From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

The Winslow girls opened the 2025-26 season with a hot 800-meter relay Saturday morning at the Ott Center.

Junior Jordyn Cato, junior Amaya Jones, senior Olivia Okaro and sophomore Jasmine Jackson ran 1:41.31, 9^th-fastest in South Jersey history at the SJTCA season-opener.

Winslow ran 1:39.66 last year, No. 2 in South Jersey history, with only Cato and Okaro in the lineup from this race. Winslow’s time is No. 20 on the all-time New Jersey indoor list. Jackson anchored in 24.53.

Winslow ran unpressed, with Pennsauken – minus Sianni Wynn – 2^nd in 1:47.75. senior Sanaya Dupree, junior Abigayle John, junior Jade Georges-Reyes and senior Olivia Dupree ran for Pennsauken.

Winslow has run faster only in 2017, 2018 and 2025.

1:39.55 … Winslow Twp., 2018
1:39.66 … Winslow Twp., 2025
1:39.94 … Winslow Twp., 2017
1:40.77 … Moorestown, 2000
1:41.19 … Camden, 2008
1:41.14 … Woodrow Wilson, 2006
1:41.19 … Camden, 2008
1:41.28 … Woodrow Wilson, 2005
1:41.31 … Winslow Twp., 2026
1:41.42 … Moorestown, 1999
1:41.70 … Willingboro, 2002
1:41.78 … Winslow Twp., 2014
1:41.80 … Winslow Twp., 2019

1:38.03 … Union Catholic, 2024
1:38.60 … Union Catholic, 2023
1:38.99 … Columbia, 2014
1:39.29 … Union Catholic, 2016
1:39.37 … Columbia, 2011
1:39.55 … Winslow Twp., 2018
1:39.66 … Winslow Twp., 2025
1:39.74 … Franklin, 2003
1:39.94 … Winslow Twp., 2017
1:39.94 … East Orange Campus, 2007
1:40.51 … Union Catholic, 2014
1:40.67 … Union Catholic, 2017
1:40.76 … Union Catholic, 2022
1:40.77 … Moorestown, 2000
1:41.07 … Union Catholic, 2015
1:41.14 … Woodrow Wilson, 2006
1:41.19 … Camden, 2008
1:41.28 … Woodrow Wilson, 2005
1:41.30 … Union Catholic, 2025
1:41.31 … Winslow Twp., 2026