Woodstown lowered its Salem County record and placed 13th Thursday evening in the 3,200-meter relay at Boston THE TRACK Nationals.
Woodstown ran 7:55.26, 11th-fastest in South Jersey history and a bit lower than their 7:55.62 from the Millrose Games at the Armory in January.
Their time is 4th-fastest all-time in New Jersey by a Group 1 school. It’s fastest by any South Jersey school since Kingsway ran 7:47.50 at the 2020 Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.
Senior Karson Chew led off with a 1:57.75, senior Jacob Marino and junior David Farrell split 2:01.03 and 2:01.94 and senior Josh Crawford anchored with a 1:54.56.
The only faster New Jersey Group 1 schools are Pleasantville’s 7:45.55 when they won 2013 Easterns at the Armory and two Bernards performances from the 1980s converted from two-mile relays – a converted 7:54.18 in 1984 and 7:45.5 in 1983.
All-Time South Jersey 3,200-Meter Relay List
7:43.64 … Cherokee, 2012
7:45.55 … Pleasantville, 2013
7:47.50 … Kingsway, 2020
7:48.92 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017
7:51.45 … Washington Twp., 2009
7:51.78 … Cherokee, 2000
7:52.77 … Pleasantville, 2006
7:52.95 … Willingboro, 2003
7:53.64 … Willingboro, 2002
7:54.76 … Pleasantville, 2007
7:55.26 … Woodstown, 2026
7:55.40 … Washington Twp., 2008
7:55.44 … Haddonfield, 2010
7:56.97 … Haddonfield, 2026
7:57.28 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
7:57.29 … Oakrest, 2009
7:57.56 … Haddonfield, 2019
7:58.08 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2016
7:58.40 … Deptford, 2026
7:58.5h … Willingboro, 1983
7:59.05 … Pleasantville, 2015
7:59.51 … Pleasantville, 2012
7:59.84 … Kingsway, 2014
7:59.91 … Kingsway, 2013
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 