Behind the scenes at the Relays · Most athletes wouldn't even think about walking off the field without doing a warm-down. But there were plenty of people representing teams all over the world who stopped to smoke a cigarette in the corridors of Franklin Field during their free time. · The intramural 4x100 race offers plenty of amusement -- enough to have the voice of Franklin Field say, "This one should be interesting." But watching the Med School team win by five seconds and the golf team pass a five iron (instead of a baton) while running in a golf shirt and khakis put a smile on everyone's face. · The hat hierarchy. Only at the Penn Relays can you witness officials being classified by the red, olive, blue or yellow color of their hats and the design on their ties. · No mascots. This year, Bill Cosby didn't have any Philadelphia area mascots (like the Phillie Phanatic) to shoot blanks at. Maybe it's because Penn doesn't have a very fast Quaker. · The only time things happen with any efficiency at Penn is during Relays and graduation. Cleanup crews were already in high gear at 7 a.m., each day, and by Sunday -- the day after the Relays -- Franklin Field was clean enough to host a lacrosse game. · Some guy running on the "Southern California" media 4x100 team was a John Muir high school track guy in disguise. How could you tell? Because he was the only guy wearing one of those spandex running suits. His team was appropriately disqualified after a bad handoff going into the anchor leg. (The Daily Pennsylvanian came in second place. UTV13 came in third.)
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