The Winslow girls posted the 12th-fastest time of over 500 high schools racing the 400-meter relay Friday morning at the 129th running of the Penn Relays at Franklin Field.
With freshman Amariah Arango, freshman Jasmine Jackson, junior Ma’Syiah Brawner and sophomore Olivia Okaro, Winslow ran the 7th-fastest time in South Jersey history and qualified for the Northeast Championship race, scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
Willingboro ran 47.49 – their fastest time in 31 years – and Pennsauken ran 47.45, just off their 47.26 from Woodbury, and both also qualified for the Northeast Championship race. Pennsauken and Willingboro ran the 19th– and 20th-fastest times in the field. They were the only New Jersey public schools under 47.50.
For Willingboro, sophomore Maya Bolden, junior Kaila Speight, junior Jaden Murry and senior Nester Wea raced, and Pennsauken ran juniors Sanaya Dupree and Olivia Dupree, sophomore Abigayle John and junior Sianni Wynn.
For the lineups for the various 400-meter relay championship races, click here.
ALL-TIME SOUTH JERSEY 400-METER RELAY LIST
46.19 … Timber Creek, 2024
46.43 … Timber Creek, 2023
46.87 … Eastern, 2003
46.98 … Winslow Twp., 2017
46.9h … Willingboro, 1980
47.06 … Winslow Twp., 2014
47.07 … Winslow Twp., 2025
47.18 … Winslow Twp., 2013
47.19 … Winslow Twp., 2018
47.25 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2018
47.26 … Pennsauken, 2025
47.27 … Delsea, 2017
47.36 … Eastern, 2019
47.40 … Winslow Twp., 2016
47.40 … Winslow Twp., 2025
47.3h … Willingboro, 1981
47.45 … Willingboro, 1994
47.49 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
47.49 … Willingboro, 2025
47.53 … Millville, 2019
47.53 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
47.54 … Winslow Twp., 2003
47.54 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
47.4h … Camden,, 1978
47.4y … Camden, 1979
47.72 … Pennsauken, 2024
47.75 … Eastern, 2002
47.76 … Winslow Twp., 2005
47.76 … Winslow Twp., 2012
47.78 … Willingboro, 2023
47.79 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2021
47.81 … Haddonfield, 2024
47.82 … Moorestown, 2000
47.85 … Deptford, 2015
47.87 … Winslow Twp., 2011
47.9h … Willingboro, 1995
47.8h … Willingboro, 2003
47.94 … Camden, 2000
47.96 … Winslow Twp., 2024
47.98 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2019
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 