Multiple Abington, Cheltenham runners take first in Penn Relays

May 2nd, 2023 | By Ryan Genova

Student-athletes from Abington and Cheltenham high schools took part in the 127th annual Penn Relays last weekend, and many of them came home with medals around their necks.

From Abington, the 4x400M relay team made up of Luke Coleman, Keith Axten, Jamir McClinton, and Tyler Abraham took first place in the Suburban National and Philly Area races.

&amp;lt;br>&amp;lt;br>Other Abington runners’ results include Axten, McClinton, Evan Dias, Richard Wesh in the high school boys 4×100, earning 64th place with a time of 44.35; Hannah Winters, Sydney Smith, Rose Coyle, and Ella Swanljung coming in 13th place with a time of 51.17 in the same race but for girls; and Coyle, Smith, Dianna Coyle, and Swanljung finishing eighth with a time of 4:17.92 in the Suburban National 4×400.&amp;lt;br>&amp;lt;br>For Cheltenham, Ke’Nai Massiah, Nathan Hoffman, Traeon Bradsher and Jordan Sowell won the Suburban One American Boys 4x400M relay. &amp;lt;br>&amp;lt;br>More finishes were posted in Cheltenham School District’s &amp;lt;a href=”https://www.facebook.com/CheltenhamSD” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>F

For Cheltenham, Ke’Nai Massiah, Nathan Hoffman, Traeon Bradsher and Jordan Sowell won the Suburban One American Boys 4x400M relay in a time of 3:22.42.

More finishes were posted in Cheltenham School District’s Facebook post:

Adjoa Amoh, Kira Murray, Michelle Korsah, Eyota Bey combined for second place in the Suburban One American Girls 4x400M in 4:00.17, less than half a second off the winning time. Jordan Elmine, Sean Alston, Tamir Erwin and Davon Gavin finished third in the Ninth Grade 4x100M relay with a time of 46.12. In the Philadelphia Area Boys 4×400, Massiah, Hoffman, Bradsher and Sowell took fifth place in 3:26.51. Congratulations to all the runners! #PantherPride

Photos courtesy of Tracy Valko Photography, Cheltenham and Abington school districts