Thursday Night Penn Relays Results/Videos
Harry Miller shattered his career-fast effort in the 3,000m steeplechase Thursday evening (see bottom video above) on the first day of the Penn Relay Carnival to lead the Tribe’s effortswith a 8:49.09 in the college championship race for fourth place which makes him the fourth-fastest steeplechaser in school history. CAA Champion Rob Dennis ran 9:09.38 for 12th place and a qualification to the IC4A Championships. In the 5,000m run Charlie Swartz ran a personal-best 14:21.49 to qualify for IC4As while Dave Mock ran a team season-best 30:27.01 in the 10,000m championship to punch his own ticket to the IC4A Championships. More

In the 3,000m steeplechase, freshman Betsy Graney won the college division race with a career-fast 10:41.25 (top video above), breaking the freshman record she set three weeks ago. Graney’s time ranked her ninth across all three steeplechase sections (college, championship, and Olympic Development), and moves her past Karen Pulliam ’06 for third place on the Tribe’s all-time top performers’ list. Graney also reaffirmed her qualifications to the NCAA East Regional, ECAC Championships, and IAAF World Junior Championships. In the 5,000m championship Lynn Morelli ran a career-best 16:46.71 for 10th place and a spot at the NCAA East Regional. In the 3,000m championship, sophomore Kayley Byrne ran 9:55.21 for 13th place and to qualify for the ECAC Championships. In the field events, sophomore Nicole Kazuba reaffirmed her qualifications to the NCAA East Regional and ECAC Championships in the pole vault, tying for fourth in the championship division with a height of 12’ 7.5” while Abby Lemon was eighth in the college division of the hammer throw, recording a toss of 164’ 3” to qualify for ECACs. Also competing Thursday, freshman pole-vaulter Emily Jeremiah who tied for 20th in the college division with a height of 11’ 5.25” and Erin Gnass who tied for 23rd with vault of 10’ 11.5”. The distance medley relay team of senior Allie Lewis, Ashley Madonick, Kelly McElroy and Meghan Burns took 10th in the college division with a time of 11:41.16. More