Episcopal Academy‘s track stars Avery Elliott and Saige Forbes hold 19 combined school records and helped the school win its first PISAA girls’ track title since 2016.

Elliott excels in the hurdles, high jump, long jump and pentathlon. Forbes is a star sprinter and jumper, writes Aaron Carter for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“I think it’s official now,” said Episcopal Academy coach John Goens. “I think they are the two most decorated girls we’ve had come through our program. … They’ve done us proud.”

Episcopal’s track program is rigorous, so Elliott’s and Sage’s “speaks volumes,” Goens said.

The two girls, now close friends, both had resilient mothers who blazed paths for their daughters.

Elliot come from from talented, hardworking, and focused musicians and athletes. Forbes’ family emigrated from Jamaica. Her uncle was an Olympic sprinter.

“I think our girls represent promise and the culmination of belief in oneself, commitment, hard work, and not limiting oneself,” Elliott’s mother, Tara, said of the two

The girls compete as high school teammates one last time at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals June 13-16 at Franklin Field.

The pair will be competing next year at Penn and Harvard.

Read more about Avery Elliott and Saige Forbes in The Philadelphia Inquirer.