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Penn Relays Preview by Walt Murphy
One of the sport's leading statisticians analyzes every event.
April 26-28, 2007 Philadelphia PA
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2007 Penn Relays Preview by Walt Murphy
It’s just not fair. After a miserable spring, the weather finally turned around this past weekend, with Philadelphia and the rest of the Northeast getting treated to summerlike conditions. But it only gave us false hope, since the temperature is expected to plummet back into the 50s again for all three days of the Relays. Throw in some showers, and it could make for uncomfortable conditions for athletes and fans alike, especially on Thursday.
But it’s still Penn--the best weekend on the T&F schedule. And long-range forecasts have been wrong before, so let’s hope for the best.
This could be the year of the Seminoles at the Relays. Bob Braman’s Florida State men’s team, led by super sprinter Walter Dix, is among the favorites in the 4x100, 4x200, 4x400, and sprint medley.
17-year old Yohan Blake hopes to lead St.Jago’s to victory in the boys 4x100 and 4x400 relays.
The Relays have lost some good friends since last year’s meet. Among those who have passed away are Penn alum Frank Dolson, who endowed the Relays Director position with a gift of $1.25 million, long-time clerk Herman Mancini, coaches Jack St.Clair and Tom Jones, Willye White, who won the 100-yard dash in 1962, the first year a women’s event was held at the Relays, and Hall-of-Famer Parry O’Brien, who just passed away this past Saturday. O’Brien won the Olympic Development Shot Put at the 1964 Relays.
Here is an event-by-event look at the 113th running of the Penn Relays. Bib numbers/letters are listed where available, as well as 2007 bests. Be sure to buy the Penn Relays program--it’s the best in the sport.
Tuesday/Wednesday April 24,25
1-College Men Decathlon 11:00am
Top entry is Arkansas sophomore Boris Roslov(1), a transfer from hagerstown Junior College.
2-College Women Heptathlon 11:30am
Could be a good battle between Seton Hall’s Dominique Washington(2) and Penn State’s Gayle Hunter(1).
Thursday April 26
3-College Women’s 400-meter hurdles 10:00am
19-year old Kaliese Spencer (#1/UTech/JAM) ran 55.64, the 3rd-best ever at Penn, to finish 2nd last year. She went on to win the gold medal at the World Junior Championships in Beijing with a personal best of 55.11. The Relays Record of 55.58 was set by Arizona State’s Lade Akinremi back in 1995. South Carolina frosh Krystal Cantey (#2/Winslow Twp,NJ) was 3rd in the H.S. divsion in 2006 and has a best of 57.40 this year.
Virginia Tech’s strong duo of Shell Green (#4) and Queen Harrison finished 1-2 at the ACC Championships with quick times of 56.6 and 56.80.
4-High School Girls 400-Meter Hurdles 10:20am
Shana-Gaye Tracey (#1/Manchester/JAM) ran a personal best of
57.90 to win the Jamaican H.S. title and also won the gold medal at the Carifta Games. Finishing behind Tracey at the Jamaican Champs were Andrea Sutherland (#5/Edwin Allen, 58.46, Andrea Reid (#2/Holmwood, 58.84), and Judith Riley (#4/Manchester, 58.90. Riley ran 58.44 earlier this year. The U.S. has a strong group of contenders in Nicole Saunders (#3/Menchville,Va, 58.;88-’06), Leslie Njoku (#6/McNair Academy,NJ, 59.28-’06), junior Ryan Krais (#7/Methacton,Pa, 59.34-’07), and sophomore Turquoise Thompson (#9-Long Beach Poly,Ca).
5-8 High School Girls 4x800 Relay Heats
The 12 fastest teams from the four heats advance to the Championship Final on Friday (Event #112-12:40pm). It took 9:23.30(06), 9:25.46(05), and 9:23.86(04) to qualify for the final the last three years.
Holmwood Tech, Edwin Allen, and Roosevelt finished 1-2-3 in 2006 and should do battle again this year.
Carmel(NY), which had the fastest indoor time in the U.S. this year (8:59.85) is passing up this event in favor of the distance medley (teams can’t compete in both).
5-”Small” Schools 4x800 10:30am
Led by Bobby-Gaye Wilkins, who might not run the heats, and Keno Heaven, Holmwood Tech(AA) is favored to win its 3rd straight title in this event. Holmwood has already run 8:50.77 this year. Wilkins has been on the last two winning teams.
Possible U.S. finalists include Bronxville,NY(AB-9:19.16), Tatnall,DE(AC-9:25.10), and St.Basil Academy-PA(AD).
Individuals to look for include Brittany Sheffey (2:10.77), who will be running for Bellport,NY(AF).
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6-”Small” Schools 4x800 10:40am
Jamaica’s Edwin Allen(BA), the Championship winner in 2003 and 2004, has run 8:58.11 this year. Other contenders include Pope John XXIII,NJ(BB-9:05.97), and St.Jago/JAM(BC)
7-”Large” Schools 4x800 10:50am
Eleanor Roosevelt(CA), which ran 9:01.17 indoors, finished 3rd last year and could challenge the Jamaicans for the top prize this year. Other potential finalists include Suffern,NY(CB-9:25.70) and Colts Neck,NJ(CC-9:25.58).
8-”Large” Schools 4x800 11:00am
Leading teams include Warwick Valley,NY(DA-9:02.65), LincolnSudbury, MA(DB-9:11.79), and Lenape,NJ(DC-9:26.67).
9&10-High School Girls 4x100 Heats 11:10am
The eight fastest teams from the “small” and “large” school heats advance to the Championship Final on Friday(Event #126- 2:24pm). Heats are run in alphabetical order (by school).
It took 47.48(2006), 47.76(2005-cool), and 47.30(2004) to make it into the final the last three years.
Holmwood(EE) returns Schillonie Calvert and Anastacia Le-Roy from last year’s winning team and has already run 44.67 this year. Other Jamaican teams that have run well this year: Edwin Allen(AB-45.18), Manchester(FN-46.00), Vere Tech(LL-46.12), St.Jago(JJ-46.43), and The Queen’s School(VZ-46.67).
California’s Long Beach Poly(TK) is the only school not from Jamaica to win this event since 1981, finishing first in 1995 and 2003. Off their 45.79 win at Arcadia, they could be ready for a 3rd title. Rancho Verde,Ca(WC) ran 46.50 to finish 2nd to Poly at Arcadia and could also make the final.
Other U.S. hopefuls include Middle College,NY(GE-47.47), Deep Creek,VA(PS-47.49), the omni-present Eleanor Roosevelt,MD(WL47.62), Bethel,VA(NY), last year’s runnerup, McDonogh,MD(FU, which returns 3 from last year’s 6th-place team, Hempstead(RY), and Uniondale (YA), which had the top U.S. 4x200 team indoors.
12-College Women 4x100 Heats 1:00pm
The 8 fastest teams advance to the Championship Final on Friday (Event #115-12:57pm). It took 45.44(06), 45.46(05), and 45.32(04) to qualify for the final the last three years.
Texas, the defending champion, is sending its sprinters to the Drake Relays to get a “feel” for the track that will be the site of the NCAA Midwest Regional next month. LEADING TEAMS Seven of the eight fastest collegiate teams in the country are entered.
43.26 AA LSU 43.80 AD TEXAS A&M 44.05 AC TENNESSEE 44.33 AE AUBURN 44.33 AJ GEORGIA TECH 44.35 AB SO. CAROLINA 44.54 AI MIAMI 44.62 AR Virginia Tech 44.65 AF TCU 44.70 AH OKLAHOMA 45.36 AK Connecticut 45.39 AL TULANE 13-56/High School Girls 4x400 Heats
The 8 fastest teams advance to the Championship Final on Friday (Event #158-6:05pm).
It took 3:50.80(06), 3:53.90(05), and 3:49.51(04) to qualify for the final the last three years.
Roosevelt(Md) beat Long Beach Poly(Ca) in a great battle at the Arcadia Inv. (3:40.48-3:41.17). Can either one stop the Holmwood (3:34.29) juggernaut? Vere Tech, which ran 3:39.04 earlier this year, did not enter a team.
Races With leading Teams (and 2007 bests)
30-HSG 4x400 Relay 2:45pm St.Andrew Girl’s,JAM(F)-3:49.85
35-HSG 4x400 Relay 3:10pm Mt.Vernon,NY(N)-3:54.25
37-HSG 4x400 Relay 3:20pm Suffern,NY(I)-3:57.77 39-HSG 4x400 Relay 3:30pm The Queen’s School,JAM(H)-3:48.75
40-HSG 4x400 Relay 3:35pm Edwin Allen,JAM(A)-3:40.25, Chanelle Price, the #1 prep 800 runner in the U.S. will be running for Easton,PA(I)-3:51.82; Uniondale,NY(G)-3:55.65
41-HSG 4x400 Relay 3:40pm Roosevelt,MD(H)-3:40.48, Boys&Girls,NY(A)-3:47.57, Colonie,NY(C)-3:52.78, Hempstead,NY(K)-3:54.48, Landstown,Va(L)-3:57.00
42-HSG 4x400 Relay 3:45pm Long Beach Poly,CA(L-3:41.17) is led by sophomore Turquoise Thompson, who led the U.S. in the 400 indoors(53.78), St.Jago,JAM(K)-3:43.81, Menchville,Va(F)-3:55.19, New Rochelle,NY(H)-3:56.38
43-HSG 4x400 Relay 3:50pm Holmwood,JAM(C) 3:34.29, Manchester(D) 3:41.22, Rancho Verde,CA(K-3:49.19), Osbourn Park,Va(I)-3:53.21, Bishop Loughlin,NY(B)-3:53.71, Weaver,Ct(L)-3:55.53
58-College Women’s Distance Medley 5:00pm
Leading a strong field is North Carolina(B), winner of the last two NCAA Indoor titles. The Tarheels are expected to run with a foursome of Megan Kaltenbach(3:26.1), Tyra Johnson (55.0), Georgia Kloss (2:05.3), Bria Felnagle (4:33.1), the same lineup that won this year’s NCAA race(10:59.46).
Shannon Rowbury, this year’s NCAA Indoor champion in the mile, anchored Duke(F) to victory in this event at the 2005 Penn Relays, but was a redshirt last year. She’s back and, if healthy(she sat out the ACC) could battle ACC rival Felnagle on the final 1600-meter leg here.
Other contenders include defending champion Villanova(AA), who lost last year’s anchor, Marina Muncan, to graduation, Tennessee(AC), Georgetown(AD), and Princeton(AE).
The last time a team from England won at Penn was in 1956, when Oxford University won the men’s 2-mile and 4-mile Relays. A strong team from the University of Birmingham(AI), led by Hannah England, the 2006 British Junior Champion at 1500meters (4:17.31) could break that winless streak. Joining England will be Louise Durman, Hannah Brooks (2:06.16), and Anna Simmonds (2:05.76). The team will also be a contender in the 4x800 on Saturday.
59-College Women’s 4x400 Relay-Heats 5:25pm
The 8 fastest teams from events 59-60 advance to the Championship Final on Saturday (Event #255-5:35pm).
It took 3:35.98(06), 3:42.40(05-cool), and 3:37.17(04) to qualify for the final the last three years.
In the past, teams ran in pre-determined heats, but this year they will be seeded in the “paddock”, the same procedure used in the 4x100 and 4x200.
Six of the seven fastest NCAA Div.I schools, plus a strong team from Jamaica, are entered. LEADING TEAMS (i-indoor time)
3:29.57i AB SO. CAROLINA A rejuvenated Natasha Hastings, who has the fastest 400 time in the world this year(50.55), led her team to this year’s NCAA Indoor title. Team includes two talented frosh, Brandi Cross and Krystal Cantey. Cross’s father and grandfather have both run on winning relay teams at Penn. Stephanie Smith ran on USC’s winning teams in 2004 and 2005 3:29.86i AC LSU Runnerup to South Carolina at the Indoor NCs. 3:29.93i AC TEXAS A&M Hasn’t taken former LSU coach Pat Henry long to build A&M into a contender 3:32.11 AK FLORIDA ST. (ACC) 3:32.67 AA MIAMI (ACC) Defending champs, but they only return Krista Simkins and Ginou Ettienne from last year’s team. 3:32.97 AH U.TECH/Jamaica A potential winning lineup of (with 2007 400 bests) Alecia Cutenar(55.40), Nyoka Cole(54.45, Christine Day(54.20), and Kaliese Spencer (52.33), who might already have won the 400hurdles earlier in the day. 3:33.39i AE PENN STATE Best team in the East is anchord by Shana Cox, who has already run 51.88 this season. 3:34.67 AJ VIRGINIA TECH 3:34.66 AF TCU 3:38.12 AL MIDDLE TENN. 3:39.85i AR SETON HALL
60-Heptagonal Women’s 4x400 Relay-5:25pm
Cornell(A-3:42.37i) returns Cameron Washington and 800specialist Morgan Uceny from last year’s winning team. (Brown (D3: 44.65i) finished 2nd to Cornell at the Indoor Heps.
62-High School Girls Distance Medley 6:20pm
Bay Shore,NY(A) had the fastest indoor time in the U.S.(11:48.54) and is hoping to win its first Penn Relays title. Senior Sarah McCurdy ran on the Bay Shore team that set the
U.S. National H.S. Record of 11:33.42 in 2004 when she was a freshman. Steve Borbet’s team hopes to have a big enough lead after three legs, since Southern Regional(B-11:49.62) will have Danielle Tauro, the reigning U.S. Junior(1500) and High School(mile) champion, running the anchor 1600. Southern also has a strong lead-off leg(1200) in Jillian Smith. However, Bay Shore can counter with a good anchor of its own, Callie Hogan, who ran
4:50.35 to win the mile at the Indoor National Scholastics. Other contenders include Burnt Hills,NY(C-11:51.74), LaSalle,RI(D-11:52.95), Carmel,NY(E-11:57.24), with Kristin Reese on the anchor, and Ramapo,NJ(F-11:57.44).
The Relays Record is 11:40.51(Vere Tech-1992).
Defending champion Suffern(NY) chose to enter the 4x800 this year, as did Roosevelt(Md), which ran 11:43.59 at Arcadia and.would have been a strong contender in this event.
63-High School Girls Mile 6:35pm
This appears to be a wide-open race. The leading contenders are junior Suejin Ahn (#1-Ward Melville,NY, 4:52.89), sophomore Stephanie Morgan (#2-Barnesville,OH, 4:53.13), senior Kimberly Standridge (#3-Randolph,NJ(#3-4:53.18), and senior Samantha McMillan (#4-Judge Memorial,UT, 4:54.30.
Defending champ Danielle Tauro (Southern Regional,NJ) is running the distance medley.
64-High School Girls 3000m 6:40pm
Ashley Higginson (#1-Colts Neck,NJ) pulled away with 3 laps to go last year and went on to win in 9:42.07. Catherine White (#2Northside, Va) was the early leader in last year’s race and wound up 3rd (9:49.20).
THURSDAY NIGHT RACES--2007 Qualifying Standards MEN IC4A NCAA I NCAA II(Auto/Prov.) NCAA (II(Auto/Prov.) USATF(Auto/Prov.) World Champ.(A/B) Steeplechase 9:16.00 9:07.00 9:00.00/9:26.00 9:07.34/9:23.00 8:40.00/8:45.50 8:24.60/8:32.00 5000 14:37.00 14:12.00 14:00.00/14:50.00 14:28.00/14:48.00 13:30.00/13:52.00 13:21.50/13:28.00 10,000 31:08.00 28:45.00 29:30.00/31:10.00 30:15.30/31:15.00 28:30.00/29:01.00 27:49.00/28:06.00 WOMEN ECAC NCAA I NCAA II(Auto/Prov.) NCAA III(Auto/Prov.) USATF(Auto/Prov.) World Champ.)A/B) 3000 9:56.24 x 9:40.00/10:15.00 x x x Steeplechase 10:55.04 10:50.25 10:20.00/11:27.00 10:48.00/11:16.50 10:13.00/10:24.00 9:48..00/9:58.00 5000 17:26.14 16:52.00 16:40.00/17:42.00 17:00.00/17:40.00 15:50.00/15:56.00 15:08.70/15:24.00 10,000 37:40.00 33:30.00 35:00.00/37.55.00 36:00.00/37:40.00 33:45.00/34:00.00 31:40.00/32:00.00
65-College Men’s Steeplechase 7:15pm
Abilene Christian senior Nicodemus Naimadu(#1) is favored to become the third man to win three titles in this event. The other two were Fordham’s Joe McCluskey (1931-1933, and Tennessee’s Ricky Pittman((1982,1983,1985). (The event wasn’t held at Penn from 1940-1959).
At last year’s Relays, Naimadu attracted a crowd of fans who watched him completely clear the water jump on every lap. His winning time of 8:29.82 was the 2nd fastest in Penn history. This
is his last chance to break the 27-year old Relays record of 8:26.26, which was set by Arizona’s Thom Hunt back in 1980.
Naimadu, who won by more than 15-seconds last year, could get some competition from Clemson’s Itay Magidi, who ran 8:25.04 last summer, or Virginia Intermont’s David Cheromei(#3), who ran
8:34.78 at the Mt.SAC Relays. Eastern Track--2007 Penn Relays Preview Page 3
67-Olympic Development Steeplechase 7:35pm
Leading entrants include Canada’s Matt Kerr(#1), the 1998 NCAA Champion from Arkansas, and Mike McKeeman(#2), who is Deena Kastor’s main training partner. McKeeman finished 2nd at last November’s Philadelphia Marathon with a personal best of
2:17:50. His steeple best is 8:53.31.
69-College Women’s Steeplechase 7:45pm
Brigham Young’s Kassi Andersen(#1), the 2003 NCAA Champion, was out of action for almost two years after getting struck by a truck while doing some cross-training on a bike in the fall of 2004. Her best is 9:44.68(2004)--the Relays record of 9:57.41 was set by Toledo’s Brianna Shook in 2004. Teammate Amy Fowler(#2) ran a personal best of 10:03.79 at Mt.SAC. (Andersen might run the 3000).
71-College Women’s 3000-meters 8:15pm
If BYU’s Kassi Andesen(#1) and/or Amy Fowler(#2) don’t run the steeplechase (see above), they will probably run this event.
72-College Women’s 5000-meters 8:25pm
Providence’s Aine Hoban(#1) was the 2007 New England 3k and Big East 5k indoor champion. Iona’s Salome Kosgei(#2) finished 8th in the 5k at the NCAA Indoor Championships (Hoban was 5th).
73-Olympic Development 5000-meters 8:45pm
Kenya’s Magdalene Makunzi(#1) is a regular on the U.S. Road Running Circuit. Ethiopia’s Aziza Aliyu(#2) competes for Mike Barnow’s Westchester T.C.
74-College Men’s 5000-meters 9:05pm
Among the contenders are FDU freshman Samuel Chelanga(#213: 46.39), who was 4th at the Indoor NCs, Arkansas’ Shawn Forrest(#4-13:47.72i-’06), and LaSalle’s Sean Quigley, who has run PRs this year in the mile(4:02.04i), 3000(8:04.25i), 5000(13:49.62i), and 10,000(28:29.16). (Chelanga is also entered in the 10,000)
76-Men’s Olympic Development 5000-meters 9:45pm
Top entrants include Kenyans Stephen Koech(#1), who ran
13:04.43 in 2005, Patrick Cheruiyot(#2-28:27.1/10k), and former Iona star Stephen Chemlany(#4-14:03.89-’06), as well as Ethiopia’s Abiyot Endale (13:39/5k-’03). 77/78-Women’s College & O.D. 10,000-meters 10pm
Top seeds are Boston University’s Marisa Ryan(#1) and Renee Gunning(#40).
78/80-Men’s College and O.D. 10k 10:40pm
Leading college entrants are Arkansas’ Matt Munoz(#1), FDU’s Samuel Chelanga(#2-also entered in the 5k), and Duke’s Keith Kreiger(#3). Former Widener star Macharia Yuot(#80) heads the Olympic Development field.
THURSDAY FIELD EVENTS
263-College Women’s Hammer Throw 10:00am
Tennessee’s Shanna Dickenson (#1) has the longest throw in the field this spring (198-3. Clemson’s Della Clark(#12) was 3rd in the weight throw at this year’s NCAA Indoor Championships.
265-College Women’s Long Jump Noon
Miami’s Brenda Faluade(#1) finished 3rd at last year’s Relays and was 2nd at this year’s NCAA Indoor Championships. She beat teammate Deandra Doyley(#10) on a better 2nd jump as both reached out to 20-7 3/4 at this past weekend’s ACC Championships. Amy Seward (#3) made it a Miami sweep at the ACC with a jump of 20-4 1/2. Kwonya Ferguson(#5) of St.Augustine’s is the 2007 NCAA Div.II Indoor Champion.
266-College Women’s Shot Put
After finishing 2nd the last two years, Texas’ Michelle Carter(#1) has one more chance to become the 2nd member of her family to win the shot put at Penn. Her dad Michael, the 1984 Olympic silver medalist, won the college men’s event in 1981 and 1984.
267-High School Girls Javelin
Could be quite a battle for first place.
Holmwood Tech’s Tanesha Blair(#2) won last year with a throw of 151-2. She won this year’s Jamaican Championship with a throw of 157-0, a personal best and a Jamaican National Junior record. The Relays Record of 154-3 was set by Rudy Radocaj (Williamsport,Pa) in 2004.
But she doesn’t have the best throw of those entered. Karlee McQuillen (#1-Westmont Hilltop,Pa) had the best throw by an American prep last year (162-4) and has already thrown 157-3 this year.
Brieanna Kennedy (#3-Caravel,De), was 6th here last year and had a best of 150-0 in 2006.
268-High School Girls Pole Vault 1:00pm
Stephanie Duffy(#1-Washingtonville,NY) was 2nd last year and had a best of 13-1 1/2 this past indoor season. The Relays record of 12-8 was set last year by Lindsay Regan (Easton Area,Pa).
Canadian prep Ariane Beaumont-Courteau(#4) jumped 12-6 this past indoor season.
271-High School Girls Long Jump 1:45pm
Brittni Finch(#1-Centreville) edged Shakia Forbes(#2-Bethel) at this year’s Viriginia Indoor State meet, 19-7 1/4 to 19-6 1/4.
272-High School Girls Triple Jump 1:45pm
Vere Tech’s Kimberly Williams(31) is looking to become the first 3-time winnner of this event since it was added to the Relays schedule in 1994.
She jumped a big personal best of 44-4 1/4 to win at last month’s Jamaican Championships. If the weather cooperates, she could challenge the Relays Record of 42-2 3/4, which was set by Carlene Cummings (Dwight Morrow,NJ) in 1998.
273-College Women’s Javelin 2:00pm
A strong field includes last year’s 1-2 finishers, UNCWilmington’s Anna Raynor(#1) and Purdue’s Kara Patterson(#3), and Duke’s Daina Pucurs(#3). Patterson was the 2005 Relays Champion
Raynor beat Pucurs to win the 2006 ECAC title and finished 4th at the NCAA Championships. Their 2007 bests-Raynor(1693), Pucurs (168-11).
274-High School Girls High Jump 2:30pm
Ashley Gatling(#1-Deep Creek,Va) won last year with a jump of 5-8 1/2. She jumped a personal best of 5-10 earlier this spring. Brigetta Barrett(#2-R.C.Ketcham,NY) jumped 5-9 indoors.
275-College Women’s Pole Vault 3:00pm
Arkansas’ Jodi Unger(#1) won last year with a leap of 13-5 1/4.
278-High School Girls Shot Put 4:00pm
Kamorean Hayes (#1-Harding,NC) was the #1 prep in the U.S. in 2006. She was the U.S. Junior Champion and she led the nation with a throw of 52-2. She improved to 52-6 1/2 in March at the Nike Indoor Nationals. The Relays Record of 50-3/4 was set way back in 1980 by Elaine Sobansky(Trinity,Pa).
Hoping to challenge Hayes is local favorite Karen Shump(Penncrest,Pa), who was 4th at last year’s Relays. She had a best of 48-7 3/4 during the indoor season.
Friday April 27
81-College Men’s 400-mneter hurdles 9:00am
Hampton’s Terry Thornton(#1) finished 2nd last year, while Auburn’s Rueben McCoy(#2), who ran 50.31 this past weekend, was 5th. The order was reversed at the NCAA Championships, with McCoy finishing 4th and Thornton 7th. South Carolina’s Thomas Hilliard(#3) has run 50.71 this spring.
82-85 High School Boys 4x800 Relay Heats
The 12 fastest teams from the four heats advance to the Championship Final on Saturday (Event #235-3:00pm). It took 7:58.62(06), 7:57.79(05), and 7:55.90(04) to qualify for the final the last three years.
82-”Small” Schools Boys 4x800 Relay 9:20am
Manchester,JAM(AA-7:51.52), Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake,NY(AB7: 55.43), Byram Hills,NY(AC-7:55.97), Calabar,JAM(AD-7:58.03), Iona Prep,NY(AE-7:57.27), Somers,NY(AF-7:59.19)
83-”Small” Schools Boys 4x800 Relay 9:30am
Kerone Robinson is the only returnee for 2006 Champion Holmwood Tech,JAM(BA-7:53.08), but he’s not listed on the school’s entry. Pleasantville,NJ(BB-7:54.76), which is led by Alan Laws(1:53.51), Notre Dame,NJ(BC-7:56.71), which is led by Gigi Gibilisco(1:53.90) Monroe,WI(BD-7:56.76), Indian Hills(BE), which is led by Max Bruno (1:54.33), and Great Valley,Pa(BF-7:58.61).
84-”Large” Schools Boys 4x800 Relay 9:40am
Kingston College,JAM(CA-7:46.01), Chaminade,NY(CB-7:53.79), North Penn,Pa(CC-7:54.39), Arlington,NY(CD-7:56.21).
85-”Large” Schools Boys 4x800 Relay 9:50am
The girls from Roosevelt,Md(DA) get most of the publicity, but the boys team, which ran 7:49.90 indoors, is not too shabby either. Don Bosco Prep,NJ(DB-7:52.92), Jackson,NJ(DC-7:56.04), (DD-7:56.13), LaSalle College,Pa(DF-7:59.92). Senior Lionel Williams led St.Peter’s,NY(DO) into last year’s final with a great
1:51.4 anchor. Can he do it again this year? (He ran 1:51.2 in the final). The Royal Grammar School (DL) is believed to be the first H.S. team from England to compete at Penn.
104/105-H.S. Boys 4x100 Relay Heats 10:35am
The eight fastest teams from the “small” and “large” school heats advance to the Championship Final on Saturday(Event #227-2:10pm). Heats are run in alphabetical order (by school).
Six teams from Jamaica made last year’s final and they could top that total this year:
39.80 JR St. Jago Led by the sensational Yohan Blake, Jago ran an incredible 39.80 at the Jamaican Champs. 40.28 DI Calabar 40.48 RW Kingston Coll. 40.56 NI Camperdown Defending champions set a Relays Record of 40.15 last year...returning from that team are Rasheed Dwyer and Remaldo Rose, last year’s MVP 40.70 LN Wolmers 40.76 RM Jamaica 41.01 GA Holmwood 41.20 FU Herbert Morrison
Among the U.S. team looking to break up the Jamaicans is South Shore,NY(WM), which ran a quick 41.05 this past weekend at the New York Relays and California powerhouse Long Beach Poly(SM), which is led by Bryshun Nellum. Poly ran 41.39 at the Arcadia Invitational. Others include Camden,NJ(DJ), and DaMatha,Md(OU). Trinidad’s El Dorado(ES) won this event in 2001 and 2002.
107 Masters Men’s 4x100 Relay (40+) 12:15pm
Aaron Thigpen, who is scheduled to compete for an “Allstar” team(A) set an American Masters Record of 10.60 in the M40 category at the Mt.SAC Relays.
108 Masters Men’s 4x100 Relay (50+) 12:17pm
Ageless Bill Collins (he’s actually 56), who is one of the best Masters sprinters in the world, will run for the Houston Elite TC(B). Collins first ran at Penn during his high school days at Mt.Vernon H.S. in the late 1960s. Collins was an All-American at TCU and ran the lead-off leg on the U.S. team that set a world record in the 4x100 relay at the 1977 World Cup in Dusseldorf, Germany.
110 College Men’s 4x100 relay Heats 12:20pm
The 8 fastest teams advance to the Championship Final on Saturday (Event #222-1:50pm). It took 40.73(06), 40.65(05), and 40.38(04) to qualify for the final the last three years.
Six of the eight fastest teams in the country are entered.
38.78 AB FLORIDA ST. A lineup of Greg Bolden, Walter Dix, Michael Ray Garvin, and Charles Clark ran this fast time at the ACC Championships on Saturday.
38.95 AC U.TECH/JAM No team from Jamaica has ever won this event at Penn
39.43 AA LSU Marvin Stevenson and Richard Thompson return from last year’s winning team. Thompson also ran on the 2005 winning team.
39.48 AH CLEMSON 39.48 AF ST. AUGUSTINE’S The #1 NCAA Div.II team in the country 39.49 AG TEXAS A&M 39.65 AD TENNESSEE 39.95 AR ARKANSAS 39.97 AO MIDDLE TENN. 40.13 AE TCU 40.17 AJ EAST CAROLINA 40.23 AI MISSISSIPPI STATE 40.29 AV WAKE FOREST 40.36 AS AUBURN 40.38 AK KENTUCKY
112 H.S. Girls 4x800 Championship 12:40pm See events 5-8
Holmwood Tech is the 2-time defending champ andhas won this event six of the last nine years. Roosevelt(Md) is given the best chance of stopping the Jamaicans.
113 College Women 4x100 Championship 12:50pm See event 12
South Carolina was a winner in 2002 and 2005. Sholonda Solomon, a key member of this year’s team, was a member of the 2005 squad. LSU has won this event 10 times since 1985.
121 College Women 4x1500 Championship 1:20pm
Michigan(A) has a strong lineup of Katie Erdman(4:20.06), Geena Gall(4:19.85), Canadian Nicole Edwards(4:16.47), and Grad Student Anna Willard(4:25.35), who anchored Brown to a 3rdplace finish in last year’s Distance Medley.
Possible challengers include North Carolina (B), with Brie Felnagle on the anchor, Oregon (C), Georgetown (D), Brigham Young (E), Duke (F), with Shannon Rowbury (see DMR), and Villanova( G).
3-time defending champion Stanford is staying at home this weekend.
122 College Men 4x200 Relay Heats 1:40pm
The 8 fastest teams advance to the Championship Final on Saturday (Event #232-2:40pm). It took 1:24.45(06), 1:25.54(05), and 1:24.69(04) to qualify for the final the last three years.
The miserable spring weather has cut down on the opportunities for most teams to put up a fast time in this event.
Two teams who have run fast, Tennessee and Florida State, could contend for the title against Jamaica’s University of Technology (U.Tech).
LEADING TEAMS
1:22.88 AD TENNESSEE 1:22.91 AC FLORIDA STATE AB U. TECH AA LSU Mello Rogers ran on last year’s winning team AE TEXAS A&M AF CLEMSON
1:24.10 AJ MIDDLE TENNESSEE 1:24.41 AG KENTUCKY AM ST. AUGUSTINE’S AI Rutgers
123 College Women 4x200 Relay Heats 2:00pm
The 8 fastest teams advance to the Championship Final on Saturday (Event #230-2:30pm). It took 1:35.20(06), 1:38.74(05cool), and 1:34.88(04) to qualify for the final the last three years.
Assuming both teams advance, it could be quite a battle in the final between LSU, which returns all four runenrs from last year’s winning team, and a South Carolina foursome of Chiquita Martin, Stephanie Smith, Shalonda Solomon, and Natasha Hastings.
LEADING TEAMS AA LSU
1:32.16 AB SOUTH CAROLINA AE TEXAS A&M AC TENNESSEE AD G.C. FOSTER/Jamaica AF U. TECH/Jamaica AG AUBURN AH TCU AM MIAMI AJ GEORGIA TECH
127 H.S. Girls 4x100 Championships 2:24pm See Events 9&10
Jamaica’s Holmwood Tech is favored to win for the 2nd year in a row.
128 College Men Shuttle Hurdles 2:45pm
LEADING TEAMS
A TENNESSEE Carjay Lyles is the only returnee from last year’s winning team. Tennessee has won the event a record 14 times B LSU
Alleyne Lett was runnerup in the 60-hurdles at this year’s
NCAA AIndoor Championships. Only win in this event
came 20 years ago in 1987. C PURDUE
Strong 1-2 in Keith Hopkins and Rickey Pinkney. D HAMPTON EABILENE CHRISTIAN F PENN STATE
Ran 59.08 at the Sea Ray Relays G CORNELL
130 College Women Shuttle Hurdles 3:00pm
LEADING TEAMS A LSU
Has won this event 3 of the last 4 years.Jessica Ohanaja and Angel Boyd ran on last year’s winning team. Sophomore Nickeisha WIlson was 5th in the 60-hurdles at
last month’s NCAA Indoor Championships. B TEXAS A&M Last won this event in 1997. Disqualified after finishing 2nd last year. C SOUTH CAROLINA
Ronnetta Alexander and Chiquita Martin ran on the team that won here in 2005. Soph Trier Young provides a strong 3rd leg.
D TENNESSEE EPURDUE F Pittsburgh G CLEMSON H West Virginia
131 College Men’s 110-meter Hurdles Heats 3:20pm
First two from each of three heats, plus the next 3 fastest finishers(9 in all) advance to Saturday’s final (event #2414: 00pm). LEADING ENTRANTS (With 2007 bests)
The top three finishers in the 60-meter hurdles at this year’s NCAA Div.I Championships are entered.
4 Jeff Porter Michigan 14.19
5 Alleyne Lett LSU 13.77 Finished 3rd at last year’s Relays 1 Dominic Berger Maryland 13.54w
Others 3 Shamar Sands Auburn 13.55 2 Mike Wray Pittsburgh
IC4A Indoor champ was having a great year until he got hurt warming up for the NCAA final 6 Ty Akins Auburn 13.64 7 Drew Brunson Florida State 13.63w 9 Keith Hopkins Purdue 13.88
12 Rickey Pinkney Purdue 13.92 8 Thomas Hilliard South Carolina 13.94
132 College Women’s 100m Hurdles Heats 3:20pm
First two from each of three heats, plus the next 3 fastest finishers(9 in all) advance to Saturday’s final (event #2393: 50pm). LEADING ENTRANTS (With 2007 bests)
Six of the eight finalists in the 60-meter hurdles at this year’s NCAA Div.I Indoor Championships are entered.. 3 Shantia Moss Georgia Tech 12.83w 2007 NCAA Indoor Champion 22 Kristi Castlin Virginia Tech 12.82w Beat Moss to win the ACC title this past weekend
1 Jessica Ohanaja LSU 13.22 NCAA runnerup 2 Monique Morgan Villanova 13.18w 8th NCAAi 4 Angel Boyd LSU 13.23 23 Jennifer Williams Texas A&M 13.27 10 Yvette Lewis Hampton 13.31 6 Nickeisha Wilson LSU 13.32 5th NCAAi 7 Ronnetta Alexander South Carolina 13.52 8 Chiquita Martin South Carolina 13.35 5 Nia Ali Tennessee 6th NCAAi 14 Celreice Law Tennessee 13.61 7th NCAAi
136 Masters Men’s 100meters 40 and Older 2:56pm
Aaron Thigpen (#1) set an American Masters Record of 10.60 in the M40 category at the Mt.SAC Relays.
137 Masters Men’s 100meters 45 and Older 2:58pm
138 Masters Men’s 100meters 50 and Older 3:00pm
139 Masters Men’s 100meters 55 and Older 3:02pm
56-year old Billl Collins won this race last year in 11.50 to set a World Masters Record in this age category. He first ran at Penn during his high school days at Mt.Vernon H.S. in the late 1960s. Collins was an All-American at TCU and ran the lead-off leg on the
U.S. team that set a world record in the 4x100 relay at the 1977 World Cup in Dusseldorf, Germany. 140 Masters Men’s 100meters 60 and Older 3:04pm
A rematch of last year’s crowd-pleasing race between winner Ronn Johnson (#4-12.70, runnerup Robert Koontz(#1-12.73), and 3rd-placer Roger Pierce(#5-12.79).
141 Masters Men’s 100meters 65 and Older 3:06pm
142 Masters Men’s 100meters 70 and Older 3:08pm
Listed as an alternate is 70-year old Ira Davis(#11), the former LaSalle star who was a 3-time U.S. Olympian in the triple jump (4th in 1960). Davis won the college triple jump at the 1958 Penn Relays.
143 College Men’s 100-Meters Heats 3:10pm
First two from each of three heats, plus the next 3 fastest finishers(9 in all) advance to Saturday’s final (event #2464: 25pm).
Florida State’s sprinters, including Walter Dix, are likely to concentrate on the Relays LEADING ENTRANTS (With 2007 bests)
1 Travis Padgett Clemson 10.05w
Defending Relays champ and the 2007 NCAA Div.I Indoor
Champion-60m
3 Nesta Carter U.Tech/Jamaica 10.20
5 Chris Davis No.Carolina Central
2007 NCAA Div.II Indoor Champion-60m.
8 Richard Thompson LSU 10.31
4th at last year’s Relays
9 Delwayne Delaney TCU 10.29 13 Aulton Kohn Syracuse 10.31 19 Richard Adu-Bobie Texas A&M 10.33 28 Jared WIms Florida International 10.34w 14 Ashhad Agyepong Rhode Island 10.36
4 James Rainer East Tennessee 10.43 6 Mario Forsythe U.Tech/Jamaica 10.53/PR-10.27 10 Mike LeBlanc Syracuse 10.54 2007 IC4A Indoor Champion
144 College Women’s 100-Meters Heats 3:20pm
First two from each of three heats, plus the next 3 fastest finishers(9 in all) advance to Saturday’s final (event #2444: 15pm).
The top 4 finishers from this year’s NCAA Div.I Indoor Championships are entered. LEADING ENTRANTS (With 2007 bests)
1 Kelly Ann Baptiste LSU 11.22
2006 winner ran 11.10 in the final to tie Lauryn Williams’
Relays Record...3rd in the 60, 2nd in the 200 at this
year’s Indoor NCs
2 Kerron Stewart Auburn 11.10
2007 NCAA Indoor Div.I Champ at 60 and 200 meters. Ran
11.10 this past weekend. 3 Courtnhey Champion Tennessee 11.59 Runnerup in the 60 at the Indoor NCs 20 Gloria Asumnu Tulane 11.31 4th in the 60 at this year’s NCAA Indoor Championships
4 Virgik Hodge TCU 11.29w/11.51 5 Tracy Anne Rowe Auburn 11.41 6 Murielle Ahoure George Mason 11.41 2007 ECAC Indoor Champion--60m&200m--5th at Penn-’06 7 Sherry Fletcher LSU 11.41 Finished 4th last year 8 Cleo Tyson Tennessee nt/11.10-PR 9 Samantha Henry LSU 11.52 10 Nyoka Cole U.Tech/Jamaica11.63/11.29-PR 12 Brooklynn Morris LSU 11.60 Finished 3rd last year 23 Jamee Jones TCU 11.40w 13 Porscha Lucas Texas A&M 11.42
145 College Men’s Distance Medley Champ. 3:50pm
The “Signature” event of the Penn Relays. Texas(AA) returns Jake Morse(1200), Joseph Davis(400), and anchor Leonel Manzano (1600) from last year’s winning team, with Jacob Hernandez, the 2007 Big-12 Indoor 800 champ, replacing Kyle Miller on the 800 leg. Texas had the fastest indoor time in the country--9:31.27.
Longhorns’ coach jason Vigilante can expect challenges from Arkanas(AB), which has won this event 15 times, Michigan(AC), Providence(AD), Villanova(AE), and Oregon(AF), which will be anchored by freshman A.J. Acosta, who just ran 3:42.40 for 1500meters on Friday night in Eugene.
147 Masters Mixed 4x400 Relay 50+ 4:20pm
Competing in his 3rd event, 56-year old Bill Collins will run for the Houston Elite T.C.(A)
148 College Men’s 4x400 Relay Heats 4:25pm
The 8 fastest teams advance to the Championship Final on Saturday (Event #257-5:45pm).
It took 3:08.08(06), 3:10.91(05-cool), and 3:08.61(04) to qualify for the final the last three years.
In the past, teams ran in pre-determined heats, but this year they will be seeded in the “paddock”, the same procedure used in the 4x100 and 4x200. LEADING TEAMS
3:04.64 AA LSU Lost key members Kelly Willie and Xavier Carter from last year’s winning, but is till the #1 seed coming into this year’s Relays.
3:05.98 AE TEXAS A&M 3:06.29 AB KENTUCKY Runnerup at the NCAA Indoor Championships 3:06.87 AF MISSISSIPPI ST. 3:07.20 AC SO. CAROLINA 3:07.35i AD FLORIDA ST. Ricardo Chambers is the 2007 NCAA Indoor champion at 400-meters
3:08.39 AG MIDDLE TENN. 3:08.60 AK WAKE FOREST Michael Bingham was 4th in the 400 at this year’s Indoor NCs
3:08.86 AH ORAL ROBERTS 3:09.30i AL ST.AUGUSTINE’S 3:09.78 BA OKLAHOMA 3:09.86 AO PURDUE 3:10.33i AT Rutgers 3:10.66i AN Seton Hall 3:10.73i BC U.Mass/Lowell Eastern Track--2007 Penn Relays Preview Page 7
149 College Men’s 4x400 Relay Heps 5:05pm
Cornell(B) edged Princeton(A) in a thrilling race at this year’s Indoor Heps (3:12.98-3:13.07). Columbia will be anchored by Erison Hurtault, who ran a personal best of 45.99 two weeks ago in Miami.
153 Olympic Dev. Women’s 4x400 Relay 5:25pm
jInez Turner, the 1994 and 1995 NCAA Champion at 800-meters, is scheduled to run a leg for the Executives T.C. (A).
155 H.S. Boys Distance Medley Champ. 5:35pm
Old Bridge,NJ(A-10:15.84) and West Chester Henderson,Pa(I10: 16.57) have the fastest times of the teams entered, but all eyes will be on Craig Forys, who will probably have to bring his Colts Neck,NJ(D) team from behind. Forys, who finished 2nd in the 3000 at last year’s Relays, ran a great 4:05.9 anchor at the National Scholastics at the Armory in March.
Other anchors to look for include Mark Amirault, who ran 4:10.0 last year to bring Xaverian Brothers,Ma(F) home in 7th place, and Brandon Jarrett of St.Benedict’s Prep,NJ(C).
156 High School Boys Mile 5:50pm
No one has ever won both individual running events at Penn, but Matt Centrowitz (#1-Broadneck,Md), winner of the 3000 last year, could become the first to do so if he can win the mile this year.
He had the fastest indoor time, 4:08.55, and his biggest challenge could come from Charles White (#5-Cherry Creek,Co), who moved from New York to Colorado during the indoor season.
White, who finished 3rd here last year, ran 4:10.04 at the recent Arcadia Invitational. He ran 58.5 for his last 1/4-mile when he ran 4:14.23 to win at the National Scholastics in March.
Other potential contenders include junior Andrew Perkins (#4Watertown, WI), who recently ran 4:11.77 for 1600-meters (he was 9th here last year), Paul Springer (#2-Unionville,Pa, 4:12.61i), who was 5th in last year’s 3000, Luke Puskedra (#6-Judge Memorial,UT), who won the 2-mile at Arcadia in 9:00.51, Emil Heineking (#10-Chardon,OH-9:03.00/2m), and defending champ Dominic Della Pelle (#14-Salesianum,De).
157 High School Boys 3000 meters 5:55pm
Leading contenders include Andrew Hanko (#8-Trinity Christian,NJ-9:09.80/2m), Mike Spooner (#2-West Springfield,Va9: 12.07/2m), and Jason Weller (#1-Boyertown,Pa-8:26.21/3000).
158 H.S. Girls 4x400 Relay Championship 6:05pm See events 13-56
Holmwood Tech is looking for its 3rd consecutive win and its 5th in the last 7 years.
159 College Women Sprint Medley Champ. 6:10pm
Tennessee (AA) won last year with freshman Sarah Bowman on the anchor, but coach J.J. Clark might replace her with leslie Treherne this year. Courtney Champion returns from last year’s winning team.
Challengers include last year’s teams that finished 2-3-4: Miami(AB), which returns Ginou Ettienne (400) and anchor Ena Leufroy from last year’s runnerup team, Cornell (AC), with Morgan Uceny again on the anchor (2:04.58), and LSU (AD), which returns Carliesa Meakes (400) and anchor Tanya Osbourne. Penn State (AE), with Shana Cox (400) and Briene Simmons (800), could also be a contender, as could North Carolina(AF), whose expected anchor, Brie Felnagle, just ran 2:04.93 to win the ACC
800. 160 College Men Sprint Medley Champ. 6:35pm
Florida State (AA) will be tough to beat with a potential lineup (with their PRs) of Walter Dix (20.18), Michael Ray Garvin (20.75), Ricardo Chambers(44.71), and Tom Lancashire (1:45.76).
The Florida State men have never won a relay event at Penn.
Tim Harris ran a great 1:46.4 anchor to give Miami(AG) a 2ndplace finish last year, but the team was subsequently disqualified. Harris is back for another chance.
Others to look for include LSU (AB), with a potential lineup of Mello Rogers, Jamaal James, Reggie Dardar, and Reuben Twijukye, Auburn(AC), Albany(AD), and Arkansas(AE).
Runninng the anchor leg for North Carolina Central (AF) will be freshman Karjaun Willoiams, the #1 prep in the U.S. in 2006 (1:49.97).
FRIDAY FIELD EVENTS
281 High School Girls Discus 9:00am
Junior Natalie Baird (#1-Park View,Va) won last year with a throw of 144-3 and had a 2006 best of 157-7.
285 College Women’s Triple Jump 10:00am
Hampton’s Yvette Lewis (#!,44-8), 3rd here a year ago, was 2md at this year’s NCAA Indoor Championships, one place ahead of Auburn’s Michelle Vaughn(#2).
286 College Men’s Shot Put 10:30am
Junior Milan Jotanovic (64-2 1/4) could become Manhattan College’s first winner of this event since Joe Marchiony won in 1960. He’ll have to get past North Carolina State’s Mitchell Pope(#2, 64-10).
289 College Women’s Discus 11:00am
Miami’s Khadija Talley(#3) edged North Carolina’s Jocelyn White (#1) at thisd past weekend’s ACC Championships, 174-6 to threw 174-6 to 174-5.
292 High School Boys Javelin Noon
Canada’s Kyle Nielson threw 210-1 with the international implement at the Mt.SAC Relays. As usual, Pennsylvania has some potential challngers in Andrew Fahringer (#3-Whitehall, 210-7/’06), sophomore Justin Shirk (#2-Central Dauphin, 207-5/’06), and Brian Moore (#4-LaSalle, 197-8/’06).
293 College Men’s Discus 12:15pm
Virginia’s Yemi Aynei,(#1) 4th here a year ago, has a best this spring of 198-3 and won the ACC title this past weekend with a throw of 181-10. Texas’ Derek Randall (#2) has thrown 196-2 this season
295 College Women’s High Jump 1:45pm
Cornell’s Sarah Wilfred (#1, 6-1 1/2( was 4th at this year’s NCAA Indoor Championships. Other 6-footers in the field include Auburn’s Raevan Harris (#5, 6-3/4), Texas A&M’s Caroline Wolf(#2, 6-1/2), and Miami’s Viktoria Andonova (#4, 6-0)
286 College Men’s Long Jump 2:00pm
Arkansas freshman Alain Bailey(#1), the winner of the High School event at last year’s Relays, finished 3rd at this year’s NCAA Indoor Championships with a jump of 25-6 3/4. LSU’s Will Coppage(#3) wasn’t far behind in 5th with a mark of 25-6 1/4. Possible contenders include Florida ssenior Mike Morrison (#2, 25-4 1/2) and Virginia Commonwealth’s Davion Lambert (#5, 25-3 1/2).
298 High School Shot Put 2:30pm
Only two 60-footers in the field: Wayne Crawford (#1, Chestnut Hill,Pa, 61-1 3/4) and Vincent Elardo (#2,Lacey,NJ, 60-6).
Saturday April 28
162-167 Racewalks 7:00am
168 High School Boys 400-meter Hurdles 9:00am
ST.Jago’s Riker Hylton(#2) has ran 51.58 earlier this month and won the 400 at the Jamaican H.S. Championships in a quick 46.28. Johnny Dutch (#1-Clayton,NC) had a best of 51.72 in 2006.
169 Olympic Development Men’s 400-Hurdles 9:05am Adrian Findlay(#2) won last year in 50.39.
170-217 High School Boys 4x400 Relay Heats
The 8 fastest teams advance to the Championship Final on Friday (Event #253-5:25pm).
It took 3:16.42(06), 3:18.22(05), and 3:18.29(04) to qualify for the final the last three years.
192 HSB 4x400 Relay 11:00am
Jack Hayward/BAH (L) was a finalist in 2006, but appears to have a completely new foursome this year. Royal Grammar (N), a team from England, is making its Penn Relays debut (the same foursome was scheduled to run the 4x800 on Friday).
199 HSB 4x400 Relay 11:35am
Long Beach Poly,Ca(J-3:16.28) will be led by Bryshun Nellum, who ran a 45.1 split in the sprint medley at Arcadia and has run 46.02 out of the blocks this season. Other potential finalists include Camperdown (D) 3:13.43, Herbert Morrison (L) 3:14.74, South Shore,NY (H-3:16.20), Wolmer’s Boys (I) 3:16.53, 3:18.70, Bridgeport/JAM (C), Holmwood Tech (E) 3:20.09
200 HSB 4x400 Relay 11:40am
A potential preview of the Championship final, with two sub-3:10 teams going at it--Kingston College(C) 3:09.22 and St.Jago(I)
3:09.51. Other leaading teams include El Dorado/TRI(K-3:15.86c), Newburgh,NY(D-3:18.24), St.Elizabeth/JAM (G-3:18.70), Plesantville,NJ(E-3:18.90),
201 HSB 4x400 Relay 11:45am
Possible sub-3:20 teams include Manchester/JAM (D-3:18.47), Bethel,Va(B), which won the 4x200 at the Nike Indoor Nationals(1:29.90), Monmouth,NJ(E), which is led by twins Charles and Chris Cox, Ardenne,JAM(A), Tabernacle,BAH(K), and Deep Creek,Va(I). Look for good splits from Corryl Boyd (Westlake,Md- H, 48.45) and Allan Lunkenheimer (Old Bridge,NJ-G, 48.67).
202 HSB 4x400 Relay 11:50am
Calabar(A) 3:10.62, Jamaica College (F) 3:14.68, DeMatha,Md(C3: 16.48), Cornwall/JAM (B) 3:19.64, Mannings/JAM (G) 3:20.17.
203 USA vs The World Women’s Sprint Medley 11:55am
The lineups are still tentative for the six USA vs the World races, but this one looks like it could be another battle between the USA and Jamaica, which will certainly please the Penn crowd. Hazel Clark has anchored the U.S. to victory in this event the last two years (“world record” each time) and is expected to be back this year. Kenia Sinclair, who battled Clark on the anchor leg in 2005, could be back as part of Jamaica’s team.
Althea Chambers, who anchored Texas Tech to victory in the college sprint medley in 2005, is scheduled to run for an “All- Star” team.
206 HSB 4x400 Inter-Ac 12:10pm Germantown Academy(C)’s Elliot Rhodes ran 1:53.39 for 800meters indoors.
217 HSB 4x400 Relay Philadelphia Public 1:05pm
Always a crowd pleaser at Penn. Simon Gratz(A) ran 3:15.54 last year to qualify for the Championship final, but they’ve got a new lineup this year.
218 USA vs The World Women’s 4x100 Relay 1:10pm (ESPN2’s live coverage begins with this event)
The U.S. has won this event six of the seven years since the series started in 2000. (Jamaica won in 2002.
Allyson Felix, Lauryn Williams, and Sanya Richards are among the U.S. sprinters who could be competing.
218 USA vs The World Men’s 4x100 Relay 1:17pm
The U.S. has never been beaten in this event in the 7-year series.
Possible U.S. team members include former collegians who have run at Penn before, such as Arkansas’ Tyson Gay and Wallace Spearmon, and LSU’s Xavier Carter and Kelly Willie.
Will Asafa Powell, the world record holder in the 100-meters, run for Jamaica?? Stay tuned.
220 College Men 4-mile Relay Championship 1:25pm
They’re not in the program, but the men from Wisconsin(V) could win their first title at Penn since they won the distance medley in 1916--a gap of 91 years!
The Badgers are expected to bring a young, but talented, foursome that includes redshirt freshman Brandon Bethke(4:01.81i-’07), true freshmen Jack Bolas (4:01.47i-’07) and Pennsylvania native Craig Miller (4:02.60i-’07), and senior Chris Solinsky(3:57.80-’06).
All four ran well last Friday in Eugene, Oregon. Solinsky ran
13:30.54 for 5000-meters, Bethke 8:58.04 in the steeplechase, and Miller(3:42.67) and Bolas (3:44.21) backed up their indoor mile times with good performances in the 1500-meters. It might be asking too much of this young team, but if they get rolling early, and are being pushed by other teams, they could challenge the American (16:08.54) and Collegiate
(16:04.54) Records. Of course, nothing is guaranteed at Penn, and the Badgers still have to win the race over challengers like last year’s top two finishers, Arkansas(A) and Iona(B), Michigan(C), Providence(D), Georgetown(E), and Texas(U).
223 College Men’s 4x100 Championship 1:55pm See event 110
Florida State won the women’s 4x100 in 1982 and 1983, but this would be the first win for the men. LSU is the 2-time defending champion.
227 H.S. Boys 4x100 Championship 2:10pm
The thousands of Jamaican fans in Franklin Field will be on their feet for this race, which could include as many as seven schools from the island in the Caribbean. The expected cool weather could have an effect on times, but can St.Jago, which ran 39.80 at the Jamaican Champs, break Camperdown’s year-old Relays Record of 40.13? Can Brooklyn’s South Shore H.S., which ran
41.05 this past weekend, pull off a huge upset?
228 USA vs The World Men’s Distance Medley 2:15pm
It will be hard to match the drama and excitement of last year’s race, when Alex Kipchirchir ran down Bernard Lagat in the final strioes to give Kenya the win over Team USA as both teams smashed the previous world record (9:15.6-9:15.63).
The lineups are unclear at this time, but the field will include the U.S., Kenya, and Canada (with Nate Brannen and Kevin Sullivan?).
230 College Women 4x200 Championship 2:30pm See event 123
LSU has won this event 11 times in the last 16 years and returns Sherry Fletcher, Kelly Ann Baptiste, Deonna Lawrence, and Brooklynnn Morris from last year’s winning team. They could have a tough time this year with a strong lineup from South Carolina, the winner in 2000 and 2005.
232 College Men 4x200 Championship 2:40pm See event 122
Will this be Florida State’s 3rd win of the weekend? (they were among the favorites in the sprint medley and 4x100).
Jamaica’s U. Tech, with Asafa Powell running the anchor leg, won this event in 2003.
LSU is the defending champion, but lost Xavier Carter and Kelly Willie from that team.
233 USA vs The World Women’s 4x400 Relay 2:45pm
It’s billed as the USA against the World, but it often turns into a U.S. vs Jamaica battle, much to the delight of the Jamaican fans in the crowd. A lot of good-natured chanting and flag-waving on both sides goes on before and during these races.
Sanya Richards, voted the Female Athlete of the Year by the IAAF and T&F News in 2006, led Team USA to victory last year with a 49.8 anchor and could be back again this year.
234 USA vs The World Men’s 4x400 Relay 2:52pm
The U.S. has a 6-1 advantage over Jamaica in this event and is favored to win again this year. Possible U.S. team members include Andrew Rock, LaShawn Merritt, Kerron Clement, and Nershawn Jackson.
235 H.S. Boys 4x800 Championships 3:00pm See events 82-85
Holmwood Tech is the defendinhg champion, but Jamaican rival Kingston College could take top honors this year.
236-College Women’s 4x800 3:10
This could be the deepest event of the weekend, with as many as 5-6 possible winners.
Texas (AA) returns Katara Rosby, Janine Davis, and Temeka Kincy from last year’s winning team and have added Devon Williams. The 17-year old freshman hasn’t been heard from much since tearing up indoor tracks in the East during her early H.S. years, but she ran 2:10.33 this past weekend in Austin. Kincy
(2:10.27) and Rosby (2:11.62) also ran well in that race, but Davis, who ran 2:11.87 last month, only managed to run 2:17.09. The Longhorns will have a tough time staying on top against this field. Michigan(AD) has a potential winning lineup of Anna Willard(2:07.12-’06), Canadian Nicole Edwards 2:04.84i), Geena Gall(2:04.81i), and Katie Erdman (2:02.99).
Another strong team is coming all the way from England. The University of Birmingham is bringing a foursome of Hannah England (2:05.25), Anna Simmonds (2:05.76), Hannah Brooks (2:06.16), and Stacey Johhnson (4:29.46/1500m). The last time a team from England won at Penn was in 1956, when Oxford University won the men’s 2-mile and 4-mile Relays. (The team is also a contender in Friday;s Distance Medley).
Other contenders include Tennessee (AB), last year’s runnerup, Georgetown(AC), and North Carolina(AE). The Tarheels’ Brie Felnagle ran 2:04.93 to win the ACC 800 this past weekend.
Oregon(AG) has a strong 1-2 punch in Zoe Buckman, who ran
2:03.94 in her native Australia in March, and sophomore Becca Noble, who ran 2:02.07 to win last year’s NCAA 800 title. Another member of the team is freshman Nicole Blood, who ran at Penn during her prep career at Saratoga Springs(NY) H.S.
238 Olympic Development Mile 3:40pm
Dan Wilson(#7), who anchored Connecticut to an upset victory over Arkansas in the college distance medley in 2000, is among the entrants.
239 College Women’s 100m-hurdles Champ. 3:50pm See event 132
There’s sure to be an emotional response from the crowd if Virginia Tech freshman Kristi Castlin emerges as the winner.
240 Olympic Dev. Women’s 100m-Hurdles 3:55pm
Pretty good field if everyone shows up. Ginnie Powell (#1) was the 2006 NCAA and U.S. Champion; Priscilla Lopes(#2) was the 2004 NCAA Indoor Champion while at Nebraska; and Sheena Johnson (#3) is one of the best 4090-meter hurdlers in the world.
241 College Men’s 110m-Hurdles Champ. 4:00pm See event 131
Dominic Berger could become the first Maryland athlete to win this event since Greg Robertson(1977) and Renaldo Nehemiah(1978) won back-to-back titles.
242 Olympic Dev. Men’s 110m-Hurdles 4:05pm Dudley Dorival(#1) won this event in 2003.
243 Olympic Development. Men’s 100-meters 4:10pm
Asafa Powell won this race last year, but he will only run the 4x100 relay this year (if at all).
Churandy Martina(#2) was an All-American at Texas-El Paso last year. He has bests of 10.10 and 9.76w.
244 College Women’s 100-meters Champ. 4:15pm See event 144
Could be a good battle between defending champion Kelly Ann Baptiste of LSU and Auburn’s Kerron Stewart, the 2007 NCAA Indoor 60 and 200 Champion.
245 Masters Men’s 100-meters 75 and older 3:50pm
Everyone stops to watch this race. Among the entrants are last year’s runnerup, Wilton Gordon(78), Bert Lancaster (78), the former meet director in the Philadelphia area, and 90-year old Champ Goldy, who ran 20.94 last year.
246 College Men’s 100-meters Championship 4:25pm See event 143
Clemson’s Travis Padgett is the defending champion
247 College Men’s 4x800 Championship 4:35pm
A possible replay of last year’s exciting race.
Oral Roberts(AA) brings back its winning foursome-- Adrian Foster, Shaun Smith, James Wanjiku, and Prince Mumba.
Runnerup Villanova also returns the same lineup--Dan Tully, Mark Korich, Sean Tully, and Drew Eckman. Eckman fought gamely on the anchor leg against Prince Mumba, but fell short of giving the Wildcats their 20th win in this event(7:18.74-7:19.06). (Villanova’s last win was in 1992).
249 Olympic Devlopment Women’s Mile 5:05pm
Like the women’s O.D. hurdles, this is a good field if everyone shows up. Among the entries are last year’s winner, Erin Donohue (#1), 2004 winner Tiffany McWilliams(#2), former Georgetown star Miesha Marzell(#3), North Carolina’s Brie Felnagle(#4), and Marina Muncan(#5), who anchored Villanova to a win in the college distance medley last year.
253 H.S. Boys 4x400 Championship 5:25pm See events 170-217
Could be a classic battle between Jamaican rivals St.Jago and Kingston College, both of which have run under 3:10 this season.
St.Jago has won this event at Penn three times, but a win here would be the first for Kingston. Will Long Beach Poly’s Bryshun Nellum be close enough to challenge the Jamaicans on the anchor leg?
255 College Women’s 4x400 Championship 5:35pm See events 59-60
Miami is the defending champion, while South Carolina has been a winner 5 of the last 7 years.
257 College Men’s 4x400 Championship 5:45pm See events 148-149
Despite losing the potent duo of Kelly Willie and Xavier Carter, LSU could win this event for the 2nd year in a row.
SATURDAY FIELD EVENTS
302 High School Boys Long Jump 9:00am
Nicholas Gordon (#2-Calabar,JAM) jumped 24-9 3/4 to win at this year’s Jamaican Championships. He was 3rd at last year’s Relays.
Julian Reid (#1-Wolmer’s Boys/JAM) finished 2nd last year with a personal best of 24-3. He’s matched that mark twice this year, most recently to win at the Carifta Games. He would have also been one of the favorites in the triple jump, which is going on at the same time as this event.
Hanif Kendrick (#3-Franklin Township,NJ) was a winner at the indoor National Scholastics with a jump of 24-3 3/4.
303 High School Boys Triple Jump 9:00am
Robert Peddlar (#1-Wolmer’s Boys,JAM) won last year with a modest jump of 48-4. He jumped a personal best of 50-2 last month. Seon Powell (#3-Munro College,JAM) has a best of 50-1/2.
304 High School Boys Discus 9:00am Emory Parsons (#1-Columbia,NY) had a best of 185-6 last year.
305 High School Boys High Jump 10:00am
Devon Bond (#1-Trenton Central,NJ) won last year with a jump of 6-10 1/4. He cleared 7-feet even this past indoor season.
306 High School Boys Pole Vault 10:00am
Wide open field includes Joe Bednarz (#1-Fordham Prep,NY) and Kyle Duggan (#2-Monsignor Farrell,NY) both of whom jumped 15-6 indoors, David SLovenski (#4-Brunswick,Me/15-5 3/4), and Brian McGovern (#9-Mt.St.Michael’s,NY) jumped 15-4 this past weekend at the NY Relays. Brian Duggan, Kyle’s older brother, won this event in 2005.
309 College Men’s Hammer Throw 11:00am
Auburn’s Cory Martin (#2) threw a personal best of 231-4 this past weekend. That’s the best mark by a collegian this year. Teammate Jake Dunkleberger (#3) has a best of 228-11 this year.
North Carolina senior Nick Owens (#1), last year’s runnerup, has thrown 228-8 this year.
310 College Men’s Javelin 11:00am
North Carolina’s Justin Ryncavage, the defending champion, has the best throw by a collegian this year, 240-6. Teammate Adam Montague (#3) has thrown 232-8 this season. LSU’s pair of Preston Chatham (#6) and Chad Radgowski (#4) have thrown 233-1 and 231-1, respectively, this year.
312 College Men’s High Jump 1:30pm
If the weather cooperates, this could be a great battle between Auburn’s Donald Thomas (#2), the 2007 NCAA Indoor Champion who just cleared 7-8 this past weekend, and defending Relays champion Andra Manson (#1-Texas). The Relays Record of 7-6 1/2, shared by Texas’s Mark Boswell (2000) and Princeton’s Tora Harris (2002) , could fall.
314 College Men’s Pole Vault 2:00pm
Binghamton senior Rory Quiller, the son of Army coach Jerry Quiller, won this year’s IC4A indoor title and finished 2nd at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a lifetime best of 18-1/2. He didn’t clear a height here last year.
LSU freshman Josh Dominguez (#3) won the High School vault here last year.
315 College Men’s Triple Jump 2:00pm
Cornell’s Muhammad Halim (#2) and Arkansas’ Nkosinza Balumbu (#1) finished 2-3, respectively, at this year’s NCAA Indoor Championships. Halim leads the NCAA outdoor list with a jump of 52-4 3/4.
316 Olympic Dev. Women’s Hammer Throw 3:00pm
American Record (242-4) holder Erin Gilreath (#1) won here last year with a throw of 223-11. Beth Hart(#2) was the winner in 2005. This year, it could be Amber Campbell’s(#3) turn to win. The former Coastal Carolina star beat Gilreath to win the weight throw at this year’s U.S. Indoor Championships.
317 Olympic Dev. Men’s Hammer Throw 4:00pm
Strong field includes (with their 2007 bests) Libor Charfreitag (#1/263-8), who set the event record of 260-9 in 2005(he also won in 2003), 2006 U.S. Champion A.G. Kruger (#2/252-1), defending champion Jake Freeman (#5/222-2), 2-time (20012002) NCAA Champion Andras Haklits(#3/249-3), and Kibwe Johnson (#5/241-3).
Also in the field is H.S. senior Walter Henning (#14St. Anthony’s,NY)), who will be taking aim at Freeman’s H.S. record (with the 16-pound implement) of 216-2, which was set in this event at the 1999 Relays.
Jamaican news
JAMAICAN CHAMPS
Yohan Blake on Fire Leads St.Jago to 39.80, 3:09.51
National Stadium-Kingston,Jamaica, March 28-31. (Most events are split into age-related classes) Results: www.issa.org.jm/champs07/ Stories: tinyurl.com/29b6pn; tinyurl.com/22nc5w
17-year old Yohan Blake, running 9 races over a 4-day span, put on one of the greatest shows ever at the Jamaican H.S. Championships.
Blake, who won the bronze medal in the 100 at last year’s World Junior Championships in Beijing, got his first win on Friday,
taking the 100 final in 10.21, a personal best and a Championship Record.
On a busy Saturday, Blake first won his 200 semi in 21.44, then won the final in 20.62, another personal best. He then turned his attention to the relays, where he led his St.Jago teammates to victory in the 4x100 and 4x400 in the sensational times of 39.80 and 3:09.51, respectively. Both were Championship Records.
Blake, who ran a 45.5 split, got big-time help in the 4x400 from Rykert Hylton, who had earlier won the 400 in 46.28.
There was plenty of depth in the 4x100, with Calabar(40.48), Jamaica College(40.76), and Wolmers’ Boys(40.80) all getting under 41-seconds. Kingstown College, which had run 40.88 in its heat, was disqualified in the final for a passing violation.
It looks like the girls from Holmwood Tech are ready to defend their Penn Relays titles in the 4x100, 4x400, and 4x800. They won the two shorter races here in 44.64 and 3:38.49 and have run 3:34.29 and 8:50.77 for the 4x800 earlier this season.
Booby-Gaye Wilkins led the way for Holmwood, winning the Class I 400(52.14) and 800(2:11.98) and running on the winning 4x400. Teammate Keno Heaven won the Class 2 800 in 2:09.73. BOYS
100(Class 1, -0.9),1.Yohan Blake (St.Jago) 10.21, 2.Remaldo Rose (Camperdown) 10.43; 200(Class 1, 1.0),1.Yohan Blake 20.62, 2.Garfield German (Calabar) 21.05; 200(Class 2, nwi),1.Ramone McKenzie (Calabar) 20.89; 400(Class 1),1.Rykert Hylton (St.Jago) 46.28, 2.Garfield German 46.63, 3.Annsert Whyte (Clan Carthy) 47.15, 4.Omar Johnson (Claude McKay) 47.19; 400(Class 2),1.Ramone McKenzie 47.24; 800(Class 1),1.Theon O’Connor (Campion) 1:52.13, 2.Andre Thomas (Calabar) 1:53.37, 3.Kirkland Smith (Claude McKay) 1:53.94;
110h(Class1, -1.2),1.Keiron Stewart (Kingston College) 13.53; 400h(Open),1.Keiron Stewart 51.42, 2.Andre Peart (Kingston) 52.48, 3.Sabiel Anderson (Camperdown) 52.85;
4x100(Class 1),1.St.Jago 39.80(Blake[4]), 2.Calabar 40.48, 3.Jamaica College 40.76, 4.Wolmers Boys 40.80, 5.Holmwood Tech 41.46(41.27-heat), 6.Cornwall 42.14(41.92heat), 7.Jose Marti Tech 1:19.27(42.65-heat); DQ-Kingston College-40.46 (40.88-heat); 4x100(Class 2),1.Calabar 41.29, 2.Kingston College 41.83, 3.Herbert Morrison 41.85, 4.St.George’s 41.98, 5.Camperdown 42.29(42.02-heat); DNF_Mannings (41.98heat);
4x400(Open),1.St.Jago 3:09.51, 2.Calabar 3:10.61, 3.Camperdown 3:13.43, 4.Jamaica College 3:14.68, 5.Herbert Morrison 3:15.34(3:14.74-heat), 6.Wolmers’ Boys 3:16.53, 7.Bridgeport 3:21.15(3:18.70-heat);
High Jump(Class1),1.Julian Reid (Wolmers’ Boys) 6-9 3/4; Triple Jump(Open),1.Julian Reid 50-7 1/2, 2.Nicholas Gordon (Calabar) 49-9 1/4, 3.Robert Peddlar (Wolmers’ Boys) 49-1 1/2; GIRLS
100(Class 1, 1.1),1.Schillonie Calvert (Holmwood Tech) 11.38, 2.Anastasia Le-Roy (Holmwood) 11.41; 200(Class 1, 0.6), 1.Anastasia Le-Roy 23.12, 2.Schillonie Calvert 23.49, 3.Latoya King (St.Jago) 24.03; 200(Class 2, -1.9),1.Danielle Jeffrey (Immaculate) 23.65, 2.Kaycea Jones (Edwin Allen) 24.09;
400(Class 1),1.Bobby-Gaye Wilkins (Holmwood) 52.14, 2.Kayan Robinson (Vere Tech) 54.80, 3.Shakeeri Cole (Edwin Allen) 54.81, 4.Andrea Reid (Holmwood) 55.00; 400(Class 2),1.Shana-Gaye Tracey (Manchester) 53.33, 2.Latoya McDermott (St.Andrew) 53.48, 3.Denesha Morris (Manchester) 54.18, 4.Susan Hall (Holmwood) 55.42;
800(Class 1),1.Bobby-Gaye Wilkins 2:11.98, 2.Shakeeri Cole 2:12.55, 3.Andrea Sutherland (Edwin Allen 2:13.22, 4.Vanessa Boyd (Holmwood) 2:14.79; 800(Class2),1.Keno Heaven (Holmwood) 2:09.73, 2.Teneisha Davis (Vere Tech) 2:11.04, 3.Nikita Tracey (Edwin Allen) 2:11.46, 4.Mackola Josephs (Edwin Allen) 2:12.29;
400h,1.Shana-Gaye Tracey (Manchester) 57.90, 2.Andrea Sutherland (Edwin Allen) 8.46, 3.Andrea Reid (Holmwood) 58.84;
4x100(Class 1),1.Holmwood Tech 44.64, 2.Edwin Allen
45.18, 3.St.Jago 46.55, 4.Vere Tech 47.16, 5.The Queen’s School 47.75, 6.Manchester 48.23 (48.01-heat), 7.St.Andrew 50.77(48.52-heat);
4x100(Class 2),1.Manchester 46.27, 2.Edwin Allen 46.28, 3.Vere Tech 46.28, 4.Holmwood Tech 46.76, 5.Immaculate 47.46, 6.St.Jago 47.59, 7.Convent of Mercy Academy 47.80;
4x100(Class 3),1.Holmwood 47.08, 2.Herbert Morrison 47.12, 3.Manchester 47.25, 4.St.Jago 47.48, 5.Vere Tech 47.53;
4x400(Open),1.Holmwood 3:38.49, 2.Edwin Allen 3:40.25, 3.Manchester 3:41.68, 4.Vere Tech 3:47.11, 5.The Queen’s School 3:48.75, 6.St.Jago 3:49.99;
High Jump,1.Misha-Gaye Dacosta (Immaculate) 5-10 3/4; Long Jump,1.Kimberly Williams 19-11 3/4; Javelin,1.Taneisha Blair (Holmwood) 157-0.
Triple Jump,1.Kimberly Williams (Vere Tech) 44-4 1/4; Javelin,1.Tanesha Blair (Holmwood) 157-0.
CARIFTA GAMES Blake-10.11!
Turks and Caicos Islands, April 7-9 RESULTS: tinyurl.com/38luyl BLAKE INTERVIEW: tinyurl.com/yw9lyk
Many high school athletes who are scheduled to compete at the Penn Relays did well at the Carifta Games, which serves as the Caribbean Junior Championships.
17-year old Yohan Blake was again the #1 star, winning the Under-20 100-meters in 10.11, which is a new Jamaican Junior Record.
16-year old Dexter Lee (Herbert Morrison/JAM) won the Under17 100(10.34) and 200(21.09).
Bobby-Gaye Wilkins, who is expected to lead Holmwood Tech in the 4x400 and 4x800 at Penn, won the women’s Under-20 400 in
53.01. Teammates Keno Heaven and Venessa Boyd finished 1-2 in the Under-20 800. MEN 100(under-20, 1.2), 1.Yohann Blake (Jamaica/St.Jago) 10.11(Jamaican Junior Record, Meet Record); (under 17, 1.0), 1.Dexter Lee (Jamaica/Herbert Morrison) 10.34(Meet Record); 200(under 17, 1.2),1.Dexter Lee 21.09; 400(under-20),1.Zwede Hewitt (Trinidad) 47.14, 2.Oshane Barham (Jamaica/Kingston College) 47.28;
High Jump(under 17),1.Raymond Higgs (Bahamas/Tabernacle) 6-11 3/4; Long Jump,1.Julian Reid (Jamaica/Wolmer’s Boys) 24-3, 2.Niochoals Gordon (Jamaica/Calabar) 23-10 1/4; Triple Jump(under-17),1.Raymond Higgs 48-6 1/4; WOMEN(UNDER-20)
100(1.3),1.Shakera Reese (Barbados) 11.34, 2.Schillonie (Jamaica/Holmwood Tech) 11.61; 400,1.Bobby-Gaye Wilkins (Jam/Holmwood) 53.01; 800,1.Keno Heaven (Jam/Holmwood) 2:11.66, 2.Venessa Boyd (Jam/Holmwood) 2:12.16;
400-hurdles,1.Shana-Gaye Tracey (Jam/Manchester) 58.77, 2.Andrea Reid (Jam/Holmwood) 59.79; Triple Jump,1.Kimberly Williams (Jam/Vere Tech) 42-2.
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