The Burlington County Open has been around a long time — since the 1960s — and it’s not easy to break a meet record at a meet with this much history and tradition.

That didn’t stop Lenape junior Jasmine Staten from doing it Saturday.

Twice.

Staten turned in one of the greatest performances in Burlington County Open history, breaking the meet record in the long jump with a personal-best leap of 19-0 1/4, breaking the meet record in the 100-meter hurdles with a 14.60, running a season-best 56.72 for second to Pemberton’s Aliyah Taylor in the 400 and winning the 200 in 25.59.

With Staten scoring 38 points and Meghan Quimby adding 30 with a rare 800 / 1,600 / 3,200 sweep, Lenape easily won its third straight county title and eighth in the last 10 years. Lenape outscored second-place Rancocas Valley, 124 1/3-90.

Staten got started in the long jump, where she popped her PR on her second attempt. Her previous PR was 18-4 1/4 at Group 4 states.

That makes her the 11th 19-footer in South Jersey history and the second in Burlington County history, the first since Olympian Carol Lewis 36 years ago.

20-11 3/4 Carol Lewis (Willingboro), 1980
20-0 1/2 Teneacia Smith (Cherry Hill East), 1992
19-9 1/4 Cidae’a Woods (Winslow Twp.), 2013
19-4 3/4 Gabrielle Farquharson (Williamstown), 2011
19-4 Emily Carson (Haddonfield), 2013
19-2 1/2 Gabrielle Bennett (Winslow Twp.), 2015
19-2 1/4 Asia Young (Holy Spirit), 2016
19-2 Robin Taylor (Deptford), 1980
19-1 Nena Moore (Cherry Hill West), 1995
19-1 Yvone Wolff (Middle Twp.), 2012
19-0 1/4 Jasmine Staten (Lenape), 2016

Lewis held the previous meet record of 18-10 1/2, set in the 1979 meet.

Staten has won two straight Open long jump titles. She’s the only Lenape long jumper ever to win a County Open title.

Next for Staten was the high hurdles, and she won by nearly two seconds in 14.60, breaking the meet record of 14.70, set in 2004 by Kim Allen of Willingboro. It wasn’t a PR — Staten ran 14.47 earlier this year on her own track at Lenape. Staten has won the 100 highs two years in a row.

Staten also won the 200 for the third consecutive year, joining Michelle Glover of Willingboro (1979-81) and Amandi Rhett of Moorestown (1998-00) as the only three-time 200 winners in meet history.

In a classic matchup of two of the state’s best athletes, Staten hooked up with Taylor in the 400. Taylor ranks third in New Jersey at 56.27 and Staten has  56.31 to her credit from last spring.

Both all-state runners came off the final turn before Taylor finally edged ahead on the final straight. Taylor stopped the clock at 56.43, No. 3 in meet history, with Staten just behind her at 56.72.

Here’s what the all-time County Open 400 list looks like:

54.40   Michelle Brown (Seneca), 2009
56.24   Danielle Myricks (Willingboro), 2000
56.43    Aliyah Taylor (Pemberton), 2016
56.62   Okechi Ogbuokiri (Willingboro), 2003
56.62   Annie Johnson (Shawnee), 2011
56.63   Courtney Foster (Cherokee), 2012
56.63   Jasmine Staten (Lenape), 2015
56.65   Shailah Williams (Pemberton), 2012
56.72 …….. Staten, 2016
56.6    Mandie Dulin (Shawnee), 1997
56.83   …… Brown, 2010
56.90   …… Myricks, 2001
56.90   Kendra Brown (Willingboro), 1998

Staten’s three individual titles Saturday give her eight with one year left at Lenape. That’s already third-most in meet history and puts her in range of the remarkable Tonya Lee, who won 11 for Rancocas Valley from 1985 through 1988. Lee went on to earn multiple All-America honors at Tennessee and reached the finals of the Olympic Trials 400 hurdles in 1996.

Here’s a look at the 12 athletes who’ve won six or more Burlington County Open individual titles:

• 11 … Tonya Lee (Rancocas Valley, 1985-88)
• 9 … Carol Lewis (Willingboro, 1978-81)
• 8 … Jasmine Staten (Lenape, 2014-15)
• 7 … Caitlin Orr (Lenape, 2007-10)
• 6 … Michelle Glover (Willingboro, 1979-81)
• 6 … Demya Walker (Rancocas Valley)
• 6 … Michelle Brown (Seneca, 2007-10)
• 6 … Mandie Dulin (Shawnee)
• 6 … Deanna Germano (Shawnee, 1984-86)
• 6 … Lillian Rivera (Pemberton, 1983-84)
• 6 … Lynlee Phillips (Shawnee, 1998-99)
• 6 … Jessica Woodard (Cherokee, 2010-13)

Sydney Pierce continued his terrific true freshman season at Villanova with a double sprint win at the Big East Championships in Ohio and was named the meet’s Outstanding Track Performer.

Pierce, a spring graduate of Rancocas Valley, won the 100 in 10.64 and the 200 in 21.57, although he wasn’t the top qualifier in either race coming out of the trials.

Pierce ran 10.87 in his 100 trial, which won the second semifinal but was well off the 10.73 that sophomore Zachary Polk of Xavier ran in the first semi.

But in the final, Pierce out-ran Polk (10.68), Marquette freshman Connor Boos (10.69) and Marquette junior Brandon Bell (10.73), who all finished within 1-10th of a second.

In the 200, Pierce ran 21.72 in the first semi but Boos ran 21.70 in the second. But Pierce again topped the field in the final, leading three runners under 21.80. DePaul soph Sebas Feyersinger was second in 10.65 and Polk third in 21.77.

The meet was held at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.

Pierce is the second Villanova sprinter in history to win the 100-200 sprint double at Big East. Salaam Gariba swept the sprints in 1991. Pierce is now a three-time Big East champ. He won the 55 at the indoor meet.

Pierce is Villanova’s first Outstanding Track Performer since Elves Lewis in 2007, and he’s the first Big East Outstanding Track Performer ever from South Jersey, although there have been two Most Outstanding Field Performers from South Jersey — Ray Wilks of Bridgeton for U. Conn in 1996, 1998 and 1999 and Egg Harbor’s James Plummer in 2013.

He’s also Villanova’s first double individual winner at outdoor Big East in 10 years and only the sixth in Wildcat history.

• 1981 … Brian Dalitri, shot (55-9 3/4), disc (158-5)
• 1989 … Mark Rainey, 400 (46.97), long jump (24-5)
• 1990 … Mark Rainey, 400 (47.40), long jump (25-7 1/2)
• 1991 … Salaam Gariba, 100 (10.42), 200 (20.96)
• 1997 … Stephen Howard, 1,500 (3:52.31), 5,000 (14:21.25)
• 2006 … Robert McCade, shot (56-3 1/4), disc (187-8)
• 2010 … Sterling Pierce, 100 (10.64), 200 (21.57)

Gariba, who won the 100 in 1989 and 1991, and Pierce are the only 100 winers in Villanova history. Carlton Young (1982), Gariba (1991), Carlos Bedoya (2003) and Pierce are the Wildcats’ all-time 200 winners.

Pierce’s previous 100 PR was 10.78 from the Colonial Relays at William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., back in March. His 200 PR remains 21.34, also from the Colonial Relays.

Junior Danielle Steff and Julianne Foering are forming quite a javelin tandem at Rancocas Valley.

And on Saturday, they enjoyed their best day yet as a duo.

Steff and Foering went 1-2 in the BCSL Liberty Division meet at Northern Burlington Saturday, Steff throwing 134-5 and Foering 133-7.

Both R.V. throwers destroyed the Liberty Division meet record for the new implement (since 2002), which was 124-5, set in 2002 by Aleyna Schaefer of Northern Burlington, and both also shattered the overall meet record with the new implement, which was 132-1, set in 2002 by Cinnaminson’s Faith Blamon.

The longest throw ever in Burlington County Scholastic League meet history was a 144-2 bomb by future Michigan All-America Lynlee Phillips of Shawnee with the old javelin back in 1999.

Steff and Foering are only the second South Jersey tandem to both throw 133-11 or better in the same meet, the first to do it as underclassmen.

Pennsville senior Megan Saxvanderweyden and Alyssa Whipkey did it several times last year, including at the Meet of Champions, where they finished 1-2 at 138-3 and 137-6.

Foering’s 133-7 was just four inches off her PR of 133-11 that she set at the Lenape Invitational in late April. Steff’s previous PR was 133-2, also at the Lenape Invite.

Let’s take a look at the top-10 performers in BCSL history with the new javelin:

134-  5 ..… Danielle Steff (Rancocas Valley), 2016 [Liberty] (1st)
133-11 ….. Julianna Foering (Rancocas Valley), 2016 [Liberty]  (1st)
132-  1 ….. Faith Blamon (Cinnaminson), 2012 [Patriot]  (1st)
129-  1 ….. Kelly Yanucil (Bordentown), 2013 [Patriot]   (1st)
125-  9 ……… Yanucil, 2012 [Patriot] (2nd)
124-  5 ….. Alayna Schaefer (Northern Burlington), 2002 [Liberty]  (1st)
123-  7 ….. Sarah Dores (Holy Cross), 2010 [Patriot] (1st)
120-  9 ….. Allison Vetter (Cinnaminson), 2006 [Patriot]  (1st)
120-  4 …….. Yanucil, 2011 [Patriot]  (1st)
120-  1 ….. Nicole Bayer [Delran], 2014 [Patriot]  (1st)
118-10 ….. Breanna Hudik [Bordentown], 2010 [Patriot] (2nd)
118-  0 …….. Foreign, 2015 [Liberty]  (1st)
117-11 ….. Mercedes Glover (Burlington Twp.), 2010 [Liberty]  (1st)

The R.V. teammates rank No. 3 and No. 4 in South Jersey this spring behind Vineland’s Tumelo Nwanma (141-1) and Cherokee’s Kaela Schrier (138-8). They’re No. 6 and 7 in the state ranking.

Schrier, Steff and Foering rank No. 3, 5 and 6 in Burlington County history with the new implement so it could be a very competitive Burlington County Open Saturday at R.V.’s new track.

Let’s move on to the all-time South Jersey list, with the new javelin that’s been in use the last 15 years:

• 160-  8 … Maria Jimenez (Vineland), 2012
• 152-  9 … Katherine Johnston (Haddonfield), 2012
• 152-  4 … Jill Shaner (Egg Harbor Twp.), 2009
• 148-  8 … Caitlin Cielo (Eastern), 2002
• 146-  7 … Victoria Imbesi (Our Lady of Mercy), 2008
• 141-  6 … Lindsay Minch (Pennsville), 2010
• 141-  5 … Kelly Yanucil (Bordentown), 2013
• 141-  1 … Tumelo Nwanma (Vineland), 2016
• 141-  0 … Jocelyn McRae (Millville), 2006
• 140-  0 … Melissa Lake (Cherokee), 2011
• 139-  9 … Heather Juhring (Kingsway), 2011
• 138-  8 … Kaela Schrier (Cherokee), 2016
• 138-  4 … Megan Saxvanderweyden (Pennsville), 2015
• 137-  6 … Mercedes Glover (Burlington Twp.), 2010
• 137-  6 … Alyssa Whipkey (Pennsville), 2015
• 137-  1 … Ayana Culhane (Absegami), 2016
• 136-  0 … Shamire Rothmiller (Glassboro), 2008
• 135-10 … Mary Wilks (Bridgeton), 2007
• 135-  6 … Danielle Still (Bishop Eustace), 2002
• 135-  2 … Nicolette Burns (Kingsway), 2013
• 134-  5 … Danielle Steff (Rancocas Valley), 2016
• 134-  0 … Niyah Cosme (Vineland), 2016
• 133-11 … Julianna Foering (Rancocas Valley), 2016
• 133-  4 … Leah Braidi (Sacred Heart), 2010
• 133-  3 … Javona Ford (Millville), 2010
• 132-10 … Nicole Bayer (Delran), 2014
• 132-  4 … Kelse Reese (Paul VI), 2011
• 131-  9 … Jeanne Berry (Delsea), 2012
• 131-  7 … Emily HIgbee (Holy Spirit), 2013
• 130-  9 … Lynn Brown (Buena), 2015
• 130-  0 … Angela Garofalo (Mainland Reg.), 2006

The University of Oklahoma women’s track team had its best meet ever, and so did sophomore thrower Jess Woodard.

Woodard, a native of Marlton and graduate of Cherokee High School, posted two PRs and two third-place finishes for the Sooners in the Big 12 Championships in Fort Worth.

Oklahoma finished a best-ever second in the Big 12, falling to Texas 167.7-136.5.

In the shot put, Woodard moved from fifth to third on her final throw, PRing at 56-9 1/4. She finished behind only seniors Dani Winters of Kansas State (57-0 1/2) and Chase Ealey of Oklahoma State (56-9 3/4).

Woodard didn’t have a great series but finished with a bomb. She got into the finals with a 52-2 1/4 on her first throw of the trials before fouling on her last two throws in the trials. Then she went 54-11 1/4 and 53-2 to open the finals before blasting her 56-9 1/4.

Woodard’s previous PR was a 55-10 3/4 at indoor NCAAs in Birmingham in March, when she earned All-America honors for the first time. Her outdoor PR was a 55-10 1/4 at the John Jacobs Invite in Norman, Okla., in late April.

It’s tough to tell where Woodard ranks in Oklahoma history, since the school hasn’t updated its on-line women’s track media guide in six years.

But according to Direct Athletics, she is ninth in NCAA Division 1 this spring in the shot put and No. 2 among sophomores. According to the IAAF, she is No. 46 in the world and No. 17 among all U.S. women.

Woodard was just as sharp in the discus.

She threw 177-9 3/4 to place third and destroy another PR. She came into the weekend with a disc PR of 176-7 1/2 at last year’s NCAA West Regionals in Austin.

Woodard got off five legal throws – 171 8 1/2 and 169-9 3/4 followed by a foul in the prelims and then her 177-9 3/4 to open the finals, followed by a 165-2 1/4 and a 170-1.

Freshman Shadae Lawrence of Kansas State won the disc at 193-0 1/2, with Texas Tech senior Hannah Carson second at 182-4 1/2.

Shakira Dancy came into the Camden County meet with PRs of 12.71 and 26.38. She left as one of New Jersey’s top sprinters.

Dancy, a Winslow Township sophomore, established herself as one of the sprinters to beat in Group 3 when she won the 100 in 12.43, the 200 in 24.37 and the 400 in 57.12 Saturday at the Camden County Championships at Haddon Township.

She now owns the top times in all three events among athletes in South Jersey Group 3.

Dancy also anchored Winslow’s first-place 1,600-meter relay team, so she had a hand in 40 of Winslow’s 129 points in a close 129-120 win over Timber Creek for the large-school title.

What a remarkable performance by a sprinter who doesn’t have any known results according to MileSplit before this spring season.

Dancy attended Eastern High last year but it doesn’t appear that she was a member of the school’s track team.

Let’s take a look at exactly how fast this precocious Winslow sophomore ran this weekend:

100-METER DASH: Dancy’s 12.43 is No. 3 in South Jersey this spring and No. 20 in the state. Her previous PR of 12.71 came in the prelims of the Rowan Invitational last weekend in Glassboro.

200-METER DASH: That 24.37 is No. 2 in the state this year, behind national Athlete of the Year candidate Sydney McLaughlin of Union Catholic, who ran 23.97 at this weekend’s Union County Championships in Berkeley Heights. It’s also No. 14 in South Jersey history and fastest by a South Jersey sophomore in eight years, since Eastern’s English Gardner ran 24.19 at the 2008 state Group 4 meet at South Plainfield. Incredibly, it’s also No. 2 in Winslow history, behind only Krystal Cantey, who ran 24.19 in 2005. And it’s No. 14 this year among U.S. sophomores.

400-METER DASH: Her 57.12 is No. 2 in South Jersey this year behind another sophomore, Pemberton’s Aliyah Taylor, who ran 56.27 at the BCSL Patriot Division championships Saturday at Northern Burlington in Mansfield Township.

1,600-METER RELAY: Dancy’s fourth win came in the 1,600-meter relay, where Winslow ran 3:55.43 with Brittany Preston, Flora Ahairakwe and Iyianna Williams on the first three legs. Winslow is already No. 1 in New Jersey with its 3:54.16 in the Philly-area 4-by-4 consolation race at Penn. Dancy ran leadoff on that team.

Danny’s 200 is her fastest race right now, and she’s already climbed pretty high on the all-time South Jersey list! Look at the company she is in just one big race into her career!

• 23.69 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], 1981
• 23.90 … Denise Liles [Kingsway], 1984
• 24.01 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
• 24.04 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2010
• 24.11 … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
• 24.12 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], 2006
• 24.17 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2008
• 24.19 … Patti Dunlap [Camden], 1978
• 24.19 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow], 2005
• 24.21 … Audrey Wilson [Deptford], 2006
• 24.23 … Nichole Hill [Oakcrest], 1997
• 24.31 … Morgan Gordon [Rancocas Valley], 2009
• 24.32 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2015
• 24.37 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2016
• 24.42 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1996
• 24.46 … Faleesha Dowe [Penns Grove], 2014
• 24.47 … Nadia Davy [Bridgeton], 1999
• 24.48 … Avionne Sloan [Camden], 2003
• 24.49 … Annie Johnson [Shawnee], 2012

 

Anytime you break a record, it’s been a good day. When you break a record held by an Olympic gold medalist, that puts it on another level.

Moorestown’s Brandon Outlaw won the Liberty Division 400 in 47.60 Saturday at Northern Burlington in Mansfield, breaking the Burlington County junior class record of 47.78 set by Willingboro’s Lamont Smith when he won the 1990 Meet of Champions at South Plainfield.

Smith went on to run the leadoff leg for the U.S. when they won the 1,600-meter relay at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.

For Outlaw, the 47.60 was a huge PR from his 48.52, which was good for fifth place at last year’s Meet of Champions, also in South Plainfield.

It makes him co-No. 1 in New Jersey this year. The previous No. 1 was a 48.08 by CBA’s Mike Zupko at the Monmouth County Meet earlier this week at Holmdel, but both Outlaw and another junior, Taj Burgess of Carteret, ran 47.60 on Saturday at the Greater Middlesex County meet in South Plainfield.

Looks like Outlaw is No. 14 in South Jersey history, fastest by a Burlington County quarter-miler since Antonio Abney won the Meet of Champions in 46.90 in 2007 and fastest South Jersey junior since Jamaad Muse of Timber Creek ran 46.67

Let’s take a look at the updated all-time South Jersey list:

• 46.02 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1984
• 46.62 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991
• 46.67 … Jamaad Muse [Timber Creek], 2014
• 46.77 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 2004
• 46.90 … Antonio Abney [Willingboro], 2007
• 46.95 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2012
• 47.03 … Royce Reed [Bridgeton], 1994
• 47.1h … Darron Outler [Lenape], 1984
• 47.2h … Levin Handy [Vineland], 1969
• 47.2h … Brian Bennett [Edgewood], 1985
• 47.48 … Ron Hillian [Eastern], 2002
• 47.3h … Curtis Mcintyre [Bridgeton], 1992
• 47.59 … Jade Smith [Camden], 2002
• 47.60 … Brandon Outlaw [Moorestown], 2016
• 47.4h … Ken Moore [Overbrook], 1984
• 47.4h … Chuck Carter [Eastern], 1985
• 47.4h … Barry Douglas [Willingboro], 1993
• 47.64 … Keith Griffith [Florence], 2010
• 47.30 … Rob Gary [Lenape], 1998
• 47.76 … Carl Smith [Camden], 2005
• 47.88 … Shawney Kersey [Woodbury], 2009
• 47.88 … Damiere Byrd [Timber Creek], 2011

Outlaw needed to run that fast because Willingboro’s Tyler Davidson was right behind him.

Davidson crossed the line in 48.03, a big PR for him. His previous best was a 49.26 for second to teammate Kenny Brosier at last year’s Burlington County Open.

Davidson on Saturday also matched his 400 hurdles PR of 54.43 and won the 800 in 1:59.71.

In all, five runners broke 50 seconds in a very fast Liberty Division 400 and two more dipped under in the Freedom Division. The race was so fast that two-time defending champion Marquan Jones of Pennsauken was fourth, despite breaking 50 seconds.

Liberty Division
1st – Brandon Outlaw [Moorestown] 47.60
2nd – Tyler Davidson [Willingboro], 48.03
3rd – Martin Booker [Pennsauken], 48.33
4th – Marquan Jones [Pennsauken], 49.81
5th – Kevin Fox [Moorestown], 49.84

Freedom Division
1st – Kelvin Harmon [Palmyra], 49.26
2nd – Daveigh Brooks [Burlington City], 49.77

Finally, let’s take a look at all the 400 winners in meet history … or at least going back to the mid-1970s.

400-METER DASH

• 2016: Brandon Outlaw (Moorestown) 47.60

 

• 2015: Marquan Jones (Pennsauken) 49.71
• 2014: Marquan Jones (Pennsauken) 49.65
• 2013: Eric Butler (Pennsauken) 49.95
• 2012: Carlin Simpson (Burlington Twp.), 50.37
• 2011: Vinny Pini (Burlington Twp.), 49.97
• 2010: not available
• 2009: Kendall White (Rancocas Valley) 49.59
• 2008: Tyrone McRae (Willingboro) 49.84
• 2007: Antonio Abney (Willingboro) 48.11
• 2006: Phil Reid (Rancocas Valley) 48.8
• 2005: Sean Morris (Burlington Twp.) 50.68
• 2004: Randal Raglan-Harris (Willingboro) 50.63
• 2003: Ahmad Rutherford (Willingboro) 49.3
• 2002: Ahmad Rutherford (Willingboro) 50.48
• 2001: Marvin Lewis (Willingboro) 48.45
• 2000: Michael Bolling (Willingboro) 48.74
• 1999: Mohamad Kanu (Lenape) 49.34
• 1998: Rob Gary (Lenape) 47.3
• 1997: Wayne Riley (Willingboro) 50.2
• 1996: Sean Watson (Willingboro) 48.9
• 1995: Brian Pitt (Willingboro) 49.3
• 1994: Brian Pitt (Willingboro) 49.4
• 1993: Barry Douglas (Willingboro) 48.4
• 1992: Darren Sandlin (Holy Cross) 49.9
• 1991: Rob Douglas (Willingboro) 49.5
• 1990: Lamont Smith (Willingboro) 49.9
• 1989: Jerry Scott (Rancocas Valley) 50.1
• 1988: Rich Styk (Cherokee) 50.9
• 1987: Sean Scott (Willingboro) 51.1
• 1986: Aren Watson (Shawnee) 50.0
• 1985: Hal Harden (Willingboro) 49.2
• 1984: Darron Outler (Lenape) 49.4
• 1983: Darron Outler (Lenape) 49.2
• 1982: Jeff Bradford (Willingboro) 49.7
• 1981: Robert Burden (Kennedy) 50.9
• 1980: Quincy Vaughan (Willingboro) 51.3
• 1979: not available
• 1978: Ray Greene (Rancocas Valley) 49.2
• 1977: not available
• 1976: Bill Tyler (Kennedy) 49.1
• 1975: Bill Tyler (Kennedy) 51.5

 

Egg Harbor senior Julianna Catania put together the fastest 800 / 1,600 double in New Jersey this year Thursday at the Atlantic County meet at Buena, with a 2:17.65 win in the 800 and a 5:01.71 win over Alyssa Aldridge of Mainland in the 1,600.

Catania didn’t PR in either race — she ran 2:15.34 at sectionals last year and 4:57.28 at states — but both her times are season bests and among the fastest in the state this year.

Catania’s 2:17.65 is No. 8 in the state and No. 4 in South Jersey. Her 5:01.71 is No. 2 in the state and No. 1 in South Jersey.

Nobody in the state has run 2:17 and 5:01 this year, much less in the same meet, which is what Catania did Thursday.

She won the 800 by a whopping 30 meters, which is crazy in any 800, and she won the 1,600 by 25 meters over Aldridge, a Foot Locker national finalist and XC Meet of Champs winner. Aldridge has run 10:42 for a full two-mile, but her 5:06.31 Thursday was actually not far from her PR of 5:06.13, set at South Jersey Group 3 sectionals last spring at Central Regional in Bayville.

There’s more!

Catania also anchored Egg Harbor’s winning 3,200-meter relay team, teaming up with Alina Roell, Rachel Roesch and Samantha Nidorf to run 10:09.98. So she had a hand in 30 of second-place EHT’s 80 points. Absegami won the team title, 200-80.

 

Just a few days ago, we brought you details of Cade Antonucci’s ridiculous performance at the South Jersey Invitational. Two firsts and a second.

This one might be even better.

Antonucci became the fifth 200-footer in South Jersey history with the new javelin implement Thursday when he threw 200-8 to win the Atlantic County meet at Buena.

That’s the No. 1 mark in New Jersey this year and a nearly 13-foot PR from his 187-9 at the Bridgeton Relays.

Antonucci broke the Atlantic County record of 187-11, set in 2009 by Pleasantville’s Javier Garcia when he was second at the state Group 2 meet in South Plainfield. Antonucci won by more than 14 feet over Terrance Smith of Oakcrest, who was second with a 186-7.

Antonucci opened with a 187-11 and popped his 200-8 on his second throw. He fouled on his third attempt of the trials and first two throws in the finals before finishing with a 177-8.

Antonucci also won the shot put with a 55-11, one foot short of his 56-11 PR from the South Jersey Invite. He was fifth in the discus.

Here’s a look at the all-time South Jersey javelin 185-foot club with the new implement, which has been in use since 2002:

216- 6 … Chris Mirabelli (Holy Cross), 2014
224-10 … Curtis Thompson (Florence), 2014
203- 6 … Stephen Benigno (Cherry Hill East), 2014
201- 0 … Sean Biehn (Burlington City), 2006
200- 8 … Cade Antonucci (Holy Spirit), 2016
192- 6 … Matt Rafferty (Northern Burlington), 2012
192- 6 … Christopher Reider (Eastern), 2010
192- 3 … Shane McDevitt (Cinnaminson), 2014
191- 5 … Andrew Pierce (Cumberland Reg.), 2009
190- 4 … Robert Marks (Rancocas Valley), 2016
190- 0 … Andrew Forbes (Williamstown), 2011
189-11 … Ian Meneswisch (Highland), 2003
189-11 … Tom Carr (Eastern), 2012
189- 8 … Alex Christ (Gloucester Catholic), 2010
189- 4 … John Zimmatore (Bishop Eustace), 2007
189- 4 … Craig Scarpa (Vineland), 2003
188- 3 … Felix Roman (Pennsauken), 2007
188- 2 … Edward Evans (Timber Creek), 2008
188- 2 … Luke Pease (Haddonfield), 2014
187-11 … Javier Garcia (Pleasantville), 2009
187- 9 … Jose Ramos (Vineland), 2008
187- 8 … Jerry Fusco (Holy Cross), 2016
187- 7 … Stephen Baldwin (Holy Cross), 1997
187- 6 … Dan Frame (Triton), 2002
187- 0 … Jeremy Wilbur (Moorestown), 2013
186-11 … Brian Owen (Woodstown), 2008
185- 3 … Kevin Mosley (Glassboro), 2003
185- 1 … Brent Tyson (Highland), 2000

Jacob Tyndale stepped to the starting line at the South Jersey Invitational the proud owner of an 800 PR of 2:02.02.

The Rancocas Valley sophomore had broken 2:00 hand-timed in a dual meet against Willingboro, but his official PR was that 2:02.02 from indoor Group 4 sectionals at the Bennett Center in February.

Two minutes later …

Two minutes later, Tyndale had a PR of 1:56.61, he had a win in one of South Jersey’s biggest meets, he had a No. 2 ranking among all New Jersey half-milers, he had a No. 1 ranking in New Jersey and he had established himself as one of the favorites in the South Jersey Group 4 800 field.

Tyndale’s PR coming into the spring season was 2:17.78 from the Toms River Freshman meet last February at the Bennett Center.

But he out-ran a quality field at Delsea to win a South Jersey Invitational race that included  eight runners under two minutes, 12 under 2:01 and 17 under 2:02.

Tyndale out-raced junior Jake Dinnerman of Haddon Township by about 12 meters. Dinnerman finished second in 1:58.01, with Schalick senior Samuel Gerstenbacher [1:58.05], Absegami senior Bobby Maguire [1:58.42] and Haddon Township junior Jacob Howley [1:58.96] also under 1:59.

It’s time for some lists:

Let’s take a look at all the 800 winners in SJI history. Some pretty big names on this list!

2016: Jacob Tyndale (Rancocas Valley) 1:56.61
2015: Eric Barnes (Egg Harbor Twp.) 1:55.86
2014: Kevin Cianfarini (West Deptford) 1:55.13
2013 LeQuan James (Vineland) 1:53.98
2012: Isaac Clark (Pleasantville) 1:54.18
2011: Ben Potts (Haddonfield), 1:53.95
2010: Daniel Galeano (Absegami), 1:57.94
2009: Aaron Johnson (Oakcrest), 1:55.53
2008: Ryan Garvin (Lenape), 1:55.55
2007: Ford Palmer (Absegami), 1:58.57
2006: Casey Pinckney (Camden), 1:58.47
2005: Rob Novak (Bordentown), 1:53.2
2004: Rob Novak (Bordentown), 1:54.92
2003: Jon Anderson (Cinnaminson), 1:57.4
2002: Robert Edwards (Bridgeton), 1:55.81
2001: Marc Pelerin (Cherokee), 1:55.5
2000: James Holden (Bridgeton), 1:56.14
1999: Marvin Sewell (Pennsauken), 1:58.72
1998: Murad Campbell (Overbrook), 1:54.22
1997: Fred Sharpe (Paulsboro), 1:53.2
1996: Mark Davis (Highland), 1:54.9
1995: Nelson Cresson (Delsea), 1:55.7
1994: Nick Cavalarro (Paul VI), 1:57.1
1993: Jaja Fisher (Cherokee), 1:55.3
1992: Rondell Braxton (Highland), 1:54.9

Tyndale is the second straight sophomore to win the SJI 800. Eric Barnes of Egg Harbor was a sop last year.

Tyndale is the fastest Burlington County sophomore at 800 meters since future sub-4 miler Rob Novak of Westampton Tech via Bordentown ran 1:54.95 at the 2003 Meet of Champions. Two years later, Novak was national 800 champ and anchored Bordentown to a national title in the sprint medley.

He’s fast, but he’s not RV’s fastest half-miler. Isaiah Curbello has a PR of 1:55.81 from when he won his second straight Burlco title last spring. There’s also Joshua DeJesus, who has a PR of 1:57.71 from last year’s County Open (and has run 4:18.64).

Not surprisingly, with three sub-1:58 legs, Rancocas Valley should have a pretty good 4-by-8. They haven’t run one loaded yet, but mid-7:40s isn’t unrealistic for this group in good conditions if they keep getting better and get pushed.

One final list: Here’s the all-time South Jersey Invitational top-25, or everybody who’s ever run 1:56-flat or faster in the meet’s 23-year history:

1:53.2 … Fred Sharpe (Paulsboro), 1997
1:53.2 … Rob Novak (Bordentown), 2005
1:53.95 … Ben Potts (Haddonfield), 2011
1:53.98 … LeQuan James (Vineland), 2013
1:54.14 … William Dolan (Clearview), 2013
1:54.18 … Isaac Clark (Pleasantville), 2012
1:54.22 … Murad Campbell (Overbrook), 1998
1:54.54 … Jacob Clark (Pleasantville), 2012
1:54.9 … Rondell Braxton (Highland), 1992
1:54.9 … Mark Davis (Highland), 1996
1:54.92 … Rob Novak (Bordentown), 2004
1:55.03 … Tivo Rivera (Kingsway), 2011
1:55.13 … Kevin Cianfarini (West Deptford), 2014
1:55.15 … Riley (Willingboro), 1997
1:55.20 … Joe Lewis (Pleasantville), 1998
1:55.25 … Ishmael Muhammad (Oakcrest), 2013
1:55.3 … Jaja Fisher (Cherokee), 1993
1:55.3 … John Keevey (Cinnaminson), 1992
1:55.53 … Aaron Johnson (Oakcrest), 2009
1:55.55 … Ryan Garvin (Lenape), 2008
1:55.5 … Marc Pelerin (Cherokee), 2001
1:55.7 … Nelson Cresson (Delsea), 1995
1:55.81 … Robert Edwards (Bridgeton), 2002
1:55.97 … Ford Palmer (Absegami), 2008
1:56.0 … Zach McBride (Lenape), 2001

Alyssa Aldridge continues to climb her way up through the all-time South Jersey 3,200-meter list.

After her 10:41.57 at the Rowan Invitational Friday night, the Mainland Regional sophomore is No. 16 in South Jersey history but only six seconds from the top 10.

The full list, with every South Jersey that’s ever run 10:45 or faster, is below.

Aldridge lowered her PR from 10:42.40, when she was third at the indoor Meet of Champions at the Toms River Bubble, to 10:41.57. Her previous outdoor PR was 10:58.99 from last year’s Cape Atlantic meet, where she was second to Devin Grisbaum of Ocean City.

On Friday, Aldridge ran solo pretty much the whole race. She led Julianna Catania of Egg Harbor by 20 meters after just two laps and then ran her third through seventh laps between 81 and 83 before closing in 76.

Catania also broke 11 minutes, finishing second in 10:59.81, an outdoor PR, although she has run 10:49.79 indoors.

Here are splits for Aldridge and Catania, as listed in Tomahawk’s official results.

             Aldridge                        Catania
400   74.45 / 74.45             75.51 / 75.51
800   79.85 / 2:34.30         83.13 / 2:38.64
1200    81.89 / 3:56.19       84.58 / 4:03.21
1600    82.19 / 5:18.38       85.84 / 5:29.04
2000    81.19 / 6:39.56       85.09 / 6:54.12
2400    83.10 / 8:02.66      86.20 / 8:20.32
2800    82.14 / 9:24.80      82.85 / 9:43.17
3200    76.78 / 10:41.57     76.64 / 10:59.81

Timber Creek junior Alyssa Condell, another sub-10:50 two-miler indoors, placed third with a season-best 11:05.71.

Aldridge, Catania and Condell now rank 1-3-4 in New Jersey this year and 1-2-3 in South Jersey.

Here is the all-time South Jersey list, with every girl that’s run 10:45 or faster. Incredible that 16 of the 20 performances have been achieved since 2005 and eight of the 20 since 2012.

• 10:12.8 ….. Michelle Rowen (Washington Twp.), 1983
• 10:19.31 … Chelsea Ley (Kingsway), 2009
• 10:22.02 … Megan Lacy (Cherokee), 2012
• 10:28.6 ….. Erin Donohue (Haddonfield), 2001
• 10:30.57 … Dina Iacone (Washington Twp.), 2012
• 10:32.4 ….. Mindy Rowand (Sterling), 1985
• 10:33.22 … Holly Bischof (Bishop Eustace), 2012
• 10:33.25 … Megan Venables (Highland), 2011
• 10:34.79 … Theresa Cattuna (Cherry Hill East), 2007
• 10:35.59 … Amanda Goetschius (Delsea), 2007
• 10:37.47 … Meghan McGlinchey (West Depford), 2009
• 10:37.53 … Vanessa Wright (Haddonfield), 2005
• 10:39.15 … Devon Grisbaum (Ocean City), 2015
• 10:40.24 … Katie Van Horn (Triton), 2005
• 10:40.95 … Erika Kemp (Rancocas Valley), 2013
• 10:41.57 … Alyssa Aldridge (Mainland Reg.), 2016
• 10:42.22 … Jenn Rawls (Highland), 2009
• 10:43.3 ….. Deanna Germano (Shawnee), 1985
• 10:44.23 … Brittany Sedberry (Ocean City), 2004
• 10:45.12 … Brianna Gess (Haddonfield), 2014

Aldridge on Friday broke the meet record of 10:52.9 set in 1980 by Paul VI’s Dawn Cody.