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Penn State’s campus recreation holds in-person home run derby with more than 50 participants

In-person intramural sports have yet to start this fall, so Penn State’s campus recreation decided to get creative.

In a one-time special event, the campus recreation department hosted a free softball home run derby for students on Thursday Sept. 10 at the intramural fields on Park Avenue. The event was an individual tournament that ran from 6 to 9 p.m.

Both mandatory masking and social distancing were enforced throughout the event in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Associate director of programs Dexter Shorter said these policies from Campus Recreation, in addition to others, helped to make the event safe.