The Millville girls scored 238 points Thursday in the Cumberland County. That’s a lot in any meet, even one with just four teams.
Now imagine if they used the typical 10-8-6-4-2-1 scoring system instead of 8-6-4-2-1.
Millville would have been over 300 points.
It was an impressive tuneup for Millville, which heads into the championship portion of the season with a deep, talented, balanced team that covers every event on the track and in the field.
Millville won every event, went at least 1-2 in 10 events and swept the top three spots in six events.
Let’s take a quick look at Millville’s performance Thursday at Vineland:
100-METER DASH: Senior Malea Broome, junior Zaniah Bowman and freshman Ja’Nasia Febry swept the top three spots for 18 points, and all three broke 13 seconds.
200-METER DASH: Broome, Bowman and junior Ciera Bowman swept the top three spots, with Broome running 25.81.
400-METER DASH: Broome dipped under a minute with a 59.97 win, and Febry was third in 1:02.00.
800-METER RUN: Senior Raelynne Miller ran 2:26.89 to lead a 1-2-3 sweep with senior Jahnaya Farnville and freshman Tanya Smith in the second and third for the Thunderbolts.
1,600-METER RUN: Smith and freshman Cassidy Blough went 1-2.
3,200-METER RUN: Miller and Blough ran 1-2 for Millville.
100-METER HURDLES: Freshman Bryanna Craig led a 1-2-3 sweep with a personal-best 14.52, with senior Briona Patterson and freshman Leah Ellis in second and third.
400-METER HURDLES: Bryanna Craig won in 1:03.76.
1,600-METER RELAY: Febry, Patterson, Farnville and Miller ran for Millville, which ran 4:07.46.
HIGH JUMP: Craig cleared 5-4, junior Kenny’a Dunns an outdoor PR 5-2 and Ellis a PR 5-0 for another 1-2-3 Millville sweep.
LONG JUMP: Ellis sailed an outdoor-best 17-7 1/4, Zaniah Bowman jumped 16-10 and sophomore Asia Holland 16-0 1/2 for the top-three sweep.
TRIPLE JUMP: Ciera Bowman jumped 34-1 1/2 and sophomore Alaysia Coursey 32-10 1/2 for first and second.
POLE VAULT: Senior Malayshia Andrews cleared 9-0 for the win.
DISCUS: Juniors Fatimah Owens (105-8), Tereana Parker (103-5) and Kira Parsons (95-9) led the 1-2-3 Millville sweep.
SHOT PUT: Parker threw 40-1 1/2 for a personal best, and Owens was second at 35-2 1/2.
JAVELIN: Parsons threw a season-best 131-3, just two feet off her PR, for the win.
