It didn’t take long for the Timber Creek girls to make some noise at Cherokee Saturday morning.
In the first varsity event of the Fast Times at Cherokee High meet, Ryan Jennings, Nyla Jones, Chloe Jones and Naylah Jones won the 400-meter relay in 47.53, the 14th-fastest time in South Jersey history.
Timber Creek, which already had a state-leading 48.96 from last weekend’s Spartan Relays at Deptford, becomes the fastest South Jersey school since Eastern ran 47.36 at the 2019 Meet of Champions. It’s the fastest any South Jersey school has run this early since Winslow’s 47.44 at Woodbury in 2017.
The previous school record at Timber Creek was 48.66 from the 2017 Group 3 meet at Northern Burlington with Janiyah Davis-Hines, Adia Starnes, Tierra Hooker and Kai Starnes.
Much more to come today from Timber Creek and everybody else at Cherokee today. Hopefully the weather holds up and the fast times keep coming.
All-Time South Jersey 400-Meter Relay List
46.87 … Eastern, 2003
46.98 … Winslow Twp., 2017
46.9h … Willingboro, 1980
47.06 … Winslow Twp., 2014
47.18 … Winslow Twp., 2013
47.19 … Winslow Twp., 2018
47.25 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2018
47.27 … Delsea, 2017
47.36 … Eastern, 2019
47.40 … Winslow Twp., 2016
47.3h … Willingboro, 1981
47.45 … Willingboro, 1994
47.49 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
47.53 … Millville, 2019
47.53 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
47.53 … Timber Creek, 2023
47.54 … Winslow Twp., 2003
47.54 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
47.4h … Camden,, 1978
47.4y … Camden, 1979
47.75 … Eastern, 2002
47.76 … Winslow Twp., 2005
47.76 … Winslow Twp., 2012
47.79 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2021
47.82 … Moorestown, 2000
47.85 … Deptford, 2015
47.87 … Winslow Twp., 2011
47.9h … Willingboro, 1995
47.8h … Willingboro, 2003
47.94 … Camden, 2000
47.98 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2019
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 