Nice 800 PR for Winslow sophomore Amariah Arango Saturday at the Lenape Girls Invitational, with Mainland senior Emma Preissman not far back.
Arango ran 2:16.48, dropping her PR from 2:17.64 from South Jersey Group 3 Sectionals last spring at Delsea. Her time is 2nd-fastest by a Winslow girl, behind Ava Millner’s 2:15.77 in that same sectional race last May.
Preissman dropped a huge 800 PR of 2:17.31 in 2nd place, a lifetime best of more than three seconds. Her previous PR was a 2:20.43 in the 2024 state Group 3 meet, also at Delsea. Looks like their times are No. 2 and 3 in New Jersey so far this year and the two-fastest 800s by South Jersey girls.
Also good to see Arango’s sister, Adaiah, also a sophomore, back in action and running 59.40 for 2nd to teammate Nylah Lovelace-Crump [58.56] in the 400 in her first race since West Philly Nationals in June.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 