Going into the 121st running of the Penn Relays this weekend, David Lucas’ discus PR was 190-6, set in his first meet this year against Hempfield.  To further set the comparative stage, at last year’s Penn Relays David also PR’d with a 180-6 and 4th place finish.

The 2015 edition of Penn Relays was certainly good to David as he produced his most impressive series of throws in his career, culminating with a new PR of 199-7 and a Silver medal behind the leading throw of Ohio senior Trevor Detillion (203-6).

Four of David’s six throws soared for PR’s:  199-7,  198-9, 195-9, and 193-5.

Tim Gross, Sports Writer for Lancaster Online, does a great job of capturing the day below including a post-competition interview and video capture of the 199-7 throw:

http://lancasteronline.com/sports/highschool/trackandfield/penn-relays-david-lucas-discus-silver-highlights-friday-s-local/article_d3700a96-eac7-11e4-8d43-7fb3eee6b3ad.html

David Lucas will be participating in his second annual Penn Relays later this month at historic Franklin Field on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. Last year Lucas finished in the #4 spot overall in the Discus, behind one other American and two Jamaicans.  He is once again looking forward to experiencing the magic found in the Penn Relays carnival atmosphere.  From a thrower’s perspective, the facilities at Franklin Field are arguably the best available in the US.  See pic below showing the Discus cage with the Philadelphia skyline as a backdrop.

A few interesting statistics about the Penn Relays:

• More than  60 countries around the world have athletes participating in the Penn Relays!

• Penn Relays has more than 22,000 entrants annually!

• More athletes compete at the Penn Relays than at the Olympics!

http://lancasteronline.com/sports/highschool/trackandfield/penn-relays-four-l-l-athletes-earn-individual-invitations/article_09aa20f0-dce1-11e4-8568-831da870d849.html

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http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/112114aaa.html

http://lititzrecord.com/sports/lucas-commits-to-psu/

http://highschoolsports.pennlive.com/news/article/-7713307688086693468/warwick-senior-discus-specialist-david-lucas-commits-to-penn-state/

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