Rancocas Valley moved within a fraction of a second of the all-time Burlington County indoor top-10 in th 800-meter relay with a 1:31.92 Saturday at the Ocean Breeze Freedom Games in Staten Island.
R.V. ran 1:34.20 in the trials before taking third in the final behind Freedom High of Woodbridge, Va.(1:29.13) and Henry Wise of Upper Marlboro, Md. (1:31.62)
Junior Isaiah Arzu, senior Miekel House, sophomore Masai Byrd and junior James McGhee ran for R.V.
R.V’s time is No. 7 in the state this year and No. 2 in South Jersey behind Paul VI’s 1:31.82 at the Armory last month.
Here’s the all-time Burlington County top 10:
1:28.46 … Lenape, 2000
1:29.29 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
1:30.58 … Willingboro, 2012
1:30.63 … Willingboro, 2007
1:31.07 … Willingboro, 1995
1:31.29 … Willingboro, 2005
1:31.36 … Willingboro, 2006
1:31.2h … Willingboro, 1988
1:31.4h … Lenape, 1998
1:31.66 … Lenape, 2014
1:31.92 … Rancocas Valley, 2020
1:31.7h … Willingboro, 1990
1:31.8y … Willingboro, 1982
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 