FINISH: No Team Score - RESULTS
 
LOCATION: Franklin Field - Philadelphia, Pa.
 
SHORT STORY: The Great Danes fought heat, rain, and wind at the three-day Penn Relays.
 
KEY NOTES

• A quarter of a second away from breaking the program record, the men's 4x100m highlighted the weekend beating defending champion Houston to win their heat and auto qualify for the finals.
• Shavar Staats Jr. followed it up with a heat-win in the 100m dash to make it to finals for a sixth-place finish overall.
• The women's 4x100m relay just qualified for the finals with a second-place finish in their heat. Combining on Saturday, the women improved their finish to seventh-place overall.
• Louis Gordon added a runner-up finish in the long jump (championship) with a 7.52-meter jump.
• Both the men's and women's 4x100m relays teams made history this year. It was the first time both relays qualified for the Championship of America finals. Time wise, it was the first time the men's team went sub-40 seconds and the first time the women's team went sub-45 seconds in their respective first-round race.

 
ALL PERFORMANCES
100m
Men - Heats
4. Shavar Staats Jr. - 10.51Q
Men - Finals
6. Shavar Staats Jr. - 10.68
 
100mH
Heats
10. Toni Galloway - 10.58
17. Kate Del Gandio - 13.86
 
400mH
Women - Championship
32. Brinesha Derrick-Bain - 1:01.48
 
4x100
Women - Championship of America (heats)
9. A. Hunt, Vassell, Galloway, Pryce - 44.97q
Women - Championship of America (finals)
7. A. Hunt, Vassell, Galloway, Pryce - 45.29
Men - Championship of America (heats)
5. Staats Jr., Ogunyeye, Davis-Whittaker, Morris - 39.96Q
Men - Championship of America (finals)
8. Staats Jr., Casab, Davis-Whittaker, Morris - 40.48
 
High Jump
Men - College
12. Zhi Luncheon-Lowrie - 2.00m (6-6.75)
Men - Championship
NH - Ja'Lil Reynolds
Women - Championship
6. Amelia Benjamin - 1.70m (5-7)
 
Long Jump
Men - Championship
2. Louis Gordon - 7.52m (24-8.25)
 
NEXT: The Great Danes will compete in the America East Outdoor Track and Field Championships (May 3-4).
 
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