• Jordan Yamoah of Arlington High School (LaGrangeville, NY) defended his high school boys pole vault championship and set a Carnival record by clearing 16′ 6-1/2″ (5.04 meters).

• Brandon Heroux of William & Mary won the college men’s javelin championship at 239′ 9″ (73.09 meters).

• Kemarki Absalom of St. George’s (Jamaica) cleared 6′ 9″ (2.06 meters) to win the high school boys high jump championship. Absalom also won this event in 2009.

• Marquis Dendy of Middletown (Del.) wins the high school boys triple jump championship for the second year in a row. His winning mark was a wind-aided 50′ 8-1/4″ (15.45 meters).

CBA's Mazzaccaro wins the DMR (photo by Kim Spir)

The high school boys distance medley relay turned into a two-way duel between Christian Brothers Academy (Lincroft, NJ) and Central Bucks South (Warrington, Pa). CBA’s Mike Mazzaccaro sprinted away in the final stretch to get the win, in 10:13.04, with Central Bucks South second at 10:15.46.

CBA’s splits: George Kelly (3:06.72), Theo Foster (50.12), Dan Mykityshyn (1:58.91), Mike Mazzaccaro (4:17.31).

Back in the pack, Edward Cheserek anchored St. Benedict’s Prep (Newark, NJ) to fifth with a 4:05.76 split, fastest of the day. Joe Rosa of West Windsor Planisboro North (NJ) had the second fastest anchor, 4:11.89. Rosa is the defending national high school 2-mile champion.

In a dramatic finish to the boys mile, Matt Jablonski (Loyola Blakefield, Baltimore, Md.) dove at the line to win by one-hundreth of a second over Chad Noelle (Greene Central, Greene, NY), 4:10.37–4:10.38.

In the 3000-meter run, Morgan Pearson pulled away from the pack and held on for an 8:23.34 victory.

Fantastic four: Vena gets another title (photo by Kim Spir)

Prep superstar Nick Vena of Morristown, NJ, won the boy’s high school shot put for the fourth consecutive time! No other schoolboy has won more than two titles.

To top it off, he broke his own Penn Relays record, hitting 72′ 9-1/4″ (22.18). That improves the 72′ 2-1/5″ (22.01) he set in 2009.

LSU's Melissa Ogbourne sours to a triple jump title (photo by Kim Spir)

We had a huge record in the high school boys discus championship from Calabar’s Travis Smikle. There’s plenty of other field event action today. Here are the championship winners (this list will be updated throughout the day):

• Melissa Ogbourne of LSU won the college women’s triple jump championship with a wind-aided hop, step and jump of 42′ 10-3/4″ (13.07 meters).

• Hayden Baillio of the University of Texas won the college men’s shot put championship at 64′ 0″ (19.51 meters).

• Rebecca O’Brien of Buffalo took the college women’s discus championship at 173′ 1″ (52.77 meters).

• Rutgers’ James Plummer won the college men’s discus championship at 191′ 1″ (58.26 meters), taking the title for the second year in a row.

• Shanay Briscoe of Texas won the college women’s high jump championship by clearing 5′ 10-1/2″ (1.79 meters).

• The high school boys javelin championship went to Steve Feister of Hempfield (Landisville, Pa), with a throw of 211′ 5″ (64.44 meters).

• Marquise Goodwin of Texas won the college men’s long jump championship with a wind-aided leap of 26′ 3-1/1″ (8.01 meters).

• Walter Henning of LSU won the college men’s hammer throw championship for the third straight year. His winning mark: 208′ 3″ (63.49 meters).

Smikle (left) and Mattis celebrate their big day with Bill Cosby (photo by Kim Spir)

Travis Smikle of Calabar (Jamaica) annihilated the meet record in the high school boys discus championship this morning with a toss of 228′ 2″ (69.55 meters). The old record was 191-11 (58.50), set  last year by Chad Wright, also of Calabar. Only two American schoolboys have ever thrown the high school implement farther.

Smikle’s impressive resume includes a bronze medal at the 2009 IAAF World Youth Championships. He finished seventh at last year’s IAAF World Junior Championships.

Second-place finisher Samuel Mattis (East Brunswick, NJ) was also beyond the meet record, with  201′ 2″ (61.32).

The Fayetteville-Manlius foursome celebrate a Penn record (photo by Kim Spir)

The high school girls distance races provided a series of fast-paced thrills. For the second year in a row, we had a Penn Relays record in the girls distance medley relay. In an upstate/downstate New York battle, Fayetteville-Manlius held on against a late charge from North Shore to win in 11:34.46. That eclipses the 11:38.69 mark set by Blacksburg (Va) in 2010. North Shore (11:36.10) was also under the old record. F-M’s anchor, Jillian Fanning, ran wire to wire, splitting 4:51.39, just enough to stay ahead of North Shore’s Samantha Nadel, who blitzed a 4:45.84, the third-fastest 1600m split in Penn Relays history.

In the girls mile, Angel Piccirillo of Homer Center (Pa), defended her title in  4:48.83, the 10th best time ever at the Carnival. She was pushed all the way to the line by Kelsey Margey of Harborfields (NY), who ran 4:49.38.

And the girls 3000 was a thriller, with Haley Pierce of Tatnall (Del) coming out on top of a three way battle, crossing the tape in 9:16.35, the second fastest ever at the Penn Relays — and No. 8 on the all-time U.S. high school list! Aisling Cuffe of Cornwall (NY) set the early pace and put on a bold move with a lap to go, but couldn’t match Pierce’s kick. Cuffe was rewarded with a 9:19.24, the third best in Penn history.  Waverly Neer of Culver (Ind) took third in 9:22.32, now No. 4 all-time at the Carnival.

In addition, Edwin Allen quartets posted the fastest times of the day in the qualifying races of the 4×800 (8:57.98) and the 4×100 (45.97).

Ristananna Tracey receives her Penn Relays watch (photo by Kim Spir)

Corey Crawford (Indian Hills, Oakland, NJ) was fourth in the boys long jump. Photo by Kristen Holzherr

It’s been another busy day for jumpers and throwers. Here are the championship-division winners:

Olympic Development Men
• Jacob Freeman (NYAC) won the hammer throw with a 229′ 11″ (70.08) toss. That’s his second straight win in the event, and he also won the college division twice (2001, 2002) for Manhattan College. Results.

Olympic Development Women
• Toni Smith (unattached) won the triple jump at 44′ 0-3/4″ (13.43). Results.

• Amy Thayer (Shore AC) won the hammer at 194′ 10″ (59.41). Results.

College Men
• Derek Drouin (Indiana) won the high jump at 7′ 3-1/4″ (2.22). Results.

• Josh Dominguez (LSU) won the pole vault by clearing 17′ 8-1/2″ (5.40) on his first attempt. Results.

• Omar Craddock (Florida) won the triple jump at 53′ 3-1/2″ (16.24). Results.

• Walter Henning (LSU), won the hammer for the second straight year, reaching 237′ 9″ (72.47), the fifth best ever at the Relays. Princeton’s highly touted freshman, Conor McCullough, the 2009 U.S. Junior champion, was second at 215′ 1″ (65.57). Results.

• John Austin (Duke) won the javelin at 220′ 7″ (67.25). Results.

High School Boys
• Oneil Sandiford (Paul Robeson, Brooklyn, NY) won the high jump with a leap of 6′ 11-1/2″ (2.12). Results.

• Jordan Yamoah (Arlington, LaGrangeville, NY) won the pole vault at 15′ 5″ (4.70). Results.

• Kamal Fuller (Wolmer’s Boys, Jamaica) wins the long jump with a leap of 24′ 10″ (7.57), the third best mark ever at Penn. Results.

• • Marquis Dendy (Middletown, DE) won the triple jump at 50′ 10-3/4″ (15.51), the seventh best mark in meet history. Results.

• Chad Wright (Calabar, Jamaica) set a new event record to win the discus. His mark of 191′ 11″ (58.50) improves on the 190-11 (58.20) set in 1999 by Nick Welihozkiy (West Springfield, VA). Results.

Queen Harrison (1) wins the college women's 100 hurdles. Photo by Kim Spir

College Women’s 100-meter hurdles: Queen Harrison (Virginia Tech) takes the lead at the third hurdle and goes on to win in 12.61 a new Penn Relays record (wind: +1.1). Results.

Olympic Development women’s 100-meter hurdles: Former Michigan star Tiffany Ofili wins in 13.06 (wind: +0.3). Results.

College men’s 110-meter hurdles: Barrett Nugent (LSUO wins in 13.58 (wind: +0.1). Results.

Olympic Development men’s 1110-meter hurdles: Mikel Thomas wins in 13.82 (wind: +1.4 ). Results.

College women’s 100-meter dash: Lakya Brookins of South Carolina wins in 11.37 (wind: +0.4). Results.

Olympic Development men’s 100-meter dash: Ryan Bailey wins in 10.15 (wind: +0.5). Results.