Poly is at the world-famous Penn Relays, and they collected a set of positive results on the first day of competition, in front of crowds ranging between 18,000 and 20,000 (up to 50,000 will come out for the finals on Saturday).

The girls’ 4X800 team won their heat and posted the number one American time, with a 9:05.  Two Jamaican teams posted better times, but Tea Leake, Erica Winston, Rebekah Oragwu, and Dynasty Gammage have to be happy with their time, and the nation-best status after the qualifying heats.  Gammage was the low-split with 2:12.  Click the link for the video: http://pennrelaysonline.com/Results/results.aspx?en=8.

Of the 283 girls’ teams who ran the 4X100, Poly came in second with a 46.77, behind a Jamaican team’s 46.21, which set a new meet record.  Carisma Lyday, Melia Cox, Traci Hicks, and Akawkaw Ndipagbor ran the race for the Rabbits.  They’ll race tomorrow in the finals.

The girls’ 4X400 also saw the Rabbits qualify for tomorrow, with the meet’s 8th fastest time.  They finished in 3:46, four seconds behind a Jamaican team.  Ne’Ausha Logan, Azia Walker, Arielle Stevenson, and Ndipagbor ran this one for the Rabbits, with Ndipagbor coming in lowest at 54.1.  The video: http://pennrelaysonline.com/Results/results.aspx?en=46.

As usual, Tara Richmond represented well for the Fieldrabbits, with a nation-best mark of 1.76-meters (a little over 5’9″).  She was second in the world, but again, tops in America.

Melia Cox also represented for the Fieldrabbits with an American-best mark in the triple jump, notching a 12.41-meter (about 40’9″).  Rochelle Farquharson of Jamaica was ahead of Cox at 12.56-meters.

Come back tonight for more results, or click here for the Poly Penn Relays Results page.