It's Penn State -- Villanova -- Oregon at Penn Relays DMR

The Villanova quartet of Sam McEntee (1200), Sam Ellison (400), Chris FitzSimons (800), and Jordy Williams (1600) finished a close second today to favorite Penn State at the Penn Relays DMR Championship of America.  Penn State ran a blistering 9:24.68 for the win, highlighted by Casimir Loxsom's 1:46.7 800-meter leg; it was the fastest DMR at the Penn Relays since 2005.  Jordy Williamsz -- who received the baton some 15 meters back in third place at the final exchange -- closed gallantly in 3:58 low to bring Villanova (9:26.80) past Oregon (9:27.09) into second place and to within two seconds of Penn State's Creese at the line. The Villanova men ran 10 seconds faster than their 2011 DMR Penn Relays win, but it was not meant to be this year.  Hats off to Penn State on this one.

Villanova Splits
Sam McEntee:  2:53.0
Sam Ellison:   46.0
Chris FitzSimons:  1:49.4
Jordy Williamsz:  3:58.4

Results

PL	School/Affiliation	Mark	Athletes	ID
1	Penn State	9:24.68	Brannon Kidder (2:53.5), Brandon Bennett-Green (45.6), Casimir Loxsom (1:46.7), Robby Creese (3:58.9)	AC
2	Villanova	9:26.80	Sam McEntee (2:53.0), Samuel Ellison (46.0), Christopher Fitzsimons (1:49.4), Jordan Williamsz (3:58.4)	AF
3	Oregon	9:27.09	Mac Fleet (2:52.7), Mike Berry (45.3), Elijah Greer (1:47.6), Jeramy Elkaim (4:01.5)	AD
4	Indiana	9:29.02	Zachary Mayhew (2:57.3), Chris Vaughn (46.6), Jordan Gornall (1:49.5), Andrew Bayer (3:55.6)	AB
5	Georgetown	9:37.25	Bobby Peavey (2:55.3), Devante Washington (48.3), Billy Ledder (1:49.0), Andrew Springer (4:04.6)	AI
6	La Salle	9:38.07	Nick Crits (2:56.3), Wayne Bartholomew (49.2), Paul Reilly (1:50.2), Alfredo Santana (4:02.4)	AN
7	Columbia	9:38.64	Daniel Everett (2:55.2), Connor Claflin (48.0), Harry McFann (1:49.3), John Gregorek (4:06.1)	AE
8	Kentucky	9:39.19	Jake Wildenmann (2:55.4), Ben Mason (48.3), Robbie Scharold (1:48.9), Adam Kahleifeh (4:06.6)	AV
9	Princeton	9:41.98	Michael Palmisano (2:56.8), Tom Scott (49.0), Bradley Paternostro (1:48.6), Michael Williams (4:07.6)	AA
10	Texas A&M	9:48.40	Juan Blanco (3:01.4), Hector Hernandez (48.2), Josh Hernandez (1:50.8), Henry Lelei (4:08.0)	AH
11	UConn	9:53.80	James Agati (3:02.1), Robert Hovanec (47.8), Philip Caldwell (1:52.2), Joe Clark (4:11.7)	AP
12	Michigan	9:54.89	Nathan Karr (2:58.1), Matthew Campbell (47.3), Brendon Blacklaws (1:52.1), Jeffrey Sattler (4:17.4)	AM
13	Tennessee	10:02.57	Kyle Walter, Michael Williams, Antonio Carter, Jeremy Dickie	AO