From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Paul VI seniors Isaiah Shafer, Cameron Serafinelli, Matthew Mazero and Michael Mazero earned All-America honors Saturday night with a 4th-place finish in the Super Sprint Medley at New Balance Nationals.

Shafter and Serafinelli ran the 100s, Matthew Mazero the 200 and Michael Mazero the 400 for PVI, which ran 1:33.35 and finished less than a second behind winner Stow-Munroe Falls High of Stow, Ohio, which ran 1:32.38.

The official results site does not show splits.

Paul VI had run 1:32.67 last week at Cherokee, and that is No. 8 in South Jersey history.

Bergen Catholic is No. 1 in New Jersey in the super sprint med with its 1:32.26 at Cherokee, where it edged PVI. But Paul VI turned the tables on the Oradell school Saturday night. Bergen Catholic placed 7th in 1:33.82.

Here’s the all-time South Jersey Super Sprint med list:

1:30.09 … Willingboro, 2007
1:31.05 … Camden, 2005
1:31.22 … Cherry Hill East, 2012
1:31.48 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
1:31.66 … Willingboro, 2006
1:31.90 … Delsea, 2007
1:32.26 … Deptford, 2018
1:32.67 … Paul VI, 2022
1:32.98 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2015
1:33.06 … Washington Twp., 2010
1:33.09 … St. Augustine, 2019
1:32.23 … Winslow Twp., 2004
1:33.24 … Deptford, 2019
1:33.29 … Cherokee, 2008
1:33.35 … Moorestown, 2016
1:33.43 … Timber Creek, 2013
1:33.44 … Winslow Twp., 2008
1:33.54 … Oakcrest, 2012
1:33.66 … Timber Creek, 2009
1:33.67 … Camden, 2009
1:33.68 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2010
1:33.68 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
1:33.79 … Moorestown, 2015
1:33.81 … Camden, 2007
1:33.89 … Delsea, 2014
1:33.92 … Camden, 20014
1:33.95 … Camden, 2019
1:33.97 … Winslow Twp., 2003