Penn State men, Villanova women big winners at Penn Relays

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.

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.