Egg Harbor’s Lauren Princz moved into the all-time South Jersey top-10 in the 100-meter dash Friday when she won the freshman race at the New Balance Nationals at Aggie Stadium on the North Carolina A&T campus in Greensboro, N.C.
Princz lowered her PR from 11.94 to 11.81, which is tied for 10th in South Jersey history and puts her in the top 25 in state history. She’s already No. 4 in South Jersey in the 200 with her 23.90 at the Meet of Champions.
It’s the fastest time by a New Jersey freshman since Myasia Jacobs of Paramus Catholic ran 11.72 in 2009 and fastest by a South Jersey freshman since Olympic gold medalist English Gardner ran 11.62 in 2007.
The only other New Jersey freshman to run faster in the last 20 years was Ogechi Nweaneri of Columbia, who ran 11.65 in 2005.
Princz, the Meet of Champions 200 winner last weekend, won by 1-100th of a second over Trinity Rossum of Buford High in Georgia. She is the daughter of former Eagles cornerback and return specialist Allen Rossum.
Princz and Rossum both went under the meet record of 11.84 set in 2013 by Sekayi Bracey of East Kentwood in Michigan.
Princz is also scheduled to run the championship 200 and race on EHT’s 400- and 800-meter relay teams this weekend.
ALL-TIME NEW JERSEY 100-METER DASH LIST
11.42 Michele Glover (Willingboro), 1981
11.44 Myasia Jacobs (Paramus Catholic), 2010
11.49 English Gardner (Eastern), 2008
11.50 Wendy Vereen (Trenton), 1984
11.57 Patti Dunlap (Camden), 1979
11.57 M’elisa Barber (Montclair), 1998
11.58 Bria Mack (Williamstown), 2017
11.61 Shavon Greaves (Lakewood), 2007
11.61 Amandi Rhett (Moorestown), 2000
11.62 Cathy Cranford (Perth Amboy), 1977
11.64 Olivia Baker (Columbia), 2013
11.65 Aleah Williams (Montclair), 1999
11.65 Ogechi Nwaneri (Columbia), 2005
11.68 Regina Trotter (Weequahic), 1991
11.70 Lori Dowers (Lawrenceville), 1979
11.71 Georgina Nembhard (Ocean Twp.), 2007
11.71 Shakira Dancy (Winslow Twp.), 2017
11.73 Torie Robinson (Winslow Twp.), 2014
11.74 Jenna Harris (Franklin Twp.), 2003
11.75 Bria Saunders (Parsippany), 2014
11.77 Aisha Morgan (Schalick), 1998
11.78 Shameka Speed (Bridgeton), 2003
11.80 Nicole Carmichael (Patterson Kennedy), 1995
11.80 Dominique Booker (Immaculate Conception), 2010
11.81 Lauren Princz (Egg Harbor Twp.), 2018
11.81 Denise Liles (Kingsway), 1984
11.81 Audrey (Wilson (Deptford), 2008
11.81 Haisha Bisiolu (Union), 2013
11.82 Amandi Rhett (Moorestown), 1999
11.82 Annie Johnson (Shawnee), 2012
11.83 Kaitlin Salisbury (Hawthorne), 2016
11.83 Amaya Chadwick (Union Catholic), 2017
11.84 Robin Taylor (Deptford), 1980
11.85 Dana Burnett Willamstown), 1996
11.86 Tylia Gillon (Jackson Memorial), 2008
11.87 Inshallah Saunders (Plainfield), 1993
11.87 Porshe Giddings (East (Orange), 2007
11.87 Jordan Simmons (Bishop Ahr), 2010
11.88 Denise Mitchell (Edgewood), 1983
11.89 Jasmine Carter (Columbia), 2010
11.89 Madeline Soto (University), 2014
11.89 Cecelia Gerstenbacher (Delsea), 2017
11.91 Darriea Pigott (West Orange), 1995
11.91 Kaitlyn Davis (North Brunswick), 2012
11.91 Chanel Smith (Piscataway), 2014
11.91 Aliya Harrison (Sterling), 2017
11.92 Gloria Jackson (Montclair), 1979
11.93 Promise Fadahunsi (Monroe Twp.), 2017
11.94 Tiffany Weatherford (Newark Science), 2000
11.94 Emily Carson (Haddonfield), 2013
11.94 Kimberly Lyles (Franklin Twp.), 2001
11.94 Sydney Hawkins (Phillipsburg), 2017
11.94 Katie DiFrancesco (St. John Vianney), 2017
11.95 Aliyah Taylor (Rancocas Valley), 2017
11.95 Danielle Beniulis (Jefferson Twp.), 2014
11.95 Melissa Harris (Neptune), 1998
11.96 Jamillah Nock (Wilson), 2004
11.96 Julia Rizio (Montville), 2011
11.96 Camille Campbell (Carteret), 2000
11.97 Carlene Cummings Engelwood), 1996
11.97 Iana Amsterdam (Newark Tech), 2013
11.97 Carlene Cummings (Dwight Morros), 1996
11.98 Staci Jordan (Orange), 1992
11.98 Symone O’Connor (Franklin Twp.), 2007
11.98 Kiara Lester (Deptford), 2014
11.98 Ciera Ismail (Schalick), 2013
11.99 La’Shonda Carter (Rahway), 2005
11.99 Ada Unachukwu (Marlboro), 2008
ALL-TIME SOUTH JERSEY 100-METER DASH LIST
11.42 Michele Glover (Willingboro), 1981
11.49 English Gardner (Eastern), 2008
11.57 Patti Dunlap (Camden), 1979
11.58 Bria Mack (Williamstown), 2017
11.61 Amandi Rhett (Moorestown), 2000
11.71 Shakira Dancy (Winslow Twp.), 2017
11.73 Torie Robinson (Winslow Twp.), 2014
11.77 Aisha Morgan (Schalick), 1998
11.78 Shameka Speed (Bridgeton), 2003
11.81 Denise Liles (Kingsway), 1984
11.81 Lauren Princz (Egg Harbor Twp.), 2018
11.81 Audrey (Wilson (Deptford), 2008
11.82 Amandi Rhett (Moorestown), 1999
11.82 Annie Johnson (Shawnee), 2012
11.84 Robin Taylor (Deptford), 1980
11.85 Dana Burnett (Willamstown), 1996
11.88 Denis Mitchell (Edgewood), 1983
11.89 Cecelia Gerstenbacher (Delsea), 2017
11.90 Dennisha Page (Woodrow Wilson), 2018
11.91 Aliya Harrison (Sterling), 2017
11.94 Emily Carson (Haddonfield), 2013
11.95 Aliyah Taylor (Rancocas Valley), 2017
11.96 Jamillah Nock (Woodrow Wilson), 2004
11.98 Kiara Lester (Deptford), 2014
11.98 Ciera Ismail (Schalick), 2013
11.98 Aliya Harrison (Sterling), 2018
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 