Penn Relays Update
Reporting live from Day 2 of the 113th Penn Relays, and despite what Danny DeVito might tell you, it's not always sunny in Philadelphia. In fact, not only is it not sunny, but sometime during the downpour, lightening struck and delayed the meet.
Monsignor Donovan's team of Graham Matthews, Ray Coles, Alex Periera, and George Johnson was the only Shore team to run before the hour-and-a-half delay, and they finished the 4x800 in 8:17.25, 13th in its heat.
CBA and Southern got caught at the starting line when the lightening flashed, and had to clear the track. When they made it back at 11:10 a.m., CBA ran an 8:02.90, while Southern ran what had to be a disappointing 8:25.07, almost a half-minute slower than the team's qualifying time of 7:58.1. CBA ran a decent race and was generally happy with the effort, but did not qualify for the Championship of America. Coach Karl Torchia said earlier this week team would be Mike Slater, Kyle Havard, Brendan Pierson, and Charlie Rooney, but Christian Yuskevich took Havard's place. Word is that Havard was battling an injury and the Colts went with Yuskevich as a replacement, but I'll confirm that with Torchia for the next update.
Jackson qualified for the finals with a time of 8:00.64, a little slow for the team's taste. Monroe Kearns ran a good anchor leg, coming from second place to finish first.
Dan Hitman made the finals in the javelin as a 13-seed, which he was pretty happy about. Hitman had some elbow issues during the event, but said today was one of his better days in terms of dealing with any pain. His top throw was 180-0.
Apparently the shot-put is under way, so I'm going to get on my horse and catch Vinnie Elardo, Patrick Park, and Kyle Goodman. The three battled in a tri meet this past week and are back for round two on a much bigger stage. Back with more in a bit.
Monsignor Donovan's team of Graham Matthews, Ray Coles, Alex Periera, and George Johnson was the only Shore team to run before the hour-and-a-half delay, and they finished the 4x800 in 8:17.25, 13th in its heat.
CBA and Southern got caught at the starting line when the lightening flashed, and had to clear the track. When they made it back at 11:10 a.m., CBA ran an 8:02.90, while Southern ran what had to be a disappointing 8:25.07, almost a half-minute slower than the team's qualifying time of 7:58.1. CBA ran a decent race and was generally happy with the effort, but did not qualify for the Championship of America. Coach Karl Torchia said earlier this week team would be Mike Slater, Kyle Havard, Brendan Pierson, and Charlie Rooney, but Christian Yuskevich took Havard's place. Word is that Havard was battling an injury and the Colts went with Yuskevich as a replacement, but I'll confirm that with Torchia for the next update.
Jackson qualified for the finals with a time of 8:00.64, a little slow for the team's taste. Monroe Kearns ran a good anchor leg, coming from second place to finish first.
Dan Hitman made the finals in the javelin as a 13-seed, which he was pretty happy about. Hitman had some elbow issues during the event, but said today was one of his better days in terms of dealing with any pain. His top throw was 180-0.
Apparently the shot-put is under way, so I'm going to get on my horse and catch Vinnie Elardo, Patrick Park, and Kyle Goodman. The three battled in a tri meet this past week and are back for round two on a much bigger stage. Back with more in a bit.
posted by Matt Manley at 11:49 AM
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