The Ocean City girls ran the 3rd-fastest distance medley in South Jersey history Friday at the 129th running of the Penn Relays, placing 8th in the Championship of America race at Franklin Field.
Senior Chloe Care, sophomore Alana Clevenger, sophomore Carly Godfrey and junior Maeve Smith ran 11:58.64, which trails only Lenape’s 11:53.15 at 2012 Greensboro Nationals with Camille Franklin, Ana de las Heras, Emily McGee and Natalia Ocasio, and Cherokee’s 11:54.48 at 2023 West Philly Nationals with Megan Niglio, Madison Van Haren, Kelsey Niglio and Kerry O’Day.
Care led off in 3:42.74, Clevenger split 61.24, Godfrey ran 2:13.27 and Snith anchored in 5:01.96. Ocean City broke the Cape May County record of 12:08.61 set by the 2014 Ocean City team of Devin Grisbaum, Cierra Granger, Rachel Stremme and Bridget Flynn at the Rowan Open in Glassboro.
All-Time New Jersey Sub-12 DMR List
11:24.53 … Union Catholic, 2025
11:32.29 … Red Bank Catholic, 2011
11:37.86 … Red Bank, 2003
11:40.81 … Southern Regional, 2007
11:42.16 … Roxbury, 2008
11:42.17 … Red Bank, 2002
11:45.54 … Southern Regional, 2006
11:47.67 … Southern Regional, 2008
11:47.95 … Voorhees, 2002
11:48.04 … Columbia, 1997
11:49.73 … Randolph, 2019
11:50.03 … Roxbury, 2006
11:50.73 … Ridgewood, 2012
11:50.7h … Summit, 1981
11:51.76 … Voorhees, 2007
11:52.24 … Bernards, 2012
11:53.13 … West Windsor-Plainsboro South, 2015
11:53.15 … Lenape, 2012
11:54.22 … Ridgewood, 2019
11:54.48 … Cherokee, 2023
11:54.9h … Summit, 1982
11:55.13 … Randolph, 2010
11:55.41 … Red Bank, 2001
11:55.55 … Red Bank Catholic, 2012
11:56.10 … Mount St. Dominic, 2013
11:56.69 … Ramapo, 2007
11:56.60 … Southern Regional, 2004
11:57.10 … Union Catholic, 2024
11:57.17 … Metuchen, 2022
11:57.85 … Northern Highlands, 2015
11:57.88 … Roxbury, 2007
11:57.96 … Bernards, 2013
11:58.08 … Oak Knoll School, 2025
11:58.33 … North Hunterdon, 2017
11:58.4h … North Hunterdon, 1987
11:58.43 … Randolph, 2007
11:58.64 … Ocean City, 2025
11:58.74 … Southern Regional, 2009
11:59.6h … Ridgewood, 1982
11:59.78 … Mendham, 2012
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 