From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Pennsauken’s Rai’ana Rucker opener her junior year Saturday with a 4^th-place finish in the junior class race at the Thompson Two-Miler.

Rucker, a 2:17.98 half-miler last spring, ran 14:13 over two miles at Thompson Park in Jamesburg.

Pennsauken’s Natalia Sanchez placed 12^th in the senior race in 14:32