USA vs The World: Men's Distance Medley
A truly international field: Australia, Canada, France and Kenya take on a pair of U.S. teams. Matthew Lincoln gives Canada the early lead and Tyler Christopher maintains it. Khadveis Robinson (USA Blue) is stalking Canada’s Gary Reed on the 800 leg, and hands off in first. Four anchor legs — Canada, Kenya and the two [...]
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 [...]
College Men's 4×100 Championship
First up the “college” final. South Carolina holds off Mississippi State, 39.52 to 39.88. Results. Next, the IC4A race. East Carolina (40.57) in a blanket finish over Buffalo and Lincoln (both 40.62) Results. And now the Championship of America. Texas A&M stops LSU’s win streak at four. The Aggies win in 38.79, followed closely by [...]
Schedule Update: USA vs The World
A few late changes to the USA vs The World schedule: The men’s 4×100 (event 249) will now go off at 4:05 pm. The women’s 4×100 (event 247) starts at 4:15 pm The women’s 4×400 (event 262) is at 5:35 pm The men’s 4×400 (event 260) now goes at 5:50 pm
2009 College 4xMile Championship
Our first championship of this great set of Saturday races is the highly anticipated college men’s four mile relay. This event dates back to 1896. We have a number of excellent teams, including Providence, Arkansas, Michigan, Iona, Virginia, and Villanova. At the first handoff, its Michigan, Arkansas and Virginia in an unofficial 4:05. We have [...]
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 [...]
A Whole Lotta Green and Yellow
It’s a beautiful day in Philadelphia and Franklin Field is just about filled up. There is a sea of green and yellow in the stands, as the Jamaican fans are out in full force. Are you ready? Are you really ready?
A Tracey Sweep (2009)
Ristananna Tracey has been selected as our outstanding female high school relay runner of the meet. She ran a 54.1 to anchor Edwin Allen’s winning 4×400, and 2:07.9 to anchor Edwin Allen’s winning 4×800. Her sister Nikita won the individual MVP with her excellent 400 hurdle time. A family sweep this year in the high [...]
The Fans Are Out There
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 [...]
Follow the Penn Relays on Twitter, watch on ESPN2
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 [...]
SAQ: Sometimes Asked Questions
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 [...]
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.
Saturday Morning Media Links
A round-up of what the media is saying about the Penn Relays today. • Tennessee’s world best in the women’s 4×1500 relay was clearly the day’s top story, taking the lead in the Associated Press report and the IAAF’s recap. • Of course Villanova’s win in the men’s distance medley was a big deal with [...]
The Corporate Relay
Tucked at the end of Friday is our Corporate Event. The companies run the DMR distance, and one key rule is that you have to have a woman run at least one leg. The General Electric team, which has won this many times, is in the lead with the 1600 to go. GE wins in [...]
College Men's Sprint Medley
Our last Championship of America is the Men’s Sprint Medley. Perhaps LSU can win the men’s and women’s events tonight ? We have a huge group after the 200-200-400 legs, with Washington taking the lead on the first lap of the 800. One to go, Washington, Tennessee, Arkansas, LSU in a tight group. Its Tennesse [...]
2009 College Women’s Sprint Medley Championship
Our next championship is the College Women’s Sprint Medley Relay. LSU, with Philadelphia’s own Latavia Thomas, is battling with Georgia State. Latavia Thomas brings it home, anchoring her 3rd straight SMR championship in 3:47.26. Georgia State was 2nd in 3:48.66. We’ll wait to see the results of the 2nd heat before we declare LSU the [...]
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 [...]
2009 High School Individual Distance
We have two individual events tonight before out high school girls 4×400 championship, the mile and the 3000m. Jeremy Rae of Lakeshore (Ontario Canada) has opened up a very large lead at one lap, with an approximate half-mile split of 2:04. At three laps, Rae still leads, but the field is definitely stalking the leader. [...]
High School Boys Distance Medley Championship
Joe Rosa of West Windsor Plainsboro North leads after the first exchange (3:07.4), with Cardinal O’Hara and Don Bosco close behind. WWPN held the lead after the 400, but Upper Dublin’s Paul Reilly moved to the front with a little less than a lap to go on the 800 leg. WWPN’s Tyler Corkedale was having [...]
Boys High School Shot Put: Vena Sets Penn Record
Nicholas Vena of Morristown, NJ, absolutely destroyed the Penn Relays record in the boys high school shot put. Vena got the ball out 72 feet, 2-1/2 inches (22.01 meters), almost five feet better than the old mark, set in 1985 by J.J. Grant of Liverpool, NY (67-3/20.50). Full results are here.
Friday's Attendance: 39,501
Great weather means a great crowd: Today’s attendance was 39,501, making it the third biggest Friday crowd in Penn Relays history. (The record, 39,943, was set in 2006.) Combined with Thursday’s crowd, that brings our two-day total to 63,816. A Saturday crowd of 50,379 would break the Carnival’s three-day attendance record. in 2006 we drew [...]
2009 College 4×400 Men’s Heats
Our next event consists of the qualifying heats in the college 4×400. Heat 1 featured some great times: Florida State, 3:05.83, Texas A&M 3:07.92, TCU, 3:08.29 Heat 2: LSU 3:06.07, St. Augustine’s 3:06:39, Kentucky 3:07.27 Heat 3: South Carolina 3:06.26, Texas Tech 3:07.26, Florida 3:09.61 You can follow along on the ranked list here.
Qualifier Alert: College 100, 100H, 110H
The qualifiers for the college women’s 100-meter hurdles final are here. The race is scheduled for 2:55 pm Saturday. The qualifiers for the college men’s 110-meter hurdles final are here. The race is scheduled for 3:05 pm Saturday. The qualifiers for the college women’s 100-meter dash final are here. The race is scheduled for 3:20 [...]