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2025 Penn Relays presented by Toyota

When Are The 4x400 Races At The 2025 Penn Relays: What To Know

When Are The 4x400 Races At The 2025 Penn Relays: What To Know

Want to keep an eye on the 4x400 races at the 2025 Penn Relays in Philadelphia from April 24-26? Here’s what to know.

Apr 9, 2025 by Matt Cannizzaro
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For more than 125 years, the Penn Relays has brought thousands of track and field athletes to Franklin Field in Philadelphia, and that will be the case again this year.

The 2025 Penn Relays presented by Toyota will take place April 24-26, and all of the action will be broadcast live on FloTrack.

Though the meet now features hundreds of individual events for athletes of all ages and skill levels, the Penn Relays has played a hand in the global popularity of the relay competition. 

Among the races that draw special attention are the 4x400 relays. They’re such a significant part of the history of the event that the whole weekend concludes with one of the 4x400 races.

Scroll down for all the details about the 4x400 relays in 2025, when the races will take place and what stood out from the 2024 meet.

Catch all the action live on FloTrack and check back often for advance coverage, breaking news, results, highlights and more.

The 2025 Penn Relays is the 129th edition of the event, which first was held in 1895. It now welcomes more than 15,000 athletes of all ages (high school, college, Special Olympics, professional/elite and Masters) and more than 100,000 spectators. 

When Are The 4x400 Relays At The 2025 Penn Relays?

Relay fans definitely will get their 4x400 fix at the 2025 Penn Relays, where there will be 4x400 action during each of the three days of competition at Franklin Field.

All Times Eastern

Thursday, April 24

  • 1:10 p.m. – Masters 4x400
  • 1:50 p.m. – High School Boys 4x400 (heats)

Friday, April 25

  • 3:45 p.m. – High School Boys 4x400 Philadelphia-area Final
  • 3:50 p.m. – High School Boys 4x400 Championship of America
  • 3:55 p.m. – College Women’s Championship of America 4x400 (heats)
  • 4:10 p.m. – College Men’s Championships of America 4x400 (heats)
  • 6:45 p.m. – College Women’s 4x400 (heats)
  • 7 p.m. – College Women’s 4x400 (heats) Eastern
  • 7:15 p.m. – College Women’s 4x400 Pop Haddleton-MAC
  • 7:20 p.m. – College Women’s 4x400 CTC
  • 7:25 p.m. – College Men’s 4 x 400 (heats)
  • 7:40 p.m. – College Men’s 4x400 (heats) Eastern
  • 7:55 p.m. – College Men’s 4 x 400 Pop Haddleton-MAC
  • 8 p.m. – College Men’s 4 x 400 CTC

Saturday, April 26

  • 8:30 a.m. – High School Girls 4x400 (heats)
  • 2:40 p.m. – College Women’s 4x400 Championship of America
  • 2:45 p.m. – College Men’s 4x400 Championship of America
  • 5:05 p.m. – College Women’s 4x400 Final
  • 5:10 p.m. – College Men’s 4x400 Final
  • 5:15 p.m. – College Women’s 4x400 Eastern Final
  • 5:20 p.m. – College Men’s 4x400 Eastern Final
  • 5:25 p.m. – Open Women’s 4x400 Final
  • 5:30 p.m. – Open Men’s 4x400 Final
  • 5:40 p.m. – High School Girls 4x400 Philadelphia-area Final
  • 5:45 p.m. – High School Girls 4x400 Championship of America

The Penn Relays features far more than just the 4x400 relays, however. 

Read more about the schedule for the 2025 Penn Relays, and see what else there is to look forward to from Franklin Field - Penn Relays 2025 Schedule: Here's Everything To Know

How To Watch The 2025 Penn Relays

The 2025 Penn Relays will take place April 24-26 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. 

For those in the United States, live coverage will be provided by FloTrack, starting at 9 a.m. Eastern on April 24 and April 25. The action will start at 7 a.m. EDT on April 26.

For the entire the weekend, FloTrack will be your one-stop shop for breaking news, highlights, results and more, so make sure top pop open that extra tab.

When Is The 2025 Penn Relays?

  • The 129th Penn Relays will be a three-day event from April 24-26, 2025.
  • The event is held annually at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.
  • The inaugural edition of the Penn Relays was held in 1895.

How Does The Penn Relays Work?

  • The Penn Relays has grown into a three-day track and field event comprising various relay races, such as 4x100, 4x200, 4x400 and 4x800, along with all of the other fan-favorite track and field competitions.
  • Many heat, hurdle and long-distance races round out the track portion of the event.
  • Field events include shot put, discus, javelin, long jump, high jump, triple jump and pole vault.
  • All winning teams are rewarded with a Penn Relays Wheel.

About Franklin Field

Franklin Field is known primarily as the home of the University of Pennsylvania football team and the annual Penn Relays. It is named after the school’s founder and historical figure Benjamin Franklin.

The histories of Franklin Field and the Penn Relays are one in the same, as both saw their beginnings in 1895. 

The facility was dedicated in April 1895 and immediately gained famed for being the first stadium in the country with a scoreboard. The same day (April 20) marked the first running of the Penn Relays, attracting a crowd of 5,000.

The first time the Penn Quakers took the field for a football game was Oct. 1, 1895, and the day ended with a 40-0 victory over Swarthmore. 

A lesser-known fact is that Franklin Field also was the home of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles from 1958-1970.

Franklin Field also has welcomed baseball, field hockey, soccer, lacrosse, sprint football, gymnastics, military training and events, speakers, concerts, graduations, conventions, and more. 

Results For The 2025 Penn Relays

Results and coverage of the 2025 Penn Relays will be available here.

Watch The Final Of The High School Girls 4x400 Championship Of America From 2024

Teams from Jamaica have become a proven threat in the 4x400, and the Hydel girls got the job done in 2024. 

Have You Heard Of Quincy Wilson? See Him In Action Now!

Quincy Wilson from the Bullis School in Maryland has burst onto the track and field scene and into the record books. 

Wilson even earned a spot at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where, at 16, he was part of the Team USA squad that claimed the men’s 4x400-meter gold medal in Paris. 

His appearance made him the youngest male in history to compete in a track and field event at the Olympics.

Take a look at Wilson in action in the High School Boys 4x400 relay at the 2024 Penn Relays


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