College Women’s 4×400 Qualifiers
The 4×400 qualifiers for the College Women’s Championship can be found by clicking here.
University of Technology, Jamaica, was the fastest seed with 3:32. We had a little bit of lightning delay but we’re back on track.
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 from [...]
College Women’s 4×400 Heats
The women’s 4×400 heats are off. In the first heat, Jamaica’s UTech pulled away from Texas with 200 meters to go for a 3:32.81–3:33.54 victory.
In Heat 2, Texas A&M came from behind to win in 3:33.06, with Oregon (3:36.12) and early leader Virginia Tech (3:37.34) finishing second and third.
Arkansas (3:34.03) held off late charges from [...]
College Women’s DMR
Our first college championship, a highly anticipated event, is the rematch of the NCAA Championship between Tennessee and Oregon in the College Women’s DMR . . . . a great race where Tennessee won again.
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.
• NCAA Indoor [...]
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 3:43.72 in its [...]
College Women 4×100 Heats
The high school girls are done, now it’s the college women’s turn. The first four heats set up what should be a nice battle in Friday’s championship. Texas A&M (43.13) won the first race, Auburn (44.12) took the second, LSU (43.25) the third and UTech (44.04) the fourth. And in the fifth heat, Florida State [...]
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 the [...]
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 (Uniondale, NY) [...]
And We’re Off…
The 116th Penn Relays are underway. The first event, the college women’s 400-meter hurdles, went off ahead of its 10:00am start time. With the sun shining and the temperature at 58 degrees, Tameka Jameson of Miami (Florida) ripped a 57.57 in Heat 3 to win the event. Landria Buckley of Howard was second in 59.03, [...]
Getting On The Schedule
After a long weekend of getting information together on the Penn Relays, the schedule for the 2010 Carnival is now online. Click here to access it. If you click on an event, the entries will show up, with one exception. That exception is the college events, which won’t be posted online for another week.
And like [...]
High School Girls Mile Run
Chelsey Sveinsson of Greenhill School (Addison, Texas) blew the field away, opening up a huge lead early and never looking back. She clocked 4:46.85, good for #5 all-time at Penn. (Sveinsson’s own 4:43.51, which she ran for third place last year, is the #4 time.) That’s the fastest time by a high school girl this [...]
Thursday's Attendance: 24,315
Despite the cool, windy conditions, the fans came out for a great day of racing at Franklin Field. Thursday’s attendance was 24,315. That’s the fifth biggest crowd for a Thursday at Penn, and the best since 2006.
The record for a Thursday, by the way, is 25,189 in 2005.
High School Girls DMR Championship
Our first high school relay championship on the track is the girls’ DMR. The record, 11:40 by Vere Tech of Jamaica, is from 1992.
At the first exchange, we have two teams – Monroe-Woodbury (NY) and Tatnall (DE), unofficially in 3:31.
Tatnall opens up a lead on the 400 with a 57.5 split.
Shenendehowa (NY) is making a [...]
College Women's 4×400 Heats
Next up are the college women’s 4×4 qualifying races.
Texas Christian held off Miami (FL) down the stretch to win the first heat, 3:39.25 to 3:40.15.
University of Technology of Jamaica goes 3:34.99 to win the second heat over Texas A&M (3:36.19).
LSU cruises to an easy win in heat 3 (3:40.18).
Heat 4 goes to Villanova (3:46.53).
Cornell won [...]
Women's College Pole Vault: LSU's Laurent Sets Record
Louisiana State freshman Rachel Laurent set a Penn Relays record in the college women’s pole vault, clearing 13 feet, 10-1/2 inches (4.23 meters). The previous record was 13-10 (4.22), set by Kansas’ Amy Linnen in 2005.
Laurent is the 2008 USATF Junior champion in the event and finished fifth at the NCAA Indoor championships in March. [...]
College Women's Distance Medley Championship
Duke gave it an early challenge, leading at the first exchange, but after that Tennessee took control and had it in the bag. Georgetown’s Maggie Infeld made it interesting, nearly catching Sarah Bowman in the final 200 meters, but the Lady Vols prevailed, 11:02.11 to 11:02.85.
Full results can be found here.
High School Girls 4×400 Heats
For the next 4 hours leading up to our first college championship, we have high school 4×400’s. As the times drift under 4:00 and the 3:55, we’ll post them here.
Update at 3:15 . . . we’ve had 20 heats, but none under 4:00 yet . . . . faster times are ahead. The temps are [...]
College Women's 4×100
With the high school girls 4×100 finally complete – we move to the college events.
LSU, our defending champion, wins the first heat in 44.66, with Texas Christian in 2nd, 45.29.
Texas A&M, which has the fastest time in the country, wins the 2nd heat in 43.80, with South Carolina 2nd in 45.27.
Auburn doesn’t disappoint in heat [...]
High School Girls 4×100 heats
And we’re off for the next 2 hours with high school girls 4×100 qualifying races. Edwin Allen (JAM) wins first heat in 47.00. They won the last two Penn titles, both sub-45.00. That’s how you know it’s cold!
Deep Creek of Chesapeake, VA, and Camperdown of Jamaica came in sub-49 to win the next two heats, [...]
High School Girls 4×800 Trials
Our first relay of the day, as always, is the HS girls 4×800. We will have four heats – two for small schools and two for large schools. The top times will go to tomorrow’s final.
Heat 1 – Kimberly Brown of Manchester JA has opened up a lead after one leg in about 2:19. At [...]
High School 400 Hurdles
We have a very strong field today in the high school hurdles, including the US leader and the Jamaican leader.
Nikita Tracey of Edwin Allen (Jamaica) has won in 57.44 – she was the Jamaican national HS champion earlier this year. For the cold weather, that is an excellent time — equaling the No. 2 time [...]
College Women's 400 Hurdles
The first event has begun, the 400 hurdles . . . . its a little chilly and breezy at Franklin Field this morning (although the forecast looks promising).
Our first heat winner was Kishelle Paul from TCU in 58.7 . . . yes its cold and breezy . . . . it looks like that may [...]