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Category : Penn Relays


27 December 2023	Penn Relay Partners with World Athletics to add Global Relay to 2024 Events 271 By Press Release PHILADELPHIA – As we quickly move to the turning of the calendar year, all eyes fall on to the 128th running of the Penn Relays presented by Toyota on April 25-27. On top of bringing back some of the most premier college programs in the country and welcoming the top high school talent from the United States and Caribbean Islands, the Penn Relays in partnership with World Athletics are excited to announce the addition of the Global Relays for the upcoming year. “The Penn Relays is proud to welcome athletes from around the globe to Philadelphia,” said Steve Dolan, the Frank Dolson Director of the Penn Relays. “In 2019, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Athletics Heritage Plaque was presented to the University of Pennsylvania and Franklin Field as acknowledgment of the Penn Relays contribution to the worldwide history and development of the sport of track & field. We are honored to build on th....
21 May 2019	Recap of the 2019 Penn Relays 271 By Henley Taylor (Sensenya Ben Nyah), The Penn Relays celebrated its 125th anniversary or quasquicentennial, at the Franklin Field Stadium, between Thursday, April 25, 2019 and Saturday, April 27, 2019. The celebration saw numerous dominant performances by Jamaican high schools both on the track and in the field. Pinnock & Chang Win Boy's Champs and CARIFTA Games champion, Kingston College's Wayne Pinnock, won the long Jump for the second consecutive year, in 7.87m, just one centimeter shy of his last year's mark of 7.88m. Jordan Turner of Calabar was second in 7.59m. Shaquille Lowe, also of the famed purples, Kingston College (‘KC”), finished third in 7:42m, to round out the top three finishers. Calabar's Kai Chang was in a class all by himself, throwing well over 60 meters to win the High School Boy's Discus. No other thrower was able to join him in the "60m club". Chang, the Boys and Girls Champs, and ....
05 May 2017	2017 Penn Relay Recap 271 By O'Neil A. Reid 2017 Penn Relay Recap The 123rd edition of the Penn Relays held from Thursday April 27 to Saturday April 29 saw some memorable performances by talented athletes from the high school, college and professional levels. The three-day event was highlighted by scintillating performances by Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson, Sydney McLaughlin (Union Catholic, NJ) and Christopher Taylor (Calabar High, Jamaica). The much–hyped “USA vs. the World” series was explosive and lived up to expectation. The Americans and the Jamaicans captured 3 events apiece in the 6-event series. The Americans took the men’s 4x100 relay and the men’s and women’s Sprint Medley races. The Jamaicans took the men’s and women’s 4x400m and the women’s 4x100m relay races. The Auburn University team led by Akeem Bloomfield and Nathan Allen took the college men’s 4x400m Championship of America (COA) in a brisk ....
30 January 2013	The Penn Relays Meets With CARICOM 271 By NEW YORK, N.Y. Jan. 30 - The Penn Relay Carnival and the Caribbean Consular Corps (CARICOM) met today with hopes of strengthening the bond that already exists between the two groups. The session was hosted at the Jamaican Consulate by Honorable Herman LaMont, Consul General of Jamaica. Representatives from Antigua-Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Haiti, Jamaica, and St. Lucia attended. A highlight of the annual athletics calendar, The Relays provide an important platform for CARICOM athletes as they make their ....
24 March 2015	2015 Penn Relays Goes Digital with WeHUB 271 By [caption id="attachment_14477" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Justlin Gatlin from Charles Silmon @ Penn Relays 2014"][/caption] PHILADELPHIA – The Penn Relays is introducing a new messaging app to aid communications during the 121-year-old track and field competition scheduled for April 23-25 at the University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field. Penn Relays is partnering with Penn tech startup, WeHUB Messenger, a new and free communication app that will be used exclusively by the Penn Relays and its sponsors to communicate official messages during the event.