The Winslow boys were the 5th-fastest U.S. team in the 400-meter relay heats Thursday at the 129th running of the Penn Relays at Franklin Field, and junior KaRon Ali, senior Kristopher Jackson, senior Jayden Poteat and junior Nyqir Helton qualified for the Northeast Final scheduled for 1:35 p.m. Friday.
Winslow ran 41.86, the 13th-fastest time overall among more than 600 schools that ran in the various 4-by-100 races on Day 1 of the Penn Relays.
It was Winslow’s fastest time in 21 years.
Here’s a look at the lineups for all the 400-meter relays on Friday: Click here.
Winslow’s time was 3rd-fastest among New Jersey schools, behind St. Peter’s Prep of Jersey City, which ran 41.71, and Bergen Catholic of Oradell, who also ran 41.86 but slightly faster when broken down to 1,000ths of a second.
Winslow, which ran 42.00 at Woodbury, has only run faster in 2003 [South Jersey-record 40.92] and 2004 [41.64].
The only other South Jersey school under 43 seconds was Lenape, which ran 42.74 with a presumed lineup of sophomore Peyton Brown, junior Zimir Lane, sophomore Srithan Gade and senior M.J. Lincoln. That looks like a Lenape school record.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 