Jamaica High School Track And Field Shows Up At Penn Relays 2024

Jamaica has the biggest representation of all the international participants at the 2024 Penn Relays with 47 high schools competing this week.

Apr 27, 2024 by Matt Cannizzaro

Jamaica High School Track And Field Shows Up At Penn Relays 2024

The Penn Relays presented by Toyota has evolved to become one of the world’s most prestigious track and field meets, and its history spans nearly 130 years.

Along with elite athletes of all skill levels from across the United States among the more than 15,000 participants, the meet also attracts top talent from around the globe.

Jamaica, known for turning out countless track and field stars, has the biggest representation of all the international locations with 47 high schools represented this week at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

The 2024 Penn Relays also includes teams from the Bahamas, Belize, Canada, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago and Turks and Caicos.

Here is a list of all the high school teams from Jamaica competing in the 2024 Penn Relays:

Alpha Academy - Kingston
Alphansus Davis - Clarendon
Ardenne - Kingston
B.B. Coke - St. Elizabeth
Bellefield - Mandeville
Bridgeport - St. Catherine
Calabar - Kingston
Camperdown - Kingston
Clarendon - Chapleton
Cornwall Coll - St. James
Denbigh - May Pen
Edwin Allen - Clarendon
Excelsior - Kingston
Foga Road - Kingston
Gaynstead - Kingston
Herbert Morrison - Montego Bay
Holmwood Tech - Christiana
Holy Childhood - Kingston
Hydel - St. Catherine
Immaculate Conception - Kingston
Jamaica College - Kingston
Kellits - Clarendon
Kingston College - East Kingston
Lacovia - St. Elizabeth
Maggotty - Maggotty
Manchester - Mandeville
Merl Grove - Kingston
Mona - Kingston
Mount Alvernia - Montego Bay
Munro College - St. Elizabeth
Muschett - Trelawny
Papine - Kingston
Petersfield - Westmoreland
Port Antonio - Port Antonio
Rhodes Hall - Hanover
St. Andrew - Kingston
St. Catherine - St. Catherine
St. Elizabeth Tech - Santa Cruz
St. George's - Kingston
St. Jago - St. Catherine
St. Mary - Highate
Tacius Golding - St. Catherine
The Queen’s School - Kingston
Vere Technical - Clarendon
William Knibb - Trelawny
Wolmer's Boys - Kingston
Wolmer's Girls - Kingston

One of the schools making noise at this year’s Penn Relays is Hydel, which provided one of the biggest highlights Friday by winning the High School Girls 4x400 Championship of America with a time of 3:34.78.

Hydel edged Maryland’s Bullis School, which finished second with a national record of 3:35.17. Bullis topped its own mark of 3:35.23, set earlier in 2024.

The 2024 Penn Relays is the 128th edition of the event, which first was held in 1895. It now welcomes more than 15,000 athletes of all ages and skill levels (high school, college, Special Olympics, professional/elite and Masters).

Watch The Girls From Jamaica’s Hydel High School Win The 4x400 At The 2024 Penn Relays

Teams from Jamaica have been dominant in the 4x400 relay, but Bullis nearly pulled off the upset Friday at Franklin Field.

The Championship of America girls 4x400m lived up to the HYPE! 😱

Hydel (JAM) and Bullis School (MD) battle to the line as Hydel grabs its third-straight title in 3:34.78.

Bullis School lowers its U.S. high school national record to 3:35.17.#PennRelays | @pennrelays pic.twitter.com/PkL1IDofyy
— FloTrack (@FloTrack) April 26, 2024

Top Finishers In The High School Girls 4x400 Championship Of America

Hydel (JAM) (Jody-Awn Daley, Abigail Campbell, Nastassia Fletcher, Alliah Baker) - 3:34.78
Bullis School (MD) (Tatum Lynn, Sydney Sutton, Kennedy Brown, Morgan Rothwell) - 3:35.17
Union Catholic (NJ) (Taylor Aska, Sydney Chadwick, Abriyah Thompson, Rhia Randolph) - 3:41.75
Edwin Allen (JAM) (Natasha Fox, Kelly-Ann Carr, Shanique Beckford, Tonyan Beckford) - 3:43.62
St. Elizabeth Tech (JAM) (Shanque Williams, Shavanecia Griffiths, Habiba Harris, Chennai Jarrett) - 3:45.06

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