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Morgan State Track & Field Teams To Compete In 126th Running of the Penn Relays

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BALTIMORE, Md. (April 28, 2022) ⏤ The Morgan State Track and Field teams will travel to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to compete in the prestigious Penn Relay Carnival at historic Franklin Field. The three-day event begins at 10 a.m. Thursday morning with the college women's 400 meter hurdles championship. Live results and video will be available at www.thepennrelays.com.

Morgan State is one of eight Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) schools participating in the Penn Relays, as Coppin State, Delaware State, Howard, Maryland Eastern Shore, North Carolina Central, Norfolk State and South Carolina State all head to the nation's first capital to compete in the meet. A number of nationally ranked teams are also participating in the meet, including Auburn, Clemson, Ole Miss, Georgia Tech, Penn State, South Carolina and Virginia.

The Penn Relays is the last meet before the Bears compete in the MEAC Championships scheduled for May 12-14 at Dick Price Stadium on the campus of Norfolk State in Norfolk, Virginia.

As a program, Morgan State has won a total of 16 Penn Relay Championships with 12 coming on the men's side. The last men's championship at the Penn Relays came in 1984 with the 4X200 meter relay team claiming victory in a time of 1:22.49, followed by the shuttle hurdles championship in a time of 56.27. The last women's title was in 1986 by the 4X100 meter relay team. Three of the Lady Bears' four overall titles have come in the 4X100 meter relay event.
 
First held on April 21, 1895, the Penn Relays is the longest uninterrupted collegiate track meet in the nation. Over 100,000 fans annually attend the action, watching more than 22,000 student-athletes from high schools and colleges for around the nation. Except for the Olympics and World Championships, more spectators have watched this event than any other meet in the world.


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ABOUT MORGAN
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.

 
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