One of the April highlights in track and field for ANY track and field fan are the Penn Relays.  And guess what – they’re up this week.

All eight Ivy institutions will be represented at the 120th running of the Penn Relays Carnival, which begins on todaywith the heptathlon and decathlon competition.  You can follow the action through this amazing live results website (our own Brett Hoover helps publish the results).  If you want to watch the races, the Relays will be teaming up with Flotrack to present a live stream during the Thursday thru Saturday action (sorry, it isn’t free).  We will be providing daily recaps on this website on items related to HepsNation.

UPDATE: Saturday coverage of the USA vs the World Relay events will be aired live on the NBC Sports Network channel, from 12:30 to 3pm, according to USATF.  Even though there are no members of HepsNation on the Team USA squads, we recommend you tune in as they are guaranteed to be exciting races.

If you’re curious on the HepsNation schedule during the Relays, check out the “more” link below to see the conference schedule at this carnival.  We’ve add on some links to team and athlete’s Twitter accounts so you can wish them all good luck.

Good luck to everyone competing this week!

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