PHILADELPHIA –North Carolina Central University's 1972 mile relay team will be inducted into the Penn Relays Wall of Fame during the annual Penn Relay Carnival on April 27-29 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.
 
NCCU's mile relay team shattered the Penn Relays record by three seconds. The team of Melvin Bassett, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang and Larry Black ran a national collegiate record of 3:03.1, a time not bettered as either a Carnival or collegiate record until 1977.  The record was highlighted by Black's record-setting anchor of 43.8 for his quarter-mile leg.
 
This year's addition brings the number of NCCU relay and individual representatives on the Penn Relays Wall of Fame to nine. That standard trails only Villanova University and University of Tennessee.
 
Below is a list of NCCU's previous Penn Relays Wall of Fame inductees:
 
1965—North Carolina College (inducted 2015)
880y Relay—Robert Johnson, Terrell Amos, Edwin Roberts, Norm Tate
 
1972—North Carolina Central University (inducted 1995)
Sprint Medley Relay—Julius Sang, Jeff Horsley, Larry Black, Robert Ouko
 
1972—North Carolina Central University (inducted 2005)
880y Relay—Jeff Horsley, Mel Bassett, Julius Sang, Larry Black

Larry Black—North Carolina Central 1974 (inducted 2002)
Lee Calhoun—North Carolina College 1957 (inducted 1994)
Charles Foster—North Carolina Central 1974 (inducted 2016)
Edwin Roberts—North Carolina College 1965 (inducted 2008)
Norm Tate—North Carolina College 1965 (inducted 1994)
 
The Penn Relays Wall of Fame started in 1994 at the time of the 100th running. The class of 2017, the 24th group of inductees, brings the number of individuals selected to 111, with 101 relay teams having been chosen.