For Olivia Morgan, THON offers a different kind of dancing

Story posted February 14, 2017 in News by Garrett Ross

Olivia Morgan will be dancing on the floor for THON 2017, a 46-hour dance marathon at Penn State to raise money to help fight pediatric cancer.

But the truth is, dancing is nothing new for Morgan.

Morgan is a member of Vole, a ballet club at Penn State, which means she dances every week whether it is at practice or for a performance.

But THON presents a bit of a different challenge for Morgan, and it’s not the typical “dancing” that she is used to. In reality, she will be standing for 46 hours straight, a physical and mental strain that she has never experienced before.

Morgan, a senior from Hershey, Pa., has altered her normal routine in an effort to fully prepare herself for all of the ups and downs.

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Garrett is the editor in chief of the Daily Collegian student newspaper. He helped cover the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro for the Associated Press through the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism. Garrett spent the summer of 2016 interning on the sports copy desk at The New York Times. He was born in Indianapolis, but grew up in Kentucky.