Men's 4x800m Relay Wins College Section at Penn Relays

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PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The Virginia track and field team completed competition at the 115th Penn Relays Saturday, with the 4x800m relay team of sophomore Andrew Lobb, sophomore Emil Heineking, junior Steve Finley and freshman Lance Roller winning the college section of the event in 7:22.99.

The 4xMile championship team of freshman Sintayehu Taye, senior Kevin Tschirhart, sophomore Emil Heineking and senior Andrew Jesien finishing runner-up to Arkansas in 16:22.49, with the Razorbacks winning the title in 16:16.11.

In the championship section of the javelin, freshman Andy Fahringer finished sixth with a throw of 204’ 0” and in the IC4A section of the 4x400m, Virginia’s squad finished in 3:12.55. The quartet was comprised of freshman Kevin Anding, sophomore Adams Abdulrazaaq, junior Brian Lee and Lobb.

The Cavaliers will take next weekend off before heading to Chapel Hill, N.C., on Friday, May 8 to compete in the UNC Elite meet