PHILADELPHIA, USA : High expectations as 122nd Penn Relays Carnival begins today...Over 50 Jamaican high schools and college teams will be competing....Huge interest expected from newly crowned national junior record holder SHANICE LOVE of XLCR High who is a PALAS recipient
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com Thursday, April 28, 2016 Action from last year’s Penn Relays Carnival at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. (Photo: Jose Lara Aragon) 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 under way at Franklin Field in Philadelphia in what is expected to be wet and cold conditions today. 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 winning two each, the respective 4x100m and 4x400m; Holmwood Technical won the girls’ 4x800m, while St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) won the boys’ title. Added to that Jamaican high schools won an additional six individual titles and hopes are that they will at least match the total number of wins this year. Today the girls will open the c...