Not 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 . . [...]
Archive for the '4x800' Category
High School Boys Athlete of the Meet for Relays
April 25, 2009College 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 [...]
High School Boys 4×800 Championship
April 25, 2009Bellefield Comprehensive of Jamaica opened up an early lead, but by the second exchange Zach Vrohvac had put Albemarle in front. Sean Pohorence of Morris Hills moved into the lead for the last handoff. Jamaica College’s Waquar Decosta briefly caught the two leaders, but was left behind with 200 to go. Anthony Kostelac showed some [...]
College Women’s 4×800 Championship
April 25, 2009Quickly, we move to our next championship, the college women’s 4×800. Tennessee is looking for the big distance sweep of DMR, 4×1500, and 4×800. We saw Tennessee win the 4×1500 in a world best time yesterday.
At the first exchange, its Tennessee in 2:08.9, with Kim McDonald passing to Chanelle Price. University of Maryland-Eastern Shore is [...]
High School 4×800 Girls Championship
April 24, 2009Our first championship of the day, the High School Girls 4×800, is on the track. There are a number of Jamaican teams that have run very fast times in this race, even if the qualifying times from yesterday’s cold start do not reflect it.
Manchester (JA) leads after one exchange in 2:14, with Edwin Allen right [...]
High School Boys 4×800 Splits
April 24, 2009Our top splits of the day from the 4×800 this morning . . . this lists all of the boys under 1:56.
1 – T. Livingston, Great Neck South (NY) 1:53.4, 2 – L. Tansey, Morris Hills (NJ) 1:53.7, 3 – M. Gonzalez, Lawrenceville (NJ) 1:54.4, 4 – X. Fraction, Washington Township (NJ) 1:54.5, 5 – [...]
Qualifier Alert: High School Boys 4×800 Championship
April 24, 2009The qualifiers for the high school boys 4×800 championship are now posted here. Morris Hills HS (NJ) had the fastest time in this morning’s heats: 7:47.13.
The championship final is scheduled for 3:50 pm Saturday.
High School Boys 4×800 Heats
April 24, 2009Our first relay of the day is the high school boys 4×800.
We’ll have 4 heats, taking the Top 12 to the finals tomorrow.
Heat 1: 2nd exchange, Bellefield Comprehensive (JA) followed by Lawrenceville (NJ). Bellefield leads by about 40 meters. Great Neck South (NY) makes a great move to take the lead at the final exchange [...]
Qualifier Alert: HS Girls 4×800 Championship
April 23, 2009The qualifiers for Friday’s High School Girls 4×800 Championship are now available. Click here for the start list.
The race goes off at 1 pm Friday.
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 [...]
