From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

The Willingboro and Washington Township girls placed 2^nd and 3^rd in the shuttle hurdles Sunday morning at West Philly Nationals, with Willingboro tying its own Burlington County record and Washington Township breaking the Gloucester County record.

All eight hurdlers from both schools earn All-America honors for the top-six finish.

Willingboro senior Nester Wea, Aaliyah Robinson, sophomore Trinity Brapoh and senior Sunny Oyibo placed 2^nd in 59.25, the same state-leading time they ran at East Brunswick last month and equalling No. 6 in state history. That’s No. 2 in South Jersey history behind Edgewood’s then-national record 59.00 at the 1999 East Coast Relays in Morristown with Yvette Murry, Kierra Clemons, Pam Richardson and Dennean Davis.

Washington Township was 3^rd in 1:00.68, No. 7 in South Jersey history. Senior Meciah Howell, freshman Nia’Leila Cuascut, senior Zaida Taylor and senior Dakota Jones ran for Township, who broke the Gloucester County record of 1:03.47 the Minutemaids set at last year’s West Philly Nationals by Howell, Zarria Oliphant, Taylor and Jones.

The only New Jersey schools to ever run faster than Willingboro are Union Catholic four times from 2015 through 2019, Columbia in 2013 and Edgewood in 1999.

Bullis School of Potomac, Md., won the race in 56.32.

59.00 … Edgewood, 1999
59.25 … Willingboro, 2025
59.52 … Eastern, 2019
59.79 … Pennsauken, 1999
1:00.14 … Buena, 2012
1:00.18 … Winslow Twp., 2014
1:00.68 … Washington Twp., 2025
1:01.17 … Woodrow Wilson, 2012
1:01.59 … Rancocas Valley, 2024
1:01.68 … Winslow Twp., 2002
1:01.6h … Woodrow Wilson, 2005
1:01.84 … Timber Creek, 2024
1:01.94 … Edgewood, 1998
1:02.0h … Moorestown, 1994
1:02.16 … Wilson, 2003
1:02.51 … Mainland Regional, 2018
1:02.59 … Paul VI, 2018
1:02.68 … Mainland Reg., 2018
1:02.86 … Edgewood, 2001
1:02.99 … Winslow Twp., 2024
1:03.30 … Winslow Twp., 2025
1:03.47 … Washington Twp., 2024
1:03.62 … Absegami, 2017
1:03.70 … Lenape, 2008
1:03.70 … Washington Twp., 2025
1:03.73 … Highland, 1998
1:03.79 … Camden, 2015

58.30 … Union Catholic, 2018
58.39 … Union Catholic, 2015
58.60 … Union Catholic, 2019
58.74 … Union Catholic, 2017
59.00 … Edgewood, 1999
59.22 … Columbia, 2013
59.25 … Willingboro, 2025
59.42 … Union Catholic, 2024
59.43 … Paramus Catholic, 2019
59.49 … Union Catholic, 2021
59.52 … Eastern, 2019
59.66 … Newark Tech, 2012
59.75 … Irvington, 2012
59.79 … Pennsauken, 1999
59.91 … Columbia, 2012