by Walt Murphy, editor of Eastern Track
Eastern Track
Vol.26, No.3-April 22, 2002
Penn Preview
Everyone’s (well, almost everyone) favorite weekend is finally
upon us. All
that’s left is to pray for good weather (a liitle cooler than
last week’s
mid-90s) and to run the races. Relays Director Dave Johnson and
his staff
have once again put together terrific fields in almost every event.
Because of time constraints, I’ve limited my preview comments
to the major
relays and some individual events, You can check the Penn Relays
website for
more information.(www.thepennrelays.com).
In additon to the Penn Preview, this issue also contains oudtoor
collegiate
relay lists, which include the leading teams from around the country
who are
participating in this year’s Relays. It also contains the final
Eastern
College and High School indoor lists.
Due to renovations at the Natioanl Stadium (in preparation for this
year’s
World Junior Championships), the Jamaican scholastic championships,
normally
held in early April,, weren’t held until last week. It remains
to be seen
what effect, if any, this will have on the Jamaican runners competing
her.
Missing from this year’s meet, due to illness, will be announcer
Jack “Legs”
O’Reilly, the “Voice of the Penn Relays” for as long
as I can remember.
Filling in for O’Reilly this year will be veteran announcer
Bob Hersh, who
has been at the microphone for many Millrose Games, World Championships
and
Olympics, but now finally gets a chance to work at the most important
meet of
all!
PENN RELAYS 2002 - TIME SCHEDULE/PREVIEW
CO-College; HS-High School; OD-Olympic Development; JH-Junior High
School;
PS-Prep School; MA-Masters; JR-Junior; SO-Special Olympics; B-Boys;
G-Girls;
M-Men; W-Women.
THURSDAY TRACK EVENTS - 25 April 2002
10:00 CO W 400 Hurdles Championship
EVENT #1--The top three U.S. collegians are entered. South Carolina
frosh
Lashinda Demus(#1), Track and Field News’ Female Prep Athlete
of the Year in
2001, has already run 56.55 this season. She should be challenged
by
Cal-State Northridge’s Frances Santin(#2-56.87) and fellow
SC frosh Tiffany
Ross(#3-56.96).
10:25 HS G 400 Hurdles Championship
EVENT #2--Defending champion Melaine Walker(#1), who set a Relays
record of
57.85 last year, was upset at the Jamaican Champs by Holmwood Tech’s
Sheryl
Morgan(56.81-57.01), who apparently will concentrate on the relays
at Penn.
Walker is still ursing an ankle injury suffered at the Carifta Games.
10:35 HS G 4x800--Top 12 teams from events 5-8 advance to Friday’s
Championship race.
SMALL SCHOOLS
EVENT#5--Bronxville-NY(AA)/9:09.80; Edwin Allen-JAM(AB), finished
3rd last
year-ran 8:59.83; Bay Shore-NY(AC)/9:16.86
EVENT #6--Holmwood Tech-JAM(BA)--won their 3rd Championship in a
row last
year--ran 8:50.03; Bromfield-MA(BB)--9:14.37; Middletown South-NJ(BC)
9:18.17;
LARGE SCHOOLS
EVENT #7--Boys&Girls-NY(CA)--finished 2nd to Holmwood last year,
but set a
U.S. H.S. Record of 8:52.84--set an Indoor National Record of 8:53.67--Anchor
Stacey Ann Livingston was ailing at the Indoor National Scholastics,
but
appears to be back in top form; Saratoga Springs-NY(CB)/9:18.58;
EVENT #8--A.Philip Randolph-NY(DA)--ran 8:59.82 indoors and 8:58.30
at the
recent Arcadia Inv. in California; New Rochelle-NY(DB)/9:20.3
11:15 HS G 4x100 heats--eight fastest teams advance to Friday’s
Championship.
Heats are drawn alphabetically (e.g., AA,AB,AC will be in the first
heat)
SMALL SCHOOLS
EVENT #9--The top two teams from last year will compete in the Small
School
heats: Holmwood Tech-JAM(FL)--defending champs--ran 44.89 last year(45.1-hand
time in heat)...won the Jamaican Class Two Champs in 45.45...another
Holmwood
lineup ran 45.70 to win Class One; Vere Tech-JAM(ND)--2nd last year,
ran
44.90, fastest ever “loser” at Penn; others to watch--Paul
Robeson-NY(KW);
LARGE SCHOOLS
EVENT #10--St.Jago-JAM(XN) finished 3rd last year(45.20); Others
to watch
include: Roosevelt-MD(XF); Randolph-NY(WX)
12:35 CO W 4x100 heats
EVENT#11--eight fastest teams advance to Friday’s Championship
race. Top 24
teams are seeded into first six heats. Six of the top seven fastest
collegiate teams in the country are entered. Florida(AA) returns
three
members of last year’s winning team, but hsan’t put a
mark up yet this
season. LSU(AB) has the fastest time in the world this year(43.71),
but was
beaten by Texas(AD) at the Texas Relays(43.89-44.04). Other top
teams: South
Carolina(AC-44.19), Indiana(AE-44.44), Cal-State Northridge(AM-44.55),
Miami
(AL-44.57), TCU(AH)-44.74).
12:55-4:25 HS G 4x400 Heats
EVENTS #12-#53--eight fastest teams advance to Friday’s Championship
race.
Holmwood Tech-JAM(#41-E) smashed the Relays record when they ran
3:34.75 last
year. Returning from that team are Aneisha McLaughlin and Sheryl
Morgan,
whose 51.9 anchor in the final was the fastest prep split ever run
at Penn.
Other teams/races to look for:
#38(3:10)-A.Phillip Randolph-NY(E), 3:44.77i, 4th last year, ran
3:39.90 in
heat--Natasha Hastings set National Indoor 300m record this year;
Christiana-JAM(J), ran 3:51.50 in heat last year
#39(3:15)-Boys&Girls-NY(D), set an Eastern Indoor record of
3:43.63 this
year, 5th at Penn last year; Largo-MD(K), 3:50.99i
#40(3:20)-St.Jago-JAM(J) finished 2nd last year--ran 3:36.50, also
under
previous Penn Record...won Jamaican Champs in 3:37.48; Roosevelt-MD(B)--ran
3:44.56 indoors, was 6th last year/Tiandra Ponteen; DeWitt Clinton-NY(D),
3:49.69i; Mary Ward-CAN(L) ran 3:53.30 last year in heat;
#41(3:25)-In addition to Holmwood(E)--Tacius Golding-JAM(D), ran
3:52.99 heat
last year; Laurel-MD(J), 3:56.45i; Far Rockaway(H), 3:56.72i; Trinity-NY(M),
3:57.00i/Shana Cox.
#44(3:40)--Suburban “A”--Chester-PA(K), 3:57.65i
#51(4:15)--South Jersey(Large)--Willingboro-NJ(F), 3:47.95i; Wilson-NJ(A),
3:55.8i
#52(4:20)--Philadelphia Catholic--West Catholic-PA(D),3:58.05i/Tiffany
Bradley
#53(4:25)--Philadelphia Public--William Penn-PA(H),3:48.59i, 3rd
last
year-top U.S. team/Juanita Broaddus
4:30 CO W Distance Medley Championship
EVENT#54--Defending champion North Carolina(AA) returns 1/2-miler
Alice
Schmidt and anchor Shalane Flangan and adds frosh star Erin Donohue,
the
winner of last year’s high school girls mile. Teams(and anchors)
expected to
challenge UNC include Stanford(AB)/Lauren Fleshman, Georgetown(AC)/Jill
Laurendeau, Villanova(AG)/Kalin Toedebusch, and Arkansas(AE)/Andreina
Byrd.
4:45 CO W Distance Medley
4:55-6:00 CO W 4x400
EVENTS #56-#69--eight fastest teams advance to Saturday’s Championship
race.
Best 25 teams seeded into races 59-63. The top 4 collegiate teams
in the U.S.
are entered. Defender South Carolina set a Relays Record of 3:28.34
last year
and set a Collegiate Record of 3:26.98 at this year’s Texas
Relays (without
the injured Miki Barber, who split 51.0 last year). SC will be tough
to beat,
but Texas(3:33.60), Seton Hall(3:34.19), Miami(3:34.21), and Texas
Tech
(3:34.52) will do they’re best to make it a competitive race.
6:05 HS G Distance Medley Championship
EVENT #70--What a field! Boys&Girls-NY(A) set an indoor record
of 1150.86 in
February, with runnerup Red Bank Regional-NJ(B) also under the previous
record in 11:51.54. Then, at the National Scholastics in March,
Red Bank
lowered the record again, this time to 11:49.34, with Bronxville-NY(C)
also
getting uner 11:50(11:49.61). Can Boys & Girls build a big enough
lead on the
first three legs to hold off Red Bank’s Katie (or her twin
Amanda) Trotter
and/or Bronxville’s Michele Rorke? Jamaica’s Edwin Allen(D),
with Nicola
Maye on the anchor, could spoil a U.S. sweep.
6:20 HS G Mile Championship
EVENT #71--Melissa Donais(#3-Phillips Academy,Ma), 3rd last year,
won the
Millrose mile and has the fastest time in the field this year-4:53.90,
followed closely by Casey Nelson (#$-Hunterdon Central,NJ), who
ran 4:54.02
indoors. Others to watch include Megan Kaltenbach (#5-Smoky Hill,Co),
the #1
2-miler in the U.S. and Heather Iatauro(#6-TriValley,NY). She may
be a year
away from being a factor in this race, but keep an eye on soph Lauren
Centrowitz(#12-Broadneck,Md), whose dad, Matt, was the former American
Record
holder at 5000-meters. Dad is the head coach at American University,
which
will have strong teams in the men’s distance medley and 4-mile
relays.
6:25 HS G 3000 Championship
EVENT #72--Julia Pudlin(#14-The Baldwin School,Pa), 6th in 2000
and 2nd last
year, has been battling injuries since the 2000 indoor season, but
could be
rounding into top form at the right time. In this wide-open race,
others to
watch include: Elizabeth Maloy(#3-Holy Names,NY), who ran 9:59.84
for 3k
indoors and Erin Franklin(#4-Wissahickon,Pa-10:07.63)
THURSDAY NIGHT EVENTS
6:45 #73 CO M Steeplechase Championship
6:55 #74 CO M Steeplechase
7:05 #75 OD M Steeplechase
7:15 #76/#77 CO W/OD Steeplechase Championship
7:30 #78 CO W Steeplechase
7:45 #79 CO W 3000 Championship
7:55 #80 CO W 5000 Championship
8:15 #81 OD W 5000
8:35 #82 CO M 5000 Championship
8:55 #83 CO M 5000
9:15 #84 OD M 5000
9:30 #85/#86 CO W/OD 10,000 Championship
10:10 #87/#88 CO M/OD 10,000 Championship
THURSDAY FIELD EVENTS - 25 April 2002
10:00 #275 CO W Pole Vault
10:00 #276 CO W Discus Throw
12:00 #277/#278 CO W High Jump A & B
12:00 #279 CO W Long Jump Championship
12:00 #280 HS G Javelin Throw Championship
12:00 #281 CO W Shot Put Championship
1:00 #282 HS G Pole Vault Championship
1:00 #283 CO W Hammer Throw Championship
1:45 #284 CO W High Jump Championship
1:45 #285 HS G Long Jump Championship
1:45 #286 HS G Triple Jump Championship
1:45 #287/#288 CO W Shot Put A & B
2:00 #289 CO W Javelin Throw Championship
2:15 #290 CO W Hammer Throw
3:00 #291 CO W Pole Vault Championship
3:00 #292 HS G High Jump Championship
3:00 #293 HS G Shot Put Championship
3:15 #294 CO W Javelin Throw
4:00 #295/#296 CO W Long Jump A & B
FRIDAY TRACK EVENTS - 26 April 2002
9:00 HS B 4x800--Top 12 teams from events 89-92 advance to Saturday’s
Championship race.
SMALL SCHOOLS
EVENT #89--Jamaica has three teams entered in this race--Jamaica
College(AA),
Bellefield Comprehensive(AB), and St.Jago(AD). The top U.S. team
is Strath
Haven-PA(AE), which ran 7:57.35 indoors.
EVENT #90--Jamaica’s Holmwood Tech(BB) finished 2nd last year(7:46.90)
and
returns a strong twosome in Jermaine Meyers, who ran 1:50.11 on
Saturday to
win the 800 at the Jamaican Champs, and Kirk Wint, who ran 1:52.41
to finish
2nd. Christiana-JAM(BD) finished 4th last year(7:50.83). Top U.S.
team is
Notre Dame-NJ(BA), which had the best time in the country indoors
(7:51.39).
EVENT #91--Tough heat, with North Penn-PA(CA-7:52.05), Willingboro-NJ
(CB-7:53.64), and South Shore-NY(CC) all running well indoors. Defender
South
Lakes-VA(CH) doesn’t have Alan Webb anymore, but they still
have a strong
anchor in Richard Smith, who split 1:52.7 on last year’s winning
team.
EVENT #92--Midwood-NY(DA-7:53.08) and Fordham Prep,NY(DB-7:53.85)
both ran
well indoors.
10:20 HS B 4x100 heats--eight fastest teams advance to Saturday’s
Championship. Heats are drawn alphabetically (e.g., AA,AB,AC will
be in the
first heat)
SMALL SCHOOLS
EVENT #111--Vere Tech-JAM(MZ), with Steve Mullings on the anchor,
ran 40.46
to set a Jamaican Championship record on Saturday; Calabar-JAM(BM)
and
Jamaica College-JAM(FJ) finished 3rd and 4th last year; Others to
watch:
Camden-NJ(BN) and Lakeland-VA(FX)
LARGE SCHOOLS
EVENT #112--Trinidad’s El Dorado(SF), the defending champs,
will be tough to
beat if they’re close after the first three legs. Darrell Brown,
who
anchored last year’s winning team, ran 10.22 to win the 100
at the Carifta
Games at the end of March. Teammate Marc Burns won the 200 in 20.8.
Both were
members of their country’s senior 4x100, which won the bronze
medals at last
summer’s World Championships; Deep Creek-VA(RO),
which won last year’s Large School Consolation race, set a
National Indoor
Record in the 4x200(1:27.09) and could be a factor in this year’s
Championship; others to watch include Eleanor Roosevelt-MD(WS)
11:50 Intramural/Media 4x100
11:55 MA 4x100
12:00 CO M 4x100 heats--eight fastest teams advance to Saturday’s
Championship. Top 24 teams are seeded into the first six heats.
EVENT #116--As always, one of the deepest fields of the relays,
with no less
than 12 teams already under 40-seconds this year. TCU(AA-39.40),
which ran
38.84 in its heat last year, then set a Relays record of 38.68 in
the final,
will have a tough time repeating against the likes of LSU(AE-38.97),
Tennessee
(AB-39.00), with superstar Justin Gatlin on the anchor, and Mississippi
State
(AF-39.13).
12:20 CO M 4x100 Military
12:25 HS G 4x800 Championship(See Friday’s heats)
EVENT #118--Jamaican teams have won this event 16 years in a row.
The last
time a U.S. team won was in 1985, when State College(Pa) ran 9:09.20.
Can
Boys&Girls (or Randolph) end the Jamaican streak?
12:35 CO W 4x100 Championship EVENT #119--(See Friday’s heats)
12:40 CO W 4x100
12:45 CO W 4x100 ECAC
12:50 CO W 4x1500 Championship
EVENT #122--Arkansas(A) is back to defend its title, and should
be challenged
by North Carolina(E), Stanford(B), and Georgetown(C).
1:10 OD M 4x800
1:20 CO M 4x200 heats--eight fastest teams advance to Saturday’s
Championship. Top 24 teams are seeded into the first six heats.
EVENT #127--Many of the same contenders in the 4x100 could be factors
here.
Along with TCU(AA), which ran 1:19.71 in its heat last year(fastest
heat ever
at Penn), other potential finalists include Tennessee(AB), Mississippi
State
(AD), Middle Tennessee State(AC), Clemson(AF), and North Carolina
State(AH).
1:45 CO W 4x200 heats--eight fastest teams advance to Saturday’s
Championship. Top 24 teams are seeded into the first six heats.
EVENT #128--LSU(AA), which ran 1:31.24, and South Carolina(AB) finished
1-2
last year and are the top two seeds coming into this year’s
Relays. Other
contenders include Texas(AD), Alabama(AC), and Florida(AE).
2:05 HS G 4x100 Large School Consolation
2:10 HS G 4x100 Small School Consolation
2:15 HS G 4x100 Championship--EVENT #131--See Friday’s Heats.
INFIELD EVENTS
1:00 Elementary School 4x75y Shuttle (Gr 6)
1:30 Elementary School 4x75y Shuttle (Gr 5)
2:00 Elementary School 4x75y Shuttle (Gr 4)
SPRINT STRAIGHT EVENTS
2:30 OD M Shuttle Hurdles
2:35 CO M Shuttle Hurdles Championship
EVENT #133--Tennesse(A), with sprint star Justin Gatlin running
the last
“leg” set a Relays record 0f 54.73 last year. This will
be the 3rd race of
the day for Gatlin (4c100-12:00, 4x200-1:20). Clemson(B), which
has its own
sprint/hurdles star in Dwight Thomas, could challenge.
2:50 CO W Shuttle Hurdles Championship
EVENT #134--Defender Ohio State(A) is not as strong as last year,
and will
have a hard time holding off South Carolina(C) and LSU(D).
3:05 CO M 110 Hurdles heats
3:15 CO W 100 Hurdles heats
RELAY HOMESTRETCH EVENTS
2:25 SO 100 (B & G)
2:30 MAM 100
2:45 CO M 100 heats
2:55 CO W 100 heats
3:30 CO M Distance Medley Championship
EVENT #147--Often one of the highlight events of the Relays, this
year’s
version should be no exception, with loads of contenders going to
the lin.
After winning this event an incredible 16 years in a row from 1966-1981,
Villanova(A) didn’t win again until last year. Another streak
could be in the
making, as the Wildcats, with an all-underclass team of Ryan Hayden,
Nic
O’Brien, Jason Jabaut, and Adrian Blincoe are favored off their
win at this
year’s NCAA Indoor Championships. (Hayden, Jabaut and Blincoe
ran on last
year’s winning team). Stanford(AF) which was in great position
to win last
year when 800 runner Jonathan Stevens pulled up on the backstretch,
will
field another strong team, with a lineup that could include Don
Sage, Gabe
Jennings, and Jonathon Riley. Jennings made his seasonal debut last
Saturday
at Mt.SAC, running 1:50+ for 800-meters. Alan Webb was the star
of last
year’s Relays, leading his South Lakes H.S. team to wins in
the 4x800 and
dmr. Can he do the same for Michigan(AE) this year? Off his 3:44
1500 at
Mt.SAC(his first track race since last June), he may not be as fit
as he was
at this time last year, but could still provide some excitement.
Arkansas
(AD), which has won this event 13 times, went to the Drake Relays
last year
but is back where they belong and are expected to contend for the
win.
Connecticut(AG), with Dan Wilson on the anchor, shocked Arkansas
to win this
event at the 2000 Relays, and Wilson and Elliot Blount, who ran
1:47.6 on
that winning team, are back this year. Abilene Christian(AB) led
last year’s
race into the final stretch and could challenge again this year.
3:40 CO M Distance Medley
4:00 CO M 4x400 Seeded-top 25 teams are seeded into the first five
races. The
eight fastest teams from all of the 4x400s advance to Saturday’s
Championship.
EVENTS #149-#164--Last year’s Relays closer was a classic,
with Florida
barely edging Auburn(3:04.22-3:04.27), and LSU not far behind(3:04.48).
LSU(3:02.70), Tennessee(3:02.14), and South Carolna(3:02.49) have
all been
under 3:03 this year. making this one of the strongest fields ever
going into
a Relays. Other potential finalists include East Carolina(3:03.59),
Auburn(3:03.84), defender Florida(3:05.14), Seton Hall(3:05.69),
and
St.Augustine’s(3:05.80).
4:55 CO M 4x400 Heptagonal
5:00 CO M 4x400 New York Metropolitan
5:05 CO M 4x400 Wetzler
5:10 CO M 4x400 CTC
5:15 CO M 4x400 Haddleton
5:15 HS B Distance Medley Championship
EVENT #165--An Alan Webb-led South Lakes(VA) team ran away from
the field to
set a Relays record of 9:59.66 last year, but this year’s race
should be more
competitive. Haddonfield-NJ(A) had the fastest time in the U.S.
this past
indoor season (10:16.60) and will be led by Chris Platt, who anchored
his
team to victory in the dmr(National Scholastics) and 4xmile relay(NIke
Classic) on successive days in March. Others to watch in this wide-open
race
include Scotia-Glenville,NY(B-10:19.29), St.Benedict’s-NJ(C-10:19.36),
Midwood-NY(D-10:19.95), St.Peter’s,NY(F-10:20.57), Bishop Hendricken-RI
(G-10:21.50), and Cardinal O’Hara-PA(H-10:22.74).
5:35 HS B Mile Championship
EVENT #166--Leading the way is Bobby Curtis(#2-St.Xavier,KY), 3rd
in last
year’s race, who ran 4:08.29 for 1600-meters at Arcadia and
8:59.63 for
3200-meters this past weekend. A strong group of challengers include
Shane
Stroup(#1-River Hill,Md), last year’s runnerup, Phil Gaeta(#4-Oakton,Va)
who
ran 4:14.95 indoors, and Alex Tatu(#5-Thomas Dale,Va-4:14.95’).
Marvin Pinnock
(#7-St.Jago) won the Jamaican 1500 title in 4:01.44 last week.
5:40 HS B 3000 Championship
EVENT #167--A good field, which includes Andy Wigton(#2-Greece
Athena,NY-9:06.48’/2m), California’s Carl Dambkowski
(#3-Granada,Ca-9:06.97m), Bryce Ruiz(#7-Jamestown,Va), Ben Stern
(#1-Georgetown Day School,DC), Adam Horton(#5-Canada), and Marc
Pelerin
(#8-Cherokee,NJ).
5:55 HSG 4x400 Championship-EVENT #168--see Thursday’s heats.
5:50 CO W Sprint Medley Championship
EVENT #169--Defender Florida(AA) has three members of last year’s
winning
team, including anchor Kristina Bratton (fastest college 800 this
year-2:04.02) back for a possible 2nd win. Possible challengers
include Seton
Hall(AE), North Carolina(AB), and LSU(AC).
6:20 CO M Sprint Medley Championship
EVENT #170--Florida(AA), with Rickey Harris leading off and Moise
Joseph(1:46.6) anchoring, beat South Carolina (AB-Otukile Lekote-1:46.8)
in a
fast and exciting race last year(3:13.21-3:13.58), and both teams
(with last
year’s anchors returning) are expected to contend again this
year. Others to
watch include Auburn(AC) and Texas Tech(AD), with frosh Jonathan
Johnson on
the anchor.
6:50 MA 4x400 (50+)
6:55 Corporate Distance Medley
FRIDAY FIELD EVENTS - 26 April 2002
10:00 CO M High Jump A & B
10:00 CO M Pole Vault A
10:00 CO W Triple Jump A & B
10:00 HS G Discus Throw Championship
10:30 CO M Shot Put Championship
12:00 CO M Shot Put A & B
12:00 CO W Discus Throw Championship
12:00 HS B Javelin Championship
12:30 CO W Triple Jump Championship
1:15 CO M Discus Throw Championship
1:30 HS B High Jump Championship
2:00 CO M Long Jump Championship
2:00 OD M Javelin Throw
2:30 HS B Shot Put Championship
2:30 CO M Discus Throw
3:00 CO M Pole Vault B
3:00 OD W Javelin Throw
3:30 CO M Long Jump A & B
SATURDAY TRACK EVENTS - 27 April 2002
7:00 OD/MA/JR M 10km Walk
8:00 OD/MA/JR W 5km Walk
9:00 HS B 400 Hurdles Championship
EVENT #179--Last year’s runnerup, Gregory Little (1-Wolmer’s
Bots-JAM), who
ran 50.85 at the Carifta Games, missed the Jamaican Champs heats
with stomach
cramps. In his absence, Bridgeport Comprehensive’s Icon Allen
(4) won the
final in 52.13.
9:05 OD M 400 Hurdles
9:10 CO M 400 Hurdles Championship
EVENT #181--Florida soph Rickey Harris(#1) picked up the first of
his three
Penn Relays watches(4x400, smr) last year by winning this event
in 49.83.
Fred Sharpe (#3-Auburn/Paulsboro,NJ H.S.) has run 49.83 this season
and could
chalenge Harris for the win.
9:25-12:35 HS B 4x400 The eights fastest teams from events #182-#224
advance
to the Championship, which will be run later in the day.
EVENT #208(11:35)--Taft-Woodland Hills,Ca(L) ran 3:16.76 this past
weekend at
Mt.SAC...inner at the National Indoor Schoalstics at the Armory;
Ardenne-JAM
(G) won its heat last year in 3:17.91
EVENT #209(11:40)--Jefferson-NY(B) has run 3:18.9 this spring.
EVENT #210(11:45)--Glen Mills-PA(L) ran 3:18.6 indoors; Bridgeport
Comprehensive-JAM(G) finished 2nd last year(3:15.00).
EVENT #211(11:50)--Transit Tech-NY(B) has run 3:17.4 this spring
and has a
great anchor in Melville Rogers, who has run 47.24 out of the blocks
this
year; Deep Creek-VA(M) ran 3:20.22 indoors and set a National Indoor
record
in the 4x200(1:27.09); Holmwood Tech-JAM(K) was 4th last year(3:17.11);
Poly
Prep-NY(C)--has two excellent legs in Che Chavez and I-Perfection
Harris, the
top prep long jumper indoors; Jamaica College-JAM(H) won its heat
last year
in 3:18.25;
EVENT #222(12:45)--Camden(J) returns two of the four runners from
last year’s
winning team (Maurice Young and Jade Smith-47.5 split) and could
be a
contender again this year. They ran 3:16.94 this past weekend.
1:00 CO M 4xMile Championship
EVENT #225--Defender Stanford(A) returns Don Sage and Jonathon Riley
from
last year’s winning team and could add 2000 Olympian Gabe Jennings,
if coach
Vin Lananna feels he’s ready. Other contenders include Villanova(B),
with a
strong 1-2 punch in Adrian Blincoe and Ryan Hayden, Arkansas(C),
with
Alistair Cragg, the NCAA Indoor 5k champ, and freshman Said Ahmed(Boston
English,Ma), and Georgetown(D). Making its Penn debut in this event
is
American University(Wash.DC), under the guidance of Matt Centrowitz,
who ran
on the Manhattan College team that finished 2nd in this event at
the 1974
Penn Relays.
1:20 CO M 4x100
1:25 CO M 4x100 IC4A
1:30 CO M 4x100 Championship--See Friday’s heats
1:35 SO 4x100 (B & G)
1:40 CO W 4x800 Championship
EVENT #231--Defender Florida(AA) is loaded again and could repeat
as winners
Gators Kristina Bratton (2:04.02) and Melissa DeLeon(2:05.08) have
the two
fastest collegiate times in the country. Bratton should be joined
on the team
by her twin sister Kamille, as well as Nona Allen. Georgetown(AB)
gave
Florida quite a battle last year (8:24.25-8:24.67) and could do
so again this
year with a lineup of Heather Blackard, Treniere Clement, Jill Laurendeau,
and Tyrona Heath.
1:50 CO W 4x800
2:10 OD M 4x100 (USA vs World)
EVENT #233--Maurice Greene made coaches all over wince when he raised
his arm
prematurely when crossing the finish line at the Texas Relays. J.J.
Johnson,
anchoring another USA team, kept running through the line, and edged
Greene
for the win. In addition to Greena and Johnson, many of the top
American
sprinters are expected to be part of one of the two “Team USA”
entries.
Teams from Germany, Great Britain, Canada, Jamaica, and Poland are
also
expected to compete.
2:15 OD M 4x100
2:20 OD W 4x100 (USA vs World)
EVENT #235--Gail Devers and Inger Miller are among the top names
expected to
run on the two USA teams, which will run against Jamaica, Germany,
and
Canada.
2:25 OD W 4x100
2:30 HS G 4x100 Tri-State
2:35 HS B 4x100 SMALL SCHOOL CONSOLATION
2:40 HS B 4x100 LARGE SCHOOL CONSOLATION
2:25 HS B 4x100 Championship
EVENT #240--See Friday’s heats.
2:50 CO W 4x200 ECAC
2:55 CO W 4x200 Championship
EVENT #242--See Friday’s heats
3:00 CO M 4x200 IC4A
3:05 CO M 4x200 Championship
EVENT #244--See Friday’s Heats
3:10 OD M 4x200 (USA vs World)
EVENT #245--Another clash between some of America’s best and
teams from
Jamaica, Canada, Great Britain,. Germany, and Poland.
3:15 OD W 4x200 (USA vs World)
EVENT #246--The U.S. against Jamaica, Canada, Germany and Russia
3:20 HS B 4x800 Championship
EVENT #247--See Friday’s heats.
3:30 OD W Mile
EVENT #248--top entries include Cheri Kenah(#1), Carmen Douma(#2),
Jen
Toomey(#3) and Heather Sagan(#4), the NCAA Indoor champion from
Liberty;
3:30? Honors Ceremony
3:45 OD W 100 Hurdles EVENT #249--Melissa Morrison(#1), Dionne Rose(#2).
3:50 CO W 100 Hurdles Championship
3:55 CO M 110 Hurdles Championship
4:00 OD M 110 Hurdles
4:05 CO W 100 Championship
4:10 MAM 100 (75+)
4:15 CO M 100 Championship
4:20 OD M 100
4:25 OD M Mile EVENT #257--Leonard Mucheru(#1), Tim Broe (#2)
4:30 CO M 4x800 Championship
EVENT #258--This appears to be a wide-open race. Defender Stanford(AA)
lost
anchor Michael Stember to graduation, but still has a strong foursome
in mark
Hassell, Jon Stevens, Ryan Hall, and Gabe Jennings. Other contenders
include
Villanova(AJ), Florida(AC), Princeton(AE) and Arkansas(AD). Michigan(AF)
will
have Alan Webb, but may be without Canadian frosh Nate Brannen,
who has been
nursing a foot injury. Keep an eye on Tennessee(AH) and its frosh
sensation
Marc Sylvester, who’s capable of a 1:46 split.
4:40 CO M 4x800
5:00 HS G 4x400 Philadelphia Area
5:05 HS B 4x400 Philadelphia Area
5:10 MAM 4x400 (40+)
5:15 OD M 4x400 (USA vs World)
EVENT #263--Michael Johnson gave the crowd a thrill last year as
his 44.2
anchor brought the U.S. home ahead of Jamaica. Johnson’s now
retired, but
he’ll still be at Penn, this time in the TV booth. Two U.S.
teams are
expected to go up against teams from Jamaica, Canada, and Poland.
5:20 OD M 4x400 A & B
5:30 OD W 4x400 (USA vs World)
EVENT#266--Expect to see Marion Jones, who ran 50.46 to win the
Mt.SAC 400 on
Sunday, work her magic as the U.S. competes against teams from Jamaica,
Nigeria, Canada, and Russia.
5:35 OD W 4x400
5:40 CO W 4x400
5:45 CO M 4x400
5:50 CO W 4x400 ECAC
5:55 CO M 4x400 IC4A
6:00 HS B 4x400 Championship
EVENT #272--see the morning heats
6:05 CO W 4x400 Championship
EVENT #273--See Thursday’s heats.
6:10 CO M 4x400 Championship
EVENT #274--See Friday’s heats
SATURDAY FIELD EVENTS - 27 April 2002
9:00 HS B Long Jump Championship
9:00 HS B Triple Jump Championship
9:00 HS B Discus Throw Championship
10:00 HS B Pole Vault Championship
11:00 CO M Triple Jump A & B
11:00 CO M Hammer Throw Championship
11:00 CO M Javelin Throw Championship
11:30 OD W High Jump Tisha Waller (#1)
12:15 CO M Hammer Throw
12:30 CO M Javelin Throw
1:30 CO M High Jump Championship
1:30 OD W Long Jump
2:00 CO M Pole Vault Championship
2:45 CO M Triple Jump Championship
3:00 OD W Hammer Throw
3:30 OD M TurboJav Throw
4:00 OD M Hammer Throw
4:00 OD W Triple Jump
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