The Penn Relays Carnival 2012

PHILADELPHIA, USA — Calabar High School's Jevon Francis was named the Penn Relays High School Boy Athlete for Relay Events after his amazing 44.9 seconds anchor to secure his team's win of the Championships of Americas 4x400m relays at Frankl ... (via Jamaica Observer)

  Twenty-six Jamaican high schools and four colleges will be competing at this month’s 119th Pennsylvania Relay Carnival from April 25-27 at the Franklin Field at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

GREEN ISLAND, Hanover — AFTER their best season ever, Green Island High is setting their sights on a maiden trip to the 119th Penn Relays carnival set for April 24-27, at Franklin Fieldon the University at Pennsylvania in Philade ... (via Jamaica Observer)

Photo courtesy of William Shearn

The Penn Relays Gold Watch is a coveted prize.

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Track and Field in Connecticut saw is now in full swing, Milesplit will now run a "Week in Review Series".

MORE THAN A GAME | Sophie Chase used to run alone in practice. Now she has a training partner, and competition, from Hannah Christen. (via )

    Four seniors from Potomac High School had something to prove at Saturday’s Penn Relays. Wolverines start slow, but finish fourth behind three teams from Jamaica (via )

Westfield tops Kingston (JAM) in the COA 4x800 with a time of 7:39.73.  Potomac (MD) 4th in the COA 4x100m, first US team! (Photo by Don Rich)

PHILADELPHIA - Team USA on Saturday dominated the biggest international field ever assembled for USA vs. the World to sweep all six races at the 13th edition of the event at the Penn Relays. (via )

The huge crowd at the Penn Relays drove Michael Jensen to new heights today

In the much-anticipated USA versus the World competition during the final day of the 118th Penn Relays Carnival, the Americans put on a show for the nearly 50,000 that filled the stands at Franklin Stadium by sweeping all six events. (Photo by Don Rich)

Jacob Burcham, a junior distance standout at Cabell Midland High School, placed second in the High School Boys' Mile Run Championship in a time of 4:09.49 at the Penn Relays Carnival on Friday, April 27th, 2012 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, PA.

Three Prince George's County high schools have the chance to do what a team from Maryland has failed to do for the first 117 years of the Penn Relays: win the 400 relay. (via )

For one time in Winston Churchill High School's Nadim Elhage's career, his definition of a win would not come down to how many feet he would throw in the shot put or what place he got, the victory was just the accomplishment of getting to the Penn Relays. (via )

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Westfield boys were the fastest qualifiers of all teams in the 4x800 trials with a state best time of 7:48.39 from the indoor AAA state 4x800 relay squad and now insert themselves as a far in the Championships of American finals on Saturday. Splits for Westfield were as followed: Max Chambers (1:59.5), Jeff Edmondson (1:57.8), Nathan Kiley (1:54.8), Tyrone Walker (1:56.3). Another Northern Region relay in Annandale clocked the swiftest time among all Virginians in the 4x100 heats at 42.48 for 11th fastest overall to qualify for the large school finals tomorrow. Another Atom from Annandale in Ahmed Bile was part of a contigent of four Virginians in the Penn Relays high school mile and ended up fifth overall with a season best performance of 4:12.81.   Best race of the day from Virginia and a big surprise came from Skyline's Thomas Madden scoring his biggest win so far of his high school career as the Group AA state cross country champion won the 3000 meter title at the Penn Relays in a resounding 5 second victory at 8:25.54.  The Skyline junior Madden, who boasts a 3200 meter PR of 9:14, would have chopped off roughly 12 seconds and threatened a 9 minute flat time if he had continued on for another 200 meters. Albemarle's Adam Viskokay, who was a national runner-up indoors in the 2 mile, placed fifth in 8:34, while the state had five of the top 11 finishers with Madden, Visokay, W.T. Woodson's Paul Gates, Lake Braddock's Nick Tuck, and Princess Anne's Matthew Schwartzer.

Maggie Drazba, a junior distance standout at St. Marys High School, placed seventh in the High School Girls’ 3000-meter run in a new PR of 9:55.66 at the Penn Relays Carnival on Thursday, April 26th, 2012 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, PA.  

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TRACK AND FIELD | Bulldogs 4x800 relay team earns finals berth. Annandale’s Ahmed Bile finishes fifth in mile on Day 2 of Penn Relays. (via )

No lead is safe. No lead is safe, at least when it’s Edward Cheserek.  The St. Benedict NJ junior didn’t disappoint the fans gathered at Franklin Stadium Friday night for the 118th Penn Relays Carnival. (Photo by Don Rich)

TRACK AND FIELD | Old Mill’s Alexis Franklin and Lake Braddock’s Sophie Chase turn in impressive performances in their events. (via )

Tatnall runners smash medley record at relays   Girls fall behind but easily beat leader in the end   (via )  

Montgomery, Frederick Prince George's counties solid on first day of prestigious track meet (via )

St. Augustine's College, anchored by Shaunae Miller, finished with the tenth overall fastest time in the 4x100 prelims (combined small and large school). They qualified for Friday's small school finals.

The first day of the high school competition at the 118th Penn Relays Carnival couldn’t have had a better ending. Tatnall celebrates a Relays record in the DMR. (Photo by Aaron Rich)

Alexis Franklin finished fifth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Penn Relays two years ago and took second last spring. But the Old Mill senior took it to another level Thursday in Philadelphia. (via )

3 Sam Parsons Tatnall (DE)   9 Michael Jensen Appoquinimink (DE)   7 Amanda Rickert Wilmington Charter (DE)   11 Octivia Booker Hodgson Vo-Tech (DE)   22 Latazah Coleman Appoquinimink (DE)   16 Kadijah Doughty Cape Henlopen (DE)  

  May 2012 04/25- 04/28 Drake Relays Drake University  Des Moines, IA 04/26- 04/28 The Penn Relays Carnival University of Pennsylvania  Philadelphia, PA 04/28 15th Annual Lock Haven High School Classic Lock Haven University  Lock Haven, PA 04/28 9th Annual Unionville Invitational Unionville  Kennett Square, PA 04/28 Holy Angels Meet Holy Angels Wilmington, DE 05/01 - 05/02 Blue Hen Conference Championship Appoquinimink High School Middletown, DE 05/01 Go the Distance Ursuline Academy CYM Team  

INDIANAPOLIS - With less than 100 days until the 2012 Olympic Games, a record number of athletes and countries will compete at the 13th edition of USA vs. the World at the 118th Penn Relays in Philadelphia, this Saturday.

    Tatnall's Pierce sticks with team on national stage   Star runner opts for distance relay event   (via www.delawareonline.com)  

  NDIANAPOLIS - With less than 100 days until the 2012 Olympic Games, a record number of athletes and countries will compete at the 13th edition of USA vs. the World at the 118th Penn Relays in Philadelphia, this Saturday.    

To some, winning a Penn Relays Gold Watch is a goal just as, and even sometimes moreso important than winning a national championship.  Watches are awarded only to the overall American winners in Championship of America events at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, kicking off for the 118th time next Thursday at Franklin Field.  In some cases, most notably the sprints, it is harder to win a spot on the top of the medal stand than it is to win a national championship.  This fact is because of the international draw the relays bring to Philly; currently, there are 62 schools registered that are not from the United States, with Jamaica the most represented foreign country with 32 individual schools.  For some, winning a watch means beating the world. While the main events remain the short relays, specifically the 4x100m and 4x400m, the distance relays and open events are available on an invite basis.  And with the the high quality meet comes a high caliber field in each of the 4 invitational distance events.  We broke down the competition to help you see where the action may take place.

To some, winning a Penn Relays Gold Watch is a goal just as, and even sometimes moreso important than winning a national championship.  Watches are awarded only to the overall American winners in Championship of America events at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, kicking off for the 118th time next Thursday at Franklin Field.  In some cases, most notably the sprints, it is harder to win a spot on the top of the medal stand than it is to win a national championship.  This fact is because of the international draw the relays bring to Philly; currently, there are 62 schools registered that are not from the United States, with Jamaica the most represented foreign country with 32 individual schools.  For some, winning a watch means beating the world. While the main events remain the short relays, specifically the 4x100m and 4x400m, the distance relays and open events are available on an invite basis.  And with the the high quality meet comes a high caliber field in each of the 4 invitational distance events.  We broke down the competition to help you see where the action may take place.

    04/25- 04/28 Drake Relays Drake University  Des Moines, IA 04/25 Hancock Tri-State Invitational Hancock Middle Senior High School  Hancock, MD 04/25 S.P.O.T. Relays Severna Park Severna Park, md 04/26- 04/28 The Penn Relays Carnival University of Pennsylvania  Philadelphia, PA 04/27- 04/28 MileStat.com Elite Track Classic presented by Lucky Foot Richmond, VA 04/27 Northern Bedford County (NBCAA) Invitational Northern Bedford  Loysburg, PA 04/28 Apple Blossom Invitational James Wood High School  Winchester, VA 04/28 Cassel's XBC Track Experience Chantilly  Chantilly, VA 04/28 Howard County Spring Track Classic River Hill High School Clarksville, MD  

Seven days! This isn’t some cheesy reference to an early 2000s “horror” movie but is a show of elation for the 118th Penn Relays Carnival. Now lets not kid ourselves, everyone has ThePennRelays.com as their homepage like myself and is ready for next week like I am, if you aren’t you very well should be.

They may be held at historic Franklin Field in Philly, but the PENN RELAYS are very much ingrained into the New Jersey T&F psyche. NJRunners starts it's Penn Relays Coverage with the lists of all accepted HS entries. JUST ADDED: Final Penn Relays HS Event Acceptances

With the construction of Penn Park on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, plenty of new spaces have opened for the athletes of The Penn Relays. One such space is a brand new throwing area for the hammer and discuss events. (via www.thepennrelays.com)

With faster performances in more events at increasingly elite levels, Haley Pierce this winter achieved national prominence unprecedented for a Delaware runner.   Tatnall’s Haley Pierce has broken state and national high-school records and also bounced back from tendinitis, which kept interrupting her season for six important weeks. / The News Journal/FRED COMEGYS