlete star Allison Reaser. Former San Diego State men's athletes Wes Williams (400-meter hurdle Olympian) and James King (400 meters) also attended the event.
Other U.S. stars at the event included men's defending world champion Trey Hardee, 2011 world leader Ashton Eaton and 2008 Olympic gold medalist Bryan Clay, and women's 2011 U.S. champion Sharon Day and 2008 Olympic silver medalist Hyleas Fountain.