105th Penn Relay Carnival
April 22-24, 1999 at Franklin Field, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA. For complete
information, see the Penn Relay
Carnival web site
Day 2 Highlights - Friday, April 23, 1999
Attendance: 31,904
Willingboro wins championship girls 4x400 - NJ Willingboro rushed to the lead at the end
of the third leg and went on to win the girls 4x400 championship
final decisively in 3:45.76. VA Bethel was second.
Jamaican St. Jago was leading the race when they fell in an
exchange collision.
Murad Campbell repeats in 3000 - Murad Campbell, NJ Overbrook Regional,
repeated as 3000 meter champion. He was challenged mildly
by Pennsylvanian Dan Coval, but won handily in 8:25.33.
Irish squad wins 3rd straight DMR in record 9:59.84 - St. Malachy's of Belfast Ireland, winner of
the last two Penn Relays distance medleys, made it three in a
row with a record setting 9:59.84. The Irish team took the
lead from NY Shenendehowa for good behind Francis McCaffrey's
1:53.6 800 meters. Anchor Conor Sweeney preserved the lead
with a 4:11.5 1600 meters. Also impressive in anchor were
Jon Fasulo of NJ Hunterdon Central (4:11.8) and Alan Webb of VA
South Lakes (4:13).
Texan Tommy Bonn wins mile in 4:11.70 - Tommy Bonn, TX Lockhart, was never threatened
as he led throughout the boys mile in 4:11.70. Mason Ward,
OH Colerain, was second.
Weather disrupts schedule - The day turned cold and wet, with showers and
intermittent drizzle after 10 a.m. Clouds were so dark by
3 pm that the lights were turned on, followed by thunder and
lightning and the heaviest downpour of the day. The meet
was suspended at 3:40 pm because of the lightning and it resumed
at 4:05 pm with the rain stopped and the skies brightening.
At 4:30, another heavy downpour caused a second suspension with
thunder rumbling around Franklin Field. The meet resumed
at 5:50 p.m. with plans to conclude the day's schedule except
for moving the college men's and women's sprint medleys to
Saturday morning starting at 7:30 a.m. Four important high
school events will be run under lights Friday night: Boys
DMR, Mile, and 3000, and the championship girls 4x400.
Jamaica claims 3 of top 5 seeds for boys 4x100 relay championship - Jamaica
had 3 of the 5 fastest teams in boys 4x100 qualifying heats Friday -
Calabar (42.15), St. Jago (42.30), and Camperdown (42.37). Fastest
American teams were VA Potomac (42.20), PA Roman Catholic (42.34), NJ Trenton
Central (42.54) and MD Eleanor Roosevelt (42.55). The eight fastest
qualifiers will run for the championship Saturday. See
qualifiers.
Another gold for Vere Tech girls in 4x100 championship final - Vere
Technical of Jamaica is harvesting a pile of gold medals in this Penn Relays and
the 4x100 championship final just added to their collection as they were a 45.44
winner, with JAM St. Jago second (45.99). Next were VA Bethel (47.08) and
MD Eleanor Roosevelt (47.17). NY Uniondale won the large school
consolation final in 47.68. A three-team photo finish in the small school
final saw JAM Meadowbrook (48.04) get the nod over MD Central (48.05) and OH
Brookhaven (48.08).
Holmwood Tech holds off Manchester Central in 9:08.1 - Holmwood
Tech of Jamaica was a wire to wire winner (9:08.01) in the girls 4x800
championship final, but not without some nervous moments as Jill Laurendeau of
NH Manchester Central ran a brilliant anchor (2:13) for the second straight day.
Holmwood anchor Kerriann White stretched the lead in her first lap, but paid for
it in the second lap. Approaching the far turn, White was wobbling and
Laurendeau was gaining with each stride. But Laurendeau ran out of ground
and crossed the finish line one stride and 0.36 second behind . TX
Mesquite (9:11.18) edged VA Thomas Jefferson (9:12.03) for third, but TJ
anchor Kelly Otstott tied Laurendeau for the race's best split.
VA T.C. Williams 7:52.42 leads 4x800 qualifiers - T.C.
Williams won its heat in 7:52.42 and led 12 teams into the championship
race to be run Saturday. Williams' splits were all under 2 minutes, led by
anchor Brandon Alexander's 1:55.6. Fastest split of the day was PA Central
Bucks East's Kevin Nishiyama 1:51.1.
Heat winners:
Heat 1: NY St. Peters 7:52.62
Heat 2: TX Lockhart 7:57.30
Heat 3: NJ Old Bridge 7:53.82
Heat 4: VA T C Williams 7:52.42
Click for
championship final qualifiers
Discus: Sarah Herskee 139-5 - NJ Mendham thrower wins,
with NY Guilderland's Janine Tessarzik second (136-9).
Boys High Jump: Adam Chubb - Adam Chubb, PA
Susquehanna Twp., won the boys high jump with a leap of 6-9.75
Boys Javelin: Eric Dare - PA State College
thrower Eric Dare won the javelin at 194-11, three feet better than NJ Rancocas
Valley Regional's Jason Cowden.
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