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malaise

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Sat Apr 6, 2024, 05:16 PM Apr 2024

Jamaicans at the Penn Relays - 60 years April 26-27

https://www.flotrack.org/articles/5041631-the-jamaicans-that-changed-penn-relays

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:

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