MSU Track And Field Teams Travel To Historic Penn Relays
STARKVILLE, Miss. ? The Mississippi State track and field squads return to competition this week, competing in the 114th annual Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Penn., starting on Thursday, April 24 at Franklin Field. The historical meet is being hosted by the University of Pennsylvania.
The Penn Relays is a world-renowned meet, with athletes traveling from all over the world to compete in the famed event. The three-day meet features high school, college and other competitors that will compete in more than 300 races.
Last weekend, MState competed at the Bulldog Limited in Athens, Ga. on the campus of the University of Georgia and collected three more NCAA qualifying marks. The performance of the weekend came from senior Jamil Hubbard, who collected his fourth individual NCAA regional mark of the season. Hubbard finished first in the 400-meter dash, running a personal-best time of 46.05 seconds. With his time, the Atlanta, Ga.-native now owns the top 400-meter dash time in the SEC and 10th in the country. Senior Chris Woods added a second NCAA regional mark in 800-meter run with his first-place time of 1:48.55. Woods’ time is third in the SEC and seventh in the nation. State’s 4x100-meter relay team also tallied their fifth NCAA regional qualifying mark of the season with their first-place finish in 39.70.
Coming into this weekend’s Penn Relays, the Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs have combined to amass 25 NCAA Mideast Regional bids and both men’s relay teams (4x100 and 4x400) have earned qualifying marks, as well. The NCAA Regional is set for May 30-31 in Fayetteville, Ark.
Following this weekend’s activity, MSU will break for spring semester finals on campus next week. The teams will compete next at the 2008 Southeastern Conference Track and Field Championships that will be held on May 15-18 at Auburn University in Auburn, Ala.
Live results from the Penn Relays will be available via the Mississippi State Athletics homepage at www.mstateathletics.com.