From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Woodstown lowered its Salem County record and placed 13^th Thursday evening in the 3,200-meter relay at Boston THE TRACK Nationals.

Woodstown ran 7:55.26, 11^th-fastest in South Jersey history and a bit lower than their 7:55.62 from the Millrose Games at the Armory in January.

Their time is 4^th-fastest all-time in New Jersey by a Group 1 school. It’s fastest by any South Jersey school since Kingsway ran 7:47.50 at the 2020 Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.

Senior Karson Chew led off with a 1:57.75, senior Jacob Marino and junior David Farrell split 2:01.03 and 2:01.94 and senior Josh Crawford anchored with a 1:54.56.

The only faster New Jersey Group 1 schools are Pleasantville’s 7:45.55 when they won 2013 Easterns at the Armory and two Bernards performances from the 1980s converted from two-mile relays – a converted 7:54.18 in 1984 and 7:45.5 in 1983.

All-Time South Jersey 3,200-Meter Relay List
7:43.64 … Cherokee, 2012
7:45.55 … Pleasantville, 2013
7:47.50 … Kingsway, 2020
7:48.92 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017
7:51.45 … Washington Twp., 2009
7:51.78 … Cherokee, 2000
7:52.77 … Pleasantville, 2006
7:52.95 … Willingboro, 2003
7:53.64 … Willingboro, 2002
7:54.76 … Pleasantville, 2007
7:55.26 … Woodstown, 2026
7:55.40 … Washington Twp., 2008
7:55.44 … Haddonfield, 2010
7:56.97 … Haddonfield, 2026
7:57.28 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
7:57.29 … Oakrest, 2009
7:57.56 … Haddonfield, 2019
7:58.08 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2016
7:58.40 … Deptford, 2026
7:58.5h … Willingboro, 1983
7:59.05 … Pleasantville, 2015
7:59.51 … Pleasantville, 2012
7:59.84 … Kingsway, 2014
7:59.91 … Kingsway, 2013

St. Augustine’s Steph Janasiak ran the fastest 400 by a South Jersey 9^th-grader in 10 years Thursday on Day 1 of Boston Nationals.

Janasiak placed 6^th of 49 entries in the freshman 400 with a 50.73. That breaks his own Atlantic County freshman record of 51.25 that he ran at the Ott Center in February.

Janasiak’s time is 3^rd-fastest by any Atlantic County runner this year, behind teammate Marc Maccario’s 48.57 at the Meet of Champions this past Sunday at Ocean Breeze and Egg Harbor’s Xavier Aucule, who ran 50.13 in January at the Ott.

It’s fastest by any South Jersey freshman since 2016, when Luke Colehower of Haddonfield ran 49.44 at the Meet of Champions at the Bubble.

Cherry Hill East’s Alexis Tepper and Atlantic County Tech’s Desi Stroud will be carrying the flag for South Jersey at the NCAA Division 2 Championships in Virginia Beach this weekend.

Tepper, in her first year at Bloomsburg after spending two years at UMBC, qualified as the 21^st seed in the mile with her PR and school-record 4:54.15 at Ocean Breeze last month.

She went on to win PSAC titles in the mile [4:59.73] and 3,000 [10:04.50] as well as the DMR [12:11.32] and also took 2^nd in the 800 [2:16.90].

Stroud qualified in the long jump with a 23-7 ½ at a meet in January in Bethlehem. He has a PR of 24-3 from an outdoor meet last March in Chester, Pa.

Tepper will race in the mile qualifying at 4:05 p.m. Friday. The final is scheduled for 4:50 p.m. on Saturday.

Stroud jumps at 5:10 p.m. Friday.

For South Jersey athletes competing this weekend at the Division 1 Championships click here.

For the story on Division 3 qualifiers click here.

Ocean City’s Elaina Styer, Haddonfield’s Seth Clevenger, Egg Harbor’s Ahmad Fogg and Paulsboro’s Jamile Gantt are among the top seeds heading into the NCAA Division 3 Championships this weekend in Birmingham.

Let’s take a look at the South Jersey contingent that will compete at the Birmingham Crossplex Friday and Saturday:

MEN
60-METER DASH
Rancocas Valley’s Masai Byrd, a Rowan senior, qualified with his PR 6.79 at Ocean Breeze. He’ll race in the 60 trials at 3:15 p.m. Friday, with the final scheduled for 12:10 p.m. Saturday.

200-METER DASH
Three Rowan sprints – sophomore Rajahn Dixon from Eastern, junior Eli Hendricks from Penns Grove and junior Evan Corcoran from Kingsway – will race in the 200 trials at 5:30 p.m. Friday, with the final slated for 6:25 p.m. Saturday. Dixon is the No. 2 seed with his 21.15 at the NJAC Championships at the Ott Center. Hendricks has run 21.31 and Corcoran 21.50.

400-METER DASH
Glassboro’s Dallas Hohney, a Rowan junior, ran 47.75 in Youngstown, Ohio, last month to earn the No. 12 seed. The 400 trials are 4:25 p.m. Friday, with the final following at 5:35 p.m. Saturday.

MILE RUN
West Deptford’s Jacob Cobb, an MIT senior, ran a PR 4:07.01 in Boston to earn the No. 9 seed.  The mile trials are set for 3:50 p.m. Friday with the final at 5:10 p.m. Saturday.

3,000-METER RUN
Haddonfield’s Seth Clevenger, a Rowan junior, is the No. 1 seed with his 7:54.87, 3^rd-fastest all-time in NCAA Division 3. The 3,000 is a final by time at 6:50 p.m. Saturday.

5,000-METER RUN
Clevenger is also top seeded in the 5,000 with his NCAA Division 3-record 13:32.09 in Boston. The 5,000 is a final by time at 6:05 p.m. Friday.

60-METER HURDLES
Rowan has two of the top three seeds and three hurdlers in all. Senior Jason Agyemang is No. 2 seed at 7.87 and senior Kwaku Nkrumah is No. 3 at 7.88. Both are former Division 1 national champions. Also qualifying is senior Valentin Augustin with a PR 8.11.

DISTANCE MEDLEY
Rowan is the No. 8 seed at 9:45.25. The 12 qualifiers all ran between 9:40.22 and 9:46.14. Blaik Slavinski will run the 1,200, Clearview’s Matthew Niedbalski the 400, Teddy Wilson the 800 and Clevenger the mile. The DMR final is 7:30 p.m. Friday.

HIGH JUMP
Rowan has three of the top four seeds and five jumpers in all. NCAA Division 3 freshman record holder David Brown of Edison is the top see at 7-2 ¼, Paulsboro’s Jamile Gantt and Noah Wampole from Radnor are tied as No. 3 seed at 6-10 ¾, Pleasantville’s  Isaiah Davenport is tied for No. 5 at 6-10 ¼ and Arrington Rhym from Hamilton West is tied for No. 10 at 6-9. Also, Highland’s Jayden DeLeon, a Rutgers-Camden freshman, is tied for the No. 5 seed at 6-10 ¼. The high jump is at 4:45 p.m. Saturday.

LONG JUMP
Three of the top 11 seeds are from South Jersey. Rowan freshman Anthony Parker from Salem is No. 3 at 25-0, Stockton junior Ahmad Fogg from Egg Harbor Township is No. 4 at 24-9 and Rowan freshman Bright John from Sterling is No. 11 at 23-11 ½. The long jump is at 12:30 p.m. Friday.

TRIPLE JUMP
Fogg is No. 2 seed in the triple at 49-9 ¼ and Rowan junior Joshua Justin from Passaic County Tech is No. 5 at 49-2 ¼, both from the NJAC meet at the Ott. The men’s triple is at noon Saturday.

WOMEN
5,000-METER RUN
Rowan junior Gabriella Pagano from Pope Paul XXIII is seeded 7^th at 16:45.30. The race starts at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday.

60-METER HURDLES
Rowan sophomore Nyla Jones from Timber Creek is seeded 11^th with her PR 8.69 from the Ott Center. Trials are 2:30 p.m. Friday, final at 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

PENTATHLON
Stockton junior Elaina Styer from Ocean City is the top seed with her 3,747 points at the NJAC Championships at the Ott. Styer has PRs of 8.82, 5-5 ¼, 34-9, 18-0 ½ and 2:21.80. Pentathlon schedule Friday has the hurdles at 11:20 a.m., high jump at 12:20 a.m., shot put at 2:05 p.m., long jump at 3:35 p.m. and the 800 at 5:20 p.m.

The Pennsauken girls ran one of the 20-fastest 4-by-4’s in South Jersey history Sunday and they did it without Sianni Wynn.

Pennsauken placed 4^th in the Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze in 3:54.43 with a lineup of Sanaya Dupree, Olivia Dupree, Rai-Ana Rucker and Hope Edwards.

Wynn, who has run as fast as 52.80 – 5^th-fastest in state history – but on Sunday she was watching her fast teammates handle the 4-by-4. She’s listed in the official results but did not race.

Sanaya Dupree led off with a 58.96 split, her cousin Olivia ran 58.25, Rucker split 1:00.25 and Edwards anchored in 56.94.

Pennsauken’s time is No. 11 in Camden County history and No. 18 on the all-time South Jersey list. Pennsauken’s previous school record was 3:59.69 from the Group 3 state relays with Olivia Dupree, Ruckeer, Edwards and Wynn.

Their time is also 18^th-fastest in Meet of Champions history and the fastest 4^th-place time ever, just below Eastern’s 3:54.64 last year.

Winslow is the only South Jersey school to run faster at a Meet of Champions, with 3:45.50 this year, 3:45.89 last year and 3:51.49 in 2017.

This spring, Pennsauken will chase its outdoor school record of 3:50.21 set last April at the Penn Relays with Sianni Olivia and Sanaya Dupree, Ameenah Rodriguez and Wynn.

Pennsauken won’t contest the 4-by-4 at Boston Nationals but will load up the sprint medley with Wynn and Edwards likely handling the long legs. Edwards ran 2:13 .65 last spring as a Moorestown freshman and was the No. 2 freshman in New Jersey.

All-Time South Jersey 1,600-Meter Relay List
3:44.74 … Winslow Twp., 2025
3:45.37 … Willingboro, 2003
3:45.50 … Winslow Twp., 2026
3:47.95 … Willingboro, 2002
3:49.07 … Camden, 1995
3:49.50 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:49.59 … Timber Creek, 2024
3:51.49 … Winslow Twp., 2017
3:52.37 … Willingboro, 2000
3:52.55 … Wilson, 2006
3:53.07 … Willingboro, 2025
3:53.61 … Willingboro, 1998
3:53.81 … Paul VI, 2020
3:53.6h … Willingboro, 1999
3:53.82 … Timber Creek, 2023
3:53.97 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
3:54.38 … Camden, 2009
3:54.43 … Pennsauken, 2026
3:54.59 … Willingboro, 2024
3:54.63 … Eastern, 2025
3:54.4h … Eastern, 2003
3:54.62 … Rancocas Valley, 2020
3:54.69 … Eastern, 2023
3:54.82 … Millville, 2008
3:54.99 … Winslow Twp., 2018

All-Time Meet of Champions 4-by-4 List
3:41.91 … Union Catholic, 2026 [1]
3:45.50 … Winslow Twp. 2026 [2]
3:45.70 … Union Catholic, 2025 [1]
3:45.89 … Winslow Twp., 2025 [2]
3:47.27 … Union Catholic, 2016 [1]

3:48.30 … Columbia, 2013 [1]

3:49.18 … Rumson Fair-Haven, 2025 [3]

3:50.32 … Union Catholic, 2015 [1]

3:50.82 … Union Catholic, 2017 [1]

3:51.49 … Winslow, 2017 [2]

3:51.68 … Union Catholic, 2020 [1]

3:52.16 … Union Catholic, 2023 [1]

3:52.76 … Columbia, 2014 [1]

3:53.50 … Columbia, 2010 [1]

3:53.84 … Union Catholic, 2019 [1]

3:54.10 … Piscataway, 2023 [2]
3:54.30 … Ramapo, 2026 [3]
3:54.43 … Pennsauken, 2026 [4]

3:54.64 … Eastern, 2025 [4]

3:54.69 … Eastern, 2023 [3]

St. Augustine senior Marc Maccario placed 4^th in the 400 at the Meet of Champions Sunday and ran within 22-100ths of a second of the Atlantic County record.

Maccario ran an indoor PR 45.57, 3^rd-fastest in Atlantic county history behind a 48.45 from Pleasantville’s Xander Roberts-Bogin at 2022 Easterns at the Armory and a 48.48 by Egg Harbor’s Amir Brock at 2017 Easterns, also at the Armory.

His time is tied for 11^th-fastest in South Jersey history, 2-100ths of a second outside the all-time top-10. He’ll have a chance to move on those lists at Boston Nationals this weekend.

Maccario’s 48.57 is 15^th-fastest in meet history and tied for 3^rd-fastest by a South Jersey quarter-miler. Bryce Tucker of Pennsauken placed 2^nd in 47.50 in 2023, and Winslow’s Jayden Poteat was 2^nd in 48.43 last year.

His time is also 2^nd-fastest 4^th-place time in meet history behind Ryan Matulonis’s 48.26 in 2023. Clayton’s Alexander Osayemi also ran 48.57 for 4^th place last year.

Maccario first broke 50 seconds at Delsea last spring with a 49.32 and then broke 49 for the first time when he won the state Parochial A title at the Bubble in 48.63. He PR’d outdoors at 48.33 at the Meet of Champions at Pennsauken.

Maccario is the latest stud from the Buena Vista Township program that brought you sub-4-minute miler Mark Sivieri and national scholastic hurdles champion Sincere Rhea.

All-Time Meet of Champions 400 List
47.35 … Xavier Donaldson [Seton Hall Prep], 2023 [1]
47.43 … Jordaine Johnson [East Orange], 2025 [1]
47.49 … Seven Garcia [Hackensack], 2026 [1]
47.50 … Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], 2023 [2]
47.67 … Crue Brown [Manalapan], 2026 [2]
48.00 … Alexander Sadikov [Ocean Township], 2023 [3]
48.26 … Zyaire Clemes [Trenton], 2013 [1]
48.26 … Ryan Matulonis [Seton Hall Prep], 2023 [4]
48.33 … Taylor McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2015 [1]
48.43 … Jayden Poteat [Winslow Twp.], 2025 [2]
48.46 … Carlos Venegas [St. Joe’s-Metuchen], 2026 [3]
48.48 … Najee Glass [St. Peter’s Prep], 2011 [1]
48.50 … Lance Wigfall [East Orange], 2003 [1]
48.53 … Seven Garcia [Hackensack], 2025 [3]
48.57 … Alexander Osayemi. [Clayton], 2025 [4]
48.57 … Marc Maccario [St. Augustine], 2026 [4]
48.58 … Chinedu Amonu [Ewing], 2013 [2]
48.66 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991 [1]
48.66 … Adam Gorka [South Brunswick], 2020 [1]
48.71 … Mario Heslop [Franklin Twp.], 2018 [1]
48.76 … Favour Owolabi [North Star Academy], 2025 [5]
48.77 … Nasir Haines [Freehold Twp.], 2015 [2]
48.87 … Jack Ahart [Kinnelon], 2023 [5]
48.92 … Charles Cox [Monmouth], 2007 [1]
48.96 … Lathan Brown [Deptford], 2023 [6]
48.98 … Nadale Buntin [J.P. Stevens], 2018 [2]

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 400 List
47.50 … Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], 2023
47.90 … Brandon Outlaw [Moorestown], 2017
48.27 … Jade Smith [Camden], 2002
48.36 … Mohammad Kanu [Lenape], 2000
48.43 … Jayden Poteat [Winslow Twp.], 2025
48.45 … Xander Roberts-Bogin [Pleasantville], 2022
48.45 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
48.48 … Amir Brock [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2017
48.50 … Alex Reber [Cherry Hill East], 2013
48.55 … Royce Reed [Bridgeton], 1995
48.57 … Alexander Osayemi [Clayton], 2025
48.57 … Marc Maccario [St. Augustine], 2026
48.64 … Keith Griffith [Florence], 2010
48.68 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991
48.72 … Michael Mazero [Paul VI], 2022
48.74 … John Morris [Camden], 2001
48.75 … Luke Colehower [Haddonfield], 2017
48.79 … Gabriel Moronta [Pleasantville], 2020
48.7h … Curt Mcintyre [Bridgeton], 1992
48.91 … Marlin Gross [Bridgeton], 2001
48.91 … Rob Gary [Lenape], 1998
48.96 … Lathan Brown [Deptford], 2023

Audubon senior Riley Fayer ran the fastest 1,600 by a Group 1 girl in 12 years Sunday at the Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.

Fayer ran 4:55.66, 12^th-fastest in South Jersey history and fastest by any Group 1 girl since Julia Guerra of Indian Hills ran 4:54.63 at 2014 states at the Bubble.

Fayer ran 5:13.29 as a freshman, 5:18.23 as a sophomore and 5:07.46 as a junior before PRing this past spring with a 5:01.25 at the outdoor Meet of Champions at Pennsauken. She ran an indoor PR 5:02.97 in winning the stat Group 1 race at the Bubble last month before her breakthrough on Sunday.

Fayer was out in 71.17, then ran her next two 400s in 75.88 and 75.07 before closing in 73.58, with her final lap in 36.56.

She ran the fastest 7^th-place time in Meet of Champions history, breaking the mark of 4:56.87 set last year by Macy Huber of nearby Paul VI.

The only faster Group 1 runner from South Jersey is Erin Donohue. Haddonfield flip-flopped from Group 1 to 2 while Donohue was there, but indoors she ran 4:51.15 as a Group 1 runner at 2001 Prince Georges County (Md.) Nationals.

All-Time Meet of Champions Performance List
4:35.71 … Paige Sheppard [Union Catholic], 2026 [1]
4:37.60 … Sophia Thompson [Union Catholic], 2026 [2]
4:45.38 …….. Sheppard, 2025 [1]

4:47.83 … Sophia Thompson [Union Catholic], 2025 [2]
4:48.23 … Jill Smith [Southern Regional], 2009 [1]

4:48.5h … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1983 [1]

4:49.53 … Emma Zawatski [Freehold Twp.], 2023 [1]

4:50.85 … Christina Rancan [West Windsor-Plainsboro South], 2016 [1]

4:51.18 … Ciara Roche [Freehold Twp.], 2016 [2]
4:51.58 … Dylan Hosty [Haddonfield], 2026 [3]

4:51.60 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2016 [3]

4;51.71 … Lilly Shapiro [Colts Neck], 2022 [1]
4:52.10 … Jennifer Friedman [Ridge], 2026 [4]

4:52.96 … Julia Scrudato [Montgomery], 2023 [2]

4:53.17 … Kylene Cochrane [West Morris Central], 2014 [1]

4:53.36 … Lindsey Kane [Washington Twp.], 2014 [2]

4:53.39 … Christina Allen [River Dell], 2022 [2]

4:53.84 … Jessica Abbott [Manalapan], 2025 [3]

4;53.83 … Cate DeSousa [Red Bank Catholic], 2022 [3]
4:53.96 … Keira Monagle [Columbia], 2026 [5]

4:53.98 …….. Smith, 2007 [1]

4:54.15 … Marin Warner [Holmdel], 2014 [3]

4:54.41 … Molly McNamara [Red Bank Catholic], 2011 [1]

4:54.58 … Celine Mazzi [Delsea], 2014 [4]

4:54.85 … Ivy Slavinski [Point Pleasant Borough], 2025 [4]

4:55.21 … Amanda Marino [Jackson], 2006 [1]

4:55.33 … Katherine Keating [Ridgewood], 2025 [5]

4:55.39 …….. Allen, 2023 [3]
4:55.55 … Kayla Devine [Union Catholic], 2026 [6]
4:55.66 … Riley Fayer [Audubon], 2026 [7]

4:55.7h …….. Rowen, 1982 [1]

4:56.08 … Jenn Ennis [Roxbury], 2006 [2]

4:56.0h … Ruth Lockbaum [Glassboro], 1985 [1]

4:56.32 …….. Zawatski, 2022 [4]

4:56.32 … Kayla Devine [Union Catholic], 2025 [6]

4:56.87 … Macy Huber [Paul VI], 2025 [7]

4:56.96 … Madison Brand [Middletown South], 2018 [1]

4:57.12 … Megan Quimby [Lenape], 2016 [4]
4:57.12 … Addison Hansen [Bergen County Tech], 2026 [8]

4:57.13 … Caroline Schleif [Metuchen], 2022 [5]

4:57.15 … Katie Hamilton [Westfield], 2020 [1]

4:57.90 … Danielle Tauro [Southern Regional], 2005 [1]

4:57.95 … Lily Oliver [Toms River South], 2022 [6]

4:57.8h … Karen Ahearn [Bernards], 1985 [2]

4:58.07 … Remy Dubac [Clifton], 2023 [4]

4:58.26 …….. Ahearn, 1986 [1]

4:58.23 … Katie Watson [Summit], 2011 [2]

4:58.38 … Liana Marzano [Red Bank Catholic], 2012 [1]

4:58.42 … Leah Brogan [Monsignor Donovan], 2005 [2]

4:58.46 … Jillian Turner [New Providence], 2016 [5]

4:58.47 … Haley Mahn [Hopewell Valley], 2014 [5]

4:58.53 … Ajee’ Wilson [Neptune], 2010 [1]
4:58.72 … Nora Eberle [Toms River North], 2026 [9]

4:58.79 … McNamara [Red Bank Catholic], 2009 [2]

4:58.81 … Kelsey Ramsey, [Ramapo], 2007

4:58.88 …….. Rancan, 2015 [1]

4:59.04 …….. Gess, 2017 [1]

4:59.05 … Elena DiMarcello [North Hunterdon], 2017 [2]

4:59.06 …….. Shapiro, 2020 [2]

4:59.07 … Claudia DiSomma [Sparta], 2010 [2]

4:59.15 …….. Lockbaum, 1986 [2]

4:59.22 … Liz Wellman [Randolph], 2014 [6]

4:59.26 … Jerika Lufrano [Union Catholic], 2019 [1]
4:59.35 … Addison Weiss [Cherry Hill East], 2026 [10]

4:59.42 … Emma McGill [Voorhees], 2020 [3]

4:59.46 … Sadie Honig [Manalapan], 2025 [8]

4:59.59 … Jacqueline Gottuso [Rumson-Fair Haven], 2014 [7]

4:59.60 … Paige Boyce [North Hunterdon], 2023 [5]

4:59.67 … Julia Guerra [Indian Hills], 2014 [8]

4:59.73 … Camryn Wennersten [Ridgewood], 2019 [2]

4:59.74 … Abby Loveys [Randolph], 2018 [2]
4:59.74 … Kaylee Finnegan [Ramey], 2026 [11]

4:59.82 … Sara Khiri [Dickinson], 2023 [6]

All-Time South Jersey 1,600 List
4:41.52y … Michelle Rowen [Wash. Twp.], 1983
4:49.46y … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
4:50.44y … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2025
4:51.58 … Dylan Hosty [Haddonfield], 2026

4:51.60 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2016
4:52.34 … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017
4:52.90 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024
4:53.36 … Lindsey Kane [Washington Twp.], 2014
4:53.85 … Nicole Clifford [Cherokee], 2022
4:54.58 … Celine Mazzi [Delsea], 2014
4:55.04y … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
4:55.66 … Riley Fayer [Audubon], 2026 [7]

4:56.1h,y … Ruth Lockbaum [Glassboro], 1985
4:56.87 … Macy Huber [Paul VI], 2025
4:57.12 … Megan Quimby [Lenape], 2015
4:57.72 … Caitlin Orr [Lenape], 2010
4:57.77y … Aubrey Pierontoni [Kingsway], 2022
4:58.48 … Natalia Ocasio [Lenape], 2010
4:58.54 … Kerry O’Day [Cherokee], 2024
4:59.28 … Grace Wassell [Highland], 2022
4:59.29 … Julia Despirito [Shawnee], 2014
4:59.39 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2012

The Winslow girls ran the 8^th-fastest 4-by-4 in state history Sunday at the Meet of Champions and were less than a second off their South Jersey record.

Olivia Okaro, Cinniya Robinson, Nylah Lovelace-Crump and Leeya Joseph ran 3:45.50 at the Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze, placing 2^nd to Union Transfer. Both UT and Winslow ran under the previous meet record of 3:45.70 set by the Scotch Plains-based all-star program last year.

Winslow set the South Jersey record 3:44.74 at last year’s Boston Nationals with Robinson joined by Skyhe Seamon, Amariah Arango and Jasmine Jackson.

Okaro led off in 56.41, Robinson split 55.55, Lovelace-Crump ran 57.14 and Joseph, who earier broke the meet record in the long jump, anchored in 56.40.

Winslow’s time is No. 7 in the U.S. this year, according to the MileSplit national database.  UC is No. 1 nationally with its 3:41.91 on Sunday.

Union Catholic and Winslow are responsible for 10 of the 13-fastest times in meet history. Winslow has run the three-fastest times by South Jersey schools in meet history.

All-Time Meet of Champions 4-by-4 List
3:41.90 … Union Catholic, 2026 [1]
3:45.50 … Winslow Twp. 2026 [2]
3:45.70 … Union Catholic, 2025 [1]
3:45.89 … Winslow Twp., 2025 [2]
3:47.27 … Union Catholic, 2016 [1]
3:48.30 … Columbia, 2013 [1]
3:49.18 … Rumson Fair-Haven, 2025 [3]
3:50.32 … Union Catholic, 2015 [1]
3:50.82 … Union Catholic, 2017 [1]
3:51.49 … Winslow, 2017 [2]
3:51.68 … Union Catholic, 2020 [1]
3:52.16 … Union Catholic, 2023 [1]

All-Time New Jersey 4-by-4 List
3:40.28 … Union Catholic, 2016
3:41.19 … Union Catholic, 2025
3:41.90 … Union Catholic, 2026
3:42.03 … Columbia, 2013
3:43.38 … Union Catholic, 2025
3:44.74 … Winslow Twp., 2025
3:45.37 … Willingboro, 2003
3:45.50 … Winslow Twp., 2026
3:46.06 … Winslow Twp., 2026
3:46.42 … Columbia, 2014
3:47.03 … Union Catholic, 2015
3:47.31 … Union Catholic, 2019
3:47.59 … Union Catholic, 2024
3:47.95 … Willingboro, 2002
3:48.9h … Plainfield, 1980
3:49.07 … Camden, 1995
3:49.18 … Rumson-Fair Haven, 2025
3:49.50 … East Orange, 2006
3:49.50 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:49.59 … Timber Creek, 2024

Haddonfield’s Dylan Hosty lowered her own South Jersey freshman record with a 3^rd-place finish in the 1,600 at the Meet of Champions Sunday at Ocean Breeze.

Hosty ran 4:51.58, dropping her PR from 4:51.97 converted from a 4:53.67 full mile at Ocean Breeze in January.

Her time is fastest by a South Jersey runner at the meet of Champions in 43 years and 4^th-fastest all-time by a South Jersey girl. It’s 9th-fastest in Meet of Champions history.

Hosty’s time is fastest by a South Jersey girl at the M-of-C since Michelle Rowen of Washington Township won the 1983 race at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym in a hand-timed 4:48.5.

She ran within two seconds of the hallowed Camden County record of 4:49.46 set by Olympian Erin Donohue – now a Haddonfield coach – converted from a 4:51.15 full mile at the 2001 Prince Georges County Nationals in Landover, Md.

Rowan set the South Jersey record of 4:41.52 convered from a 4:43.16 full mile at 1983 Easterns at Harvard’s Gordon Track in Cambridge, Mass.

Hosty came through 800 in 2:26.73, then ran her next 400 in 74.89 and closed in 69.98, with her final lap in 33.68.

She’s the fastest 3rd-place finisher in meet history. Another Haddonfield girl, Brianna Gess, ran 4:51.60 in 2016.

Her time is No. 2 among U.S. freshmen, according to the MileSplit national database. Eliza Schwass of Ludington (Mich.) ran 4:46.87 in a meet in December in Allendale Charter Township, Mich.

In the same race, Audubon senior Riley Fayer placed 7th in 4:55.66, 12th-fastest in South Jersey history and fastest by a New Jersey Group 1 runner in 12 years. More on Riley’s race soon!

All-Time Meet of Champions Performance List
4:35.71 … Paige Sheppard [Union Catholic], 2026 [1]
4:37.60 … Sophia Thompson [Union Catholic], 2026 [2]
4:45.38 …….. Sheppard, 2025 [1]
4:47.83 … Sophia Thompson [Union Catholic], 2025 [2]
4:48.23 … Jill Smith [Southern Regional], 2009 [1]
4:48.5h … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1983 [1]
4:49.53 … Emma Zawatski [Freehold Twp.], 2023 [1]
4:50.85 … Christina Rancan [West Windsor-Plainsboro South], 2016 [1]
4:51.18 … Ciara Roche [Freehold Twp.], 2016 [2]
4:51.58 … Dylan Hosty [Haddonfield], 2026 [3]
4:51.60 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2016 [3]
4;51.71 … Lilly Shapiro [Colts Neck], 2022 [1]
4:52.10 … Jennifer Friedman [Ridge], 2026 [4]
4:52.96 … Julia Scrudato [Montgomery], 2023 [2]
4:53.17 … Kylene Cochrane [West Morris Central], 2014 [1]
4:53.36 … Lindsey Kane [Washington Twp.], 2014 [2]
4:53.39 … Christina Allen [River Dell], 2022 [2]
4:53.84 … Jessica Abbott [Manalapan], 2025 [3]
4;53.83 … Cate DeSousa [Red Bank Catholic], 2022 [3]
4:53.96 … Keira Monagle [Columbia], 2026 [5]
4:53.98 …….. Smith, 2007 [1]
4:54.15 … Marin Warner [Holmdel], 2014 [3]
4:54.41 … Molly McNamara [Red Bank Catholic], 2011 [1]
4:54.58 … Celine Mazzi [Delsea], 2014 [4]
4:54.85 … Ivy Slavinski [Point Pleasant Borough], 2025 [4]
4:55.21 … Amanda Marino [Jackson], 2006 [1]
4:55.33 … Katherine Keating [Ridgewood], 2025 [5]
4:55.39 …….. Allen, 2023 [3]
4:55.55 … Kayla Devine [Union Catholic], 2026 [6]
4:55.66 … Riley Fayer [Audubon], 2026 [7]
4:55.7h …….. Rowen, 1982 [1]
4:56.08 … Jenn Ennis [Roxbury], 2006 [2]
4:56.0h … Ruth Lockbaum [Glassboro], 1985 [1]
4:56.32 …….. Zawatski, 2022 [4]
4:56.32 … Kayla Devine [Union Catholic], 2025 [6]
4:56.87 … Macy Huber [Paul VI], 2025 [7]
4:56.96 … Madison Brand [Middletown South], 2018 [1]
4:57.12 … Megan Quimby [Lenape], 2016 [4]
4:57.12 … Addison Hansen [Bergen County Tech], 2026 [8]
4:57.13 … Caroline Schleif [Metuchen], 2022 [5]
4:57.15 … Katie Hamilton [Westfield], 2020 [1]
4:57.90 … Danielle Tauro [Southern Regional], 2005 [1]
4:57.95 … Lily Oliver [Toms River South], 2022 [6]
4:57.8h … Karen Ahearn [Bernards], 1985 [2]
4:58.07 … Remy Dubac [Clifton], 2023 [4]
4:58.26 …….. Ahearn, 1986 [1]
4:58.23 … Katie Watson [Summit], 2011 [2]
4:58.38 … Liana Marzano [Red Bank Catholic], 2012 [1]
4:58.42 … Leah Brogan [Monsignor Donovan], 2005 [2]
4:58.46 … Jillian Turner [New Providence], 2016 [5]
4:58.47 … Haley Mahn [Hopewell Valley], 2014 [5]
4:58.53 … Ajee’ Wilson [Neptune], 2010 [1]
4:58.72 … Nora Eberle [Toms River North], 2026 [9]
4:58.79 … McNamara [Red Bank Catholic], 2009 [2]
4:58.81 … Kelsey Ramsey, [Ramapo], 2007
4:58.88 …….. Rancan, 2015 [1]
4:59.04 …….. Gess, 2017 [1]
4:59.05 … Elena DiMarcello [North Hunterdon], 2017 [2]
4:59.06 …….. Shapiro, 2020 [2]
4:59.07 … Claudia DiSomma [Sparta], 2010 [2]
4:59.15 …….. Lockbaum, 1986 [2]
4:59.22 … Liz Wellman [Randolph], 2014 [6]
4:59.26 … Jerika Lufrano [Union Catholic], 2019 [1]
4:59.35 … Addison Weiss [Cherry Hill East], 2026 [10]
4:59.42 … Emma McGill [Voorhees], 2020 [3]
4:59.46 … Sadie Honig [Manalapan], 2025 [8]
4:59.59 … Jacqueline Gottuso [Rumson-Fair Haven], 2014 [7]
4:59.60 … Paige Boyce [North Hunterdon], 2023 [5]
4:59.67 … Julia Guerra [Indian Hills], 2014 [8]
4:59.73 … Camryn Wennersten [Ridgewood], 2019 [2]
4:59.74 … Abby Loveys [Randolph], 2018 [2]
4:59.74 … Kaylee Finnegan [Ramey], 2026 [11]
4:59.82 … Sara Khiri [Dickinson], 2023 [6]

All-Time South Jersey 1,600 List
4:41.52y … Michelle Rowen [Wash. Twp.], 1983
4:49.46y … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
4:50.44y … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2025
4:51.58 … Dylan Hosty [Haddonfield], 2026
4:51.60 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2016
4:52.34 … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017
4:52.90 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024
4:53.36 … Lindsey Kane [Washington Twp.], 2014
4:53.85 … Nicole Clifford [Cherokee], 2022
4:54.58 … Celine Mazzi [Delsea], 2014
4:55.04y … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
4:55.66 … Riley Fayer [Audubon], 2026 [7]
4:56.1h,y … Ruth Lockbaum [Glassboro], 1985
4:56.87 … Macy Huber [Paul VI], 2025
4:57.12 … Megan Quimby [Lenape], 2015
4:57.72 … Caitlin Orr [Lenape], 2010
4:57.77y … Aubrey Pierontoni [Kingsway], 2022
4:58.48 … Natalia Ocasio [Lenape], 2010
4:58.54 … Kerry O’Day [Cherokee], 2024
4:59.28 … Grace Wassell [Highland], 2022
4:59.29 … Julia Despirito [Shawnee], 2014
4:59.39 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2012

Senior Mason Henry became Deptford’s 1^st individual indoor Meet of Champions winner Sunday when he cleared 15-0 on his 1^stattempt at Ocean Breeze.

Henry, New Jersey’s top vaulter with his 15-6 from Easterns at the Armory last month, has lost only once this yaer, at the Nike Elite at the Ott Center in January to Delsea senior Mason Murray on fewer misses at 13-6.

Deptford has had two Meet of Champions winners outdoors – Ken Manahan in the discus in 1976 and Bruce Owens in the 100 in 2004.

Henry is the 4^th South Jersey vaulter to win the indoor Meet of Champions, joining Ocean City’s John Oberg in 2006, West Deptford’s Daniel Batdorf in 2008 and Oakcrest’s Ryan Merlino in 2024.

Henry passed through 13-0, then cleared 13-6, 14-0, 14-6 and 15-0 on his 1^st attempt before taking three jumps at 15-7, which would have been the highest clearance any South Jersey vaulter has ever cleared at the Meet of Champions.

The last Deptford boy to place in the top three in an individual event at the indoor MoC was Owens, who ran 6.59 for 2^nd place to Union’s Latif Brewer in the 2005 meet at Princeton’s  Jadwin Gym.

Murray, who has cleared 14-6 this year, cleared 13-6 on his 3^rd attempt and wound up 7^th on misses.