College 100, 110/100H Heats
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High School Girls Individual MVP
Not surprisingly, from Edwin Allen (JA) is our 2009 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
Another 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
College 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 [...]
High School Girls Mile Run
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 [...]
High School 400 Hurdles
We have a very strong field today in the high school hurdles, including the US leader and the Jamaican leader. Nikita Tracey of Edwin Allen (Jamaica) has won in 57.44 – she was the Jamaican national HS champion earlier this year. For the cold weather, that is an excellent time — equaling the No. 2 [...]
Straightaway Finals
Event 241 College women’s 100-meter hurdles: Nickeisha Wilson of LSU wins in 13.03 with Georgia Tech’s Shantia Moss second in 13.17. Results here. Event 242 Olympic Development women’s 100-meter hurdles: Candice Davis wins by more than half a second in 12.92. Results here. Event 243 College men’s 110-meter hurdles: Jason Richardson of South Carolina wins [...]
Olympic Development Men's Mile
They’re not in a hurry. Pat Tarpey leads at the quarter in 62.2, with Penn grad Sam Burley second. Tarpey still leads at 880 in 2:03.3, with Alex Bean second. Those two start to pull away from the field on the backstretch. Tarpey continues to lead at the bell in 3:04.4. Villanova alum Jason Jabaut [...]
Olympic Development Women's Mile
Joan Bohlke takes the early lead through a slow pace. Brie Felnagle (bib 4 at right) of the University of North Carolina is stalking in the pack. Felnagle was last year’s runner-up in this event. Anne Shadle took the lead with 500 meters to go, with Felnagle on her shoulder. Felnagle took the lead on [...]
Men's Olympic Development 400 Hurdles
Heat 1: Brandon Hon (unat.) 50.72, 2. Fred Sharpe (unat.) 50.93 Heat 2: Kevin Semanick (Shore AC/National) 53.04 Full results are posted here.
H.S. Boys Mile and 3000
Mile Corey Leslie (Perkins, OH) wins in 4:12.76 after a very slow first half. Leslie (wearing bib 5 in the photos) holds off a fast-charging Robby Andrews (Manalapan, NJ) at the line (4:12.82). Full results are posted here. 3000 meters Matt Dennin (Boyertown, PA) pulled away from Solomon Haile (Sherwood, MD) on the last lap [...]
CW Dash/Hurdles Qualifiers
Qualifiers to the College Women’s 100m Dash Final Event #246, Saturday, 4:30 pm Ln Bib Name School 1 9 Gabby Glenn South Carolina 2 7 Virgil Hodge Texas Christian 3 5 Trisha-Ann Hawthorne Connecticut 4 3 Kenyanna Wilson Louisiana State 5 1 ShellyAnn Fraser UTech 6 2 Alexanderia Anderson Texas 7 4 Allison George Texas [...]
CM Dash/Hurdles Qualifiers
Qualifiers to the College Men’s 100m Dash Final Event #248, Saturday, 4:40 pm Ln Bib Name School 1 9 Dominque Stafford Texas A&M 2 7 Shannon Davis Easterm Kentucky 3 5 Teddy Williams Texas-San Antonio 4 3 Adam Harris Michigan 5 1 Gerald Phiri Texas A&M 6 2 Gabriel Mvumvure Louisiana State 7 4 Dennis [...]
College High Hurdles Heats
Men’s 110 Hurdles Heat 1: Jason Richardson (South Carolina) 13.64, 2. Drew Brunson (Florida State) 13.95 Heat 2: Ryan Fontenot (LSU) 13.85, 2. Ty Akins (Auburn) 13.87 Heat 3: Dennis Martin (Florida) 13.95 Full results are posted here. Women’s 100 Hurdles Heat 1: Jessica Ohanaja (LSU) 13.21, 2. Lindsey Adams (Texas A&M) 13.33 Heat 2: [...]
College 100 Heats
Men Heat 1: Adam Harris (Michigan) 10.59 Heat 2: Gerald Phiri (Texas A&M) 10.39 Heat 3: Gabriel Mvumvure (LSU) 10.51 Full results are posted here. Women Heat 1: Alexandria Anderson (Texas) 11.45 Heat 2: Keyanna Wilson (LSU) 11.69 Heat 3: ShellyAnn Fraser (UTech/Jamaica) 11.39 Full results are posted here.
Masters 100 Dash
We have a series of Masters 100 meter dashes on the north straightaway concurrently with the shuttle hurdles on the south straightaway. Masters 40+: John Simpson, 11.31 followed by Tim McCrossin, 11.41. Heat 2 was won by William Marshall in 11.69 Masters 45+: Lonnie Hooker, 11.25 followed by Chris Faulknor in 11.35 Masters 55+: Bill [...]
College Men's 400 Hurdles
Friday’s events began at 8:47 a.m. — 13 minutes ahead of schedule. The first event, the college men’s 400-meter hurdles, went to Yeison Rivas of Turabo (Puerto Rico) in 50.49 (out of heat 5), with Jason Richardson of South Carolina second in 50.54 (the winner of heat 3). Full results are here. “I was trying [...]
Thursday Night Distance Races
Liz Costello of Princeton won the college women’s 3000-meter run championship in 9:35.01. The 5000 championship went to Costello’s freshman teammate, Ashley Higginson, in 16:22.56. Lindsay Donaldson of Yale (16:24.01) was second. Higginson won the Relays high school girls 3000 the past two years. In the women’s Olympic Development 5K, Maria-Elana Calle withstood a last-lap [...]
Women's Steeplechase
The Olympic Development and college championship races are being run simultaneously. With three laps to go, Addie Bracy (unattached) and Linsday Sundell (Florida) are sharing the lead, with Princeton’s Megan Brandeland close behind. At the bell, Bracy leads with Brandeland in second and Sundell third. But Sundell came roaring back to win in 10:18.51. Bracy [...]
Men's Steeplechase, College and OD
Daniel Maina of Abilene Christian (8:40.46) pulled away from Peter Kosgei of Hamilton College (8:43.78) to win the men’s steeple. Said Maina: “I had it planned to kick with one lap to go but the leading guys slowed too much, they started to settle down so I went with 2 laps to go.” Anthony Famigletti [...]
A new "old" record (1500)
We had an interesting situation in the High School Girls Mile; we posted a camera at the 1500 mark which recorded some very fast times. Stephanie Morgan (Barnesville OH) – 4:22.99 Emily Infeld (Beaumont OH) – 4:23.72 Chelsey Sveinsson (Greenhill TX) – 4:23.72 These are the fastest 1500 times in Penn Relays history, an event [...]
High School Girls Mile & 3000
A new meet record in the girls mile ! Stephanie Morgan from Barnesville Ohio has just run a 4:41.22, followed by Emily Infeld from Beaumont Ohio in 4:43.31. Morgan breaks the old record by Ari Lambie (4:42.21). Morgan’s time is a US leader. We have the 3000 on the track. With 2 to go, with [...]
Field Events Are Underway
There’s lots of action inside the track and at the lower fields with the jumpers and throwers. Our first championship result of the day: Purdue’s Leah Kincaid won the college women’s long jump at 20′ 9-1/4″ (6.33 meters). Full results here. Candis Kelly of Texas Christian wins the college women’s shot put championship at 51′ [...]
First races of the day: 400 hurdles
The first winner of the 2008 Penn Relays is Michelle Loyd of Wake Forest, who took the college women’s 400-meter hurdles in 58.95. A few minutes later, Ryann Krais of Methacton High School (in nearby Norristown, PA) won the girls race in 59.62. Loyd (above right), seventh at last week’s ACC Championships, seemed surprised to [...]