From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Rowan sophomore Seth Clevenger from Haddonfield 15^th-fastest 10,000 in NCAA Division 3 history Saturday at the Sam Howell Invitational in Princeton.

Racing solo start to finish, Clevenger won the race in 29:06.90, lapping the field and finishing about 700 meters ahead of 2^nd-place Joshua Tejada of Monmouth University and Teaneck High.

His time is fastest ever by a South Jersey high school alum, breaking the record of 29:16.01 set at Bucknell in 2013 by Camden Catholic’s Kevin O’Donnell.

Clevenger broke the school record of 30:17.4 by over a minute. That was 30:17.4 set by Cherry Hill East’s Jack Kruse at the 1980 NCAA Division 3 Championships in Naperville, Ill.

Indoors, Clevenger ran the 4^th-fastest mile in Division 3 history [3:59.41], 3^rd-fastest 3,000 [7:54.87] and fastest 5,000 [13:32.09].

Clevenger had never run a 10,000 before.

That 29:06.90 is 24^th-fastest this year among U.S. men and 16^th-fastest among U.S. collegians in all divisions.

29:06.90 … Seth Clevenger [Haddonfield], April 4, 2026, Princeton
29:16.01 … Kevin O’Donnell [Camden Catholic], April 13, 2013, Lewisburg, Pa.

29:17.04 … Eric Lorenz [Holy Cross], April 23, 1992, Philadelphia

29:20.80 … Paul Friedman [Moorestown], June 2, 1980, Philadelphia

29:22.69 … Ethan Wechsler [Cherokee], March 24, 2023, Raleigh, N.C.

29:33.01 … Kevin Antczak [Mainland Regional], March 24, 2023, Raleigh, N.C.

29:35.97 … Andy Arnold [Bishop Eustace], May 16, 2014, West Lafayette, Ind.

29:52.40 … Dennis Fortuna [Triton], May 5, 2024, Princeton

29:53.85 … Keith Krieger [Cherokee], March 25, 2005, Palo Alto, Calif.

30:16.81 … Sebastien Reed [Pitman], May 7, 2022, Lawrenceville, N.J.

After running the 4^th-fastest 400-meter relay in Gloucester County history earlier in the day, Deptford continued its hot racing on its home track with the 2^nd-fastest time in county history in the 800-meter relay.

Senior Damon Morton, senior Kareem Brown, junior Xavion Holmes and senior Johann Hernandez ran on the 4-by-1 team, and in the final it was the same quartet but in a different order – Hernandez to Holmes to Morton to Brown.

That’s 11^th-fastest in South Jersey history and 2^nd in Gloucester County history only behind Delsea’s 1:27.19 in East Brunswick in May of 2024.

It was a fast, deep race, with three schools under 1:29. Winslow ran 1:28.82 with junior Jaylen Moss, senior Prince Owusu-Twum, senior Jacoby James and senior KaRon Ali, and Eastern ran 1:28.84 with a listed lineup of sophomore Paul Moore, senior Vinny Rosa, junior Keshawn Townsend and senior Ashton Gage.

Note that this timing company only lists last names in the entries and results, so if a high school has two kids on the track team with the same last name – as Eastern does with the Moores – there’s literally no way to tell who ran. But we’re guessing here it was Paul Moore. Correct us if we’re wrong. And, hey, “Pioneer Timing,” maybe type in some first names so we know who actually raced!).

All-Time South Jersey 4-by-2 list
1:24.49 … Winslow Twp., 2003
1:24.90 … Camden, 2004
1:26.05 … Camden, 2000
1:26.68 … Camden, 1997
1:26.76 … Rancocas Valley, 2024
1:26.74 … Pennsauken, 2023
1:27.19 … Delsea, 2024
1:27.22 … Winslow Twp., 2025
1:27.38 … Paul VI, 2016
1:27.52 … Woodrow Wilson, 1996
1:27.52 … Deptford, 2026
1:27.66 … Oakcrest, 2011
1:27.68 … Pennsauken, 2016
1:27.69 … Oakcrest, 2012
1:27.74 … Pleasantville, 1994
1:27.75 … Willingboro, 2007
1:27.80 … Pleasantville, 1999
1:27.84 … Winslow Twp., 2002
1:27.90 … Winslow Twp., 2008
1:27.96 … Williamstown, 2015
1:27.98 … Camden, 2002
1:28.01 … Camden, 1999
1:28.02 … Edgewood, 2000
1:27.9 ….. Edgewood, 1985
1:27.9 ….. Winslow Twp., 2008
1:28.23 … Rancocas Valley, 2015
1:28.0h … Willingboro, 1979
1:28.0h … Edgewood, 1984
1:28.0h … Edgewood, 1985
1:28.0h … Camden, 2001
1:28.0h … Winslow Twp., 2004
1:28.29 … Cherry Hill East, 2012
1:28.34 … Winslow Twp., 2024
1:28.35 … Timber Creek, 2014
1:28.37 … Camden, 2005
1:28.38 … Paul VI, 2018
1:28.40 … Cherokee, 2008
1:28.42 … Pennsauken, 2005
1:28.2h … Cumberland Regional, 1981
1:28.44 … Lenape, 1996
1:28.47 … Pennsauken
1:28.52 … Timber Creek, 2013
1:28.57 … Deptford, 2017
1:28.62 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017
1:28.62 … Delsea, 2010
1:28.64 … Rancocas Valley, 2014
1:28.4h … Woodrow Wilson, 1986
1:28.4h … Edgewood, 2001
1:28.65 … Camden, 2000
1:28.70 … Paul VI, 2021
1:28.73 … Rancocas Valley, 2023
1:28.79 … Willingboro, 1999
1:28.82 … Buena, 2000
1:28.84 … Pennsauken, 2022
1:28.6h … Willingboro, 1982
1:28.6h … Willingboro, 1990
1:28.6h … Vineland, 2002
1:28.90 … Delsea, 2008
1:28.7h … Willingboro, 1977
1:28.7h … Edgewood, 1982
1:28.7h … Edgewood, 1982
1:28.82 … Winslow Twp., 2026
1:28.84 … Eastern, 2026
1:28.96 … Deptford, 2015
1:28.96 … Egg Harbor Twp.,2015

Rowan ran the 3^rd-fastest 400-meter relay in NCAA Division 3 this year Saturday in Daytona Beach.

Senior Masai Byrd from Rancocas Valley, sophomore Julian Conigliaro from Delsea, sophomore Madaijoudou Diawara from Toms River North and senior Evan Corcoran from Kingsway ran 40.93, winning the race at the Embry Riddle Invitational.

The only faster times this year have been recorded by Centenary of Shreveport, La., who ran 40.45 in Jackson, Miss., last month, and Texas Lutheran of Seguin, Texas, who ran 40.74 in San Antonio, Texas, on Friday.

Rowan ran the 3^rd-fastest time in Division 3 history last year at NCAA Division 3 Nationals in Geneva, Ohio, with a 39.72, with Corcoran also in the lineup. They’ve also run 39.97 [last year in D-3 trials], 40.03 [Widener last-chance meet last May], 40.14 [2023 Nationals in Rochester], 40.27 [last April in Atlanta], 40.36 [2023 at NCAA trials], 40.37 [in 2023 in Selinsgrove, Pa.] and 40.43 [2002 NCAAs in St. Paul, Minn.] and most likely some other sub-41 times.

The Winslow girls ran the 12^th-fastest time shuttle hurdles time in state history Saturday at the Deptford Spartan Relays.

Sophomore Jasmine Jackson, senior Ma’Syiah Brawner, junior Cinniya Robinson and junior Justice Green ran 59.60, winning by nearly 10 seconds.

That’s No. 4 in South Jersey history, behind Edgewood’s 1999 then-state record, Willingboro’s 59.25 last year at West Philly Nationals and Eastern’s 59.52 at the 2019 Don Danser Relays.

Unless you consider Edgewood’s 59.00 at the 1999 East Coast Relays as the school record, Winslow broke the school record of 1:00.18 that they ran at the 2014 Willingboro Relays.

All-Time New Jersey Shuttle Hurdles Performance List
58.30 … Union Catholic, 2018
58.39 … Union Catholic, 2015
58.60 … Union Catholic, 2019
58.74 … Union Catholic, 2017
59.00 … Edgewood, 1999
59.22 … Columbia, 2013
59.25 … Willingboro, 2025
59.42 … Union Catholic, 2024
59.43 … Paramus Catholic, 2019
59.49 … Union Catholic, 2021
59.52 … Eastern, 2019
59.60 … Winslow Twp., 2026
59.66 … Newark Tech, 2012
59.75 … Irvington, 2012
59.79 … Pennsauken, 1999
59.91 … Columbia, 2012

The Deptford boys sped to the 4^th-fastest 400-meter relay time in Glouceseter County history Saturday morning on their home track at the Spartan Relays.

Senior Damon Morton, senior Kareem Brown, junior Xavion Holmes and senior Johann Hernandez ran 41.93 and ran away from the field, finishing more than a second ahead of 2^nd-place Winslow, which ran 43.09.

The time is 24^th on the all-time South Jersey list. The only Gloucester County schools to run faster are Washington Township in 2024 and Deptford in 2017 and 2018.

40.92 … Winslow, 2003
41.09 … Camden, 2000
41.25 … Camden, 2004
41.25 … Camden, 2001
41.26 … Washington Twp., 2024
41.45 … Timber Creek, 2014
41.47 … Deptford, 2018
41.50 … Timber Creek, 2013
41.54 … Camden, 2002
41.55 … Deptford, 2017
41.57 … Pennsauken, 2017
41.62 … Camden, 2003
41.64 … Winslow Twp., 2004
41.69 … Willingboro, 1982
41.71 … Edgewood, 2000
41.71 … Salem, 2017
41.80 … Oakcrest, 2012
41.83 … Camden, 1997
41.83 … Oakcrest, 2011
41.83 … Camden, 1997
41.7h … Camden, 1996
41.7h … Edgewood, 2001
41.85 … Pennsauken, 2016
41.86 … Pennsauken, 2017
41.93 … Deptford, 2026
41.7h … Camden, 1996
41.7h … Edgewood, 2001
41.96 … Paul VI, 2018
42.01 … Deptford, 2019
41.9h … Pleasantville, 1994

Very fast early 400-meter relay Saturday morning for Winslow Township, who ran 47.32 at the Deptford Spartan Relays.

That’s No. 14 in South Jersey history and Winslow’s 6^th-fastest.

The results show one of the Arango sisters leading off – not specified whether it’s Amariah or Adaiah – followed by senior Olivia Okaro, senior Leeya Joseph and junior Jordyn Cato.

All-Time South Jersey 400-Meter Relay
46.19 … Timber Creek, 2024
46.20 … Willingboro, 2025
46.43 … Timber Creek, 2023
46.87 … Eastern, 2003
46.95 … Pennsauken, 2025
46.98 … Winslow Twp., 2017
46.9h … Willingboro, 1980
47.06 … Winslow Twp., 2014
47.07 … Winslow Twp., 2025
47.18 … Winslow Twp., 2013
47.19 … Winslow Twp., 2018
47.25 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2018
47.27 … Delsea, 2017
47.32 … Winslow Twp., 2026
47.36 … Eastern, 2019
47.36 … Rancocas Valley, 2025
47.40 … Winslow Twp., 2016
47.40 … Winslow Twp., 2025
47.3h … Willingboro, 1981
47.45 … Willingboro, 1994
47.49 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
47.53 … Millville, 2019
47.53 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
47.54 … Winslow Twp., 2003
47.54 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
47.4h … Camden,, 1978
47.4y … Camden, 1979
47.72 … Pennsauken, 2024
47.75 … Eastern, 2002
47.76 … Winslow Twp., 2005
47.76 … Winslow Twp., 2012
47.78 … Willingboro, 2023
47.79 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2021
47.81 … Haddonfield, 2024
47.82 … Moorestown, 2000
47.84 … Kingsway, 2025
47.85 … Deptford, 2015
47.87 … Winslow Twp., 2011
47.9h … Willingboro, 1995
47.8h … Willingboro, 2003
47.94 … Camden, 2000
47.96 … Winslow Twp., 2024
47.98 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2019

Ocean City’s Elaina Styer, national runner-up in the pentathlon at indoor NCAA Division 3 Championships, smashed the Stockton school record in the 100-meter hurdles Saturday at the Osprey Invite in Galloway Township.

Styer, a Stockton sophomore, won the hurdles in 14.50, breaking the record of 14.54 set by Jassina Surles of Williamstown in the trials of the 2016 ECAC Division 3 Championships in Westfield, Mass.

Styer’s time is No. 6 in NCAA Division 3 so far this year. The race was run into a 0.8 meters-per-second headwind.

Styer’s previous PR was 15.41 at a meet last April at Widener in Chester, Pa. Her best time in high school was 16.25 as part of the pentathlon at 2023 West Philly Nationals.

Styer also won the long jump with a PR 18-5 3/4 on her only legal jump. Her previous PR was 18-0 1/2 indoors at Ocean Breeze this past December.  That’s No. 6 in NCAA Division 3 so far this year.

The Williamstown girls ran a DMR school record and the 6^th-fastest time in Gloucester County history Saturday at the Deptford Spartan Relays.

Junior Julia Burgio, junior Chanelle Briscoe, junior Tristan Hughes and senior Sophia Aldridge ran 12:37.62, breaking the school record of 12:53.14 from the 2012 Woodbury Relays.

Williamstown’s time is fastest by any Gloucester County school in nine years, since Kingsway ran 12:32.84 at the 2017 Woodbury Relays.

The splits that are listed don’t make sense, so if anybody has correct splits please shoot them over and I’ll add them.

All-Time Gloucester County DMR List
12:23.33 … Delsea, 2011
12:26.93 … Delsea, 2009
12:29.72 … Washington Twp., 2012
12:32.84 … Kingsway, 2017
12:36.14 … Washington Twp., 2011
12:37.62 … Williamstown, 2026
12:38.79 … Kingsway, 2015
12:38.85 … Washington Twp., 2023
12:40.60 … Kingsway, 2008
12:41.58 … Kingsway, 2023
12:42.60 … Delsea, 2010
12:45.36 … Kingsway, 2014
12:47.87 … Clearview, 2022
12:48.46 … Kingsway, 2018

The Burlington County boys ran what looks like a school record in the 800-meter relay Saturday morning at the Don Danser Invitational at Rancocas Valley.

Although names aren’t listed – thanks, “EliteFeats Timing” – the Falcons won the 4-by-2 in 1:29.72. The fastest previous time I could find for Burlington Township is 1:30.00 at East Brunswick in 2024.

Names listed in the entries are Jaylen Porter, Jaydin Macklin, Robert Proctor, Solomon Wesley, David Raiford Jr., Gerald Sackie, Adam Amah and Gabe Thomas. So four of those eight were on this 4-by-2 team.

All-Time Burlington County 4-by-2 List
1:26.76 … Rancocas Valley, 2024
1:27.75 … Willingboro, 2007
1:28.23 … Rancocas Valley, 2015
1:28.0h … Willingboro, 1979
1:28.40 … Cherokee, 2008
1:28.44 … Lenape, 1996
1:28.64 … Rancocas Valley, 2014
1:27.73 … Rancocas Valley, 2023
1:28.79 … Willingboro, 1999
1:28.6h … Willingboro, 1982
1:28.6h … Willingboro, 1990
1:28.7h … Willingboro, 1977
1:27.79 … Willingboro, 1979
1:28.23 … Rancocas Valley, 2015
1:28.64 … Rancocas Valley, 2014
1:29.03 … Rancocas Valley, 2025
1:29.11 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
1:29.2h … Willingboro, 1988
1:29.3h … Willingboro, 1985
1:29.4h … Lenape, 1998
1:29.72 … Burlington Twp., 2026
1:29.79 … Rancocas Valley, 2021
1:29.6h … Kennedy, 1981
1:29.6h …Willingboro, 1995
1:29.86 … Willingboro, 2012
1:29.91 … Willingboro, 2013
1:29.97 … Rancocas Valley, 2016
1:29.98 … Lenape, 2002
1:29.9h … Willingboro, 2006

Natalie Dumas dipped under a minute in her first 400-meter hurdles race of the year.

Racing at the Deptford Spartan Relays, the six-time national champion from Eastern won the race in 59.96, the 4^th-fastest time in the country in the early goings this outdoor season.

Dumas ran 55.11 at West Philly Nationals this past June, 6^th-fastest in U.S. history. This was her first intermediate hurdles race since that race.

This was a fast race all around, with Atlantic County Tech junior Brianna Growalt placing 2^nd in 1:01.83 and Winslow sophomore Jasmine Jackson 3^rd in 1:02.37.

In her 1^st lifetime 400-meter hurdles race, Growalt ran the 8^th-fastest time in Atlantic County history. Growalt was state Group 4 champion in the 100-meter hurdles and long jump last spring and in the 55-meter hurdles indoors this past winter.

Also running fast early times were Winslow sophomore Jasmine Jackson [1:02.37], Winslow junior Cinniya Robinson [1:03.90] and Kingsway junior Norah Brown [three-second PR 1:04.53].

All-Time Atlantic County Girls 400-Meter Hurdles Top-50
1:00.26 … Helena Leyrer [Buena], 2012
1:00.40 … Diamond McLaughlin [Absegami], 2021
1:00.55 … Katrina Sye [Buena], 1997
1:00.58 … Andrea Olsen [Buena], 2013
1:01.42 … Natalie Edwards [Pleasantville], 1995
1:01.44 … Nyal Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
1:01.73 … Joshonda Johnson [Absegami], 2016
1:01.83 … Brianna Growalt [Atlantic County Tech], 2026
1:02.06 … Frances Bundy [Pleasantville], 1999
1:02.94 … Anne Rutledge [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2021