Cherokee sophomore Megan Niglio, junior Kerry O’Day, senior Megan Niglio and freshman Kerry O’Day earned All-America honors with a 4th-place finish in the four-mile relay Saturday at Boston Indoor Nationals in Brighton, Mass.
Cherokee ran 20:56.84 – an average of 5:14.21 per mile – to record the 7th-fastest time in state history and fastest in six years.
Megan Niglio led off with a 5:08.72, O’Day ran 5:12.40, Meder 5:22.47 and Kelsey Niglio anchored in 5:13.26.
That’s No. 2 in South Jersey history, behind only Haddonfield’s 20:53.03 with Shelby Cain, Kaitlyn Bonnet, Meg Schroeter Briana Gess.
Cherokee placed 4th in the seeded heat of the 4-mile relay, then had to wait over an hour for several other races to finish before an unseeded section of the race was held to make sure their time held up for 4th. The winning time in the second section was 21:21.61 and Cherokee had its 4th place finish.
Indoor State 4xMile List
20:33.64 … Roxbury, 2008
20:36.41 … Colts Neck, 2007
20:38.43 … Colts Neck, 2006
20:46.30 … Red Bank Regional, 2002
20:51.21 … Pope John XXIII, 2017
20:53.03 … Haddonfield, 2014
20:56.84 … Cherokee, 2023
20:57.64 … Randolph, 2017
20:57.65 … Colts Neck, 2008
20:59.66 … Ridgewood, 2012
South Jersey 4xMile Indoor List
20:53.03 … Haddonfield, 2014
20:56.84 … Cherokee, 2023
21:03.64 … Lenape, 2010
21:15.16 … Lenape, 2012
21:18.28 … Lenape, 2008
21:54.98 … Lenape, 2006
21:57.98 … Bishop Eustace, 2019
21:58.47 … Highland, 2009
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 