The team of junior Mikell Dolo, sophomore Balkis Lyiola, junior Tamia Welch Smith and sophomore Gloria Hughes ran 1:03.23 to win the shuttle hurdles at the Willingboro Relays Monday at Carl Lewis Stadium, Willingboro’s fastest time in the event in 22 years.
The only faster Willingboro shuttle hurdles team was the 1997 group, which ran a hand-timed 1:02.1.
Willingboro’s time is No. 7 in the state this year and No. 3 by a South Jersey school. And it’s No. 5 in Burlington County history and fastest since Lenape ran 1:02.53 in 2008.
Here’s the all-time South Jersey list:
ALL-TIME S.J. GIRLS SHUTTLE HURDLES
59.00 … Edgewood, 1999
59.52 … Eastern, 2019
59.79 … Pennsauken, 1999
1:00.14 … Buena, 2012
1:00.18 … Winslow Twp., 2014
1:01.17 … Woodrow Wilson, 2012
1:01.58 … Millville, 2019
1:01.68 … Winslow Twp., 2002
1:01.6h … Woodrow Wilson, 2005
1:01.94 … Edgewood, 1998
1:02.0h … Moorestown, 1994
1:02.1h … Willingboro, 1997
1:02.16 … Wilson, 2003
1:02.51 … Mainland Regional, 2018
1:02.53 … Lenape, 2008
1:02.59 … Paul VI, 2018
1:02.68 … Mainland Reg., 2018
1:02.86 … Edgewood, 2001
1:03.23 … Willingboro, 2019
1:03.49 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
1:03.53 … Winslow Twp., 2019
1:03.62 … Absegami, 2017
1:03.73 … Highland, 1998
1:03.79 … Camden, 2015
ALL-TIME BURLINGTON COUNTY GIRLS SHUTTLE HURDLES
1:02.0h … Moorestown, 1994
1:02.1h … Willingboro, 1997
1:02.53 … Lenape, 2008
1:03.23 … Willingboro, 2019
1:03.49 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
1:04.07 … Lenape, 2007
1:04.27 … Burlington Twp., 2007
1:04.6h … Willingboro, 1996
1:05.3 … Willingboro, 2002
1:05.53 … Holy Cross, 2007
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 