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 [...]
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. [...]
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. • [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
College Women’s DMR
Our first college championship, a highly anticipated event, is the rematch of the NCAA Championship between Tennessee and Oregon in the College Women’s DMR . . . . a great race where Tennessee won again.
Thursday Field Event Highlights
It’s been a busy day for jumpers and throwers. Here are some of the championship-division winners: College Women • Shara Proctor (Florida) won the long jump with a wind-aided leap 21 feet, 2 1/2 inches (6.46 meters). She also had a legal jump of 21-0 1/2 (6.41), the 10th best ever at the Relays. Results. [...]
College Women 4×100 Heats
The high school girls are done, now it’s the college women’s turn. The first four heats set up what should be a nice battle in Friday’s championship. Texas A&M (43.13) won the first race, Auburn (44.12) took the second, LSU (43.25) the third and UTech (44.04) the fourth. And in the fifth heat, Florida State [...]
And We’re Off…
The 116th Penn Relays are underway. The first event, the college women’s 400-meter hurdles, went off ahead of its 10:00am start time. With the sun shining and the temperature at 58 degrees, Tameka Jameson of Miami (Florida) ripped a 57.57 in Heat 3 to win the event. Landria Buckley of Howard was second in 59.03, [...]
CW Individual Events: Relays stage is set for hurdler Queen Harrison
Queen Quedith Harrison has been on a tear lately. This week she’ll bring her show to the Penn Relays, where she is scheduled to run the college women’s 100-meter hurdles as well as a leg on her Virginia Tech team’s shuttle hurdle relay. Harrison is the current world leader in both hurdle events, the 100 [...]
CM Individual Events: Henning, McCullough meet again in the hammer
Walter Henning of LSU returns to this year’s Penn Relays to defend his championship in the men’s hammer throw. A year ago he won his first Relays championship, throwing 225-6. This year, he renews acquaintance with an old friend, young Conor McCullough, now a freshman hammer thrower at Princeton University. Henning, two years older, is [...]
CM Sprint Relays: It’s Gators versus Aggies
The powerhouse sprint squads at Florida and Texas A&M will square off at this year’s Penn Relays, with LSU and Florida State ready in the wings should anyone slip up. A&M won the NCAA Indoor 4×4 last month, in 3:04.40, and would seem to be the favorite in that event – except that Florida ran [...]
CW Sprint Relays: A&M, LSU and UTech are challenged by pesky Ducks
The three schools that have dominated the women’s sprint relays this decade return for 2010 – LSU, Texas A&M and South Carolina. They will be joined by a host of talented challengers – Auburn, Texas, Clemson, Arkansas, Miami, Florida State, Penn State, UTech – and one surprising newcomer to the Relays, the Oregon Ducks.
CM Distance Races: Invasion of the Ducks
For a team that’s never won a race at the 115-year-old Penn Relays, the Oregon Ducks are getting a lot of attention this year. On the men’s side, they have entered the three distance relay races – the 4×800, distance medley relay and 4xmile. They have the horses to contend in all three. Although they [...]
CW Distance Races: Tennessee loses Bowman but not its step
Sarah Bowman ran on three championship distance relay teams for Tennessee at last year’s Penn Relays, was named Outstanding Competitor, then graduated a month later. Yet Coach J.J. Clark’s Volunteers are back with a powerhouse women’s group this season and again are the team to beat. That’s in part because they have Phoebe Wright, Kimarra [...]
2009 College Athlete of the Meet for Relays
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.