HAVING made history at last month’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships by winning their first gold medal, another historic moment beckons for Holy Childhood High School as the institution is set to make its first-ever appearance at this week’s Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Holy Childhood’s 4x100m team at the Penn Relays will be led by star sprinter Abigail Wolfe, who wrote her team into the history books after winning the school’s first-ever gold medal at Champs. Wolfe surprised the field as she sped to a new personal best 11.59 seconds to win the Girls’ Class Two 100m.

Head coach of Holy Childhood Karma Taylor told the Jamaica Observer that his team of five athletes is excited ahead of their very first appearance at the Penn Relays.

“It is a good feeling because this is the first time that the school will be going to the Penn Relays and so it is a great feeling to actually know that we are doing something good for the school — and the youngsters are looking forward to it,” said Taylor.

“It is our first time competing at the Penn Relays and so we didn’t want to carry a big team so it is just five girls going for the experience; and they will take it back to other girls so that they can develop and move forward,” he added.

Taylor shared that his athletes have done well in their preparation and are expected to give a good account of themselves in Pennsylvania.

“This will give the girls some international experience because in track and field the more you do, the better you get; and the more exposure you get, the better the team will get.

“So far this season we have run 48.20 — and that is our fastest time for the 4x100m this year — and so we are hoping that with this squad we can run 46 or 47 seconds at the Penn Relays,” he said.

Meanwhile, the soft-spoken Wolfe is looking forward to the Penn Relays experience..

“I am excited for myself and for everybody on the team to be given this opportunity and experience to go abroad and represent our school…it is a really good feeling,” she said.

“This means a lot to us because this is our first time going to Penn Relays — and to be the first ones to do it, we are hoping to create a legacy for others to come after us,” Wolfe added.

She added: “We are not nervous because we are just going to enjoy it and take in everything as it comes.”

Wofle says she and her teammates will be going to Pennslyvania with open minds.

“We are not ruling out anything because you know that anything can happen in track and field, and so we are going to go out there to do our best and whatever…comes, we will be grateful for it,” she said.

The Penn Relays take place from April 27-29.