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PENN RELAYS 

NORTHERN DELAWARE CHAMPIONSHIPS

1997-2008

GIRLS                                                                   BOYS

                          1895-2008                              


DELAWARE HIGH SCHOOLS 
CHAMPIONSHIP OF AMERICA  & INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS 

CLASS MILE /1600 RELAYS WINNERS
BOYS
1895  to PRESENT

GIRLS
1977 to PRESENT

BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP OF AMERICA, 
CONSOLATION & INDIVIDUAL TOP FINISHERS

GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP OF AMERICA
CONSOLATION & INDIVIDUAL TOP FINISHES

CHAMPIONSHIP OF AMERICA RELAY EVENTS
BOYS

4 X 100M 4 X 400M    4 X 800M D.M.R.
(1937-Present ) (1901-Present) (1937- Present) (1937- Present)

CHAMPIONSHIP INDIVIDUAL EVENTS
BOYS

400MH MILE 3000M HIGH JUMP POLE VAULT
(1991-Present) (1964-Present) (1965-Present) (1961-Present) (1961-Present)
b
LONG JUMP TRIPLE JUMP SHOT PUT DISCUS JAVELIN
(1994-Present) (1964-Present) (1961-Present) (1999-Present) (1993-Present)



CHAMPIONSHIP OF AMERICA RELAY EVENTS
GIRLS

4 X 100M 4 X 400M    4 X 800M D.M.R.
(1977-Present ) (1980-Present) (1979- Present) (1990- Present)

CHAMPIONSHIP INDIVIDUAL EVENTS
GIRLS

400MH MILE 3000M HIGH JUMP POLE VAULT
(1991-Present) (1978-Present) (1978-Present) (1978-Present) (1997-Present)
b
LONG JUMP TRIPLE JUMP SHOT PUT DISCUS JAVELIN
(1978-Present) (1994-Present) (1978-Present) (1999-Present) (1995-Present)


BOYS CLASS  MILE/1600M RELAY WINNERS

         
1895 1896 WILMINGTON 1897 1898 1899
1900 1901 1902 1903 1904
1905 WILMINGTON
FRIENDS
1906 1907 1908 WILMINGTON 1909
1910
WILMINGTON
1911 1912 1913 1914
1915
CONFERENCE 
1916 1917 1918 1919
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924
1925
A.I. DUPONT
1926 1927 1928
A.I. DUPONT
1929
1930 1931
A.I. DUPONT
1932
A.I. DUPONT
1933
NEWARK
1934
1935 
HOWARD
1936 1937 1938 1939
1940 1941
P.S. DUPONT
1942
GEORGETOWN
1943 1944
1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954
1955
HOWARD
1956
HOWARD
REDDING
1957
REDDING
1958
HOWARD
CLAYMONT
1959
HOWARD
1960
HOWARD
1961
HOWARD
SEAFORD
BRANDYWINE
1962
HOWARD
TOWER HILL
1963
HOWARD
1964
HOWARD
1965 1966 1967 1968
WILMINGTON
1969
CHRISTIANA
1970 1971
C. HENLOPEN
1972 1973 1974
TOWER HILL
1975
C. HENLOPEN
MILFORD
DOVER
1976
HOWARD
TOWER HILL
1977
HOWARD
1978
C. HENLOPEN
WILMINGTON*
1979
1980
DOVER
1981
HOWARD
1982
GLASGOW
1983
DICKINSON
1984
HOWARD
DICKINSON
WILMINGTON
1985
HOWARD
1986
HOWARD
C. HENLOPEN
ST. MARK'S
C. RODNEY
1987 1988 1989
GLASGOW
1990
SALESIANUM
1991
WM. PENN
1992 1993
C. RODNEY
1994
1995 1996 1997
WM. PENN
1998
GLASGOW
1999
TOWER HILL
2000
CHRISTIANA
2001
BRANDYWINE
2002
SALESIANUM
2003
NEWARK
2004
SALESIANUM
2005
HODGSON
2006
GLASGOW
2007
CONCORD
2008
GLASGOW
SMYRNA
 
         

GIRLS CLASS  1600M RELAY WINNERS

         


1977
1978
DICKINSON
1979
1980
PADUA
1981
1982
1983
CONCORD
1984
HOWARD
WM. PENN
C. HENLOPEN
1985
PADUA
1986
1987
PADUA
1988 1989
1990
1991
TOWER HILL
DELCASTLE
CONCORD
1992 1993

1994
1995 1996
LAKE FOREST
1997
GLASGOW
1998
WM. PENN
1999
GLASGOW
2000
PADUA
2001
BRANDYWINE
2002
GLASGOW
2003
GLASGOW
2004
GLASGOW
2005
GLASGOW
2006
DELCASTLE
2007
DELCASTLE
2008
DELCASTLE
 
         

This is the history of Delaware High Schools at the Penn Relays.  The Penn Relays was first held in 1895 and has been an annual event continuously to present day.  From 1895 to 1965 the meet was run on a cinder type track   An all-weather tartan track was installed for the 1966 Relays.  In 1976, it became a metric track with metric distances.

The first High School from Delaware to win a Class Mile Relay was Wilmington High School's Cherry and White in 1896, the second year of the Relays.  How did they get there?  There were no cars in 1896, so the only mode of transportation was by horse carriage or by rail.  With a station near Franklin Field, the train would be the most logical choice.  (To this day, over one hundred years later, many teams still use this same mode of transportation.)  Another school to win an early Class Relay was the Wilmington Conference Academy of Dover in 1915, a name unknown by most people today.

The following information was compiled by Rod Lambert and submitted on August 20, 2007.  Any correction or omissions, please contact Rod Lambert at RodneyL100@
msn.com or by phone (302) 762-3045.  I would like to thank the Morris Library (UD), Philadelphia Central Library, the News Journal and their reporters, along with the Philadelphia Inquirer and Delaware State News.  A special thanks to Chuck Durante for his informative articles in those papers.  

Codes
* ineligible runner, too old (20)
ND-Northern Delaware Relay, 1997 to present
SP-Suburban Prep Relay
PS-Preparatory Schools
D-Delaware race, 1941 & 1942
y-yards (mile relay, 2 mile relay, distance medley relay)
©-Cinder Track
w-wind-aided performance

         
         
PENN RELAYS CHAMPIONSHIP OF AMERICA & INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
         

2008

JAVELIN   Brieanna Kennedy, Caravel 149' 2"
         
2006

MILE

  Dominic DellaPelle, Salesianum 4:13.82
 

 

     
2001

SHOT PUT

  Omar Rogers, Newark 63' 4¾"
 

 

     
1998

LONG JUMP

  Kai Maull, Cape Henlopen 24' 9"w  (24' 1½")
 

 

     
1982

SHOT PUT

  Terry Thomas, Howard 62'10"
 

 

     
1979

SHOT PUT

  Greg Rowe, Woodbridge 59' 9¼"
 

 

     
1979

TRIPLE JUMP

  Ty Roberts, Tower Hill 47' 9¾"

 

 

     

1962

440 YD RELAY

  HOWARD (Lee Williams, Courtland Camper, Randy Brittingham, Spencer Henry) 43.0y©
         
         
         
         

PENN RELAYS CLASS MILE/1600M (1976) RELAY WINNERS (1895 to PRESENT)
BOYS

         
  HOWARD 16 1935  (Sebley, Lafute, Evans, Hollis) 3:34.8y©
      1955  (Quinton Sterling, Tom Harris, Dick Cephas, Ned Brown) 3:31.1y©
      1956  (Marshall Dickerson, Tom Harris, Dick Cephas, Quinton Sterling) 3:31.4y©
      1958  (Don Moore, Don Matthews, Lary Evans, Bob King) 3:30.6y©
      1959  (Phil Anderson, Mel Perry, Don Moore, 49.7, Bob King, 50.1) 3:26.1y©
      1960  (Art Martin, Bill Moore, Larry Davis, Spencer Henry) 3:30.4y©
      1961  (Art Martin, Bill Moore, Spencer Henry, Phil Anderson) 3:27.7y©
      1962  (Courtland Camper, Harold Chapman, Larry Davis, Spencer Henry) 3:32.3y©
      1963  (Harold Pope, Gerry Flowers, Harold Chapman, Dave Glover) 3:31.7y©
      1964  (Harold Chambers, Steve Johnson, Vern Honie, Elwood Thompson) 3:32.9y©
      1976  (Demitrius Fisher, 52.6, Ty West, 52.1, Robert Cleveland, 53.1, Mike Medley, 50.0) 3:28.0
      1977  (Demitrius Fisher, 51.2, Ty West, 51.2, Angelo Carpon, 49.7, Mike Medley, 48.6) 3:20.7
      1981  (Kevin Marshall, Mark White, Samuel Grooms, Larry Barnhill, 48.6) 3:24.1
      1984  (Theron Palmer, 49.6, Adrian Murphy, 49.0, Yusuf Nuriddin, 47.6, Steve Brown, 47.9) 3:14.1
      1985  (Theron Palmer, Gary Newby, Mark Jenkins, 50.4, Tony Brown, 47.1) 3:19.5
      1986  (Ron Lott, Kevin James, Mark Dendy, Gary Newby) 3:27.4
  WILMINGTON   6 1896  (William Trotter, C. Robelen, E. Adams, H. Hahn) 3:58 2/5y©
      1905  (L.F. Frederick, E.M. McDaniel, W.R. Whitehead, C. Roddy) 3:54 1/5y©
      1908  (J.D. Brown, Tophis, Rile, Nye) 3:43 2/5y©
      1910  (Bott, King, Mearns, Daniels) 3:41 1/5y©
      1968  (Bill Murray, 51.6, Ether McLaurin, 52.3, James Stevens, 50.8, Art Turner, 48.2) 3:22.9y
    * 1978  (Lloyd Bingham*, Tony West, Stanley Mitchell, Ken Jefferson) 3:20.0 *
      1984  (Reggie Brown, Jackie Cosden, Randy Reeder, Shannon Matthews) 3:26.5
  GLASGOW   5 1982  (Weston James, Steve Brown, Derrick Royster, Yusuf Nuriddin) 3:26.3
      1989  (Mike Kane, Jeff Vidal,  John Thomas, Tony Taylor) 3:33.87
      1998  (Issac Allen, Darius Crawley, Brian Miller, Marlon Weir) 3:29.39 ND
      2006  (Emmanuel Brassfield, 50.6, Alan Harding, 52.2, Steve Cruz, 52.1, Darron Harmon, 49.7) 3:24.71 ND
      2008  (Malachi Freeman, 51.5, Ryan Carter, 50.4, Matt Freeman, 51.0, Alan Harding, 50.2) 3:23.17 ND
  A.I. DUPONT    4 1925  (Strickland, Sirsella, Squires, Woodward) 3:42.0y©
      1928  (Tharp, Waibel, Craig, McVaugh) 3:53.0y©
       1931  (Waibel, Montgomery, Terrell, McKinley) 3:46 4/5y©
       1932  (Terrell, Larkin, Lucas, Tattersal) 3:45.0y©
  TOWER HILL   4 1962  (Hank Abernathy, Chuck Hobbs, Alan Nichols, Ron Felix) 3:36.3y©
      1974  (Bob Knotts, Bob Ashley, Ken Williams, Bill Bove) 3:36.8y SP 
      1976  (Ed Barkdale, 52.2, Dan Weintraub, 53.8, Chris Sillman, 50.8, Ken Williams, 49.8) 3:26.6 SP
      1999  (Adam Kalamchi, Paul Stemniski, Robbie Randolph, Curtis Smith) 3:25.49 ND
  CAPE HENLOPEN   4 1971  (Chet Brisco, Brad Waples, Irv Stevenson, Emory Howell) 3:26.5y
      1975  (Delphos Price, Noah Piper, John McNair, Vince Lewis) 3:26.0y
      1978  (Lance White, Tracy Felton, Warren Perry, Glen Smith, 49.8) 3:26.1
      1986  (John Gaines, 52.1, Otis White, 50.0, Robert Brittingham, 52.5, Ricky Pitts, 48.3) 3:22.9
  SALESIANUM   3 1990  (Mike Querey, 51.1, Sean Londergan, 50.9, Craig Fitzgerald, 52.4, Lou Kahl, 49.6) 3:24.0
      2002  (Carl Hansen, Eric Brooking, Austin Whittington, Tom Lord) 3:27.80 ND
      2004  (Mike Kowal, 51.3, Chris Keech, 51.9, Marc Myszah, 53.4, Austin Whittington, 48.7) 3:25.42 ND
  NEWARK   2 1933  (R. McVey, F. Wharton, W. Singles, K. Mayer) 3:44.1y©
      2003  (Samuel Cotton, Kenneth Black, Martin Reed, Brandon Reeves) 3:23.54 ND     
  REDDING   2 1956  (Herman Moody, Bob Henry, Ed Hinson, Clarence Henry) 3:37.3y©
      1957  (Ed Hinson, Herman Moody, Bob Henry, Clarence Henry) 3:34.7y©
  BRANDYWINE   2 1961  (Steve Kulp, Jim Hitchcock, Kent Richards, Buddy Hailey) 3:40.3y©
      2001  (Ishmael Lewis, Gabe Dudley, Mike Schmidt, Ivan Schmidt) 3:26.14 ND
  CHRISTIANA   2 1969  (Randy Glines, Ed Chandler, John Flickinger, Curt Payne) 3:27.8y
      2000  (Quinn Martin, Virgil Rush, Joe Dury, Andre McMillan) 3:25.18 ND
  DOVER   2 1975  (Henry Boss, 51.6, Eric Caulley, 49.6, Ukee Washington, 49.9, Ron Jackson, 50.2) 3:21.3y
      1980  (Darryl McNair, 50.6, Anthonmy Johnson, 50.6, Mark Baustert, 49.2, Everett Caulley, 49.2) 3:19.8
  DICKINSON   2 1983  (Tony Bolling, Ken Washington, Peter Irving, Vando Davis, 49.2) 3:23.0
      1984  (Daryl Teat, Steve Napier, Jake Watermam, Vando Davis) 3:27.9
  CAESAR RODNEY   2 1986  (Jeff Dawson, 53.3, Eddie Miller, 53.1, Richard Dixon, 52.1, Chris Cronis, 51.4) 3:29.9
       1993  (Oji Sinceno, 51.3, Aaron Woods, 51.1, Billy Graham, 52.1, Chris Sheasby, 51.0) 3:25.53