This is it, the last two races of the day.
In the ECAC event Morgan State takes first in 3:42.34. Results are posted here.
Cornell holds off a pack of late challengers to win the IC4A race in 3:11.66. Results are here.
Archive for the '4x400' Category
ECAC and IC4A 4×400s
April 26, 2008College Men’s 4×400 Championship
April 26, 2008Our final championship is the College Men’s 4×400. The entered teams are Auburn, Michigan, LSU, TCU, St. Augustine’s, Florida, Mississippi State, and Texas A&M.
First, like for the women, we have a consolation heat with a number of fine entrants. Despite a very shaky final handoff (which probably cost them 1-2 seconds), South Carolina [...]
College Women’s 4×400 Championship
April 26, 2008If LSU wins this race, they will break the Carnival record for most wins by a women’s college team in a single meet. The Tigers already have four victories: 4×100, shuttle hurdles, sprint medley and 4×800.
But first, the consolation final. Texas Christian had the lead most of the way, lost it to Auburn, then came [...]
High School Boys 4×400 Championship
April 26, 2008After the two Philadelphia Area heats, we have perhaps the acoustic climax of the meet, the always raucous High School Boys 4×400. Last year, as Long Beach Poly (CA) broke 3:10 while holding off St. Jago of Jamaica, the stadium literally started to shake. We have a number of excellent teams for the [...]
Philadelphia Area H.S. 4×400
April 26, 2008First up, the boys. Engineering & Science wins in 3:22.24, with North Penn second in 3:22.40. Results are posted here.
In the girls race Chester and West Catholic turned it into a two-team race, with Chester coming out ahead, 3:53.31—3:54.49. Results here.
USA vs. The World: Men’s 4×400
April 26, 2008Following the women, we’ll have the men on the track in the 4×400. This will be Penn’s first view of Jeremy Wariner, anchoring the top US team.
The US has two excellent teams. The USA Blue team has LaShawn Merritt, Wallace Spearmon, Darold Williamson, and Jeremy Wariner. However, the USA Red team is [...]
USA vs. The World: Women’s 4×400
April 26, 2008Running for the USA Blue: Mary Wineberg, Allyson Felix, Natasha Hastings, Sanya Richards. That’s three-quarters of the team that won gold at the 2007 world championships. (Hastings didn’t run the final; DeeDee Trotter did.)
Wineberg hands off to Felix in first with Jamaica trailing.
Felix’ long, long strides blew the lead up to 30 meters at the [...]
HSB 4×400m Qualifiers
April 26, 2008Qualifiers to the High School Boys’ 4×400m Championship of America
Event 253, Saturday, 5:30 pm
Ln Bib School
2 H Camperdown (JA)
3 G Jack Hayward (BA)
4 F Wolmer’s Boys’ (JA)
5 E Long Beach Poly (CA)
6 A St. Jago (JA)
7 B Holmwood Tech (JA)
8 C Meade (MD)
9 D Bethel (VA)
Qualifiers to the High School Boys’ 4×400m Philadelphia Area
Event 251, Saturday, 5:20 pm
Pos Bib School
1 A Winslow (NJ)
2 B Engineering & Science (PA)
3 C Simon Gratz (PA)
4 D Abington (PA)
5 E Father Judge (PA)
6 F Central Bucks South [...]
High School Boys 4×400
April 26, 2008Here we go, the High School Boys 4×400. We’ll be running these races for 4 hours !
The first heat was won by Smyrna (DE) in 3:38.24 at 9:05 AM.
As we start to see fast times, we’ll post them here. Typically, a time around 3:15 or faster will get you in the finals this [...]
H.S. Girls 4×400 Championship
April 25, 2008This is the deepest field in Relays history, with seven teams running sub-3:40 in Thursday’s heats!
Boys & Girls of Brooklyn takes the early lead by a big margin. Eleanor Roosevelt of Maryland closed well but the lead is still 20 meters after two legs. At the final exchange Eleanor Roosevelt had just edged into the [...]
