Delsea junior Matthew Littlehales and three Haddonfield runners – senior Bennett Wright and juniors Benjamin Andrus and Peter Simpson – ran the four-fastest 1,600s by South Jersey runners this year Wednesday in Middletown, Monmouth County.
The race produced 12 of the 19-fastest times in New Jeraey this year.
The four raced some of New Jersey and Pennsylvania’s best milers at the Winner’s Circle at the Horse Farm 2025 at the Dr. George Sheehan Track and Field Complex at Christian Brothers Academy.
The race produced 15 sub-4:15 times (actually three in the 2nd section, 12 in the 3rd), with Littlehales running an outdoor PR 4:11.54, 14th-fastest in South Jersey history (and 5th-fastest in Gloucester County history) and the Haddonfield trio of Wright [4:13.28], Andrus [4:13.60] and Simpson [4:14.44] all running sub-4:15 and also PR’ing.
All-Time South Jersey Outdoor 1,600 / Mile List
4:03.50y … Peyton Shute [Woodbury], 2024
4:07.07y … Brett Johnson [Ocean City], 2009
4:07.23y … Seth Clevenger [Haddonfield], 2022
4:08.58 … Kyle Rakitis [Kingsway], 2021
4:08.7y ….. Mike Elder [Haddon Twp.], 1973
4:09.19y … John Richardson [Ocean City], 2003
4:09.30 … Colin Baker [Haddonfield], 2009
4:10.24y ….. Mike Mantini [Gateway], 1979
4:10.97 … George Andrus [Haddonfield], 2022
4:11.07 … Xavier Fraction [Washington Twp.], 2009
4:11.15 … Ryan Garvin [Lenape], 2009
4:11.46 … Miles Schoedler [Ocean City], 2010
4:11.49 … Jim Wyner [Mainland Reg.], 2004
4:11.54 … Matthew Littlehales [Delsea], 2025
4:11.69 … Shawn Wilson [Cherokee], 2013
4:11.78 … Luke Petela [Haddon Twp.], 2015
4:11.84 … Tom Cooke [Kingsway], 2012
4:11.86y … Marc Pelerin [Cherokee], 2002
4:12.00y … Matt Hoffman [Ocan City], 2024
4:12.05y … Murad Campbell [Overbrook], 1999
4:12.08 … Bill Dolan [Clearview], 2014
4:12.1y ….. Al Harden [Millville], 1978
4:12.3y ….. Ed Blakeley [Haddon Twp.], 1975
4:12.5y ….. Dick Caton [Woodbury], 1978
4:13.23 … Justin Branco [Delsea], 2015
4:13.1y … Ricky Jacques [Burlington Twp.], 1968
4:13.26y … Greg Pelose [Haddonfield], 2015
4:13.28 … Bennett Wright [Haddonfield], 2025
4:13.46 … Stone Caraccio [Kingsway], 2019
4:13.60 … Benjamin Andrus [Haddonfield], 2025
4:11.61y … Robert Poplau [Cherokee], 2024
4:13.4y … Greg Stremmel [Gateway[, 1973
4:13.4h, y … Jason DiJoseph [Paul VI], 1988
4:13.71 … Dominick Munson [Timber Creek], 2015
4:13.83 … Carmen Cavella [Washington Twp.], 2003
4:13.85 … Jacob Clark [Pleasantville], 2013
4:14.14 … Ben Potts [Haddonfield[, 2009
4:14.25 … Matt Nussbaum [Haddonfield], 2010
4:14.44 … Peter Simpson [Haddonfield], 2025
4:14.45 … Brody Bogos [Cherry Hill East[, 2025
4:14.52 … Jack Bolling [Haddon Heights], 2023
4:14.59 … Nick Kuenkel [Cherokee], 2024
4:14.60 … Matt Poskus [Cinnaminson], 2007
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 