Penn Relays - Women's 4x1600

[sebastianc]

Penn Relays is four weeks away. Interesting to contemplate the 4x1600 for women. Or is it 4x1500? Reid, Mimic and Lipari will make-up three of the legs. Who is the fourth - Callie Hogan, Alison Smith, Amanda Marino or even Kelly McElroy or Summer Cook? I don't believe Sarah Morrison will be a factor.

They came close, last year, with arguably a stronger team. Wright of Tenn ran a very smart anchor to seal the win. Reid ran well but not smart on the anchor. You simply don't try to pass a runner like Wright on the turn. Hurt her. But I think Reid is a superior runner, this year, so it will be interesting.

Hogan of two years ago would be the choice, but this year ...?

Women have a good chance of winning two - DMR & 4x1600.
This post was edited on 4/10 3:53 PM by sebastianc

 

[sebastianc]

It is the 4x1500 for College Women. It is scheduled for Friday at 1:30. DMR is Thursday.

Based on Saturday's results at George Mason, it is a contest between Kelly McElroy (4:24.13) and Ariann Neutts (4:24.22). Amanda Marino is still a possibility (4:27.86).

If McElroy and Neutts remain that close, it will probably go to McElroy because Neutts will have run Friday on DMR.

Interesting thought: It is possible that Smith and Marino will have never competed on a relay at Penn during their four years...

Recall there was a potential recruit, from last year, who chose not to attend VU because the talent was too good.

 

[whitecat]

sebastianc,

But they were integral parts of two NCAA XCountry Championship teams. You mention the grad student from WF. I remember the grad student from Brown who ran about a 2:05 for Michigan when they bested our long-standing record. I think she might have held ten school records at Brown. We once ran a supposed 4:02 grad student miler from Princeton one year who ran about 4:13 at Penn for us. I'll be down for all three days. Go Cats.