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55-Meter Dash Trials
55-Meter Dash Semifinals
55-Meter Dash Finals
200-Meter Dash Trials
200-Meter Dash Finals
400-Meter Dash Finals
800-Meter Run Finals
Mile Run Finals
Two-Mile Run Finals
55-Meter Hurdles Trials
55-Meter Hurdles Semifinals
55-Meter Hurdles Finals
High Jump
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Pole Vault
Shot Put
800-Meter Relay Trials
800-Meter Relay Finals
1,600-Meter Relay
3,200-Meter Relay
Distance Medley

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55-Meter Dash Trials
55-Meter Dash Semifinals
55-Meter Dash Finals
200-Meter Dash Trials
200-Meter Dash Finals
400-Meter Dash Finals
800-Meter Run Finals
Mile Run Finals
Two-Mile Run Finals
55-Meter Hurdles Trials
55-Meter Hurdles Semifinals
55-Meter Hurdles Finals
High Jump
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Pole Vault
Shot Put
800-Meter Relay Trials
800-Meter Relay Finals
1,600-Meter Relay
3,200-Meter Relay
Distance Medley

Shakira Dancy finally ran a hot indoor 200-meter dash for the first time in her high school career, and the result was unforgettable.

Dancy, who had an indoor 200 PR of 25.45 before Tuesday, ran 24.39 to win the 200 at the 83rd annual Eastern States Championships at the 168th Street Armory.

She missed the school record, Camden County record and South Jersey record of 24.38 by 1-100th of a second. All are held by Krystal Cantey, who ran 24.38 in 2006 in the 200-meter dash semis at Easterns.

Dancy’s time is No. 14 in the U.S. this year, No. 11 in meet history and No. 11 in state history.

Dancy led three South Jersey runners under 25 seconds in the trials with a 24.65. Delia’s Cecelia Gerstenbacher ran 24.66 and her teammate, Toni Glatz, ran 24.96.

In the final, Dancy finished half a step ahead of Gerstenbacher, who moves up to No. 4 in South Jersey with her 24.52, which is a Gloucester County record.

Glatz was fourth in 25.18, and it appears’ Glatz’s previous PR before Tuesday night was a 26.67 and granted it’s not a race that’s run very often indoors, but that is still quite a leap.

Dancy has run as fast as 23.96 for 200 meters outdoors, which she did at the state Group 4 meet last spring, and she went on to win the outdoor Meet of Champions at 24.28.

It’s time for lists!

First, here’s the all-time Easterns 200-meter dash performance list. On the fast, banked track at the Armory, the 200 has always been a fast race:

23.77 … Whitney Fountain (Chris. Columbus, N.Y.), 2009
23.99s ……… Fountain, 2009
24.00s … Sydney McLaughlin (Union Catholic), 2016
24.02 … Darius Symone (New Rochelle, N.Y.), 2014
24.03s ……… Fountain, 2010
24.16s ……… Symone, 2014
24.19 … Tiandra Ponteen (Washington Irving, N.Y.), 2001
24.21 … Dominique Booker (Immaculate Conception), 2008
24.25 … Kyle Plante (Colonie, N.Y.), 2010
24.32 … Quashira McIntosh (Hope, R.I.), 2015
24.34 … Toneisha Friday (Franklin Twp.), 2005
24.34s ……… Booker, 2008
24.37s ……… Plante, 2010
24.38s … Krystal Cantey (Winslow), 2006
24.38s … Raquel Vassell (East Orange), 2006
24.39 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow], 2017

And here is the all-time South Jersey list, with all sub-25-second times:

24.38 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2006
24.39 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.[, 2017
24.46 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
24.52 … Cecelia Gerstenbecher [Delsea], 2017
24.61 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 2012
24.5h … Jennifer Jackson [Eastern], 2003
24.78 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1996
24.83 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2014
24.93 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
24.94 … Shardae Anderson [Paulsboro], 2005
24.96 … Toni Glatz [Delsea], 2017

And this is the all-time state performance list for the indoor 200:

23.84 … Wendy Vereen [Trenton], 1984
24.00 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2016
24.14 … Melisa Barber [Montclair], 1998
24.16 … Aleah Williams [Montclair], 1997
24.21 … Dominique Booker [Immaculate Conception], 2008
24.24 … Stephanie Saleem [Neptune], 1985
24.34 … Toneisha Friday [Franklin], 2005
24.37 … Myasia Jacobs [Paramus Catholic], 2012
24.38 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2006
24.38 … Racquel Vassal [East Orange], 2006
24.39 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.[, 2017
24.46 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
24.52 … Cecelia Gerstenbecher [Delsea], 2017
24.53 … Olivia Baker [Columbia], 2014

Dancy is only the third South Jersey sprinter to win the Easterns 200-meter dash title since the event was added to Easterns in 1996. She joins Avionne Sloan of Camden, who won the race in 2004 in 25.11, and another great Winslow runner, Ste’cye McNeil, who ran 24.65 in 2012.

Here are all the 200-meter dash winners in meet history:

1996 … Michelle Mundey (Woodson, Washington, D.C.), 24.87
1997 … Stacey Ann Carr (Mt. Vernon, N.Y.), 25.46
1998 … Konique Bellah (Wheeler, R.I.), 25.51
1999 … Paula George (Taft, N.Y.), 25.02
2000 … Anike Orimogunje (Queen of Peace, N.J.), 24.99
2001 … Tiandra Ponteen (Washington Irving, N.Y.), 24.19
2002 … Jen Harris (Franklin, N.J.), 24.80
2003 … Tierra Fletcher (Spellman, N.Y.), 24.78
2004 … Avionne Sloan (Camden, N.J.), 25.11
2005 … Toneisha Friday (Franklin, N.J.), 24.34
2006 … Racquel Vassell (East Orange, N.J.), 24.38
2007 … Christie Verdier (Baldwin, N.Y.), 25.20 [24.64 in trials]
2008 … Dominique Booker (Imm. Conception, N.J.), 24.21
2009 … Whitney Fountain (Christopher Columbus, N.U.), 23.77
2010 … Kyle Plante (Colonie, N.Y.), 24.25
2011 … Tanaya Yarde (Mt. Vernon, N.Y.), 24.77
2012 … Ste’cye McNeil (Winslow, N.J.), 24.65
2013 … Quashira McIntosh (Hope, R.I.), 24.60
2014 … Symone Darius (New Rochelle, N.Y.), 24.02
2015 … Quashira McIntosh (Hope, R.I.), 24.32
2016 … Halie Hazzard (St. Anthony’s, N.Y.), 24.60
2017 … Shakira Dancy (Winslow, N.J.), 2439

For all the long, storied history of Rancocas Valley boys track, one thing that had eluded the Red Devils during the program’s long history was an Easterns title.

Till now.

Brian Merriman, Sam Keleekai, Rob Hawkins and Brandon Boggs ran 1:29.29 and won the 800-meter relay Tuesday night at the 83rd annual Eastern States Championships at the 168th Street Armory in New York.

The time is No. 1 in New Jersey this year and No. 8 in the U.S.

The Red Devils posted the third-fastest time in qualifying races earlier Tuesday night at 1:31.04, behind Newburgh Free Academy (1:30.08) and Timber Creek (1:30.12).

But it was all R.V. in the final, with the Red Devils leading from start to finish.

Newburgh was a DNF, and Hamden High of Connecticut wound up second in 1:30.53, with Timber Creek third in 1:30.97 in the two-section final. Egg Harbor Township ran 1:31.23 for fourth, giving South Jersey three of the top four spots.

R.V.’s time is a school record and 10th-fastest in South Jersey indoor history. Rancocas Valley is the third straight South Jersey school to win the Easterns 4-by-200, following Deptford in 2015 and Pennsauken in 2016.

Overall, South Jersey has won the Easterns 4-by-200 11 times in the last 30 years. Here’s a list of South Jersey 800-meter relay winners at Easterns, going back to the Jadwin Gym days:

1:33.33 … Willingboro, 1988
1:30.87 … Woodrow Wilson, 1995
1:31.17 … Woodrow Wilson, 1996
1:29.61 … Camden, 1999
1:28.46 … Lenape, 2000
1:28.82 … Camden, 2002
1:29.52 … Vineland, 2003
1:26.90 … Camden, 2004
1:29.72 … Timber Creek, 2013
1:30.51 … Deptford, 2015
1:29.74 … Pennsauken, 2016
1:29.29 … Rancocas Valley, 2017

And here’s the updated all-time South Jersey list, with every sub-1:30 time:

1:26.90 … Camden, 2004
1:27.60 … Vineland, 2004
1:28.0h … Edgewood, 2001
1:28.45 … Camden, 2002
1:28.46 … Lenape, 2000
1:28.48 … Camden, 2007
1:28.91 … Camden, 2000
1:29.06 … Oakcrest, 2012
1:29.17 … Camden, 2001
1:29.29 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
1:29.52 … Vineland, 2003
1:29.57 … Camden, 1997
1:29.61 … Camden, 1999
1:29.72 … Timber Creek, 2013
1:29.74 … Pennsauken, 2016
1:29.87 … Timber Creek, 2016
1:29.92 … Deptford, 2017
1:29.97 … Pleasantville, 2008

The Egg Harbor boys ran the fifth-fastest indoor 4-by-800 relay in South Jersey history Tuesday night at Easterns, placing second to Old Bridge.

Robert Dessoye, Alex Dessoye, Aidan Hendriks and Eric Barnes ran 7:52.12 at the Armory, second to Old Bridge’s 7:49.96 in a previous section of the race.

Dessoye led off in 2:00.6, with Winkler carrying in 1:58.6, Hendriks in 1:56.5 and Barnes anchoring in 1:56.7.

Their times are No. 3 and No. 6 in the U.S. this year.

Here’s the all-time South Jersey indoor list:

7:43.64 … Cherokee, 2012
7:45.55 … Pleasantville, 2013
7:51.43 … Washington Twp., 2009
7:51.78 … Cherokee, 2000
7:52.12 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017
7:52.77 … Pleasantville, 2006
7:52.95 … Willingboro, 2003
7:53.64 … Willingboro, 2002
7:54.76 … Pleasantville, 2007
7:55.40 … Washington Twp., 2008
7:55.44 … Haddonfield, 2010

And here’s the all-time Easterns performance list, with Old Bridge No. 8 and Egg Harbor No. 14 (really tied for No. 13 with an intrinsically slower hand time).

7:45.55 … Pleasantville, N.J., 2013
7:47.00 … Pope John XXIII, 2012
7:47.81 … Morris Catholic, 2009
7:47.84 … Cherokee, 2012
7:48.6+ … Roselle Catholic, 1970
7:49.4+ … Maria Regina, N.Y., 1975
7:49.89 … South Brunswick, 2014
7:49.96 … Old Bridge, 2017
7:50.68 … Warwick Valley, N.Y., 2012
7:50.86 … Boys and Girls, N.Y., 2012
7:50.97 … Lawrenceville School, 2009
7:51.78 … Cherokee, 2000
7:52.0+ … McQuaid Jesuit, N.Y., 1975
7:52.12 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017
7:52.85 … Dickinson, N.Y., 2011
7:52.8+ … Roselle Catholic, 1975
7:52.8+ … Georgetown Prep, Md., 1977
7:52.95 … Willingboro, 2003
7:53.47 … Oceanside, N.Y., 1993
7:53.64 … Willingboro, 2002

They were seeded 16th at 12:40.

Needless to say, they beat their seed time.

Sterling’s girls ran 12:07.00 — a 33-second season-best and the seventh-fastest time in the U.S. this year — for second place in the distance medley out of the slow heat Tuesday night at Easterns at the 168th Street Armory.

North Hunterdon, which entered the race ranked 8th nationally at 12:09.10, won the fast heat in 12:00.45, 4th-fastest this year nationally. Sterling’s time stood for second and is ninth-fastest in South Jersey indoor track history and the fastest ever by a school other than Haddonfield, Lenape or Ocean City.

North Hunterdon and Sterling ran the No. 1 and 2 times by New Jersey schools this year. Randolph (12:11.43), Ridge (12:12.33), Pope John (12:15.78) and Danbury, Ct. (12:19.85) made it six schools under 12:20.

Here’s the updated all-time South Jersey indoor DMR list:

• 11:43.94 … Haddonfield, 2014, Nationals
• 11:54.63 … Lenape, 2013, Easterns
• 11:55.90 … Lenape, 2012, Varsity Classic
• 11:58.92 … Lenape, 2010, Easterns
• 12:02.51 … Ocean City, 2014, New Balance Indoors
• 12:03.4 ….. Haddonfield, 2015, Varsity Classic
• 12:04.45 … Haddonfield, 2009, National Scholastic Indoors
• 12:04.9 ….. Lenape, 2015, Varsity Classic
• 12:07.00 … Sterling, 2017, Easterns
• 12:11.7 ….. Haddonfield, 2017, Varsity Classic
• 12:12.22 … Ocean City, 2005, Nike Indoor Nationals
• 12:13.46 … Washington Twp., 2011, Easterns
• 12:14.48 … Haddonfield, 2013, Easterns
• 12:15.60 … Lenape, 2014, Varsity Classic
• 12:17.4 ….. Lenape, 2017, Varsity Classic
• 12:19.81 … Lenape, 2009, Nike Indoor Nationals

Junior Sydney Coppolino led off with a 3:36.3 split for Sterling, with Saraly Gonzalez splitting 61.2 for 400, Leyna Jewell  2:24.8 and Madison Coppolino anchoring in 5:04.8.

As fast as the race was, neither school cracked the all-time Easterns top-20 in the DMR, which has always been a crazy fast race:

DISTANCE MEDLEY
11:48.61 … Southern Regional, 2009
11:49.59 … Warwick Valley, N.Y., 2008
11:49.62 … Southern Regional, 2007
11:50.86 … Boys and Girls, Brooklyn, N.Y., 2002
11:51.54 … Red Bank Regional, 2002
11:51.28 … Shenendehowa, N.Y., 2009
11:52.9h … Red Bank Regional, 2003
11:53.54+ … Bernards, 1983
11:54.63 … Lenape, 2013
11:55.32 … Red Bank Catholic, 2012
11:56.08 … Mount St. Dominic, 2014
11:56.24 … Colts Neck, 2007
11:56.75 … Roxbury, 2006
11:57.06 … Mount St. Dominic, 2012
11:57.07 Freehold Township, 2014
11:57.92 … Suffern, N.Y., 2005
11:58.74 … West Morris Mendham, 2012
11:58.80 … Southern Regional, 2008
11:58.82 … Red Bank Catholic, 2011
11:58.92 … Lenape, 2010

Absegami graduate Ford Palmer isn’t just a good runner, he’s a pretty good writer as well. Palmer, the fastest miler South Jersey has ever produced, ran a personal-best 3:54.92 this weekend chasing Edward Cheserek to the finish line at Boston University.

Cheserek, who ran at St. Benedict’s in Newark before attending Oregon, broke the college record with his 3:52.01. Palmer was less than four seconds back with the No. 21 time in U.S. indoor track history.

To read Palmer’s first-person account of the race and his doubts leading up to the gun, click here!

And now the girls all-time Easterns performance list!

(incomplete non-winning results 1980-1984, full results 1985-2016)
55-METER DASH
6.5+ … Michelle Glover (Willingboro), 1980
6.84 … Myasia Jacobs (Paramus Catholic), 2011
6.91s … Lynne Layne (New Rochelle), 2006
6.91 … English Gardner (Eastern), 2010
6.92 …….. Gardner, 2008
6.92s ……… Jacobs, 2011
6.93 … Brenesha Thompson (Medger Evers), 2015
6.93s …….. Jacobs, 2010
6.94 … Halle Hazzard (St. Anthony’s, N.Y.), 2016
6.95+ .. Denise Mitchell (Edgewood), 1983
6.97 … Jenna Harris (Franklin), 2003
6.97t … ….. Hazzard, 2016
6.98 … Virgil Hodge (Washington Irving, N.Y.), 2003
6.98s …….. Layne, 2006
6.98s …….. Harris, 2003
6.99 … Dominique Booker (Immaculate Conception), 2008
7.00+ … Angie Johnson (Nashua, N.H.), 1989
7.00 … Amandi Rhett (Moorestown), 2000
7.00 … Torie Robinson (Winslow), 2014

200-METER DASH
23.77 … Whitney Fountain (Chris. Columbus, N.Y.), 2009
23.99s ……..Fountain, 2009
24.00s …….. Sydney McLaughlin (Union Catholic), 2016
24.02 … Darius Symone (New Rochelle, N.Y.), 2014
24.03s …….. Fountain, 2010
24.03s …….. Simone, 2014
24.19 … Tiandra Ponteen (Washington Irving, N.Y.), 2001
24.21 … Dominique Booker (Immaculate Conception), 2008
24.25 … Kyle Plante (Colonie, N.Y.), 2010
24.32 … Quashira McIntosh (Hope, R.I.)
24.34 … Toneisha Friday (Franklin Twp.), 2005
24.34s …….. Booker, 2008
24.37s …….. Plante, 2010
24.38s … Krystal Cantey (Winslow), 2006
24.38s … Raquel Vassell (East Orange), 2006
24.38 … Zoey Russell (Fredrick Douglas), 2008

400-METER DASH
54.40 … Zola Golden (Arlington, N.Y.), 2014
54.87 … Neisha Bernard-Thomas (Tilden, N.Y.), 2000
54.91 … Nijgia Snapp (Oakcrest), 2008
54.98 … Tawana Watkins (Paterson Kennedy), 2002
55.14 … Okechi Ogbuokiri (Willingboro), 2003
55.23 … Dominique Blake (Harry S Truman, N.Y.), 2004
55.25 … Elizabeth Mott (New Rochelle, N.Y.), 2008
55.27 … Paris Peoples (Cardozo, N.Y.), 2016
55.32 … Amber Allen (Passaic County Vo-Tech), 2008
55.42 … Jennifer Edobi (Union), 2014
55.44 Kyle Plante (Colonie, N.Y.), 2009

800-METER RUN
2:09.26 … Janine Davis (Queen of Peace), 2005
2:09.94 … Brittany Sheffey (Bellport, N.Y.), 2005
2:10.61 … Olivia Williams (St. Anthony’s, N.Y.), 2011
2:11.16 … Alaine Tate (Bayside, N.Y.), 2010
2:11.26 … Brianna Welch (North Shore, N.Y.), 2007
2:11.35 … Ellen Dougherty (Riverhead, N.Y.), 2004
2:11.37 … Kristin Reese (Carmel, N.Y.), 2008
2:11.80 … Kameron McIntosh (Suffern, N.Y.), 2013
2:11.85 … Jessica Gelibert (Bay Shore, N.Y.), 2012
2:11.86 … Erica Johnson (Bayview Academy, N.Y.), 2013

ONE-MILE RUN
4:43.1 … Michelle Rowen (Washington Twp.), 1983
4:45.09 … Ceci Hopp (Greenwich, Ct.), 1981
4:50.11 … Maddy Berkson (Classical, R.I.), 2014
4:52.31 … Eileen Ellig (Rutland, Vt.), 1985
4:52.36 … Shola Lynch (Hunter, N.Y.), 1986
4:52.37 … Patty Weigand (Conestoga, N.Y.), 1986
4:52.55 … Nnena Lynch (Hunter, N.Y.), 1987
4:53.36 … Lisa Welch (Peabody, Mass.), 1981
4:54.73 … Erin Donohue (Haddonfield), 2001
4:55.05 ……… Weigand, 1987
4:55.24 …….. N. Lynch, 1989
4:55.87 …….. N. Lynch, 1988
4:55.98 … Hannah Bonaguidi (Delaware Valley), 2016
4:56.86 … Laurie Glynn (Winchester, Mass.), 1981
4:57.56 … Wendy Delan (Bonny Eagle, Maine), 1986

TWO-MILE RUN
10:22.29 … Leslie Welch (Peabody, Mass.), 1981
10:28.20 … Aisling Cuffe (Cornwall, N.Y.), 2010
10:32.73 … Katie McCafferty (Oak Knoll School), 2008
10:34.26 … Christine Crowley (Wellesley, Mass.), 1986
10:35.66 … Anne Letko (North Hunterdon), 1986
10:36.63 … Bella Burda (Arlington, N.Y.), 2014
10:38.0 ….. Cathy Feeney (Wayne Valley), 1990
10:40.01 … Jodie Bilotta (North Hunterdon), 1987
10:40.6 …. Molly Murray (Plymouth Whitemarsh), 1981
10:40.8 …..Patti Mileski (Ridgewood), 1983

60-YARD HURDLES
7.66 … Sydney McLaughlin (Union Catholic), 2015
7.71 … Charmaine Walker (Plainfield), 1997
7.75s …….. McLaughlin, 2015
7.76 … Lindsay Rowe (Benjamin Cardoza, N.Y.), 2007
7.82q … Dawn Bowles (Neptune), 1988
7.87p …….. McLaughlin, 2015
7.88 … Alyssa Sandy (Paul Robeson, N.Y.), 2016
7.89 … Nia Ali (Pleasantville), 2006
7.89 … Ste’cye McNeil (Winslow), 2012
7.89s …….. Sandy, 2016
7.91s … Lindsay Rowe (Benjamin Cardoza, N.Y.), 2007
7.92 … Shenea Dawkins (New Rochelle), 2002
7.93 … Allison Williams (Brentwood, N.Y.), 1989
7.93 … Wendy Vereen (Trenton), 1983

HIGH JUMP
5-11 … Emily Kianka (Hopewell Valley), 2010
5-10 … Deb Vento (Freehold Boro), 2003
5-10 … Lacey Shuman (Maryvale Prep), 2010
5- 9 … Tatiana Smolin (Randolph), 1985
5- 9 … Shauna Byfield (Manhasset, N.Y.), 2000
5- 8 … Tish Edwards (Mater Dei), 1980
5- 8 … Shelley Mitchell (Lakewood), 1988
5- 8 … Tammy Peeples (Weston, Mass.), 1991
5- 8 … Stacy Grant (South Shore, N.Y.), 1995
5- 8 … Kathy Kilar (North Edison), 1996
5- 8 … Michelle June (Meade, Md.), 1997
5- 8 … Jessica Taibe (Hunterdon Central), 2000
5- 8 … Lauren Biscardi (Shoreham Wading, N.Y.)
5- 8 … Carin Knight (New Rochelle, N.Y.)
5- 8 … Lataya Dixon (J.P. Stevens), 2007
5- 8 … Sarah Palmer (Schuylerville), 2010
5- 8 … Kyaira Wright-Harmon (Franklin), 2012
5- 8 … Noel Jancewicz (Robbinsville), 2012
5- 8 … Megan McCloskey (Germantown Academy), 2013
5- 8 … Kate Gulbrandsen (Lawrenceville), 2014

POLE VAULT
13-0 … Danielle O’Reilly (Shawnee), 2004
13-0 … Megan Clark (Jamesville DeWitt, N.Y.), 2011
12-6 … Michelle Rubinitti (Northern Valley), 2016
12-0 … Lindsay Rosales (Washingtonville, N.Y.), 2003
12-0 … Jessica Kloss (Moorestown), 2004
12-0 … Julianne Toto (Middletown South), 2005
12-0 … Stephanie Duffy (Washingtonville, N.Y.), 2007
12-0 … Michelle Quimby (Shenendehowa, N.Y.), 2009
12-0 … Nicole Pompei (Hanover Park), 2009
12-0 … Kayula Polcai (Ridgewood), 2010
12-0 … Chelsea Hartigan (Ramapo), 2010
12-0 … Catherine Shih (Bernards), 2010
12-0 … Kayla Polcai (Ridgewood), 2011
12-0 … Dana Schweiger (Toms River North), 2011
12-0 … Carissa Leonard (Lakeland-Panus, N.Y.), 2011
12-0 … Chelsea Vaughan (Southern Regional), 2012
12-0 … Jenna Calandro (Newtown, N.Y.), 2014
12-0 … Nicole Macco (Matawan), 2014

LONG JUMP
20- 8 … Keturah Orji (Mount Olive), 2014
20- 6 ¼ … Carol Lewis (Willingboro), 1980
19-11 ½ … Nolle Graham (Taft, N.Y.), 1998
19- 8 … Cidae’a Woods (Winslow Twp., N.J.), 2013
19- 7 ¾ … Adja Sacker (Worcester Tech, Mass.), 2016
19- 7 ½ … Keyon Soley (Uniondale, N.Y.), 1998
19- 7 ½ … Lynn Layne (New Rochelle, N.Y.), 2006
19- 5 ½ … Claire Connor (Rahway), 1984
19- 5 ½ … Jennifer Clayton (Suffern, N.Y.), 2009
19- 4 ½ … Chinela Davis (North Rockland, N.Y.), 2001
19- 4 … Celeste Holder (Parsippany), 2006

TRIPLE JUMP
43-11 ½ … Keturah Orji (Mount Olive), 2014
40-11 … Stephanie McIntyre (South Brunswick), 2007
40- 8 ½ … Gabriela Baiter (Elwood-John Glenn, N.Y.), 2007
40- 6 … Carlene Cummings (Englewood), 1998
39-9 ¼ … Kirsten Fields (Mount Vernon, N.Y.), 2005
39-9 … Bryanna Grant (Cranford), 2012
39-7 ¾ … Adefunke Sonaike (Montgomery), 2012
39-7 ¼ … Iana Amsterdam (Essex County Vo-Tech), 2011
39- 6 ¾ … Ebony Young (Hillsborough), 2009
39- 5 … Shenae Dawkins (New Rochelle), 2002

SHOT PUT
54-11 … Alyssa Wilson (Donovan Catholic), 2016
51-  8 … Nickolette Dunbar (Whippany Park), 2016
49-10 … Jessica Molina (Westwood), 2016
48-10 …….. Molina (Westwood), 2015
47- 8 ½ … Danielle Notarfrancesco (Jackson Liberty), 2016
47-4 ¾ … Vanessa Stewart (North Babylon, N.Y.), 2010
46-9 … Jackie Hudgins (Hightstown), 2001
46-6 … Theresa Picciallo (Immaculate Heart), 2011
46- 1 ½ …Amarys Berry (Hackensack), 2016
45-11 ¼ … Nicole Sims (Plainfield), 1991
45-9 … Apresha Hampton (Teaneck), 2011
45-9 … Theresa Picciallo (Immaculate Heart), 2012
45-8 … Melody Johnson (No. Attleboro), 1986
45-7 … DeAnne Hahn (Brick Twp.), 2007
45-5 … Kelly Fazekas (Northern Valley-Demarest), 2003
45-5 … Taryn O’Connor (Hillsborough), 2007

800-METER RELAY

1:38.40 … Paul Robeson, 2016
1:39.27 … Middle College/Medger Evers, N.Y., 2011
1:39.29 … Union Catholic, 2016
1:39.41 … Uniondale, N.Y., 2007
1:39.86 … Paul Robeson, N.Y., 2001
1:39.94 … Hempstead, N.Y., 2007
1:40.22 … Medgar Evers, 2015
1:40.37 … Washington Irving, N.Y., 2001
1:40.51 … Hempstead, N.Y., 2005
1:40.76 … Hope, R.I., 2012
1:40.76 … New Rochelle, N.Y., 2013
1:40.77 … Moorestown, 2000

1,600-METER RELAY
3:46.80 … Columbia, 2013
3:47.03 … Union Catholic, 2015
3:48.7+ … Plainfield, 1980
3:49.07+ … Camden, 1995
3:49.19 … Boys and Girls, 2007
3:49.27 … Willingboro, 2003
3:49.74+ … Plainfield, 1981
3:50.55+ … Snyder, 1981
3:51.30+ … Tilden, N.Y., 1987
3:52.31 … Simon Gratz, Pa., 1998

3,200-METER RELAY
9:05.40 … Columbia, 2014
9:06.94 … Pope John XXIII, 2007
9:11.22+ … Upper Perkiomen, Pa., 1982
9:11.37 … Lenape, 2012
9:11.94 … Lenape, 2008
9:12.67 … Bay Shore, N.Y., 1996
9:13.0+ … Notre Dame, N.Y., 1987
9:13.30 … Southern Regional, 2009
9:13.82 … Freehold Township, 2013
9:13.92 … Boys and Girls, N.Y., 2001

DISTANCE MEDLEY
11:48.61 … Southern Regional, 2009
11:49.59 … Warwick Valley, N.Y., 2008
11:49.62 … Southern Regional, 2007
11:50.86 … Boys and Girls, Brooklyn, N.Y., 2002
11:51.54 … Red Bank Regional, 2002
11:51.28 … Shenendehowa, N.Y., 2009
11:52.9 … Red Bank Regional, 2003
11:53.54+ … Bernards, 1983
11:54.63 … Lenape, 2013
11:55.32 … Red Bank Catholic, 2012

The first time I went to Easterns was the winter of 1987 at Jadwin Gym. It was just a boys meet back then, with a separate, unrelated girls Easterns taking place every winter in Boston. It wasn’t until years later at the Armory that the meets merged into what we now know as the Easterns.

In any case, when I arrived in Princeton that day 29 years ago I quickly bought a meet program, which was jammed full of historical info about the meet and all-time top-10 performance lists for every event. I’ve always loved all-time lists so I made sure to keep that program.

When the meet moved out of Jadwin, the program disappeared, as did the all-time lists. But eventually I found that 1987 program and typed up the performance lists and updated them with all the missing results I could find in Ed Grant’s old spring annuals.

Ed was incredibly generous helping me fill in some blanks with early meets where various non-winning marks weren’t available anywhere.

I’ve been updating the lists ever since, so what appears here is the current Easterns boys top-10 performance list that originated in that 1987 program.

I’ll post the girls list later. That was harder to put together, since I never had a program from the Boston meet and former meet directors and other track statisticians refused to cooperate when I asked for their help putting together an all-time Easterns girls performance list.

But eventually I was able to track down 99 percent of the missing results and came up with a girls list as well.

So here’s the boys list. Some great names on here! I’ll post the girls list tomorrow!

As always, please forward any additions or corrections to me in the comments section!

BOYS
does not include some non-winning results before 1973
boys meet not held in 1973 or 1992
Schools in New Jersey Unless Otherwise Noted
55-METER DASH (hand time)
6.0+ … Mike Kee (Camb. Ridge and Latin, Mass.), 1975
6.1+ … John Chambers (Neptune), 1974
6.1+ … Frank Kelly (Westfield), 1977
6.2+ … Steve Strother (New Rochelle), 1976
6.2+ … Jason Grimes (Overbrook, Pa.), 1977
6.2+ … Carlos Roberts (Franklin Twp.), 1978
6.3+ … Adley Raboy (Maine-Endwell, N.Y.), 1976
6.3+ … Waiters (JFK, N.Y.), 1976
6.3+ … Ray Allen (Long Beach, N.Y.), 1977
6.3+ … Steve Curry (Franklin Twp.), 1977

55-METER DASH (FAT time)
6.29 …. Terrell Wilks (Hames Hillhouse, N.Y.0, 2007
6.31+ … Luis Morales (Oxon Hill, Md.), 1982
6.31+ … Dennis Mitchell (Edgewood), 1983
6.31+ … Reginald Dixon (Plainfield), 2007
6.31+ … Jermaine Brown (Medger Evers, N.Y.), 2009
6.32 …. Maxwell Booker (Essex Catholic), 2001
6.34+ … Darren Walker (Meade, Md.), 1980
6.34+ …… Mitchell, 1984
6.34+ … Barney Borromeo (Nashua, Md.), 1986
6.34 …. Jamar Ervin (Camden), 2001
6.34 …. Miles Shuler Foster (Long Branch), 2011

200-METER DASH (run since 1994)
21.31 … Michael Blake (Mt. Vernon, N.Y.), 2011
21.34 … Adian Sanderson (Ewing), 2004
21.37 … Rai Benjamin (Mount Vernon, N.Y.), 2015
21.37s .. Taylor McLaughlin (Union Catholic), 2015
21.42s ….. Benjamin, 2015
21.50 … Mike Abelard (Ramapo, N.Y.), 2008
21.53 … Darrell Bush (Woodbury), 2012
21.61 … Terrell Wilks (Hillhouse, N.Y.), 2007
21.62 … Todd Dutch (Washington Twp.), 2002
21.63 … Brian Bucknor (St. Benedict’s), 2008
21.67 … Tristan Walker (South Shore, N.Y.), 2005

400-METER DASH (run since 1994)
47.13 … Zyaire Clemes (Trenton), 2014
47.20 … Lance Wigfall (East Orange Campus), 2003
47.30 … Taylor McLaughlin (Union Catholic), 2014
47.31 … Rai Benjamin (Mt. Vernon, N.Y.), 2014
47.45 … Ray Williams (Scotch Plains), 2002
47.54 … Najee Glass (St. Peter’s-Jersey City), 2011
47.69 … Kedar Inico (Campus Magnet, N.Y.), 2001
47.71 … Melville Rogers (Transit Tech, N.Y.), 2002
47.75 … Shaquan Brown (JFK Paterson), 2005
47.78 … Adian Sanderson (Ewing), 2004

800-METER RUN (run since 1994)
1:51.98 … Paul Joyce (Clarkstown South, N.Y.), 2000
1:52.11 … Edward Cheserek (St. Benedict’s, N.J.), 2013
1:52.12 … Gabriel McLaren (Freeport, N.Y.), 2003
1:52.47 … Brian Scotland (St. Benedict’s), 2005
1:52.47 … Sean Tully (Syosset, N.Y.), 2005
1:52.65 … Jason Apwah (Roxbury), 2007
1:52.86 … Greg Gomez (Franklin), 2004
1:52.86 … Ken Sinkovitz (Bergen Catholic), 2003
1:53.22 … James Buser (Mahwah), 2014
1:53.27 … Justin Romaniuk (Suffern, N.Y.), 2000

ONE-MILE RUN
4:11.6 …. Blair Mancini (North Penn, Pa.), 1981
4:11.8 …. Brian Pettinghill (Chevarus, Portland, Maine), 1981
4:12.31 … Robby Andrews (Manalapan), 2009
4:13.2 …. John Tuttle (Alfred-Almond, N.Y.), 1977
4:13.71 … John Trautman (Monroe-Woodbury, N.Y.), 1986
4:13.8 …. Dan Predmore (Fairport, N.Y.), 1976
4:13.8 …. Bill Ledder (Bishop O’Connell, Va.), 1976
4:13.8 …. Tom Camien (Sewanhaka, N.Y.), 1977
4:13.9 …. Jim Tyler (Norwood, N.Y.), 1981
4:14.13  … Chip Marsala (New Dorp, N.Y.), 1983

TWO-MILE RUN
8:54.82 … Edward Cheserek (St. Benedict’s), 2012
9:01.1 …. Alberto Salazar (Wayland, Mass.), 1976
9:02.40 … Edward Cheserek (St. Benedict’s, N.J.), 2011
9:03.65+ .. Brian Dalpiaz (Sayville, N.Y.), 2002
9:03.65+ .. Charles Alexander (St. Christopher, N.Y.), 1982
9:07.85 … Steve Murdock (Shenendehowa, N.Y.), 2007
9:07.87 … Kris Hardt (Whitman, Md.), 1984
9:08.32 … Jim Rosa (West Windsor-Plainsboro, North, N.J.)
9:09.0 …. Steve Ferri (O’Connell, Va.), 1977
9:09.0 …. Chris Hallinan (Bernards), 1976

55-METER HURDLES (hand time)
6.9+ … Renaldo Nehemiah (Scotch Plains), 1977
7.0+ … Kerry Bethel (Bartram, Pa.), 1975
7.0+ … Paul Lankford (Farmingdale, N.Y.), 1975
7.1+ … Paul Snipes (Essex Catholic), 1976
7.2+ … Jim Little (Moorestown), 1976
7.2+ … Dave Bannar (Rancocas Valley), 1976
7.3+ … Dudley Dorival (Ewing), 1993
7.3+ … Gary Ramsey (Neptune), 1976
7.3+ … Tony Smith (Norristown, Pa.), 1977
7.3+ … Mel Pinckney (Trenton), 1977
7.3+ … Gary Boyer (Horseheads, N.Y.), 1978
7.3+ … Greg Smith (Kennedy, N.Y.), 1978
7.3+ … Rodney Wilson (Bartrum, Pa.), 1978
7.3+ … Greg Hines (Walt Whitman, N.Y.), 1993

55-METER HURDLES (FAT time)
7.17+ … Rodney Wilson (Bartrum, Pa.), 1979
7.23 …. Sultan Tucker (Delsea), 1996
7.27+ … Patrick Mann (Gar-Field, Va.), 1984
7.28+ … Calvin Holmes (Denbeigh, Va.), 1984
7.29 …. Anthony Acklin (Triton), 2001
7.29 …. Nate Harley (Pleasantville), 1996
7.29 …. Will Brown (Palmyra), 2006
7.30 …. James Purvis (Brentwood, N.Y.), 1984
7.31 …. Danyne Brown (Camden), 1999
7.32+ … Dwayne Allen (Harrisburg, Pa.), 1980
7.32+ … Stephan Fletcher (Princeton), 1983
7.32+ … Jonathan Dickey (Penns Grove), 1985
7.32+ … Jeff Porter (Franklin), 2003

HIGH JUMP
7-3 … Greg Gonsalves (Falmouth, Mass.), 1981
7-2 ¼ … Milt Goode (Monmouth), 1979
7-2 … Eric Taylor-Perry (Montclair), 1990
7-2 … Mike Morrison (Willingboro), 2003
7-1 ½ … Tim Walker (Rogers, R.I.), 1975
7- 0 … Rudy Reavis (New Rochelle, N.Y.), 1975
7- 0 … Desmond DaCosta (Overbrook, Pa.), 1980
7- 0 … Eldred Williams (Music-Art, N.Y.), 1981
7- 0 … Terrence Ferguson (Cherry Hill West), 1987
7- 0 … Tommy Thompson (St. John Baptist), 1993
7- 0 … Adam Bergo (Westfield), 2008

POLE VAULT
16-6 … Jordan Yamoah (Arlington, N.Y.), 2011
16- 3 ¼ … Adam Sarafian (Ocean Twp.), 2004
15-10 … Bill Hartley (Southern Ocean), 1976
15-6 … Vince Reilly (St. Joseph-Metuchen), 1977
15-6 … Don Heyburn (Cranford), 1980
15-6 … Eric Richard (Bridgewater East), 1981
15-6 … Chris Lockett (Woodbridge, Va.), 1986
15-6 … Gavin McMahon (Fordham Prep, N.Y.), 2003
15-6 … Brian Duggan (Monsignor Farrell, N.Y.), 2005
15-6 … Casey DeCesare (Irvington, N.Y.), 2005
15-6 … Dan Batdorf (West Deptford), 2008
15-6 … Darwin Gibbons (Caravel Academy, Del.), 2009
15-6 … Greg Gallagher (Iona Prep, N.Y.), 2012
15-6 … Craig Hunter (Robbinsville, N.J.), 2013
15-6 … Matt Fay (Iona Prep), 2015
15-6 … Chris Rough (Westhill, Ct.), 2015
15-6 … Derek Dibona (Warwick Valley), 2015
15-6 … Ryan Herrera-Murphy (Iona Prep), 2015

LONG JUMP
26- 0 ¾ … Dion Bentley (Penn Hills, Pa.), 1989
25- 7 ¾ … Marvin Ford (Uniondale, N.Y.), 1993
25- 5 ½ … Carl Lewis (Willingboro), 1979
25- 3 ¾ … Eric Metcalf (O’Connell, Va.), 1985
24-10 ½ … Ron Dickerson (State College, Pa.), 1989
24- 6 ¾ … Gerard Reynolds (Willingboro), 1990
24-2 … Jason Grimes (Overbrook, Pa.), 1977
24- 1 ½ … Boris Goins (Cardozo, Wash., D.C.), 1985
24- 0 ¼ … Isaac Samuels (Kennedy), 1983
24- 0 ¼ … Justice Nance (Blair Academy), 2016

TRIPLE JUMP
51- 6 … Ronel Ford (Shaker, Va.), 2016
49- 9 … Gary Jones (Webster Schroeder, N.Y.), 2006
49-  6 ½ … Craig Halyard (Ridgewood, N.J.), 1989
49-  6 ½ … Eric Bethea (Piscataway, N.J.), 2015
49-  1 ¼ … Erik Clinton (Hope, R.I.), 1993
48-  9 ½ … Sanya Owolabi (Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.), 1977
48-  9 ¼ … Steve Crouse (Colonie, N.Y.), 2008
48-  6 ¾ … Shawn Tittley (Seneca Valley, N.Y.), 1983
48-  6 ½ … Dewey Sanders (Seton Hall Prep), 1986
48-  6 ½ … Antonio Davis (Walt Whitman, N.Y.), 1990
48-  5 ¾ … Robert Howard (Shea, R.I.), 1994

SHOT PUT
71- 3 ¼ … Nick Vena (Morristown), 2011
70- 8 … Braheme Days (Bridgeton), 2012
66-2 … Glenn DiGiorgio (Bayonne), 2002
64-8 … Steve Adams (St. Joseph-Montville), 1970
64-  7 ¾… Dan Krueger (Bayside, Va.), 1978
64-  5 ¼ … Bruce Heide (Dayton), 1975
64-  2 ½ … Jim Gilligan (Toms River East), 1984
64-  1 ½ … Kevin DiGiorgio (Bayonne), 1997
63-  6 ½ …  Aaron Echternacht (Hopewell Valley), 1991
63-  2 ¾… Jordan West (Rahwah), 2016
63-  1 ½  … Uzoma Orji (Matawan), 2002

800-METER RELAY
1:26.90 … Camden, 2004
1:28.05 … Campus Magnet, N.Y., 2001
1:28.18 … Vineland, 2004
1:28.35 … Trenton, 2008
1:28.35 … Union Catholic. 2008
1:28.46 … Lenape, 2000
1:28.77 … Lawrenceville School, N.J., 2011
1:28.77 … Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 2011
1:28.82 … Camden, 2002
1:28.85 … West Orange, 2012

1,600-METER RELAY
3:15.78 … Camden, 2001
3:16.5? … Vineland, 2003
3:17.0? … Trenton, 2003
3:18.90 … Pleasantville, 2007
3:19.0+ … Boys and Girls, N.Y., 1977
3:19.1+ … Asbury Park, 1978
3:19.2+ … Fairmont Heights, Md., 1979
3:19.3_ … Chester, Pa., 1981
3:19.3? … Winslow, 2003
3:19.36 … Seton Hall Prep, 2005
3:19.5+ ..Ben Franklin, Pa., 1976
3:19.51+ … New Rochelle, N.Y., 1984
3:19.61 … Camden, 2002

3,200-METER RELAY
7:45.55 … Pleasantville, N.J., 2013
7:47.00 … Pope John XXIII, 2012
7:47.81 … Morris Catholic, 2009
7:47.84 … Cherokee, 2012
7:48.6+ … Roselle Catholic, 1970
7:49.4+ … Maria Regina, N.Y., 1975
7:49.89 … South Brunswick, 2014
7:50.68 … Warwick Valley, 2012
7:50.86 … Boys and Girls, 2012
7:50.97 … Lawrenceville School, 2009

DISTANCE MEDLEY (run since 1971)
10:07.21 … West Windsor-Plainsboro North, 2009
10:10.23 … Fordham Prep, N.Y., 2016
10:10.60 … Haddonfield, 2010
10:10.70 … St. Benedict’s, 2012
10:11.5+ … T.C. Williams, Va., 1979
10:12.1+ … Archbishop Ryan, Pa., 1976
10:13.0+ … Paramus Catholic, 1977
10:13.60 … West Windsor-Plainsboro South, 2013
10:14.09 … Chaminade, N.Y.
10:14.31 … Haddonfield, 2016

KEY
+ – converted from yards
% – converted from meters
s – mark achieved in semis
q – mark achieved in qualifying round
? – likely timing error

Absegami’s Ford Palmer wasn’t the only South Jersey native to run a PR in the mile at the Boston University Last Chance meet over the weekend.

Haddonfield graduate Greg Pelose, now a freshman at Boston University, was in an earlier section than Palmer, whose 3:54.94 is 21st-fastest in U.S. history indoors. But the result was the same – a personal-best.

Pelose lowered his indoor and overall mile PRs on his home track at B.U., placing fourth in the second of four mile races with a time of 4:10.14.

Pelosi’s previous indoor PR was a 4:12.54 last month at the Terrier Classic. His fastest high school times at Haddonfield were 4:13.40 indoors at New Balance Nationals in New York last March and 4:14.74 outdoors at nationals in Greensboro this past June.

So the 4:10.14 was a nearly 2 1/2-second PR for Pelose, who was third in last year’s indoor Meet of Champions behind the Daly twins, William and Colin, of River Dell.

Pelose ran the 1,000 at the Patriot League championships earlier this month at B.U. and placed third in a personal-best 2:27.64.

 

It took everything Olympian Sydney McLaughlin had to overtake Winslow Township on the final lap and deliver the Meet of Champions 1,600-Meter Relay title to Union Catholic.

McLaughlin split 52.0 and Union Catholic ran a state-leading 3:50.82, second-fastest in meet history, seventh-fastest in the U.S. this year and 11th-fastest in state history.

As for Winslow, the Eagles certainly have plenty to be excited about. Not only does Winslow have three of its four legs back next year while McLaughlin – the 400-meter dash national record holder – graduates. Winslow’s time even in a close defeat is fastest by a South Jersey school in 14 years and No. 10 in the U.S. this year.

With their 3:51.49, the group of senior Iyianna Williams, juniors Flora Ahiarakwe and Shakira Dancy and freshman Janeya Hammond ran the fastest time by a South Jersey 4-by-4 quartet since Willingboro ran 3:45.57 in 2003.

Their time was third-fastest in meet history, so fast enough to win 37 of the 39 4-by-4s ever contested at the Meet of Champions – behind last year’s Union Catholic and this year’s Union Catholic.

The previous fastest non-winning time in Meet of Champions history is Camden’s 3:57.89 in 1995 behind Columbia’s 3:55.73.

Winslow broke its own Camden County record of 3:52.17 that the same four girls set earlier this month at the Millrose Games Trials at the Armory.

The only faster schools in South Jersey indoor history are Willingboro in 2003 and 2002 (3:47.95) and Camden in 1995 (3:49.07).

Here’s the all-time state indoor top-20, which is everybody under 3:53:

3:40.28 … Union Catholic, 2016
3:42.03 … Columbia, 2013
3:45.57 … Willingboro, 2003
3:46.42 … Columbia, 2014
3:47.03 … Union Catholic, 2015
3:47.95 … Willingboro, 2002
3:48.9h … Plainfield, 1980
3:49.07 … Camden, 1995
3:49.50 … East Orange, 2006
3:49.9h … Plainfield, 1981
3:50.82 … Union Catholic, 2017
3:50.8h … Snyder, 1981
3:51.17 … Columbia, 2015
3:51.37 … Columbia, 2010
3:51.49 … Winslow Twp., 2017
3:52.17 … Winslow, 2017
3:52.2h … Columbia, 1982
3:52.37 … Willingboro, 2000
3:52.48 … Columbia, 2011
3:52.55 … Wilson, 2006

And here’s the all-time Meet of Champions performance list, which shows Winslow with the No. 3 performance in meet history. With Rancocas Valley unseating 2009 Jackson’s 3:58.85 as the fastest third-place time ever, this race produced three of the 11-fastest times in meet history.

3:47.27 … Union Catholic, 2016 [1]
3:50.82 … Union Catholic, 2017 [1]
3:51.49 … Winslow Twp., 2017 [2]
3:53.50 … Columbia, 2010 [1]
3:55.08 … Camden, 2009 [1]
3:55.24 … Montclair, 1998 [1]
3:55.69 … Southern, 2009 [1]
3:55.73 … Columbia, 1995 [1]
3:56.72 … Columbia, 1996 [1]
3:56.76 … Southern, 2008 [1]
3:56.92 … Rancocas Valley, 2017 [3]
3:57.35 … Columbia, 2012 [1]
3:57.89 … Camden, 1995 [2]
3:57.94 … Eastern, 2003 [1]
3:57.96 … Washington, 2011 [1]
3:58.00 … Willingboro, 2003 [2]
3:58.33 … Pope John, 2012 [2]
3:58.51 … Millville, 2008 [2]
3:58.85 … Jackson, 2009 [3]
3:58.97 … Camden, 2008 [3]
3:58.98 … Willingboro, 2010 [2]
3:59.03 … East Orange, 2007 [1]
3:59.14 … Columbia, 2009 [4]
3:59.19 … Lenape, 2012 [3]