From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Sianni Wynn and the Pennsauken girls won the 800-meter relay and destroyed the state record Friday afternoon at West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field.

Junior Summer Schaffer, senior Sanaya Dupree, sophomore Hope Edwards and Wynn ran 1:35.21, breaking the state record of 1:35.89 set at this meet last year by Union Catholic.

Pennsauken broke the South Jersey record of 1:36.63 that Pennsauken ran at the Woodbury Relays in April.

Pennsauken was only the 3^rd seed but out-raced the field, winning by nearly a second over Monteverde (Fla.) Academy, who finished 2^nd in 1:36.10.

Wynn ran after winning the 100-meter dash and Edwards raced only 45 minutes after placing 3^rd in the 400-meter hurdles.

Pennsauken’s time is 5^th-fastest on the 2026 U.S. list in the World Athletics database. All four runners have to be American to qualify for that list. Pennsauken is 10^th-fastest in the world this year.

Kingsway placed 14th overall in 1:40.67, 3rd-fastest on the all-time Gloucester County list. Sophomore Talia Griscom, junior Kenya Nobles, junior Norah Brown and sophomore Noemi Haller ran for Kingsway.

All-Time South Jersey 800-Meter Relay List
1:35.21 … Pennsauken, 2026
1:37.96 … Willingboro, 2025
1:38.43 … Winslow Twp., 2018
1:38.55 … Winslow Twp., 2025
1:39.21 … Eastern, 2003
1:39.59 … Winslow Twp., 2012
1:39.65 … Pennsauken, 2025
1:39.67 … Winslow Twp., 2019
1:39.67 … Timber Creek, 2023
1:39.78 … Willingboro, 2024
1:39.99 … Kingsway, 2026
1:40.10 … Timber Creek, 2024
1:40.25 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
1:40.30 … Winslow Twp., 2017
1:40.45 … Kingsway, 2025
1:40.46 … Eastern, 2019
1:40.62 … Winslow Twp., 2003
1:40.72 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2018
1:40.5h … Woodrow Wilson, 2006
1:40.67 … Kingsway, 2026
1:40.91 … Winslow Twp., 2004

All-Time New Jersey 800-Meter Relay List
1:35.21 … Pennsauken, 2026
1:35.89 … Union Catholic, 2025
1:37.53 … Union Catholic, 2017
1:37.75 … Union Catholic, 2024
1:37.77 … Franklin Twp., 2003
1:37.89 … Union Catholic, 2023
1:37.96 … Willingboro, 2025
1:38.11 … Union Catholic, 2019
1:38.42 … Franklin Twp., 2001
1:38.43 … Winslow Twp., 2018
1:38.55 … Winslow Twp., 2025
1:38.98 … Union Catholic, 2022
1:39.04h … Montclair, 1980
1:39.21 … Eastern, 2003
1:39.54h … Montclair, 1981
1:39.59 … Winslow Twp., 2012
1:39.65 … Pennsauken, 2025 ***
1:39.67 … Winslow Twp., 2019
1:39.67 … Timber Creek, 2023
1:39.76 … Neptune, 2015
1:39.78 … Willingboro, 2024
1:39.79 … Columbia, 2010
1:39.86 … Summit, 2017
1:39.94 … Piscataway, 2011
1:39.99 … Kingsway