USA Men Show Off Slick Baton Passing at the Penn Relays

Published by IAAF on April 26, 2015

The USA got a morale-boosting 4x100m win over arch-rivals Jamaica just one week ahead of the IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015, at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia on Saturday (25).

The USA quartet of Mike Rodgers, Justin Gatlin, Isiah Young and Ryan Bailey took the win in the blue riband event in 38.68 as Jamaica’s squad of Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Jason Livermore and Asafa Powell finished a close second in 38.88. 

In the men’s 4x400m it was, as is so often the case, The Bahamas who put up the strongest challenge to the USA, but an outstanding 44.84 anchor leg from Patrick Feeney ensured that victory went to the home team. 

Feeney took the baton narrowly ahead of Ramon Miller, of The Bahamas after a 45.11 leg by his US teammate Clayton Parris, and Notre Dame graduate Feeney – who has a personal best of just 45.56 – quickly began to increase a lead. 

With a thunderous atmosphere ringing out around Franklin Field, Feeney brought his team home to victory in 3:00.86 ahead of The Bahamas in 3:01.63, with Jamaica third in 3:03.02.