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Weekend Recovery: Penn Relays Results And A Sub-2 Hour London Marathon?!

Weekend Recovery: Penn Relays Results And A Sub-2 Hour London Marathon?!

Two major showdowns between Langon & Birnbaum and Wilson & Jamaica finally hit it's peak this weekend. And the impossible was done with a sub-2 marathon.

Apr 27, 2026 by Ava Curry
Quincy Wilson Leads Bullis At '26 Penn Relays
Quincy Wilson Leads Bullis To High School Boys 4x400 Championship Of America (Event 597) At 2026 Penn Relays4:23

From Franklin Field to London, this weekend delivered one of the most memorable stretches of the season so far.

There were historic relay battles, record-breaking performances, and a marathon performance that turned heads on the global stage. 

There's no way you could have missed all the madness, but in case you did, here are the top stories of the weekend.

5. Penn Relay Records Rewritten

The 130th meeting lived up to its legacy and then continued to deliver.

Across the weekend, nine meet records and one NCAA record were rewritten.

Take a look at the new nine meet records:

  • Michigan (Men's 4x800) - 7:09.24 (NCAA #2 All-Time)
  • UNC (Women's DMR) - 10:36.82 (NCAA Record)
  • Allie Zealand (5000m) 15:26.38
  • Angelina Napolean (3000m Steeple) - 9:37.72
  • Sanaa Hebron (400mH) - 55.30

On the high school level:

  • Miffin (PA) (Boys DMR) - 9:54.01
  • Union Catholic (NJ) (Girls DMR) - 11:24.26
  • Abigail Hennesey (Mile) 4:38.13
  • Blair Bartlett - (3000m) -  9:04.92

4. Tigst Assefa Dominates in London

Tigst Assefa does not need help from a man to run fast.

At the 2026 London Marathon, she set a new women's-only world record in 2:15.41. Unlike some marathons, the London Marathon does not run with male pacers, leaving all of the work to the pros themselves.

She broke her own record by nine seconds, which was set on the course in 2025. 

The performance adds another major title to her résumé and reinforces her status as one of the most dominant marathoners in the world. 

Assefa is a true athlete. A talented marathon runner, with her fourth World Abbott Major win, Assefa comes from an 800m background. She sports a personal best of 1:59.24 over 800m, which helped her speed of 26.2 miles. 

3. Villanova and Oregon Repeat History at Penn

Few rivalries at Penn Relays carry as much history as Oregon vs Villanova, with history repeating itself  in 2026.

The weekend’s drama unfolded across the Distance Medley Relay (DMR) and the 4xMile, mirroring the intensity of their historic battles from 2015.

Both the DMR and the 4xMile from 2015 showcased the best finishes from the rivals, with Oregon beating Villanova in the DMR, and Villanova coming back from revenge in the 4xMile. 

The first step of repeating history was to be made in the DMR.

The race came down to the final stretch, with Simeon Birnbaum holding off a late charge from Marco Langon by just 0.1 seconds. Langon dove at the line in a last-ditch effort, but Oregon held on in one of the closest finishes of the meet. 

While a tough loss, the Villanova Wildcats were ready to run it back in the 4xmile

Much like their legendary 2015 clash, the race turned tactical early, with slow opening laps keeping the field tightly packed. By the time the baton reached the anchors, it was exactly what everyone expected: Langon vs. Birnbaum, one more time.

Regardless of the first three legs, each year comes down to the anchor, with Marco Langon ready to flip the script. 

Taking control in the final lap, he leaned on his closing speed and held off Birnbaum down the stretch, securing the win for Villanova and delivering the program’s 23rd Championship of America title in the event.

Two races, two days, and one intense rivalry for what could be the races of the year. 

2. Quincy Wilson Brings Home the Wheel

For almost two decades, the High School Boys Championship of America 4x400 wheel has belonged to the Jamaican schools. The last American school to win the event was in 2007 by Long Beach Poly (CA).

This year, the Jamaican streak came to an end.

Over the past four years, Quincy Wilson and Bullis have put up a fight to earn back the Wheel, but have fallen short every year.

The 2025 Penn Relays showing was the closest they had come, finishing 0.4 seconds behind Kingston College with a 43.99-second anchor leg split from Wilson.

In Wilson's final year in high school, he was not walking away empty-handed.

On a cold and rainy Saturday in Philadelphia, Bullis toed the line with vengeance in their eyes. 

Zayden Saxton and Cameron Homer handed off the baton in third to Gideon Newton. Behind DC's Archbishop John Carroll and Jamaica's Jamaica College, Newton made his way up to first, ready to hand it off to Olympian Quincy Wilson. 

In the fastest split of the event, 45.58, Quincy closed down the event, finally earning his wheel.

After four years of defeat, Bullis not only earned their championship medal but also ripped it away from Jamaica's grip in their final effort.

1. First Legal Sub-2-Hour Marathons

In 2019, Eliud Kipchoge became the first human to break the 2-hour barrier in the marathon. He accomplished the unimaginable. For so long, it was thought that going sub-2 hours over 26.2 was virtually impossible, but with the help of pace cars and wind barriers, the impossible became possible.

However, the time was not record-eligible due to pacing help. 

Over seven years after Kipchoge's sub-2-hour run, Kelvin Kiptum was the only person to come even close to the mark, running 2:00:35 at the 2023 Chicago Marathon.

This weekend, we finally saw the barrier be officially broken.

With Kipchoge's career winding down, Kenya's Sabastian Sawe stepped up the challenge to become the first legal athlete to ever run a sub-2-hour marathon on a record-eligible course. 

Sawe went through the first half in 1:00:29, and came back in a negative split of 59:01 to finish in a final time of 1:50:30. 

On the record-breaking day, Sawe was not the only person to break the barrier. Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha became the second person to legally break the barrier, finishing only eleven seconds behind Sawe. 

Not only did he place second in the 2026 London Marathon, breaking sub-2 hours, but this was also his marathon debut. Kejelcha is a two-time World Championship 10k silver medalist, but this was his first time stepping up to the marathon. 

With a sub-2-hour marathon officially broken, the sky is the limit for what is possible in the running world.

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