The LaTavia Thomas Show (College SMR)
Our next championship in this flurry is the set of Sprint Medleys (200m, 200m, 400m, 800m), with women followed by men.
The women’s race was won by LSU, anchored by LaTavia Thomas. This is the fourth year in a row that Thomas has anchored LSU’s winning sprint medley relay. No other female athlete in meet history [...]
High School Girls 4×400 Championship
Jamaica’s Holmwood Tech completes an astonishing day with a 3:39.66 victory. Earlier Holmwood won the 4×100 and 4×800 championships. That’s the third time Holmwood has pulled that triple (2001, 2006) and only the eighth time any school has won three championships in one year. (Vere Tech has the all-time record, with four wins back in [...]
High School Boys Distance Races
Pat Schelleberg (Delbarton School, NJ) took the lead just before the half mile and opened up a margin of 15 meters at the bell (3:05) and finished in 4:08.07, to just get under the Penn Relays record of 4:08.13, run last year by Canadian Jeremy Rae.
Isaac Presson (Asheville, NC) closed fast to take second in [...]
High School Boys’ DMR Championship
Our first boys’ championship of the meet is the High School Distance Medley relay. This is an extraordinarily deep field.
Liverpool (NY) took a 40 yard lead with a 3:02.32 lead off leg. Their 400m leg extended that lead to almost 1/2 a straightaway. Good Counsel (MD) made a valiant effort during the 800m leg to [...]
College Mens 4×400 Trials
We have been running a series of 4×400 trials for the colleges . . . . ranked list can be found here.
College Men’s DMR: Ducks Win First Championship
The University of Oregon captured its first-ever Penn Relays Championship of America with a relatively easy 9:30.69 victory.
Oregon’s Matthew Centrowitz Jr. broke away from the pack on the final straightaway of the opening leg and took the lead at the first exchange. Oregon maintained its lead through Chad Barlow’s 400, with Penn State second. Texas’s [...]
Friday Field Event Highlights
The men and boys joined the field event action on Friday. Here are the championship-division winners:
College Men
• Stanley Gbagbeke of Middle Tennessee won the long jump at a wind-aided 25′ 11″ (7.90). His best legal jump was 25′ 8-1/4″ (7.83). NCAA Indoor champion Alain Bailey took second at 25′ 9-1/2″ (7.86). Results.
• Kemal Mesic of [...]
College Shuttle Hurdle Relays
In the college men’s shuttle hurdle relay, Clemson led wire-to-wire and won in 56.45. Nebraska anchor Tyler Hitchler came on strong at the end, but the Huskers (56.53) were runners-up for the second straight year. Results.
In the college women’s race, Virginia Tech got a big early lead but Texas A&M took the lead on the [...]
High School Girls 4×100 Championship
Holmwood Tech won in 45.41, well clear of second place, fellow Jamaican school Herbert Morrison (45.81).
Five of the eight finalists were from Jamaica. Jamaican teams have now won this event seven straight years and 13 of the past 14.
Noted Jamaican radio personality Ed Barnes called the race, much to the delight of the crowd.
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Everybody likes Jello Pudding Pops (or I Spy Bill Cosby)
Bill Cosby, a regular at our meet and a multi-time participant, was in the building today starting the elementary school heats on the grass infield. Cosby starts Event 213 on Saturday in memory of his son Ennis. Hey hey hey.
College Women’s 4×1500 Championship
Tennessee defended its title with a 17:14.91 victory over Villanova.
On the opening leg Oregon’s Nicole Blood went to the lead on the third lap, and handed off first with Chanelle Price of Tennesee closing fast, followed by Villanova, Wake Forest and Columbia.
On the second leg, Oregon’s Alex Kosinski maintained a 5-meter lead for the first [...]
College Women’s 4×100 Championship
Our second women’s championship is the 4×100 (approximately 5 minutes ahead of schedule !).
Anchored by Gabby Mayo, Texas A&M has defended their title in 43.09—which is No. 6 All-Time here at the Penn Relays—with LSU second in 43.30. A&M ran 43.10 last year; high marks for consistency.
Click here for full results.
High School Girls 4×800 Championship
Holmwood Tech of Jamaica put on a dominating performance, winning this event for an event-record eighth time. Their time of 8:42.49 is the third fastest ever at the Relays. Edwin Allen, also of Jamaica was second in 8:47.73.
Holmwood, Randolph (NJ), Edwin Allen and Columbia (NJ) were ahead of the pack at the first exchange. On [...]
College 4×100 Heats
We have a number of fast times in the college heats, including times under 40 seconds. A ranked list can be found by clicking here.
HSB 4×100 Trials
We’re in the middle of our 4×100 High School Boys trials, which are from 10:40-12:30. There are approximately 70 heats or so, maybe a few more. A ranked list can be found here.
HSB 4×800 Is Complete
We have completed the high school boys 4×800, with Long Beach Poly (CA) running a sizzling 7:43. You can view the ranked list here.
College Men’s 400 hurdles
Johnny Dutch of South Carolina has won the opening race of Friday’s schedule, the college intermediate hurdles. Full results can be found here.
Getting On The Schedule
After a long weekend of getting information together on the Penn Relays, the schedule for the 2010 Carnival is now online. Click here to access it. If you click on an event, the entries will show up, with one exception. That exception is the college events, which won’t be posted online for another week.
And like [...]
2009 College Athlete of the Meet for Relays
Our college athlete of the meet for relays is Matthew Gibney of Villanova with his excellent come-from-behind victory in the DMR, splitting 3:58.4.
The Corporate Relay
Tucked at the end of Friday is our Corporate Event. The companies run the DMR distance, and one key rule is that you have to have a woman run at least one leg.
The General Electric team, which has won this many times, is in the lead with the 1600 to go. GE wins in 10:47.47, [...]
College Men's Sprint Medley
Our last Championship of America is the Men’s Sprint Medley. Perhaps LSU can win the men’s and women’s events tonight ?
We have a huge group after the 200-200-400 legs, with Washington taking the lead on the first lap of the 800.
One to go, Washington, Tennessee, Arkansas, LSU in a tight group. Its Tennesse and Washington [...]
2009 College Women’s Sprint Medley Championship
Our next championship is the College Women’s Sprint Medley Relay.
LSU, with Philadelphia’s own Latavia Thomas, is battling with Georgia State. Latavia Thomas brings it home, anchoring her 3rd straight SMR championship in 3:47.26. Georgia State was 2nd in 3:48.66. We’ll wait to see the results of the 2nd heat before we declare LSU the winner [...]
High School Girls 4×400 Championship
After two straight victories by Eleanor Roosevelt of Maryland, we have a new champion. Holmwood Tech and Manchester dueled the whole way, but they forgot about Edwin Allen, whose anchor, Ristanna Tracey came on strong and passed her fellow Jamaicans less than 50 meters from the line for a 3:41.25 victory. Edwin Allen wins the [...]
2009 High School Individual Distance
We have two individual events tonight before out high school girls 4×400 championship, the mile and the 3000m.
Jeremy Rae of Lakeshore (Ontario Canada) has opened up a very large lead at one lap, with an approximate half-mile split of 2:04. At three laps, Rae still leads, but the field is definitely stalking the leader.
Rae wins [...]