The Cherokee girls ran the 4th-fastest distance medley in New Jersey this year and fastest by a South Jersey school Saturday at the Blue Devil Classic in Westfield.
Madeline Meder, Emily Couture, Sofia Recinto and Alyssa Suriano won the DMR in 12:20.00, the 6th straight year Cherokee has run 12:20.00 or faster.
The time is 14th-fastest on the all-time Burlington County list and No. 34 on the all-time South Jersey list.
Meder led off in 3:43.69 for 1,200 meters, Couture split 63.50, Recinto ran 2:18.58 and Suriano anchored in 5:14.35.
Cherokee ran unpressed, finishing 120 meters ahead of 2nd-place Rahwah, which ran 12:40.91.
All-Time Burlington County DMR List
11:53.15 … Lenape, 2012
11:54.48 … Cherokee, 2023
12:04.39 … Lenape, 2010
12:05.01 … Cherokee, 2024
12:07.21 … Lenape 2008
12:07.43 … Cherokee, 2022
12:10.76 … Lenape, 2017
12:13.08 … Cherokee, 2025
12:14.61 … Lenape, 2013
12:16.79 … Lenape, 2015
12:18.29 … Shawnee, 2012
12:19.41 … Rancocas Valley, 2011
12:19.60 … Shawnee, 2015
12:20.00 … Cherokee, 2026
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 