Our college athlete of the meet for relays is Matthew Gibney of Villanova with his excellent come-from-behind victory in the DMR, splitting 3:58.4.
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College Athlete of the Meet for Relays
April 25, 2009College Men’s 4×400 Championship
April 25, 2009Another wire-to-wire victory. Florida State blasts out early and holds off a late charge from St. Augustine’s for a 3:01.54 to 3:02.10. Those are the 3rd and =6th best times in Penn history. Results.
High School Boys Athlete of the Meet for Relays
April 25, 2009Not 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 . . [...]
College Women’s 4×400 Championship
April 25, 2009Event #256, the College Women’s Championship. We have had a number of fast times today, and the college women should not disappoint (although there is a breeze here at Franklin Field now).
The leading qualifier was UTech from Jamaica in 3:34, but Texas A&M and Florida State are right on their heels with 3:36 and 3:37.
At [...]
College 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 [...]
College Athletes of the Meet for Individual Events
April 25, 2009Our 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.
Straightaway 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 [...]
College Men’s 4×200 Championship
April 25, 2009South Carolina gets a good start, but Texas A&M takes over and blasts a 1:20.32 winning time, the sixth best ever at Penn. Runner-up Florida (1:21.52) was more than a second behind. Results.
The IC4A race goes to Hampton in 1:23.55. Results.
College 4×200 Women’s Championship
April 25, 2009We move to the 4×200 . . . .
Porscha Lucas runs an excellent anchor leg to win in 1:30.28 for Texas A&M – the 2nd fastest ever and the 2nd win an a row.
Distance Sweep History
April 25, 2009Tennessee, by virtue of winning the DMR, 4×1500, and 4×800, has completed the trifecta distance sweep.
They are the third school to accomplish this – Villanova during their heyday actually scored a trifecta four times (1989, 1990, 1995, 1997), and the Shalane Flanagan led UNC Tar Heels won all three in 2003.
Certainly Tennessee’s sweep, where they [...]
