From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

The Winslow and Willingboro girls closed out 2025 West Philly Nationals by placing 3^rd and 5^th in the final event of the four-day meet, the championship 1,600-meter relay.

Winslow placed 3^rd in 3:43.75 with freshman Amariah Arango, freshman Jasmine Jackson, sophomore Skyhe Seamon and sophomore Cinniya Robinson, who anchored in 54.74, moving the Eagles up from 5^th to 3^rd on the final lap.

Winslow ran slightly faster on the same track at Penn Relays in April – 3:43.46, which is 10^th-fastest in state history and a South Jersey record.

Willingboro finished 5^th with junior Kaila Speight, senior Nester Wea, sophomore Maya Bolden and sophomore Jade Pinder running 3:45.77. That’s No. 21 in state history and No. 8 on the all-time South Jersey list. The Chimeras’ fastest previous time this year was a 3:47.01 at the Meet of Champions at Pennsauken earlier this month.

This is Willingboro’s fastest time – and actually the fastest Burlington County time – since the Chimeras ran 3:44.64 with at the 2002 Meet of Champions in South Plainfield with Halimah Bashir, Rhea Mann, Channel Hamilton and Okechi Ogbuokiri.

Willingboro earned All-America honors in four events this weekend, with Wea becoming a four-time All-America and Speight, Pinder and Bolden three-time All-Americas. Trinity Brapoh, Sunny Oyibo and Aaliyah Robinson were single All-Americas.

All-Time New Jersey 4-by-4 List
3:35.90 … Union Catholic, 2015
3:38.92 … Union Catholic, 2017
3:40.36 … Columbia, 2013
3:41.03 … Montclair, 1998
3:41.17 … Union Catholic, 2024
3:41.19 … Columbia, 2014
3:42.54 … Columbia, 2010
3:42.59 … Union Catholic, 2016
3:42.97 … Union Catholic, 2019
3:43.46 … Winslow Twp., 2025
3:43.3h … Plainfield, 1981
3:43.94 … Willingboro, 2003
3;44.43 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:44.64 … Willingboro, 2002
3:44.67 … Clayton, 2022
3:44.9h … Columbia, 1980
3:45.11 … Union Catholic, 2024
3:45.12 … Trenton, 2001
3:45.41 … Camden, 1995
3:45.67 … Willingboro, 1999
3:45.77 … Willingboro, 2025
3:45.89 … Lawrenceville School, 2025
3:46.04 … Timber Creek, 2024
3:46.13 … Willingboro, 2000
3:46.38 … Timber Creek, 2023
3:46.67 … Winslow, 2018
3:46.71 … Union Catholic, 2023
3:46.73 … Scotch Plains-Fanwood
3:46.85 … Winslow Twp., 2024

All-Time South Jersey 4-by-4 List
3:43.46 … Winslow Twp., 2025
3:43.94 … Willingboro, 2001
3;44.43 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:44.64 … Willingboro, 2002
3:44.67 … Clayton, 2022
3:45.41 … Camden, 1995
3:45.67 … Willingboro, 1999
3:45.77 … Willingboro, 2025
3:46.04 … Timber Creek, 2024
3:46.13 … Willingboro, 2000
3:46.38 … Timber Creek, 2023
3:46.66 … Timber Creek, 2024
3:46.67 … Winslow Twp., 2018
3:46.85 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:47.16 … Eastern, 2003
3:47.30 … Willingboro, 2003
3:47.41 … Winslow Twp., 2017
3:47.4h … Camden, 1978
3:47.55 … Camden, 2006
3:48.00 … Wilson, 2001
3:48.17 … Wilson, 2006
3:48.6y … Camden,, 1978
3:48.78 … Lenape, 2014
3:48.7h … Washington Twp., 1999
3:48.87 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
3:48.91 … Penns Grove, 2013
3:49.25 … Lenape, 2015
3:49.2y … Camden, 1979
3:49.30 … Winslow Twp., 2004
3:49.43 … Willingboro, 1997
3:49.53 … Willingboro, 1998
3:49.63 … Winslow Twp., 2016
3:49.01 … Eastern, 2024
3:49.93 … Willingboro, 2009