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6 unusual facts about Penn Relays


Frances Koons

In April 2010 at the Penn Relays Koons won the women's Olympic Development event at 5,000 meters and qualified for U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Graham Hood

Hood ran collegiately for the college track powerhouse Arkansas Razorbacks where he was named most outstanding performer among college men at the 1994 Penn Relays.

Kim Gallagher

Gallagher is now a member of the Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association Hall of Fame and the Penn Relays Hall of Fame.

Malé B. Alexander

He was also a track runner and was invited to the Penn Relays 3 years in a row the 400 relay team Lexington was on broke the school record twice.

Niall Bruton

He was named most outstanding performer among college men at the 1992 Penn Relays.

Tony Darden

The second broke the world record for the 4x200 metres with a time of 1:21.4 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 30 at the Penn Relays.


Manalapan High School

Additionally he placed second in both the Millrose Games and Penn Relays, participating in the mile run on both occasions.

Phil Northrup

At the 1927 Penn Relays, Northrup won the javelin throw and finished second in the long jump to 1928 Olympic gold medalist Ed Hamm of Georgia Tech.

Valerie Brisco-Hooks

Brisco races Cliff (Bill Cosby) at the Penn Relays in The Cosby Show episode Off to the Races, first aired Thursday May 8, 1986 on NBC.


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