Sophomore Xavier Bancroft, sophomore Julian Coppage-Seepersaud, junior David Smith and sophomore Thomas Howard Jr. broke the Burlington County 800-meter relay record and ran the 7th-fastest time in South Jersey history Wednesday on their home track in Mount Holly.
Pushed by Winslow, R.V. ran 1:27.43, which broke the Burlington County record of 1:27.75 set by Willingboro’s Akeem Adiatu, Antonio Abney, Daquon Brow and Jusson Boyd at 2007 Greensboro Nationals at North Carolina A&T.
It’s also fastest in New Jersey this year.
Winslow, with senior Kenneth Everett Jr., junior Jayden Poteat, senior Darrell Jackson Jr. and junior Cameron Miller, placed 2nd in 1:28.38. That’s No. 3 in New Jersey this year.
The 4-by-2 was one of a handful of varsity races held during a mostly freshman and novice meet – the Red Devil Frosh/Novice Finale and Varsity Relays.
Rancocas Valley’s previous school record was 1:28.23 set at the 2015 Woodbury Relays by JeSean Foster, Dyson Scott, Shaun Ellis-Bradley and Sterling Pierce.
Here’s the all-time South Jersey sub-1:28 list
1:24.49 … Winslow Twp., 2003
1:24.90 … Camden, 2004
1:26.05 … Camden, 2000
1:26.68 … Camden, 1997
1:26.74 … Pennsauken, 2023
1:27.38 … Paul VI, 2016
1:27.43 … Rancocas Valley, 2024
1:27.52 … Woodrow Wilson, 1996
1:27.66 … Oakcrest, 2011
1:27.68 … Pennsauken, 2016
1:27.69 … Oakcrest, 2012
1:27.74 … Pleasantville, 1994
1:27.75 … Willingboro, 2007
1:27.80 … Pleasantville, 1999
1:27.84 … Winslow Twp., 2002
1:27.90 … Winslow Twp., 2008
1:27.96 … Williamstown, 2015
1:27.98 … Camden, 2002
And the all-time Burlington County Top 10
1:27.43 … Rancocas Valley, 2024
1:27.75 … Willingboro, 2007
1:28.23 … Rancocas Valley, 2015
1:28.0h … Willingboro, 1979
1:28.40 … Cherokee, 2008
1:28.44 … Lenape, 1996
1:28.64 … Rancocas Valley, 2014
1:28.79 … Willingboro, 1999
1:28.6h … Willingboro, 1982
1:28.73 … Rancocas Valley, 2022
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 