Our collegiate athletes of the meet for individual events are Rachel Laurent of LSU and Jeremy Hicks, also of LSU.
Laurent set a meet record with a 13-10 1/2 pole vault clearance, and Hicks won the long jump in 26-3 on his last jump. Hicks’ mark was #7 All-Time.
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College Athletes of the Meet for Individual Events
April 25, 2009Straightaway Finals
April 25, 2009College women’s 100-meter hurdles: Seun Adigun (Houston) wins in 12.98. Wind is 0.0, so it’s legal. Results.
Olympic Development women’s 100-meter hurdles: Nickiesha Wilson goes 12.95 for the victory. Results.
College men’s 110-meter hurdles: Jason Richardson of South Carolina wins 13.56, just 0.02 ahead of Ronnie Ash of Bethune Cookman. Results.
Olympic Development men’s 110-meter hurdles: Jacoby Dubose [...]
High School Boys 400 Hurdles
April 25, 2009Much nicer weather this morning, 56 degrees at 8:50 am, when our first running event, the high school boys 400H, goes off.
Jordan Rispress of Hilliard, Ohio, wins the first heat in 51.89, the eighth best time ever at the Relays.
Results can be found here.
High School Individual Distance
April 24, 2009We have two individual events tonight before out high school girls 4×400 championship, the mile and the 3000m.
Jeremy Rae of Lakeshore (Ontario Canada) has opened up a very large lead at one lap, with an approximate half-mile split of 2:04. At three laps, Rae still leads, but the field is definitely stalking the leader.
Rae wins [...]
Qualifier Alert: College 100, 100H, 110H
April 24, 2009The qualifiers for the college women’s 100-meter hurdles final are here. The race is scheduled for 2:55 pm Saturday.
The qualifiers for the college men’s 110-meter hurdles final are here. The race is scheduled for 3:05 pm Saturday.
The qualifiers for the college women’s 100-meter dash final are here. The race is scheduled for 3:20 pm Saturday.
The [...]
College 100, 110/100H Heats
April 24, 2009Follow the results of the college men’s and women’s straightaway heats via our Twitter feed: Twitter.com/thepennrelays
High School Girls Individual MVP
April 24, 2009Not surprisingly, Nikita Tracey from Edwin Allen (JA) is our High School Girls Athlete of the Meet for Individual Events. Ms. Tracey won the intermediate hurdles in 57.44, which was the 2nd fastest ever run at Penn. She also ran a faster time than the college champion. Congrats Nikita Tracey !
College Men’s 400 Hurdles
April 24, 2009Another cool morning (52 degrees), but the wind has calmed down.
First heat — and overall championship — goes to William Wynne of Florida in 50.02. Not bad for 8:50 on a Friday morning!
Results are here.
Distance Night Races
April 23, 2009College Men’s Steeplechase: Scott Macpherson of Arkansas made a big move off the penultimate water jump and won in 8:44.64. Results.
Olympic Development Men’s Steeplechase: Eric Ashe jumped Luke Watson at the bell and nearly stole the race, but Watson had another gear and moved back into the front in the final 10 meters, for a [...]
High School Girls Mile Run
April 23, 2009Chelsey 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 [...]
