Friday Field Event Highlights
The men and boys joined the field event action on Friday. Here are the championship-division winners:
College Men
• Stanley Gbagbeke of Middle Tennessee won the long jump at a wind-aided 25′ 11″ (7.90). His best legal jump was 25′ 8-1/4″ (7.83). NCAA Indoor champion Alain Bailey took second at 25′ 9-1/2″ (7.86). Results.
• Kemal Mesic of [...]
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.
Penn Relays High School Acceptances Posted
The highly anticipated high school acceptances to this years Penn Relays are now available. http://pennrelaysonline.com/Registration/HSAcceptances.aspx
Congratulations to all the athletes and good luck at this year’s meet!
A good read…
A bit of history and some great stories from the Penn Relays in this write up: http://www.whereandwhen.com/Articles/Penn+Relays/
Signing Off for the Penn Relays
With the conclusion of our two final events, the ECAC and IC4A college 4×400 heats, we have reached the end of our 115th Penn Relay Carnival. We’ve had great weather, great spectators, and great international internet viewers like yourself. On behalf of Carnival Director Dave Johnson, we appreciate you visiting our meet blog, and we [...]
See you in 2010!
The 2009 Penn Relays are in the books. We’ll see you next year for the 116th edition: April 22, 23, 24, 2010!
Sarah Bowman Named College Women's Relay Athlete of the Meet
Sarah Bowman of the University of Tennessee was named the college women’s athlete of the meet for relay events. Bowman ran on three victorious relays for the Lady Vols, anchoring the distance medley and the 4×1500, and running the third leg on the 4×800. Her 1500 split of 4:10.2 is the second fastest ever at [...]
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 today’s [...]
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 best relays [...]
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 the [...]
Quite A Cyber Start
On Thursday, between this blog and the results, we experienced about 600,000 visits, representing every state and 70 foreign countries. Our friends from Jamaica were particularly interested in the goings on, as the average web visitor from that Carribean nation took in an average of 22 page views with each visit.
We hope Friday will yield [...]
Qualifier Alert: College Women's 4×100 Championship
The qualifers for the college women’s 4×100 Championship of America, plus the college and ECAC finals, are now posted here.
The championship is Friday at 1:10 pm.
An eerie calm . . .
As many of you in the viewing public already know, the University of Pennsylvania is embarking on a mammoth project to upgrade the athletic facilities. One of these new buildings is a weight room directly underneath the north set of stands. As a result, because the all of the vendors have been moved to the [...]
Qualifier Alert: HS Girls 4×100 Championship
The qualifiers for the high school girls championship, plus the large schools, small schools and tri-state finals, can be found here.
The championship is scheduled for Friday at 2:42 pm.
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Host Quaker Takes Multi
Max Westman became the first Quaker to win the Penn Relays decathlon since George Munger did it back in 1932. Westman, who racked up 6,842 points, beat the field by more than 500 points.
“I just feel really proud that after all the hard work something goes right,” Westman said. “This year, finally being able to [...]
Penn Relays, 1955
Click here a story worth a look. It was written nearly 54 years ago, appearing in the May, 2, 1955, issue of Sports Illustrated, which featured a sprinting Tom Courtney of Fordham on the cover.
Here is an excerpt:
“Franklin Field is on the awe-inspiring site to begin with, because it is the birthplace of modern relay [...]
USATF Welcomes U.S.-Jamaica Clashes
Knowing that the formula has been a wild success at the Penn Relays for several decades now, USA Track & Field Chief Executive Doug Logan has proposed face-to-face matchups of the world’s most dominant sprinting nations — the U.S. and Jamaica.
“We have all seen how wildly successful and popular USA vs. the World at the [...]
And it begins…
Hello everyone. March is here and registration for the Penn Relays is now open. Executive Director Dave Johnson has sharpened his pencils and soon we will be racin’.
To register, please visit: pennrelaysonline.com/Registration.
You should have received your registration information in the mail by now. If you have not, please contact the main office at 215.898.6145. If [...]
Gearing up for 2009!
Hey Everyone! We’re getting ready to kick-off our web preparations for the 2009 Penn Relays and what your opinion on what we should be working on. [EDIT] The 2009 Penn Relays will be held from April 23-25. For more information, please visit thepennrelays.com
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2008 Penn Relays
Attendance & Weather
Thursday, April 24 — 23,567. Sunny and nice.
Friday, April 25 — 39,904. Sunny and nice.
Saturday, April 26 — 49,831. Overcast and windy.
Three-Day Total — 113,302.
Carnival Awards
Officials Awards
Herman J. Mancini Award—Leroy T. Walker
J. Kenneth Doherty Award—Ben Kreitzberg
Jesse Abramson Award—Edwin Mahan, Relays Photo Operations
Henry Steinbrenner Family Heritage Award—Douglas Cross family
Wall of Fame Relays
Seton Hall 1940 [...]
Jamaican Pride at the Relays
By: Simon Bowen
Today at the Penn Relays is not just an ordinary day. Jamaicans from all walks of life take this event seriously and thus, mark this on their calendar each year.
When you visit the Penn Relays and see all those Jamaican flags flying in the air, it’s not only symbolic, but emotional. Our history [...]
Homecoming
Local runner returns (again) to compete in Olympic Development USA vs. the World Sprint Medley Relay
Reported by Jennifer Reardon, Temple University
After spending her high school and college years competing at the Penn Relays, Haddonfield Memorial High and University of North Carolina graduate Erin Donohue returned to the Penn Relays on Saturday to compete in the [...]