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PHILADELPHIA (AP) Brannon Kidder led Penn State to the distance medley relay championship at the Penn Relays on Friday, breaking away from the pack with a blistering anchor leg.
Kidder ran the closing 1,600-meter leg in 4 minutes, 0.77 seconds as the Nittany Lions finished in 9:35.51.
Robby Creese opened with a 2:57.03 in the 1,200, Alex Shisler ran the 400 in 47.77 and Isaiah Harris clocked in at 1:49.96 in the 800 for Penn State. It was the sixth overall distance medley relay for the Nittany Lions.
Georgetown came in second at 9:36.32 and host Penn finished third in 9:37.25.
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In the other long-distance race on Day 2 of the three-day meet, Villanova used a big kick from Siofra Cleirigh Buttner to win the women's 6,000-meter relay in 17:44.29.
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