Friday was another great day for the Spiders at the 2011 Penn Relays:
On the heels of Andrew Benford's Championship 3K steeple win and Meaghan McGovern's College Hammer throw win our Spiders continued an excellent showing in the Penn Relays:
--Our Women's 4x1500M Relay placed 5th (17:58.28) after leading leg #1 (Van Alstine-4:19.7 split) and leg #2 (Traynor-4:23.2 split) in the Penn Relays "Championship of America"
--X'auntasia Johnson finished 20th (11.59M) in the women's College Triple Jump...
FRIDAY EVENTS
Amy Van Alstine took command of the race throwing down a 4:19.7 split to hand off in the lead. |
Nicol Traynor extended the lead for the Spiders with her 4:23.2 split for 1500M |
Jenn Ennis on the 3rd leg as Boston College and Georgetown close. Jenn split 4:40.5 on her leg. |
800M-74.2 (2:27.8)
1200M-76.4 (3:44.3)
1500M-55:1 (4:40.5)--3rd leg---Handed off in 5th
Freshman, Alli Mannon anchored the Spiders to 5th place with her 4:34.9 split |
400M-69.7
800M-72.5 (2:22.2)
1200M-74.1 (3:36.2)
1500M-58.3 (4:34.9)---4th leg---finished in 5th
Total Time 17:58.28 (5th Place) Link to Results HERE
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THURSDAY EVENTS
Andrew Benford, shown here winning the 2011 Fred Hardy Invitational at Richmond's Fred Hardy Track, won the Penn Relays 3K steeple with the 8th fastest time in the NCAA. |
--Andrew Benford won (8:48.94) the Penn Relays Championship 3K Steeplechase
--Meaghan McGovern won (54.81M) the women's College Hammer Throw
--Monica Howard placed 4th (48.43M) in the women's College Discus Throw and set the school record
--Julie Rechel placed 4th (35:14.81) in the women's Championship 10K
--Heather Roush placed 6th (43.06M) in the women's Championship Javelin Throw
--Jon Wilson set a personal best (30:48.74) in the men's Championship 10K
--X'auntasia Johnson 23rd (5.28M) in the women's Eastern Long Jump.
Here are a few stats:
ANDREW BENFORD’s Championship 3K SC (8:48.94) win going into this weekend ranks #8 NCAA National…#6 NCAA East Region rank…#2 A-10 Conference Rank…His time was fastest of all races at Penn Relays, including the professional section known as the Olympic Development race...His time tonight was a 4 second Personal Record (PR).
LINK for Men's CHAMPIONSHIP 3KSC RESULTS
Watch the last lap of Andrew Benford's 2011 Penn Relays 3K Steeplechase win...
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Andrew Benford's interview with FloTrack
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Monica Howard broke her own school record to place 6th in the College Discus Throw. |
LINK for Women's DISCUS RESULTS
Julie Rechel, shown leading the 2010 A-10 Championship 10K race, set a personal best tonight in the Championship 10K of the Penn Relays. |
LINK for Women's CHAMPIONSHIP 10K RESULTS
Rechel's 10K splits
1-84.16
2-82.12
3-82.40
4-83.10=5:31.78 at 1600M
5-82.68
6-84.07
7-82.75
8-83.38=(5:32.6)=11:04.66 at 3200M
9-83.72
10-83.43
11-83.31
12-83.33=(5:33.7)=16:37.3 at 3 Miles
5K-17:18.9 split
13-83.28
14-84.20
15-83.43
16-83.28=(5:34.0)=22:11.3 at 4 miles
17-87.68
18-87.46
19-87.32
20-87.89=(5:50.1)=28:01.4 at 5 miles
21-88.33
22-88.45
23-83.67
24-87.23=(5:47.5)=33:48.9 at 6 miles
25-84.16=(35.14.81 for 10K)
Meaghan McGovern won the women's College Hammer Throw. |
LINK for Women's COLLEGE HAMMER RESULTS
Heather Roush placed 6th in the Women's Championship Javelin Throw. |
LINK for Women's CHAMPIONSHIP JAVELIN RESULTS
Jon Wilson ran a PR in the 10K, but he'll need a faster time to make it to the NCAA East Region. |
LINK for Men's CHAMPIONSHIP 10K RESULTS
Wilson's 10K Splits
1-72.56
2-72.18
3-70.43
4-70.19=4:44.3 at 1600M
5-73.1
6-73.3
7-71.0
8-72.03=9:33.8 at 3200M
9-73.01
10-72.05
11-73.23
12-74.32=14:26.4 at 3 Miles
5K Split-15:05.3
13-73.52
14-75.58
15-76.59
16-76.35=19:28.4 at 4 Miles
17-76.02
18-76.37
19-75.30
20-76.60= 24:32.7 at 5 Miles
21-76.75
22-75.54
23-75.36
24-74.85=29:35 at 6 Miles
25-72.19= 30:48.74 at 10K
X'auntasia Johnson fouled her first 2 jumps of the Penn Relays. |
LINK for EASTERN LONG JUMP RESULTS
A 3 day total of 110,141 spectators attended the 2011 Penn Relays. |
A large crowd (over 40,000) of specators were in attendance on Friday to see the Spiders of Richmond compete in the 4x1500M relay where they led the first 2 legs before finishing 5th (RESULTS HERE) |
(R-L) A little Dunkin' Donuts for Julie Rechel, Nicol Traynor, Jenn Ennis, Amy Van Alstine, Jill Prentice and Alli Mannon. |
(R-L) Beth Kelly and Erin Lunny support their teammates. Kelly ran 36:08 for 10K at the Mt SAC Relays 2 weeks ago (See Link)... while Lunny ran 17:27 for 5K last weekend at Princeton (See Link) |
On Thursday there was a large crowd for the distance carnival of the 117th running of the Penn Relays. |
Benford Wins Steeplechase, McGovern Takes Hammer At Penn Relays
Senior Andrew Benford led wire-to-wire in taking the college steeplechase championship.
by Mike DeGeorge
UR SID
April 28, 2011
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PHILADELPHIA - Senior Andrew Benford crushed the field with an electrifying run to win the college men's 3,000m steeplechase, while junior Meaghan McGovern won the college women's hammer throw at the Penn Relays Thursday night.
Benford, who has established himself as one the elite steeplechase runners in the NCAA, led virtually wire-to-wire and crushed the field on the historic Franklin Field track with his championship time of 8:48.94. Benford was five seconds clear of second-place finisher Wesley Ruttoh from the University of Houston (8:53.91).
McGovern was crowned the Penn Relay's college women's hammer throw champion with a throw of 54.81m, beating out Amanda Phelps of Navy (54.42m). McGovern's winning throw came in Round 5 of the finals.
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