The Cherokee and Winslow girls ran the 6th– and 8th-fastest times in South Jersey history Friday evening in the unseeded section of the 3,200-meter relay at West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field. Moorestown made it three South Jersey teams under 9:17.
Cherokee ran 9:06.96, Winslow 9:10.15 and Moorestown 9:16.20. All three are school records and all three broke school records set earlier this year.
Cherokee, Winslow and Moorestown placed 3rd, 5th and 6th when scored just in the unseeded sections of the 4-by-8. But they placed 10th, 12th and 15th overall including times from the seeded races.
For Cherokee, Alyssa Suriano led off with a 2:16:01 leg, Megan Niglio ran 2:20.22, Sofia Recinto split 2:13.56 and Madeline Meder anchored in 2:17.19. Cherokee broke its school record of 9:13.67 from the Penn Relays in April. Cherokee did run 9:07.27 indoors at 2022 Armory Nationals. Their time is fastest by a Burlington County school in 13 years, since Lenape ran 9:05.62 at 2012 Greensboro Nationals.
Winslow also broke a school record set earlier this year. Their previous school record was 9:17.50 from Group 3 Sectionals last month at Delsea. Freshman Amariah Arango led off with a 2:13.54, followed by senior Ava Millner at 2:15.93, freshman Adaiah Arango with a 2:20.09 and Tristan Hughes 2:20.59.
For Moorestown, freshman Hope Edwards led off in 2:14.88, Sophia Di Fiore ran 2:24.32, senior Sarah Brown ran 2:23.62 on the 3rd leg and freshman Payton Derer anchored in 2:13.40. Their previous school record was 9:18.34 from the Meet of Champions earlier this month at Pennsauken. Moorestown’s time is No. 16 on the all-time South Jersey list and No. 7 on the Burlington County list.
9:00.51 … Haddonfield, 2021
9:05.62 … Lenape, 2012
9:05.83 … Lenape, 2008
9:06.30 … Haddonfield, 2008
9:06.96 … Cherokee, 2025
9:07.71 … Ocean City, 2025
9:10.15 … Winslow Twp., 2025
9:10.32 … Haddonfield, 2000
9:12.30 … Haddonfield, 2019
9:13.67 … Cherokee, 2025
9:14.25 … Cherokee, 2023
9:15.19 … Lenape, 2007
9:15.51 … Ocean City, 2024
9:15.61 … Ocean City, 2014
9:15.92 … Haddonfield, 2015
9:16.20 … Moorestown, 2025
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
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 