From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Winslow and Pennsauken ran the two-fastest 1,600-meter relays in South Jersey history Friday – and No. 4 and 8 in state history – in a historic showdown in the Penn Relays South Jersey Large-School championship race at Franklin Field.

Winslow won the race in 3:40.64 and Pennsauken was 2^nd in 3:41.89, and both qualified for the prestigious Championship of America race, sheduled for 4:55 p.m. Friday.

Both ran under the South Jersey-record 3:43.46 from last year’s South Jersey Large-School race.

Their times are 5^th– and 6^th-fastest of more than 500 schools that raced in various 4-by-4 sections on Thursday. The nine-fastest schools advance to the Championship of America.

The only U.S. school to run faster than Winslow and Pennsauken was Bullis School of Potomac, Md., which ran 3:40.24.

Sophomore Jasmine Jackson ran a 53.85 anchor to move Winslow into the lead on the final lap. Sophomore Amariah Arango [56.66], junior Cinniya Robinson [53.53] and senior Olivia Okaro [56.62] ran the first three legs for Winslow.

Pennsauken got a 57.13 leadoff from junior Summer Schaeffer, then 52.46 from three-time national champion Sianni Wynn, a 56.17 from Olivia Dupree and a 56.14 from sophomore anchor Hope Edwards.

Earlier in the day, Pennsauken and Winslow posted the 3^rd– and 10^th-fastest times of more than 600 schools in the 400-meter relay, with Pennsauken setting a South Jersey record of 45.68 and qualifying for the Championship of America on Friday and Winslow running 46.40, 4^th-fastest in South Jersey history and qualifying for the Northeast Championship race Friday.

This is Winslow’s fifth win in the South Jersey Large-School race. They also won in 2016, 2017, 2018 and last year with Amariah Arango, Jasmine Jackson, Skhye Seamon and Cinniya Robinson setting a South Jersey-record 3:43.46 and advancing to the Championship of America, where they ran 3:48.28 and placed 8^th.

3:39.55 … Hydel [St. Catherine, Jamaica]
3:39.56 … Edwin Allen [Clarendon, Jamaica]
3:39.82 … Holmwood Tech [Christiana, Jamaica]
3:40.24 … Bullis School [Potomac, Md.]
3:40.64 … Winslow Twp. [Atco, N.J.]
3:41.89 … Pennsauken [N.J.]
3:43.33 … Bishop McNamara [Forestville, Md.]
3:44.81 … Alphansus Davis [Clarendon, Jamaica]
3:44.81 … St. Augustine’s [Nassau, Bahamas]
3:45.93 … Western [Baltimore]
3:47.08 … Immaculate Conception [Kingston, Jamaica]
3:47.44 … St. Elizabeth Tech [Santa Cruz, Jamaica]

3:47.92 … Sydney Pagon STEM [St. Elizabeth, Jamaica]
3:48.77 … Willian Knibb [Trelawny, Jamaica]
3:49.13 … Elizabeth Seton [Bladensburg, Md.]
3:49.43 … Union Catholic [Scotch Plains, N.J.]
3:49.56 … Woodlawn [Md.]

3:35.90 … Union Catholic, 2015
3:38.92 … Union Catholic, 2017
3:40.36 … Columbia, 2013
3:40.64 … Winslow Twp. [Atco, N.J.]
3:41.03 … Montclair, 1998
3:41.17 … Union Catholic, 2024
3:41.19 … Columbia, 2014
3:41.89 … Pennsauken [N.J.]
3:42.54 … Columbia, 2010
3:42.59 … Union Catholic, 2016
3:42.97 … Union Catholic, 2019
3:43.46 … Winslow Twp., 2025
3:43.3h … Plainfield, 1981
3:43.66 … Union Catholic, 2025
3:43.94 … Willingboro, 2003
3;44.43 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:44.64 … Willingboro, 2002
3:44.67 … Clayton, 2022
3:44.9h … Columbia, 1980
3:45.11 … Union Catholic, 2024
3:45.12 … Trenton, 2001
3:45.41 … Camden, 1995
3:45.67 … Willingboro, 1999
3:45.77 … Willingboro, 2025
3:45.89 … Lawrenceville School, 2025
3:46.04 … Timber Creek, 2024
3:46.13 … Willingboro, 2000
3:46.38 … Timber Creek, 2023
3:46.67 … Winslow, 2018
3:46.71 … Union Catholic, 2023
3:46.73 … Scotch Plains-Fanwood
3:46.85 … Winslow Twp., 2024

All-Time South Jersey 4-by-4 List
3:43.46 … Winslow Twp., 2025
3:43.94 … Willingboro, 2001
3;44.43 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:44.64 … Willingboro, 2002
3:44.67 … Clayton, 2022
3:44.97 … Pennsauken, 2026
3:45.41 … Camden, 1995
3:45.67 … Willingboro, 1999
3:45.77 … Willingboro, 2025
3:46.04 … Timber Creek, 2024
3:46.13 … Willingboro, 2000
3:46.38 … Timber Creek, 2023
3:46.66 … Timber Creek, 2024
3:46.67 … Winslow Twp., 2018
3:46.85 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:47.16 … Eastern, 2003
3:47.30 … Willingboro, 2003
3:47.41 … Winslow Twp., 2017
3:47.4h … Camden, 1978
3:47.55 … Camden, 2006
3:48.00 … Wilson, 2001
3:48.17 … Wilson, 2006
3:48.6y … Camden,, 1978
3:48.78 … Lenape, 2014
3:48.7h … Washington Twp., 1999
3:48.87 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
3:48.91 … Penns Grove, 2013
3:49.25 … Lenape, 2015
3:49.2y … Camden, 1979
3:49.30 … Winslow Twp., 2004
3:49.43 … Willingboro, 1997
3:49.53 … Willingboro, 1998
3:49.63 … Winslow Twp., 2016
3:49.01 … Eastern, 2024
3:49.93 … Willingboro, 2009

The Pennsauken girls ran the 4th-fastest time in state history and Winslow ran the 4th-fastest in South Jersey history Friday morning during sizzling 400-meter relay heats at the 130th Penn Relays.

Pennsauken earned a lane in the prestigious Championship of America race on Friday. Winslow missed by 3-100ths of a second but will race in the Northeast Championship race on Friday.

Pennsauken smashed the South Jersey record it set just five days earlier at the Woodbury Relays with junior Summer Schaeffer leading off, followed by seniors Sanaya Dupree, Olivia Dupree and Sianni Wynn running 45.68. They had set the South Jersey record of 45.93 Saturday at Woodbury.

Their time is fastest by a New Jersey public school in 28 years, since the legendary Montclair team with Aleah Williams, Mikele and Melissa Barber and Chantel Coppedge ran 45.50 for 2nd place behind Vere Tech in the Championship of America in 1998.

The only schools to run faster than Pennsauken Thursday morning were Edwin Allen of Clarendon, Jamaica, who ran 45.63, and the Bullis School of Potomac, Md., who ran 45.68. That’s actually the same time as Pennsauken, but down to 1,000ths, Bullis ran 45.676 and Pennsauken 45.680.

Pennsauken won its race running solo, with nobody else within three seconds at the finish line.

About 10 minutes before Pennsauken raced, sophomore Amariah Arango, senior Olivia Okaro, junior Cinniya Robinson and sophomore Jasmine Jackson of Winslow ran 46.40, 4th-fastest in South Jersey history and 11th in state history. Winslow had just set a school record of 46.55 at Woodbury.

Pennsauken and Winslow ran the 3rd- and 10th-fastest times of 610 teams that raced in the small-school and large-school races.

As one of the top nine schools, Pennsauken qualified for the Championship of America race at 2:15 p.m. Friday. They will line up in Lane 8 Friday.alongside four Jamaican schools and three high schools from Maryland and one from Virginia.

Winslow, as one of the next nine-fastest U.S. schools, qualified for the Northeast  Championship race at 2 p.m. Friday.

They will line up in Lane 6.

Winslow and Pennsauken are both among the top seeds in the 1,600-meter relays coming up later Thursday, giving both Pennsauken and Winslow another chance at reaching a Championship of America race.

Kingsway [48.36], Rancocas Valley [48.51] and Willingboro [48.52] also ran well under 49 seconds. Talia Griscom, Saudah Turner, Lariah Miles and Noemi Haller ran for Kingsway, Allana Peebles, Dominique Johnston, Alexandra Rodriguez, and Angelina Brown ran for Rancocas Valley and Jaden Murry, Erin Scott, Trinity Brapoh and Jade Pinder for Willingboro.

All-Time South Jersey 400-Meter Relay
45.93 … Pennsauken, 2026
46.19 … Timber Creek, 2024
46.20 … Willingboro, 2025
46.40 … Winslow Twp., 2026
46.43 … Timber Creek, 2023
46.55 … Winslow Twp., 2026
46.87 … Eastern, 2003
46.95 … Pennsauken, 2025
46.98 … Winslow Twp., 2017
46.9h … Willingboro, 1980
47.06 … Winslow Twp., 2014
47.07 … Winslow Twp., 2025
47.18 … Winslow Twp., 2013
47.19 … Winslow Twp., 2018
47.25 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2018
47.27 … Delsea, 2017
47.32 … Winslow Twp., 2026
47.36 … Eastern, 2019
47.36 … Rancocas Valley, 2025
47.40 … Winslow Twp., 2016
47.40 … Winslow Twp., 2025
47.3h … Willingboro, 1981
47.45 … Willingboro, 1994
47.49 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
47.53 … Millville, 2019
47.53 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
47.54 … Winslow Twp., 2003
47.54 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
47.4h … Camden,, 1978
47.4y … Camden, 1979
47.72 … Pennsauken, 2024
47.75 … Eastern, 2002
47.76 … Winslow Twp., 2005
47.76 … Winslow Twp., 2012
47.78 … Willingboro, 2023
47.79 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2021
47.81 … Haddonfield, 2024
47.82 … Moorestown, 2000
47.84 … Kingsway, 2025
47.85 … Deptford, 2015
47.87 … Winslow Twp., 2011
47.9h … Willingboro, 1995
47.8h … Willingboro, 2003
47.94 … Camden, 2000
47.96 … Winslow Twp., 2024
47.98 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2019

All-Time New Jersey 400-Meter Relay List
45.48 … Union Catholic, 2024
45.50 … Montclair, 1998
45.53 … Union Catholic, 2025
45.68 … Pennsauken
45.89 … Columbia, 2010
45.93 … Pennsauken, 2026
46.08 … Trenton, 1984
46.19 … Timber Creek, 2024
46.20 … Willingboro, 2025
46.40 … Union Catholic, 2023
46.40 … Winslow, 2026
46.42 … Franklin Twp., 2003
46.43 … Timber Creek, 2023
46.55 … Winslow Twp., 2026
46.84 … Piscataway, 2014
46.87 … Eastern, 2003
46.89 … Franklin Twp., 2001
46.90 … Paramus Catholic, 2010
46.95 … Pennsauken, 2025
46.96 … Columbia, 2009
46.98 … Winslow Twp., 2017

Lindenwold senior Egypt Bolan cleared 5-10 ½ – just a quarter of an inch off her PR – and placed 3rd on misses Thursday morning in the high jump at the 130th running of the Penn Relays at Franklin Field.

Bolan, who won West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field in June, was one of three girls to clear 5-10 ½ but one miss at 5-8 and two at 5-9 ¼ placed her 3rd behind two jumpers from New York state.

Bolan did clear 5-10 ½ on her 1st attempt and the official results then showed her clearing 5-11 ¼ on her also 1st attempt, which would have been the No. 2 jump in New Jersey history. But somehow that make turned into a miss in the results.

Bolan is No. 3 in state history at 5-10 ¾ behind Ridgewood’s Jenna Rogers [6-0 ¾ in 2017] and Randolph’s Tatiana Smolin [5-11 in 1983].

Winslow senior Leeya Joseph soared 19 feet to place 6^th in the long jump at the 130^th running of the Penn Relays Thursday morning at Franklin Field.

Joseph matched her best outdoor jump from last year’s Meet of Champions at Pennsauken. She PR’d indoors when she won the Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze with 19-1 ½. So this equals her 2^nd-best jump ever.

Joseph also had jumps of 18-0 ½, 17-11 ½, 17-8 ¼ and 17-6 ¼ in a solid series. She finished only 9 ½ inches behind winner Brooklyn Little of Elizabeth Seton in Bladensburg, Md., who jumped 19-9 ½ on her final jump.

Joseph was the top jumper from New Jersey. Senior Angelina Brown of Rancocas Valley placed 9^th at 18-4 ½ on her 1^st attempt, not far off her PR of 18-10 ¾ from a meet in Yeadon, Pa., last week.

Delsea senior Hannah Nuhfer didn’t just win the discus Thursday morning at the 130^th running of the Penn Relays. She dominated the event.

Nuhfer, who set the South Jersey-record 179-6 last weekend at the Woodbury Relays, threw 177-0 on her final attempt and finished with whe five-best attempts of the competition (we think).

Because of ongoing issues with results, the final girls discus results weren’t; posted until nearly two hours after the event ended, so we’re only now learning what Nuhfer’s winning throw was.

After a 175-1 on her 1st throw, Nuhfer hit 143-10 on her second throw, then finished with 174-4, 169-4, 172-0 and 177-0. The results from Penn have been a mess all day, so we don’t know exactly what he final mark was, but word from Franklin Field is it may have been her best of the day. But the final results have not been updated.

Even with the subpar second throw, Nuhfer averaged 171-3 on her six throws, which would have  won the event by 10 feet.

Nuhfer is the first South Jersey girl to win the Penn Relays discus in 24 years, since another Delsea girl, Jocelyn White, won the 2024 meet with a 157-3. Other New Jersey winners have been Sarah Herske of Mendham with 135-5 in 1999, the first year the girls discus was contested, and Layla Giordano of Northern Valley with 167-10 in 2024.

Nuhfer is only the 3^rd non-Jamaican girl to win the Penn Relays discus since 2010.

Her 175-1 – if that was the winning throw – is 9^th-best in Penn Relays history and 3^rd-best ever by a non-Jamaican thrower.

Pending the unreported 6^th throws Nuhfer led by close to 15 feet. Dionjah Shaw of Edwin Allen of Clarendon, Jamaica, was in 2^nd through five throws at 160-4.

Glassboro senior Sunsaarai Moore placed 7^th with a season-best 141-11 on her only legal throw, her 3^rd attempt. That’s No. 2 in New Jersey this year.

The first thing you notice about the Penn Relays college fields is who’s missing. Syracuse sophomore Jamir Brown from Riverside, one of the top hurdlers in the country; Penn State sophomore Ajani Dwyer from Washington Township, one of the world’s fastest sprinters; and Princeton junior Greg Foster, one of the country’s leading long jumpers, are all notable in their absences from the entry lists in the 110-meter hurdles, 100-meter dash and long jump.

Syracuse, Princeton Penn State are all competing at the 130th running of the Penn Relays this week, but three of the biggest South Jersey stars are mysterious absentees.

But here’s a look at 25  South Jersey college athletes to keep an eye on who are entered in individual college events later this week at Franklin Field. This is not meant to be a complete list, just a look at 25 of our top athletes heading over to Penn this week.

For the complete order of events and entry lists, click here.

Men
Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], Hampton, 110-Meter Hurdles: Brown goes after his hurdles PR of 13.82 from last year in Tampa when he was a freshman at Rutgers.
Seth Clevenger [Haddonfield], Rowan, 5,000-Meter Run: Clev continue his assault on the NCAA Division 3 record book Thursday night in the 5,000.
Ryan Merlino [Oakcrest], Rutgers, Pole Vault: Coming off his PR 17-8 1/2 last weekend Merlino is on the brink of joining former teammate Nico Morales as the second 18-footer from South Jersey.
Anthony Parker [Salem], Rowan, Long Jump: After hitting 25 feet indoors but missing nationals with an injury, Parker is healthy again and ready to jump far.
Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken] Rutgers, 400-Meter Hurdles: Tucker is going after the 50-second barrier after running exactly 50.00 last year at NCAA East Prelims in Jacksonville.
Jamile Gantt [Paulsboro] Rowan, High Jump: Two-time All-America high jumper has a PR of 6-11 and looking to become Rowan’s third 7-footer this year.
Bright John [Sterling], Rowan, Long Jump: Indoor All-Amrica as a freshman, John has PR’ d this spring with a 23-11 1/2, leaving him just half an inch from 24 feet.
Desi Stroud [Atlantic County Tech], Holy Family, Long Jump: Stroud is a 24-foot jumper already looking to build on his 24-3 PR.
Anthony Liakhnovich [Hammonton], Princeton, Discus, Shot: Liakhnovich has PRs of 58-5 1/4 and 166-11 and is scheduled to compete in both throws this week.
Malicah Etienne [CInnaminson], Georgian Court, Shot: Etienne has thrown 53-9 1/4 and looks to build on that PR at Penn
Shawn Brady [Bishop Eustace], Rutgers, Discus: Brady PR’d with a 172-0 at a home meet earlier this month.
Ahmad Fogg [Egg Harbor Twp.], Stockton, Triple Jump:  Fogg, a long jump All-America, will go triple jump at Penn. He has a PR of 49-9 from indoor NJACs at the Ott Center.
Even Corcoran [Kingsway], Rowan, 100-Meter Dash: Seema like every time Corcoran races it’s wind aided, but his 10.36 is impressive wind aided or not.
Dennis Fortuna [Triton], St. Joe’s, 10,000-Meter Run: Fortuna will race the 25-lapper, chasing his PR of 29:52.40.
Chris Griffin [Egg Harbor Twp.], Stockton, Javelin: Griffin joined the 200-foot club when he placed 2nd at NJACs last spring in Ewing.

Women
Tey’ana Ames [Atlantic Tech], Rutgers, Shot Put:  Ames is just 2 1/2 inches from the Rutgers school record with her PR 53-2 1/4 from last weekend in Piscataway.
Helene Usher [Hadonfield], La Salle, Kerry O’Day [Cherokee], Bucknell, Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], Penn State, Maddie Dischert [Atlantic City], Rider, 5,000: Four South Jersey women who have all run 16:30 and 16:35 will line up for the 5,000.
Jenovia Logan [Sterling], Rutgers, High Jump: Logan has cleared 5-11 1/4 and is less than an inch from joining the 6-foot club.
Hannah Byrd-Leitner [Moorestown], Virginia, Pole Vault: Byrd-Leitner PR’d with 13-5 1/4 last month and returns to Penn, where she placed 2nd in the high school vault last year.
Sophia Curtis [Ocean City], Clemson, 400-Meter Hurdles, Triple Jump: After sitting out all of last year at Virginia, Curtis has run 58.77 and jumped 40-8 1/4 this year as a Clemson freshman.
Jaidah Garrett [Abesgami], UConn, Long Jump: Gartett has jumped 19-5 1/2 and 39-7 1/4 this spring but will focus on the long jump this week.
Ella Karp [Washington Twp.], UConn, Shot Put: Garrett’s teammate PR’d indoors with a 45-9 3/4
Brook-lynn Roberts [Winslow Twp.], UConn, Shot Put: Another UConn freshman from South Jersey, Roberts has thrown 44-11 1/2.
Shaelan McNally [Paul VI, Bucknell, 1,500-Meter Run: McNally PR’d with a 4:25.83 at a home meet earlier this month.
Rebecca Hoover [Haddonfield], Penn, Pole Vault: Hoover cleared a PR 12-7 1/2 this past weekend at Widener.
Gillian Lovett [Mainland Regional], La Salle, Steeplechase: Lovett ran 10:48.24  at Bucknell last spring.

On Tuesday, we took a look at every South Jersey school that’s qualified for the Penn Relays Championship of America girls 1,600-meter relay with the possibility that both Pennsauken and Winslow could make it to Friday this week.

There is no Championship of America favorite this year in the boys races, although many schools haven’t run a full-strength 4-by-4 and with good weather anything is possible.

So far only Burlington Township has run sub-3:20, and that was a 3:19.34 back on opening weekend of track season at the Don Danser Invitational at Rancocas Valley on April 4. The Falcons used Solomon Wesley, Jaydin Macklin, Robert Proctor and Jaylen Porter in that race.

Also under 3:25 are Deptford [3:20.51], Camden [3:20.94], Timber Creek [3:21.72] and Eastern [3:21.74].

The South Jersey small-school race is scheduled for 12:05 p.m. Saturday, with the large-school race at 12:10 p.m. The nine-fastest 4-by-4’s advance to the Championship of America race at 5:45 p.m. Saturday.

Deptford and Camden are in the Small-School race, and Burlington Township, Timber Creek and Eastern will be in the Large-School race.

Camden has the meet records for both the Small-School and Large-School races. Camen ran 3:12.36 in 2001 to set the the Large-School record and and 3:18.30 in 2005 to set the Small-School record.

Unlike the girls, South Jersey boys are in a CoA drought that has seen only one school qualify in the last 20 years, and that was Pleasantville in 2019.

Camden in 2001 and Winslow in 2004 both won the CoA race, Camden with Maurice Young, Dwight Ruff, Jade Smith, John Morris running 3:11.30 and Winslow in 2004 running 3:13.71 with Keith Harrington, Frank Jackson, Brandon Grantham and Reuben McCoy.

Here’s a look at the fastest 4-by-4 times South Jersey schools have run at Penn, with Camden and Edgewood/Winslow responsible for the top nine times.

3:11.30 … Camden, 2001 Championship of America [1st]
3:11.47 … Winslow Twp., 2003 Championship of America [2nd]
3:12.14 … Edgewood, 1985 Championship of America [3rd]
3:12.36 … Camden, 2001 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:13.71 … Winslow Twp., 2004 Championship of America [1st]
3:13.7h … Edgewood, 1984 South Jersey [1st]
3:14.71 … Camden, 2000 Championship of America [5th]
3:14.78 … Winslow Twp., 2004 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:14.95 … Winslow Twp., 2003 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:14.95 … Willingboro, 2003 South Jersey Large School [2nd]

And here’s a look at every South Jersey school that’s reached the boys Championship of America:
1983
3:16.50 … Edgewood, 6th [Keith Gloster, Darren Johnson, Lee Jerkins, Dennis Mitchell]
1984
3:17.67 … Edgewood, 3rd [Lee Jerkins, Chris Chambers, Keith Gloster, Dennis Mitchell]
1985
3:12.14 … Edgewood, 3rd [Chris Chambers, Leroy Smith, Lee Jerkins, Brian Bennett]
1993
3:18.85 … Willingboro, 5th [Kenyon Reid, Sean Morton, Scott Jones, Barry Douglas]
1996
3:18.78 … Woodrow Wilson, 5th [Mike Robinson, William Spearman, Daine Chang, Gregory Arnett]
3:25.74 … Camden, 8th [Albert Newkirk, Floyd Ingals, Cory Alston, Kenny Fussell]
1997
3:18.42 … Camden, 7th [Corey Alston, Floyd Ingals, Sean Brown, Albert Newkirk]
2000
3:14.71 … Camden, 5th [Byron Oliver, Dwight Ruff, James Williams, Jade Smith]
2001
3:11.30 … Camden, 1st [Maurice Young, Dwight Ruff, Jade Smith, John Morris]
2002
3:17.84 … Winslow, 6th [Antraye Miles, Duan Freeman, Anthony Miles, Dante Freeman]
3:18.58 … Camden, 8th [Michael Levinson, Maurice Young, Jamar Ervin, Jade Smith]
2003
3:11.47 … Winslow Twp., 2nd [Anthony Miles, Dante Freeman, Duan Freeman, Antraye Miles]
3:19.10 … Vineland, 6th [Shannon Sherer, Marcus Lee, Dale Coleman, Schaefer Sherrer]
2004
3:13.71 … Winslow Twp., 1st [Keith Harrington, Frank Jackson, Brandon Grantham, Reuben McCoy]
3:15.33 … Camden, 2004 3rd [Dwayne Lewis, Sherron Bullock, Alonzo Brown, Carl Smith]
2005
3:17.83 … Winslow Twp. [Darwin Barber, Derek Rodgers, Brandon Grantham, Frank Jackson], 6th
2019
3:23.33 … Pleasantville [Quentin Bundy, Gabriel Moronta, Jalen Freeman, Sahmir Jones], 6th

All-Time South Jersy Sub-3:20 times at Penn
3:11.30 … Camden, 2001 Championship of America [1st]
3:11.47 … Winslow Twp., 2003 Championship of America [2nd]
3:12.14 … Edgewood, 1985 Championship of America [3rd]
3:12.36 … Camden, 2001 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:13.71 … Winslow Twp., 2004 Championship of America [1st]
3:13.7h … Edgewood, 1984 South Jersey [1st]
3:14.71 … Camden, 2000 Championship of America [5th]
3:14.78 … Winslow Twp., 2004 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:14.95 … Winslow Twp., 2003 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:14.95 … Willingboro, 2003 South Jersey Large School [2nd]
3:15.33 … Camden, 2004 Championship of America [3rd]
3:15.34 … Camden, 1997 South Jersey [1st]
3:15.41 … Vineland, 2003 Class Race [1st]
3:15.71 … Camden, 2004 South Jersey Large School [2nd]
3:16.1h … Edgewood, 1985 South Jersey [1st]
3:16.33 … Rancocas Valley, 2017 Philadelphia Area [2nd]
3:16.50 … Edgewood, 1983 Championship of America [6th]
3:16.61 … Camden, 2002 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:16.63 … Edgewood, 2001 South Jersey Large School [2nd]
3:17.10 … Winslow Twp., 2005 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:17.12 … Winslow Twp., 2002 South Jersey Large School [2nd]
3:17.23 … Camden, 1996 South Jersey [1st]
3:17.27 … Woodrow Wilson, 1996 South Jersey [2nd]
3:17.67 … Edgewood, 1984 Championship of America [3rd]
3:17.78 … Winslow Twp., 2008 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:17.83 … Winslow Twp., 2004 Championship of America [6th]
3:17.84 … Winslow, 2002 Championship of America [6th]
3:17.85 … Paul VI, 2016 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:17.92 … Camden, 2000 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:18.0h … Edgewood, 1983 Class Race [1st]
3:18.10 … Rancocas Valley, 2019 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:18.15 … Willingboro, 2001 Philadelphia Area [2nd]
3:18.30 … Camden, 2005 South Jersey Small School [1st]
3:18.1h … Kennedy, 1983 South Jersey [1st]
3:18.36 … Willingboro, 2001 South Jersey Large School [3rd]
3:18.42 … Camden 1997 Championship of America [7th]
3:18.43 … Edgewood, 2001 Championship of America [5th]
3:18.58 … Camden, 2002 Championship of America [8th]
3:18.71 … Willingboro, 1991 South Jersey [1st]
3:18.74 … Camden, 2007 Philadelphia Area [1st]
3:18.78 … Woodrow Wilson [5th, Championship of America] 1996
3:18.79 … Pleasantville 2019 Class Race [1st]
3:18.85 … Willingboro, 1993 Championship of America [5th]
3:18.87 … Woodrow Wilson, 1992 South Jersey [1st]
3:18.87 … Pennsauken, 2023 South Jersey [1st]
3:18.99 … Pennsauken, 2019 South Jersey Large School [2nd]
3:19.03 … Lenape, 2000 Philadelphia Area [1st]
3:19.09 … Willingboro, 2002 Philadelphia Area [2nd]
3:19.10 … Vineland, 2003 Championship of America [6th]
3:19.27 … Willingboro, 1993 South Jersey [1st]
3:19.28 … Lenape, 2001 South Jersey Large School [4th]
3:19.35 … Timber Creek, 2009 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:19.41 … Lenape, 1997 South Jersey [2nd]
3:19.47 … Eastern, 2002 South Jersey Large School [3rd]
3:19.3h … Woodrow Wilson, 1984 South Jersey [2nd]
3:19.74 … Winslow Twp., 2007 Philadelphia Area [2nd]
3:19.5h … Camden, 1986 South Jersey [1st]
3:19.78 … Camden Catholic, 1989 South Jersey [1st]
3:19.89 … Winslow Twp., 2006 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:19.98 … Deptford, 2018 South Jersey Small School [1st]
3:19.8h … Willingboro, 1988 South Jersey [1st]
3:19.9h … Willingboro, 1979 South Jersey [1st]

Winslow and Pennsauken could very well make Penn Relays history this weekend at Franklin Field.

Winslow ran 3:43.38 in the 1,600-meter relay when they placed 3^rd at Boston Nationals, a South Jersey indoor record and 6^th-fastest in state history.

Pennsauken ran 3:44.97 Saturday at the Woodbury Relays, 6^th-fastest in South Jersey history outdoors.

They’re two of the fastest in the country and they’ll race each other at 5:03 p.m. Thursday in the South Jersey Large-School Relay, with both hoping to qualify for the Championship of America. The nine-fastest schools in all the 4-by-4 class races throughout the day advance to the Championship race, scheduled for 4:55 p.m. Friday.

There are also consolation races, but for Winslow and Pennsauken the goal is reaching the Championship of America and racing the Jamaicans and other top U.S. schools.

Only eight South Jersey schools have reached the Championship of America since its inception in 1980, including Clayton in 2022, Timber Creek in 2024 and Winslow in 2025. Two South Jersey schools have never qualified in the same year.

Willingboro won the 1999 race in the pouring rain in 3:45.74, but the fastest South Jersey time in a Championship of America was recorded by Clayton, when the Clippers placed 6^th in 2022 with a 3:44.67.

Here’s a glance at South Jersey girls in the Championship of America 4-by-4:

1993
Camden, scratched
1994
3:50.79 … Camden, 6^th [Chantell Parks, Tynisha Revels, Aishia Lawson, Medina Salaa],
1995
3:45.41 … Camden., 4^th [Tynisha Revels, Medina Salaam, Aishia Lawson, Alishia Lawson]
1999
3:45.74 … Willingboro, 1^st [Takia Canty, Shakirah Rutherford, Latasha Taylor, Danielle Myricks]
2002
3:53.65 … Willingboro, 8^th [Channel Hamilton, Halimah Bashir, Rhea Mann, Okechi Ogbuokiri]
2022
3:44.67 … Clayton, 6^th [Arianna Sharpe, Ariel Sharpe, Amirah Sharpe, Kelsey Thomas]
2024
3:46.95 … Timber Creek, 6^th [Nyla Jones, Naylah Jones, Taylor Gaines, Ryan Jennings]
2025
3:48.28 … Winslow Twp., 8^th [Amariah Arango, Jasmine Jackson, Skhye Seamon, Cinniya Robinson]

The fastest time ever by a South Jersey school at Penn was Winslow’s 3:43.46 last year when they won the South Jersey Large-School race. Pennsauken was 2^nd in that race in 3:50.21, the fastest they’ve ever run at Penn.

Winslow is expected to use sophomore Amariah Arango, junior Cinniya Robinson, senior Olivia Okaro and sophomore Jasmine Jackson. The Eagles are so deep they ran 3:52.63 at Woodbury Saturday without any of the four girls who are expected to race Thursday.

Pennsauken will use a likely lineup of senior Sanaya Dupree, sophomore Hope Edwards, senior Summer Schaeffer and three-time national champion Sianni Wynn on the anchor.

Making this even more interesting is that Union Catholic, which ran 3:39.03 at Arcadia last week, is a near lock to reach the CoA race. There’s never been a girls Championship of America 4-by-4 with three New Jersey schools.

There have been four years where two made it: 1986 (Trenton, Shabazz), 2022 (Clayton, Scotch Plains-Fanwood), 2024 (Union Catholic, Timber Creek) and 2025 (Union Catholic, Winslow).

The only times two New Jersey schools have placed in the top six are 1986, when Trenton was 4^th and Shabazz 5^th, and 2024, when Union Catholic was 3^rd and Timber Creek 6^th.

Kingsway is another school to keep an eye on at Penn. The Dragons are No. 3 with their 3:54.58 at Woodbury, and they’ll also be in the Large-School race Thursday with a likely lineup of Noemi Haller, Norah Brown, Kenya Nobles and Talia Griscom.

Kingsway’s fastest race ever at Penn was a 3:55.34 in the 2013 Philadelphia Area race with Loren Harris , Christy Pentz, Jacklyn Heineman and Thaila Cooper. Kingsway ran 2-100ths-of-a-second off that time last year in the Large-School race with Brown, Camryn Stanard, Jonnelle Lewis and Haller. Kingsway won the South Jersey Small-School race at Penn in 2012 with Vanessa Danltruche, Cassie Hagstoz, Arianna Waller and Thalia Cooper

How did I spend all day Monday? Putting together this list of every sub-4 race ever run by South Jersey schools in any race at the Penn Relays. Here is everyone under 3:55. Look for this list to grow on Thursday and perhaps Friday. Additions and corrections, you know the drill! Lemme know in the comment section!

All-Time South Jersey Penn Relays 4×4 List
3:43.46 … Winslow Twp., 2025, South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:44.67 … Clayton, 2022 Championship of America [6th]
3:45.41 … Camden, 1995 Championship of America [4th]
3:45.74 … Willingboro, 1999 Championship of America [1st]
3:45.94 … Camden, 1995 South Jersey [1st]
3:46.18 … Willingboro, 2000 Philadelphia Area [1st]
3:47.30 … Willingboro, 2003 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:47.39 … Clayton, 2022 South Jersey Small School [1st]
3:48.08 … Winslow Twp., 2017 Philadelphia Area [3rd]
3:48.80 … Willingboro, 1999 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:49.30 … Winslow Twp., 2004 Philadelphia Area [1st]
3:49.46 … Eastern, 2003 South Jersey Large School [2]
3:49.74 … Eastern, 2003 Philadelphia Area [1st]
3:49.97 … Lenape, 2015 Philadelphia Area [3rd]
3:49.53 … Willingboro, 1998 Philadelphia Area [1st]
3:50.21 … Pennsauken, 2025 South Jersey Large School [2nd]
3:50.22 … Willingboro, 2025 Philadelphia Championship [2nd]
3:50.24 … Camden, 2009 Philadelphia Area [2nd]
3:50.45 … Camden, 1994 South Jersey [1st]
3:50.60 … Woodrow Wilson, 2005 Philadelphia Area [1st]
3:50.79 … Camden, 1994 Championship of America [5th]
3:50.81 … Woodrow Wilson, 2006 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:51.17 … Willingboro, 2025 South Jersey Small-School [1st]
3:51.45 … Willingboro, 2002 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:51.45 … Camden, 2006 Philadelphia Area [2nd]
3:51.70 … Winslow Twp., 2022 Philadelphia Area [1st]
3:51.76 … Rancocas Valley, 2019 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:51.80 … Woodrow Wilson, 2001 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:51.84 … Winslow Twp., 2017 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:52.03 … Willingboro, 2001 South Jersey Large School [2nd]
3:52.71 … Woodrow Wilson, 2006 Philadelphia Area [3rd]
3:52.88 … Washington Twp., 2007 Philadelphia Area [1st]
3:53.15 … Willingboro, 2000 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:53.16 … Woodrow Wilson, 2001 Philadelphia Area [3rd]
3:53.21 … Camden, 2006 South Jersey Large School [2nd]
3:53.26 … Lenape, 2014 Philadelphia Area [2nd]
3:53.55 … Willingboro 1998 South Jersey [1st]
3:53.59 … Camden, 1993 Class Race [1st]
3:53.65 … Willingboro, 2002 Championship of America [8th]
3:53.71 … Washington Twp., 1998 Philadelphia Area [2nd]
3:53.73 … Winslow Twp., 2018 Philadelphia Area [5th]
3:53.83 … Rancocas Valley, 2022 Philadelphia Area [2nd]
3:53.88 … Camden, 2008 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:54.06 … Winslow Twp., 2006 Philadelphia Area [4th]
3:54.12 … Lenape, 2017 Philadelphia Area [5th]
3:54.12 … Cherokee, 2013 Philadelphia Area [3rd]
3:54.16 … Winslow Twp., 2016 Philadelphia Area [5th]
3:54.21 … Woodrow Wilson, 2008 South Jersey Large School [2nd]
3:54.53 … Winslow Twp., 2012 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:54.61 … Winslow Twp., 2004 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:54.74 … Delsea, 2011 Philadelphia Area [2nd]
3:54.82 … Willingboro, 2010 South Jersey Small School [1st]
3:54.98 … Cherokee, 2013 South Jersey Large School [1st]

Paul VI’s Shaelan McNally, a Bucknell sophomore, recorded the biggest win of her young college career Saturday when she placed 1^st in the 5,000 at the ECAC Championships in Piscataway.

McNally ran 16:46.43 and won by 50 meters over Vermont sophomore Isabella Fryar, who placed 2^nd in 16:56.63.

McNally’s 16:46.43 is No. 8 in Bucknell history and No. 9 in the Patriot League this year. McNally is also No. 9 in the conference in the 1,500 [4:25.83]

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McNally had only run two prior collegiate 5,000s and her previous PR was a 17:47.52 indoors in February 2025 at Youngstown. So this is a PR of more than a minute.

McNally is the 5^th South Jersey college woman to run sub-17 this year, following La Salle’s Helene Usher of Haddonfield [16:42], Penn State’s Liliah Gordon of Northern Burlington [16:31.18], Rider’s Maddie Dischert of Atlantic City [16:34.70] and her Bucknell teammate, Cherokee’s Kerry O’Day [16:43.08].

Rowan junior Eli Hendricks from Penns Grove dropped his 100 PR from 10.63 to 10.50 Saturday at a meet in Charlottesville, Va. That is 15^th-fastest ever by a South Jersey alum with legal wind.

Hendricks ran 10.63 at a meet last April in Atlanta, but he PR’d twice Saturday, running 10.53 with a 0.3 in the prelims and 10.50 with a 1.7 in the final.

That’s 3^rd-fastest with legal wind in Rowan history, behind Eastern’s Rajahn Dixon, who ran 0.32 earlier this month in a home meet in Glassboro, and Bridgeton’s Shamar Love, who ran 10.43 last May at the NJAC Championships in Ewing.

It’s No. 15 on the all-time South Jersey alumni list and puts him at 25^th in NCAA Division 3 and 4^th in the NJAC.

All-Time Rowan 100-Meter Dash List
10.32 … Rajahn Dixon [Eastern], Oscar Moore Invite, April 11, 2026 [+0.4]
10.43 … Shamar Love [Bridgeton], NJAC Championships, Ewing, May 3, 2025 [+1.9]
10.50 … Eli Hendricks [Penns Grove], April 18, 2026, Charlotessville, Va. [+1.7]
10.50 … Elijah Hendricks [Penns Grove], Virginia Challenge, Charlottesville, Va., April 17, 2026 [+1.7]
10.55… Jah’mere Beasley [Sterling], NJAC Championships, Mahwah, N.J., May 6, 2023 [+0.0]
10.61 … Evan Corcoran [Kingsway], NJAC Championships, Ewing, May 3, 2025 [+0.2]
10.64 … Robert McKinney [Highland], NJAC Championships, Ewing, May 3, 2025 [+0.0]
10.68 … Julian Pratt [Camden], NJAC Championships, Galloway Township, N.J., May 4, 2019 [+0.6]
10.75 … Amara Conte [Ferris], Widener Final Qualifier, Chester, Pa., May 14, 2023 [-0.8]
10.75 … Ali Ejaz [Glassboro], NJAC Championships, Glassboro, N.J., May 4, 2013 [+0.6]