Olympic Development Women's Mile
Joan Bohlke takes the early lead through a slow pace. Brie Felnagle (bib 4 at right) of the University of North Carolina is stalking in the pack. Felnagle was last year’s runner-up in this event. Anne Shadle took the lead with 500 meters to go, with Felnagle on her shoulder. Felnagle took the lead on [...]
College Women's 4×200 Championship
First up is the ECAC section. Pittsburgh has the event record, 1:35.19, from 1999. Virginia built a big lead early and won in 1:36.00. Results are posted here. In the Championship of America, Texas A&M will take another shot at LSU. A&M ran a blazing 1:30.96 in Friday’s heats. LSU led for the first three [...]
USA vs. The World: Men's 4×100
Our fastest race of the day is the pro USA vs. the World 4×100. We have a number of fast teams entered, including national teams from the United States, Jamaica, the Bahamas, the Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada, and Great Britain. According to our lineups, Tyson Gay and Shawn Crawford will be anchoring the [...]
USA vs. The World: Women's 4×100
The USA leads Jamaica in this series, 6-2. It turned out to be the the Allyson Felix—Sanya Richards match-up everyone wanted. Felix anchored USA Red to victory in 42.57, but Richards was right on her heels the whole way, finishing off USA Blue in 42.64. Jamaica was third in 43.31. For the Red it was [...]
Tune-in Alert: ESPN2 from 2 to 4 pm
A reminder that we’re about to go live on ESPN2. The network’s two-hour telecast begins at 2 pm Eastern. Calling the meet are Larry Rawson and Dwight Stones, four-time winner of the Olympic Development high jump here (1973, ’77, ’78 and ’80). Lewis Johnson is down on the field doing post-race interviews. Find out what [...]
High School Boys 4×100 Championship
Our next championship is the High School Boys 4×100. In the last decade or so, this has been the exclusive domain of our Jamaican and Trinidadian friends – they own 9 out of the 10 top times ever including the only time under 40 seconds. St. Jago of Jamaica is our top seed today. St. [...]
College Men's 4×100 Championship
First up is the college division (consolation final). North Carolina Central wins in 40.05, with Texas Christian second in 40.25. Results are posted here. Next is the IC4A section. Georgetown takes it in 41.03, with Virginia in second in 41.17. Results are posted here. And now the Championship of America. Tennessee scorched the backstretch and [...]
USA vs. World: Women's Sprint Medley
Our first professional “USA vs. the World Event” is the Women’s Sprint Medley. The World Best was set at the Penn Relays in this event by a USA team in 2006. We have five teams, two from the US, Jamaica, Canada, and an All-Star team consisting of Caribbean and Central American athletes. This could be [...]
College Men's 4xMile Championship
Texas is looking for its second straight title in this event, and second of the year, having won the DMR on Friday. The meet was running as much as 17 minutes ahead of schedule, so there’ll be a pause before this one gets underway. And they’re off: Texas takes the early lead in what looks [...]
HSB 4x400m Qualifiers
Qualifiers to the High School Boys’ 4x400m Championship of America Event 253, Saturday, 5:30 pm Ln Bib School 2 H Camperdown (JA) 3 G Jack Hayward (BA) 4 F Wolmer’s Boys’ (JA) 5 E Long Beach Poly (CA) 6 A St. Jago (JA) 7 B Holmwood Tech (JA) 8 C Meade (MD) 9 D Bethel [...]
Long-time Relays attendee reminisces about the past 50 years
Reported by Jennifer Reardon, Temple University Like the sound of the gun going off to signal the start of a race, Dolores Ginyard has been a staple when it comes to the Penn Relays. A 50-year staple, in fact. “When I first started coming as a girl of 12 or 13, it was a half [...]
High School Boys 4×400
Here we go, the High School Boys 4×400. We’ll be running these races for 4 hours ! The first heat was won by Smyrna (DE) in 3:38.24 at 9:05 AM. As we start to see fast times, we’ll post them here. Typically, a time around 3:15 or faster will get you in the finals this [...]
Going For A Record
If the Penn Relays can draw a crowd of 50,724 today, it will set a Carnival three-day record. So far the Relays welcomed 23,567 fans on Thursday and 39,904 on Friday. The three-day record currently stands at 114,194, established in 2006. The all-time single-day attendance records: Thursday — 25,189 (2005) Friday — 39,943 (2006) Saturday [...]
Men's Olympic Development 400 Hurdles
Heat 1: Brandon Hon (unat.) 50.72, 2. Fred Sharpe (unat.) 50.93 Heat 2: Kevin Semanick (Shore AC/National) 53.04 Full results are posted here.
Daily Media Round-up
Scanning Penn Relays coverage this morning: • The Philadelphia Daily News looks at the Michigan/Tennessee rivalry in the women’s distance relays. Says Tennessee anchor Sarah Bowman: “If you knew who was the best team out there, you wouldn’t race. All you can do is keep trying.” • Also from the Daily News: Texas dominates the [...]
High School Girls' Athletes of the Meet
For the second year in a row Tasha Stanley of Eleanor Roosevelt High (Greenbelt, MD) was named the High School Girls’ Athlete of the Meet for relay events. On Friday she anchored Roosevelt’s winning team in the 4x400m with a 54.2 split as her team clocked a 3:37.16 time. She also ran a 2:09.6 anchor [...]
USA -vs- The World Lineups
Women’s 4x100m Lineup USA White — Angela Williams, Marshevet Hooker, Alexis Joyce, Mechelle Lewis All Stars — Lavern Jones, Sherry Fletcher, Schillonie Calvert, Oludamola Osayomi USA Red — Lauryn Williams, Miki Barber, Lisa Barber, Allyson Felix Trinidad — Semoy Hackett, Sasha Springer, Reyare Thomas, Ayanna Hutchinson USA Blue — Muna Lee, Torri Edwards, Carmelita Jeter, [...]
College Men's Sprint Medley Championship
This is a final on time. Full results can be found here. Heat 1: LSU 3:16.68, 2. Mississippi State 3:16.83, 3. Miami (FL) 3:17.80, 4. Auburn 3:18.48 Heat 2: Seton Hall 3:20.39, 2. North Carolina Central 3:21.30, 3. Norfolk State 3:21.70 Heat 3: Penn State 3:24.43 Heat 4: Fairleigh Dickinson 3:26.08 Heat 5: Savannah State [...]
College Women's Sprint Medley Championship
After that spectacular HS 4×400 by Eleanor Roosevelt, we have another championship, the College Women’s Sprint Medley Championship. LSU takes an early lead after the 200′s, followed by Florida. LSU still in front with an unofficial 53.2 split, and has a very large lead. They already broke the collegiate record in the shuttle hurdles today. [...]
H.S. Girls 4×400 Championship
This is the deepest field in Relays history, with seven teams running sub-3:40 in Thursday’s heats! Boys & Girls of Brooklyn takes the early lead by a big margin. Eleanor Roosevelt of Maryland closed well but the lead is still 20 meters after two legs. At the final exchange Eleanor Roosevelt had just edged into [...]
CM 4x400m Qualifiers
Qualifiers to the College Men’s 4x400m Championship of America Event #257, Saturday, 5:50 pm Lane Bib School 2 H Auburn 3 G Michigan 4 F Louisiana State 5 E Texas Christian 6 A St. Augustine’s 7 B Florida 8 C Mississippi State 9 D Texas A&M Qualifiers to the College Men’s 4x400m College Final Event [...]
H.S. Boys Mile and 3000
Mile Corey Leslie (Perkins, OH) wins in 4:12.76 after a very slow first half. Leslie (wearing bib 5 in the photos) holds off a fast-charging Robby Andrews (Manalapan, NJ) at the line (4:12.82). Full results are posted here. 3000 meters Matt Dennin (Boyertown, PA) pulled away from Solomon Haile (Sherwood, MD) on the last lap [...]
High School Boys DMR Championship
Our next championship of Friday is the high school DMR. LaSalle College High School had the fastest time indoors with a 10:15, but we expect a faster finish today. With one to go Shenendahowa (NY) is in the lead, followed by Germantown Friends (PA). At the first handoff, its Warwick Valley (NY), followed by Germantown [...]
CW Dash/Hurdles Qualifiers
Qualifiers to the College Women’s 100m Dash Final Event #246, Saturday, 4:30 pm Ln Bib Name School 1 9 Gabby Glenn South Carolina 2 7 Virgil Hodge Texas Christian 3 5 Trisha-Ann Hawthorne Connecticut 4 3 Kenyanna Wilson Louisiana State 5 1 ShellyAnn Fraser UTech 6 2 Alexanderia Anderson Texas 7 4 Allison George Texas [...]