New Jersey's Penn Relays Notebook - Saturday Events Recap

Apr 29, 2023

Want a quick overview of New Jersey's performance during the 2023 Penn Relays Carnival Presented by Toyota? Well, we've got you covered!

Check out all the New Jersey interviews, features, and top results from the weekend in our day by day snap recaps.

New Jersey Feature Links & Headlines

Look Back: Day 2 Highlights & Headlines at Penn Relays
Look Back: Day 1 Highlights & Headlines at Penn Relays
Coaches Baker and Bunion Honored at the Penn Relays
Union Catholic Wins Penn Relays CoA 4x800m, No. 2 All-Time
Alumni: Dolan and Murphy Spark Nova to CoA 4xMile Title
Headlines and feature articles from the Saturday events will be linked here as they come!

Day 3 - Saturday Highlights

This section will point out top performances in each event and added context for major times or marks.

Girls 4x400m Qualifier Merge

Rumson-Fair Haven jus six spots away from a CoA qualification ranked 15th overall with their state leading time of 3:55.23! They ran second in their heat to Jamaica's Wolmer's Girls clocked at 3:54.32.

Rumson-Fair Haven saw Megan Burns, Reese Reynolds Malone, Clemmie Lilley, and Ryan Malone on the track for that relay.

The Lawrenceville School girls won the Prep School division 4x400m with a 3:56.13! They rank 19th overall with that performance off the legs by Elizabeth Parnell, Sofia Swindell, Jael Gaines, and Rhianna Scott. They now rank NJ No. 2 this spring.

Pennsauken ranked 28th in the 452 team merge and earned an exciting victory in the South Jersey Large school division running 3:58.41 holding off a big surge from Timber Creek and Winslow Twp! Now NJ No. 3 this season.

Top 10 NJ Schools - Full Result

15th - Rumson-Fair Haven 3:55.23
19th - Lawrenceville School 3:56.13
28th - Pennsauken 3:58.41
30th - North Hunterdon 3:58.81
32nd - Union Catholic 3:58.89
37th - Winslow 3:59.67
40th - Piscataway 4:00.00
45th - Timber Creek 4:00.53
53rd - Willingboro 4:01.33
56th - Morristown 4:01.62
Out of 125 New Jersey schools, and 452 schools overall!
New Jersey State 4x400m Season Rankings

Girls 4x400m Prep School

NJ Finishers - Results

1st - Lawrenceville School 3:56.13
3rd - Blair Academy 4:13.06
7th - St. Benedict's Prep 4:16.19
8th - Immaculata 4:18.21
9th - Peddie School 4:21.72
15th - Pennington School 4:37.93
New Jersey State 4x400m Season Rankings

Watch the South Jersey Small 4x400m race above.

Girls 4x400m South Jersey Small

The Willingboro girls dominated the South Jersey Small School division running a 4:01.33, almost 8 seconds ahead of second place Haddonfield Memorial clocked at 4:09.17.

Willingboro ranked 53rd in the overall merge out of 452 total schools. Their squad consisted of Nester Wea, Kaila Spright, Jaden Murray, and Aaliyah Robinson.

NJ Finishers - Results

1st - Willingboro 4:01.33
2nd - Haddonfield Memorial 4:09.17
3rd - Audubon 4:14.11
4th - West Deptford 4:14.34
5th - Pemberton 4:15.77
6th - Woodstown 4:17.57
7th - Clayton 4:17.76
8th - Collingswood 4:19.78
9th - Cinnaminson 4:19.78
10th - Haddon Township 4:21.88
11th - Deptford 4:26.36
12th - Seneca 4:55.87
New Jersey State 4x400m Rankings

Watch the South Jersey Large 4x400m race above.

Girls 4x400m South Jersey Large

Pennsauken earned an exciting victory in the South Jersey Large school division running 3:58.41 holding off a big surge from Timber Creek and Winslow Twp!

On the final leg Timber Creek made a major surge to briefly take the lead heading to the final bend, Pennsauken's anchor ran tough and made the pass back before the straight for the win.

Winslow Township also brought home a strong kick to take second place just meters before the line with a 3:59.67 to finish ahead of third place Timber Creek's 4:00.53.

NJ Finishers - Results

1st - Pennsauken 3:58.41
2nd - Winslow 3:59.67
3rd - Timber Creek 4:00.53
4th - Rancocas Valley 4:02.03
5th - Kingsway 4:05.96
6th - Cherry Hill East 4:07.58
7th - Washington Twp 4:08.69
8th - Cherokee 4:10.93
9th - Highland Reg 4:18.36
10th - Cherry Hill West 4:18.98
11th - Clearview Reg 4:19.37
12th - Burlington Twp 4:20.90
13th - Lenape 4:24.27
14th - Northern Burlington 4:33.77
15th - Eastern Regional 4:35.89
New Jersey State 4x400m Rankings

Girls 4x100m Northeast Championship

Union Catholic with the big win in the Northeast final! Taylor Aska, Taylor Cox, Leah Gould, and Natalia Thompson on this squad.

NJ Finishers - Results

Girls 4x800m Championship of America

With a fantastic time of 8:44.98 the Union Catholic girls brought home the Championship of America 4x8 title!

Maameyaa Nyinah, Jimmiea King, Kaleigh Gunsiorowski, and Peyton Hollis put together the US No. 2 all-time high school performance in the event and broke the New Jersey state record held by Columbia since 2014.

That 8:44.98 just off the national record of 8:43.12 set in 2008 by Roosevelt (MD).

The UC girls are the first American team to win the Penn Relays CoA 4x800m event since Shenendehowa (NY) did so in 2016.

They are also the first New Jersey squad to win since Columbia did so twice in a row during the 2013 and 2014 Penn Relays.

Cherokee HS had a great run as well hitting 9:14.25 for sixth in an elite field. Rumson-Fair Haven closed out with a 9:22.79 for 11th.

NJ Finishers - Results

1st - Union Catholic 8:44.98
6th - Cherokee 9:14.25
11th - Rumson-Fair Haven 9:22.79

Girls 4x400m Philadelphia Area Final

In exciting fashion the Lawrenceville School girls earned second in the Philadelphia Area final running 3:55.24! Pennsauken runs fourth at 3:55.75.

The Lawrenceville team was made up by Elizabeth Parnell, Sofia Swindell, Jael Gaines, and Rhianna Scott.

Their 3:55.24 performance is the second fastest of the day for New Jersey just .01 off the Rumson-Fair Haven preliminary time of 3:55.23 earlier today. The NJ No. 1 and No. 2 performances so far this season.

NJ Finishers - Results