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High School Girls 4×400 Heats

Rich Sands — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:44:24 +0000

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 heat, breaking a 30-year-old school record that included Olympian Joetta Clark.

UPDATE (6:26pm): Jheneive Russell of Holmwood Tech had the day’s fastest split: 53.4. Holmwood ran 3:42.96 to win event 46. The second best split came in the same section, a 53.6 by Chimere Ezumah on the second leg for Junipero Serra (Gardena, CA).

Cardozo's Chamique Francis pulls away from Shashawna Lewin of Edwin Allen

2009 College Women’s 4×400 Championship

Josh Seeherman — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:10:35 +0000

Event #256, the College Women’s Championship. We have had a number of fast times today, and the college women should not disappoint (although there is a breeze here at Franklin Field now).

The leading qualifier was UTech from Jamaica in 3:34, but Texas A&M and Florida State are right on their heels with 3:36 and 3:37.

At the first exchange, it is indeed UTech in the lead, but TCU takes the lead at the break.

UTech retakes the lead, with TCU and Texas A&M right behind. A&M is attempting the sprints trifecta.

UTech has opened a big lead in the last exchange, which may be insurmountable.

and for the first time, the University of Technology from Jamaica has won the 4×400. They are the first international school to win this event ever in relays history. Their winning time was 3:30 . . . . full results here.

2009 College 4×400 Men’s Heats

Josh Seeherman — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:27:33 +0000

Action in the Heptagonal Section Won By Cornell (Photo by Han Nguyen)

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.

High School Girls 4×400 Heats

Josh Seeherman — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:34:06 +0000

Battling it out in the 4x4 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 warming (a bit), with the sun in and out of the clouds.

Finally, a 3:58.80 from Bishop McNamara in the 24th heat (event 37) . . . more sub 4:00′s to come.

Hempstead (NY) wins event 39 in 3:55.3 to take over the top spot. We’re approaching the fastest sections (40-46)

Event 42 had three teams under 4:00, with Garden City (NY) running 3:56.

Event 43, Manchester (JA) runs 3:46 (!), and Cardozo (NY) in 3:53.

Event 44 really turned it up a notch, with Oxon Hill (MD) in 3:50, Junipero Serra (CA) in 3:51, and Eleanor Roosevelt (MD) in 3:52. Junipero Serra is won of the top teams in the US; we welcome them to the Penn Relays (wish the weather was a little warmer).

Event 45: Vere Tech (JA) in 3:45, Bethel (VA) 3:49, Edwin Allen (JA), 3:49.

Event 46, our final heat, featured the Jamaican national record holders – Holmwood Tech. Holmwood wins in 3:41 (!!). Rancho Verde (CA) finishes 2nd in 3:49.