Here are links to the various state championship meets at Franklin Township [Groups 1, 4, A] and Central Regional [Groups 2, 3, B].

Boys

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Parochial A

Parochial B

Girls

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Parochial A

Parochial B

Team scores from Franklin Township [1, 4, A]

Team scores from Central Regional [2, 3, B]

Paul VI senior Antonio Tarantino ran a season-best 21.32 to win his second straight state 200-meter dash title at the Parochial A meet Saturday at Franklin Township. He won with a 21.28 at Egg Harbor last spring.

Tarantino, also the state champ indoors this past winter at 55 meters and runner-up Friday in the 100, is the only South Jersey boy to win the Parochial A 200-meter dash in the last 20 years. The last South Jersey sprinter to win it before him was Ryan Oyeda of Holy Spirit, who ran 22.19 in 1997.

He’s the first Paul VI athlete to win a state title in the same event in consecutive years since Matt DeLiso in the discus in 2002 and 2003.

Egg Harbor ran the eighth-fastest 400-meter relay in South Jersey history Saturday, with freshman Lauren Princz, junior Jadyn Laramore and seniors Viana Magruder and Ajae Alvarez-Tyler winning the group 4 state title race in 47.45 at Franklin Township.

They shaved 15-100ths of a second off their previous Atlantic County and Cape-Atlantic Conference record of 47.60, which they ran at sectionals.

Egg actually ran faster than Union Catholic did moments earlier on the same track in the Parochial A race. Union Catholic ranks No. 1 in the state at 47.42 — 3-100ths faster than EHT — and ran 47.50 on Saturday.

The Eagles broke the Group 4 meet record of 47.48 set in 2014 by Piscataway and just missed the overall all-group meet record of 47.36 set in 2017 by Delsea.

ALL-TIME S.J. GIRLS 400-METER RELAY LIST
46.87 … Eastern, 2003
46.98 … Winslow Twp., 2017
46.9h … Willingboro, 1980
47.18 … Winslow Twp., 2013
47.27 … Delsea, 2017
47.3h … Willingboro, 1981
47.45 … Willingboro, 1994
47.45 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2018
47.49 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
47.54 … Winslow Twp., 2003
47.4h … Camden,, 1978
47.4y … Camden, 1979
47.75 … Eastern, 2002
47.76 … Winslow Twp., 2005
47.76 … Winslow Twp., 2012
47.80 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
47.8h … Willingboro, 2003
47.82 … Moorestown, 2000

Emanuel Harris became Riverside’s third 45-footer Saturday and third state triple jump champion in the last 12 years Friday at the state Group 1 meet at Franklin Township.

Harris jumped 45-8 1/2, breaking the school record of 45-5 1/4 set by Sean Jimoh when he won the triple jump at the 2008 state meet at South Plainfield.

Phil Lindmueller jumped 45-3 1/2 for Riverside in Egg Harbor when he won the 2007 state title over Dan DePalma of Verona (on a second-jump tiebreaker).

That makes Riverside one of only three Group 1 schools in state history with three 45-foot triple jumpers. Boonton and Penns Grove are the others.

Harris extended his PR from 42-9 nearly three feet to become Riverside’s first state champion in 10 years, since Jimoh won the triple jump in 2008.

Riverside has had three boys state champs in the last 28 years, and all three were triple jumpers.

The Rams’ only state champs in an event other than the triple jump were Dan Dmochowski in the intermediate hurdles in 1981 and 1982 (and high hurdles indoors in 1982) and Ron Brock in the 1,600 in 1990.

So Riverside has had more athletes win state titles in the triple jump than in all other events combined.

Harris’ 45-8 1/2 is No. 7 in Burlington County history and No. 4 in South Jersey this year.

ALL-TIME BURLINGTON COUNTY 45-FOOT LIST
47- 9 ….. Marcos Edgehill (Pemberton), 1981
47- 4 ½ … Zakiyy Williams (Rancocas Valley), 2015
46- 6 ….. Brian Williams (Pemberton), 1980
46- 4 ¾ … Greg Francois (Holy Cross), 2006
46- 1 …..Drew Kanz (Seneca), 2009
46- 0 ¾ … John Adewumi (Bordentown), 2013
45- 8 ½ … Emanuel Harris (Riverside), 2018
45- 8 ….. Bryan Potter (Willingboro), 2005
45- 8 … Stephon Gadiare (Northern Burlington), 2012
45- 8 … Bryan Potter (Willingboro), 2005
45- 5 ¼ … Sean Jimoh (Riverside), 2008
45- 4 ¾ … Greg Francois (Holy Cross), 2006
45- 4 ½ … Karl Reed (Lenape), 2007
45- 4 ….. Nick Burke (Maple Shade), 2012
45- 3 ½ … Phil Lindmueller (Riverside), 2007
45- 2 ¾ … Brandon Bourne (Delran), 2009

St. Augustine junior Sincere Rhea completed a fast hurdles double Saturday by winning the 110-meter high hurdles in 14.03 at the state Parochial A meet at Franklin Township.

Rhea, who won the intermediates Friday in a personal-best 54.62, lowered his high hurdles PR from 14.14 – at the South Jersey Invitational – to 14.03. He remains unbeaten this year in both the intermediates and the highs. He ranks No. 2 in South Jersey this spring in the intermediates and No. 1 in the highs. His 14.03 is fastest by a South Jersey junior since Isaac Williams ran 13.99 in 2011.

The only faster hurdler in South Jersey is Quentin Bundy of Pleasantville, who was second in the Group 2 race Friday in 54.47.

Rhea is the first South Jersey hurdler to run as fast as 14.03 and 54.62 the same year since Washington Township’s Devon Carter in 2010. Carter ran 13.96 and 52.72.

Paulsboro freshman Amirah Sharpe shaved nearly three seconds off her PR and won the state Group 1 title at 800 meters Saturday with a school-record 2:15.05 at Franklin Township. It’s the fastest time by a New Jersey freshman this year.

Sharpe’s previous PR was a 2:17.83 at the Gloucester County at Delsea last month. That was her first time under 2:20.

Sharpe’s time is fourth-fastest by a South Jersey freshman over the past decade, behind Shawnee’s Julia Despirito, who ran 2:15.01 in 2011, Haddonfield’s Briana Gess, who ran 2:13.56 in 2014, and Kami Joe Hickson of Washington Township, who now attends Neumann Goretti in Philadelphia, who ran 2:12.04 last year.

Sharpe is one of three freshman twin sisters competing for Paulsboro this spring. They are the daughters of the legendary Fred Sharpe, who turned in the greatest Meet of Champions performance in history in 1997 – winning the 800 in 1:53.40 and the 400 intermediates in 51.62 and placing third in the 1,600 in 4:15.73.

Sharpe went on to become a six-time All-America at Auburn, ran as fast as 48.86 in the 400IH and 1:48.09 in the 800, and raced at the 2004 Olympic Trials. As recently as 2016, at the age of 38, he ran the intermediates in 52.31.

 

Rancocas Valley senior Aliyah Taylor, whose junior year was marred by injuries, returned in style this year and on Friday won her first outdoor state title, running 55.28 and edging Burlington County rival Shelby Whetstone of Lenape, who was second in 55.69.

Taylor and Whetstone are the only South Jersey girls under 56 seconds this year.

Taylor has won four state titles indoors — the 55 as a sophomore and the 400 as a sophomore and a senior as well as the Meet of Champions 200 as a junior — but an outdoor state title had eluded her till now.

Taylor’s outdoor PR was 55.79, which she had run twice, so she lowered that by half a second. She does have a 55.21 to her credit indoors, from her win at indoor Easterns last year at the Armory.

Taylor ranks No. 2 in the state this year, behind only junior Kaira Brown of Kent Play School in Summit, who ran 54.78 at the Parochial A meet this past weekend. Whetstone ranks No. 5.

Taylor and Whetstone rank No. 3 and No. 7 in Burlington County history.

ALL-TIME BURLINGTON COUNTY 400 LIST
52.91 … Michelle Brown (Seneca), 2008
54.19 … Okechi Ogbuokiri (Willingboro), 2003
55.21i … Aliyah Taylor (Rancocas Valley), 2017
55.4h … Carla Hunt (Holy Cross), 1976
55.5h … Danielle Myricks (Willingboro), 2001
55.51 … Mandie Dulin (Shawnee), 1997
55.67 … Shelby Whetstone (Lenape), 2017
55.82 … Danielle Myricks (Willingboro), 2001
56.11 … Courtney Foster (Cherokee), 2013
56.1h … Angela Williams (Pemberton), 1981
56.26 … Shannon Lambert (Lenape), 2017

South Jersey’s top two milers, Haddonfield’s Derek Gess and Highland’s Ben Woodward, ran huge PRs at states Friday, both lowering their PRs below 4:16 in separate races at Central Regional in Bayville.

Gess lowered his PR from 4:18.87 – which he ran indoors at states at the Bennett Center – to 4:15.52, fastest this year in South Jersey. His previous outdoor PR was 4:20.51 at states last year at Northern Burlington.

He placed third in the state Group 2 race, behind Devin Hart of Point Pleasant Borough, who ran 4:12.23, and Fahd Nasser of McNair Academic, who ran 4:14.76.

Incredibly, Gess is the sixth Haddonfield runner in the last 10 years to run sub-4:16. That’s mind-boggling for any school, especially a small public school in the suburbs. And it speaks volumes about Nick Baker and all the coaches in that Haddonfield program.

Here’s that list:

• 4:09.30 … Colin Baker (Haddonfield), 2009
• 4:14.14 … Ben Potts (Haddonfield), 2009
• 4:14.25 … Matt Nussbaum (Haddonfield), 2010
• 4:15.10 … Greg Pelose (Haddonfield), 2015
• 4:15.52 … Derek Gess (Haddonfield), 2018
• 4:15.92 … Jonathan Vitez (Haddonfield), 2009

Woodard lowered his PR a whopping seven seconds, from 4:22.41 to 4:15.62, in a ridiculously fast race that saw five runners under 4:16 and all five PR’ing by at least five seconds.

That’s insane, and it’s why we love this sport so much!

Damien Dilcher won the race in 4:11.28, and Woodard was fifth in 4:15. The race produced five of the top-15 times in the state this year, including Dilcher at No. 2 behind Tim McInerney of CBA, who ran 4:10.75 at the Monmouth County meet last month in Holmdel.

Including Kingsway soph Stone Caraccio of Kingsway and Connor Melko of Bishop Eustace, there are now four South Jersey milers under 4:17 this year. Caraccio ran fourth in the Group 4 race Friday in 4:17.77, and Melko was third in the Parochial A race earlier this week in 4:18.76.

Cinnaminson sophomore Austin Gabay [4:17.79], Camden Catholic junior Matt Coffey [4:18.33], Kingsway senior Jonathan Connor [4:19.77] and Cherokee senior Justin Kelly [4:19.93] give South Jersey a total of eight under 4:20.

 

Delsea seniors George Tenenberg, William Mayhew and Michael Szwed and junior Colin Kane teamed up to win the 3,200-meter relay Friday at the state Group 3 meet at Central Regional in Bayville.

Splits aren’t available at the moment (please post them if you have them!), but Delsea ran a school-record 7:49.95, winning by two meters over West Windsor-Plainsboro South, which ran 7:51.27.

Delsea’s time is No. 1 in South Jersey this year and No. 3 in the state, behind two Mercer County schools — Princeton (7:47.89 to win the state Group 4 race) and Hopewell Valley (7:48.94 at the Mercer County Relays).

Delsea’s previous school record 4-by-8 was apparently its 7:54.57 last week at sectionals.

The Crusaders broke the state Group 3 meet record of 7:51.66 set in 2016 by Morris Hills.

Delsea’s time is fourth-fastest in Gloucester County history behind Deptford in 1967 (7:46.2 converted from two miles), Kingsway in 2011 (7:47.66) and Woodbury in 1977 (7:48.3 converted from two miles).

Here’s a close approximation of an all-time South Jersey list, but it may be missing some times from the 1970s and 1980s. Please post any additions or corrections in the comments section. Thanks!

All-Time South Jersey list
7:40.43 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017
7:40.71 … Pleasantville, 2013
7:40.99 … Willingboro, 1983
7:43.57 … Haddonfield, 2015
7:44.25 … Willingboro, 2003
7:46.2h … Deptford, 1967
7:47.27 … Egg Harbor, 2016
7:47.66 … Kingsway, 2011
7:47.96 … Haddonfield, 2016
7:47.9h … Willingboro, 1982
7:48.25 … Vineland, 2012
7:48.3h … Woodbury, 1977
7:48.70 … Rancocas Valley, 2016
7:49.67 … Washington Twp., 2009
7:49.85 … Cherokee, 2012
7:49.95 … Delsea, 2018

Delsea senior Khaliel Burnett shattered the state triple jump record with a leap of 50-9 1/4 at the state Group 3 track championships at Central Regional in Bayville.

Burnett broke the state and South Jersey mark of 50-6 3/4, set in 2013 by Dominique Irons of Haddon Heights at the state Group 1 meet at Egg Harbor Township.

His mark is No. 3 on the 2018 U.S. high school list, according to the MileSplit database, behind only Chris Welch of Dickinson (Texas) High School and Keyshawn King of Liberty (S.C.) High.

He broke his own Gloucester County record of 50-4, which he set last weekend at the Group 3 sectionals on his home track in Franklinville.

Burnett also broke the overall meet record – Irons’ 50-6 3/4 — and the state Group 3 meet record of 47-10 1/2, set in 2005 by Harold Blyden of Bergenfield.

Burnett had to be at his best just to win. He was pushed by Hamilton West junior Richmond Shasha, who placed second with a two-foot PR of 48-3 1/4, the No. 16 jump in state history and No. 4 in Mercer County history. Shasha’s PR as recently a week ago was just 42-11.

ALL-TIME N.J TRIPLE JUMP LIST
50-9 1/4 … Khaliel Burnett [Delsea], 2018
50-6 3/4 … Dominique Irons [Haddon Heights], 2013
50-5 … Chris Phipps [Lodi], 2008
50-3 1/4 … Dodley Thermitus [Elizabeth], 2016
50-2 1/2 … Eric Bethea [Piscataway], 2015
50-1 1/2 … Myles Hartsfield [Sayreville], 2014
50-0 1/4 … Devon Bond [Trenton], 2007
49-11 1/2 … Devin Jones [Boonton], 2010
49-5 … Jon Pitt [South Brunswick], 2013
49-4 3/4 … Tiquan Underwood [Notre Dame], 2005
49-1 1/4 … Rolston Braithwaite [Trenton], 2008
49-0 1/2 … Anthony DiCosmo [Paramus Catholic], 1995
49-0 … Nadale Buntin [J.P. Stevens], 2018
48-10 1/2 … Larry Russell [Timber Creek], 2015
48-10 … Adam Bergo [Westfield], 2008
48-3 1/4 … Richmond Shasha [Hamilton West], 2018
48-3 1/4 … Ryan Chance [Glassboro], 2009
48-3 … Barden Adams [West Orange], 2014
48-2 1/2 … Kyle Lindsey [Paterson], 2006
48-2 1/2 … Tyrell Judson [Piscataway], 2013
48-2 1/4 … Bernard Hoover [Hasbrouck Heights], 2004
48-2 … Craig Halyard [Ridgewood], 1989
48-2 … Emeke Eze [Sayreville], 2012
48-1 1/2 … Sean Wimbush [Teaneck], 2011
48-1 1/2 … Malik Snead [Hamilton West], 2015
48-1 1/4 … Aaron King [Morris Hills], 2007
48-0 1/4 … Gerald Spears [Teaneck], 1989
48-0 1/4 … Darius Pemberton [Hackensack], 1992
48-0 … Josh Butler [Delsea], 2006
48-0 … Kevin Bostick [Bergen Catholic], 2008
48-0 … Dean Uduh [Columbia], 2015

ALL-TIME SOUTH JERSEY TRIPLE JUMP LIST
50-  9 1/4 … Khaliel Burnett [Delsea], 2018
50-  6 3/4 …. Dominique Irons [Haddon Heights], 2013
48-10 1/2 … Larry Russell [Timber Creek], 2015
48-  3 1/4 … Ryan Chance [Glassboro], 2009
48-  0 ………. Josh Butler [Delsea], 2006
47-  9 1/4 … Marcus Edghilll [Pemberton], 1981
47-  7 1/2 … Mikhail Micheaux [Eastern], 2014
47-  6 1/2 … Chris Roundtree [Haddon Hts.], 2009
47-  5 1/2 … Khaliel Burnett [Delsea], 2017
47-  5 ……… Steven Brown [Penns Grove], 2009
47-  4 3/4 … Cheo King [Woodbury], 2017
47- 4 1/2 … Zakiyy Williams [Rancocas Valley], 2017
47-  4 ……… Tristan Wilson [Delsea], 2014
47-  3 1/4 … Antwan Dickerson [Pennsauken], 2013
47-  3 ……… Mike Baker [Cherry Hill West], 1976
47-  0 1/4 … Earnest Daniel [Kingsway], 2017