2003 Outdoor


The Penn Relays Carnival @ Franklin Field, University of Pennsylvania
Thursday-Saturday, April 24-26, 2003

Results courtesy of The Penn Relays

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The Penn Relays Carnival @ Franklin Field, University of Pennsylvania Thursday-Saturday, April 24-26, 2003 Thur PA Highlights (Leach, Abney, Smith 2-3-4 400H) Friday PA Highlights (Suber SP, Zimmerman JT champs) Saturday PA Highlights (Rademacher 15-01.25 PV) PA @ Penn Relays Main Page PA Results Master Links PA Athletes' Quotes 160 PA PENN RELAYS PHOTOS Now on: Girls Mile | Girls 3000 | Girls 400 Hurdles | Girls 4x100 Championships | Girls 4x400 | Girls 4x800 | Girls 4x800 COA | Girls DMR | Girls Long Jump | Girls Triple Jump | Girls Pole Vault | Girls Javelin | Girls Discus | Boys Mile | Boys 3000 | Boys 4x100 | Boys 4x400 | Boys 4x800 | Boys DMR | Boys Long Jump | Boys Triple Jump | Boys High Jump | Boys Pole Vault | Boys Javelin | Boys Shot Put | PA Championship Individual Seeds and Results - PA Boys | PA Girls PA Championship Relay Seeds and Results Full Results on Penn Relays web site Memories of Penn, by Walt Murphy Anyone interested in receiving Walt Murphy's Penn Relays Preview (by e-mail) and followup Results Issue of Eastern Track (More splits, results, and commentary-from an East Coast perspective-than you'll see anywhere else), should contact Walt Murphy at WMurphy25@aol.com. Penn Relays' own web site Nicole Leach, West Catholic, 59.00 400 Hurdles. First American (2nd overall) Tyree Suber, Glen Mills, 62-02.50 SP Brad Zimmerman, Warwick, 215-03 Javelin Andrew Rademacher, Hickory, 15-01.25 Pole Vault April 26- Saturday @ The Penn Relays (PennTrack on site) - Attrition was the name of the game as the fourth Pennsylvania American champ was crowned when Hickory's Andrew Rademacher cleared 15-01.25 in the Pole Vault on a damp, cool morning. In other Championship of America competition, Norristown's Michael Whitehead was 3rd in the Triple Jump with his 47-07.75 effort. In the boys' 4x800 COA, Cumberland Valley was the top PA team with a time of 7;59.03. In the Tri-State 4x100, William Penn won in 46.40, while North Penn won the Philly-area 4x400 in 3:17.49. April 25 - Friday @ The Penn Relays (PennTrack on site) - On his very first throw of the preliminaries, Brad Zimmerman had everyone else in the competition start competing for 2nd. His 215-03 stood the test of two flights and the finals. Cedar Crest's Thomas Jordan was 2nd as the only other guy over 200', going 209-07. Tyree Suber of Glen Mills got back into explode mode holding off the challenge of the #1 seeded Jamaican to go 62-02.50 for the win (and the watch). North Hills' Ian Fitzgerald, a junior, showed patience in his first-ever 3000, resisting the temptation to go after the leader before unleashing a drive that would bring him into 2nd, just two seconds behind the repeat Champ Brian Dalpiez in 8:30.16. Cardinal O'Hara DMR anchor Steve Hallinan refused to give up, methodically working his way back to the leaders before paying the price over the final two laps. His effort brought his team a 3rd place finish in 10:21.14. Methacton's Blake Taylor cleared 6-08.25 to get 2nd in the High Jump. Carson Pickens, Germantown Friends Academy, and Juan Cave, St. Joseph's Prep, each cleared 6-06.25 and tied for 5th. The best 6th and 9th place finishes of the meet for PA probably have to be Gwynedd-Mercy and Haverford in the Championship of America 4x800. Each Gwynedd-Mercy girls set a PR (Kelley McGrath 2:17.8, Kate Vernan 2:15.7, Kahki Mealey 2:16.1, Meghan Bishop 2:14.9) enroute to a 9:04.03. Haverford got solid runs from everyone, including two PRs to get 9th in 9:13.90. William Penn ran into the Long Beach Poly juggernaut in both COA races, getting 5th in the 4x100 in 46.27 and 6th in the 4x400 in 3:50.21. In the Mile, Lewisburg's Chris Spooner, Quakertown's Adam Breisch and Springfield (Montco)'s Mark Korich went 6-7-8. And North Penn, Cumberland Valley and Lewisburg all advanced to the COA 4x800. April 24 - Thursday @ The Penn Relays (PennTrack on site) - A remarkable first day for Pennsylvania girls, as three Philly-area hurdlers went 2-3-4 in the 400 version of the event. Nicole Leach, the West Catholic phenom who broke 60-seconds for the first time just two weeks ago, ran a 59.00 to become the first American across the line. Merion Mercy senior Tiffany Abney was 3rd in 59.18 and William Penn senior Christina Smith was 4th in 59.89. Hershey senior Angie Saterstad set about a 20-second PR by gaining 3rd in a very fast 3000, going 9:49.91. PA cleaned up the 5-6-7 spots with senior Emily Kruger, Lampeter-Strasburg, and juniors Kylee Schuyler, Chambersburg, and Francis Koons, Allentown Central Catholic. Four PA teams advanced to the COA 4x800's, including Gwynedd-Mercy (9:20.48) and Wyomissing (9:30.60) in the Small Schools, and Haverford Township (9;22.14) and Hatboro-Horsham (9:23.55) in the Large Schools. In Field Events, Williamsport's Ruby Radocaj was 2nd in the Javelin with a 147-08 effort, while Easton Pole Vaulter Courtney Regan was 3rd with an 11-03.75. The fastest 800 split of the day was delivered by Hatboro-Horsham sophomore Caitlin Klaas iln 2:13.8. And William Penn qualified for BOTH the 4x100 and 4x400 Championship of America races, taking their heat of the 4x100 in 46.88 and the 4x400 in 3:47.21. West Catholic ran 3:48.32 to make the COA. Sunday, April 13 - At Sunday's Penn Relays Kick-Off Distance Classic, two former PA distance stars, Dan McKay (Hatboro-Horsham) and Matt Dipretore (Marple Newtown) won the 5K and 20K respectively. Story. Depretore is currently the coach at Sun Valley.