From Villanova Sports Information
Homer-Center graduate Angel Piccirillo, a senior at Villanova, became the first collegiate women’s runner to win eight career Penn Relays watches. Piccirillo won No. 8 as part of the winning women’s 4×1500 meter relay team at the Penn Relays on Friday afternoon.
Piccirillo ran the second leg of the 4×1500 relay. Villanova won with a time of 17:25.85 in a race that turned into a duel between the Wildcats and Stanford for the second half of the race.
The previous collegiate women’s record of seven career Penn Relays victories was held by Villanovans — Kathy Franey (1985-90) and Michelle Bennett (1988-91), and Piccirillo tied the mark when she anchored the Wildcats to the distance medley relay championship on Thursday evening. She now stands alone in both school history and in the annals of the Penn Relays.
“It is such a privilege just be on a Villanova relay in general at the Penn Relays, let alone to be an anchor,” Piccirillo said. “The record is an honor but it definitely is not something that has been on my mind over the years. Every year you come in and there are new obstacles — a new team, new girls, and new positions — so we just try to win each one and take it a day at a time. We are trying to win as many relays as we can for Villanova, for Gina, and for the rest of the girls here. If that means breaking a record then that’s what happens.”
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