From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Daizhae’ Brown, a Georgian Court freshman from Cedar Creek, had herself a huge meet Sunday in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Championships at Ocean Breeze with three PRs, three podium finishes and a school record.

What a meet for Brown!

Brown, from Mays Landing, dropped her 60-meter dash PR from 7.76 from January at Ocean Breeze to 7.73, breaking the school record of 7.74 set by Aretha Edwards at the Armory in 2018. Brown placed 3rd in the dash behind two sprinters from the University of the District of Columbia.

In the long jump, Brown extended her PR from 18-2 ½ from a meet last month in Reading, Pa., to 18-8 ½ and finished nearly a foot ahead of the field. That’s No. 3 in school history.

Brown’s third event was the triple jump, and she set another PR of 37-5 and placed 2nd to a D.C. jumper on a 2nd-jump tibreaker. Brown’s previous triple jump PR was 37-4 ½ from last month in Lancaster, Pa. Brown’s 37-5 is No. 5 in school history.

Brown ranks 3rd in NCAA Division 2 East Region in the 60, 2nd in the long jump and 2nd in the triple jump. She’s also 7th with a 5-1 in the high jump, although she didn’t high jump at the conference meet. Georgian Court, coached by Cinnaminson’s Mike Murawski, is scheduled to compete in a season-ending meet Friday at Ocean Breeze.

Remarkable accomplishment Sunday for Williamstown senior Jasiah Gibbons, who became only the fourth New Jersey athlete and the first from South Jersey to run as fast as sub-6.45 in the 55-meter dash and sub-7.45 in the 55-meter hurdles.

Gibbons won the 55-meter dash in 6.41, and he won the high hurdles in 7.43, both 7th-fastest in Gloucester County history.

So far this year, Gibbons is 3rd-fastest in New Jersey in the dash and No. 5 in the hurdles.

He goes into the state Group 4 meet as No. 1 seed in both events.

Gibbons is Williamstown’s first indoor sectional double winner in 15 years, since Paul Szulewski won the 1,600 in 4:24.79 and the 3,200 in 9:39.49 at the 2011 meet at the Bubble.

He’s the first South Jersey athlete to run as fast as 6.41 and 7.43 in his entire career, and he did it on the same day, about an hour apart. Washington Township’s Yashahya Brown, a national high school hurdles champ now at Hampton, came close, with PRs of 7.06 – the South Jersey record – and 7.44.

The only three New Jersey athletes to run 6.45 and 7.45 are Akeem Lindo of East Orange, who ran 6.37 and 7.31 in 2017, James Dely of Paramus Catholic, who ran 6.40 and 7.32 last year, and Shamali Whittle of Nottingham, who ran 6.33 and 7.45.

But Gibbons is the first ever to run that fast in both the 55 and 55 hurdles at a sectional meet, which goes back to 2008.

Gibbons dropped a huge PR in the dash, where his previous PR was 6.70 from last month at the Armory. He lowered it to 6.50 in the trials before the 6.41 in the final. His previous hurdles PR was 7.45 from last week at Ocean Breeze.

Williamstown scored 44 ½ points Sunday and placed 3rd, behind Toms River North [53 ½] and Millville [47]. Gibbons also anchored Williamstown’s 5th-place 1,600-meter relay.

Gibbons’ teammate, junior Ian Israel, placed 2nd in the 55 in 6.47, just shy of his 6.46 PR from Ocean Breeze last week. And senior Dominic Burgio placed 2nd in the 1,600 with a 4:27.91 and 6th in the 800 at 2:04.18. Also for the Braves, junior Joshua George-Oyewole took 4th in the hurdles at 7.77, just off his 7.73, also from Ocean Breeze, and junior Chance Gibbons tied for 5th in the high jump at 5-10. And Williamstown ran 3:36.11 in the relay, with senior Brandon Brown, junior London Young, Israel and Gibbons.

Next for Gibbons is the state Group 4 meet back at the Bubble on Sunday.

All-Time Gloucester County 55 Hurdles List
7.06 … Yashahya Brown [Washinton Twp.], 2024
7.18 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 1996
7.36 … Alexander Hollimon [Williamstown], 2024
7.42 … Kevon Brown [West Deptford], 2009
7.42 … Naseem Smith [Deptford], 2019
7.42 … Ryan Sanchez [Deptford], 2025
7.43 … Jasiah Gibbons [Williamstown], 2026
7.48 … Tyrell Ross [Clearview], 2005
7.49 … Devon Carter [Washington Twp.], 2026
7.53 … Kanye Mills [Washington Twp.], 2023

All-Time Gloucester County 55 Dash List
6.18 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024
6.22 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024
6.33 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024
6.34 … A.J. Bunton [West Deptford], 2006
6.38 … James Brown [Glassboro], 2009
6.40 … Marquis Taylor [Woodbury], 2025
6.41 … Jasiah Gibbons [Williamstown], 2026
6.43 … Anthony Averett [Woodbury], 2013
6.44 … Thomas Hampton [Clayton], 2019
6.44 … Yashahya Brown [Washinton Twp.], 2023
6.44 … Brysheen Ferguson [Glassboro, 2024

Rowan’s Bright John, a freshman from Sterling, popped a long PR Saturday at the Ott Center, giving the Profs two of the top three freshman long jumpers in NCAA Division 3 this year.

John jumped 23-3 ½ on his 1st attempt at the Widener Indoor Classic, No. 23 in NCAA Division 3 and No. 3 among freshman. Teammate Anthony Parker from Salem is No. 2 in D-3 at 25-0 and only one other freshman jumper – Lee Qualk of Penn State-Behrand – has jumped farther than John. Qualk has a 23-4 ¾ from a meet in December in Houghton, N.Y.

John’s previous PR was a 23-2 ½ at Ocean Breeze last weekend. He’s now No. 8 in Rowan indoor history.

Egg Harbor graduate Ahmad Fogg, a Stockton junior, placed 2nd with a 23-2 jump. His PR is 24-4 ¼ from Ocean Breeze last month so he’s No. 4 in D-3. Parker, Fogg and John are 1-2-3 in the NJAC.

Junior Judah Jones won two events and Millville finished as the top South Jersey school in Group 4 sectionals Sunday at the Bubble. Toms River North won the team title by just six points, 53 ½-47 over Millville.

Jones won the 400 in 50.64 and the high jump at 6-4 for the Thunderbolts, and juniors Nhevoun Baker and Kwmae Ford picked up 3rd-places, Baker with a 7.73 in the hurdles and Ford 47-4 in the shot put.

Williamstown [44 ½], Egg Harbor Township [38], Cherokee [31], Eastern [30], Cherry Hill East [24], Southern Regional [12 ½] and Washington Township [10 ½] also reached double figures.

For Williamstown, senior Jasiah Gibbons doubled the hurdles in 7.43 and 55 in 6.41, senior Dominic Burgio was 2nd in the 1,600 in 4:27.91 and junior Ian Israel Jr. ran 6.47 for 2nd in the 55.

Cherokee juniors Benjamin Realley and Maximo Harada recorded distance wins, Realley with 4:27.39 in the 1,600 and Harada with 9:37.02 in the 3,200. Realley also placed 3rd in the 800 in 2:00.55.

Seniors Ari Bell and Andy Nguyen picked up 2nd-places for Egg Harbor, Bell with 7.68 in the hurdles and Nguyen clearing 12-0 in the pole vault. Senior Braydon Eberwine was 3rd in the vault, also with a 12-0 clearance, and the Eagles’ 4-by-4 team of junior Xavier Aucule, senior Tyler Bernisky, sophomore Kyle Corbin and junior Noah Heritage placed 3rd in 3:33.52.

Eastern senior Humberto Cuellar won the shot put with a 50-11 and senior Brandon Lamon was 2nd in the 800 in 1:59.58. Senior Fredric Johniken, sophomore Paul Moore, Lamon and senior Ashton Gage placed 2nd in the relay in 3:30.80. a

Cherry Hill East junior Cian Sherlock and senior Alvin Lin placed 2nd and 3rd in the 3,200 in 9:37.29 and 9:41.39. Senior Tymir Gayle ran 6.60 for 3rd in the 55.

Rancocas Valley sophomore Jonathan Smith placed 2nd in the high jump with a 6-2 clearance and Washington Township senior Robert Aboyme was 3rd in the high jump with a 5-10.
Washington Twp.

Senior Savannah Aulich, junior Norah Brown, sophomore Noemi Haller, junior Kenya Nobles an sophowon the deciding 4-by-4 relay, and junior Aubrey Bishop won the 3,200 helping Kingsway win its 2nd indoor sectional title.

Kingsway defeated 2nd-place Cherokee 47-36 two win the South Jersey Group 4 Sectional Championship Sunday at the Bubble in Toms River. The Dragons also won SJ-4 in 2020.

Aulich, Brown, Haller and Nobles ran 4:05.45 to win a very close relay that saw the first four finishers all within two seconds of each other.

Bishop, who ran 13:24 at outdoor sectionals last spring at Pennsauken, ran more than two minutes faster Sunday, winning with a big PR 11:10.65.

Kingsway got two big races from Haller in addition to the relay. She ran a lifetime-best 7.35 for 3rd in the 55 and 58.56 for 2nd in the 400.

Nobles placed 2nd in the high jump with a 4-10 clearance, senior Lariah Miles ran 8.86 or 4th in the hurdles and Brown took 5th in the 400 in 1:00.75.

Eastern senior Natalie Dumas won the 400 in 56.33 and 800 in 2:19.51 and was 2nd in the mile with a 5:06. She also anchorded Eastern’s 4th-place relay team, which also included senior Adriana Marella, junior Poetry Anderson and junior Jolie Merhi.

Atlantic Tech junior Brianna Growalt ran 58.79 for 3rd in the 400

Cherokee senior Sofia Recinto took 2nd in the 800 in 2:20.91, senior Madeline Meder placed 3rd in the 1,600 in 5:06.64 and senior Addison Lore threw 34-10 ¼ for 2nd in the shot.

Rancocas Valley senior La’el Yates cleared 11-0 on her 1st attempt to win the pole vault, Red Devils senior Angelina Brown ran 7.34 for 2nd in the 55 and cleared 4-10 for 3rd in the high jump and sophomore Isabella Santamaria was 3rd in the vault at 10-0.

Cherry Hill East sophomore Addison Weiss ran 11:15.70 for 2nd in the 3,200.

Williamstown senior Brynn Greenwood cleared 10-6 for 2nd place in the pole vault, and senior Sophia Aldridge ran 11:15.94 for 3rd in the 3,200. Williamstown placed 2nd in the 1,600-meter relay in 4:06.32 with junior Chanelle Briscoe, sophomore Yazmire Bonhomme, junior Timi Waters and junior Tristan Hughes.

Millville sophomore Abri Brown threw 36-1 to win the shot put by over a foot.

Freshman Dylan Hosty won the 800 and 1,600 and anchored the winning 4-by-4 team and the Haddonfield girls won their record 15th sectional title Sunday at the Bubble in Toms River.

Haddonfield outscored 2nd-place Willingboro 98 ½-65 to win the South Jersey Group 2 title. Also in double figures: Barnegat 48, Delran 20, Lindenwold 18, Pinelands 17, Seneca 13, Collingswood 12 and Pemberton 10

Ignore everything that’s in the joke of an NJSIAA program, which is riddled with errors, as usual. The NJSIAA put a bunch of Central Jersey champions in its list of South Jersey champs, so I to go through all the results year by year to get the correct team champions. Haddonfield actually won South Jersey Group 1 in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and South Jersey Group 2 in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

The meet has been held every year since 2008 with the exception of 2021,so Haddonfield has won 15 of a possible 18 years – all but 2010, 2013 and 2025.

Hosty ran 2:19.53 to win the 800 and 5:03.93 in the 1,600. She teamed with senior Riley Austin, junior Saya Sood and senior Edith Green to win the 4-by-4 in 4:05.80.

Haddonfield also scored big points in the pole vault with a 1-2 finish by juniors Nina Fiscaro, who cleared 9-0, and Ema Lazarova, who cleared 8-0.

Junior Madison Kelsey won the 3,200 in 11:36.29 and also placed 4th in the 1,600 in 5:17.79.

Austin ran 2:22.77 for 2nd in the 800, junior Molly Mills was 3rd in both the 1,600 in 5:16.99 and 800 in 2:25.33, freshman Tatum Russo placed 3rd in the 3,200 in 12:03.41, juniors Norah Campbell and Ansley Kazmarek placed 4th and 5th in the hurdles in 9.28 and 9.56 and senior Devon Gervasi was 6th in the 3,200 in 12:39.30.

Willingboro swept the 55 with junior Maya Bolden winning in 7.28, senior Kaila Speight 2nd at 7.37 and junior Jade Pinder 3rd with a 7.38.

Pinder won the 400 in 58.27, with Bolden 3rd in 59.25, and junior Trinity Brapoh was 1st in the hurdles in 8.56. Bolden, Brapoh, Speight and Pinder ran 4:06.19 for 2nd in the 4-by-4.

Senior Egypt Bolan won the high jump at 5-4 and Mackenzie Howard was 2nd in the shot put with a 33-5 ½ throw.

Delran senior Ashley Doyle placed 2nd in the 3,200 in 11:40.73 and junior McCoy Lasiter was 3rd in the pole vault at 6-0.

Pemberton senior Olivia Serrano was 2nd in the 400 in 58.88 and Collingswood senior Phallen Still placed 2nd in the high jump at 5-2.

For Sencea, senior Taylor Adamson, junior Jaden Eberman, junior Victoria Rutkowski and sophomore Amber Kovatch placed 3rd in the 4-by-4 in 4:15.95.

Senior Riley Fayer won the 1,600 and 3,200 and placed 2nd in the 800 and the Audubon girls won their 3rd straight South Jersey Group 1 title Sunday at the Bubble in Toms River.

Fayer ran 2:20.89, 5:08.61 and 11:20.98 and Audubon outscored 2nd-place Glassboro 90-47, with Haddon Township [46], West Deptford [32], Woodstown [31], Buena [20] and Woodbury [12] also in double digits.

Fayer has now won 10 sectional titles including cross country, indoors and outdoors. And she’s only run one season of XC and didn’t run outdoors last spring.

Audubon won its first sectional title in 2020 before winning again in 2024 and 2025. Audubon’s four total titles are the most in South Jersey Group 1 since the inception of indoor sectionals in 2008.

The NJSIAA program – not surprisingly – is a catastrophe and lists a bunch of Central Jersey winners in the list of former South Jersey winners, so I’m not going to even try to sort that out right now.

Audubon also got wins from junior Kathryn McGuire, who won the 55 in 7.60, and senior Morganna Makuszewski, who cleared 9-0 in the pole vault as well as the 4-by-4 team of junior Sophia Rizzo, sophomore Keira Baumann, senior Kylie Tocco and senior Alaina Copsetta, who ran 4:18.72.

Freshman Emma Camm, in her 2nd high school 3,200 and 3rd 1,600, ran 5:25.09 and 11:55.38, placing 3rd in the 1,600 and 2nd in the 3,200.

Copsetta also placed 2nd in the 400 in 61.07 and 6th in the 55 in 7.73, Sophia Rizzo was 4th in the 400 in 62.99 and Tocco 6th in 64.71.

Also for the Green Wave, senior Marissa DeValerio ran 9.91 for 5th in the hurdles, junior Isabella Legatie was 6th in the 800 in 2:30.35 and freshman Madison Phillippi took 6th in the 3,200 in 12:55.70.

West Deptford senior Kayla Romanoski doubled the 400 and 800, winning the 400 in 1:00.72 and the 800 in 2:19.05, shaving nearly a second off the meet-record 2:19.92 set in 2009 by Haddonfield’s Greta Feldman. West Deptford freshman Devyn Hightower was 3rd in that 400 in 1:01.85. Hightower and Romanoski also ran on West Deptford’s 4-by-4 along with seniors Elizabeth Derasmo and Allison Fahy. They ran 4:24.13.

Haddon Township senior Casey Birdwell won the 55-meter hurdles in 8.83 and ran on the 2nd-place 4-by-4 with junior Biz Maher, junior Maeve McGovern and freshman Sydney Warne. That group ran 4:21.03. Sophomore Caroline Clauson cleared 7-6 and placed 3rd in the pole vault, and senior Olivia Bowerman threw 31-1 for 3rd in the sho.

Woodstown senior Kami Casiano won the high jump at 5-0, Lia Covely was 2nd in the hurdles in 9.40 and sophomore Abby Marino placed 3rd in the 3,200 in 11:58.53.

For Buena, senior Hailie Bellone placed 2nd in the 1,600 in 5:22.95 and 3rd in the 800 in 2:27.89, and senior teammate Emily Madden placed 3rd in the hurdles in 9.76.

Woodbury junior Yuri Yates ran 7.60 for 2nd in the hurdles on a photo finish with McGuire, who received the same time.

Lower Cape May Regional senior Ella Biersbach took 3rd in the 55 in 7.69.

Pennsville senior Kallie Morrison was 2nd in the high jump at 4-10.

Glassboro senior Sunsarai Moore won the shot put with a 37-6 ¾, and teammate Virginia Tarasevich was 2nd with a 33-0 ¼. junior Elizabeth Mann cleared 8-0 for 2nd in the pole vault, and freshman Erika Townsend cleared 4-10 for 3rd in the high jump.

Needing at least a 3rd-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay to lock up the team title, Glassboro held off Gateway by 10-100ths of a second for third to win its 4th straight South Jersey Group 1 title at the Bubble in Toms River Sunday.

Going into the relay, Glassboro led Woodstown 48.6-43.6. Woodstown won the relay in a meet-record 3:30.30, breaking the record of 3:32.09 set last year by Woodbury. Salem was 2nd in 3:37.61, but with six points in 3rd, Glassboro finished with a one-point win over Woodstown for the team title, winning 54.6-53.6

Kyle Reitz, Karson Chew, Anthony Costello and Josh Crawford won the 4-by-4 for Woodstown. Chane Perino, Ryan Ejjalili, Zacchaeus Harrigan and Aaron Johnson ran for Glassboro.

The indoor sectional title is Glassboro’s 5th overall, all in Group 1. The Bulldogs won in 2009 and each of the last four years. That four-year streak is longest ever in South Jersey Group 1 and tied for 3rd-longest ever by any New Jersey school, behind a six-year streak by Rahway in North Jersey 2 Group 2 from 2009-2014 and a five-year streak by Ridgewood in North Jersey 1 Group 4 from 2015 through 2019.

Sophomore Joe Saicic won the 1,600 and 3,200 for Glassboro, running 4:33.47 and 9:52.30. Senior Jaeden Wesley added a 4th-place in the 3,200 in 10:05.25, and sophomore Aaron Johnson placed 5th in the 1,600 in 4:42.50.

Glassboro sophomore Moses Robles won the high jump at 6-2 and placed 3rd in the hurdles in 8.18, and Harrigan ran 2:03.68 for 5th in the 800. Sophomore Miles Taylor cleared 5-6 and was 4th in the high jump and freshman Tyler Bryant cleared 5-2 to finish as part of a five-way tie for 5th.

For Woodstown, senior Josh Crawford won the 400 in 51.13 and the 800 in 1:59.87. Senior Karson Chew finished 2nd in the 800 in 2:00.56. Marino took 4th in the 1,600 in 4:36.60 and 6th in the 3,200 in 10:14.36. Junior David Farrell ran 4:42.96 for 6th in the 1,600.

Senior Aiden Taulane threw 46-2 ½ on his 5th shot put attempt, moving from 4th to 2nd place. And junior Kyle Reitz scored in the 55 with a 6th place in 6.81.

Senior Anthony Costello added 6-10ths of a point for Woodstown as part of a five-way tie for 5th that split three points five ways.

Camden junior Jaleel Dickerson-Dempsey won the 55 hurdles in 7.83 and senior teammate Talib Shakir was 2nd in 8.11. Senior Jaiden Steele took 2nd in the 55 in 6.57.

Haddon Township junior Bobby McIlvaine cleared 12-0 to win the pole vaut, junior Kyle Stephens won the shot put with a 47-9 on his 1st attempt and senior Shaun Maloney ran 4:34.65 for 2nd in the 1,600. Senior James Clauson added a 2nd-place finish in the 3,200 in 10:01.92.

Penns Grove senior Kylee Goodson ran 52.07 for 2nd in the 400 and senior Tommy White was 3rd in the high jump at 5-6. Sophomore Ja’Kai Ingram was third in the shot with a 45-7.

Audubon senior Zachary Fayer placed 3rd in the 1,600 in 4:36.27.

Gateway senior Nathanial Martinez took 3rd in the 400 in 52.15 and senior David Houck was 3rd in the 3,200 in 10:05.03

Woodbury senior Elijah Young took 2nd in the high jump with a 6-0 and 3rd in the 800 with a 2:03.17.

For Palmyra, senior Michael Kozlowski placed 2nd in the pole vault at 11-6.

Schalick senior Salvatore Longo took 3rd in the pole vault with an 11-0 clearance.

Burlington City senior Donte Davis, in his 1st race this year, edged Camden’s Jaiden Steele to win the 55 in 6.55, with Steele 2nd in 6.57. Jelani Beverly of Salem was 3rd in 6.70.

The Haddonfield boys piled up 63 possible 72 points in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 and rolled to a record-setting South Jersey Group 2 sectional championship Sunday at the Bubble in Toms River.

Haddonfield went 1-2-5 for 20 points in the 1,600, 1-2-6 for 19 points in the 800 and for 1-2-3 for 24 points in the 3,200. Those 63 points accounted for 56 percent of Haddonfield’s meet-record 113 points.

The Bulldogs outscored 2nd-place Willingboro 113-32, with Manchester Township 3rd with 30 points, followed by Pemberton [26], Haddon Heights [22], Cinnaminson [20], Pleasantville [15] and Overbrook [10] all in double figures.

The team title is Haddonfield’s 8th since the inception of indoor sectionals in 2008. Only Willingboro, with 10, has more among South Jersey schools. The eight indoor sectional titles are tied for 5th-most by any New Jersey shool. The Bulldogs won South Jersey Group 1 in 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016 and Group 2 in 2017 and 2025.

Haddonfield’s 113 points are the most ever in any South Jersey sectional, breaking the record of 110 shared by Glassboro in 2009 and Haddonfield in 2010 in Group 1 and Toms River North last year in Group 4. Delsea had the previous high total in Group 2 with 105 in 2011.

Senior Brandon Stoner ran 2:00.50 for the win in the 800, with senior Aaron Keith 2nd at 2:03.27 and senior John Leibrandt 6th in 2:04.57.

Senior Benjamin Andrus won the 1,600 in 4:28.45, with senior Peter Simpson 2nd in 4:31.20 and senior Michael Sinnes 5th in 4:33.35.

Haddonfield swept the final distance race, with senior Ryan Gibson winning in 9:38.48, Andrus 2nd in 9:41.81 and Simpson 3rd at 9:47.04.

Also for Haddonfield, Junior Ryder Bozine ran 7.78 to win the 55-meter hurdles, and senior Thompson Crosier delivered a win in the shot put with a 44-0 ½ on his 1st attempt.

Haddonfield finished the meet by winning the 1,600-meter relay in 3:30.80 with junior Jack P. Brand, senior Aaron Keith, junior Mark Derets and Stoner.

Senior Mark DiMedio was 3rd in the hurdles at 8.00 and teamed up again with Bozine to go 4-5 in the high jump, DiMedio clearing 5-10 and Bozine 5-8.

Christopher Jones ran 51.08 to give Willingboro a win in the 400, and senior Dayron Neal cleared 11-6 to win the pole vault. Chimera senior Anthony Lin placed 3rd in the shot with a 41-4 ¼.

Pemberton senior Jaden Goins ran 6.57 to win the 55 by 4-100ths of a second over Oakcrest senior Davon Hannah, who ran 6.61. Also for Pemberton, junior Aaron Arocho ran 2:04.03 for 3rd in the 800. Arocho, Goins, senior Owen Martindale and junior Marcellus Ivey ran 3:34.97 for 3rd in the relay.

Pleasantville junior Todd Watson took 3rd in the 400 with a 52.09 and ran on Pleasantville’s 2nd-place 4-by-4 with junior Marseo Goah, senior Brandon Williams and senior Qwasim Jackson.

Haddon Heights senior Kani Golden placed 2nd in the hurdles in 7.90 and 3rd in the 55 in 6.70.

For Cinnaminson, senior Shafiq Herringon placed 2nd in the high jump at 6-2 and senior Jacob Wickersham ran 3rd in the 1,600 in 4:32.90.

Overbrook junior John Froelich placed 2nd in the 400 in 51.85.

Rowan’s Gabriella Pagano smashed the 16-year-old Rowan 5,000-meter run record Saturday in Boston by nearly half a minute.

Pagano, a junior from Blairstown in Warren County and Pope John XXIII High in Sparta, ran 16:45.30 at the Davie Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University and toppled the school record of 17:09.15 set by Highland’s Jenn Rawls at the 2010 ECAC Division 3 Championships at Smith College in Northampton, Mass.

Pagano ran her 800s in 2:41.65, 2:39.71, 2:40.48, 2:41.71 and 2:43.99 and 2:42.56, closing in 35.28 for her final 200.

Pagano’s previous 5,000 PR was a 17:32.29 outdoors last March in Chester, Pa., so she dropped about 47 seconds off that performance. Her previous indoor PR was an 18:23.57 last February when she won the New Jersey Athletic Conference race at the Ott Center.

Pagano also doubled the 1,500 and 5,000 at last year’s outdoor NJAC meet in Ewing and she won the NJAC XC meet in Galloway this past fall.

With her 16:45.30, Pagano is No. 6 in NCAA Division 3 and No. 1 in the Metro Region. She’s also No. in the Metro Region with her 4:56.71 mile and No. 2 in the 3,000 at 9:46.55. She’ll race this coming weekend in the NJAC meet back at the Ott Center.

Pagano’s time appears to be fastest ever by an NJAC runner. A glance at school records for each NJAC school shows the fastest previous time as 17:01.26 by TCNJ’s Noel Whitall of Toms River East, a seven-time All-America and outdoor Division 3 5,000 national champ. Whitall ran 17:01.26 when she placed 2nd to Raina Echols of the University of Chicago in the 2000 indoor D-3 meet in Bloomington, Ill.