The Jamaicans That Changed Penn Relays

[Jangle]

The Jamaicans have changed the Penn Relays. Although the tiny Caribbean island has only brought their athletes to Philadelphia for 50 of the meet’s 120 year history, Jamaica has dominated the relay events ever since they first took to Franklin Field in 1964. Here are the athletes and teams from the sprinting hotbed that have changed the United States’ oldest track meet forever:

Calabar High, Kingston, Jamaica
The Kingston-based Calabar High has reigned supreme over boys’ relays throughout the years at Penn, winning 12 Championship of America relay titles, the most in boys history.


Jorel Bellafonte anchored the Jamaican 4x800m team to victory in 2014 in 7:37.36
http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/252...s#.VSlgnfnF-z7


Recently, Calabar set a Jamaican high school record in the 4x100m relay of 39.08 at the Jamaican Champs in March.

[Islandman]

The Jamaicans have changed the Penn Relays. Although the tiny Caribbean island has only brought their athletes to Philadelphia for 50 of the meet’s 120 year history, Jamaica has dominated the relay events ever since they first took to Franklin Field in 1964. Here are the athletes and teams from the sprinting hotbed that have changed the United States’ oldest track meet forever:

Calabar High, Kingston, Jamaica
The Kingston-based Calabar High has reigned supreme over boys’ relays throughout the years at Penn, winning 12 Championship of America relay titles, the most in boys history.


Jorel Bellafonte anchored the Jamaican 4x800m team to victory in 2014 in 7:37.36
http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/252...s#.VSlgnfnF-z7


Recently, Calabar set a Jamaican high school record in the 4x100m relay of 39.08 at the Jamaican Champs in March.

Nice. I did notice one obvious error though:

Quarrie competed for Kingston’s Camperdown High at the Penn Relays in 1973

For the first few years of JA schools competing at Penn, led by KC, the Americans refused to believe they were high school teams. They were convinced that they must be all-school teams.