Saturday, May 4, 2013

More Olympians at the 2013 Penn Relays

Seventh in a series of posts about the 2013 Penn Relays, and second in a series specific to Olympians.

There were more Olympians at Penn than you could shake a stick at!  Here's a continuation from the first post of that list...

Damar Forbes of LSU competed for Jamaica in 2012 in the Long Jump in London.  Damar won the event here at Penn Relays.


I'm going to throw Harry Aikines Aryeetey into the mix because I'm quite sure he will be a future Olympian.  Harry runs for Great Britain and has won Gold twice at the World Junior Championships and Bronze in the 4x100 at the World Championships in 2009 in Berlin.  Here's Harry warming up for the USA vs. the World 4x100.



Out in front in the first leg of the USA vs. the World 4x800m Relay is Marilyn Okoro of Great Britain.  She competed for Great Britain in Beijing in 2008, speaks four languages and sings in the jazz band "The Felonias Monks".  Interesting!   Melissa Bishop running for Canada, competed in the 800m in London.  In the background on the left is Zoe Buckman, an Oregon Duck who ran for Australia in London last year.



Running for USA Blue in the background is  Geena Gall who ran the 800m for the US squad in London.  On the right is Jemma Simpson running for Great Briain.  Jemma is an 800m and 1500m runner and represented Great Britain in the 800m finals in Beijing.


Here's a better shot of Geena Gall...


Alice Schmidt is a two time Olympian, running for the USA team at Beijing and London.  Behind Alice, is Lynsey Sharp who placed seventh in the 800m in London for Great Britain.  And almost covered up in the back is Diane Cummins running for Canada.  While Diane is not a past Olympian, she has a stellar career in the World Championships and Pan-American games going all the way back to 1998.


Another shot of Lynsey Sharp....


On the anchor leg of the 4x800 is Alysia Montano, a 2012 Olympian for the USA team in the 800m.  Alysia placed fifth in London and is the current American Record holder in the 800m, and always runs with a flower in her hair.  Very nice!


Nesta Carter of the Jamaican 4x100 team, here running the first leg of the USA vs. the World 4x100 at Penn, was part of the Jamaican 4x100 team that set a 4x100 world record in London last year and an Olympic record in Beijing four years prior.  He was also only the fifth runner ever to break 9.8 in the 100m.  Nesta is passing to Dexter Lee, who while not an Olympian, has more Gold from World Championships than you can count on two hands!  I predict we'll see Dexter in Rio in three years.


Sherone Simpson is here passing to Kerron Stewart at the first exchange of the USA vs. the World 4x100 at Penn, which Jamaica won.  The two are inexorably linked together as Olympians as they tied for Silver in a photo-finish in the 100m dash in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.   Sherone also won Gold in the 2004 Olympics as part of the Jamaican 4x100 team.  Kerron also brought home Bronze in the 200m in the 2008 games and Silver in 2012 as part of the Jamaican 4x100 team.



Even more Olympians in the next post....


See more photos of the 2013 Penn Relays here:

2013 Penn Relays


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