Penn Relays Day 2: Top 10 Moments
Penn Relays Day 2: Top 10 Moments
1. The Oregon Ducks repeated as DMR champions. The team of John Gregorek, Marcus Chambers, Niki Franzmair and Edward Cheserek held off the charging Villanova team, anchored by Jordan Williamsz, to win in 9:33.86. WATCH RACE HERE.
For the 2nd straight year, @OregonTF takes home the Championship of America Men's DMR! Your 2015 #PennRelays Champs! pic.twitter.com/YEBNps5kT3
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) April 24, 2015
2. After finishing second last night to Villanova in the DMR, the Stanford Cardinal team of Rebecca Mehra, Jessica Tonn, Elise Cranny and Claudia Saunders got redemption in the 4x1500m, winning in 17:27.54. WATCH RACE HERE.
.@StanfordXCTF takes the win in the 4x1500m relay! #PennRelays pic.twitter.com/eFUpyAWTiD
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) April 24, 2015
3. The Texas A&M team of Jennifer Madu, Ashton Purvis, Kamaria Brown, and Aaliyah Brown avenged in-state rivals, the Texas Longhorns, to take the Championship of America 4x100m relay, their seventh-straight wheel in this event. WATCH RACE HERE.
It's the Aggies!!! 43.76! 7 years in a row!! #PennRelays pic.twitter.com/P3DoXBq0VS
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) April 24, 2015
4. Drew Hunter of Loudoun Valley (VA) made history Saturday evening when he won the Boy's Championship Mile in 4:07.15. Hunter joins World Medalist Matthew Centrowitz as the second high school boy to ever win the 3000m (which Hunter won in 2014) and Mile at the Penn Relays. WATCH RACE HERE.
.@drewhunter00 joins @MattCentrowitz as the only HS boy to win a 3k and Mile Championship in #PennRelays history! pic.twitter.com/WS5ELjdWuH
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) April 24, 2015
5. KICK OF THE WEEK ALERT! The Oregon ladies took home the victory in the Sprint Medley Relay in epic fashion. After four flawless legs by Jasmine Todd, Jenna Prandini, Raevyn Rogers, it was Annie Leblanc's turn to bring it home. Leblanc stunned the crowd by reeling in NCAA 800m champ Natoya Goule of Clemson to split 2:03.80 and give Oregon their first wheel of the weekend. WATCH RACE HERE.
The ladies of @OregonTF owned that sprint medley relay and get to take home a #PennRelays wheel!! pic.twitter.com/Kbl7copJEf
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) April 24, 2015
6. Future Stanford Cardinal Alex Ostberg of Darien (CT) won the Boy's Championship 3000m in 8:23.95, closing in 2:09 for his last 800m. WATCH RACE HERE.
#PennRelays High School Boys 3k & Mile champions Alex Ostberg & @drewhunter00 are on top of the world @pennrelays pic.twitter.com/BvoBMZAqOa
— MileSplit US (@milesplit) April 24, 2015
7. The heats of the high school boy's 4x100m (large schools) went down, and tomorrow's final is shaping up to be one of the most historical races in Penn Relays history. Can Calabar High School 39-seconds in the final? Take a look at the top four teams from the prelims:
8. The team from AlterG, Inc. won the Corporate DMR for the third-straight year at the Penn Relays. WATCH RACE HERE.
To close out day 2, @Alter_G wins the corporate DMR for the third year in a row!! #PennRelays pic.twitter.com/sDEEcrxCGm
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) April 25, 2015
9. The men from Penn State won the Sprint Medley Relay after losing to LSU (out of the slow heat) in 2014. WATCH RACE HERE.
Your men's sprint medley relay champs!! @PennStateTFXC #PennRelays pic.twitter.com/gEs8L52BGY
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) April 24, 2015
10. The girls from Edwin Allen (Jamaica) dominated the Championship of America 4x100m and 4x400m races today. They grabbed the 4x100 title in 45.40 and 4x400 in 3:40.41.
Edwin Allen girls take the high school Championship of America 4x1 45.40! #PennRelays pic.twitter.com/0hnHW3xicg
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) April 24, 2015