Hopes high for Jamaican schools at Penn Relays
PHILADELPHIA, USA — Expectations will be high among the over 50 Jamaican high schools and college teams as the 122nd staging of the Penn Relays Carnival gets underway at Franklin Field in Philadelphia in what is expected to be wet and cold conditions.
The bar has been set high as last year Jamaican high schools swept all six Championships of Americas relays they contested with Edwin Allen girls and Calabar boys both winning two each, the respective 4x100m and 4x400m; Holmwood Technical won the girls’ 4x800m while St Elizabeth Technical won the boys’ title.
Added to that, Jamaican high schools won an addition six individual titles and the hopes are that they will at least match the total number of wins this year.
The girls will open the competition tomorrow with the heats of all three relays as well as competition in the long, triple and high jumps; shot put, discus throw and javelin.
Paul Reid
