Goodnight . . . . The Hall
Thanks for visiting our blog during this 3 day meet. We had record attendance, record enthusiasm, and some great races. I hope that you enjoyed our coverage, combined with the live feed from flotrack. If you are in the area next year, we would love to see you at historic Franklin Field in person. I [...]
College Men’s 4×400 Championship
After dropping the baton at the final exchange, Texas A&M’s Tabarie Henry made a valiant effort to close the gap, splitting 46.06 and and nearly pulling off an epic comeback. Alas, he ran out of track and Mississippi State held on for the win, 3:04.92–3:05.04.
Results can be found here.
College Women’s 4×400 Championship
UTech wins for the second year in a row, with a 3:31.54–3:32.34 victory over Oregon. Stephenie McPherson’s 51.06 anchor leg was decisive.
Texas A&M (3:32.86) and Penn State (3:33.06) were third and fourth. Fawn Dorr ran a fantastic third leg in 52.05 for Penn State to give the Nittany Lions the lead at the final exchange.
Full [...]
College Men’s 4×800 Championship
Virginia wins its first Penn Relays men’s Championship of America since 1943 with a 7:15.38 clocking.
On the opening leg, Owen Dawson handed off first for Penn State with everyone still in contention.
Casimir Loxsom kept the Nittany Lions in the lead on the second leg, thanks to the day’s fastest split, 1:46.58. Lance Roller moved Virginia [...]
Saturday Field Event Highlights
It’s been another busy day for jumpers and throwers. Here are the championship-division winners:
Olympic Development Men
• Jacob Freeman (NYAC) won the hammer throw with a 229′ 11″ (70.08) toss. That’s his second straight win in the event, and he also won the college division twice (2001, 2002) for Manhattan College. Results.
Olympic Development Women
• Toni Smith [...]
Straightaway Finals
College Women’s 100-meter hurdles: Queen Harrison (Virginia Tech) takes the lead at the third hurdle and goes on to win in 12.61 a new Penn Relays record (wind: +1.1). Results.
Olympic Development women’s 100-meter hurdles: Former Michigan star Tiffany Ofili wins in 13.06 (wind: +0.3). Results.
College men’s 110-meter hurdles: Barrett Nugent (LSUO wins in 13.58 (wind: [...]
College Women’s Relay Athlete of the Meet
Gabby Mayo of Texas A&M is your 2010 college women’s athlete of the meet for relay events. Mayo ran on three winning relays teams for the Aggies, the 4×100 (43.09), the 4×200 (1:29.42) and the shuttle hurdles (52.50). The 4×2 and shuttle hurdle times established new collegiate records.
College 4×200 Championships
Our next set of championships is the college 4×200, always an interesting event because of the four (!) turn stagger.
On the women’s side, Texas A&M set a new collegiate record in 1:29.42 !
Tavaris Tate ran an excellent final 200 leg, just holding off Florida’s Calvin Smith on the men’s side in 1:21.49. Results here.
College Women’s 4×800 Championship
LSU’s Charlene Lipsey took it out hard and immediately set the stage for a great run. Tennessee’s Kimarra McDonald handed off in second, about five meters back.
On the second leg Tennessee’s Chanelle Price gradually closed down on LSU’s Kayann Thompson, but Thompson had a final burst to maintain the lead.
The third leg was the battle [...]
College Men’s 4×100 Championship
Texas A&M used excellent exchanges to destroy the field in 39.08, a full eight-tenths up on UTech (39.88). The Aggies won for the second straight year.
Results can be found here.
College Men’s 4xMile
Our first championship of this afternoon is the college men’s 4xMile. Certainly Oregon might be considered the favorite in this race. Many have felt that the 16:04 relays record, held by Michigan with Nick Willis, may be in jeopardy.
Oregon is running this race without Andrew Wheating, perhaps saving him for what appears to be an [...]
The LaTavia Thomas Show (College SMR)
Our next championship in this flurry is the set of Sprint Medleys (200m, 200m, 400m, 800m), with women followed by men.
The women’s race was won by LSU, anchored by LaTavia Thomas. This is the fourth year in a row that Thomas has anchored LSU’s winning sprint medley relay. No other female athlete in meet history [...]
College Mens 4×400 Trials
We have been running a series of 4×400 trials for the colleges . . . . ranked list can be found here.
College Men’s DMR: Ducks Win First Championship
The University of Oregon captured its first-ever Penn Relays Championship of America with a relatively easy 9:30.69 victory.
Oregon’s Matthew Centrowitz Jr. broke away from the pack on the final straightaway of the opening leg and took the lead at the first exchange. Oregon maintained its lead through Chad Barlow’s 400, with Penn State second. Texas’s [...]
Friday Field Event Highlights
The men and boys joined the field event action on Friday. Here are the championship-division winners:
College Men
• Stanley Gbagbeke of Middle Tennessee won the long jump at a wind-aided 25′ 11″ (7.90). His best legal jump was 25′ 8-1/4″ (7.83). NCAA Indoor champion Alain Bailey took second at 25′ 9-1/2″ (7.86). Results.
• Kemal Mesic of [...]
College Shuttle Hurdle Relays
In the college men’s shuttle hurdle relay, Clemson led wire-to-wire and won in 56.45. Nebraska anchor Tyler Hitchler came on strong at the end, but the Huskers (56.53) were runners-up for the second straight year. Results.
In the college women’s race, Virginia Tech got a big early lead but Texas A&M took the lead on the [...]
College Women’s 4×1500 Championship
Tennessee defended its title with a 17:14.91 victory over Villanova.
On the opening leg Oregon’s Nicole Blood went to the lead on the third lap, and handed off first with Chanelle Price of Tennesee closing fast, followed by Villanova, Wake Forest and Columbia.
On the second leg, Oregon’s Alex Kosinski maintained a 5-meter lead for the first [...]
College Women’s 4×100 Championship
Our second women’s championship is the 4×100 (approximately 5 minutes ahead of schedule !).
Anchored by Gabby Mayo, Texas A&M has defended their title in 43.09—which is No. 6 All-Time here at the Penn Relays—with LSU second in 43.30. A&M ran 43.10 last year; high marks for consistency.
Click here for full results.
College 4×100 Heats
We have a number of fast times in the college heats, including times under 40 seconds. A ranked list can be found by clicking here.
College Men’s 400 hurdles
Johnny Dutch of South Carolina has won the opening race of Friday’s schedule, the college intermediate hurdles. Full results can be found here.
CW Steeplechase
Sarah Pease of Indiana outlasts Claire Michel of Oregon, winning the College Women’s Steeplechase. Pease won the Drake Relays steeple last year – and now has a Penn Relays championship as well. Certainly a very interesting double !
Thursday Night Distance Races
Event 70: College men’s steeplechase: Donn Cabral of Princeton wins in 8:48.92. Results.
Event 72: Olympic Development men’s steeplechase: Steve Slattery ran wire to wire for an 8:41.15 victory. Results.
Events 73 & 74 (run concurrently): Olympic Development and college women’s steeplechase: Sarah Pease of Indiana was the overall winner in 10:16.51. College results. OD results.
Event 76: [...]
College Women’s 4×400 Qualifiers
The 4×400 qualifiers for the College Women’s Championship can be found by clicking here.
University of Technology, Jamaica, was the fastest seed with 3:32. We had a little bit of lightning delay but we’re back on track.
College Women’s 4×400 Heats
The women’s 4×400 heats are off. In the first heat, Jamaica’s UTech pulled away from Texas with 200 meters to go for a 3:32.81–3:33.54 victory.
In Heat 2, Texas A&M came from behind to win in 3:33.06, with Oregon (3:36.12) and early leader Virginia Tech (3:37.34) finishing second and third.
Arkansas (3:34.03) held off late charges from [...]