Smiles All Around
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Well, the 2010 Penn Relays have come to a close, but the memories of an electrifying Saturday afternoon will long live on.
As the crowd swelled early, Franklin Field had a unique feel of anticipation. The place erupted when Usain Bolt and his Jamaican teammates walked onto the infield to stretch and warm up. [...]
USA vs The World Men’s 4×100
Usain Bolt did not disappoint the heavily Jamaican crowd, blistering the anchor leg on the 4×100 to give Jamaica Gold the victory in 37.90. FinishLynx timed Bolt’s split at 8.79!
USA Blue (38.33) and USA Red (38.50) finished second and third.
Full results can be found here.
USA vs The World Women’s 4×100
Team USA wins for the sixth straight year. Lisa Barber, Allyson Felix, Mikele Barber, Carmelita Jeter get the stick around in 42.74 for “USA Blue.” Jeter held off a strong charge from Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser, who brought the Jamaicans home second in 42.94.
Full results can be found here.
High School Boys 4×100 Championship
Wolmer’s Boys (Jamaica) just tore it up in the high school boys 4×100 championship, scorching a Penn Relays record 39.78. The old record: 39.91 by Calabar (Jamaica) last year.
That time would have finished second in the college championship!
Results can be found here.
College Men’s 4×100 Championship
Texas A&M used excellent exchanges to destroy the field in 39.08, a full eight-tenths up on UTech (39.88). The Aggies won for the second straight year.
Results can be found here.
USA vs. The World Quotes
We have a few quotes from the USA vs. The World press conference.
Q: What are your thoughts on this year’s Penn Relays?
A: Shelley Ann Fraser: Every year I come to the Penn Relays it gets different and a lot more exciting. I look forward to the good competition.
High School Girls 4×100 Championship
Holmwood Tech won in 45.41, well clear of second place, fellow Jamaican school Herbert Morrison (45.81).
Five of the eight finalists were from Jamaica. Jamaican teams have now won this event seven straight years and 13 of the past 14.
Noted Jamaican radio personality Ed Barnes called the race, much to the delight of the crowd.
Click here [...]
College Women’s 4×100 Championship
Our second women’s championship is the 4×100 (approximately 5 minutes ahead of schedule !).
Anchored by Gabby Mayo, Texas A&M has defended their title in 43.09—which is No. 6 All-Time here at the Penn Relays—with LSU second in 43.30. A&M ran 43.10 last year; high marks for consistency.
Click here for full results.
College 4×100 Heats
We have a number of fast times in the college heats, including times under 40 seconds. A ranked list can be found by clicking here.
Bolt Arrives… In A Yankees Hat?
He’s the fastest man on the planet so it makes sense that he would conduct the fastest press conference in the world. Olympic champion and world-record-holder Usain Bolt met the Penn Relays press this morning and answered all their questions in less than 15 minutes.
HSB 4×100 Trials
We’re in the middle of our 4×100 High School Boys trials, which are from 10:40-12:30. There are approximately 70 heats or so, maybe a few more. A ranked list can be found here.
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 [...]
Move Over, Paavo
In the moments before it was announced that Usain Bolt, the World’s Fastest Man, was going to be running at Penn Relays, Director Dave Johnson said that it would create the biggest crush for tickets since nine-time Olympic gold medalist Paavo Nurmi came to run, and win, the two-mile and 5,000-meter runs in 1929.
Looks like [...]
Team USA prepares for Lightning
From USA Track & Field
A storm is brewing in Philadelphia. The world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, will lead Team Jamaica into Franklin Field on Saturday (April 24) and look to give the island nation just its second win in 11 years in the men’s USA vs. the World 4×100-meter relay at the 114th Penn Relays.
With [...]
USA vs The World: Women's 4×100
After the Jamaican men’s disappointment in the previous race the crowd was really anxious for this one. Unfortunately for the Jamaican fans it was the same result. Lauryn Williams blasted out of the blocks and gave Allyson Felix a huge lead for USA Red. Kerron Stewart and Shelly-Ann Fraser gave a great challenge, but couldn’t [...]
2009 USA vs. The World: 4×100
We have excellent fields in the 4×100, featuring very speedy teams from Jamaica, the United States, and the Trinidad & Tobago. Hopefully, many of you are following this on live television . . . .
37.92 ! A new Franklin Field record by the USA team . . . . . Walter Dix absolutely smoked the [...]
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 the winner [...]
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 Florida State [...]
High School Girls Championship 4×100
It is time for our championship heat, with 7 Jamaican schools and 2 schools from the US. However, Eleanor Roosevelt (MD) does have the fastest qualifying time.
We had a fantastic finish, with Vere Tech (JAM) on the outside winning in 45.10, Eleanor Roosevelt (MD) in 2nd place in 45.24. It was a very close finish [...]
2009 High School 4×100, Large & Small School Heats
As a preliminary to our High School Championship 4×100 for girls, we have two other heats for fast 4×100 teams. These heats are the next fastest teams beyond the Top 8, divided into size of school.
Our large school winner is Rancho Verde from California in 46.72, with Withrow (OH) in 46.86 for 2nd place.
The small [...]
Qualifier Alert: 2009 College Men’s 4×100 Championship
Qualifiers for the College 4×100 Championship and related consolation heats are available here.
Clemson had the fastest qualifier with 39.73. The championship will be run on Saturday at 1:25.
College Women's 4×100 Championship
After the first leg it was all Texaas A&M. The Aggies cruise to a 43.10 win — the #6 time in Penn history. That’s the first time the Aggies have won this event. Auburn (44.13) was more than a second back as runner-up. Two-time defending champ LSU did not finish the race.
Results can be found [...]
Qualifer Alert: High School Boys 4×100 Championship
The qualifers for the high school boys 4×100 championship are posted here. Calabar had the fastest time in Friday’s heats, 41.18.
The race is scheduled for Saturday at 1:35 pm.