Miami Primed for 113th Running of Penn Relays
April 25, 2007
CORAL GABLES, Fla. –
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Combined Miami will send a total of five student athletes to the prestigious meet which features more than 425 races taking place over the course of the five-day event.
The UM team of freshman Cory Nelms, seniors Terrell Walden and Roland DaSilva and junior Tim Harris will take part in the top flight of the sprint medley relay, more commonly known at the Penn Relays as the prominent Championship of America.
Harris will lead the group on the heels of taking his second-consecutive outdoor and fourth-straight ACC 800-meter Championship last weekend.
Nelms is slated to compete in the 100-meter hurdles and junior Casey McGinn, who set a personal record with a mark of 4.95 meters (16-02.75 feet) at last weekend’s ACC Outdoor Championships, will participate in the pole vault.
A complete schedule of events as well as updated news and results can be found online at www.ThePennRelays.com.
Men
Sprint Medley – Cory Nelms, Terrell Walden, Roland DaSilva, Tim Harris
100mH – Cory Nelms
Pole Vault – Casey McGinn
