District 1 Track and Field: Chester hurdler Damira Allen OK with gold rather than another record

District 1 Track and Field: Chester hurdler Damira Allen OK with gold rather than another record

CALN TWP. — Whatever else Friday’s storms brought to Coatesville Area High School, they offered pockets of good running weather. Chester junior Damira Allen took advantage of one by going 13.91 in prelims of the 100-meter hurdles at the District 1 Class 3A Championships, breaking her tie with Penn Wood Olympian Dawn Burrell for the Delco record. Allen was slightly slower Saturday but still won the final comfortably in 14.04 seconds. “It was pret…

District 1 Track and Field: Connecticut-bound Wahdan leaps his way to district gold

CALN TWP. – Mohamed Wahdan didn’t clear his first hurdle in earnest until late in his junior year of high school. Despite his mom’s insistence that he give it a try, the Sun Valley runner was whiling away his junior year as a 400-meter runner, mostly on relays. Finally, Wahdan gave in and gave it a try last season … which led to a district cut in his first race over 300 meters, to a time of 40.58 seconds at districts, to a 7.88 indoor 60-meter t…