The early Saturday morning action at the Penn Relays saw both Jordan Crawford and Julianna Wottawa competing over 5000m at the historic Franklin Field venue in the heart of Philadelphia.
Crawford was up first with a 7:30 am start in the Olympic Development Men’s Elite division. Wottawa, in her team debut, followed at 8:00 am in the U20 Women’s division.
The men’s field of 23 was littered with Olympians, top Internationals and collegiate champions across all 3 divisions. Jordan fought back a tough challenge from collegian Lucien Beardsley to finish 3rd in the Elite race with a new PR of 20:23.78.
The women’s race of 19 saw almost the same level of elite competition across it’s 3 divisions. Julianna set a new PR of 27:41.28 to finish 4th in the U20 division.