Wow (Penn Relays Update)

Craig Forys just put on a show in the distance medley. He ran a 4:04.4 split to nearly win the thing, with his Colts Neck team settling for third.

Brenden Krewer, Evan Stivala, and Kevin O'Dowd ran great legs, and still left Forys a lot of work to do. That just goes to show you how good the field was when those three ran exceptional races and still only managed to sit in ninth place heading into the 1,600.

I estimated in the newspaper article that Forys trailed by 100 meters. I was trying to be conservative. It was one of those situations when you think to yourself, "wouldn't it be something if he cameback and won."

800 meters later, he moved into third and had a chance to win. Kyle Dawson of Coatesville (Pa.) staged a comeback of his own to win his team the race and had enough in the tank to hold off a rabid Forys.

Throughout the race, he never broke stride, never slowed down, and never changed his expression. He just looked like he was on a mission. I'm not sure if he would say "mission accomplished" with his team finishing second, but that 4:04 split would say otherwise.

Wild finish to a weird, wet day. It's going to be hard to top, but Manny Mayers has a shot to do it right off the bat by winning the 400 hurdles at 9 a.m. He's seeded third, so he should have a shot. Mayers looked to be taking it easy early on, but his times shot down against Manchester this week. They'll have to keep shooting if he's going to win tomorrow.

It's a long walk to my car and a long ride back to Princeton, and unlike Craig Forys, I don't have much gas in my tank (literally and figuratively). Hopefully, I make it back to Princeton, so I can make it back tomorrow. Until then, good night.