Quote of the day

 

At first, Penn men's track Charlie Powell was pretty vanilla when asked for his thoughts on the Heps 4x400-meter relay.

"We knew we had a chance at it and we knew we were going to be one of the top three teams," he said. "We always go in there trying to win."

Then he was asked whether there's a rivalry between Penn and Princeton in track the way there is in other sports.

"Is there a rivalry between the Yankees and Boston Red Sox?" he replied. "It's the most unbelievable rivalry in track and field."

While I suspect the Southeastern Conference delegation at Franklin Field might have something to say on the subject, Powell's answer is all the proof you need of how much this race mattered.

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