Jamaican Athletes Turn in Outstanding Performances at Penn Relays

The main competition at the annual Penn Relays was again between Jamaica and the United States, and Jamaicans did well. In the 4×100 Men’s World competition, Jamaica’s team of Jermaine Hamilton, Julian Foote, Rasheed Dwyer and Oshane Bailey defeated the U.S. men’s blue team. In the Women’s 4×100, the Jamaican team of Gayon Evans, Elaine Thompson, Kerron Stewart and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won second place after the U.S. In the High School Boys’ 400m Hurdles Championship, Rayan Holmes of Edwin Allen High School in Clarendon won in a time of 52.47 seconds. High School Boys’ 4Ă—100 Championship of America was dominated by Jamaica’s Kingston College squad of Shivnarine Smalling, Akeem Bloomfield, Jhevaughn Matherson and Tyreke Bryan took the gold with a time of 39.63 seconds.In the High School Boys’ 400m Hurdles Championship, Rayan Holmes of Edwin Allen High School of Clarendon, Jamaica won in a time of 52.47. In the High School Boys’ 4Ă—800 Championship of America, Jamaica’s St. Jago’s Eric McKenzie, Joel Jean Pierre, Keenan Lawrence and Leon Clarke took the gold in 7:33.71. St. Elizabeth Tech also of Jamaica was second in 7:35.20. In the High School Boys’ 4Ă—100 Small Schools, Andre Edwards, Romel Plummer, Rushane Edwards and Delano Williams of Munroe College in Jamaica won in a time of 41.13, and in the College Men’s 4Ă—200 IC4A, Romario Willams, Colin King, Everton Clarke and Vashan Grant of G.C. Foster College of Jamaica won in 1:23.60.