Thousands of runners and track and field athletes will descend on Philadelphia this week for the 130th running of the Penn Relays. High school, college, professional and Special Olympics athletes from ...

The 130th Penn Relays began at Franklin Field in Philadelphia with Jamaican high school teams Sydney Pagon STEM and Alphansus Davis taking back-to-back wins in the girls 4x800 relays. The historic ...

Having written for The News Journal for 43½ splendid years and its online offspring throughout the 21st century, it’s easy to feel like an ancient relic. Perhaps that’s why the Penn Relays, which have ...

There is a historical marker outside the University of Pennsylvania's Franklin Field that notes the Penn Relays' esteemed past. But the whole place - from the brick outer layer to the clock above the ...

For the visiting Jamaican scholastic and collegiate participants, their coaches and fans, this year’s recent Penn Relays Carnival at Philadelphia’s University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field reached ...

The Americans are coming in hot on the track. On Dec. 5, the United States Track and Field governing body announced their inaugural 17-meet tour series — and the Penn Relay Carnival was named as one ...

CBA’s (l to r) Ryan Schmitt, Ethan Fianko, Wyatt Falkowski, Joe Barrett hold up championship wheel they earned after winning the High School Boys' Distance Medley Championship of America at the Penn ...

At the 122nd Penn Relay Carnival, a 100-year-old woman named Ida Keeling crossed the finish line in the mixed Masters 100-meter dash. Despite her last-place finish, the crowd inside Franklin Field was ...

The Penn Relays, the United States' largest — and oldest — track and field competition starts Thursday. The event has been held at the University of Pennsylvania's Franklin Field in Philadelphia since ...

Ryan Beegle of Chatham (left) starts the celebration after he edged out Ainsley Campbell of Kingston College (Jamaica) at the finish line to win the High School Boys' 4x800 Championship of America at ...