From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

The Willingboro boys ran their fastest 800-meter relay in 11 years Friday at Armory Nationals in New York.

Seniors Miles Allen and Geordan Collins, sophomore Jackson Murry and senior Jaylen Young ran 1:30.96 – 2nd-fastest in New Jersey this year – in the prelims and although they didn’t qualify for the final, their time was 14th-best overall and the Chimeras’ fastest since the 2011 team ran 1:30.58 at the 2011 Marine Corps Holiday Classic, also at the Armory.

That 1:30.96 is No. 6 in Burlington County history and No. 4 on the all-time Willingboro list. It’s also 2nd-fastest in New Jersey this year, behind only St. Benedict’s of Newark, who ran 1:30.38 to win Easterns at the Armory earlier this month.

Here’s the all-time Burlington County sub-1:32 list
1:28.46 … Lenape, 2000
1:29.29 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
1:30.58 … Willingboro, 2011
1:30.63 … Willingboro, 2007
1:30.7y … Willingboro, 1988
1:30.96 … Willingboro, 2022
1:31.07 … Willingboro, 1995
1:31.29 … Willingboro, 2005
1:32.2h … Willingboro, 1998
1:31.36 … Willingboro, 2006
1:31.4h … Lenape, 1998
1:31.66 … Lenape, 2014
1:31.7h … Willingboro, 1990
1:31.8h … Willingboro, 1982
1:31.92 … Rancocas Valley, 2020
1:31.93 … Rancocas Valley, 2022

And here’s the all-time South Jersey sub-1:31 list
1:26.90 … Camden, 2004
1:27.60 … Vineland, 2004
1:28.0h … Edgewood, 2001
1:28.45 … Camden, 2002
1:28.46 … Lenape, 2000
1:28.48 … Camden, 2007
1:28.91 … Camden, 2000
1:29.06 … Oakcrest, 2012
1:29.17 … Camden, 2001
1:29.29 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
1:29.52 … Vineland, 2003
1:29.57 … Camden, 1997
1:29.61 … Camden, 1999
1:29.72 … Timber Creek, 2013
1:29.74 … Pennsauken, 2016
1:29.87 … Timber Creek, 2016
1:29.92 … Deptford, 2017
1:29.92 … Deptford, 2018
1:29.97 … Pleasantville, 2008
1:30.06 … Buena, 2001
1:30.08 … Camden, 2006
1:30.09 … Camden, 2018
1:30.12 … Delsea, 2007
1:30.16 … Camden, 2005
1:30.20 … Edgewood, 2000
1:30.36 … Winslow Twp., 2003
1:30.38 … Winslow Twp., 2008
1:30.40 … Delsea, 2009
1:30.42 … Vineland, 2002
1:30.47 … Vineland, 2005
1:30.51 … Woodrow Wilson, 1993
1:30.51 … Woodrow Wilson, 1996
1:30.58 … Willingboro, 2011
1:30.60 … Delsea, 2008
1:30.62 … Winslow Twp., 2005
1:30.63 … Eastern, 2002
1:30.63 … Willingboro, 2007
1:30.71 … Winslow Twp., 2004
1:30.7y … Willingboro, 1988
1:30.87 … Woodrow Wilson, 1995
1:30.89 … Vineland, 2001
1:30.96 … Willingboro, 2022
1:30.97 … Vineland, 2008