Penn Relays: Marist lineup

The phone rang promptly at 6:58 p.m., and it was Coach Terry Horton on the line. Based on the time of the call, I knew it was either very good news or not great news, regarding the Penn Relays packet pickup, which concluded at 7 p.m. It was good news! Terry got to packet pickup just in time, battling Philly rush hour traffic and making the deadline. Packet pickup for track meets is by no means a glamorous job, but for Penn it is extremely important. It is literally your ticket into Franklin Field. So we can rest easy knowing that one of most important tasks of the long weekend has been completed. We have a large and diverse group of athletes competing at Penn Relays, starting bright and early Thursday with Debbie Boerke in the 400 hurdles. The rest of the lineup is listed below (relay lineups are tentative). I will update things here at Blog Central as I can, and we will have Coach Chuck manning the Twitter feed as well.

Thursday

10 a.m., Women’s 400-meter hurdles championship: Debbie Boerke

6:35 p.m., Women’s 4x400 meter relay: Danisha Craig, Molly Weeks, Jenn Horner, Debbie Boerke

8:15 p.m., Olympic Development women’s 3,000 steeplechase: Nicki Nesi (unattached)

8:40 p.m., College women’s 3,000-meter championship: Kristen Traub

9:30 p.m., College men’s 5,000-meter championship: Stefan Morton

11:10 p.m., College men’s 10,000-meter championship: Spencer Johnson, Dietrich Mosel

Saturday

8 a.m., Women’s 5k racewalk: Kristi Licursi, Katie Miale

4:10 p.m., Women’s 4x800 relay: Shea Bohan, Emily Burns, Jenn Horner, Kerry Gaye

4:40 p.m., Men’s 4x800 relay: Brian Henderson, Drew Burns, Nestor Taylor, Tanner Senius