Salem senior Jonathan Taylor ran the fastest 100 meters in New Jersey this year Tuesday afternoon at the Salem County meet on Schalick’s track in Pittsgrove Township.
Taylor came within 9-100ths of his PR and Salem County record of 10.55, which he set at sectionals last year. He went on to win the Meet of Champions last spring with a 10.61.
On Tuesday, Taylor ran 10.64 to win his second straight Salem County title. He hasn’t lost a 100-meter dash since states his sophomore year, when he was DQ’d for a false start after placing fifth at sectionals.
The 100 was the only race Taylor entered. It was his first open 100 in anything other than a dual meet since last year’s Meet of Champs.
Taylor replaces Paul VI’s Antonio Tarantino atop the 2017 New Jersey 100-meter dash list. Tarantino ran 10.68 in a meet in Bucks County back in early April and has not participated in an open race in a major meet since. He did split 50.5 on Paul VI’s 1,600-meter relay team at Penn.
Taylor, a running back on Salem’s football team, plans to follow two other South Jersey running backs — Ron Dayne and current Eagle Corey Clement — to Madison, Wisc., to play football for the Wisconsin Badgers.
Here’s a look at the all-time South Jersey 100-meter dash list
100-METER DASH
10.35 … Jamar Ervin [Camden], 2000
10.36 … Damiere Byrd [Timber Creek], 2010
10.44h .. Bill Gaines [Clearview], 1966
10.44h .. Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
10.45 … James Townsend [Holy Cross], 2003
10.47 … James Brown [Glassboro], 2009
10.53 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
10.54 … Fabian Santiago [Oakrest], 2010
10.55 … Jonathan Taylor [Salem], 2017
10.55 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2002
10.57 … Jamil Benjamin [Cumberland Regional], 2006
10.57 … Geoff Navaro [Absegami], 2008
10.58 … Anthony Miles [Winslow Twp.], 2003
10.60 … Robert Page [Kingsway], 2008
10.60 … Marquis Bonds [Millville], 2007
10.60 … Shawney Kersey [Woodbury], 2009
10.62 … Kashif Moore [Burlington Twp.], 2007
10.63 … John Stone [Mainland Reg.], 1997
10.63 … Sabli Gonnet [Eastern], 2007
10.64 … Jeremy Cooper [Mainland Reg.], 1997
10.64h … Israel Cook [Cumberland Reg.], 1981
10.64h … Mike Parker [Salem], 1981
10.64h … Flipper Anderson [Paulsboro], 1983
10.64h … Chuck Carter [Eastern], 1985
10.65 … Dominique Irons [Haddon Heights], 2013
10.65 … Rocco Orville [St. Joe’s-Hammonton], 2015
10.65 … Dorian Bryant [Kingsway], 2003
10.66 … Bobby Orro [Pemberton], 1993
10.66 … Bruce Owens [Deptford], 2004
10.67 … Antraye Miles [Winslow Twp.], 2003
10.67 … T.J. Johnson [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2009
10.67 … Kashif Miller [Haddon Heights], 2014
10.68 … Marquis Bonds [Bridgeton], 2007
10.69 … Robert Darby [Pennsauken], 2006
10.69 … Darnell Charles [Oakcrest], 2012
10.71 … Albert Newkirk [Camden], 1997
10.72 … Reggie Morton [Oakcrest], 2012
10.72 … Sterling Pierce [Rancocas Valley], 2015
10.73 … Franklin Dallas [Woodrow Wilson], 1986
10.73 … Sean McPherson [Delsea}, 2010
10.74 … Adonis Jennings [Timber Creek], 2014
10.74 … Brian Reagan [Cherry Hill East], 2012
10.74h … Carl Lewis [Willingboro], 1979
10.74h … Clem Leslie [Vineland], 1981
10.74h … Kevin Jones [Pleasantville], 1982
10.74h … Tony Jones [Edgewood], 1982
10.74h … Carl Brown [Eastern], 1983
10.74h … Kenny Reynolds [Willingboro], 1986
10.74h … Don Brooks [Pleasantville], 1988
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 