Penn Relays
From Thursday, April 23, 2015 to Saturday, April 25, 2015 April 23, 2015 April 25, 2015 Penn’s View Hotel
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The first Penn Relays was a smash success. Held on April 21, 1895, in conjunction with the University’s Spring Handicap Track and Field Games, the meet, now the longest uninterrupted collegiate track meet in the country, was a greater success than hoped for, drawing an attendance of approximately 5,000, the largest track and field crowd to that time in Philadelphia. At the dawn of the 20th century, track and field in the United States was centered around the three large eastern cities of Boston, New York and Philadelphia, so it is evident that in addition to being the largest track crowd in Philadelphia, it was immediately one of the largest ever in America.