From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Seven South Jersey athletes will compete in the USATF Under-20 Championships this week in Eugene.

The USATF Under-20 Championships, scheduled for Thursday an Friday, serves as a qualifier for the World Under-20 Championships, also scheduled for Hayward Field at the University of Oregon.

A number of other South Jersey athletes qualified, but with USATF Under-20 overlapping this year with West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field and also the challenges and cost of traveling to Eugene, there’s only a small group heading out West this week.

To be eligible, athletes must not turn 20 before midnight on Dec. 31. Qualifying standards can be found here. https://www.usatf.org/events/2026/2026-usatf-u20-outdoor-championships/entry-qualification-declaration-information#Qual

Here’s a look at the South Jersey contingent:

NATALIE DUMAS: After winning the 400, 800 and 400-meter hurdles at West Philly Nationals last year – with all-time U.S. top-20 times in all three races – Dumas will skip the meet at Penn this year to compete or a spot on the U.S. National Team. She’s entered in all three events and has PRs of 51.14, 2:00.11 and 55.99, all from last June at Franklin Field.

Among U.S. women in the Under-20 division, Dumas is No. 10 this year in the 400 at 52.14, No. 4 in the 800 at 2:03.46 and No. 2 in the intermediates.

If she triples, Dumas will have 400 trials at 3:06 p.m. EST Friday, 800 trials at 3:40 p.m. Friday and 400-meter hurdles trials at 4 p.m. Final are scheduled for Saturday, with the 800 at 4:13 p.m., the 400 at 7:31 p.m. and the 400IH at 7:41 p.m. So that’s quite a challenging schedule.

ANTHONY LIAKHNOVICH: Princeton rising sophomore from Hammonton had a tremendous freshman year, throwing 60-3 ¾ and 177-3. He placed 5^th at Heps in the discus and 6^th in the shot and will throw the discus in Eugene. He was the No. 1 freshman in the Ivy League in the shot an No. 2 in the discus. He’ll throw in the finals at 8:30 p.m. Thursday.

RYAN JENNINGS: Former Timber Creek star is entered in both the 100 and 200 after running 11.51 and 23.64 this year as a freshman at Arkansas. She’ll race Thursday in the 100 trials at 3:24 p.m. and Friday in the 200 trials at 6:59 p.m. The finals are 3:24 p.m. Thursday in the 100 and 8:05 p.m. Friday in the 200.

JONATHAN HARRIS: Delsea graduate red-shirted his freshman year at South Carolina, throwing 57-0 ½ this year with the 16-pound ball. Not sure where that happened because World Athletics doesn’t list the throw and since he red-shirted his throws aren’t on TFRRS, but that’s his qualifying mark on the USATF site. The shot is a 7 p.m. final on Friday.

HANNAH NUHFER: Like Harris, another in a long line of elite Delsea throwers, Nuhfer owns the four-best throws in New Jersey history, incuding her state-record 184-4 at the Meet of Champions. Nuhfer, who won West Philly Nationals last June, throws at 5:30 p.m. EST Thursday.

ALEXANDER OSAYEMI: Clayton grad capped a monster freshman season at Alabama with a 44.70 anchor leg on the Crimson Tide’s 1,600-meter relay team at the NCAA Championships. Osayemi ran 45.59 in the open 400 – 7^th-fastest among Division 1 freshmen – and 51.09 in the intermediates. He qualified in both but will race only the 400 in Eugene. He’s 6^th-fastest American man under 20. Osayemi races in the 400 trials at 3:15 p.m. Thursday with the final at 7:36 p.m. Friday.

DRYE CHAUHAN: Not a South Jersey high school graduate – Chauhan went to Quakertown High in Bucks County – but he had an outstanding freshman year for Rowan, throwing 197-0 and placing 2^nd to teammate Dametrius Hester at the NJAC Championships. He was the No. 7 in NCAA Division 3. Javelin final is scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday.

Ocean City junior Carly Godfrey and sophomore Riley Tolson sped to the 3^rd-– and 5^th-fastest 1,600 time in Cape May County history at CBA in Middletown Township.

Godfrey and Tolson ran 1-2 in The Winner’s Circle at the Horse Farm 2026 on the Dr. George Sheehan Track, Godfrey in 4:54.32 and Tolson in 4:55.35.

Neither had ever broken 5:02 before.

Their times are No. 3 and 4 in South Jersey this year and No. 17 and 21 on the all-time South Jersey combined 1,600 and converted mile list.

Only Dylan Hosty [4:40.40] and Riley Fayer [4:52.48] have run faster in South Jersey this year.

Godfrey is the No. 7 junior in New Jersey this year and Tolson is the No. 3 sophomore and South Jersey’s fastest 10^th-grader since Haddonfield’s Briana Gess ran 4:48.05 in 2015.

Ocean City is only the second South Jersey school with two girls under 4:55 in the same season. In 2021, Haddonfield did it with Sarah Naticchia [4:54.25] and Allison Colflesh [4:54.76]. Ocean City is the only public school in New Jersey with two girls under 4:55 this year.

Godfrey’s previous PR was 5:04.33 at South Jersey Group 3 Sectionals last year at Delsea. Tolson’s was 5:02.96 converted from a 5:04.73 full mile at Ocean Breeze in March.

In a separate race, Cherokee senior Sofia Recinto ran 4:58.95, dropping her PR from 5:01.39 from her win at South Jersey Group 4 Sectionals at Lenape.

All-Time South Jersey 1,600-Meter List
4:40.40y … Dylan Hosty [Haddonfield], 2026
4:41.16 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2000
4:41.5y … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1982
4:45.91 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024
4:45.97 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2014
4:47.58 … Dylan Hosty [Haddonfield], 2026
4:48.73 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
4:48.82y … Nicole Clifford [Cherokee], 2022
4:49.11 … Renee Tomlin [Ocean City], 2005
4:49.26 … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017
4:51.43 … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], 2017
4:51.57y … Maeve Smith [Ocean City], 2025
4:51.84 … Lilliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2024
4:52.48 … Riley Fayer [Audubon], 2026
4:52.95 … Caitlin Orr [Lenape], 2009
4:54.25 … Sarah Naticchia [Haddonfield], 2021
4:54.32 … Carly Godfrey [Ocean City], 2026
4:54.71 … Megan Hartman [Ocean City], 1994
4:54.76 … Allison Colflesh [Haddonfield], 2021
4:54.88 … Bridget Flynn [Holy Spirit], 2012
4:55.35 … Riley Tolson [Ocean City], 2026
4:55.41 … Brittany Sedberry [Ocean City], 2024
4:55.45 … Julianna Catania [Egg Harbor], 2016
4:55.66 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2012
4:55.66 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2025
4:55.70 … Dina Iacone [Washington Twp.], 2011

Pennsauken’s Premier Wynn earned All-America honors for the first time Wednesday night with a blistering relay leg for Tennessee.

Wynn split 44.89 on the 2^nd leg of Tennessee’s 1,600-meter relay team at the NCAA Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

Tennessee placed 7^th in 3:00.74, breaking the school record of 3:01.22 set by the 2024 team when they placed 5^th at the 2024 NCAA Championships on the same track.

The time is No. 23 in the world this year and No. 8 among U.S. teams. This was Wynn’s first NCAA Championships appearance.

Wynn was hurt much of the year and didn’t race between early January and early April. He came back and ran 21.01 and 46.15. He didn’t contest the 400 hurdles at all this year.

Pleasantville’s Gabriel Moronta won his first national title representing the Dominican Republic, placing 1st in the 400 at the Dominican Championships at Estadio La Barranquita in Santiago de los Caballeros.

Moronta, 23, ran 45.13, winning by three meters over Olympic silver medalist Lidio Andres Feliz, who was 2nd in 45.47. Feliz ran on the Dominican Republic’s gold medal mixed 4-by-4 at the 2022 World Championships in Eugene and was on the silver medal-winning mixed 4-by-4 at the 2021 Olympics in Tokyo.

Moronta ran 1-100th of a second off his season-best 45.12 from Clermont, Fla., last month and 12-100ths of a second off his PR 45.01 from May of 2025 in Jacksonville. That ranks 8th in Dominican history.

This indoor season, Moronta set a DR national record at 600 meters when he ran 1:15.66 at Ocean Breeze.

Moronta graduated last year from Central Florida, where he anchored the national championship 4-by-4 that ran 3:00.42.

Junior Premier Wynn from Pennsauken ran a 45.27 split on the 2nd leg and Tennessee advanced to the finals on Friday at the NCAA Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

Tennessee ran 3:01.73 and placed 4th in the first heat but advanced to the final as the 2nd-fastest team that didn’t place 1st or 2nd in its race. So the two-fastest non-winners came out of the first race.

The final is scheduled for 7:21 p.m. Friday.

Alexander Osayemi, a true freshman from Clayton, blazed a lifetime-best 44.70 anchor split on Alabama’s 1,600-meter relay.

Alabama placed 3rd in its heat in 3:02.76 but missed advancing to the finals on Friday by less than a second. Alabama had the 11th-fastest time overall and was the 2nd-fastest non-qualifier.

Lumberton’s Greg Foster earned his 3rd consecutive All-America long jump honor Wednesday at the NCAA Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

Foster, a Princeton junior from Lawrenceville School, jumped 26-4 ¼ with a legal 0.1 meter-per-second tailwind on his 2nd jump to place 4th in the country. He finished a quarter of an inch out of 3rd.

Foster, the Ivy League record holder indoors at 27-0 ¼ at the Armory in March and the Ivy League outdoor record holder with a 26-5 ½, also earned All-America honors with his 7th-place finish outdoors last year with a 25-0 ¾ in Eugene and a 4th-place finish indoors in February at 26-8 ¼ in Fayettville.

Foster opened with a foul and followed his 26-4 ¼ with a foul. The top nine after three jumps – everyone at 25-4 ¾ or better – got three more jumps and after another foul on his 4th jump he hit 25-9 ½ on his 5th and then fouled again on his final jump.

Foster is ranked 14th in the world with his 27-0 ¼ this year and 3rd among U.S. men.

His 26-5 ½ Wednesday was his 2nd-best outdoor jump ever, behind that 26-5 ½ last month at Weaver Stadium, and his 6th-best jump overall:

27-0 ½ … Feb. 28, 2026, New York
26-10 ½ … Feb. 13, 2026, Fayetteville, Ark.
26-8 ¼ … March 13, 2026, Fayetteville, Ark.
26-5 ¾ … Jan. 17, 2026, Philadephia
26-5 ½… May 16, 2026, Princeton
26-4 ¼ … June 10, 2026, Eugene, Ore.

Foster has exhausted his Ivy League eligibility and will take a graduate year next year at Rutgers, where he’ll have one year of outdoor eligibility remaining. The Ivy League does not allow grad years of eligibility.

Jamir Brown, Ajani Dwyer missed the NCAA finals in their specialties Wednesday by a combined 4-100ths of a second.

Brown, from Riverside, ran 13.37 in the 110-meter hurdles semifinals at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., and missed advancing to the final by 1-100^th of a second. He finished 10^th overall and the top nine – the top two in each of three semis and the next three-fastest times – moved on to Friday’s final. Brown’s PR is 13.25.

Brown, from Washington Township, ran 10.18 in the 100 semis and missed qualifying by 3-100ths of a second. He finished 12^th overall. Dwyer’s PR is 9.93 and his season-best is 9.96.

Kingsway’s Evan Corcoran achieved something this year that only three others have ever achieved in the long, storied history of Rowan track.

He earned All-America honors in three events at one meet.

At the NCAA Division 3 Championships in La Crosse, Wisc., Corcoran placed 3^rd in the 100-meter dash with a wind-legal school-record 10.30, 2^nd-fastest ever by an NJAC sprinter, he placed 8^th in the 200 in 21.31 with a legal 1.7 wind and he ran the second leg on Rowan’s 2^nd-place 400-meter relay team, whose 39.56 is 6^th-fastest time in D-3 history. Madaijoudou Diawara, Penns Grove’s Eli Hendrix and Eastern’s Rajahn Dixon also ran on that team.

Corcoran is now a five-time All-America overall having previously run on Rowan’s 2^nd-place 400-meter relay teams in 2023 and 2025.

Rowan’s first triple All-America was middle-distance star Willie Lawson from Plainfield, who did it as a freshman. At the 1982 meet at North Central College in Naperville, Ill., Lawson won the 800 in 1:50.29, placed 6^th in the 400 in 47.62 and anchored Glassboro State’s 1,600-meter relay tam, which was 2^nd in 3:11.53.

Sixteen years later, at the 1998 D-3 Championships at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., Rich Dixon of Dover, Del., won the 400 in 47.58, placed 5^th in the 200 in 21.75 and ran on Rowan’s 4-by-4, which was 3^rd in 3:12.37.

Most recently, Jah’mere Beasley of Sterling achieved the rare triple at the 2023 meet at St. John Fisher University in Rochester, placing 5^th in the 200 in 21.06 and racing on Rowan’s 2^nd-place 4-by-1 tam [40.14] and 3^rd-place 4-by-4 [3:08.74].

Corcoran has a year of indoor eligibility remaining at Rowan.

I put together an all-time list of Rowan outdoor All-America picks with their event, performance and high school. This took forever so please check it out!

Rowan Men’s Outdoor All-America Selections
1976 [Eastern Illinois University,  Charleston, Ill.]
*Ernest Lattimer [Wall Twp.], 6^th, 100-meter dash [10.92]
**Robert Zentmeyer [Pleasantville], 3^rd, 800-meter run [1:51.4h]
1977 [Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich.]
*Robert Zentmeyer [Pleasantville], 3^rd, 800-meter run [1:51.55]
1978 [Occidental College, Los Angeles]
Gavin Cook [Camden], 6^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:16.63]
Matt Forstenhauster [West Essex], 6^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:16.63]
**David Hadley [Atlantic City], 5^th, 400-meter dash [48.52]
**David Hadley [Atlantic City], 6^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:16.63]
***Mike Juskus [Hopatong], 1^st, javelin [222-8]
Mark Kelly [Audubon], 1^st, High Jump [6-11 ¾]
**Jack Kruse [Cherry Hill West], 2^nd, 5,000-meter run [14:32.52]
***Gary Miller [Camden], 6^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:16.63]
***Joe Taylor [Manalapan], 4^th, 100-meter dash [10.97]
1979 [Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, Ohio]
Charles Cooper [Paulsboro], 4^th, 100-meter dash [10.88]
Charles Cooper [Paulsboro], 3^rd, 200-meter dash [21.3h]
*David Hadley [Atlantic City], 2^nd, 400-meter dash [47.3]
**Mike Juskus [Hopatcong], 2^nd, javelin [217-1]
*Jack Kruse [Cherry Hill West], 3^rd, 5,000-meter run [14:22.88]
*Jack Kruse [Cherry Hill West], 4^th, 10,000-meter run [30:34.07]
Tavo Rivera [Pemberton], 2^nd, 800-meter run [1:50.7h]
1980 [North Central College, Naperville, Ill.]
**Derick Adamson [Montclair], 1^st, 3,000-meter steeplechase [9:01.37]
*Clayton Davis [Atlantic City, 6^th, 110-meter hurdles [14.90]
*Leon Devero [Linden], 1^st, 110-meter hurdles [14.42]
Jack Kruse [Cherry Hill West], 3^rd, 10,000-meter run [30:17.45.]
David Hadley [Atlantic City], 2^nd, 400-meter dash [47.14]
David Hadley [Atlantic City], 4^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.02]
**Lennie Hernandez [Memorial-West New York], 5^th, 3,000-meter steeplechase [9:08.07]
*Mike Juskus [Hopatcong], 1^st, Javelin [258-5]
Robert Lee [Snyder], 4^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.02]
Tavo Rivera [Pemberton], 1^st, 800-meter run [1:49.54]
Tavo Rivera [Pemberton], 4^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.02]
***Anthony Stone [Atlantic City], 4^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.02]
1981 [Case Western Reserve, Cleveland]
Clayton Davis [Atlantic City], 5^th, 110-meter hurdles [14.40]
Leon Devero [Linden], 4^th, 110-meter hurdles [14.92]
Mike Juskus [Hopatcong], 1^st, javelin [248-8]
Robert Lee, 2^nd, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.77]
Garry Moore [Overbrook], 1^st, 110-meter hurdles [13.96]
**Greg Rapp [Pleasantville], 3^rd, 5,000-meter run [14:35.32]
***Willie Richardson [Newark West Side], 1^st, 800-meter run [1:51.12]
***Willie Richardson [Newark West Side], 2^nd, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.77]
Tavo Rivera [Pemberton], 2^nd, 800-meter run [1:51.30]
Tavo Rivera [Pemberton], 2^nd, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.77]
**Anthony Stone [Atlantic City], 2^nd, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.77]
1982 [North Central College, Naperville, Ill.]
**Robert Beamon [Paulsboro], 2^nd, 110-meter hurdles [14.22]
**Robert Beamon [Paulsboro], 2^nd, long jump [23-11 ¼]
*Lennie Hernandez [Memorial-West New York], 4^th, 3,000-meter steeplechase [9:04.57]
Nick Kenney [Manasquan], 2^nd, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.53]
***Willie Lawson [Plainfield], 6^th, 400-meter dash [47.62]
***Willie Lawson [Plainfield], 1^st, 800-meter run [1:50.29]
***Willie Lawson [Plainfield], 2^nd, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.53]
Garry Moore [Overbrook\, 1^st, 110-meter hurdles [13.99]
*Anthony Stone [Atlantic City], 2^nd, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.53]
***James Thompson [Deptford], 2^nd, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.53]
*Anthony Abicca [Butler], 7^th, 110-meter hurdles [14.64]
1983 [North Central College, Naperville, Ill.]
Anthony Abicca [Butler], 3^rd, 110-meter hurdles [14.69]
**Willie Lawson [Plainfield], 3^rd, 400-meter dash [47.49]
*Stanley Moore [Overbrook], 1^st, 110-meter hurdles [14.01]
*Stanley Moore [Overbrook], 1^st, 400-meter hurdles [52.39]
*Bob Rimkis [Washington Twp.], 3^rd, 3,000-meter steeplechase [9:05.33]
*Peter Sharpless [Princeton], 5^th, high jump [6-10 ¼]
1984 [Carleton / St. Olaf colleges, Northfield, Minn.]
Robert Beamon Abdullah [Paulsboro], T1^st, 110-meter hurdles [14.40]
Robert Beamon Abdullah [Paulsboro], 1^st, 1,600-meter relay [3:12.40]
**Don Deckert [Oakcrest], 1^st, 3,000-meter steeplechase [9:00.13]
**Ronald Deckert [Oakcrest], 1^st, 5,000-meter run [14:13.48]
Lennie Hernandez [Memorial-West New York], 6^th, 3,000-meter steeplechase [9:09.74]
Edward Lambing [Columbia], 5^th, 400-meter hurdles [54.09]
Edward Lambing [Columbia], 1^st, 1,600-meter relay [3:12.40]
*Ronald Moore [Overbrook], 1^st, 1,600-meter relay [3:12.40]
Bob Rimkis [Washington Twp.], 2^nd, 3,000-meter steeplechase [9:00.43]
Peter Sharpless [Princeton], 5^th, high jump [6-11]
*Willie Lawson [Plainfield], 1^st, 1,600-meter relay [3:12.40]
1985 [Denison University, Granville, Ohio]
**Tommie Adams [Deptford], 1^st, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.57]
*Don Deckert [Oakcrest], 4^th, 3,000-meter steeplechase [9:05.06]
Michael Graffeo [Atlantic City], 8^th, 10,000-meter run [33:56.53]
Willie Lawson [Plainfield], 4^th, 400-meter dash [47.79]
Willie Lawson [Plainfield], 1^st, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.57]
Ronald Moore [Overbrook], 1^st, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.57]
***Jason Mouring [Columbia], 3^rd, 110-meter hurdles [14.39]
***Keith Thomas [Plainfield], 1,600-meter relay [3:11.57]
1986 [Wisconsin La Crosse College, La Crosse, Wisc.]
**Scott Costello [Highland Park], 6^th, 10,000-meter run [32:40.50]
**Jason Mouring [Columbia], 3^rd, 110-meter hurdles [14.57]
1987 [North Central College, Naperville, Ill.]
*Scott Costello [Highland Park], 7^th, 10,000-meter run [30:52.2]
*Jason Mouring [Columbia], 3^rd, 110-meter hurdles [14.54]
1988 [Carleton College, Northfield, Minn.]
*Kyle Bradby [Plainfield], 4^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:13.99]
*Scott Costello [Highland Park], 7^th, 5,000-meter run [15:20.19]
***Maurice Ransome [Salem], 4^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:13.99]
Aaron Reaves [Ferris], 4^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:13.99]
*Ralph Richardson [Perth Amboy], 4^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:13.99]
1989 [North Central College, Naperville, Ill.]
Rich Bostwick, 8^th, 3,000-meter steeplechase [9:28.31]
Kyle Bradby [Plainfield], 6^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:14.81]
Eddie Jimenez [Perth Amboy], 6^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:14.81]
**Maurice Ransome [Salem], 4^th, 400-meter dash [47.83]
**Maurice Ransome [Salem], 6^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:14.81]
Ralph Richardson [[Perth Amboy]], 6^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:14.81]
1990 [North Central College, Naperville, Ill.]
Rich Bostwick, 8^th, 10,000-meter run [31:02.40]
***Anthony Dean-Neil [Long Branch], 8^th, 800-meter run [1:53.21]
***Anthony Dean-Neil [Long Branch], 4^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:14.50]
***Tha’ub Ismail [Newark-West Side], 4^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:14.50]
*George Jakovic [Glassboro], 4^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:14.50]
*Maurice Ransome [Salem], 2^nd, 400-meter run [47.27]
*Maurice Ransome [Salem], 4^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:14.50]
1991 [Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, Ohio]
***Mike Boone [Burlington City], 3^rd, 1,600-meter relay [3:13.73]
***Mike Boone [Burlington City], 2^nd, javelin [207-8]
**Anthony Dean-Neil [Long Branch], 400-meter hurdles [52.33]
**Anthony Dean-Neil [Long Branch], 3^rd, 1,600-meter relay [3:13.73]
George Jakovic, 3^rd, 1,600-meter relay [3:13.73]
Maurice Ransome [Salem], 4^th, 400-meter dash [47.85]
Maurice Ransome [Salem], 3^rd, 1,600-meter relay [3:13.73]
1992 [Colby College, Waterville, Maine]
**Mike Boone [Burlington City], 1^st, Javelin [219-4]
***Dan Morris [Rancocas Valley], 8^th, 400-meter hurdles [54.87]
**Shawn Savage [Deptford], 6^th, long jump [24-1 ¾]
1993 [Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, Ohio]
**Mike Beck [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2^nd, 1,600-meter relay [3:15.25]
***Richard Bodine [Vineland], 6^th, javelin [205-11]
Rick Broadnax [Deptford], 2^nd, 1,600-meter relay [3:15.25]
Mike Crank [Plainfield], 2^nd, 1,600-meter relay [3:15.25]
*Brad Leak [Union], 3^rd, 800-meter run [1:52.34]
*Brad Leak [Union], 2^nd, 1,600-meter relay [3:15.25]
1994 [North Central University, Naperville, Ill.]
*Mike Beck [Egg Harbor Twp.], 7^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:14.38]
*Ken Calhoun [Freehold Twp.], 7^th, 400-meter relay [42.10]
*Al Essilfie [Pennsauken], 7^th, 400-meter relay [42.10]
***Freddie Geddes [Red Bank Regional], 1,600-meter relay [3:14.38]
**Tha’ub Ismail [Newark West Side], 1,600-meter relay [3:14.38]
Brad Leak [Union], 1,600-meter relay [3:14.38]
Jarvis Perry [Camden], 7^th, 400-meter relay [42.10]
*Shawn Savage [Deptford], 7^th, 400-meter relay [42.10]
1995 [Carleton Colleges, Northfield, Minn.]
*Richard Bodine [Vineland], 4^th, javelin [206-0]
Bruce Davies [Kinnelon], 6^th, javelin [198-3]
Shawn Savage [Deptford], 8^th, long jump [23-1 ¾]
Shawn Savage [Deptford], 8^th, triple jump [46-6 ¾]
1996 [North Central University, Naperville, Ill.]
Richard Bodine [Vineland], 2^nd, javelin [206-5]
Chris Bostard [Middle Township], 8^th, hammer throw [166-10]
***Ed Colleton [Matawan], 5^th, javelin [195-3]
Linval Lewis [Bridgeton], 5^th, 110-meter hurdles [14.64]
1997 [Wisconsin Oshkosh University, Oshkosh, Wisc.]
**Ed Colleton [Matawan], 4^th, javelin [197-5]
|***William Cruz [Penns Grove], 1^st, 400-meter hurdles [51.67]
***Rich Dixon [Dover, Del.], 1^st, 400-meter dash [47.33]
1998 [Macalester University, St. Paul, Minn.]
*Ed Colleton [Matawan], 1^st, Javelin [210-4]
**William Cruz [Penns Grove], 4^th, 400-meter hurdles [52.31]
**William Cruz [Penns Grove], 3^rd, 1,600-meter relay [3:12.37]
**Mark Davis [Highland], 3^rd, 1,600-meter relay [3:12.37]
**Rich Dixon [Dover, Del.], 5^th, 200-meter dash [21.75w]
**Rich Dixon [Dover, Del.], 1^st, 400-meter dash [47.58]
**Rich Dixon [Dover, Del.], 3^rd, 1,600-meter relay [3:12.37]
Aaron Johnson [Gloucester], 3^rd, 1,600-meter relay [3:12.37]
1999 [Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, Ohio]
***Greg Arnett [Woodrow Wilson], 6^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:13.73]
Ed Colleton [Matawan], 2^nd, javelin [209-1]
*Rich Dixon [Dover, Del.], 4^th, 400-meter dash [47.77]
**Rich Dixon [Dover, Del.], 6^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:13.73]
**Julius Kinsler [Highland], 6^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:13.73]
Spencer Timmons [Elizabeth], 6^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:13.73]
2000 [North Central College, Naperville, Ill.]
Rich Dixon [Dover, Del.], 4^th, 400-meter dash [47.82]
2001 [Wisconsin Oshkosh University, Oshkosh, Wisc.]
***Edward Fortune [John Adams, Queens, N.Y.], 3^rd, 400-meter relay [40.98]
***Tyree Jackson [Camden], 3^rd, 400-meter relay [40.98]
*Scott Lipford [Ocean City], 3^rd, 400-meter relay [40.98]
Clinton Tabb [Pennsauken], 3^rd, 400-meter relay [40.98]
2002 [Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio]
*Greg Arnett [Woodrow Wilson], 3^rd, 400-meter relay [41.06]
*Matt Davis [Millville], 3^rd, 400-meter relay [41.06]
**Edward Fortune [John Adams, Queens, N.Y.], 3^rd, 400-meter relay [41.06]
**Tyree Jackson [Camden], 3^rd, 400-meter relay [41.06]
2003 [DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind.]
Matt Davis [Millville], 3^rd, 400-meter relay [40.82]
*Edward Fortune [John Adams, Queens, N.Y.], 3^rd, 400-meter relay [40.82]
*Tyree Jackson [Camden], 3^rd, 400-meter relay [40.82]
Jorge Santiago [Highland], 3^rd, 400-meter relay [40.82]
2004 [Millikin University, Decatur, Ill.]
None
2005 [Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa]
*Robert Godfrey [Millville], 8^th, shot put [53-10 ¼]
2006 [St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn.]
Robert Godfrey [Millville], 8^th, shot put [53-8 ¼]
2007 [University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisc,]
*Aaron Braxton [Kingsway], 4^th, discus [157-11]
2008 [Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio]
None
2009 [Marietta University, Marietta, Ohio]
*Sean Biehn [Burlington City], 4^th, javelin [200-1]
Kyle Hayes [Point Pleasant Borough], 4^th, long jump [23-2 ¾]
2010 [Baldwin Wallace, Berea, Ohio]
Sean Biehn [Burlington City], 2^nd, javelin [204-5]
Sean Corey [Cherry Hill East], 3^rd, javelin [204-1]
2011 [Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio]
**Ali Ejaz [Glassboro], 1^st, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.45]
Jayce Maxwell [Monsignor Donovan], 1^st, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.45]
Taylor Purdue [Vernon Twp.], 1^st, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.45]
**Demetrius Rooks [Absegami], 1^st, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.45]
**Demetrius Rooks [Absegami], 2^nd, 400-meter hurdles [51.98]
2012 [Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges, Claremont, Calif.]
*Ali Ejaz [Glassboro], 5^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:10.77]
*Ali Ejaz [Glassboro], 3^rd, 200-meter dash [21.18]
Jayce Maxwell [Monsignor Donovan], 5^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:10.77]
*Taylor Purdue [Vernon Twp.], 5^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:10.77]
*Demetrius Rooks [Abegami], 5^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:10.77]
*Demetrius Rooks [Abegami], 5^th, 400-meter hurdles [51.79]
2013 [University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, LaCrosse, Wisc.]
Demetrius Rooks [Abegami], 2^nd, 400-meter hurdles [51.69]
2014 [Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio]
None
2015 [St. Lawrence University, Canton, N.Y.]
***Dave Benjamin [Freehold Twp.], 3^rd, 110-meter hurdles [14.00] (4.9]
2016 [Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa]
**Dave Benjamin [Freehold Twp.], 4^th, 400-meter relay [40.92]
*Dior Hightower [Paul VI], 4^th, 400-meter relay [40.92]
***Shai Mumford [West Deptford], 4^th, 400-meter relay [40.92]
**Jonathan Ramirez [Memorial-West New York], 4^th, 400-meter relay [40.92]
**Anthony Salemo [Ramsey], 8^th, 400-meter hurdles [52.99]
**Jeffrey Jon Tucker [Eastern], 4^th, high jump [6-9 ½]
**Jeffrey Jon Tucker [Eastern], 5^th, long jump [23-6 ¾]
2017 [Mount Union University, Alliance, Ohio]
*Dave Benjamin [Freehold Twp.], 4^th, 400-meter relay [41.15]
*Dave Benjamin [Freehold Twp.], 2^nd, 110-meter hurdles [14.19 (+2.2)
Dior Hightower [Paul VI], 4^th, 400-meter relay [41.15]
**Shai Mumford [West Deptford], 4^th, 400-meter relay [41.15]
*Jonathan Ramirez [Memorial-West New York], 4^th, 400-meter relay [41.15]
*Anthony Salemo [Ramsey], 1^st, 400-meter hurdles [51.06]
2018 [University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisc.]
***Hunter Barbieri [Egg Harbor Twp.], 5^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.47]
***Justin Bishop [Mainland Reg.], 5^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.47]
Bobby Cooks [McArthur, Pembroke Pines, Fla.], 3^rd, 110-meter hurdles [14.24] (-1.0)
Harrison Escoffery [Hackensack], 3^rd, high jump [6-10 ¼]
Jamil Jackson [Highland], 5^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.47]
*Chris Mesiano [Schalick], 5^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.47]
*Nick Neville [South Brunswick], 6^th, 800-meter run [1:53.22]
Anthony Salemo [Ramsey], 2^nd, 400-meter hurdles [51.06]
2019 [SPIRE Institute, Geneva, Ohio]
**Tyler Garland [Deptford], 3^rd, 110-meter hurdles [14.40] (-0.8)
**Dan McAleavey [Howell], 8^th, javelin [197-7]
2020
Not held
2021 [North Caroina State University, Greensboro, N.C.]
***Nana Agyemang [Parsippany], 7^th, 400-meter relay [41.22]
**Hunter Barbieri [Egg Harbor Twp.], 1^st, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.81]
***Jah’mere Beasley [Sterling], 7^th, 400-meter relay [41.22]
***Jah’mere Beasley [Sterling], 2^nd, 200-meter dash [21.18] (+3.0)
*Justin Bishop [Mainland Reg.], 1^st, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.81]
***Amara Conte [James J. Ferris], 1^st, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.81]
***Donovan Clement [Deptford], 7^th, 400-meter relay [41.22]
***Ahmir Johnson [Wissahickon, Pa.], 1^st, triple jump [49-7]
**Julio Lebron [Memorial West New York], 6^th, javelin [192-6]
*Dan McAleavey [Howell], 2^nd, javelin [206-6]
Julian Pratt [Camden], 7^th, 400-meter relay [41.22]
*Francis Terry [Sterling], 1^st, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.81]
2022 [SPIRE Institute, Geneva, Ohio]
***Nana Agyemang [Parsippany], 2^nd, 1,600-meter relay [3:10.06]
***Nana Agyemang [Parsippany], 5^th, long jump [23-11 ½]
***Jah’mere Beasley [Sterling], 2^nd, 1,600-meter relay [3:10.06]
***Jah’mere Beasley [Sterling], 6^th, 200-meter dash [21.22] (+1.0)
***Amara Conte [James J. Ferris], 2^nd, 1,600-meter relay [3:10.06]
***Ahmir Johnson [Wissahickon, Pa.], 2^nd, long Jump [24-9 ¾] (-1.0)
*Dan McAleavey [Howell], 8^th, javelin [206-11]
*John Owens [West Windsor-Plainsboro North, 2^nd, 1,600-meter relay [3:10.06]
**Greg Poloso [Wayne Valley], 3^rd, javelin [216-4]
2023 [St. John Fisher, Rochester, N.Y.]
**Jah’mere Beasley [Sterling], 5^th 200-meter dash [21.06]
**Jah’mere Beasley [Sterling], 2^nd, 400-meter relay [40.14]
**Jah’mere Beasley [Sterling], 3^rd, 1,600-meter relay [3:08.74]
**Amara Conte [James J. Ferris], 7^th, 400-meter dash [47.99]
**Amara Conte [James J. Ferris], 3^rd, 1,600-meter relay [3:08.74]
***Kwaku Nkrumah [Teaneck], 4^th, 110-meter hurdles [14.25] (+0.3)
*Marquise Young [Sterling], 7^th, 400-meter hurdles [53.35]
*Marquise Young [Sterling], 3^rd, 1,600-meter relay [3:08.74]
Shamar Love [Bridgeton], 2^nd, 400-meter relay [40.14]
Nana Agyemang [Parsippany], 2^nd, 400-meter relay [40.14]
Nana Agyemang [Parsippany], 3^rd, 1,600-meter relay [3:08.74]
***Evan Corcoran [Kingsway], 2^nd, 400-meter relay [40.14]
*Greg Poloso [Wayne Valley], 2^nd, javelin [227-9]
Edgar Rosa [Paulsboro], 5^th, javelin [209-3]
2024 [Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium, Myrtle Beach, S.C.]
**Kwaku Nkrumah [Teaneck], 1^st, 110-meter hurdles [13.77] (+1.2)
**Jason Agyemang [North Plainfield], 2^nd, 110-meter hurdles [13.80] (+1.2)
Marquise Young [Sterling], 5^th, 110-meter hurdles [14.21] (+1.2)
Nana Agyemang [Parsippany], 5^th, 400-meter relay [40.68]
***El Hendricks [Penns Grove], 5^th, 400-meter relay [40.68]
Shamar Love [Bridgeton], 5^th, 400-meter relay [40.68]
Robert McKinney [Highland], 5^th, 400-meter relay [40.68]
Marquise Young [Sterling], 4^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.41]
Nana Agyemang [Parsippany]], 4^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.41]
Nicholas Razze [Pitman], ], 4^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.41]
Amara Conte [Snyder], 4^th, 1,600-meter relay [3:11.41]
***Jamile Gantt [Paulsboro], 7^th,  high jump [6-9 ¾]
***Dametrius Hester [Mahwah], 3^rd, javelin [213-3]
*Tommy Flanagan [Arthur L. Johnson], 5^th, javelin [206-11]
2025 [SPIRE Institute, Geneva, Ohio]
***Rajahn Dixon [Eastern], 8^th, 200-meter dash [21.42] (-0.6)
***Jamir Brown [Riverside], 1^st, 110-meter hurdles [13.75] (+2.6)
*Jason Agyemang [North Plainfield], 2^nd, 110-meter hurdles [13.82] (+2.6)
*Anaias Hughes [Willingboro], 7^th, 110-meter hurdles [14.71] (+2.6)
Shamar Love [Bridgeton], 2^nd, 400-meter relay [39.72]
Robert McKinney [Highland] , 2^nd, 400-meter relay [39.72]
***Eli Hendricks [Penns Grove] , 2^nd, 400-meter relay [39.72]
*Evan Corcoran [Kingsway] , 2^nd, 400-meter relay [39.72]
**Jamile Gantt [Paulsboro], T3^rd,  high jump [6-11]
***Noah Wampole [Radnor, Pa.], T6^th, high jump [6-8 ¾]
**Dametrius Hester [Mahwah], 2^nd, javelin [218-4]
2026 [University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisc.]
Evan Corcoran [Kingsway], 3^rd, 100-meter dash [10.30] (+2.0)
**Rajahn Dixon [Eastern], 2^nd, 200-meter dash [20.76] (+1.7)
*Eli Hendricks [Penns Grove], 4^th, 200-meter dash [20.86] (+1.7)
Evan Corcoran [Kingsway] , 8^th, 200-meter dash [21.31] (+1.7)
*Dallas Hohney [Glassboro], 4^th, 800-meter run [1:49.68]
Kwaku Nkumrah [Teaneck], 2^nd, 110-meter hurdles [13.76] (+2.0)
Jason Agyemang [North Plainfield], 6^th, 110-meter hurdles [14.21] (+2.0)
**Samuel Agbessi [Sterling], 400-meter hurdles [52.21]
Madaijoudou Diawara [Toms River North], 2^nd, 400-meter relay [39.56]
Evan Corcoran [Kinsgway], 2^nd, 400-meter relay [39.56]
Eli Hendricks [Penns Grove], 2^nd, 400-meter relay [39.56]
Rajahn Dixon [Eastern], 2^nd, 400-meter relay [39.56]
*Jason Agyemang [North Plainfield], 3^rd, 1,600-meter relay [3:08.24]
***Marquis Taylor [Woodbury], 3^rd, 1,600-meter relay [3:08.24]
Teddy Wilson [Toms River North], 3^rd, 1,600-meter relay [3:08.24]
*Dallas Hohney [Glassboro], 3^rd, 1,600-meter relay [3:08.24]
***David Brown [Edison], 1^st, high jump [7-0 ½]
**Noah Wampole [Radnor, Pa.], 3^rd, high jump [6-11 ½]
*Jamile Gantt [Paulsboro], 4^th, high jump [6-10 ¼]
*Dametrius Hester [Mahwah], 1^st, javelin [245-10]

Eight South Jersey athletes will be competing in the NCAA Division 1 Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene starting tomorrow.

Washington Township’s Ajani Dwyer, Riverside’s Jamir Brown and Lumberton’s Greg Foster are all top-10 seeds in their specialties, Dwyer in the 100, Brown in the 110 hurdles and Foster in the long jump.

They all qualified in the NCAA East Regional Prelims two weeks ago in Lexington, Ky.

Dwyer, a Penn State sophomore, is tied for the No. 3 seed in the 100-meter dash with his 9.99 in Lexington. He’s run as fast as 9.93 this year and 9.98 with legal wind. He’s ranked 18^th in the world with legal wind and 7^th among American men. Dwyer races in the semis at 6:25 p.m. Wednesday, with the final slated for 5:52 p.m. Friday.

Brown, a Syracuse sophomore, is tied for the No. 7 seed in the 110-meter hurdles with a lifetime-best 13.25 in Lexington. He’s No. 21 in the world and No. 13 among American men with legal wind. Brown races in the hurdles qualifying at 6:08 p.m. Wednesday, with the final at 5:42 p.m. Friday.

Foster, a Princeton junior, is the No. 9 seed in the long jump after a 25-10 ¾ in Lexington. He’s jumped 26-5 ½ with legal wind this outdoor season and 27-0 ½ indoors. He’s No. 14 in the world and No. 3 American. The long jump final is scheduled for 6:40 p.m. Wednesday.

The other individual who qualified is Rutgers junior Jenovia Logan, a Sterling graduate, who is the No. 16 seed in the high jump with her 5-10 ½ in Lexington. Her PR is 5-11 ¼. She competes at 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

Everyone else will race in the 1,600-meter relays.

Clayton’s Alexander Osayemi, a true freshman at Alabama, will run on the Crimson Tide 4-by-4, which qualified with a 3:02.45, and Pennsauken’s Premier Wynn, a Tennessee junior, will run on the Vols’ 4-by-4 team, which ran 3:01.25 at Regionals.

Tennessee is the No. 5 seed and Alabama is No. 12. Tennessee ran 3:01.06 in Lexington, which is No. 7 on the 2026 U.S. list. Alabama’s 3:02.45 from Lexington is No. 11.

The men’s 1,600-meter relay first round is scheduled for 8:36 p.m. Wednesday, with the final at 7:21 p.m. Friday.

The Arkansas women’s 4-by-4 lists Clayton twins Amirah and Arianna in its 4-by-4 pool. Arkansas ran 3:21.83 in Fayetteville, No. 4 in the world. The women’s 4-by-4 runs at 8:36 p.m. Thursday, with the final at 7:21 p.m. Saturday.

Winslow’s Jasmine Jackson isn’t just the fastest sophomore hurdler in the country this year, she’s one of the fastest ever.

Jackson, who won the Brooks P.R. Invitational in Renton, Wash., on Sunday, set a South Jersey and state sophomore record of 13.28 at the Meet of Champions Wednesday at Pennsauken with a 1.3 wind reading.

Turns out that 13.28 is 4^th-fastest ever by a U.S. sophomore and 3^rd-fastest in a wind-legal race.

Tia Jones set the national sophomore class record of 13.01 with a 0.4 tailwind when she won the 100-meter highs at the 2017 Pan Am Junior Championships at Chan Chan Stadium in Trujillo, Peru. Jones went on to set a world indoor record of 7.67 in the 60-meter highs in Albuquerque in 2024 [since broken by Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas] and is No. 3 in world history outdoors with her 12.19 in Miramar, Fla., at a Grand Slam Track meet last May.

Aleesa Samuel of Somerset Academy in Pembroke Pines, Fla., is No. 2 all-time with a 13.26 at a meet in 2023 in Miami into a 2.0 headwind, and Jackie Coward of Knoxville West is No. 3 all-time with a 13.27 at the 2006 Junior Olympic Championshisp in Baltimore, but that was aided by a 3.1 tailwind and her fastest legal time was a 13.62 at a meet in Indianapolis.

Three girls have run 13.28 as sophomores – Kendall Williams of Kell High in Marietta, Ga., in Lille France, in2 011, Rebekah Jhade-Garrett of North Canyon High in Phoenix in 2024 and Jackson. Both were either wind-aided or didn’t have a wind gauge, which is essentially the same. Williams’ fastest legal time was a 13.45 and Jhade-Garrett’s was 13.41.

That leaves Jones, Samuel and Jackson as the only three U.S. sophomores who have run a wind-legal hurdles time of 13.28 or faster.

Jackson’s time is 3^rd-fastest in state history behind Taylor Cox, who ran 13.18 at last year’s Meet of Champions at Pennsauken and Dawn Bowles of Neptune, who ran 13.20 at the 1985 Golden West Invitational in Sacramento.

13.01 … Tia Jones [Walton, Washington, D.C.], 2017, Trujillo, Peru
13.26 … Aleesa Samuel [Somerset Academy, Pembroke, Fla.], 2023, Miami
13.27 … Jackie Coward [West, Knoxville, Tenn.], 2006, Baltimore
13.28 … Kendall Williams [Kell, Marietta, Ga.], 2011, Lille, France
13.28 … Rebekah Jhade-Garrett [North Canyon, Phoenix], 2024, Albuqurque
13.28 … Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp.], 2026, Pennsauken
13.32 … Kaahilyah Lacy [San Jacinto (Texas) Valley Academy], 2026, Clovis, Calif.
13.33 … Alexis Duncan [DeSoto (Texas)], 2014, Greensboro, N.C.
13.33 … Nia Armstrong [Sickles, Tampa, Fla.], 2026, Gainesville, Fla.
13.34 … Haley Richardson [Cedar Hill (Texas)], Red Oak, Texas
13.35 … Trinity Wilson [St. Mary’s College, Berkeley, Calif.], 2010, Clovis, Calif.
13.35 … Rylee Hampton [Cypree Ridge, Houston], Eugene, Ore.

13.50 .. Sonya Hardy [Boulder, Colo], 1976

Winslow’s Jasmine Jackson isn’t just the fastest sophomore hurdler in the country this year, she’s one of the fastest ever.

Jackson, who won the Brooks P.R. Invitational in Renton, Wash., on Sunday, set a South Jersey and state sophomore record of 13.28 at the Meet of Champions Wednesday at Pennsauken with a 1.3 wind reading.

Turns out that 13.28 is 4^th-fastest ever by a U.S. sophomore and 3^rd-fastest in a wind-legal race.

Tia Jones set the national sophomore class record of 13.01 with a 0.4 tailwind when she won the 100-meter highs at the 2017 Pan Am Junior Championships at Chan Chan Stadium in Trujillo, Peru. Jones went on to set a world indoor record of 7.67 in the 60-meter highs in Albuquerque in 2024 [since broken by Devynne Charlton of the Bahamas] and is No. 3 in world history outdoors with her 12.19 in Miramar, Fla., at a Grand Slam Track meet last May.

Aleesa Samuel of Somerset Academy in Pembroke Pines, Fla., is No. 2 all-time with a 13.26 at a meet in 2023 in Miami into a 2.0 headwind, and Jackie Coward of Knoxville West is No. 3 all-time with a 13.27 at the 2006 Junior Olympic Championshisp in Baltimore, but that was aided by a 3.1 tailwind and her fastest legal time was a 13.62 at a meet in Indianapolis.

Three girls have run 13.28 as sophomores – Kendall Williams of Kell High in Marietta, Ga., in Lille France, in2 011, Rebekah Jhade-Garrett of North Canyon High in Phoenix in 2024 and Jackson. Both were either wind-aided or didn’t have a wind gauge, which is essentially the same. Williams’ fastest legal time was a 13.45 and Jhade-Garrett’s was 13.41.

That leaves Jones, Samuel and Jackson as the only three U.S. sophomores who have run a wind-legal hurdles time of 13.28 or faster.

Jackson’s time is 3^rd-fastest in state history behind Taylor Cox, who ran 13.18 at last year’s Meet of Champions at Pennsauken and Dawn Bowles of Neptune, who ran 13.20 at the 1985 Golden West Invitational in Sacramento.

Jackson is No. 8 on the World Athletics Under-20 list and No. 3 among American women. She’s No. 3 on the Under 18 world list. Sh’s not currently entered in U.S. Under 20 Championships in Eugene later this month.

All-Time U.S. Sophomore 100 Hurdles List
13.01 … Tia Jones [Walton, Washington, D.C.], 2017, Trujillo, Peru
13.26 … Aleesa Samuel [Somerset Academy, Pembroke, Fla.], 2023, Miami
13.27 … Jackie Coward [West, Knoxville, Tenn.], 2006, Baltimore
13.28 … Kendall Williams [Kell, Marietta, Ga.], 2011, Lille, France
13.28 … Rebekah Jhade-Garrett [North Canyon, Phoenix], 2024, Albuqurque
13.28 … Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp.], 2026, Pennsauken
13.32 … Kaahilyah Lacy [San Jacinto (Texas) Valley Academy], 2026, Clovis, Calif.
13.33 … Alexis Duncan [DeSoto (Texas)], 2014, Greensboro, N.C.
13.33 … Nia Armstrong [Sickles, Tampa, Fla.], 2026, Gainesville, Fla.
13.34 … Haley Richardson [Cedar Hill (Texas)], Red Oak, Texas
13.35 … Trinity Wilson [St. Mary’s College, Berkeley, Calif.], 2010, Clovis, Calif.
13.35 … Rylee Hampton [Cypree Ridge, Houston], Eugene, Ore.

13.50 .. Sonya Hardy [Boulder, Colo], 1976