From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

After running the 2nd-fastest 4-by-200 in South Jersey history in Friday’s qualifying heats, Deptford earned All-America honors Saturday by placing 7^th in the final at Boston THE TRACK Nationals.

Senior Johan Hernandez, junior Xavion Holmes, senior Kareem Brown and senior Damon Albertson ran 1:27.91 in the final after a 1:27.55 in the trials. The names of the four runners in the trials were listed incorretly in the official results, but they now seem to show the correct lineup.

Deptford’s 1:27.55 broke the Gloucester County record of 1:28.28 set in 2023 by Washington Township at Ocean Breeze. It’s 6^th-fastest in state history and 2nd-fastest in South Jersey history indoors, behind only Camden’s iconic 1:26.90 from 2004 Easterns at the Armory with Dwayne Lewis, Sherron Bullock, Alonzo Brown and Carl Smith.

Kingsway junior Aubrey Bishop moved into the No. 5 spot in Gloucester County history at 3,200 meters Friday at Boston THE TRACK Nationals.

Bishop ran 10:50.85 for the full two miles, converting to 10:47.08 for 3,200 meters. Her PR going into the meet was 10:53.83 for 3,200 meters at the Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze, so this is a nearly seven-second PR.

Bishop is 2^nd-fastest ever at Kingsway, behind Chelsea Ley, who ran 10:43.10 at the 2009 Meet of Champions at the Bubble and won the Meet of Champions that spring at South Plainfield in 10:19.31.

Bishop’s time is No. 19 in South Jersey hitory.

Not bad considering Bishop’s fastest times last spring were 5:51.68 and 12:53.45. But she had an outstanding XC season, 3^rd at Group 4 sectionals at DREAM Park, 9^th at states at Holmdel and 36^th at the Meet of Champions with a 19:09 at Holmdel. That is 3^rd-fastest ever by a Kingsway girl at Holmdel, behind Ley’s 17:44 in 2008 and Rachel Vick’s 18:29 in 2016.

Bishop’s 3,200 PR was 11:10.65 as recently as late February before a 10:55.85 for 4^th at states and that 10:53.83 at the Meet of Champions. So she’s PR’d by 23 ½ seconds in three weeks.

All-Time South Jersey 3,200-Meter Run List
10:13.41 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlimgton], 2025
10:15.71 … Brittany Sedberry [Ocean City], 2006
10:23.49y … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2011
10:29.07 … Julia Flanagan [Holy Cross], 2026
10:29.90y … Chelsea Ley [Kingsway], 2009
10:33.95y … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], 2016
10:38.11 … Megan Venables [Highland], 2011
10:38.90 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
10:39.88 … Lillie Widmer [Delsea], 2023
10:40.03 … Dina Iacone [Washington Twp.], 2012
10:40.80 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2017
10:42.06 … Holly Bischof [Bishop Eustace], 2012
10:42.22 … Theresa Cattuna [Cherry Hill East], 2007
10:43.2y … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1983
10:44.03 … Riley Tolson [Ocean City], 2026 [11]
10:45.20 … Devon Grisbaum [Ocean City], 2015
10:45.40y … Julianna Catania [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2016
10:46.63 … Erika Kemp [Rancocas Valley], 2013
10:47.08y … Aubrey Bishop [Kingsway], 2026
10:47.46 … Addison Weiss [Cherry Hill East], 2026
10:48.28 … Abby Waddington [Clearview], 2023
10:48.78 … Shelby Cain [Haddonfield], 2014
10:49.12 … Madison Coppolino [Sterling], 2017
10:49.46 … Alyssa Condell [Timber Creek], 2016
10:51.65 … Kerry O’Day [Cherokee], 2024
10:52.05 … Amanda Goetschius [Delsea], 2007
10:52.53 … Allie Pierontoni [Kingsway], 2020
10:52.82 … Maeve Smith [Ocean City], 2024
10:53.4h … Christin Bettis [Hammonton], 2012
10:53.89y … Sarah Naticchia [Haddonfield], 2020
10:54.33 … Giovanna Mantuano [Paul VI], 2026
10:55.29y … Ann Klocke [Bishop Eustace], 1996
10:55.58 … Nicole Clifford [Cherokee], 2022
10:56.66 … Jordan Hatfield [Schalick], 2025
10:57.28 … Riley Fayer [Audubon], 2026
10:57.53 … Michaela Schlemo [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2023
10:57.68y … Ava Thomas [Haddonfield], 2024
10:57.95 … Katy Storti [Bishop Eustace], 2019
10:59.02 … Catherine Van Horn [Triton], 2005
10:59.04 … Maria Ruiz [Williamstown], 2009
10:59.13 … Vickie Ajimoko [Williamstown], 2013
10:59.26 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024

All-Time Gloucester County 3,200-Meter Run List
10:29.90y … Chelsea Ley [Kingsway], 2009
10:39.88 … Lillie Widmer [Delsea], 2023
10:40.03 … Dina Iacone [Washington Twp.], 2012
10:43.2y … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1983
10:47.08y … Aubrey Bishop [Kingsway], 2026
10:48.28 … Abby Waddington [Clearview], 2023
10:52.05 … Amanda Goetschius [Delsea], 2007
10:52.53 … Allie Pierontoni [Kingsway], 2020
10:59.04 … Maria Ruiz [Williamstown], 2009
10:59.13 … Vickie Ajimoko [Williamstown], 2013

 

Junior Molly Mills, senior Riley Austin, sophomore Natalie Lacroce and freshman Dylan Hosty ran the 6^th-fastest 3,200-meter relay in South Jersey history Sunday on the final day of Armory Nationals in New York.

Haddonfield placed 4^th, earning the four girls All-America honors. Mills, Austin and Hosty also ran on Haddonfield’s four-mile relay team, which won in 20:58.00 on Friday. Madison Kelsey also ran on that team.

On Sunday, Mills led off in 2:18.03, Austin ran 2:19.85, Lacroce split 2:20.53 and Hosty anchored in 2:14.75.

Haddonfield fell just 23-100ths of a second off the Camden County record of 9:12.91 set by Haddonfield in 2021 at Ocean Breeze.

All-Time South Jersey 4×8 List
9:04.66 … Lenape, 2013
9:07.27 … Cherokee, 2022
9:09.71 … Lenape, 2012
9:11.94 … Lenape, 2008
9:12.91 … Haddonfield, 2021
9:13.14 … Haddonfield, 2026
9:16.28 … Haddonfield, 2024
9:19.01 … Lenape, 2011
9:19.35 … Wilson, 2002
9:19.80 … Cherokee, 2023
9:21.38 … Buena, 1999
9:21.64 … Cherokee, 2025
9:22.18 … Haddonfield, 2020
9:22.30 … Lenape, 2010
9:22.33 … Eastern, 2024
9:23.71 … Lenape, 2009
9:24.68 … Seneca, 2017
9:25.67 … Winslow Twp., 2025
9:26.65 … Kingsway, 2020
9:26.67 … Lenape, 2007
9:27.12 … Moorestown, 2025
9:27.22 … Lenape, 2014
9:28.7 ….. Willingboro, 2003
9:28.90 … Haddonfield, 2019

Winslow’s Amariah Arango, Cinniya Robinson, Olivia Okaro and Jasmine Jackson placed 3^rd in a smoking hot 55 1,600-meter relay, shattering the South Jersey record, posting the 6^th-fastest time in state history and earning All-America honors for all four runners.

Winslow ran 3:43.38, smashing the South Jersey indoor record of 3:44.74 that Winslow set at this meet last year..

Winslow finished behind two national all-star spring factories – Bullis School of Potomac, Md., which ran 3:40.55, and Monteverde (Fla.) Academy, which ran 3:42.08. Their times are 8^th– and 14^th-fastest in U.S. scholastic history.

For Winslow, Arango led off with a 56.38, Robinson ran 55.18, Okaro split 56.71 and Jackson, who had just run the 3^rd-fastest 60 hurdles race in New Jersey history, anchored in 55.13. Jackson was part of two South Jersey records in about two hours.

Winslow actually ran faster than the South Jersey outdoor record of 3:43.46 set by Winslow’s Arango, Jackson, Skyhe Seamon and Robinson last April at the Penn Relays.

A Winslow B team placed 16^th in 3:55.27, with Jones, Lovelace-Crump, Cato and Leeya Joseph. Jones led off in 60.43, Lovelace-Crump split 57.20, Cato ran 59.02 and Joseph anchored in 58.63.

Kingsway ran a season-best 4:01.70, winning its section with with junior Norah Brown running a 58.52 3^rd leg and sophomore Noemi Haller anchoring in 56.43. Senior Savannah Aulich and junior Kenya Nobles ran the first two legs.

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

Winslow sophomore Jasmine Jackson broke the South Jersey 60-meter hurdles record for the third time in two days Sunday and earned All-America honors with a 2^nd-place finish at Boston THE TRACK Nationals.

Coming into the weekend, the South Jersey record was 8.36, set by Nia Ali of Pleasantville at 2006 Prince Georges Sports and Learning Complex Nationals in Landover, Md.

Jackson then ran 8.34 in qualifying Saturday and 8.21 in the semifinals before blazing an 8.20 in the final on Sunday.

Her time is 3^rd-fastest in New Jersey history and 18^th-fastest in U.S. scholastic track history. It appears to be No. 4^th-fastest ever by a U.S. sophomore.

Jackson placed 2^nd to Jordan Hamb of South Shore International College Prep in Chicago. Hamb ran 8.18 after coming into the meet with an 8.38 PR.

All-Time U.S. 60-Meter Hurdles List
8.02 … Tonea Marshall [Seguin, Arlington, Texas], 2016
8.05 … Tia Jones [Walton, Washington, D.C.], 2018
8.05 … Grace Stark [White Lake, Lakeland, Mich.], 2018
8.07 … Emily Sloan [Rock Canyon, Highlands Ranch, Colo.], 2018
8.10 … Taylor Cox [Union Catholic, Scotch Plains, N.J.], 2025
8.11 … Mady Lewis [Scobey (Mont.)], 2025
8.11 … Dior Hall [George Washington, Denver], 2014
8.11 … Shadajah Ballard [Western Branch, Chesapeake, Va.], 2019
8.12 … Jasmine Jones [Greater Atlanta Christian, Norcross, Ga.], 2020
8.14 … Chanel Brissett [Cheltenham, Pa.], 2017
8.14 … Tara Davis [Agoura, Agoura Hills, Calif.], 2017
8.15 … Madeline Cooper [Drew Charter Senior Academy, Atlanta], 2025
8.16 … Jackie Coward [West, Knoxvile, Tenn.], 2008
8.17 … Sasha Wallace [Holy Names, Oakland, Calif.], 2013
8.17 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic, Scotch Plains, N.J.], 2015
8.18 .. Anna Cockrell [Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, Mich.], 2016
8.19 … Kassidy Hopkins [Bullis School, Potomac, Md.], 2026
8.20 … Destiny Coleman [Woodlawn, Gwynn Oak, Md. ], 2026
8.20 … Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp., N.J.], 2026
8.21 … Joslyn Hamilton [Rolesville (N.C.)], 2024
8.22 … Aleesa Samuel [Flanagan, Pembroke Pines, Fla.], 2025
8.23 … Trinity Wilson [St. Mary’s College, Berkeley, Calif.], 2012
8.23 … Briana Campbell [Uvalde, Texas], 2025
8.23 … Brandee Johnson [Nansemond River, Suffolk, Va.], 2016

With just 35 minutes between races, Pennsauken senior Sianni Wynn won her first two indoor national titles Sunday afternoon at THE TRACK Nationals in Boston.

Another remarkable performance by the greatest sprinter in New Jersey history and one of the best in U.S. track history. Only seven other girls have run as fast as Wynn in both the 60 and 200.

She lowered her own state reords in both races and ran all-time U.S. top-20 high school times in both races.

First, Wynn won the 60-meter dash in 7.24, lowering her own state record of 7.29 that she ran last March at Armory Nationals in New York.

Her time is tied for 16^th-fastest in U.S. history.

Wynn edged freshman Zhoe Holt of Bradford Prep in Charlotte, N.C., by 1-100^th of a second. Holt’s 7.25 is the 2^nd-fastest time ever run by a U.S. freshman.

Just about half an hour later she lowered her state record in the 200 from 23.17 to 23.10. Unlike the 60, the 200 wasn’t close. She won by a full two meters over Kamryn Tatum of West Bloomfield, Mich., who was 2^ndin 23.35.

Wynn’s 200 time is 12^th-fastest in U.S. history.

The national titles are Wynn’s second and third. She won the 100-meter dash at West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field last June in 11.29, 2^nd-fastet in state history

All-Time U.S. 60-Meter Dash List
7.13 … Lisa Raye [West Warwick, R.I.], 2025
7.13 … Mia Maxwell [Humble, Texas], 2026
7.14 … Mariah Maxwell [Humble, Texas], 2026
7.16 … Dana Wilson [Greensboro, N.C.], 2025
7.16 … Shawnti Jackson [Granville, N.C.], 2023
7.19 … Ashley Owens [Liberty, Washington, D.C.], 2004
7.19 … Tamari Davis [Oak Hill, Gainesville, Fla.], 2020
7.19 … Brianna Selby [Indian River, Chesapeake, Va.], 2024
7.20 … Melanie Doggett [Landmark Christian School, Fairburn, Ga.], 2026
7.21 … Shayla Sanders [Boyd Anderson, Lauderdale Lakes, Fla.], 2012
7.21 … Micayah Holland [Monteverde (Fla.) Academy], 2023
7.22 … Aleisha Latimer [Palmer, Colorado Springs, Colo.], 1997
7.22 … Avery Lewis [Friends Central, Wynnewood, Pa.], 2023
7.22 … Mia Brahe-Pederson [Lake Oswego, Ore.], 2023
7.22 … Adaejah Hodge [Monteverde (Fla.) Academy], 2023
7.24 … Victoria Jordan [Dunbar, Fort Worth, Texas], 2007
7.24 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2026
7.25 … Bianca Knight [Ridgeland (Miss.)], 2006
7.25 … Zhoe Holt [Bradford Prep, Charlotte, N.C.], 2026

All-Time U.S. 200-Meter Dash List
22.33 … Adaejah Hodge [Monteverde (Fla.) Academy], 2023
22.64 … Elise Cooper [McDonogh School, Owings Mills, Md.], 2025
22.81… Dana Wilson [Greensboro, N.C.], 2025
22.89 … Mia Brahe-Pedersen [Lake Oswego, Ore.], 2023
22.91 … Shawnti Jackson [Granville (N.C.) South], 2023
22.89 … Mia Maxwell [Humble, Texas], 2026
22.97 … Biana Knight [Ridgeland, Miss.], 2007
22.97 … Mariah Maxwell [Humble, Texas], 2026
23.00 … Lisa Raye [West Warwick, R.I.], 2025
23.05 … Melanie Doggett [Landmark Christian, Fairburn, Ga.], 2026
23.08 … Madison Whyte [Heritage, Newport News, Va.], 2023
23.10 … Sianni Wynn [Pennauken], 2026
23.14 … Allyson Felix [Heritage Christian, Northridge, Calif.], 2003
23.21 … Skylar Brazzell [Northwest Nelson, Trophy Club, Texas], 2025
23.22 … Sanya Richards-Ross [St. Thomas Aquinas, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.], 2002
23.22 … Ashton Purvis [St. Elizabeth, Oakland, Calif.], 2010
23.23 … Lauren Rain Williams [Oaks Christian, Westlake Village, Calif.,], 2016
23.24 … Tamari Davis [Oak Hall, Gainesville, Fla.], 2019
23.24 … Sydney Sutton [Bullis School, Potomac, Md.], 2025
23.30 … Dasia Reed [Monteverde (Fla.) Academy], 2025

Atlantic County Tech junior Brianna Growalt ran the 11^th-fastest 60-meter hurdles time in state history Sunday morning at Armory Nationals in New York.

Growalt qualified for the final later Sunday with an 8.54 in the semifinals. She had run 8.67 in the trials Saturday.

Growalt’s time is 5^th-fastest in South Jersey history and breaks the Atlantic County reord of 8.64 set in 2019 by Claudine Smith at 2019 Armory Nationals when it was the meet that is currently being held in Boston.

Growalt hadn’t raced over the 60-meter highs since last year’s Boston Nationals, where she ran 9.21. She won state Group 4 and Easterns titles in the 55-meter highs earlier this season and was 2^nd to Winslow’s Jasmine Jackson in the Meet of Champions. Jackson set a South Jersey record with 8.21 Saturday in the semis at Boson Nationals and runs later this afternoon in the final.

The final is scheduled for 12:01 p.m.

All-Time South Jersey 60-Meter Hurdles List
8.10 … Taylor Cox [Union Catholic], 2025
8.17 … Sydney McLoughlin [Union Catholic], 2015
8.21 … Jasmine Jackson [Winslow], Boston, 2026
8.33 … Charmaine Walker [Plainfield], 1997
8.34 … Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp.], 2026
8.36 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], 2006
8.38 … Grace O’Shea [Ramapo], 2019
8.50 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 2012
8.52 … Alethia Jenkins [Pennsauken], 2000
8.52 … Amaya Chadwick [Union Catholic], 2016
8.54 … Brianna Growalt [Atlantic County Tech], 2026
8.55 … Abigail Dennis [Old Tappan], 2024
8.59 … Ajanae Thompson [Union Catholic], 2022
8.62 … Lenaami Morton [Camden], 2017
8.64 … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2019
8.67 … Sofia Swindell [Lawrenceville School], 2025
8.67 … Porsche Dobson [Kent Place School], 2003
8.68 … Patti Dziekonska [West Windsor-Plainsboro North], 2014
8.69 … Danielle Delgado [Franklin Twp.], 2013

Sianni Wynn led all qualifiers into the 60-meter dash finals with a 7.31 Sunday morning in the semifinals at Boston THE TRACK Nationals.

That’s juat 2-100ths of a second off her state-record 7.29 from last year’s Armory Nationals.and 1-100^th of a second off her season-best 7.30 from the Ott Centre last month.

Only one other girl ran under 7.40 in the semis, Lee Peters of Foundation Academy in Winter Garden, Fla.

The final is scheduled for 1:54 p.m. Sunday.

A second All-America high jump performance for Lindenwold’s Egypt Bolan, who placed 6^th at Armory Nationals in New York Saturday.

Bolan, who cleared a lifetime-best 5-10 ¾ to win West Philly Nationals in June, cleared 5-8 ¾ Saturday.

Bolan got over the bar at 5-5 and 5-7 on her 1^st attempt and then cleared 5-8 ¾ on her 3^rd attempt before going out at 5-10 ½, which would have surpassed her indoor PR of 5-10, which she cleared twice this year – at the Bubble and Ocean Breeze, both in January.

Bolan had won 18 consecutive meets going back to last year’s Penn Relays, where she placed 3^rd behind two Jamaican jumpers. She hadn’t lost to a U.S. jumper since last year’s Armory Nationals. She still hasn’t lost to a New Jersey jumper since a SJTCA Meet at the Ott Center in January 2025.

Led by Haddonfield’s Seth Clevenger’s distance double and a record-setting 200-meter dash win by Eastern’s Rajahn Dixon, Rowan wrapped up its first NCAA Division 3 Championship Saturday in Birmingham, Ala.

Rowan won by one point over top-ranked Wisconsin-La Cross, which had won the last three indoor national titles and the last two outdoors.

How close was this meet?

Dixon won the 200 by 1-100^th of a second. If their positions are switched, La Crosse wins. Joshua Justin was in 4^th place in the triple jump with one jump left before moving up to 2^nd. If he stays in 4^th, La Crosse wins. Paulsboro’s Jamile Gantt – in his first meet in two months – clears 6-9 on his 3^rd attempt. If he misses, he scores no points instead of five.

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Rowan’s last national title came in 1984, when the Profs won their 5^th straight outdoor title.

Rowan went into the 3,000 with a 65-64 lead over Oshkosh with La Crosse 3^rd with 57 points. Rowan had the top seed in Clevenger, and Oshkosh didn’t have any qualifiers, but La Crosse had five. So for Rowan to clinch the team title, they needed a Clevenger win and fewer than nine points from La Crosse.

Rowan, whose 4-by-4 just missed qualifying, needed an 11-point lead going into the relay to wrap up the team title.

After Clevenger won the 3,000, La Crosse runners finished 3^rd, 8^th, 9^th, 13^th and 17th for seven points, which left Rowan with an insurmountable 75-64 lead over La Crosse and Oshkosh with only the relay remaining.

Rowan needed every one of those points they fought for over the last two days because La Crosse won the 4-by-4 with a meet-record 3:10.90, leaving Rowan with a one-point win at 75-74.

Rowan’s previous best finish was 3^rd place last year with 36 points, behind the two Wisconsin powerhouses – La Crosse with 84 points and Oshkosh with 39.

Here’s a look at how Rowan got to 75 points:

200: 14 points – Dixon set a meet record of 20.92, 2^nd-fastest in NCAA Division 3 history, for 10 points and Penns Grove’s Eli Hendricks ran indoor PR 21.24 for foiur points.
3,000: 10 points – Just before Dixon’s win, Clevenger set a meet record with 7:54.92 for 10 points.
5,000: 10 points – On Saturday, Clevenger cruised to a meet-record 13:35.55 to become Rowan’s 1^st indoor national champ in a distance event since Oakcrest’s Don Deckert won the 5,000 in 1986.
60-Meter Hurdles: 14 points – Seniors Kwaku Nkrumah from Teaneck and Jason Agyemang from North Plainfield finished 2^nd and 3^rd in 7.92 and 7.95 for eight and six points. Both are now five-time All-Americas.
High Jump: 15 points – A disappointing event considering the seedings, but Rowan still had four point scorers, which turned out to be pivotal. Freshman David Brown from Edison finished 3^rd at 6-10 ¼ for six points, junior Jamile Gantt was 4^th at 6-10 ¼ for four points, sophomore NoahWampole fromRadnor took sixth at 6-9 for three points and junior Arrington Rhym of Hamilton West was 8^th at 6-9 for one point.
Long Jump: 4 points – Huge four points from freshman Bright John of Sterling, who jumped 23-2 ¾ for 5^thplace, the best finish in the competition by a freshman.
Triple Jump: 8 points – Some clutch jumping by junior Joshua Justin of Passaic County Tech. Justin moved up from 4^th to 2^nd on his final jump with a 48-11 ¾, only 2 ½ inches off his PR.