The Ocean City girls – seniors Chloe Care and Maeve Smith, freshman Riley Tolson and sophomore Carly Godfrey – won the Meet of Champion 3,200-meter relay Wednesday with the 4th-fastest time in meet history and 5th-fastest time in South Jersey history
Ocean City recorded its first MoC relay win with a time of 9:07.71, fastest in the Meet of Champions in seven years, since Ridge won the 2018 race in 9:03.19.
The time lowered their own Cape May County record of 9:14.20 from the state Group 3 meet in South Plainfield last weekend. Their time is No. 27 in state history.
South Jersey swept the top three spots, with Moorestown 2nd in 9:18.34 – 8th-fastest in Burlington County history – and Cherokee 3rd in 9:20.37.
Care led off for Ocean City with a 2:16.35 split that had Ocean City in 2nd behind Moorestown senior Sarah Brown, who led off in 2:14.18. Smith split 2:17.90 to move Ocean City into the lead, and Tolson split 2:22.60 to hold the lead. Godfrey then anchored emphatically in 2:10.89.
For Moorestown, sophomore Sophia DiFiore and freshmen Payton Derer and Hope Edwards followed Brown, with Edwards anchoring in 2:14.10.
Cherokee’s lineup was freshman Erin Healy and juniors Sofia Recinto, Madeline Meder and Alyssa Siriano, with Recinto splitting 2:17.31 and Meder 2:17.37.
This is the first time 1-2-3 South Jersey sweep since the 4-by-8 was added in 2010.
Alk-Time South Jersey 4-by-8 List
9:00.51 … Haddonfield, 2021
9:05.62 … Lenape, 2012
9:05.83 … Lenape, 2008
9:06.30 … Haddonfield, 2008
9:07.71 … Ocean City, 2025
9:10.32 … Haddonfield, 2000
9:12.30 … Haddonfield, 2019
9:13.67 … Cherokee, 2025
9:14.25 … Cherokee, 2023
9:15.61 … Ocean City, 2014
9:15.19 … Lenape, 2007
9:15.51 … Ocean City, 2024
9:15.92 … Haddonfield, 2015
9:16.57 … Seneca, 2017
9:16.79 … Haddonfield, 1999
9:17.50 … Winslow Twp., 2025
9:17.77 … Cherokee, 2022
9:18.22 … Kingsway, 2016
9:18.34 … Moorestown, 2025
9:18.37 … Haddonfield, 2019
9:18.57 … Seneca, 2018
9:18.71 … Lenape, 2011
9:18.93 … Haddonfield, 2018
9:18.94 … Lenape, 2006
9:19.15 … Wilson, 2002
9:19.68 … Kingsway, 2017
All-Time Meet of Champions list
9:01.69 Freehold Township, 2014 [1]
9:03.19 Ridge, 2018 [1]
9:06.81 Ridge, 2016 [1]
9:07.71 Ocean City, 2025 [1]
9:08.15 Southern Regional, 2016 [2]
9:08.75 Ridge, 2019 [1]
9:10.06 Southern Regional, 2014 [2]
9:10.24 Haddonfield, 2021 [1]
9:10.69 Freehold Township, 2013 [1]
9:11.48 Ridge, 2015 [1]
9:11.81 Ridge, 2017 [1]
9:13.70 North Hunterdon, 2016 [3]
9:14.04 Mountain Lakes, 2017 [2]
9:14.07 West Windsor-Plainsboro South, 2014 [3]
9:14.48 Mount St. Dominic, 2012 [1]
9:14.98 West Windsor-Plainsboro South, 2015 [2]
9:15.15-Hillsborough, 2024
9:15.16 Haddonfield, 2019 [2]
9:15.19 Southern Regional, 2017 [3]
9:15.51-Ocean City, 2024
9:15.69 Lenape, 2012 [2]
9:15.92 Haddonfield, 2015 [3]
9:16.22 The Wilberforce School, 2023 [1]
9:16.60 Hunterdon Central, 2010 [1]
9:16.82 Seneca, 2017 [4]
9:16.86 Summit, 2012 [3]
9:17.68 Ramapo, 2014 [4]
9:17.82 Middletown South, 2013 [2]
9:17.84 Westfield, 2018 [2]
9:18.13 North Hunterdon, 2017 [5]
9:18.17 Hunterdon Central, 2017 [6]
9:18.22 Kingsway, 2016 [4]
9:18.30 Union Catholic, 2015 [4]
9:18.34 Moorestown, 2025 [2]
9:18.57 Seneca, 2018 [3]
9:18.71 Lenape, 2011 [1]
9:18.88 Hunterdon Central, 2014 [5]
9:18.93 Haddonfield, 2018 [4]
9:19.41 West Windsor-Plainsboro North, 2012 [4]
9:19.74 Bernards, 2013 [3]
9:19.89 Westfield, 2016 [5]
All-Time State 4-by-8 list
8:34.20 … Union Catholic, 2024
8:44.98 … Union Catholic, 2023
8:45.37 … Columbia, 2014
8:52.80 … Southern Regional, 2009
8:54.88 … Columbia, 1997
8:55.44 … Freehold Township, 2014
8:55.82 … Ridge, 2017
8:56.45 … Pope John XXIII, 2007
8:59.16 … Voorhees, 2002
8:59.78 … Union Catholic, 2019
9:00.38 … Bernards,2010
9:00.51 … Haddonfield, 2021
9:00.43 … Ridgewood, 2012
9:03.74 … Red Bank Catholic, 2012
9:03.4h … Bernards, 1983
9:04.11 … Rumson Fair Haven, 2025
9:04.22 … Roxbury, 2008
9:04.48 … Ridge, 2024
9:05.62 … Lenape, 2012
9:05.83 … Lenape, 2008
9:06.14 … Union Catholic, 2022
9:06.30 … Haddonfield, 2008
9:06.47 … West Windsor-Plainsboro, 2014
9:06.80 … Voorhees, 2008
9:06.92 … Randolph, 2010
9:07.1h … Columbia, 1983
9:07.71 … Ocean City, 2025
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 