Penn Relays

Penn Relays

, competing in more than 300 events over five days. Historically, the event has been credited with popularizing the running of relay races. It is held during the last full week in April, ending on the last Saturday in April. Attendance typically tops 100,000 over the final three days, and has been known to surpass 50,000 on Saturday. The Penn Relays also holds a CYO night for Catholic Middle Schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Preliminaries are run on the Tuesday during Carnival Week, and the Finals are run on Friday.

In popular culture

*In the second season of "The Cosby Show", in the episode "Off to the Races", Cliff Huxtable is invited to run in the Penn Relays.

*In the novel "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli, a boy is named "Penn" by his grandfather, who ran in the Penn Relays. In the end Penn gets to run in the Penn Relays because he is the fastest kid in his middle school.

External links

* [http://www.thepennrelays.com/ Penn Relays Home Page]
* [http://www.flocasts.org/flotrack/coverage.php?c=250 Watch all the videos from 2008 Penn Relays at Flotrack.org]
* [http://www.victorypennants.com/penn-relays-1977-carnival-pen.html Penn Relays 1977 Carnival Track & Field Pennant]


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