Marshall University Athletics
Track Sends Eight to the 110th Penn Relays
4/27/2005 12:00:00 AM | Track and Field
Track Sends Eight to the 110th Penn Relays
4/27/2005
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Eight members of the Marshall University track and field team will travel to the prestigious Penn Relays. The meet is scheduled to begin on Thursday, April 28 on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania.
The Thundering Herd will be represented by several relay teams including the 4x100-meter, the 4x200-meter, the 4x400-meter and the sprint medley. Competing in the 4x100 will be Taneshia Becton (Pennsauken, N.J.), Ashli Creal (Chicago, Ill.), Terryn Webb (Beckley, W.Va.) and Teniqua Sutton (Westbury, N.J.).
Becton, Creal, Webb will also appear in the 4x200 relay along with Xavier Richards (Kingston, Jamaica). The 4x400 relay will consist of Creal, Webb, Richards and Stephanie Eastman (Spencer, W.Va.).
The sprint medley relay team of Eastman, Becton, Creal and Richards is expected to have a strong showing and looks to set a new Marshall record in the event.
Sutton will do double duty by appearing in the triple jump as well. Joining Sutton in the field is Rachel Blankenship (Hurricane, W.Va.) who will be competing in the shot put.
The 4x100, 4x400 and shot put will be held on Thursday, with the 4x200, sprint medley and triple jump on Friday.
In its 110th year, the Penn Relays will showcase athletes from 241 colleges including top teams such as Duke University, University of South Carolina, University of Texas, University of Florida and the University of Arkansas. Many former and current Olympians have competed in the Penn Relays throughout the years and this year's competition should feature the same level of talent.
