The Penn Relays Carnival 2014

First High School Registration Deadline: Monday, March 31 at 2 PM. All relay and individual entries must be entered and registration completed by this deadline. Individual marks for registered athletes can be updated until noon on Sunday, April 6th. DMR and 4x800 updates may be updated until noon on Sunday, April 13th.

Elk County Catholic senior Kennedy Weisner enters her final year of XC with a champion's resume. Her best year to date was last year as a junior when she won her first state cross country title - this one in the inaugural Class A Championship. Weisner also qualified for her first Foot Locker Nationals. During indoor, she was invited to her first Millrose Mile, and also to the Brooks PR meet, an elite gathering in the Northwest. She came back in outdoor to capture two state AA titles, winning the 800 and the 1600 - a very tough double. She began her final XC season at PTXC-5, setting a course record of 17:49. An injury hurt her chance to repeat in Class A in XC, and sidelined her until December. She won the Millrose Trials Mile and finished 2nd in the Millrose Games. This is her third year qualifying for the Penn Relaya Carnival Mile - taking 5th as a sophomore and 3rd as a junior.

Each year when the calendar hits April it is time to check the Milesplit rankings nearly everyday and see who is the comeptiton this year, who will win which races, and sometimes the most prudent question who will fight with the Jamaicans the longest. 

Winner's Table of all HS Championship of America events

Penn Relays PA Coverage Central  

Preview of the high school girls 400 meter hurdles on Thursday at the 2014 Penn Relays. 

Olivia Baker drops a 2:02.55 anchor split as Columbia roared past Edwin Allen JAM for the title.

The girls from Cali threw down a season best time to finish as the first team from USA.

Mathew threw a VA all-time record to record the win at Penn. His first at a huge invitational.

Thompson was the runner-up and first US finisher.

MileSplit caught up with Donovan Davis, Dave Myrie and Noel Spencer on the origins of the Jamaican arrival in Philadelphia in 1964 and the amazing competition and excitement that has continued to the present day.

Andrew Hunter took down the National Sophomore Class Record en route to his first Penn Relays watch.

Tony Russell split 2:01 on the anchor leg to secure the title for his team.

Luke used a big kick to hold off Ian Milder to take his first Penn Relays title.

Ashleigh set a huge 35 second PR en route to her Penn Relays win.

Katie won the HS racewalk in the same race her sister Maria won the OD racewalk.

Rai finished as the first American in the race.

Chris was the runner-up and first American.

Jones was the runner-up and first American in the triple jump.

Cheltenham finished 7th in the COA in 47.11 and won the Tri-State in the same time.

Cheltenham rolled with the big boys and smashed their school record in the process.

Chaminade gave it their all and finished 2nd with a great race. Team Alum Thomas Awad interviewed the team.

Kelly made up some big ground on Calabar's anchor but ran out of track. Great effort for the boys from NY.

Arlington HS DMR

Acceptance lists have been released for the high school individual events for the 2014 Penn Relays Carnival on the last weekend of April at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

With only weeks to go the office of The Penn Relays Carnival officially announced the accepted entries for the individual events to be held the last weekend in April, 2014. 

Penn Relays Individual Acceptances

So far this calendar year it has only taken Loudoun Valley sophomore Andrew Hunter 20 laps to lead the state both in the 1600 and 3200. Earlier this month, in his first major race of the outdoor season, Andrew ran his way onto the top of the state leaderboard with his 4:14.60 1600.

Relay acceptance for the Penn Relays Carnival

S.C. high school level athletes accepted into Penn Relays. 

The office of the Penn Relays released and posted the accepted entries in the 4x800's and Distance Medley Relays this evening. These include some of the fastest teams and individuals in the state that are also favored in these relays. 

Each year, high school, college, and professional athletes from around the country and across the globe flock to Franklin Field to take part in the Penn Relay Carnival, the longest continuously held collegiate track meet in the United States. (via www.upenn.edu)

Penn Relays to be live streamed by Flotrack!

Today it was announced the Penn Relays will be available LIVE exclusively on Flotrack!

With hundreds of events going off over the three day span it's not always easy to find what you're looking for. We have created this condensed schedule below so you can easily find all the action you want to see!

PennTraX, the series.

Central coverage page and links for the 2014 Penn Relays Carnival at Franklin Field in Philadephia, Pennsylvania.

Complete coverage of all the meets outside of the Penn Relays

PA's Tessa Barrett, Abington Heights, withdraws from Thur's HS 3K to spend time w/her father who's battling a serious illness. 

West Springfield and Caroline Alcorta do it again! This makes their third major DMR title in a row and it doesn't hurt having Alcorta as you 4:46.46 anchor. They are the defending outdoor and indoor national champions in this discipline and now Champions of America. 

In arguably the largest weekend of the regular season, MileStat has unprecedented coverage slated. This includes live video coverage from MileStat.com's Elite Track Classic, live coverage at the Penn Relays and photo or video coverage from multiple meets as well. This is your one stop location for all coverage for every meet. 

MileStat is live and on site at the 120th annual Penn Relays Carnival. Keep checking back here throughout the entire day as this will be the one stop location for all VA results and performances. 

After two very successful days at the Penn Relays, the VA teams are looking to do some very big things on championship Saturday. Some of the key teams to keep an eye on are T.C. Williams in the boys COA 4x100 and Blacksburg in the boys COA 4x800.   

Harrisburg junior Sierra Brabham-Lawrence is a hurdles. Everything from 55 and 60 indoor, to 100, 300 (and hopefully next year, 400) outdoor. She made the semi's in AAA as a sophomore... and as a junior, medaled with a 7th place finish in the 100. Because of budget cuts, she did not run indoor until this past season, and in her first crack at the shorter race, she won a state title and tied the state meet record. At NBNI - fighting an illness - she made the semis. This spring she immediately went in the top of the 100 hurdles rankings, and is currently PA#2. And her 300m Hurdles from Pan-Ram remains PA#1. This season she added the triple jump, and in her first competition went to PA#1. She is currently PA#2. 

Previews of PA athletes at the Penn Relays.

Bishop Hendricken, Hope, Barrington and La Salle will all be sending teams to this week's meet, beginning on Thursday morning at Franklin Field.