Relays Day 1: Some names to ponder

 

When Penn Relays fans think of Long Beach Poly, they often think of their trademark, but currently absent, high socks or of Relays studette Shalonda Solomon who went on to star for South Carolina.

But they're just the beginning of the long list of great names to come out of the school. Ranked No. 1 in the country on Sports Illustrated's recent list of best sports high schools, Poly has produced Tony Gwynn, Chase Utley, Billie Jean King, Willie McGinest and not-as-athletic stars Cameron Diaz and Snoop Dogg.

Now, keep an eye out for this name, the best name in this year's field and one of the best runners as well. Turquoise Thompson ran a 54.0 split, the second fastest of the 2,272 high school girls 4x400m splits.

And on a strange note, we have a high school team in town from Birmingham, England, which features national champion distance runner Hannah England. Weird.

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