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#Penns2022 | Edwin Allen, Holmwood through to 4x800 final

Published:Thursday | April 28, 2022 | 9:34 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer
Holmwood Technical's Samantha Pryce, part of the Girls' 4x800-metre relay team at the Penn Relays which started this morning.

Defending champions, Edwin Allen High School, and Holmwood Technical are through to tomorrow's final of the Girls' High School Championships of America 4x800-metre relay at the Penn Relays after finishing second and first respectively in the preliminarry round of the event.

Edwin Allen, the first Jamaican team in action, finished second in 9 minutes 13.89 seconds after leading for the majority of the race as Union Catholic out of New Jersey won in 9:13.08.

Competing in the second heat, the quartet of Cindy Rose, Jody ann Mitchell, Samantha Pryce and Ysanne Peart led from start to finish to win in 9:23.48, ahead of William Penn Charter of Pennsylvania, second in 9:26.88.

Cherokee out of New Jersey won Heat Three in 9:21.19, while Cuthberdon of North Carolina won Heat Four in 9:19.75.

The final is scheduled for tomorrow at 2:55 p.m.

 

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