WMMR’s CaseyBoy To “Ring The Bell” At This Weekend’s Penn Relays
The 128th running of the Penn Relays, the oldest and largest track and field competition in the United States. takes place this week at Franklin Field with competitions on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Each year, historic Franklin Field draws crowds of more than 110,000 to watch some of the world’s top track and field athletes compete. Over 15,000 athletes compete across three days at Franklin Field ranging from High School, College, Professional, and Masters.
Participating High Schools travel from across the US and the Caribbean Islands. Nearly 200 premiere colleges/universities, including many of the Top 25 programs in Division I. Professional is considered our Olympic Development section, which includes Global Relays this year. Masters are older competitors, a fan favorite!
Some of the top Olympic athletes in attendance, include Vashti Cunningham, Oliver Hoare, Ajee Wilson, Natoya Goule, and plenty of other Olympic medalists and world champions.
Two-time Olympian Vashti Cunningham is the daughter of retired NFL QB Randall Cunningham. She is one of the top high jumpers in the world currently ranking seventh, she has won every high jump US outdoor national title since 2017 and every high jump US indoor national title since 2016. Vashti placed sixth at The Olympic Games in Tokyo (2021) and 11th in Rio (2016)
Australian Olympian Oliver Hoare is a World Cross Country Championships bronze medalist, Commonwealth Games winner in the 1,500m, and finished 11th in the 1,500m Final at The Olympic Games in Tokyo
WMMR’s Caseyboy will be on site on Friday, April 26 from noon – 2pm. He will be covering the action and reporting live during Pierre Roberts’s show. Check ins can be heard live on 93.3 WMMR and streaming on wmmr.com.
Those in attendance should keep an eye out for Casey taking on an array of special responsibilities during the event. He is set to be the honorary bell ringer for the College Women’s Distance Medley Race and hold the tape at the finish line for select events.
CaseyBoy is also set to tour the food concessions and vendor village. A full report will be coming to give weekend spectators a taste of what to expect.
Tickets and info at PennRelays.com.
Signs You'll Live a Long Life
1. You Eat These Healthy Things
According to a University of Michigan study (via TheHealthy.com), “Women who consumed the most veggies and fruit had a 46 percent lower chance of dying over a five-year period compared with those who ate them infrequently. The study involved 700 participants in their 70s.
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2. You Workout (Specifically, Run 40 Minutes a Day)
According to NBCNews.com, “Scientists in California found that middle-aged people” who ran “for a total of about 5 hours per week lived longer and functioned better physically and cognitively as they got older.” They state that the “researchers tracked runners and nonrunners for 21 years.” Aside from running, CNBC.com states that, “Strength training twice a week and aerobic exercise three times a week, even if for just 10 minutes a day” also helps.
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3. For Women, You Had a Baby After Age 44
For women, if you were pregnant and had a baby naturally after age 44, “you’re about 15 percent less likely to die during any year after age 50 than your friends who had their babies before age 40, reports a recent University of Utah study,” via NBCNews.com. Lead researcher Ken R. Smith, PhD, professor of human development at the university, tells NBCNews.com, “If your ovaries are healthy and you are capable of having children at that age, that’s a marker that you have genes operating that will help you live longer.”
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4. You Socialize
The National Library of Medicine states that people with bigger social networks and who socialize tend to live longer. In the study, Dr. Freeman states, “People who have more social support tend to have enhanced mental health, cardiovascular health, immunological functioning, cognitive performance, resilience, life satisfaction, stress response and more.”
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5. You're Slim in the Waist
TheHealthy.com states that, “Women with a waist of 37 inches or more had a life expectancy that was five years lower after age 40 than did women with a waist of 27 inches or less, found one study. For men, a waist of 43 inches or more was linked to a three-year decrease in life expectancy compared with those with a waist of 35 inches or less.”
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6. You Drink Tea Each Day
Apparently, drinking one or two cups of tea a day is good for your health. “Both green and black tea contain catechins, which relax blood vessels. However, you should be making the tea yourself; in ready-to-drink teas, most of the catechins have probably dissolved already, so they don’t have quite the same heart-healthy power,” says TheHealth.com.
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7. You're Careful with Your Calories
“Researchers in St. Louis reported that men and women who limited their daily calories to 1,400 to 2,000 (about 25 percent fewer calories than those who followed a typical 2,000-to 3,000-calorie Western diet) were literally young at heart — their hearts functioned like those of people 15 years younger,” says NBCNews.com. So, make every calorie count, and keep calories low.
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8. You Get Your Sleep
Getting a good night’s sleep is important to overall health. According to CNBC.com, getting good sleep is one of the factors to make it to age 90. So, turn off Netflix and get some shut eye.
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9. You Have a Purpose in Life
Do you wake up each day with a purpose? Do you feel needed in this world? According to a 2014 study in the journal of Psychological Science, having a sense of purpose means you’ll have a longer life. In the study, they report that people in the study who passed away, about 10% of the participants, had reported lower scores for purpose in life.
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Bonus - Take This Longevity Test
The experts at Media.nmfn.com actually have a lifespan test that you can take online. I took it, and I won’t divulge the age is says I’ll make it to, but I was happy and pleasantly surprised by the result. It asks you some basic health and family questions. Take the test here, and hopefully you’ll be happy with the result.
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