Kemoy Campbell becomes first Jamaican to win the 3000 at Penn Relays

April 25, 2010 · by pwalker · in ,

Kemoy Campbell (Bellefield Comprehensive, Jamaica) ran a bold race from
the front and barely held off the frantic charge of Alex Hatz
(Fayetteville-Manlius, NY) to win in 8:20.14–8:21.01. Those are the
fourth and sixth fastest times ever at the Relays. Campbell becomes the
first Jamaican to win this event.

High School Boys’
3000m Championship

Event
164Friday
6:15 PM
Records
NR Riverbank (Ca) 7:59.83 2008 German Fernandez
PR Monroe-Woodbury (Central Valley, N.Y.) 8:05.8 1986 John Trautmann

Results


PL ID Athlete School/Affiliation Mark

1 3 Kemoy Campbell Bellefield
Comprehensive  (Mandeville, JAM) 		8:20.14

2 7 Alex Hatz Fayetteville-Manlius  (Manlius, NY) 8:21.01

3 1 Jake Hurysz Eastern
Alamance  (Mebane, NC) 		8:21.74

4 10 Chris Bendtsen Wolcott  (Wolcott, CT) 8:21.79

5 5 Tyler Udland Millburn  (Millburn, NJ) 8:25.06

6 16 Mohamed Abushouk Cary  (Cary, NC) 8:26.10

7 17 Blake Williams Northern
Durham  (Durham, NC) 		8:27.60

8 4 Christopher Foley Chantilly  (Chantilly, VA) 8:27.67

9 11 Michael Ross Mansy Science Hill  (Johnson City, TN) 8:28.96

10 19 Yazid Zouaimia Centreville  (Clifton, VA) 8:29.49

11 22 Dustin Wilson Chestnut Hill
Academy  (Philadelphia, PA) 		8:30.96

12 2 Jeramy Elkaim Livingston  (Livingston, NJ) 8:33.02

13 24 John Murray Shrewsbury  (Shrewsbury, MA) 8:35.06

14 8 Mike Rankin Paul VI  (Haddonfield, NJ) 8:36.10

15 13 KiKanae Punyua Wilde Lake  (Columbia, MD) 8:36.42

16 18 Natnael Meseret Robert E. Lee  (Springfield, VA) 8:43.68

17 23 Max Straneva Chenango
Valley  (Binghamton, NY) 		8:44.55

18 14 Mike O’Dowd Colts Neck  (Colts Neck, NJ) 8:46.83

19 12 Matthew Valeriani Southern
Regional  (Manahawkin, NJ) 		8:47.95

20 20 Daniel Francoeur Conard  (West Hartford, CT) 8:57.05