Pair of UConn signees at Penn Relays

UConn incoming freshmen Tyraiq Beals and Hergy Mayala were among the high school track stars who competed in the prestigious Penn Relays.

Beals was a member of the East Orange (N.J.) High School team which finished third in heat No. 7 in the boys' large school 4x100 relay. East Orange, with Beals running the third leg, finished with a time of 43.95 seconds which was 37th among 256 teams on Friday.

Mayala ran the second leg as Trinity-Pawling finished third in the high school boys' prep school 4x100 independent event. Trinity-Pawling finished with a time of 46.22 on Friday. The next day Mayala ran on the second-place 4x100 team and was second in the 200 in a four-team meet at Westminster.