The three-days of THON 2017, the culmination of a year-round fundraising and awareness campaign for the fight against childhood cancer, has come to a very successful conclusion.
THON dancer John McDowell, a member of the 'Science LionPride ' THON dance group, kept busy by hitting a beach ball around the Bryce Jordan Center floor with fellow 'Science LionPride' team dancers during the final morning of THON 2017. Dancers are encouraged to stay active and moving throughout the three-day, 46-hour event.
Jena Dalykas, left, a Penn State senior majoring in marketing, and Dina Tennekoon, a senior majoring in telecommunications, read a letter from a THON child together early on day-three of THON 2017. Every dancer is provided an on-site mailbox and receives letters and cards of encouragement from family, friends, and Four Diamond children and their families throughout the weekend.
RAM Squad (Raw Aesthetic Movements), a Penn State club that promotes hip-hop culture and freedom of expression through dance, performed at THON 2017 early on the morning of Feb. 19.
The Penn State women’s soccer team performs on stage for a packed Bryce Jordan Center during the THON 2017 Pep Rally on the evening of Feb. 18. The rally is an annual highlight of the three-day event and really energizes the dancers, volunteers and crowd.
The Penn State Men's Gymnastics team celebrates their first-place finish at the 2017 THON Pep Rally Talent Show. A variety of Penn State athletes entertained the Bryce Jordan Center crowd with dances, skits, songs and more.
The Nittany Lion sprays the crowd with water after leading the large Bryce Jordan Center crowd in a 'Water Social' in the early hours of day-three of THON 2017. Dancers, families and volunteers have hit the home stretch of the 46-hour Penn State Dance Marathon.
Layla Taremi, a THON dancer representing Rêve Dance Company, passed some time with a bubble maker at THON 2017 on Saturday, Feb. 18. THON dancers must remain standing throughout the 46-hour event. Proceeds from THON go to the families of pediatric cancer patients at the Penn State Children's Hospital in Hershey, Pa.
Mary Albus, Dancer Relations Captain, leads the rest of the Dancer Relation Captains for THON 2017, in the events official line dance at the Bryce Jordan Center on the afternoon of Feb. 18. A unique line dance is created specifically for each THON and occurs every hour, on the hour, to pump dancers up by stretching and performing aerobic, dance moves.
Nittany Lion running back Saquon Barkley high fives Leila Testa, 5, of Lancaster Pa., during the THON Explorers program held at the Lasch Building during THON 2017 on Saturday, Feb. 18. Leila’s brother Daniel, 8, is Delta Upsilon and Phi Sigma Sigma’s four diamonds child.
