Photo by: Jackson Polin
Penn Relays is the longest outdoor track meet in the world with a historic tradition of greatness. It's an honor for anyone to run in this historic event, much less an open event with limited entries and people traveling from all across the U.S. and Jamaica.
Boys Mile:
Out of the 15 accepted entries, the only PA boy to enter and get accepted was Joseph Murphy of Hershey 03. Murphy holds a pr of 4:12.95 over the full 1-mile racing discipline.
Girls Mile:
On the girls' side of things, 2 out of the 15 total entries come from PA athletes, with Reese Miller of Gwynedd-Mercy Academy and Isabelle Sanders of Williamsport Area 04 being the 2 athletes to look out for in the race. Sanderes holds a PR of 4:52.89 over the full mile, with Miller running 4:54.25.
Boys 3k:
5 out of the 25 accepted entries for the boys 3k come from PA, and one name is no bigger than the next, with all of them having a real shot to win a wheel.
Jonah Montagnese (Quaker Valley 07) - 8:28.25 3000m 8:56.66 3200m 8:58.04 2 Mile
Brock Yoder (Malvern Prep) - 8:36.20 300m 9:07.00 3200m 9:08.02 2 Mile
Theo Oppermann (State College 06) - 8:28.81 3000m 9:11.13 3200m
Travis Furmanski (Cedar Crest 03) 8:23.46 3000m 9:12.40 3200m 9:09.32 2 Mile
Jack Steineman (North Catholic 07) - 8:30.83 3000m 9:12.95 3200m 9:16.98 2 Mile
Girls 3k:
Again, 5 out of the 25 accepted entries in the 3k for the girls come from PA athletes, with 3 of them being underclassmen and 2 being freshmen.
Mackenzie Skelly (Penn Charter) - 9:37.69 3000m 10:17.13 3200m 10:14.39 2 Mile
Julia Kelly (Downingtown West 01) - 9:32.72 3000m 10:27.63 3200m
Berkeley Marcelis (Wissahickon 01) - 9:47.16 3000m 10:40.42 2 Mile
Kendra Williamson (Episcopal Academy) - 9:34.52 3000m 10:19.30 2 Mile
Ruby Garner-Valle (JP McCaskey 03) - 9:54.49 3000m 10:45.40 3200m