PENN RELAY'S WOMEN REVIEW

Texas A&M's new collegiate record in the women's 4x200 relay highlighted a phenomenal weekend for the college athletes. Tennessee won the distance triple and Team USA women's track and field won both sprint relays.

In the sprint relays Pat Henry's A&M crew continued their early season success with three championship wins and two collegiate records. . In the 4x100 relay there was not a sub 43 performance, however the Aggies were able to swiftly move the baton around in a time 43.09 (Jeneba Tarmoh, Porscha Lucas, Dominique Duncan and Gabby Mayo). The Aggies were able to please the crowd with the second sub 1:30 performance ever in college history clocking in at 1:29.42 a new national record. The team consisted of Jeneba Tarmoh, Gabby Mayo, Jessica Beard and Porscha Lucas. The second national record for the Aggies came in the women's shuttle hurdle relay which finished in a time of 52.50. The relay consisted of Vashti Thomas, Dominque Flemings, Gabby Mayo and Natasha Ruddock. In the 4x400 relay UTech of Jamaica excited the crowd with their winning time of 3:31.54 for the second year in a row. LSU dominated in the women's sprint medley relay winning by four seconds. The Tigers time of 3:48.36 was enough to win. LaTavia Thomas was even able to relax a little with a 2:08 anchor split, joining Thomas was Samantha Henry, Kimberly Duncan and Cassandra Tate.

The Tennessee Volunteers pulled off the distance triple again for the second year in a row. The women's 4x800 relay had a strong challenge coming from the LSU Tigers anchored by LaTavia Thomas. However it was Volunteers anchor senior Phoebe Wright who split 2:00.8 to lead the Vols to victory. Brittany Sheffey, Chanelle Price and Kimarra McDonald joined Wright to clock a solid time of 8:18.22 just .32 from the national record. In the 4x1,500 Tennessee's time of 17:14.91 is the 4th best all time at the Penn Relays. In this event the Vols faced strong competition as well, this time coming from the Villanova Wildcats. Wright was able to hold off the Cats with a 4:17.3 anchor, Sheffey, Price and Jackie Arneson assisted in the win. The Distance Medley relay was rematch between the Vols and the Ducks of Oregon, the only problem no one told the Ducks. The Lady Vols dominated the event winning by 8 seconds with a winning time of 10:54.65. Sheffey, Wright, Arneson and Wortham put on quite a show as the only time under 11 minutes.

Individual Champions

100 Meter Dash - LaKya Brookins 11.37 South Carolina

100 Meter Hurdles- Queen Harrison 12.61 Virginia Tech

400 Meter Hurdles- Tameka Jameson 57.57 Miami

3,000 Meter Steeplechase- Sarah Pease 10:16.51 Indiana

3,000 Meter Run- Lucy Van Dale 9:17.23 Stony Brook

5,000 Meter Run- Holly Van Dalen 16:06.99 Stony Brook

10,000 Meter Run- Joana Rivero 34:13.37 Turabo (Puerto Rico)

Triple Jump- Neidra Covington 43-4.5 TCU

Long Jump- Shara Proctor 21-2.5 Florida

High Jump- Brittani Carter 6-0 LSU

Pole Vault- Tina Sutej 13-7.25 Arkansas

Javelin- Karlee McQuillen 162-7 Penn State

Shot Put- Mariam Kevkhishvilli 59-7.50 Florida

Hammer- Brittany Horne 186-8 University of Detroit Mercy

Discus- Brittni Borrero 171-8 Kent State

Mariam Kevkhishvilli continued her dominance in the women's shot put for the University of Florida, while Brittani Carter became the lone high jumper over 6 feet. A solid weekend for the female collegians, our next post will either be a weekend recap or preview.