Relays Day 1: A few more thoughts

Just a few more thoughts as I sit through an insufferable 3 hours and 40 minutes of high school girls 4x400 action.

The best moment of the morning so far was the special welcome and large ovation for the 4x100 team of Virginia Tech. As I wrote last week, there would be a time when sports would regain their place in Hokiedom. The healing is far from complete if it can ever be complete, but it's nice to see some aspects of atatlife moving on in a normal way.

The play of the day so far goes to an anonymous cameraman, who saved one heat of the 4x100. After Georgia State dropped the baton on its final handoff, the stick went unnoticed in Lane 8 as the next heat started. But our hero saw the baton and quickly got it out of the way to a nice ovation from the Northeast corner of Franklin Field.

The Relays staff is a little behind on having official results posted, but stay tuned to the Buzz for your Quakers results and to see any records that fall over the next three days.