Philadelphia, Pa. - (April 11, 2013) - The Penn Relay Carnival announced today the newest additions to the Wall of Fame, a Penn Relays tradition begun in 1994 at the time of the 100th running. The class of 2013, the 20th group of inductees, brings the number of individuals selected to 95, with 85 relay teams having been chosen. Four individuals and four relay teams were selected by a panel of Penn Relays experts for this year's induction, one of which is Fordham's 1963 4-mile relay team.

The sole restriction in the nomination process is that only retired athletes (or those now competing as masters) may be nominated, and inductees are honored solely for their accomplishments at the Penn Relays; achievements in any other meets are not considered. Any relay team may be nominated, and nominations of relay teams and individuals will be accepted by the Penn Relays office at any time and from any interested party.

This year's relay team honorees include the 1963 Fordham University 4-mile relay team, which is being honored on the 50th anniversary of setting a Carnival record. The team of Matt Cucchiara, Norb Sander, Joe McGovern and Tom Kenney ran 16:42.7, the first time 17 minutes was broken at Penn and 29.0 seconds faster than the previous record. The group joins fellow Fordham graduate and 2010 inductee, Joe McCluskey '33 on the Wall of Fame.

Other relays teams being honored are the 1969 Villanova 2-mile relay team of Andy O'Reilly, Chris Mason, Marty Liquori and Frank Murphy, the 2003 South Carolina shuttle hurdles team of Corey Taylor, Fred Townsend, Charles Ryan and Kenneth Ferguson, and the 2004 Vere Tech girls' 4x100-meter relay of Indira Spence, Maris Wisdom, Sharneter Stewart and Simone Facey.

Individually, Michelle Bennett of Cardinal Spellman High School '87 and Villanova '91, DeHart Hubbard of Michigan '25, Alberto Salazar of Wayland (Mass.) High School '76, and Brian Sternberg of Washington '63 will be honored.