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. • [...]
High School Girls 4×100 Championship
Holmwood Tech won in 45.41, well clear of second place, fellow Jamaican school Herbert Morrison (45.81). Five of the eight finalists were from Jamaica. Jamaican teams have now won this event seven straight years and 13 of the past 14. Noted Jamaican radio personality Ed Barnes called the race, much to the delight of the [...]
High School Girls 4×800 Championship
Holmwood Tech of Jamaica put on a dominating performance, winning this event for an event-record eighth time. Their time of 8:42.49 is the third fastest ever at the Relays. Edwin Allen, also of Jamaica was second in 8:47.73. Holmwood, Randolph (NJ), Edwin Allen and Columbia (NJ) were ahead of the pack at the first exchange. [...]
High School Girls Individual Athlete of the Meet
With our high school girls’ individual events complete, the Penn Relays has selected Akela Jones of Springer Memorial High School (St. Michael, Barbados) as the high school girls individual athlete of the meet. Ms. Jones won the girls high jump in a height of 5’11 1/4″ / 1.81m. This performance, in the over 30 years [...]
HSB 4×100 Trials
We’re in the middle of our 4×100 High School Boys trials, which are from 10:40-12:30. There are approximately 70 heats or so, maybe a few more. A ranked list can be found here.
HSB 4×800 Is Complete
We have completed the high school boys 4×800, with Long Beach Poly (CA) running a sizzling 7:43. You can view the ranked list here.
High School Girls Distance Races
Angel Piccirillo (Homer Center, PA) and Emily Lipari (Roslyn Heights, NY) won the HSG Mile and 3K respectively. Lipari’s time of 9:34 moved her into the Top 10.
High School Girls DMR
Blacksburg (VA) smashed the Penn Relays record in the girls DMR with a spectacular 11:38.69 clocking. That erases the 11:40.51 run by Vere Tech (Jamaica) all the way back in 1992 and is the ninth fastest time ever by an U.S. high school team. Joanna Stevens (4:48.43) ran the decisive anchor leg for Blacksburg, coming [...]
Philadelphia Public Championship 4×400
To finish our afternoon session of 4×400′s, we have the traditional Philadelphia Public school heat. The winner this year was Swenson High in 3:59. William Penn of Philadelphia has won the HSG Championship many times.
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. [...]
High School Girls 4×400 Heats
The high school girls’ 4×400 heats went off 5 minutes ahead of schedule. The ranked list of results can be found here. We’ll check back with top times later. UPDATE (4:04pm): Nine teams just broke 4:00 in Heat 44, led by Benjamin Cardozo (Oakland Gardens, NY) in 3:41.62. UPDATE (4:58pm): Columbia of Maplewood NJ ran [...]
High School Girls 4×100 Heats
We are in the midst of two hours of heats of the high school girls’ 4×100-meter relay. This is where the Penn Relays really shows off its efficiency. Races go off like clockwork, and the athletes are carefully shuffled from check in to paddock to the track. It’s a wonder to watch. You can track [...]
High School Girls 4×800 Heats
The four sections of the high school girls’ 4×800 are over and Jamaica’s Edwin Allen flirted with running sub-nine, before settling in at 9:01. Official qualifiers are here. Magnifcat of Ohio was the final qualifier with a 9:17. Many of these teams have run under nine minutes, including Edwin Allen. Kim Mackay of Kellenberg Memorial [...]
HS Individual Events – Wars at 3K: Campbell-Hatz-Hurysz in boys, Sveinsson-Lipari-Cuffe in girls
The high school 3,000-meter runs promise to be great duels at Penn Relays this year, for both boys and girls. In the boys’ race, two U.S.-leading American runners, Alex Hatz of New York and Jake Hurysz of North Carolina, will face Kemoy Campbell of Jamaica, the winner of numerous titles at the Jamaican Champs at [...]
HSB Relays: Serra, Poly, Rio Mesa coming from California
The best three boys’ teams in the state of California — Long Beach Poly, Rio Mesa of Oxnard and Junipero Serra of Gardena — will be competing in the high school relays at Penn this year. They promise to be a factor in all of the races they enter. In the 4×1 and 4×4 they [...]
HSG Relays: Manchester, Holmwood Tech lead Jamaican girls; Saratoga Springs faces Blacksburg in DMR
Manchester – winner of one Penn Relays title – and Holmwood Tech, winner of 13, lead another strong group of Jamaican girls’ teams at this year’s Relays.
High School Distance Relays Set
As of Sunday, the complete field for the high school portion of the Penn Relays has been completed and the latest events, the 4×800-meter and distance medley relays for both boys and girls, are online (click here). Actually, the schedule for the entire Carnival is nearly complete and it should be online tonight. The countdown [...]
High School Boys 4×400 Championship
As an appetizer, we’ve got the Philadelphia Area race. Abington win in 3:18.54, with Chester second in 3:19.18. Results. Next up is the Championship of America, featuring five teams from Jamaica and one each from Pennsylvania, Virginia and California. St. Jago went wire-to-wire, holding off several challenges, to win in 3:12.55. Results.
High School Boys 4×800 Championship
Bellefield Comprehensive of Jamaica opened up an early lead, but by the second exchange Zach Vrohvac had put Albemarle in front. Sean Pohorence of Morris Hills moved into the lead for the last handoff. Jamaica College’s Waquar Decosta briefly caught the two leaders, but was left behind with 200 to go. Anthony Kostelac showed some [...]
2009 High School 4×100 Championship
The highly anticipated high school championship will feature a number of great teams. This year, we have only Altoona Area from Pennsylvania, and 8 high schools from our Caribbean friends. Altoona Area (PA), William Knibb (JAM), Kingston College (JAM), St. George’s (JAM), Calabar (JAM), Herbert Morrison (JAM), Wolmer’s Boys (JAM), and Munro College (JAM). and [...]
Nick Vena Wins Boys Individual Athlete of the Meet
Nick Vena (Morristown, NJ) has been named the 2009 high school boys athlete of the meet for individual events. Vena won the shot put (for the second year in a row) with a throw of 72 feet, 2-1/2 inches (22.01 meters), breaking the Relays record by nearly five feet and becoming the first sophomore to [...]
High School Boys 4×400 Heats
OK, here we go: For the next four hours we’ve got heats of the high school boys 4×400. We’ll keep you posted on the top times. You can find the running ranked list here. It took 25 sections, but we have our first sub-3:20 of the day, Fordham Prep at 3:18.68. And now the Jamaican [...]
High School Boys 400 Hurdles
Much 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 Girls 4×400 Championship
After two straight victories by Eleanor Roosevelt of Maryland, we have a new champion. Holmwood Tech and Manchester dueled the whole way, but they forgot about Edwin Allen, whose anchor, Ristanna Tracey came on strong and passed her fellow Jamaicans less than 50 meters from the line for a 3:41.25 victory. Edwin Allen wins the [...]