The 4×800 is our first relay following the individual finals, and first of our final set of relay events.
Columbia is the defending champion, a sentence that has not been used since 1939 (it was quite an upset last year). The 4×800, as the last of the three “distance” relays, usually is very exciting especially [...]
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College Men’s 4×800 Championship
April 26, 2008High School Boys 4×800 Championship
April 26, 2008Our next high school championship is the 4×800. Our top 5 qualifying teams are Hillsborough (NJ), Washington Township (NJ), Manchester (Jamaica), Albermarle (VA), and Kellenberg Memorial (NY). Hillsborough’s top seed time is 7:47.
Unofficially at the first handoff, its Jamaica College in 1:57.4. Many teams are in the mix at this point.
2nd Exchange, [...]
College Women’s 4×800 Championship
April 26, 2008Michigan isn’t running, so Tennessee will try to move up to the top spot after two runner-up finishes already this week. Tennessee is going for its sixth Penn title in this race.
After two legs the Lady Vols are in the lead, with Georgetown and LSU close behind. Boston College quickly joins the leaders.
Going into the [...]
High School Girls 4×800 Championship
April 25, 2008Our first relay championship of the day, the 4×800 relay for girls. The fastest qualifying time is 9:01 by Manchester of Jamaica, although we expect the winning time to eclipse 9:00.
1st exchange - Holmwood Tech (Jamaica), Edwin Allen (Jamaica), Eleanor Roosevelt (MD)
Eleanor Roosevelt, the defending champion, has moved into second behind Edwin Allen at [...]
Leading Splits — HSB 4×800
April 25, 2008Leading Splits from Events 84-87 (HSB 4×800 heats)
Runner School Split Heat/Sect.
Jason Walton Hillsborough (4) 1:51.8 87
Theon O’Connor Campion (2) 1:52.1 84
Tom Troxell Cedar Crest (4) 1:54.1 87
Max Bruno Indian Hills (4) 154.1 84
Nick Crits [...]
HSB 4×800 Qualifiers
April 25, 2008Qualifiers to the High School Boys’ 4×800m Championship of America
Event #237, Saturday, 3:30 pm
Pos Bib School
1 A Hillsborough (NJ)
2 B Washington Township (NJ)
3 C Manchester (JA)
4 D Albemarle (VA)
5 E Kellenberg Memorial (NY)
6 F Calabar (JA)
7 G North Penn (PA)
8 H Jamaica College (JA)
9 I Colonie Central (NY)
10 J Jackson Memorial (NJ)
11 K Monsignor Farrell (NY)
12 L Fordham Prep (NY)
Splits on all of these qualifiers are available on the results website under each event (84 through 87).
High School Boys 4×800
April 25, 2008Our first relay of the day is the high school 4×800, run in 4 heats. Last year, due to the rain, 8:01 was the required time to make the 12 team final. In 2004, when the weather was very good during the trial heats, a 7:55 was required. Multiple entrants have run under [...]
HSG 4×800 heats: splits
April 24, 2008Here are the splits from the top teams in Events 5 though 8, High School Girls 4×800 (click on the event number for full results).
Event 5 – Small Schools
1. Manchester (Manchester, Jamaica) 9:01.61
Kimberly Brown 2:19.7, Niesha Morgan 2:14.6, Sharlene Brown 2:16.4, Natoya Goule 2:11.0
2. Haddonfield Memorial (Haddonfield, NJ) 9:12.66
Marielle Hall 2:15.5, Greta Feldman 2:14.7, Mia [...]
HSG 4×800 Qualifiers
April 24, 2008Qualifiers to the High School Girls’ 4×800m Championship of America
Event #113, Friday, 12:45 pm
1 A Manchester (JA)
2 B Holmwood Tech (JA)
3 C Lincoln-Sudbury (MA)
4 D Edwin Allen (JA)
5 E Eleanor Roosevelt (MD)
6 F Westfield (VA)
7 G Benjamin Cardozo (NY)
8 H Gwynedd Mercy (PA)
9 I Boys & Girls (NY)
10 J Haddonfield Memorial (NJ)
11 K Voorhees (NJ)
12 L Council Rock North (PA)
High School Girls 4×800
April 24, 2008Our first relay of the 114th Penn Relays is the High School Girls 4×800. We will have 4 heats, two for larger schools, and two for smaller schools. Finals will be run tomorrow.
We’ll post the top times as the heats are run.
Heat 1: Manchester (JA), 9:01.61 - Haddonfield (NJ), 9:12.66 - Voorhees (NJ), [...]
