Chelsey Sveinsson of Greenhill School (Addison, Texas) blew the field away, opening up a huge lead early and never looking back. She clocked 4:46.85, good for #5 all-time at Penn. (Sveinsson’s own 4:43.51, which she ran for third place last year, is the #4 time.) That’s the fastest time by a high school girl this [...]
Archive for the 'Thursday Events' Category
High School Girls Mile Run
April 23, 2009Thursday’s Attendance: 24,315
April 23, 2009Despite the cool, windy conditions, the fans came out for a great day of racing at Franklin Field. Thursday’s attendance was 24,315. That’s the fifth biggest crowd for a Thursday at Penn, and the best since 2006.
The record for a Thursday, by the way, is 25,189 in 2005.
High School Girls DMR Championship
April 23, 2009Our first high school relay championship on the track is the girls’ DMR. The record, 11:40 by Vere Tech of Jamaica, is from 1992.
At the first exchange, we have two teams – Monroe-Woodbury (NY) and Tatnall (DE), unofficially in 3:31.
Tatnall opens up a lead on the 400 with a 57.5 split.
Shenendehowa (NY) is making a [...]
College Women’s 4×400 Heats
April 23, 2009Next up are the college women’s 4×4 qualifying races.
Texas Christian held off Miami (FL) down the stretch to win the first heat, 3:39.25 to 3:40.15.
University of Technology of Jamaica goes 3:34.99 to win the second heat over Texas A&M (3:36.19).
LSU cruises to an easy win in heat 3 (3:40.18).
Heat 4 goes to Villanova (3:46.53).
Cornell won [...]
Women’s College Pole Vault: LSU’s Laurent Sets Record
April 23, 2009Louisiana State freshman Rachel Laurent set a Penn Relays record in the college women’s pole vault, clearing 13 feet, 10-1/2 inches (4.23 meters). The previous record was 13-10 (4.22), set by Kansas’ Amy Linnen in 2005.
Laurent is the 2008 USATF Junior champion in the event and finished fifth at the NCAA Indoor championships in March. [...]
College Women’s Distance Medley Championship
April 23, 2009Duke gave it an early challenge, leading at the first exchange, but after that Tennessee took control and had it in the bag. Georgetown’s Maggie Infeld made it interesting, nearly catching Sarah Bowman in the final 200 meters, but the Lady Vols prevailed, 11:02.11 to 11:02.85.
Full results can be found here.
High School Girls 4×400 Heats
April 23, 2009For the next 4 hours leading up to our first college championship, we have high school 4×400’s. As the times drift under 4:00 and the 3:55, we’ll post them here.
Update at 3:15 . . . we’ve had 20 heats, but none under 4:00 yet . . . . faster times are ahead. The temps are [...]
College Women’s 4×100
April 23, 2009With the high school girls 4×100 finally complete – we move to the college events.
LSU, our defending champion, wins the first heat in 44.66, with Texas Christian in 2nd, 45.29.
Texas A&M, which has the fastest time in the country, wins the 2nd heat in 43.80, with South Carolina 2nd in 45.27.
Auburn doesn’t disappoint in heat [...]
High School Girls 4×100 heats
April 23, 2009And we’re off for the next 2 hours with high school girls 4×100 qualifying races. Edwin Allen (JAM) wins first heat in 47.00. They won the last two Penn titles, both sub-45.00. That’s how you know it’s cold!
Deep Creek of Chesapeake, VA, and Camperdown of Jamaica came in sub-49 to win the next two heats, [...]
High School Girls 4×800 Trials
April 23, 2009Our first relay of the day, as always, is the HS girls 4×800. We will have four heats – two for small schools and two for large schools. The top times will go to tomorrow’s final.
Heat 1 – Kimberly Brown of Manchester JA has opened up a lead after one leg in about 2:19. At [...]
