LOWER MERION — After he completed the anchor leg in the 4 x 400-meter relay at the Central League Championships Wednesday at Lower Merion’s Arnold Field, Penncrest’s Dion Durnell spotted a chair in the infield and immediately sat down to relax.
The chair was not his, but that did not matter. Durnell needed to sit down. Running five races in less than five hours, as Durnell did, will wear out even the fittest of athletes, but Durnell’s exhausting performance was worth it as the senior captain was handed the Bob Jesson Trophy that goes to the Central League team champion.
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