Boys and Girls Teams Medal, Break School Records at Relays

The 4 x 400 meter relay teams from Penn Charter - both the girls and the boys - excelled at the 112th Penn Relays.

Penn Charter's boys, Kashif Smith, Shawn David, Dareem David and Kamal Marell ran a time of 3:25.78 to capture first place in the 4 x 400 Meter Relay in the Inter-Ac heat on April 29.

And, later the same day, they returned to run 3:23:34 - a new school record - and finish third in the Philadelphia Area Championship Heat, a race that included independent, parochial and public schools in the tri-state region. The same team was sixth at the Nike National Indoor Meet in March in the 4 x 200 Meter Relay.

Marell, a senior at Penn Charter who will attend Clemson University in September, also qualified for the 400 meter intermediate hurdles championship and placed 10th, running 55.37, also a new school record. The David twins are only in 9th grade. Smith, a 10th grader, is the brother of the sprinter who ran the first leg in the girls race.

Khaaleedah Smith, Lisa Fugelo, JaLia Moody and Sierra Tishgart took second place in the Prep School Girls' 4 x 400 meter relay at Penn with a new school record of 4:09.10. The team ran the fastest time of any Philadelphia-area private school. The entire girls team returns for next season.

"We were delighted that both the boys and girls had such a great performance at the Penn Relays," said boys head coach Stephen A. Bonnie.