2009 Drake relays

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Big weekend on the relay circuit, with the 115th Penn Relays and the historic 100th Drake Relays.

Follow all of the action at Penn by going to: http://thepennrelays.com/. Click on "multimedia" for links to a blog, podcasts, and much more.

For the 3rd year in a row, Flotrack will be on hand to provide video coverage of almost every running event at Penn. http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view/234918-2009-pen...

ESPN2 will have a 2-hour live show on Saturday from 4-6pmET.

If you're a subscriber to Eastern Track, you should have already received my 12-page Penn Preview. If not, and would like to see it, just drop me a line.

Drake is having a week-long celebration of its 100th edition. Michael Johnson and Gwen Torrence were selected as the Drake "Athletes of the Century". Check out http://drakerelays100.com/ for more Drake history.

The main Drake site is: http://www.godrakebulldogs.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15...

The first winner of the Relays emerged yesterday
http://news.aol.com/article/beautiful-bulldog-contest/436735

ESPN2 will air a 90-minute taped show on Sunday from 2:00-3:30pm(ET). (Check your local listings)