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PHOTO FLASHBACK: Penn Relays Victors

Published:Friday | April 29, 2022 | 7:52 AMA Digital Integration & Marketing production
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Members of the Excelsior High School 4X110 yards relay team which won the event at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, USA on Saturday, April 29, 1967, showing off the championships relay shield which they are winning for the first time in two years of competition are (from left): Horace Levy (stooping), Hewitt Depass, Anthony Carr (coach), Danny Clarke and Jeffery Simpson (stooping). This was at the Palisadoes Airport last night after they returned home.
The triumphant Kingston College Penn Relay team pose for The Gleaner on a visit on May 7, 1974, with the 440-yard relay shield which they retained at the Penn Relay track meet in Pennsylvania. Sitting (from left) are Charles Headlam, Clive Barriffe and Maurice Beecher. Standing: Ronald Gray, Alton Dallas and Noel Gray. It was Ronald Gray, Dallas, Headlam and Beecher who comprised the quartet which sprinted to victory in a near-record time of 41.7 seconds to retain the huge shield. The high-school record for the Penn Relays is 41.6.
Members of the Vere Technical High School girls' track team, winners of the 4x1oo and 4x400 metres relays at the April 1979 Penn Relays held in Pennsylvania, display their winning trophies. From left are Coach Alric Waite, Merlene Ottey, Ann Marie McDonald, Cynthia Green and Lola Ramsey – assistant coach. Stooping in front from left are Winsome Darby, Joyce Douglas, Marcia Beckford and Bonitto Bryce; the top trophy winner in the 4x100.
Members of the Clarendon College girls' team which was successful in the April 1982 Penn Relays, their coach Miss Taylor (in glasses), and Alex Forbes, chief physical instructor, pose with their medallion which they won at the competition. Left to right are; Eugenie Beason, Sharon Powell, Daphney Fearon, and Andrea Thomas.
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The young Jamaican athletes performed exceptionally well at the Penn Relays, making the entire country proud. They were victourous in several events, even though the conditions were different from what they were accustomed to.