Penn’s perennial influence on the world of track and field will be doubly recognized in November when both the Penn Relays and former Penn track star, James Edwin “Ted” Meredith, will be inducted into ...

James "Ted" Meredith made the 1912 Olympic team while still in high ... He lowered the world 880-yard record to 1:52.2 in 1916 during a dual meet between Penn and Cornell. That same year, he set a ...