PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - St. Peter's Prep had plenty to say after Thursday's 4x100-meter relay trials about how fast they were going to run and how no one could beat them in the Northeast Championship race at the 129th Penn Relays presented by Toyota.
The foursome of junior Neko Luzzi-Liggins, freshman Jevon Ledgister, senior Darryl Coleman, and junior Hunter Watson backed up their words with an electrifying performance on Friday as they flashed ther firepower and blew up the track at historic Franklin Field with a heart-pounding victory, stopping the clock at 41.42!!! That time is No. 9 in NJ history, and it smashed the Northeast Championship event record and the Hudson County record!
In a race featuring 5 NJ teams, St. Peter's Prep, who ran 41.71 in the 4x100 trials on Thursday, edged Cumberland Valley of Pa. second in 41.43. Bergen Catholic was third in a Bergen County record 41.60, Toms River placed fourth in a Shore Conference record 41.63, Paramus Catholic was seventh in 41.84 and Winslow was eighth in 42.22.
St. Peter's Prep's 41.42 broke the Hudson County record of 41.65 that St. Peter's Prep ran in 2019, and took down the event record of 41.59 run in 2018 by Uniondale of New York. Bergen Catholic's 41.60 took down the Bergen County record of 41.69 that BC ran to finish first at the 2023 Meet of Champions. Toms River North broke the Shore Conference record of 41.70 that they ran finish first at the Meet of Champions last June,
Here's the updated NJ Top 10 all-time in the 4x100 relay
40.92-Winslow, 2003
41.0-Plainfield, 1980
41.09-Camden, 2000
41.2-Weequahic, 1972
41.25-Camden, 2004
41.26-Washington Township, 2024
41.30-Montclair, 1984
41.3-Westfield, 1978
41.42-St. Peter's Prep, 2025
41.45-Timber Creek, 2014