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04-27-2008, 11:30 AM
Congrats Aggies!!!
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PHILADELPHIA- An abundance of speed from two schools highlighted Friday’s portion of the 114th Penn Relays. Texas A&M women set an American record and broke three school records in relay races as they challenged LSU throughout the day.
The fantastic efforts by both teams thrilled the sun-drenched crowd of 39,904 fans and made for a scintillating display of speed in the sprints and hurdles at historic Franklin Field.
Meet records fell in two Championship of America races, the 4 x 100 and Shuttle Hurdle, both of which featured a 1-2 finish by LSU and the Aggies.
LSU claimed the 4 x 100 shuttle hurdle race with a 52.77 to 52.96 margin over A&M and eclipsed the previous collegiate record of 52.85 seconds set by Illinois in 2001.
With A&M running four athletes from the U.S. they also laid claim to the American record in the 4 x 100 shuttle hurdle relay. The previous mark of 53.39 was set by Illinois at the 1996 Penn Relays. LSU ran with three U.S. athletes and a Jamaican.
Running on the relay for the Aggies were freshman Gabby Mayo (Raleigh, NC) along with a senior trio of Whitney Holmes (San Antonio, Texas), Lindsey Adams (Lufkin, Texas) and Jennifer Williams (Corpus Christi, Texas).
When it came to the final leg of the relay, Williams was greeted with a whooo from the crowd as she closed the gap on LSU anchor leg Nickeisha Wilson. Miami finished third in 55.58.
On the all-time world nation list the Aggies are third as the United States entry behind Russia (52.00) and Ukraine (52.30) and ahead of Great Britain (53.63).
Texas A&M’s lone women’s relay victory at Penn Relays came in the shuttle hurdle relay back in 1997 with a time of 54.01. That mark also stood as the Aggies school record until today.
The showdown for the 4 x 100 title produced the first thrilling race between Texas A&M and LSU on the day. The Tigers claimed their 12th title in this event at this meet with a Penn Relays record time of 42.59 while the Aggies were runner-up in a school record 42.69. Both bettered the Penn Relays meet record of 42.73 seconds set in 2003 by LSU.
Texas A&M, running with a crew of Allison George, Porscha Lucas, Simone Facey and Mayo, became the second-fastest school ever in the event with the sixth-fastest performance. The Aggies lowered their school record of 42.97 set in defeating the Tigers during the Texas Relays earlier this month.
LSU’s time is the third fastest ever on the college all-time performance list, trailing only two other LSU marks – a 42.50 set in 1989 at altitude in Provo, Utah, and a 42.55 established in 2003 at the NCAA meet held in Sacramento, California.
On the collegiate all-time list the Aggie women are second to LSU’s 42.55 and now ahead of the 42.76 recorded by Texas at the 1998 NCAA meet. The rest of the top 10 school marks includes: South Carolina (42.83), Florida State (42.94), USC (42.96), Florida (43.12), Tennessee (43.18), Auburn (43.32) and TCU (43.37).
The race between the two sprint powers also generated the fastest pair of finishers in the same race. They bettered the combo of 42.55 (LSU) and 42.83 (South Carolina) from the 2003 NCAA Championships.
In the qualifying race for the 4 x 200 Texas A&M ran the third-fastest time in the history of the Penn Relay Carnival as they lowered its school record with the top prelim time of 1:30.96. Only LSU has run faster at Penn, clocking 1:29.78 in 2003 and 1:30.54 in 2004.
The Aggie quartet of Khrystal Carter, Allison George, Simone Facey and Porscha Lucas cruised to a five and a half second win in their heat and bettered the school record of 1:32.06 they set in placing third at the 2007 Penn Relays.
Jamaica’s G.C. Foster had the second best qualifying time with a 1:32.02 with LSU third at 1:32.56. The rest of Saturday’s final will include Tennessee (1:34.19), Connecticut (1:35.22), South Carolina (1:35.59), Hampton (1:35.59), Mississippi State (1:35.77) and Georgia State (1:35.96).
Texas A&M moved from the sixth-fastest school to the fourth-fastest team with their prelim time. They currently trail LSU (1:29.78), Texas (1:30.67) and South Carolina (1:30.73) on the all-time collegiate list and have the eighth-best performance.
Other finals on the day had Aggie frosh Julian Reid placing second in the long jump with a career best leap of 25-3 ¼ (7.70). Yasmine Regis finished third in the triple jump with a mark of 43-1 ¾ (13.15). Nick Robinson raced before 9 a.m. in the 400 hurdles and claimed fourth place with a clocking of 50.61.
Also in the triple jump Ashika Charan placed eighth with a 42-3 ½ (12.89) with Angela Thomas finishing 10th (41-5 / 12.62). In the college division of the triple jump Ashley McCarty turned in a season best effort of 41-9 ¼ (12.73) to place third.
Qualifying races in relay events for the men had the Aggies posting the top time in the 4 x 100 (39.37) and the fourth-fastest mark in the 4 x 400 (3:06.45). The sprint relay had a quartet of Richard Adu-Bobie, Gerald Phiri, Dominique Stafford and Chris Dykes. The mile relay included Nick Robinson (47.3), Justin Oliver (46.3), A.C. Robinson (45.9), and Bryan Miller (47.0).
A relay final for the A&M men resulted in a 9:49.58 for 11th place in the distance medley with the foursome of Kevin Ondrasek (2:59.2), Morquise Cleveland (47.0), Nick Toohey (1:53.3) and Kevin McNab (4:10.1).
Sprint qualifying in the 100 meters resulted in five Aggies (three women, two men) advancing to their respective nine-person final. Phiri led qualifying in the men’s 100 with a clocking of 10.39 into a headwind while Stafford was the seventh-fastest sprinter to advance with a 10.59.
George led a trio of A&M qualifiers in the women’s race with the third-fastest time of 11.58. Mayo clocked 11.66 as the fifth-fastest qualifier and Carter claimed the ninth, and final, position in the final with an 11.70.
The 100 hurdles qualifying had just one Aggie qualifier in Lindsey Adams, who was fifth fastest with a career best of 13.33 seconds. Jennifer Williams ran 13.46 for the 10th-best mark. Adams moves to No. 6 performer on the A&M all-time list.
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PHILADELPHIA- An abundance of speed from two schools highlighted Friday’s portion of the 114th Penn Relays. Texas A&M women set an American record and broke three school records in relay races as they challenged LSU throughout the day.
The fantastic efforts by both teams thrilled the sun-drenched crowd of 39,904 fans and made for a scintillating display of speed in the sprints and hurdles at historic Franklin Field.
Meet records fell in two Championship of America races, the 4 x 100 and Shuttle Hurdle, both of which featured a 1-2 finish by LSU and the Aggies.
LSU claimed the 4 x 100 shuttle hurdle race with a 52.77 to 52.96 margin over A&M and eclipsed the previous collegiate record of 52.85 seconds set by Illinois in 2001.
With A&M running four athletes from the U.S. they also laid claim to the American record in the 4 x 100 shuttle hurdle relay. The previous mark of 53.39 was set by Illinois at the 1996 Penn Relays. LSU ran with three U.S. athletes and a Jamaican.
Running on the relay for the Aggies were freshman Gabby Mayo (Raleigh, NC) along with a senior trio of Whitney Holmes (San Antonio, Texas), Lindsey Adams (Lufkin, Texas) and Jennifer Williams (Corpus Christi, Texas).
When it came to the final leg of the relay, Williams was greeted with a whooo from the crowd as she closed the gap on LSU anchor leg Nickeisha Wilson. Miami finished third in 55.58.
On the all-time world nation list the Aggies are third as the United States entry behind Russia (52.00) and Ukraine (52.30) and ahead of Great Britain (53.63).
Texas A&M’s lone women’s relay victory at Penn Relays came in the shuttle hurdle relay back in 1997 with a time of 54.01. That mark also stood as the Aggies school record until today.
The showdown for the 4 x 100 title produced the first thrilling race between Texas A&M and LSU on the day. The Tigers claimed their 12th title in this event at this meet with a Penn Relays record time of 42.59 while the Aggies were runner-up in a school record 42.69. Both bettered the Penn Relays meet record of 42.73 seconds set in 2003 by LSU.
Texas A&M, running with a crew of Allison George, Porscha Lucas, Simone Facey and Mayo, became the second-fastest school ever in the event with the sixth-fastest performance. The Aggies lowered their school record of 42.97 set in defeating the Tigers during the Texas Relays earlier this month.
LSU’s time is the third fastest ever on the college all-time performance list, trailing only two other LSU marks – a 42.50 set in 1989 at altitude in Provo, Utah, and a 42.55 established in 2003 at the NCAA meet held in Sacramento, California.
On the collegiate all-time list the Aggie women are second to LSU’s 42.55 and now ahead of the 42.76 recorded by Texas at the 1998 NCAA meet. The rest of the top 10 school marks includes: South Carolina (42.83), Florida State (42.94), USC (42.96), Florida (43.12), Tennessee (43.18), Auburn (43.32) and TCU (43.37).
The race between the two sprint powers also generated the fastest pair of finishers in the same race. They bettered the combo of 42.55 (LSU) and 42.83 (South Carolina) from the 2003 NCAA Championships.
In the qualifying race for the 4 x 200 Texas A&M ran the third-fastest time in the history of the Penn Relay Carnival as they lowered its school record with the top prelim time of 1:30.96. Only LSU has run faster at Penn, clocking 1:29.78 in 2003 and 1:30.54 in 2004.
The Aggie quartet of Khrystal Carter, Allison George, Simone Facey and Porscha Lucas cruised to a five and a half second win in their heat and bettered the school record of 1:32.06 they set in placing third at the 2007 Penn Relays.
Jamaica’s G.C. Foster had the second best qualifying time with a 1:32.02 with LSU third at 1:32.56. The rest of Saturday’s final will include Tennessee (1:34.19), Connecticut (1:35.22), South Carolina (1:35.59), Hampton (1:35.59), Mississippi State (1:35.77) and Georgia State (1:35.96).
Texas A&M moved from the sixth-fastest school to the fourth-fastest team with their prelim time. They currently trail LSU (1:29.78), Texas (1:30.67) and South Carolina (1:30.73) on the all-time collegiate list and have the eighth-best performance.
Other finals on the day had Aggie frosh Julian Reid placing second in the long jump with a career best leap of 25-3 ¼ (7.70). Yasmine Regis finished third in the triple jump with a mark of 43-1 ¾ (13.15). Nick Robinson raced before 9 a.m. in the 400 hurdles and claimed fourth place with a clocking of 50.61.
Also in the triple jump Ashika Charan placed eighth with a 42-3 ½ (12.89) with Angela Thomas finishing 10th (41-5 / 12.62). In the college division of the triple jump Ashley McCarty turned in a season best effort of 41-9 ¼ (12.73) to place third.
Qualifying races in relay events for the men had the Aggies posting the top time in the 4 x 100 (39.37) and the fourth-fastest mark in the 4 x 400 (3:06.45). The sprint relay had a quartet of Richard Adu-Bobie, Gerald Phiri, Dominique Stafford and Chris Dykes. The mile relay included Nick Robinson (47.3), Justin Oliver (46.3), A.C. Robinson (45.9), and Bryan Miller (47.0).
A relay final for the A&M men resulted in a 9:49.58 for 11th place in the distance medley with the foursome of Kevin Ondrasek (2:59.2), Morquise Cleveland (47.0), Nick Toohey (1:53.3) and Kevin McNab (4:10.1).
Sprint qualifying in the 100 meters resulted in five Aggies (three women, two men) advancing to their respective nine-person final. Phiri led qualifying in the men’s 100 with a clocking of 10.39 into a headwind while Stafford was the seventh-fastest sprinter to advance with a 10.59.
George led a trio of A&M qualifiers in the women’s race with the third-fastest time of 11.58. Mayo clocked 11.66 as the fifth-fastest qualifier and Carter claimed the ninth, and final, position in the final with an 11.70.
The 100 hurdles qualifying had just one Aggie qualifier in Lindsey Adams, who was fifth fastest with a career best of 13.33 seconds. Jennifer Williams ran 13.46 for the 10th-best mark. Adams moves to No. 6 performer on the A&M all-time list.
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