Souffrant run’s country’s 2nd fastest 800 time and anchors Stars’ winning sprint medley team at Marine Corps Holiday Classic

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The Nottingham foursome of (from left) Boaz Madeus, Godfred Akuffo, David Viah and Kenley Souffrant display their gold medals after winning the sprint medley relay in a school record time at Thursday’s Marine Corps Classic.

By Rich Fisher
Fish4scores.com

Dec. 29: If the Marines are looking for a few good men, they had one in their midst in Kenley Souffrant.

Nottingham’ track coach Jon “Big Dawg” Adams (left) celebrates with Kenley Souffrant after the Northstar won the 800 meter race at the Marine Corps Classic in New York City Thursday.

The Nottingham High track & field team competed in the Marine Corps Holiday Classic at the Armory in New York City Thursday, and it was a memorable trip for Souffrant. Competing in the 800 meters, Kenley won the race in a time of 1:56.70 at the New Balance Track & Field Center Armory. Souffrant’s mark stands as the No. 2 time in the U.S.

It was the first of two gold medals for Souffrant, who also ran anchor on Nottingham’s first-place sprint medley relay team. The quartet of Boaz Madeus, Godfred Akuffo, David Viah and Souffrant ran a school record 3:35.06.

About The Author


Rich Fisher has been around the Hamilton Township sports scene for so long that he actually got Rich Giallella’s autograph when Giallella was still a player! Proud product of Hamilton YMCA and Lou Gehrig baseball leagues and former teammate of Jim Maher on a very average Barton & Cooney rec basketball team, Fish graduated from Nottingham Junior High and Steinert High school and has covered township sports since 1980. His goal in life is to convince Maria Prato that Jersey tomatoes are at least 100 times better than California tomatoes.