With three sophs and a junior, Rancocas Valley runs 6th-fastest 4×2 in South Jersey history at West Philly Nationals!!!!!!

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Rancocas Valley’s remarkable all-underclass stable of sprinters recorded the 6th-fastest 800-meter relay in South Jersey history late Friday evening at the rain-delayed West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field.

Sophomore Thomas Howard Jr., sophomore Xavier Bancroft, junior David Smith and sophomore Julian Coppage-Seepersaud ran 1:26.76 and placed 2nd in the 8th of 10 sections of the 800-meter relay final Friday evening.

After the last two races were finished, that held up for 9th place after the two fastest seeded sections had raced. R.V.’s time is No. 15 in state history.

New Jersey No. 1 Delsea, which ran 1:27.19 at East Brunswick last month, was entered and scheduled to run in R.V.’s race but scratched.

R.V. broke its own Burlington County record of 1:27.28 set at Rahway last month. Before that, the Burlington County record was 1:27.75 set by Willingboro’s Jusson Boyd, Daquan Brown, Akeem Adiatu and Antonio Abney at Greensboro Nationals in 2007.

The only faster time in the last 20 years by a South Jersey school is Pennsauken’s 1:26.74 with Elijah Jennings, Bronze Whitmore, Bryce Tucker and Premier Wynn last May at Fast Times at Cherokee High. R.V. ran 2-100ths of a second off that time.

All-Time South Jersey 800-Meter Relay 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
1:26.76 … Rancocas Valley, 2024
1:27.19 … Delsea, 2024
1:27.38 … Paul VI, 2016
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

All-Time New Jersey 800-Meter Relay List
1:24.49 … Winslow Twp., 2003
1:24.90 … Camden, 2004
1:26.05 … Camden, 2000
1:26.0h … Somerville, 1973
1:26.3h … Weequahic, 1992
1:26.59 … East Orange, 2018
1:26.59 … Seton Hall Prep, 2018
1:26.66 … Irvington, 2005
1:26.68 … Camden, 1997
1:26.5h … Snyder, 1971
1:26.5h … Rahway, 1971
1:26.5h … Montclair, 1984
1:26.5h … Plainfield, 1998
1:26.74 … Pennsauken, 2023
1:26.76 … Rancocas Valley, 2024
1:26.78 … Teaneck, 2007
1:26.7h … Plainfield, 1980
1:26.93 … St. Peter’s, 2017

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