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 school and won the gold medal in the 800 meters, narrowly outkicking the defending champion, Mel Sheppard, ... He lowered the world ...