After Wallace Spearman of the USA Blue team playfully goads the partisan Jamaican crowd, we are now underway.
Kerron Clement hands off first for USA Red, which leads the whole way. Christopher Brown of the Bahamas challenged late, but Olympic champion LaShawn Merritt had it under control with a final burst, locking up a 2:59.78 to [...]
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USA vs the World: Men’s 4×400
April 25, 2009USA vs the World: Women’s 4×400
April 25, 2009After an impressive third leg from Allyson Felix (49.64 — fastest of the day), USA Red’s Sanya Richards had a cakewalk to wrap up an eighth straight win for an American team in this series. The time: 3:23.08.
Novlene Williams-Mills gave it a great effort on Jamaica’s third leg, but ultimately could not match the impossibly [...]
College Men’s 4×400 Championship
April 25, 2009Another wire-to-wire victory. Florida State blasts out early and holds off a late charge from St. Augustine’s for a 3:01.54 to 3:02.10. Those are the 3rd and =6th best times in Penn history. Results.
High School Boys Athlete of the Meet for Relays
April 25, 2009Not surprisingly, our high school boys athlete of the meet for relays is Anthony Kestelac, the anchor of the national record setting boys 4×800. Kestelac ran a 1:49.3, which is 4th fastest all time.
For those trivia buffs out there, the national record in the 4×800 has been set at the Penn Relays before . . [...]
College Women’s 4×400 Championship
April 25, 2009Event #256, the College Women’s Championship. We have had a number of fast times today, and the college women should not disappoint (although there is a breeze here at Franklin Field now).
The leading qualifier was UTech from Jamaica in 3:34, but Texas A&M and Florida State are right on their heels with 3:36 and 3:37.
At [...]
High School Boys 4×400 Championship
April 25, 2009As an appetizer, we’ve got the Philadelphia Area race. Abington win in 3:18.54, with Chester second in 3:19.18. Results.
Next up is the Championship of America, featuring five teams from Jamaica and one each from Pennsylvania, Virginia and California.
St. Jago went wire-to-wire, holding off several challenges, to win in 3:12.55. Results.
Saturday’s Attendance: 47,904
April 25, 2009Another great crowd. Today’s attendance at Franklin Field is a hearty 47,904 — the sixth biggest crowd in Penn Relays annals.
This brings our total — following 24,315 on Thursday and 39,501 on Friday — to 111,720, the fifth best three-day crowd in meet history.
College Men’s 4×800 Championship
April 25, 2009Our next championship is the college men’s 4×800, always a great race.
We have a number of teams in it at the first exchange, including Arkansas and Texas. Arkansas led unofficially in 1:50.
Penn State moves into the lead during the 2nd leg; we have a very big group.
Second exchange includes Arkansas and Texas again, with Coppin [...]
USA vs The World: Women’s 4×100
April 25, 2009After the Jamaican men’s disappointment in the previous race the crowd was really anxious for this one. Unfortunately for the Jamaican fans it was the same result. Lauryn Williams blasted out of the blocks and gave Allyson Felix a huge lead for USA Red. Kerron Stewart and Shelly-Ann Fraser gave a great challenge, but couldn’t [...]
USA vs. The World: 4×100
April 25, 2009We have excellent fields in the 4×100, featuring very speedy teams from Jamaica, the United States, and the Trinidad & Tobago. Hopefully, many of you are following this on live television . . . .
37.92 ! A new Franklin Field record by the USA team . . . . . Walter Dix absolutely smoked the [...]
