From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Allison Colflesh, Peyton Weiner, Lindsay Colflesh and Sarah Naticchia teamed up Saturday to run the 9th-fastest distance medley in South Jersey history.

Haddonfield won the event at the Blue Devil Classic at Westfield High School in 12:06.82. 

That’s the 3rd-fastest time in school history and Haddonfield’s fastest since the 2014 team ran 12:02.37 at the Penn Relays.

Allison Colflesh led off in 3:38.5 for the 1,200 and Weinert split 61.9. Lindsay Colflesh followed with a 2:21.0 leg to set up Naticchia, who anchored in 5:05.9.

Haddonfield’s time is No. 3 in the country this year according to the Mile Split database, behind only Pioneer High of Ann Arbor, Mioch., which ran [11:59.79 last month, and McBain, also of Michigan, which ran 12:01.87 at a different meet last month at Northern Michigan Christian School.

Cherokee placed second in 12:31.63, No. 2 in New Jersey this year and No. 16 nationally.

Kelsey Niglio [3:47.6], Meghan Carroll [61.8], Erin Jackson [2:27.5] and Nikki Clifford [5:14.2] ran for Cherokee.

Here’s a look at all the sub-12:20 times in South Jersey history. Click here for the all-time South Jersey top-50.

11:53.15 … Lenape, 2012
12:00.64 … Ocean City, 2004
12:02.34 … Haddonfield 2000
12:02.37 … Haddonfield, 2014
12:04.39 … Lenape, 2010
12:05.39 … Ocean City 2005
12:05.98 … Sterling, 2017
12:06.73 … Ocean City 1994
12:07.21 … Lenape 2008
12:08.61 … Ocean City, 2014
12:10.75 … Sterling, 2016
12:10.76 … Lenape, 2017
12:12.24 … Millville, 2009
12:13.16 … Bishop Eustace, 2011
12:14.05 … Cherry Hill East, 2007
12:14.24 … Highland, 2004
12:14.61 … Lenape, 2013
12:15.42 … Ocean City, 2015
12:16.79 … Lenape, 2015
12:18.27 … Bishop Eustace, 1995
12:18.29 … Shawnee, 2012
12:19.26 … Woodrow Wilson, 2001
12:19.41 … Rancocas Valley, 2011
12:19.46 … Ocean City, 2013
12:19.60 … Shawnee, 2015
12:19.79 … Haddonfield, 2015