Penn Relays Distance Relays are loaded - Official 2025 Penn Relays Discussion Thread

Martin and Murphy got the stick basically 3 seconds behind Green. Teffra was 5 seconds back. It was already over at that point unless the teams up front did something totally stupid and turned it into a jog fest.

I understand how it was potentially over for Teffra.

Martin split 3:48.12 and 350.09 in DMR's indoors. Had he split 3:52.15 today, they would have won. Was not remotely over for him.

Murphy's converted mile PR (from his 3:33.0) is 3:50.04. A 3:52.34 would have won it for them. Definetely a stretch, but potentially could have been manageable. The 4 and the 8 really killed them.

On the Georgetown side of things: Interesting that Matsatsa didn't run, instead picking up the SMR wheel. His 1:46.41 from earlier today would have put Georgetown at 9:24.64

Obviously I know these times have to be adjusted for racing scenarios especially in a somewhat tactical DMR, but just wanted to elaborate on why I felt the results were a little disappointing.

NC State no longer listed in 4x1500

So happy Blair ran so well and beat Addy. Maybe D. Ritz’s already inflated ego will take a rest for a while. Addy isn’t as great as the media makes her out to be.

Addy was the NXN champ. That’s pretty great. She’s not Jane Hendengren, but neither is anyone else.

From what I can see Green went about 57/60/62/56 while Martin (and I think Murphy) went about 1:59 thru their 800 and then 61 (so they lost ground to Green thru 1200).

And yet had he run 3:48, Green would have had to run 4 seconds faster.

NXN 2023? One race almost 2 yrs ago? No she’s not Jane and frankly not Blair or the other top runners. No one in their right mind would compare her to Jane. And Blair smoked her by 7 seconds yesterday.

A 7 second lead. The one yo watch along with Jane

Yet there he was. Ritz walked her off the field after the race before her coach even got a chance to. Who is the coach here? And frankly having a Dad right there on the field during the race should be against the rules. privileged arrogance at its best

What rule? Should the Penn coach be prohibited from being on the infield if his kid is on the team?

I wonder why that is? Gapes & Hartman are not at their best right now. Better not to push through injuries.

Nice way to talk about a high school kid. 🙄

All the coaches get on the field if they want. No privilege there

Except the Dad shouldn’t be the first to see his daughter after the race. That’s inappropriate. He’s not her coach

... and the rain has started in the stadium (12:09pm)

if every single coach from those 3 days was on the field the whole day that would be a zoo. None of Ritz’s runners were racing at that time. If you’re going to play Daddy do it in the stands like the rest of the Daddys. He abuses his privilege and acts like some kind of track god.

71 degrees with 84% humidity per the trackside monitor (12:35pm)

4x1500:

4:14 for Penn State first leg, first to exchange