From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Winslow and Camden won the South Jersey 1,600-Meter Relays Saturday at the 130^th running of the Penn Relays at Franklin Field.

Winslow won the Large-School race in 3:20.58 on senior Prince Owusu-Twum’s 48.46 anchor leg. Camden won the Small-School race in 3:21.59, edging Deptford by 12-100ths of a second.

This was Winslow’s 3^rd straight Large-School win. Winslow also won in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2008 and Edgewood – which became Winslow – won in 1984, 1985 and 1987.

Senior Quayd Hendricks led off for Winslow with a 50.05 split, senior Jacoby James split 51.10 and freshman Keyon Ali ran 50.98.

Eastern placed 2^nd in 3:22.07 with senior Brandon Lamon, sophomore Paul Moore, junior Keshawn Townsend and senior Ashton Gage. It was Eastern’s first top-three performance since the 2006 team placed 2^nd.

Burlington Township ran 3:27.26 for 3^rd with senior Robert Proctor, sophomore Jaylen Porter and seniors Jaydin Macklin and Suleiman Passewe.

In the Small-School race, Camden won its 7^th title and 2^nd in a row. The Panthers also won in 1999, 2005, 2009, 2012 and 2014.

Senior Jawan Brownlee led off with a 50.02, senior Christian Braxton ran 50.71, senior Jeremiah Steeley split 51.59 and senior Jaiden Steele anchored in 49.27. Steeley and Steele were also on the winning team last year.

Deptford ran 3:21.71 for 2^nd with senior Johann Hernandez, junior Xavion Holmes and seniors Kyle Jackson and Kareem Brown, and Salem placed 3^rd in 3:28.96 with senior Xavier McGriff, junior Jerry Seals, senior Gradin Buzby and junior Timothy Gregory.

All sub-50 splits in the two races. If the order of runners is incorrect and the wrong runner is credited with the sub-50 split let me know!

48.46 … Prince Owusu-Twum [Winslow], 4^th leg
48.78 … Keshawn Townsend [Eastern], 3^rd leg
49.11 … Kareem Brown [Deptford], 4^th leg
49.27 … Jaiden Steele [Camden], 4^th leg
49.43 … John Froelich [Overbrook], 4^th leg
49.80 … Johann Hernandez [Deptford], 1^st leg
49.89 … Jaylen Porter [Burlington Twp.], 2^nd leg
49.93 … Tymir Gayle [Cherry Hill East], 4^th leg