Meet: Penn Relays
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Location: Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pa.
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Live Results
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Short Story: Freshman
Leann Nicholas highlights Day Two at Penn Relays, qualifying for the Junior World Championships in the women's triple jump.
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How it Happened
- Shania Scott placed second in the College division of the women's discus with a personal-best mark of 165-05.00; Shelby Bigsby placed 14th in 145-09.00.
- Louis Gordon placed third in the College division of the men's long jump with a wind-aided mark of 23-09.00.
- The women's 4x100m relay team of Imani Gray, Brynley McDermott, Rori Lowe, and Dominique Clarke qualified for the Championship of America final in sixth placed in 45.44. Saturday's final is scheduled for 1:00 pm.
- The men's 4x100m relay team of Lucas Casab, Shak Williams, Travis Williams, and Nicardo Blake qualified for the finals of the College division, finishing fifth overall in 41.25. Saturday's final is scheduled for 4:10 pm.
- Travis Robinson placed third in the College division of the men's discus in a personal-best 183-06.00.
- Jewel Collins placed second in the College division of the women's javelin in a personal-best 144-10.00.
- Bigsby placed fifth in the College division of the women's shot put with a mark of 48-03.50
- Shannon Bailey placed 11th in the College division of the women's high jump, clearing 5-05.25.
- S. Williams placed 15th in the men's 100m in 10.54, placing second in his heat by two one-hundredths of a second.
- The women's 4x400m relay team of Dee Denis, (54.9), Gray (54.4), Emily Brown (55.87), and Lowe (55.21) placed 11th in the Championship of America preliminary round in 3:40.75.
- Leann Nicholas won the College division of the women's triple jump in a personal-best 42-02.75.
- The men's 1,600m sprint medley relay team of Yourry Tapande-Ngombe (23.2), Garry Munro (21.1), Nicardo Blake (46.6), and Keveroy Venson (1:49.86) placed eighth in 3:21.22.
Meet Notes
- Leann Nicholas' mark in the triple jump satisfies the Junior World Championship qualifying standard. Junior World's take place in August in Cali, Colombia. Nicholas further set the freshman class record in the event, surpassing the previous mark of 40-01.50 set last season by teammate Rebeca Valerie Barrientos Alpha, and how ranks second in program history. Nicholas only took her first two of six permitted jumps, and would have won with her first mark, 41-06.50, over runner-up Destiny Copeland from Indiana Tech, 40-11.00.
- Travis Robinson has moved into second place in program history in the men's discus, just six inches behind the program record of 184-00.00 set in 2004 by Brandon Howlett.
Next: Penn Relays concludes Saturday, and the bulk of the Great Danes will compete at RPI's Capital District Classic.
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