The Penn Relays

With the conclusion of our two final events, the ECAC and IC4A college 4×400 heats, we have reached the end of our 115th Penn Relay Carnival.  We’ve had great weather, great spectators, and great international internet viewers like yourself.  On behalf of Carnival Director Dave Johnson, we appreciate you visiting our meet blog, and we [...]

The 2009 Penn Relays are in the books. We’ll see you next year for the 116th edition: April 22, 23, 24, 2010!

Sarah Bowman of the University of Tennessee was named the college women’s athlete of the meet for relay events. Bowman ran on three victorious relays for the Lady Vols, anchoring the distance medley and the 4×1500, and running the third leg on the 4×800. Her 1500 split of 4:10.2 is the second fastest ever at [...]

Friday was a big day for the Relays. In addition to a big crowd at Franklin Field, we had nearly 800,000 visitors to this blog and thepennrelays.com. Fans logged in from all 50 states (& DC) plus 86 coutries, including Qatar, Djibouti and the Isle of Man.
Speaking of this blog, if you’r wondering about today’s [...]

If this fine blog isn’t enough for you, don’t forget that you can follow the action on Twitter, with news, results and start lists: twitter.com/thepennrelays.
And the meet will be televised live on ESPN2 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm Eastern today. To find ESPN2 in your area, click here.
You can also vote for your best relays [...]

As we begin four hours of high school boys’ 4×400-meter races, this is a good time to answer our most frequently asked question — how do all those results get online so fast?
We will spare you all the prep work and explain it from the moment that the relay team begins its procession to the [...]

On Thursday, between this blog and the results, we experienced about 600,000 visits, representing every state and 70 foreign countries. Our friends from Jamaica were particularly interested in the goings on, as the average web visitor from that Carribean nation took in an average of 22 page views with each visit.
We hope Friday will yield [...]

As many of you in the viewing public already know, the University of Pennsylvania is embarking on a mammoth project to upgrade the athletic facilities.  One of these new buildings is a weight room directly underneath the north set of stands.  As a result, because the all of the vendors have been moved to the [...]