Juniors Xavier Bancroft, Julian Coopage-Seepersand and Tim Howard Jr. and senior David Smith ran the 5th-fastest indoor 800-meter relay in Burlington County history Saturday qualifying at the Beantown Winter Classic at the TRACK in Boston.
R.V. ran 1:30.43 – fastest in New Jersey so far this year – in the 8th and final qualifying race. R.V. was forced to run by itself, with nobody else in its heat breaking 1:39. They finished about 85 meters ahead of 2nd-place Coginchaug of Durham, Conn.
Their qualifying time is 2nd-fastest, behind River Hill School of Clarksville, Md., which ran 1:30.01 in the 3rd qualifying race. Eight teams advanced to the final, which is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Saturday. The cutoff was 1:34.90.
The only faster times in Burlington County history are Lenape’s 1:28.46 when they set the then-South Jersey and meet record at 2000 Easterns at the Armory with Herb Reid, Ian Moore, Luis Tomlinson and Mohamad Kanu in the lineup and R.V. in 2017, also at Easterns at the Armory, with Brian Merriman, Sam Keleekai, Rob Hawkins and Brandon Boggs.
All-Time Burlington County 800-Meter Relay List
1:28.46 … Lenape, 2000
1:29.29 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
1:30.43 … Rancocas Valley, 2025
1:30.56 … Rancocas Valley, 2024
1:30.59 … Willingboro, 2024
1:30.63 … Willingboro, 2007
1:30.7y … Willingboro, 1988
1:30.96 … Willingboro, 2022
1:30.63 … Willingboro, 2007
1:30.7y … Willingboro, 1988
All-Time South Jersey Indoor 800-Meter Relay
1:26.90 … Camden, 2004
1:27.60 … Vineland, 2004
1:28.0h … Edgewood, 2001
1:28.28 … Washington Twp., 2024
1:28.45 … Camden, 2002
1:28.46 … Lenape, 2000
1:28.48 … Camden, 2007
1:28.77 … Pennsauken, 2023
1:28.80 … Deptford, 2023
1:28.91 … Camden, 2000
1:29.06 … Oakcrest, 2012
1:29.17 … Camden, 2001
1:29.29 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
1:29.33 … Delea, 2024
1:29.52 … Vineland, 2003
1:29.57 … Camden, 1997
1:29.61 … Camden, 1999
1:29.72 … Timber Creek, 2013
1:29.74 … Pennsauken, 2016
1:29.81 … Pennsauken, 2022
1:29.87 … Timber Creek, 2016
1:29.92 … Deptford, 2017
1:29.92 … Deptford, 2018
1:29.97 … Pleasantville, 2008
1:30.06 … Buena, 2001
1:30.08 … Camden, 2006
1:30.09 … Camden, 2018
1:30.12 … Delsea, 2007
1:30.15 … Depetford, 2020
1:30.16 … Camden, 2005
1:30.20 … Edgewood, 2000
1:30.22 … Millville, 2020
1:30.36 … Winslow Twp., 2003
1:30.38 … Winslow Twp., 2008
1:30.40 … Delsea, 2009
1:30.42 … Vineland, 2002
1:30.43 … Rancocas Valley, 2025
1:30.47 … Vineland, 2005
1:30.51 … Woodrow Wilson, 1993
1:30.51 … Woodrow Wilson, 1996
1:30.59 … Willingboro, 2024
1:30.56 … Rancocas Valley, 2024
1:30.60 … Delsea, 2008
1:30.62 … Winslow Twp., 2005
1:30.63 … Eastern, 2002
1:30.63 … Willingboro, 2007
1:30.71 … Winslow Twp., 2004
1:30.7y … Willingboro, 1988
1:30.87 … Woodrow Wilson, 1995
1:30.89 … Vineland, 2001
1:30.96 … Willingboro, 2022
1:30.97 … Vineland, 2008
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 