Winners
in Phila. Public League Track Championships
(compiled by Ted Silary)
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SHORT RELAYS
(* -- indicates record-setting performance)
| Year | 440 Relay | 880 Relay |
| 1940 | Franklin, 44.8 | Overbrook, 1:32.2 |
| Arthur Hill, Duke Greiss, | Tom Norman, Alfred Knight, | |
| George Hendrix, Frank Miller | William Mobley, Sheldon Teller | |
| 1941 | Franklin, 46.0 | Northeast, 1:34.2 |
| Maxwell, Butler, | Webster, Pohn, | |
| Phillips, Evans | Kelly, Reckeweg | |
| 1942 | Central, 44.4 | Central, 1:35.1 |
| Hank Dudek, Gehlhaus, | Sherman, Norm Butler, | |
| Norm Butler, Battles | Sam Battles, Hank Dudek | |
| 1943 | Central, 45.1 | Central, 1:34.4 |
| Alvin Arzt, Norm Butler, | Alvin Arzt, Norm Butler, | |
| Glen Sanborn, Sam Battles | Glen Sanborn, Sam Battles | |
| 1944 | Northeast, 45.5 | Central, 1:34.7 |
| Randolph, Callahan, | Rich Kropp, George Danehower, | |
| Frank, Cullen | Robert Robinson, Tony Didio | |
| 1945 | Overbrook, 45.0 | Central, 1:32.6 |
| Maloy, Feldman, | Abrams, Danehower, | |
| Humphrey, Todd | Robinson, Kropp | |
| 1946 | Central, *44.0 | Central, 1:32.8 |
| Roy Perper, Aaron Sorkin, | Roy Perper, Aaron Sorkin, | |
| Lee Shields, Wilbert Lancaster | Lee Shields, Wilbert Lancaster | |
| 1947 | Franklin, 44.5 | Franklin, 1:34.2 |
| Bradford Laws, Norm Sistrum | Bradford Laws, Norm Sistrum, | |
| Louis Johnson, Allan Boyer | Louis Johnson, Al Baxter | |
| 1948 | Overbrook, T*44.0 | Overbrook, 1:32.4 |
| Jeff Taylor, Prince Gilliard, | Taylor, Gilliard, | |
| Bill Richards, Ed Lewis | Lester Walls, Bill Tawresy | |
| 1949 | Overbrook, 45.3 | Northeast, 1:34.0 |
| Len Peterson, Bill Pitta, | James Robinson, Ray Bonners, | |
| Howard Stallworth, Dave Duley | James Davis, Bob Jones | |
| 1950 | Northeast, 44.6 | Northeast, 1:32.4 |
| Richard Price, Gil Thomas, | Richard Price, Ray Bonners, | |
| Ernest Watson, Bob Jones | Gil Thomas, Joe Robinson | |
| 1951 | Franklin, 45.4 | Central, 1:35.6 |
| Roland Williams, William Drakewood | Ken Minyard, Charles Epstein | |
| William Yancy, Rueben Adkins | Joe Jungkurth, Eugene Wethers | |
| 1952 | Northeast, 45.1 | Bartram, 1:35.6 |
| Charles Downs, Ed McPherson, | Ed Lucy, Stan Dixon, | |
| Ernie Watson, Harvey Snyder | Howard Franklin, Dick Wilson | |
| 1953 | Northeast, 45.4 | Bok, 1:34.8 |
| George James, Aaron Wilson | Wallace Custis, Charles Young, | |
| Paul Boldin, Phillip Dukes | Levi Gunter, Melvin Outlaw | |
| " | Bartram, 1:34.8 | |
| Stanley Robinson, Ed Spivey, | ||
| Adolphus Chase, Herbert Pinder | ||
| 1954 | Northeast, 45.3 | Northeast, 1:32.9 |
| Paul Boldin, Plumer Adams, | Plumer Adams, John Thompson, | |
| Earl Fowlkes, John Johnson | Angelo Coia, Earl Fowlkes | |
| 1955 | Northeast, 44.2 | Northeast, 1:32.4 |
| Melvin Bain, John Johnson, | George James, John Johnson, | |
| Angelo Coia, Mike Cooper | Plumer Adams, Mike Cooper | |
| 1956 | Overbrook, 44.8 | Lincoln, 1:32.7 |
| Ron Greene, George Hunter, | Al Kovach, Dick Wojtczak, | |
| John Myers, Joe Love | Dick Engel, Ed Cooney | |
| 1957 | Bok, 44.1 | Bok, 1:32.4 |
| Joe Littlejohn, David Parks | Joe Littlejohn, David Parks, | |
| Mike Edge, William Legare | Ernest Gunther, Mike Edge | |
| 1958 | Bok, 44.3 | Central, 1:33.8 |
| Carl Hammock, David Parks, | Herb Coverdale, Dave Davis, | |
| Leroy Chisolm, Joe Littlejohn | Dan Soufer, Nate Kleinberg | |
| 1959 | West, 45.2 | West, *1:32.1 |
| Sol Chamberlain, Marshall Dugan, | Phil Holmes, Ernest Wilson, | |
| Ernest Wilson, Ed Williams | Rod Russell, Ed Williams | |
| 1960 | ||
| 1961 | Overbrook, 44.5 | Overbrook, 1:32.9 |
| Rod Langnas, James Williams, | James Williams, Claude Staten, | |
| Claude Staten, Norman Robinson | Norman Robinson, Larry Stokes | |
| 1962 | Central, 44.3 | Edison, *1:32.0 |
| William Davis, Jeffrey Blatt, | William Campbell, John Hunter | |
| Ira Seigel, Scott Lager | Ted Mathis, Francis Bowie | |
| 1963 | West, 44.0 | Franklin, *1:30.9 |
| Jerome King, Jesse Merrill | Lamont Jacobs, Steve Denby, | |
| Ed Christian, Clarence Watson | Les Brown, Les Johnson | |
| 1964 | Bartram, *42.8 | Edison, 1:31.2 |
| Charles Covington, William Wright, | Jim Haines, Bill Richardson, | |
| Bob Snead, Osbourne Shamberger | Harvey Royal, John Hunter | |
| 1965 | Edison, 43.6 | Germantown, *1:30.5 |
| Jim McLeod, Jim Haines, | Fred Campbell, George Kidd, | |
| Alonzo Goodman, Melvin Colston | Greg Ogle, Emanuel Carter | |
| 1966 | Franklin, 44.2 | Franklin, 1:31.4 |
| Don Humphries, Theotis McGhee, | Sandor Turner, Vince Jones, | |
| Vince Jones, Ken Mitchell | Don Humphries, Isaiah McCray | |
| 1967 | West, 43.6 | Franklin, *1:30.4 |
| Claude Johnson, Alex McNeal, | Ken Mitchell, Ron Wiggins, | |
| Barton Gurley, Mike Hawkins | Don Humphrie, Sandor Taylor | |
| 1968 | Bartram, 44.1 | Overbrook, 1:31.8 |
| Ron Jefferson, Wayne Dandridge, | Louis Morris, Jack Lott, | |
| Walt Wilson, Marv Frazier | Ewan Thaxter, Ed Gibson | |
| 1969 | Bartram, 44.1 | Bartram, 1:31.2 |
| Ron Jefferson, Dwight Wilson, | Ron Jefferson, Mike Robinson, | |
| Lin Ingram, Mike Robinson | Jim Verner, Carl Wilson | |
| 1970 | Edison, 44.1 | Overbrook, 1:34.1 |
| Jesse Washington, Bob Stinson, | Sam King, Lemuel George, | |
| Bobby Williams, Calvin Jones | Anthony Cooper, Louis Morris | |
| 1971 | unavailable . . . | |
| 1972 | Central, 39.9 | Central, 1:32.1 |
| Moody, Bryan, | Anderson, Harris, | |
| Johnson, Ragland | Johns, Ragland | |
| 1973 | Overbrook, 43.7 | Overbrook, 1:32.2 |
| Ken Johnson, Dennis Hobbs, | Al Hill, Tom Johnson, | |
| McKinley Mills, William Humbert | McKinley Mills, William Humbert | |
| 1974 | Overbrook, 43.9 | Overbrook, 1:32.1 |
| Dennis Hobbs, Albert Hill, | Tom Johnson, Anthony Watson, | |
| Willie Humbert, Euclid Gibson | Edmond Johnson, Willie Humbert | |
| 1975 | Bartram, 44.2 | Central, 1:32.1 |
| Aaron Singleton, Ronald Holley, | Donald London, Ron Wilson, | |
| Mike Gold, Melvin Rowden | John Sample, Dudley Roberts | |
| 1976 | Central, 43.1 | Franklin, *1:29.7 |
| John Sample, Sylvester Cooper, | Bernard Long, Tyrone Parker, | |
| Al Woodson, Daryl Murphy | Roger Dixon, Clinton Young | |
| 1977 | Overbrook, 43.7 | Franklin, 1:31.6 |
| McLendon, Dixon, | Dale Watson, Paul Davis, | |
| Sewell, Thompson | Andre Davis, Bernard Long | |
| 1978 | Central, 44.2 | Central, 1:30.9 |
| Bruce Woods, David Mills, | Greg Sampson, David Mills, | |
| George Scott, Sylvester Cooper | Dwayne Wilson, Sylvester Cooper | |
| 1979 | Central, 44.5 | Franklin, 1:30.6 |
| Dave Mills, Herb Williams, | Kevin Johnson, Dale Watson, | |
| Paul Calloway, Dwayne Rudd | Allen Jones, Maurice Long | |
| 1980 | Overbrook, 43.4 | Overbrook, 1:30.7 |
| Anthony Davis, Ken Johnson, | Carlos Lane, Ken Johnson, | |
| Anthony Edmond, Ken Brooks | Terry Pegrem, Ken Brooks | |
| 1981 | Southern, 43.2 | King, 1:28.7 |
| Bernstein, Sally, | Manigault, Miller, | |
| Cuffy, Grier | Foster, Bias | |
| 1982 | Franklin, *42.1 | King, 1:29.1 |
| Ron Gordon, Michael Gray, | Jonathan Adams, Michael Bias, | |
| Eric Wharton, Bernard Wadford | William Foster, Arnold Watts | |
| 1983 | West, 43.1 | Bartram, 1:29.8 |
| Decarroll Mintz, Leonard Forbes, | Robert Fontel, John Johnson, | |
| Kenneth Braxton, Ronald Hillian | Kevin Fauntleroy, Horace Henry | |
| 1984 | Central, 43.1 | Overbrook, 1:28.5 |
| Bernard McCoy, Merv Jones, | Kelly Cunningham, Robert Bailey, | |
| Joseph Harris, Darryl Cofield | Kevin Fauntleroy, Lincoln Townsend | |
| 1985 | Franklin, 43.3 | Overbrook, 1:31.3 |
| Jones, Molton, | Jon Drummond, Kent Green, | |
| Wiggins, Rahatt | Patrick Cann, Gary Williams | |
| 1986 | Central, 43.8 | Central, 1:31.2 |
| Rich Drayton, Troy Hughes, | Fred McCray, Che Wright, | |
| Che Wright, Fred McCray | Jeff Dallas, Ernest Stewart | |
| 1987 | Central, 43.73 | |
| Vangie Goldwire, Derrick Smith, | ||
| Jose Perez, Fred McCray | ||
| 1988 | Dobbins, 43.12 | |
| Arthur Childs, Gerald Jones, | ||
| Darryl Richardson, Gerald Barksdale | ||
| 1989 | Franklin, 43.4 | |
| Troy Burton, Tyrone West, | ||
| Lemuel Pierce, Robert Spencer | ||
| 1990 | Franklin, 43.23 | |
| Lemuel Pierce, Troy Burton, | ||
| Robert Spencer, Tyrone West | ||
| 1991 | Bartram, 43.75 | |
| Montrell Burnett, Vernon Dyer, | ||
| Antoin Peterson, Bill Bailey | ||
| 1992 | ||
| 1993 | Lincoln, 44.1 | |
| Mark Webb, Chad Evans, | ||
| Hasan Smith, Jonathan Joachim | ||
| 1994 | Overbrook, 42.88 | |
| Rasheed Stewart, Victor Martin, | ||
| Bazil Bailey, Deworski Odom | ||
| 1995 | Overbrook, *41.8 | |
| Alan Wade, Isaac Tolbert, | ||
| Bazil Bailey, Deworski Odom | ||
| 1996 | Frankford, 43.41 | |
| Earl Murray, Eddie Gaskins, | ||
| Rasheed Raazzaaq, Jon Robinson | ||
| 1997 | Franklin, 42.22 | |
| Terrance Furtick, Chris Cobbs, | ||
| John Robinson, Darnell Johnson | ||
| 1998 | Central, 42.77 | |
| Napoleon Nelson, Darryl Williams, | ||
| Olufolasi Fadeyibi, Kairi Cooper | ||
| 1999 | Eng. and Science, 43.34 | Eng. and Science, 1:30.78 |
| Malone Carey, Keith Whittaker, | Keith Whittaker, Munajj Smith, | |
| Munajj Smith, David Collins | Malone Carey, David Collins | |
| 2000 | Gratz, 43.0 | Gratz, 1:28.9 |
| Richard Britt, Terrance Stokes, | Richard Britt, Ronald Hillian | |
| Munajj Smith, Terrance Day | Munajj Smith, Terrance Day | |
| 2001 | Central, 42.91 | Gratz, 1:31.00 |
| Chris Williams, Mike Major, | Kevin Brown, Randall Scott, | |
| Chris Doerr, Kamal Stratton | Jared Jenkins, Richard Britt | |
| 2002 | Gratz, 43.34 | Gratz, 1:31.15 |
| Randall Scott, Richard Britt, | Nimrod Speaks, Robert Clark, | |
| Nimrod Speaks, David Hurd | Jared Jenkins, David Hurd | |
| 2003 | Dobbins, 43.92 | Dobbins, 1:31.50 |
| Aaron Gary, Rashad Williams, | Aaron Gary, Rashad Williams, | |
| Larris Robinson, Ariel Simmons | Larris Robinson, Ariel Simmons | |
| 2004 | Dobbins, 43.3 | not contested |
| Aaron Gary, Rashad Williams, | ||
| Larris Robinson, Ariel Simmons | ||
| 2005 | Gratz, 42.43 | not contested |
| Kenneth Talley, Kevin Talley, | ||
| Desean Carter, Rashine Turner | ||
| 2006 | Gratz, 42.46 | not contested |
| Markise King, Khaliff Featherstone, | ||
| Kevin Talley, Kenneth Talley | ||
| 2007 | Lincoln, 43.92 | not contested |
| Josh Truett, Demetrius Morris | ||
| Mentru Nagbe, Courey Burrell | ||
| 2008 | Central, 43.31 | not contested |
| Mark Clarke, Corey Barkers | ||
| Wayne Lamb, Evan Emery | ||
| 2009 | Northeast, 43.67 | not contested |
| Keenan Allen, Brandon Robinson | ||
| Te'Quan Stewart, Erick Brundidge | ||
| 2010 | Fels, 43.87 | not contested |
| Terry Brown, Niager Mathis | ||
| Musa Kamara, Kaleal Neal | ||
| 2011 | Del-Val, 43.39 | not contested |
| Christian Beard, Nafees Norris | ||
| Kimo Williams, Aaron Baker | ||
| 2012 | Imhotep, 43.61 | not contested |
| Justin Harris, James Keith | ||
| Shakur NeSmith, Robert Allen | ||
| 2013 | Gratz, 43.00 | not contested |
| Elijah Elliott, Fulani Freeman | ||
| Daquan Freeman, Nydair Rouse | ||
| 2014 | Del-Val, 42.84 | not contested |
| Gary Carter, Donaldo Benjamin | ||
| Robert Allen Jr., Phil Sargent | ||
| 2015 | Imho, 42.97 | not contested |
| Christopher Wells, Ade Jones-Roundtree | ||
| Kristian Marche, Denniston "DJ" Moore |