From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

You might notice a trend here. Camden ran 41.62 or faster every year from 2000 through 2004, which is amazing considering the entire program turns over every four years. But the Panthers kept running hot 400-meter relays every year.

Those Camden teams own three of the top four times in South Jersey history, four of the top eight and five of the top 11. In all, there are 11 Camden performances on the list. Edgewood / Winslow is next with eight, Deptford has six and Pennsauken four. Kennedy – which closed in 1989 – has three!

Think about that sort of sprint relay dominance. Camden ran 41.62 or faster five times during a five-year stretch. And every other South Jersey school in history ran that fast only six times combined.

All-Time South Jersey 400-Meter Relay List

40.92 … Winslow, 2003
41.09 … Camden, 2000
41.25 … Camden, 2004
41.25 … Camden, 2001
41.45 … Timber Creek, 2014
41.47 … Deptford, 2018
41.50 … Timber Creek, 2013
41.54 … Camden, 2002
41.57 … Pennsauken, 2017
41.55 … Deptford, 2017
41.62 … Camden, 2003
41.64 … Winslow Twp., 2004
41.69 … Willingboro, 1982
41.71 … Edgewood, 2000
41.71 … Salem, 2017
41.72 … Deptford, 2018
41.80 … Oakcrest, 2012
41.83 … Camden, 1997
41.83 … Oakcrest, 2011
41.83 … Camden, 1997
41.7h … Camden, 1996
41.7h … Edgewood, 2001
41.85 … Pennsauken, 2016
41.86 … Pennsauken, 2017
41.7h … Camden, 1996
41.7h … Edgewood, 2001
41.96 … Paul VI, 2018
42.01 … Deptford, 2019
41.9h … Pleasantville, 1994
42.03 … Rancocas Valley, 2015
42.05 … Camden, 2007
42.05 … Pennsauken, 2015
42.05 … Bridgeton, 2018
42.07 … Kennedy, 1982
42.07 … Edgewood, 1983
42.07 … Camden, 2005
42.07 … Salem, 2016
42.12 … Edgewood, 1984
42.12 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
42.12 … Pleasantville, 1999
42.12 … Deptford, 2016
42.0h … Kennedy, 1980???
42.15 … Woodrow Wilson, 1992
42.15 … Delsea, 2019
42.17 … Deptford, 2013
42.22 … Timber Creek, 2016
42.23 … Delsea, 2019
42.24 … Willingboro, 1988
42.1h … Edgewood, 1983
42.25 … Clayton, 2019