Thanks For All Your Support!
The Penn Relays blog and results drew well over a million visits this year since Thursday and the visitors came from 118 countries! Thank much for seeking us out… And the final morning roundup: Texas’ Manzano anchors win three straight years (Philadelphia Inquirer) Wariner targets assault on Johnson’s world record (The Guardian) U.S. Relay Team [...]
College Women's Athlete of the Meet
LaTavia Thomas of LSU has been named the College Women’s Athlete of the Meet for relay events after anchoring the Tigers to victories in both the 4x800m and sprint medley relays. The West Catholic High grad also ran the third leg on LSU’s second-place 4x400m relay.
ECAC and IC4A 4x400s
This is it, the last two races of the day. In the ECAC event Morgan State takes first in 3:42.34. Results are posted here. Cornell holds off a pack of late challengers to win the IC4A race in 3:11.66. Results are here.
High School Boys' Athlete of the Meet
Alwayne Green of Manchester (Jam.) has been named as the High School Boys’ Athlete of the Meet in Relay Events after leading his team to victory in the 4x800m relay with a come-from-behind final carry. His 1:53.0 split capped Manchester’s time of 7:43.22.
College Men's 4×400 Championship
Our final championship is the College Men’s 4×400. The entered teams are Auburn, Michigan, LSU, TCU, St. Augustine’s, Florida, Mississippi State, and Texas A&M. First, like for the women, we have a consolation heat with a number of fine entrants. Despite a very shaky final handoff (which probably cost them 1-2 seconds), South Carolina has [...]
College Women's 4×400 Championship
If LSU wins this race, they will break the Carnival record for most wins by a women’s college team in a single meet. The Tigers already have four victories: 4×100, shuttle hurdles, sprint medley and 4×800. But first, the consolation final. Texas Christian had the lead most of the way, lost it to Auburn, then [...]
High School Boys 4×400 Championship
After the two Philadelphia Area heats, we have perhaps the acoustic climax of the meet, the always raucous High School Boys 4×400. Last year, as Long Beach Poly (CA) broke 3:10 while holding off St. Jago of Jamaica, the stadium literally started to shake. We have a number of excellent teams for the event this [...]
Philadelphia Area H.S. 4×400
First up, the boys. Engineering & Science wins in 3:22.24, with North Penn second in 3:22.40. Results are posted here. In the girls race Chester and West Catholic turned it into a two-team race, with Chester coming out ahead, 3:53.31—3:54.49. Results here.
College Men's Athletes of the Meet
The University of Texas Longhorn standout Leonel Manzano was named the Athlete of the Meet for relay events for anchoring the ‘Horns to victory in the distance medley relay and the 4xmile relay, both repeat wins. Manzano is also a repeat winner of the Athlete of the Meet award, the first back-to-back winner since Kim [...]
High School Boys' Athlete of the Meet
Nicholas Vena of Morristown (NJ) High School is the High School Boys’ Athlete of the Meet for individual event for winning the shot put with a throw of 63-6 3/4, the ninth-best throw in Relays’ history. With his performance, Vena sets an all-time outdoor U.S. high school record for ninth graders.
College Men's 4×800 Championship
The 4×800 is our first relay following the individual finals, and first of our final set of relay events. Columbia is the defending champion, a sentence that has not been used since 1939 (it was quite an upset last year). The 4×800, as the last of the three “distance” relays, usually is very exciting especially [...]
College Women's Athlete of the Meet
The College Women’s Athlete of the Meet for individual events is Purdue University’s Kara Patterson, who won the javelin throw championship with a throw of 184-1 (56.10 meters). That was the second-longest throw in Penn Relays’ history.
It's Quite Crowded
Attendance figures were ‘close-but-no-cigar’ all weekend long as the Relays missed three attendance marks by less than 1,000 fans. Today’s gathering of 49,831 is among the greatest ever. The 2008 crowds and attendance records: Thursday — 23,567 (Record: 25,189 in 2005) Friday — 39,904 (Record: 39,943 in 2006) Saturday — 49,831 (Record: 50,827 in 2002) [...]
Jamaican Pride at the Relays
By: Simon Bowen Today at the Penn Relays is not just an ordinary day. Jamaicans from all walks of life take this event seriously and thus, mark this on their calendar each year. When you visit the Penn Relays and see all those Jamaican flags flying in the air, it’s not only symbolic, but emotional. [...]
Straightaway Finals
Event 241 College women’s 100-meter hurdles: Nickeisha Wilson of LSU wins in 13.03 with Georgia Tech’s Shantia Moss second in 13.17. Results here. Event 242 Olympic Development women’s 100-meter hurdles: Candice Davis wins by more than half a second in 12.92. Results here. Event 243 College men’s 110-meter hurdles: Jason Richardson of South Carolina wins [...]
Homecoming
Local runner returns (again) to compete in Olympic Development USA vs. the World Sprint Medley Relay Reported by Jennifer Reardon, Temple University After spending her high school and college years competing at the Penn Relays, Haddonfield Memorial High and University of North Carolina graduate Erin Donohue returned to the Penn Relays on Saturday to compete [...]
Olympic Development Men's Mile
They’re not in a hurry. Pat Tarpey leads at the quarter in 62.2, with Penn grad Sam Burley second. Tarpey still leads at 880 in 2:03.3, with Alex Bean second. Those two start to pull away from the field on the backstretch. Tarpey continues to lead at the bell in 3:04.4. Villanova alum Jason Jabaut [...]
USA vs. The World: Men's 4×400
Following the women, we’ll have the men on the track in the 4×400. This will be Penn’s first view of Jeremy Wariner, anchoring the top US team. The US has two excellent teams. The USA Blue team has LaShawn Merritt, Wallace Spearmon, Darold Williamson, and Jeremy Wariner. However, the USA Red team is very good [...]
USA vs. The World: Women's 4×400
Running for the USA Blue: Mary Wineberg, Allyson Felix, Natasha Hastings, Sanya Richards. That’s three-quarters of the team that won gold at the 2007 world championships. (Hastings didn’t run the final; DeeDee Trotter did.) Wineberg hands off to Felix in first with Jamaica trailing. Felix’ long, long strides blew the lead up to 30 meters [...]
DiMaggio Plus Nine!
This is the 65th straight Penn Relays for official Arthur Havsy, his 45th in a row as an official. Arthur and his son Jeff oversee the field events results, which are computerized. Of course, when Arthur’s stretch of 65 in a row began, the computer did not yet exist. The first computer was built in [...]
High School Boys 4×800 Championship
Our next high school championship is the 4×800. Our top 5 qualifying teams are Hillsborough (NJ), Washington Township (NJ), Manchester (Jamaica), Albermarle (VA), and Kellenberg Memorial (NY). Hillsborough’s top seed time is 7:47. Unofficially at the first handoff, its Jamaica College in 1:57.4. Many teams are in the mix at this point. 2nd Exchange, its [...]
USA vs. The World: Men's Distance Medley
Here are the line-ups (1200-400-800-1600): Canada — Matt Lincoln, Adam Johnson, Andrew Heaney, Taylor Milne Kenya — Boaz Cheboiywo, Thomas Musembi, Jackson Kivuna, Josephat Kithii USA Blue — Nick Symmonds, David Neville, Jonathan Johnson, Christian Smith USA Red — Kevin Hicks, Andrew Rock, Chris Lukezic, Sean O’Brien World All-Stars — Christoph Lohse, Brian Steele, Ismael [...]
College Women's 4×800 Championship
Michigan isn’t running, so Tennessee will try to move up to the top spot after two runner-up finishes already this week. Tennessee is going for its sixth Penn title in this race. After two legs the Lady Vols are in the lead, with Georgetown and LSU close behind. Boston College quickly joins the leaders. Going [...]
College Men 4×200 Championship
The College Men’s 4×200 Championship is on the track . . . with our top seeds being Tennessee, St. Augustine’s, Florida, and Mississippi State. Florida has had a bad 2nd handoff, and is out of contention ! Tennessee wins in 1:22.20, followed by Florida State in 1:23.01 and Mississippi State in 1:23.19. Quotes: Tennessee 2nd [...]