EPIC FINISH: Villanova Win Penn Relays 4xMile Championship Over Oregon

After the first three legs, Oregon's Edward Cheserek and Villanova's Jordy Williams needed to run a 3:55 to break the 16:00 barrier. Instead we got something even rarer. The most tactical/delicious race in Penn Relays history! Villanova pull off the upset to win the 2015 Penn Relays 4xmile championship.
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[@RavishingSailor]

I love watching this race every once in a while. So awesome to see Chez punk himself. He could have destroyed the other anchors but he tried to play games and screwed over his team mates that ran solid legs.

[@steveh9991-r8p]

lmfao ive never laughed watching a track race

[@bernarjayjackson2003]

Wait wtf bc I’m laughing too fr😂😂

[@narutoqweavatar]

steve prefontaine would have been so pissed off by that final leg

[@thenicholsmindset]

narutoqweavatar yes sir

[@NolanJMcGinley]

How true

[@chill-of2cz]

Definetely

[@dallantobler6144]

Imagine if he was the final leg lmao, type of race he woulda won for having the most guts

[@gumby511]

Not really. If he had been in the mile relay to begin with he would hsve been anchor and would never had let it be paced like that.

[@user-kd4mi8xb7p]

And this is why Cheserek is sponsored by Skechers

[@jefftoreson]

ouch

[@thenicholsmindset]

Occult hahah

[@jazzyjay4595]

Still gets paid better than 99% of Nike sponsored athletes...

[@cademonk4258]

ุ Yeah he made such a bitch move

[@camerondean3938]

what are you talking about? one of the best runners in US or the world right now, you nimrod.

[@elimarshbank5704]

If Edward Chesereck would have just run like the rest of his team mates...they would have won. That is truly shameful.

[@matthewg9467]

Eli Marshbank not only would they have won, they likely would have broken 16 minutes in the 4xmile

[@TheSolution4Kickz]

Easily broken it!

[@legreatpenguino445]

All Chez ever does is turn a race into a fucking jog. Embarrassing

[@jazzyjay4595]

Screamin A Smith except for when he ran a 3:49 mile and his xc titles.

[@LucilleMilo]

agreed. joke of a race. finish was fun, but the rest of that last leg was disrespectful to their other legs.

[@jdub204]

Like seriously ches didn't deserve a win running like that. Thanks villanova.

[@diegocarlson4975]

Well, the Villanova runner did the same thing

[@jdub204]

Diego Carlson yeah but ches was on a different level than everyone there. It wouldnt have been a contest if he had just ran a mile instead of a warmup then a 200.

[@chartkings6801]

yeah well, he couldn't predict the future. hes sticking with what his coach/team wants him to do. this is what running has come down to sadly

[@legreatpenguino445]

Tactical running is such a pussy way to run. Ches insulted track and field here and since then ive had no respect for him

[@calirad8240]

+Screamin There's a time for every kind of race. Headplay like in this one is interesting. Those who thought they had the best kick could hang back of the leader(s) and wait. Those who knew they didn't could or should have made a break earlier when it was brought to a jog. 50 yrs ago, Gerry Lindgren would have sprinted mid-race and just kept on going. Ches just miscalculated. He should taken it in with 400 or 600 to go.

[@bradyvoss5647]

Chesereck’s burst at 15:56 is insane, too bad he couldn’t hold it tho

[@brodyworrell4809]

happily he couldnt hold it

[@leo29hornsfan]

That last leg was brutal as hell. WTF were they doing at that moment? Making dinner plans for that night at a high end steakhouse and then slow it backdown to confirm if that’s the spot they wanna meet at. Was Ches telling everyone that his soon to be agent was gonna pick up the tab so they better make sure that it’s the spot there conforming to be at.

[@bnsz8704]

Still crazy that they look like there jogging and this is considered an insanely slow pace yet it is by far faster that any 800m I have ever run

[@4realjacob637]

Best time I've ever done was a sub 6 minute mile. They did a comfortable like 4 something 🤣

[@Jasmine-ro7mn]

First three legs give their all to get up front, anchor leg immediately gives it up. K.

[@KenWAnderson]

Have to admire that Villanova team! Bravo gentlemen!

[@miller10]

13:19 why did no one take the lead?? Edit: I mean they could’ve of easily went out hard and the others wouldn’t have caught them

[@Zelthespoken]

That was an embarrassment to track, Ches should have just ran it out, they all should have. It was like they were joking around in practice like middle schoolers.

[@abedreher6785]

That was the weirdest race I have ever seen in my life

[@howmack5571]

Great announcers, knowledge and passion......

[@dajosco115]

i WAS THERE THIS WAS APPAULING WE BOOED THE ENTIRE 4 LEG

[@MrPanggs]

13:23 LMAOOO

[@SPVLaboratories]

this is still one of my favorite races to watch lmfao. as bizarre as what ches did was, he didn't necessarily run a bad race, he got the baton at the same time as williams and decided to repeat the strategy that worked for him the day before. hilarious that it didn't work

[@doubleagaming554]

I agree, given ches was the better runner but everyone in that pack is to blame for it slowing down, mostly Villanova as well. Not sure why everyone hates on ches so much for this.

[@Ekzotika-g8w]

@@doubleagaming554 Because it's embarrassing and not what distance running should be like. It's great that Ches thought his best chance of winning was to slow down an intense race down to a walk and sprint the last lap, but I'd much rather watch an honest, lug-bursting 3:56 last leg to run under 16:00.

[@josecarbajak6190]

All edward had to do was to outrun them , something he was very capable of .

[@ryanscott4128]

Popped up on my recs a few years later. But this is the ONLY time I’ve ever heard a crowd boo a race

[@neptoonusa1288]

I thought that was bobby shmurda in the thumbnail

[@MrPanggs]

LMAO

[@haydenbullock1813]

Underrated comment

[@chamkam5380]

Yeah they're still going pretty slow... 4:10 mile pace...

[@demetriusjohnson5358]

Bro. THIS, is REDICULOUS!!! AND HILARIOUS!!! AND EPIC!

[@bloodspartan300]

Villanova just set the collegiate record

[@japaneseguy5610]

That kick was so fun to watch tho :D

[@leonidassaber7335]

what's the strategy here??? are they finding a very fast 800m runner and using him as an anchor? just slow the pace and jog and then sprint the last 400m.

[@quackingduck2217]

Even as a high school runner, I can never imagine doing something so pathetic... Even if it's not your event, RUN IT

[@justinma319]

Quacking Duck I doubt u could run there pace ...

[@miguelf2765]

Kingdom Rush Walkthroughs Well not many high schoolers can. You can't compare NCAA to high schoolers but he can always get there within a few years. I trained a friend who runs a 4:25 mile at best within 1 year so it is possible. Aside from that, this race really is a joke especially at that level. Its like an insult to running.

[@ViiRaLChaoticGamerTM23]

@@miguelf2765 I have people on my college team who run 4 flat and the fastest guy runs a 3:57 on the track and a 4:15 on dirt

[@miguelf2765]

@@ViiRaLChaoticGamerTM23 That definitely requires a lot of dedication and great coaching. I truly admire that. Are you also on the team?

[@ViiRaLChaoticGamerTM23]

@@miguelf2765 yes I am I run a 4:58 mile I mean I never ran distance I always did sprints in high school but I do believe i have the mind set to get stronger

[@logandolphin8654]

The damn announcers were freaking out

[@benrees848]

Ending was pretty exciting though

[@SamEnglish03]

i...have no words

[@Bronzebk]

Congrats Villanova 🥳 ...what a finish!!!

[@thing2be]

i fucking love tactical races this is beautiful

[@owenerdman5571]

16:14 listen lmao

[@adenbandukwala3252]

Chez ran a 4:13 lmao, he’s the best collegeiate didstance runner and ran a time the top high schoolers run

[@leewharton2013]

hahaha this was insane. No idea how I've stumbled across this but glad I have.

[@Greyzon___]

This was such a great race

[@joyjackson1804]

The fact that Ches made them walk is actually sad. Man up and run your leg dude.

[@brandongreen224]

So if someone slows down in a race your telling me that makes you incapable of passing them. They are all to blame

[@297Reprezent]

That was an embarrassment to track to race like that. This what happens when everybody wants to win and not race, it's a global problem becoming bigger -sigh-

[@pernskyw1289]

That's why the world record in the men's 1500m & mile have been there for 19yrs now. I believe this is the longest gap in 120 yrs. Nobody races anymore. 1975 ( Filbert Bayi - 1999 Hicham El Guerrouj)The best years in middle distant running. Just my Opinion. Oh yea....After Sir Roger Bannister broke the mile WR and within 2 yrs about 2 dozen people broke 4:00 miles... After the science and medical establishment of the day said you had to be 7' 4" tall with a stride so long to break it. Great period also. I'm waiting patiently for the next great milers and middle distant runners.

[@jonahmagut2191]

Villanova have been known to steal the show in the final kick of the last lap

[@jimmypeterson4879]

Can someone explain the strategy here? Is leading really that bad?

[@the_diver]

never laughed like this watching a track race

[@vinnysenn8746]

can someone explain to me why they’re running in lane 5?

[@connorharriman6321]

UPenn has their track in a really old, historic building. Given the dimensions of the building they can't fit a full sized track. So instead of tearing down a historic building, they made the track smaller by making lane 5 400m around instead of lane 1. I think it's actually pretty cool and very distinctive. You should watch a 4x400. The teams that start in lanes 1 to 4 have to cut out to lane 5 instead of everyone cutting in.

[@trpendarvis]

Well... that was interesting to watch.

[@Identian]

TACTICAL RUNNING

[@matthewrizzo9042]

That was gross

[@bramw.j.4334]

best race I have ever saw in my life

[@SkydivingSquid]

That was embarrassing. "Tactical running". Yeah. Good finish, but none of those last leg runners would get a ribbon from me. . . your team worked so hard getting you a lead and you threw it. . . embarrassing.

[@jonathanroberts9905]

Most entertaining race I've watched in a very long time... All the hard work of the first three team members was for nought... SMH... #Squandered

[@LuisFernando-yd3mx]

Now that was just ridiculous.

[@darthsilversith667]

I once ran .4 miles in sub 16 minutes!

[@vinnyadolph5058]

Never seen so much pettiness in my life!!!! Now I hate Ches

[@harveyrogerski2300]

Every person in that top group of the final leg who didn't win is a coward. And the winner is a genius.

[@isaacmenendez7410]

Incredible

[@uncrownedking3272]

I can't wait to run at Penn this month 😄🤗

[@MrPanggs]

13:39 BOY WTF

[@vamsigollapalli1333]

Lmao

[@turbo8355]

LOOOOL

[@Grace-gh2ws]

I understand why everyone is so mad, but even as a track runner myself I thoroughly enjoyed this race and Edward genuinely made me giggle a few times. He was literally just messing with everyone the entire time.

[@ericb7756]

Why are they running in lane 4?

[@sjeffy5137]

While I don’t love the strategy to just tank the field, you do have to remember that the other runners chose to go along with this strategy, Chez’s move doesn’t work unless everybody slows with him, so do not put it all on one runner.

[@Unclewhistler007]

What was that story about the King that had no clothes?

[@MrTrack412]

This is why I do not like distance relays. Why not use these distance for open races: 100, 200, 400, 800, Mile, 2 Mile, 5000, 10,000? You could still have the 4 x 100/200/400/and 800 which are decent races.

[@hectorsolis951]

Wow😮

[@chrisman9555]

when they started walking lol

[@Pianoman1234321]

If I were one of their teammates that just ran, I'd have left the track thinking why did I even run? Then the anchors can just stand on the podium by themselves because they turned it into a one-man race. I can't even call it a tactical race, there are no tactics. It's a coward's race.

[@henrystreib7711]

I would be pissed if I was Chesereck’s teamate

[@chrisropherrader8049]

AMAZING STRA... it's a jog fest

[@chrisropherrader8049]

Fastest 200 in the race was a 23 slowest was a 39😭

[@YienLiu]

I literally laughed

[@SamEnglish03]

I’m happy Villanova won. Ches was just disappointing...ugh.

[@Code_Ramen717]

Man I thought this was this year

[@TheSolution4Kickz]

This is a disgrace! Hilarious but a disgrace!

[@aznturtle6144]

this is the funniest race of all time

[@thing2be]

they are straight up just standing on the track

[@thing2be]

they just lie down and take a nap

[@hichelo4365]

Holy crappage

[@calucas1]

Wtf anchor legs 😂😂😂😂😂

[@thescatman5029]

Edward Cheserek is burnt out!!!!!!!!

[@davidd1704]

All these people on the internet telling a competitive distance runner he's stupid for not letting the pack draft him for 3 minutes. What made him look dumb wasn't his attempt to slow down and drop back...it was that everyone else did the same thing because none of them wanted to be the dummy running in the front.

[@RUNNING-AT-HALF-PRICE]

Imagine he won tho 😅

[@T1MB05L1C3]

You wanna know what's grosser than this race? UPenn's track.

[@rudyardwdouglas7073]

Gospel

[@aptpupil]

Williams leans back when running. Odd.

[@eddygilbert8908]

This made me sad

[@edgaraguilar8333]

Wtf just happened???? Lol

[@thristanecampbell]

Why is everyone blaming ches...the other guys could have just ran their race but they choose to do the same thing he did. Villanova just had more speed than him in the end

[@darrenodwyer4865]

What was the last 200? Like 22 second 😂😂

[@brucehutchinson9527]

HAHAHA🤣 this is intramurals This should be renamed the Keystone Cop Relay 🤤

[@nestorbecerra581]

Embarrassing.

[@lucdanic5355]

I would be so pissed if I was one of the other legs

[@betweenhamham9049]

I wonder what country won?

[@markstallings5768]

If Chez was a teammate of mine on that relay team I might have been tempted to actually punch Chez right in the face for pulling that stunt!! I know I’d be charged with assault and battery and face all sorts of disciplinary stuff but it would be worth it in this case!! That was such a boneheaded stunt Chez pulled there and really screwed over the other guys on his relay team who at least ran a half decent leg!!!

[@domepatrol9990]

This is hilarious

[@harrisonachunche4098]

This actually happens quite often in Olympic 1500m finals. Very slow start (for olympian's standards) Then short bursts of pace to see who will foolishly take the pace finished with a mega kick people clocking 22 flat in the last 200m

[@Lalo_Runs]

Who else is here from an IG reel?

[@lancejdrich]

That is embarrassing as hell. What is the purpose of training hard thwn go out and jog in.a race. I know about tactics but that was just lame they almost got down to a walk.

[@SaturnsApollo]

I had to go back to the starting line up just to make sure that some of these guys are Ivy League runners…

[@amblincork]

What an embarrassment to athletics this race was - the lead runners in the final leg should be ashamed of themselves

[@aidansmith7125]

It’s a dmr why they running tactical lmao

[@corbinroby7373]

I know this video is old but these announcers are so dumb like the 400 split of 63 is through 436 meters do to each guy running 9 more, it’s not slow at all at the start.

[@2014calvin]

That last leg was trash

[@snakey973]

Wtf

[@adamdooley2097]

Lol

[@gonzayare]

What is the point of team work getting such advantage if at the end you just slow down and wait THE ENTIRE GROUP for the last lap? All effort for nothing, it's a fucking joke.

[@wokedeity4632]

13:19 they were going at 6 minute mile pace😅🤕

[@OPRAHH]

Slower 😭