Penn Relays 2019 M40 4x100 meter relay

Fri-arrived at Penn at 3:45. The meet was running about 45 minutes behind on account of a lightning delay. The skies would open up and lightning would cause another delay at abut 6:00 or so, pushing our event well into the 8 o'clock hour. The rain continued to come down and would fade a bit by 8:00.

We warmed up on the upper deck of the stadium, which worked quite well. After a 9:00 jog, I stretched and got ready. After a while, something prompted me to take a look at the paddock to see how far along we were in the meet. Despite that we had estimated that our event would go off at 8:45, the meet had picked up steam and we were now late getting to the staging area. I gathered the guys and we rushed down to check in. By this time, we were the last team and seemingly on the verge of missing our race! We ran to the paddock area, promptly got yelled at by one of the boisterous officials, and then waited our turn.

After a couple of Olympic Development heats, we were up. I had lane 4, with the metal rail to my inside. Also, three women were to my left in lanes 1, 2, and 3. The officials had folded the women's team into the 40+ men's masters. A guy from the Penn Alumni team was on my outside. My leadoff felt okay. While it wasn't remarkable, I did eat up the stagger on the guy from Penn Alumni. We posted 48.54, slightly off last year's 48.46 I felt okay about this, particularly since we only had one session of baton exchange practice and John D'Anjou and Dan Esposito had had no practice whatsoever. Also, Dan had expressed grave concern during the warmup that his knee may not hold up.

Penn Relays 2019 M40 4x100 meter relay
2019 Penn Relays M40 4x100 MR (GPTC)

Men's 40+ 4x100m Relay Results

RESULTS

PL	SCHOOL/AFFILIATION	MARK	ATHLETES	ID
1	Southwest Sprinters	44.55	Dedrick Clark, Antwon Dussett, Rawle DeLisle, Reggie Pendland	AA
2	Jamaica MAA (M45)	46.95	Richard Lovelace, Ancel Travers, Chris Paul, Kevin Bowen	AB
3	Potomac Valley TC	47.24	Roger Mack, Derwin Davis, Jermaine Muir, Ernest Rutherford	AD
4	Greater Philadelphia TC	48.54	Ross O'Neil, Delvin Dinkins, John D'Anjou, Dan Esposito	AE
5	Mass Velocity TC	48.88	Mark Silverman, Ben Brown, Will Atis, Patrick Kane	AC
6	Penn Track Alumni	52.63	Beau Ances, Kelsey Armstrong, Kael Coleman, Gabby Yearwood	AF
7	Greater Boston TC	53.11		G

Thurs-went to Y. Jogged a mile. Stretched.

Wed-went to campus. Did 3x150. Goals were mid-21, mid-20, mid-19. Actuals: 20-high, 20-mid, 19-mid.