LaTavia Thomas of LSU has been named the College Women’s Athlete of the Meet for relay events after anchoring the Tigers to victories in both the 4×800m and sprint medley relays. The West Catholic High grad also ran the third leg on LSU’s second-place 4×400m relay.
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College Women’s Athlete of the Meet
April 26, 2008High School Boys’ Athlete of the Meet
April 26, 2008Alwayne Green of Manchester (Jam.) has been named as the High School Boys’ Athlete of the Meet in Relay Events after leading his team to victory in the 4×800m relay with a come-from-behind final carry. His 1:53.0 split capped Manchester’s time of 7:43.22.
College Men’s Athletes of the Meet
April 26, 2008The University of Texas Longhorn standout Leonel Manzano was named the Athlete of the Meet for relay events for anchoring the ‘Horns to victory in the distance medley relay and the 4xmile relay, both repeat wins. Manzano is also a repeat winner of the Athlete of the Meet award, the first back-to-back winner since Kim [...]
High School Boys’ Athlete of the Meet
April 26, 2008Nicholas Vena of Morristown (NJ) High School is the High School Boys’ Athlete of the Meet for individual event for winning the shot put with a throw of 63-6 3/4, the ninth-best throw in Relays’ history. With his performance, Vena sets an all-time outdoor U.S. high school record for ninth graders.
College Women’s Athlete of the Meet
April 26, 2008The College Women’s Athlete of the Meet for individual events is Purdue University’s Kara Patterson, who won the javelin throw championship with a throw of 184-1 (56.10 meters). That was the second-longest throw in Penn Relays’ history.
It’s Quite Crowded
April 26, 2008Attendance figures were ‘close-but-no-cigar’ all weekend long as the Relays missed three attendance marks by less than 1,000 fans. Today’s gathering of 49,831 is among the greatest ever.
The 2008 crowds and attendance records:
Thursday — 23,567 (Record: 25,189 in 2005)
Friday — 39,904 (Record: 39,943 in 2006)
Saturday — 49,831 (Record: 50,827 in 2002)
Three-Day Total — 113,302 (Record: [...]
High School Girls’ Athletes of the Meet
April 26, 2008For the second year in a row Tasha Stanley of Eleanor Roosevelt High (Greenbelt, MD) was named the High School Girls’ Athlete of the Meet for relay events. On Friday she anchored Roosevelt’s winning team in the 4×400m with a 54.2 split as her team clocked a 3:37.16 time. She also ran a 2:09.6 anchor [...]
2008 Wall of Fame
April 20, 2008The Penn Relay Carnival — which created the Wall of Fame in 1994 at the time of the 100th running — welcomes its class of 2008, the 15th group of inductees, to bring its numbers to 75 individuals and 65 relay teams. Four individuals and four relay teams were selected by a panel of Penn Relays experts. The sole restriction in the nomination process is that only retired athletes (or those now competing as masters) may be nominated, and inductees are honored solely for their accomplishments at the Penn Relays; achievements in any other meets are not considered. Any relay team may be nominated, and nominations of relay teams and individuals will be accepted by the Penn Relays office at any time and from any interested party.
2008 Carnival Awards
April 16, 2008At the time of the 100th running of the Relay Carnival in 1994, the Penn Relays Wall of Fame was inaugurated. It was designed then to honor the great athletes and relay teams who have competed in the Relays and it continues to perform that task admirably.
Additional awards honoring the great officials, media members [...]
