Photo Gallery: THON 2017
Photo posted February 19, 2017 in News, Thon 2017 by CommMedia
Students participate in THON 2017, a 46-hour no-sit, no-sleep dance marathon that's the culmination of a year-long fundraising effort benefitting the Four Diamonds at Penn State Children's Hospital. The Four Diamonds mission is to conquer childhood cancer by assisting children treated at Penn State Children’s Hospital and their families through care, comprehensive support and innovative research.

THON Executive Committee members reveal a total of $10,045,478.44 raised for THON 2017. / Photo by Antonella Crescimbeni

The THON Executive Board counts down the final 10 seconds of the 46 hour dance marathon on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. All dancers and spectators of THON were finally able to sit down after a long weekend. / Photo by Elana Carroll

Friends and family of THON child Marcus Josey embrace during the Celebration of Life video on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. The video celebrates lives of THON children who lost their fight with cancer. / Photo by Elana Carroll
__content.jpg)
Cali Strachan, left, and Philip Long, 9, play with water guns at THON Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. / Photo by Arif Aminuddin

Newly-signed football recruit KJ Hamler reacts after perfoming with Penn State football players during the Pep Rally at THON 2017 at the Bryce Jordan Center on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2017. / Photo by Antonella Crescimbeni

Jeff Tomrell, a Penn State alumnus, sings during the final hour of THON on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. For the past ten years, Tomrell's band, Go Go Gadget, has returned to Penn State to play at THON. / Photo by Elana Carroll

Romeo Rodriguez, 4, the brother of a THON child, dances on the shoulders of Mackenzie Cohen, of Dancer Relations at THON Friday, Feb.17, 2017. / Photo by Madison White

Dancers learn the line dance at the Bryce Jordan Center during the opening of THON 2017 on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. / Photo by Antonella Crescimbeni
__content.jpg)
THON dancer Jessica O'Neill, of SAAB, right, stretches at THON Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. / Photo by Arif Aminuddin

THON dancer, Jim Tersak, holds THON child, Will Keim, while he plays with a balloon at THON on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. / Photo by Jessica Boyd

Dancer Relations Committee Captain Claire Sullivan, a senior majoring in supply chain management, is embraced by friends as she walks through the Human Tunnel that leads to the Bryce Jordan Center for the 2017 Penn State THON on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. / Photo by Antonella Crescimbeni

Dancers recieve high fives and cheers as they pass through the Human Tunnel that leads to the Bryce Jordan Center for the 2017 Penn State THON on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. / Photo by Antonella Crescimbeni

Austin Lightner, a THON child, poses with his squirt gun during THON on Friday Feb. 17, 2017. / Photo by Jessica Boyd

Penn State president Eric Barron and his wife, Molly, speak on stage during THON 2017 Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. / Photo by Eajai Alvarez

Andrea Johnson, a THON dancer, participates in the line dance at THON on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. / Photo by Amanda Caplan

THON dancers, Shannon Lynott, left, and Nick Pelbano, from Penn State's Abington campus, participate in a water gun fight on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. / Photo by Amanda Caplan

Trace McSorley and Jason Cabinda of Penn State Football dance on stage with Olivia, Corbin, and Emily to “Sorry” during a lip sync performance at THON Friday, Feb.17, 2017. / Photo by Madison White

Joe Jonas, singer of the American funk band DNCE, kicks off a surprise performance at THON Friday, Feb. 17, 2017. / Photo by Madison White

Patty De Tomas, a junior majoring in biological & biomedical sciences and a Dancer Relations Committee member, blows bubbles at THON Saturday, February 18, 2017. / Photo by Rachel Johannes

Mary Albus, Dancer Relations captain, leads the rest of the Dancer Relation captains with the line dance during THON Saturday, February 18, 2017. The line dance occurs every hour, on the hour, to pump dancers up by stretching and performing dance moves to popular songs. / Photo by Rachel Johannes

Aislynn Mackenzie, a junior majoring in forensic science and a dancer for the Forensic Club, cries after receiving mail during Mail Call duringTHON 2017 at the Bryce Jordan Center on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. / Photo by Antonella Crescimbeni

Kaitlyn Johnston, a senior majoring in elementary education and a member of the Club Cross Country, right, reads mail during mail call at Penn State THON 2017 at the Bryce Jordan Center on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. / Photo by Antonella Crescimbeni

Samantha Vaughan, a senior majoring in kinesiology and a member of THON's Donor Alumni Relations, raises her hands in the air after getting her hair cut during the Hair Donation event during Penn State THON 2017 at the Bryce Jordan Center on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. / Photo by Antonella Crescimbeni

THON dancer, Jason Hu, a senior majoring in marketing, and a member of Ram Squad gets help stretching during THON on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. / Photo by Javon Beverly

From left, THON dancer Joe Pomponi , along with Nicole Elyse Davis and Joe Saylor, play a game of catch on the floor of the Bryce Jordan Center during THON on Feb. 18, 2017. / Photo by Javon Beverly

Sher Bhangra, a Penn State Bhangra dance team, perform during THON on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. / Photo by Javon Beverly
_t__content.jpg)
The Bryce Jordan Center lights up during a line dance during THON Saturday, February 18, 2017. The Penn State Dance Marathon, known as THON, hosts over 16,500 volunteers in a year-long fundraising effort for children and families fighting childhood cancer. / Photo by Rachel Johannes

Alison Keim, 10, center, a THON child from Reading, Pa, walks down the stage during the Penn State THON Fashion Show on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. Her brother, William, 8, and sister, Lauren, 5, sit on the shoulders of Kinesiology Club members. / Photo by Emily Overdorf

Marcus Allen laughs as A’Niah Butler, 6, of Chambersburg Pa., runs through a tackle dummy during the THON Explorers program held at Lasch Building during Penn State THON 2017 on Saturday, Feb. 18. Butler is in remission and is Club Swimming’s THON child. / Photo by Antonella Crescimbeni

A’Niah Butler, 6, of Chambersburg Pa., rides ontop of Marcus Allen’s shoulders during the THON Explorers program held at the Lasch Building during Penn State THON 2017 on Saturday, Feb. 18. Butler is now in remission and is Club Swimming’s Four Diamonds child. / Photo by Antonella Crescimbeni

Leila Testa, 5, of Lancaster Pa., does the limbo with Penn State Nittany Lion football players during the THON Explorers program held at the Lasch Building during THON on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. / Photo by Antonella Crescimbeni

The Penn State football team members pose with THON families during the THON Explorers program held at the Lasch Building during THON on Saturday, Feb. 18. / Photo by Antonella Crescimbeni

Chris Depman, a THON dancer for Ohana, dances and sings at THON on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2016. / Photo by Katie Mihelarakis

2017 THON Executive Director Austin Sommerer, left, stands onstage with Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf at THON on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2016. / Photo by Katie Mihelarakis

THON participants play with a parachute at THON Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. / Photo by Kyle Naylor

Dancers in the Slides of Strength get a quick massage at THON Saturday Feb. 18, 2017. / Photo by Kyle Naylor

The Penn State Men’s Gymnastics Team celebrates winning the THON 2017 Pep Rally at the Bryce Jordan Center on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. / Photo by Antonella Crescimbeni
__content.jpg)
The Nittany Lion catches Rachel Reiss, better known at Penn State as Blue Saphire, as they kick-off the THON 2017 Pep Rally on Saturday Feb. 18, 2017. Reiss has been the Blue Band's featured twirler since 2013. / Photo by Anthony Amato
__content.jpg)
From left, Antonio Shelton, Zech McPhearson and Desi Davis of Penn State football compete during the THON 2017 Pep Rally dance competition on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. / Photo by Anthony Amato

Students in the crowd dance during THON 2017 at the Bryce Jordan Center on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. / Photo by Antonella Crescimbeni

Penn State football players perform during the Pep Rally during THON 2017 at the Bryce Jordan Center on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. / Photo by Antonella Crescimbeni

The Penn State Men's Volleyball Team celebrates their victory in the Pep Rally Talent Show at THON late night on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. / Photo by Allyssa Long

THON dancer, Kyle Slavic of Penn State Fayette, has an emotional moment while opening his Dancer Mail early Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. / Photo by Allyssa Long

The Nittany Lion sprays the crowd with water after leading the group in a Water Social in the early hours of Sunday morning at THON on Feb. 19, 2017. Photo by Allyssa Long / Photo by Allyssa Long

Jena Dalykas, Vice President of the Penn State Marketing Association and a senior majoring in marketing from Turbotville, Pa., left, and her friend, Dina Tennekoon, a senior majoring in telecommunications from Long Island, N.Y., read a letter from a THON child during Mail Call at THON early Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. / Photo by Christy Xu

THON Dancer Relations Committee member, Kayla Bebla, a freshman majoring in animal science from Scranton, Pa., left, dances with Celeste Clark, 8, another committee member's sister, also from Scranton, Pa. at THON Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. / Photo by Christy Xu

A participant at THON 2017 makes the sign of the Four Diamonds on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. / Photo by Eajai Alvarez