Kevin McDonnell, a Moorestown native and Camden Catholic graduate, ran 2:28.41 Sunday in his marathon debut.

The 32-year-old McDonnell, who ran for St. Joe’s and now lives in Cherry Hill, placed 61st out of 3,932 men in the Chevron Houston Marathon in Texas. He placed 16th out of 605 runners in the 30-34 age group.

McDonnell averaged 5:41 per mile over 26 miles, 385 yards.

He split 16:33, 16:38 and 16:38 for his first three 5Ks, then came through the half-marathon at 1:10.14. He ran 35:19 for 10K from 25K through 35K and 1:18.27 for the second half of the race.

In the spring of 2013, his final year at St. Joe’s, McDonnell ran PRs of 14:03.52 for 5,000 meters in Williamsburg, Va., and 29:16.01 for 10,000 meters in Lewisburg, Pa. That 29:16.01 at Bucknell broke a 31-year-old school record. The previous mark was 29:43.50 set in 1982 by John Crooke.

McDonnell’s last race and his longest previous official race according to his IAAF profile was the Philadelphia Half Marathon in November 2014, when he placed 18th in 1:09.25.

Highland graduate Megan Venables made her marathon debut a fast one Sunday with a 2:57.04 at the Chevron Houston Marathon.

Venables, who now lives in Princeton, placed 69th out of 2,329 women and 13th out of 307 in the 25-29 age group. She was 385th overall out of more than 6,000 total runners. 

Venables ran 20:50, 21:00 and 20:51 for her first three 5Ks, came through the half-marathon mark at 1:28.29, then closed with 5K splits of 20:49 from 25K to 30K, 20:48 from 30K to 35K and 21:23 from 35K to 40K before covering the final 1.4 miles in 9:53.

So she was out in 1:28.29 and came back in 1:28.35. Talk about an even pace! She ran six seconds slower for the second half of the race than the first half!

Venables averaged 6:45 per mile over the 26-mile, 385-yard race.

It appears to be Venables’ first race since she ran an outdoor 3,000 at Princeton in 2015, her final year at ‘Nova.

Keira D’Amato of Midlothian, Va., won the Houston Marathon in 2:19.12, an American record. 

Caroline Kellner, who ran for West Windsor-Plainsboro South and Cornell, placed 33rd overall in 2:47.20.

Venables, 28, ran for Villanova and has PRs of 9:45.83 in the 3,000 from 2010 and 17:03.65 on the track for 5,000 meters from 2012.

Her longest previous race according to her IAAF profile was a track 10,000 at Princeton in May of 2012.

Venables was the 5,000-meter course record holder at the legendary Holmdel County Park with a 17:28 at the 2010 state Group 3 meet until her mark was broken by Katelyn Tuohy of North Rockland High in Thiels, N.Y., in October of 2018. 

Venables is an accomplished painter of dogs and donates all the proceeds from sales of her artwork to Senior Dog Haven.

For more information about her artwork, click here: https://www.facebook.com/meganvenablesart/

Junior Lathan Brown ran on four scoring teams and senior Miles Williams on three, and Deptford’s sprinters carried the Spartans to their second Group 2 state relays title at the Bubble.

Deptford went into the 4-by-400, the final event, with a 32-22 1/2 lead over Rumson-Fair Haven, which means the Spartans needed only a 6th-place finish to clinch the team title.

As it turned out, Rumson-Fair Haven did win the 4-by-4 in 3:36.61, but Deptford placed 5th – safely 5 1/2 seconds ahead of 6th-place Delsea – to wrap up the championship by a final score of 34-32 1/2.

The team title is Deptford’s second in the state relays. The Spartans won the 2019 championship with 42 points. There was no meet held last year.

Deptford scored its only win on the track in the 800-meter relay, the team of Brown, Williams, sophomore Christian Berry and senior Lloyd Boggs running 1:34.42 and finishing a second ahead of 2nd-place Delsea.

Deptford placed second in the shuttle hurdles in 33.54 with senior Gursharan Singh, Brown, sophomore Manny Perdue and senior George Rodgers and also second in the sprint medley, with Brown, Boggs, Williams and sophomore Carl Carter in 3:45.01.

In the 1,600-meter relay, Brown, Williams, Berry and Carter ran 3:41.57 for fifth place.

In the field, Deptford scored six big points with a 3rd-place finish in the high jump relay. Singh cleared 5-8 and senior Kymir Stewart 5-2.

South Jersey schools swept the top four spots in the distance medley, led by Haddonfield, which ran 10:44.48 with junior George Andrus, senior Tobias Janssen, senior Seth Clevenger and junior Joseph Nugent.

Haddon Heights was second in 10:49.02 with juniors Jack Bolling and Colin Patterson and seniors Chris Hunter and Matthew Iuvara, with Cinnaminson also well under 11 minutes at 10:50.55 with juniors Tyler Schill, Alex Boyko, Patrick Storti and Derek Coceano. Lower Cape May’s junior Jack Cura and seniors Anthony V. Gentile, Elijah Jackson and Zeb Hinker took 4th in 11:08.53.

The Haddonfield, Heights and Cinnaminson times are the three-fastest in South Jersey so far this year.

Haddonfield also won the 3,200-meter relay with Andrus, Clevenger, Janssen and senior Ethan Wellborn running 8:15.64, also No. 1 this year in South Jersey.

Cinnaminson and Haddon Heights both also medaled in the 4-by-8. Boyko, Schill, Storto and Coceano doubled back to place third in 8:25.71 for Cinnaminson, and Jonathon Hastings, Patterson, Bolling and senior Zachary Rehn ran for Heights, which ran 8:37.66. Cinnaminson also took second in the shot put relay, behind junior Malicah Etienne (49-4 3/4) and senior Colin Kind (42-0).

Haddon Heights also placed third in the 1,600-meter relay with junior Adam Furlong, senior Steve Crespo, Hunter and Iuvara running 3:36.90.

Delsea won the shot put relay behind senior Jason Nwosu (52-0 1/2) and senior Josh Caudill (48-3).

For Delsea in the 4-by-200, sophomores Christian Langston and Xavier Wyatt and seniors Jaedyn Stewart and Devin Hooks ran 1:35.45. Langston, Wyatt, sophomore Domenic Teti and senior Ismael Ortiz ran 3:46.23 for 6th in the 1,600-meter relay. 

Seneca scored eight points with a 2nd-place in the high jump relay, sophomore Jason Sheairs clearing 5-10 and senior Josh Swain 5-2 and added two points in the shuttle hurdles with sophomores Ethan Cutts and Mason Cutts, Swain and Sheairs running 35.46.

Pleasantville, Lower Cape May and Delsea ran 4th, 5th and 6th in the sprint med. Senior Irvin Marable III, junior Samir Miller, junior Xander Roberts-Bogin and junior Semaj Williams ran 3:45.76 for Pleasantville, senior Davon Figueroa, Gentile, Jackson and Hinker ran 3:47.38 for Lower Cape May, and senior Andrew Littlehales, Teti, Stewart and Hooks ran 3:48.92 for Delsea.

Delsea (23), Haddon Heights (22), Cinnaminson (20) and Haddonfield (20) placed 4th, 5th and tied for 6th, giving South Jersey five of the top seven teams in Group 2.

Senior Jaia James and juniors Janelle Marshall and Briyel Brown all ran on four teams that placed in the top three, and the Winslow girls rolled to their seventh state relays title since 2011.

Winslow outscored Colts Neck and Roxbury, who tied for second, 38-26 to win the state Group 3 title at the Bubble in Toms River.

The meet wasn’t held last year, but Winslow has now won four straight since 2018. The Eagles also won in 2011, 2013 and 2015, so they’ve won seven of the last 10 meets that were contested.

The only South Jersey girls programs in any group with more titles are Willingboro (11) and Haddonfield (8). 

Winslow only won one event, and that was the 4-by-200, where Jaia James, Marshall, Brown and junior Kamryn Holness ran 1:45.62.

But they placed 2nd in the sprint medley and 1,600-meter relay and 3rd in the shuttle hurdles and 3,200-meter relay. 

Winslow got started with Jaia James, Marshall, Holness and senior Jordan James running 35.07 in the shuttles, finishing less than half a second behind Middletown North (34.64).

The Eagles placed second in the sprint medley in 4:25.63, finishing just behind Summit, which ran 4:24.83. Jaia James, senior Victoria Campbell, Brown and Marshall ran for Winslow.

Winslow also placed second in the 1,600-meter relay, with Holness, Marshall, Brown and Jaia James running 4:08.11. Scotch Plains-Fanwood won the race in 4:01.45.

Winslow placed 3rd in the 4-by-800, with junior Alana Henry, senior Charly Dutton, senior Catherine Enwereji and freshman Ava Milner running 10:14.07.

Mainland placed second in the shuttles in 34.96 with seniors Emma Smith, Isabelle VandenBerg and Eva Morrison and junior Rayna Molina.

Timber Creek finished in a three-way tie for second in the high jump relay, with sophomore Guerlande Pierre clearing 4-10 and freshman Ashley Haynes 4-6.

Clearview placed 5th in the DMR in 13:15.98, and Northern Burlington was just behind in 6th in 13:16.48.

For Clearview, junior Abigail Kotran, sophomores Margaret Wisniewski and Allison Roes and junior Abby Waddington ran. Freshman Liliah Gordon, junior Zoe Larte, senior Keira Mansure and junior Paige Their ran for NBC.

Burlington Township and Highland both scored in the shot put relay. Seniors Isabella Ibe (31-0) and Chrystanna Decker (28-1) placed 4th for Township, and junior Jordan Kimbrough (27-10) and sophomore Rebecca Brown (27-7 1/2) took 5th for Highland.

Juniors Kahlil Ali, Premier Wynn and Bryce Tucker each ran on three winning relay teams to lift Pennsauken to its second state relays championship at the Bubble.

Although team scores aren’t listed anywhere in the results, I came up with Pennsauken 32, Timber Creek 30 in the Group 3 competition. Pennsauken also won the team title in 2018, when it tied for the Group 3 title with Timber Creek at 28 points each.

Ali, Wynn, Tucker and sophomore Elijah Jennings ran 1:32.46 to win the 800-meter relay and 3:40.98 to win the the 800-meter relay. Ali, Wynn, junior Joel Oquendo and Tucker ran 3:31.17.17 to win the 1,600-meter relay, clinching the team title by finishing two places ahead of Timber Creek.

Pennsauken now ranks No. 5 in the state in the 4-by-2, No. 6 in the sprint medley and No. 4 in the 4-by-4.

Going into the 4-by-4, Timber Creek led Pennsauken 24-22, so Pennsauken essentially had to finish two spots ahead to lock up the team title, and with an anchor like Tucker – the Meet of Champions intermediates champ last spring – the Indians pulled it off.

Pennsauken picked up two big points in the distance medley, with sophomore Ladanian McGrath, senior Nadir Paige, Tucker and Oquendo placing fifth in a school-record 11:02.69 and Oquendo anchoring in a personal-best 4:31.

Paige is the only senior who scored for Pennsauken, which won the state Group 3 title outdoors last year as well.

Timber Creek picked up 10 big points in the high jump relay, with senior Jaden Johnson clearing 6-2 and junior Zyheem Coleman Frazier 6-0. 

Timber Creek placed 3rd in the shuttle hurdles in 33.80 with seniors Chance Pearson and senior Prince O’Dunlami and juniors Tytan Frazier and Darien Cade, 3rd in the 800-meter relay with Tytan Frazier, sophomore Nasir Ali, senior Austin Brown and junior Zyheem Coleman Frazier running 1:35.83 and 3rd in the 4-by-4 with Brown, Zyheem Coleman Frazier, Tytan Frazier and Ali running 3:38.21.

The Chargers also scored in the shot put relay, where Cade (43-6) and senior Austin Brown (32-0 1/2) placed 6th. Big props to the versatile Cade for scoring in the shuttle hurdles and shot put, two events that couldn’t be more different.

Ocean City placed 4th in the DMR in 11:00.45 with seniors Owen Ritti, Reece Wagner and Aodhan Daly and junior Nick Scarangelli.

Senior Freddi Alford, junior Michael Areiquin, junior Asa Murray and senior Omar Smith ran 1:37.70 in the 4-by-200 for Highland, taking 5th place, and junior Gavin Gallo, sophomore Aziz Muhammad-Kane, junior Anthony Imperatore and sophomore Cortland Webb ran 8:41.82 for 6th in the 4-by-8.

For Mainland, sophomore Arjun Appel, juniors Andrew Ramos and William Spollen and senior Kenneth Park ran 37.12 for 6th place in the shuttle hurdles.

Winslow Township placed second in the pole vault relay, senior Amari Dickerson clearing 10-0 and senior Marquir Debrue 9-0.

Junior Damon Dukes Jr. and senior Evan Corcoran helped Kingsway pile up 24 points in three events and roll to its fourth state relays championship Saturday.

Dukes Jr., and Corcoran both ran on Kingsway’s winning 800-meter relay team, 2nd-place 1,600-meter relay team and 3rd-place sprint medley team.

Seniors Jeffrey Heineman (2nd, 2nd, 4th) and Kyle Rakitis (2nd, 3rd and 4th) also ran on three teams that scored big points for there Dragons.

Kingsway finished with a 40-35 margin of victory over Westfield in the Group 4 competition at the Bubble in Toms River.

Kingsway led Westfield 32-29 going into the 4-by-4 so just had to stay within one place in the final event, and the Dragons ended up finishing second, one place ahead of Westfield for the 5-point margin of victory.

Kingsway also won Group 4 state relays titles in 2014,  2015 and 2020.

Kingsway won the 800-meter relay in 1:32.59 over Rancocas Valley, which was second in 1:33.82. Dukes Jr., Corcoran, junior Mathias Alexander and sophomore Benny Liles Jr. ran for the Dragons. Kingsway is already No. 2 in the state in the 4-by-2 with its 1:31.63 at the Hispanic Games at the Armory last weekend.

That was Kingsway’s only win, but the Dragons placed in the top four in every other track race other than the shuttle hurdles.

Kingsway opened the meet by placing second in the distance medley with a 10:56.59. Rakitis, Heineman, senior Thomas Driscoll and junior Kyon White finished second to Westfield, which ran 10:43.31. Kingsway’s time is No. 1 in South Jersey so far this winter. 

Heineman, Driscoll, senior Nick Allen and Rakitis came back to place fourth in the 3,200-meter relay in 8:27.59.

The Dragons also placed third in the sprint medley with the team of Dukes Jr., Rakitis, Liles Jr. and Corcoran running 3:40.66. That’s No. 5 in the state and No. 1 in South Jersey this winter.

Kingsway finished off the meet with Dukes Jr., Corcoran, Alexander and Heineman running 3:34.75 for second in the 4-by-400. That’s also No. 5 in New Jersey and No. 1 in South Jersey.

The Dragons also picked up four points in the high jump relay, with sophomores Patrick Neyer clearing 5-6 and Dillon Dukes 5-4.

For R.V., seniors David Murry, Masai Byrd and Herbert Quarterman and junior Jadon Kendrick ran on the 2nd-place 800-meter relay team. Quarterman, Byrd, Kendrick and senior Andre Faigal ran 3:46.08 for 5th in the sprint medley.

Washington Township placed second in the shuttle hurdles in 31.99 with sophomore Yashahya Brown, senior Tracy Marshall, junior Kanye Mills and senior Kenny Cashman. Washington Township’s time is No. 2 in the state this year and No. 1 in South Jersey.

Lenape’s seniors Justin Penny, Jake Buniva, A.J. Fraley and Micale ran 8:23.77 for third in the 3,200-meter relay.

Cherokee took fifth in the DMR in 11:01.87 with seniors Bradley Popler, senior Evan Pawlik and Lucas Hatch and junior Patrick Ditmars. Sophomore Robert Poplau, Popler, sophomore Andrew Free and senior Joshua Pawlik took 6th in the 4-by-8 in 8:37.46.

Egg Harbor placed sixth in the high jump relay with junior Ahmad Fogg (5-10) and senior Malachi Wesley (5-0), and Millville scored in the pole vault relay with senior DaeZhaun Jones-Jenkins (10-0) and junior Travis Gandy (9-6).

Kingsway is the 12th South Jersey boys track program to win at least three state relays titles in the meet’s 55-year history.

The others are Willingboro (18), Haddonfield (7), Woodbury (5), Bishop Eustace (4), Bridgeton (4), Winslow Township (4), Camden (3), Delsea (3), Oakcrest (3), Pleasantville (3) and Woodrow Wilson (3).

Rancocas Valley’s Micah Wood ran the 3rd-fastest 600 in Rutgers history Friday at the Jim Green Invitational at Nutter Fieldhouse on the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington, Ky.

Wood, a sophomore transfer from Monmouth, placed third in 1:20.66, finishing behind two Butler seniors – Tom Pitkin ran 1:18.88 and Jacob Uhl ran 1:20.38.

This was Wood’s first race in a Rutgers uniform.

Wood’s time trails only Jermaine Griffith [1:16.12 at the 2016 Big Ten Championships in Geneva, Ohio] and Boaz Madeus [1:17.99 at the 2018 Big Ten meet in Geneva] on the all-time Rutgers list.

He’s now the third South Jersey runner on that list. Lenape graduate Steve Swern ran 1:21.63 in 2009 and Eric Barnes of Egg Harbor ran 1:23.94 in 2017.  Wood, Swern and Barnes now rank 3rd, 5th and 10th in Rutgers history in the three-lapper. 

Wood never ran a 600 at Monmouth. He ran 1:05.91 for 500 yards and 1:53.46 for 800 meters in 2020, this last indoor season. 

This was Wood’s first race since May, when he ran a PR 52.91 and won the 400 intermediates for Monmouth at the Metro Atlantic Outdoor Championships in Lawrenceville. 

Wood did run a fast 600 in high school. In his last 600 – three years ago at the 2019 Ocean Breeze Freedom Games – he ran 1:23.85, which is No. 10 in South Jersey history. 

Senior Nicole Clifford and junior Kelsey Niglio ran on four winning teams and senior Alison Cooke and junior Kelsey Niglio ran on three apiece Saturday as the Cherokee girls won the first state relays championship in the program’s history.

Clifford and Niglio ran legs on the Chiefs’ winning distance medley, 4-by-800, sprint medley and 4-by-4, and Cherokee outscored 2nd-place Rancocas Valley 52-32 in the Group 4 meet at the Bubble in Toms River. Kingsway finished third with 23 points.

It’s the first 1-2-3 South Jersey Group 4 finish ever in the meet’s 55-year history.

Cherokee’s 52 points are the highest winning score since district rival Lenape scored 56 to win the 2012 title. It’s also the 4th-most points ever scored in Group 4. The meet has been held since 1966 with the current 10-8-6-4-2-1 system in place since 1992:

59 … Southern, 2009
56 … Lenape, 2012
53 … Lenape, 2008
52 … Cherokee, 2022
50 … Trenton, 2001
50 … Willingboro, 1992

Clifford, Cooke, Niglio and freshman Megan Niglio opened the meet by winning the distance medley in 12:12.72, finishing 150 meters ahead of Kingsway. Their time is No. 1 in New Jersey this year, bumping Kent Place of Summit, which ran 12:25.17 at the Parochial A state relays on the same track on Friday.

Niglio, sophomore Kerry O’Day, freshman Megan Niglio and Clifford then won the 3,200-meter relay in 9:41.87, this time over Middletown South, which finished 90 meters back in 9:58.84. Kingsway was third at 10:07.32. Cherokee ran a New Jersey No. 1 9:23.85 in Lynchburg, Va., last week.

Cherokee won the sprint medley with sophomore Madison Van Haren, Clifford, Cooke and Kelsey Niglio running 4:10.45 – also No. 1 in New Jersey this year. The Chiefs finished 80 meters ahead of Kingsway, which was second in 4:22.75. Cherokee was previously No. 1 in New Jersey in the sprint medley with its 4:18.22 at a SJTCA meet at the Bubble earlier this month.

With the team title already locked up, Cherokee won the 4-by-400 by 9-100ths of a second over Rancocas Valley in a season-best 4:07.10, which is No. 6 in the state. R.V., which ran 4:04.98 at the Millrose Trials at the Armory, was second in 4:07.19. Clifford, Cooke, Kelsey Niglio and O’Day ran on the 4-by-4.

Cherokee also placed third in the 800-meter relay in 1:50.78 with senior Jillian Strauss, Cooke, Van Haren and junior Erin St. John and in the pole vault with Strauss clearing 9-0 and senior Isabella Kadar 7-0.

This is the second state championship in two months for Mark Jarvis’s Cherokee girls program. Clifford, O’Day and the Niglios ran on the Cherokee cross country team that won the state Group 4 and Meet of Champions titles and went on to win the Nike Northeast Regional championship in Wappingers Falls, N.Y.

Rancocas Valley won the 800-meter relay in 1:47.33 with senior Annabella Chin, junior Kennedy Garcia, senior Sanai Jenkins and senior Jya Marshall in the lineup.

The Red Devils also won the shot put relay with senior Ravin Hood throwing 35-3 and senior Faith Allen 33-7 for a combined 68-10. They won by nearly four feet over Elizabeth, which combined for 64-10 1/2.

The top three individual throws were from South Jersey athletes. Williamstown junior Ciara Demarest (37-5), Atlantic County Tech senior Tey’ana Ames (35-4) and Hood.

R.V.’s 1,600-meter relay team included Chin, Marshall, sophomore Leah Howe and junior Kasey White. The Red Devils also placed fourth in the pole vault relay, senior Mia Paolone clearing 7-6 and junior Ashlin Williams 7-0.

For Kingsway, Nicole Lipieta, Aubrey Pierontoni, Faith Bill and Haley Brown ran on the 2nd-place DMR, Pierontoni, Lipieta, Cassidy Dunk and Rosemary Shay on the 3rd-place 4-by-8 and Lipieta, Pierontoni, Jordyn Scott and Sumayyah Turner on the 2nd-place SMR.

Washington Township placed second in the high jump relay with sophomore Dahlia Beasley clearing 5-0 and freshman Ashley Lopez 4-6.

Eastern placed third in the shot put relay with junior Savana Dodd (33-2 1/2) and and sophomore Aniyah Smith (30-6 3/4).

Cherry Hill East placed fifth in the DMR with Kiley Walsh, Aleix Tepper, Michelle Bary and Madison McNiff running 13:04.87.

Millville took sixth in the shuttle hurdles in 35.89 with junior Leah Ellis, Anniyah Goolsby, Tanya Smith and Nina Watts.

Williamstown placed sixth in the shot put relay with Demarest and freshman Evangeline Brad, who was competing in her first high school meet.

Camden Catholic won the sprint medley by 16 meters Friday at the Parochial A state relays

The team of senior Billy Clewell, senior Cristian Moore, senior James Toles and sophomore Nate Watson ran 3:42.18, finishing 2 1/2 seconds ahead of Christian Brothers Academy, which ran 3:44.33.

The official results list that order, but we’re going to assume Clewell anchored considering Clewell is a 1:58 half-miler and Watson is a sprinter.

In the girls meet, junior Kamryn Cieslik and sophomore Bridget Gotilla of Paul VI teamed up to win the high jump relay, Cieslik clearing 4-10 and Gottilla 4-6 for a combined 9-4. Union Catholic was second at 9-2.

Paul VI also placed fifth in the distance medley with Danielle Russell, Jocelyn Duquette, Sunni Cromwell and Shaelan McNally running 13:59.47.

The Willingboro boys won four events on the way to their fifth consecutive state Group 1 relays championship Thursday at the Bubble.

The state relays title is Willingboro’s 19th overall, fifth in a row and seventh in the last 10 years. The meet was not held last year.

Most impressive performance of the day came from senior C.J. Johnson, who bombed a PR 55-5 1/2 in the shot put and teamed up with freshman Jaleen Johnson to win the shot put relay. Johnson also  a personal best.

Johnson’s 55-5 1/2 broke his indoor PR of 53-7 1/2, which he set at the Bubble last week, and also his overall PR of 55-0 1/4 set outdoors in June when he won the state Group 1 title at Pennsauken. His throw is No. 5 in the state this year and No. 2 in South Jersey, behind Delsea’s Jason Nwosu, who threw 57-10 last month at the Bubble (or next door at Toms River Intermediate School East).

Final team scoring hasn’t been posted yet, but going through event-by-event Willingboro clearly had enough points to win.

The Chimeras got started Thursday night at the Bennett Center in Toms River with senior Anaias Hughes and junior Xavier Tollver teaming up to win the high jump relay, Hughes clearing 5-10 and Tollver 5-4.

Up next was the shuttle hurdles, and the Boro won easily, by more than a second, over Audubon, with Hughes, Eric Foster, Tollver and Kedaar Wilson running 33.62.

The Chimeras also won the 800-meter relay, with Miles Allen, Geordan Collins, Jaylen Young and Jackson Murry finishing more than 4 1/2 seconds ahead of second-place New Milford with a time of 1:34.11. That’s not too far off the meet record of 1:33.30 set in 2019 by Camden.

Boro finished the meet off with another win over Audubon, this time in the 1,600-meter relay. Allen, Collins, Young and Wilson ran 3:36.39.

Willingboro’s streak of five straight state relays titles ties the 5th-longest streak in meet history. Asbury Park (1988-95) and CBA (1981-88) won eight straight and CBA also won six straight twice (2008-13, 2015-00). Asbury also won five straight (1981-85).

Their 19 total titles is most ever by a public school and second-most overall behind CBA’s 28.

Here’s a look at Willingboro’s 19 state relays championships:

1982 [Group 4]
1983 [Group 4]
1985 [Group 3]
1986 [Group 3]
1987 [Group 3]
1990 [Group 4]
1996 [Group 4]
2000 [Group 3]
2001 [Group 3]
2002 [Group 3]
2003 [Group 3]
2005 [Group 3]
2012 [Group 3]
2015 [Group 1]
2017 [Group 1]
2018 [Group 1]
2019 [Group 1]
2020 [Group 1]
2022 [Group 1]

Including 13 indoor state titles and 13 outdoor state titles, the Willingboro boys have now won 45 state championships. The girls have won 21, giving the combined program 66 total state indoor and outdoor championships.