Sophomore Joe Saicic’s 4:23.28 anchor leg led Glassboro to the 3rd-fastest distance medley ever by a South Jersey Group 1 shool Saturday morning at the Woodbury Relays.
Glassboro won the Group 1 DMR in 10:29.47, 12th-fastest in Gloucester County history and fastest by a South Jersey Group 1 school in 11 years.
The only South Jersey Group 1s to run faster are Haddon Township with their 10:19.67 at the 2015 Penn Relays and Woodbury ran a 10:25.6 converted from 2 ½ miles in 1979 at a meet I haven’t been able to identify.
Aaron Johnson, Zacchaeus Harrigan and Jaeden Wesley also ran for Glassboro, presumably Wesley on the 1,200, Harrigan on the 800 and Johnson on the 400, but I’m just guessing there. If you know who ran which legs for the Bulldogs let us know in the comment section!
In any case, the 1,200 split was 3:12.24, the 400 was 51.75 and the 800 was 1:59.21. Glassboro’s DMR was fastest of the four races and 2nd-fastest in New Jersey so far this year, behind CBA’s 10:26.30 at Arcadia, Calif.
It’s the fastest time by a New Jersey Group 1 in nine years, since McNair Academic of Jersey City ran 10:20.11 at the 2017 Penn Relays.
Glassboro will run the 4-by-8 at the 130th Penn Relays, with Saicic, Johnson, Harrigan and Wesley racing in the fourth 4-by-8 section at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Franklin Field.
All-Time Gloucester County Distance Medley
10:10.74 … Washington Twp., 2000
10:15.9y … Williamstown, 1973
10:17.2y … Williamstown, 1974
10:19.11 … Washington Twp., 2009
10:25.44 … Kingsway, 2019
10:25.6y … Gateway, 1979
10:25.6y … Woodbury, 1979
10.26.74 … Kingsway, 2018
10:27.81 … Washington Twp., 2002
10:28.65 … Delsea, 2012
10:29.1y … Gateway, 1978
10:29.47 … Glassboro, 2026
All-Time Group 1 Distance Medley
10:19.67 … Haddon Twp., 2015
10:25.6y … Woodbury, 1979
10:29.47 … Glassboro, 2026
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 