The boys Meet of Champions dates back to 1969, and the girls meet began five years later.

What are the most amazing marks from those first 50 years?

We’ve got them!

Exclusive to New Jersey MileSplit and the From the Backstretch blog, it’s the Meet of Champions all-time top-20 performance lists for every event!

Jim Lambert and I spent hours putting these lists together, and we’re sure you’ll spend hours studying them.

One thing is certain: Based on the way the season has gone before, there will be major revisions to these lists after this weekend!

The 51st annual Meet of Champions is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Northern Burlington Regional High in Mansfield Township.

Hope you enjoy these lists as much as we enjoyed putting them together!

Boys All-Time Meet of Champions Performance List!
Girls All-Time Meet of Champions Performance List!

Claudine Smith put on a remarkable performance at Group 4 states this weekend, running one of the fastest times in state history in the high hurdles and shattering the meet record in the triple jump by nearly a foot.

Smith, a senior at Atlantic City, goes into the Meet of Champions as the top seed in both the hurdles and the triple jump.

Let’s take a look at her two incredible performances:

HIGH HURDLES: Smith lowered her PR from 14.04, which she ran in April at the Jamaica Athletics Administrative CARIFTA (Caribbean Free Trade Association) Trials in Kingston, Jamaica. That 13.80 is No. 13 in state history ranks her No. 25 nationally according to the MileSplit database. It’s No. 4 in South Jersey history behind Olympic medalist Nia Ali of Pleasantville, who ran 13.65 in 2006, Nichole Hill’s 13.72 for Oakcrest in 1997, and Stey’ce McNeil of Winslow, who ran 13.79 in 2012. Interesting that Smith’s time is No. 13 in state history but only No. 3 in Atlantic County history. The full list of every girl in state history who’s run under 14 seconds is below. The Meet of Champions is shaping up to be a tremendous race with Smith, 2018 indoor Meet of Champions winner Grace O’Shea of Ramapo, who ran 13.82 to win the state Group 3 meet, and Tionna Tobias of Winslow, who ran a PR 13.99 behind O’Shea, No. 10 in South Jersey history.

TRIPLE JUMP: Smith’s 41-6 destroyed the Group 4 meet record of 40-7 3/4, set in 2013 by Columbia’s Kayla Richardson. Smith jumped slightly aster at the Carifta Trials — 41-6 1/2 — but it was wind-aided. Her 41-6 makes her the No. 1 seed Saturday at Northern Burlington by seven inches over Mahogany Jenkins of Watchung Hills, the only New Jersey other girl over 40 feet this year. Smith, ranked No. 3 nationally in the triple jump, is also No. 3 in state history. That list is below also.

ALL-TIME N.J. 100-METER HURDLES LIST

13.20 … Dawn Bowles (Neptune), 1985

13.34 … Sydney McLaughlin (Union Catholic), 2014

13.35 … Charmaine Walker (Plainfield), 1997

13.50 … Porscha Dobson (Kent Plaeace), 2003

13.65 … Nia Ali (Pleasantville), 2006

13.67 … Patricia Dziekonska (West Windsor-Plains. North), 2014

13.71 … Lanyka Brown (Metuchen), 1996

13.72 … Nichole Hill (Oakcrest), 1997

13.73 … Kim Turko (North Edison), 1997

13.77 … Amber Williams (Roxbury), 2001

13.78 … Lakeema Lewis (Plainfield), 1998

13.79 … Stey’ce McNeil (Winslow Twp.), 2012

13.80 … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2019

13.82 … Trier Young (Neptune), 2005
13.82 … Grace O’Shea (Ramapo), 2019
13.84 … Lenaami Morton (Camden), 2017

13.85 … Carol Lewis (Willingboro), 1980

13.85 … Danielle Delgado (Franklin Twp.), 2013

13.85 … Sherese Price (Pleasantville), 1998

13.86 … Amaya Chadwick (Union Catholic), 2017

13.88 … Zonya Cross (Edgewood), 1983

13.88 … Amber Williams (Roxbury), 2001

13.89 … Dashana Ransome (Irvington), 2012

13.90 … Kim Henry (Old Bridge), 2003

13.91 … Kayann Richards (Columbia), 2010

13.91 … Samantha Jensen (Central Regional), 2012

13.95 … Selena Lewis (Elizabeth), 1998

13.95 … Morgan Harvey (North Hunterdon), 2013

13.96 … Ashley Adams (Plainfield), 2006

13.98 … Tramaine Shaw (Piscataway), 2004

13.98 … Cidae’a Woods (Winslow Twp.), 2014

13.99 … Imani Gilliam (Pennsauken), 2004
13.99 … Tionna Tobias (Winslow Twp.), 2019

ALL-TIME N.J. TRIPLE JUMP LIST

44-11 … Keturah Orji [Mount Olive], 2013

42-2 3/4 … Charlene Cummings [Englewood], 1998

41-6 1/2 … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2019

40-11 … Mahogany Jenkins [Watchung Hills], 2018

40-10 1/4 … Ashley Edwards [Northern Burlington], 2014

40-9 1/2 … Iana Amsterdam [Essex Tech], 2013

40-7 3/4 … Kayla Richardson [Columbia], 2013

40-7 … Shenaie Herber [JFK Paterson], 2008

40-6 3/4 … Tiffany Bautista [Paramus Catholic], 2018

40-6 1/4 … Essence Mayers [Lakewood], 2011

40-6 … Jordan Fields [Columbia], 2016
40-5 ….. Nnenna Ibe [North Brunswick], 2015
40-4 1/2 … Adefunke Sonaike [Montgomery], 2011
40-3 1/4 … Ebony Young [Hillsborough], 2009
40-1 1/4 … Kaitlin Salisbury [Hawthorne], 2016
40-1 …… Domonique Pantin [Freehold Twp.], 2015
40-0 1/4 … Stephanie McIntyre [South Brunswick], 2007
40-0 ……….Bonvie Fosam [Robbinsville], 2017
40-0 ………. Ada Unachukwu [Marlboro], 2009

The Clayton boys didn’t win a state title this weekend. What they did with just five boys is almost as impressive.

The Clayton bus brought five boys to Franklin Township for the state Group 1 meet.

Each of those five boys – Thomas Hampton, TerMeir Hill, Justin Gibson, Dominick Bishop and Dorien DePina – medaled.

And that bus returned to Gloucester County with the second-place team trophy.

Now, that’s incredible.

Clayton might not have the depth to to put together a great dual meet record or win a conference or county title. They were fifth in the Gloucester County Championships and seventh in the Tri-County Conference, and that’s actually pretty impressive considering the Clippers competed in those meets with a total of just 14 boys.

But in big meets? Clayton has some serious firepower up top. The Clippers lost a heartbreaker at the South Jersey Group 1 meet, where they finished one point behind Haddon Township. And this past weekend they went to states and finished second only to a deep and powerful Willingboro team.

It’s the best finish ever at states for Clayton, and it speaks volumes about the coaching staff, the five boys who competed at states and everybody else in the program for sticking with it during some tough times and taking on the best small-school programs in the state and beating all but one of them.

Clayton’s two big guns are senior Thomas Hampton and sophomore TerMeir Hill. They each became Clayton’s first individual state champions in 24 years, since Don Taylor won the shot put with a throw of 51-9 1/2 in 1995. (Before that it was Mike Conover in the javelin with a 198-1 in 1983!)

Let’s take a look at these two and the rest of this remarkable Clayton bunch!

THOMAS HAMPTON: Became the first Clayton boy ever to win two events at a state championship with wins in the 100 in 10.69 and the 200 in 21.76 and made it three gold medals with a leg on Clayton’s winning 400-meter relay team, which went 42.25. Hampton will be the No. 4 seed in the 100 at Meet of Champions and No. 9 in the 200. The Clippers are the No. 5 seed in the 4-by-100. Hampton is Gloucester County’s fastest in the 100 since Glassboro’s James Brown ran 10.47 in 2009. He’s No. 4 in county history in the 100 at 10.60, behind only legendary Bill “Peanut” Gaines, who ran a hand-timed 10.2 for Clearview in 1966, Brown and Washington Township’s Todd Dutch (10.53 in 2001).

TERMEIR HILL: Hill PR’d by more than a foot to win the state Group 1 long jump title with a ridiculous 23-3 jump. That’s the best by a South Jersey sophomore since Mikhail Micheaux of Eastern went 24-2 1/2 in 2012 and makes him the No. 4 seed in the M-of-C. Incredibly, Clayton has now had two 23-foot jumpers in the last three years. Marcus Chambers went 23-0 to place fourth at the 2017 Meet of Champions. Kimere Brown of Penns Grove jumped 23-3 to win Group 1 in 2014, but Hill’s 23-3 matches the longest winning jump at Group 1 states since Devin Jones of Boonton went 23-4 to win in 2010.

400-METER RELAY TEAM: Hampton, Hill and sophomores Justin Gibson and Dominick Bishop ran 42.25, just missing the Group 1 meet record of 42.14 set in 2016 by Jonathan Taylor and Salem. Clayton’s 42.25 is one of the fastest times ever recorded by a New Jersey Group 1 school. I actually couldn’t find any times other than Salem’s faster than Clayton’s. And the Clippers could very well go faster Saturday or at nationals, if they choose to race in Greensboro.

Here’s the all-time Gloucester County 400-meter relay top 10, with Clayton at No. 7:

41.47 … Deptford, 2018
41.55 … Deptford, 2017
42.12 … Deptford, 2016
42.15 … Delsea, 2010
42.17 … Deptford, 2013
42.23 … Delsea, 2019
42.25 … Clayton, 2019
42.27 … Deptford, 2019
42.30 … Delsea, 2007
42.40 … Deptford, 2015

JUSTIN GIBSON: In addition to the relay leg we just referred to, Gibson ran a huge PR of 22.39 to place third in the 200. The sophomore’s previous-best was 22.88 at the Tri-County Championships, so that’s about a half second improvement in the biggest race of the year.

DOMINICK BISHOP: Another sophomore, Bishop also ran on the winning 4-by-100 team.

DORIEN DEPINA: DePina, the No. 12 seed, placed fifth in the triple jump at 43-1 3/4.

It really was an incredible weekend for Gloucester County track. Paulsboro won the girls Group 1 title, the rival Delsea and Deptford boys won the Group 2 and 3 titles and tiny Clayton was second in Group 1. Matter of fact, four of the top nine finishers in Group 1 come from Gloucester County – Clayton in second, Woodbury in third, Pitman in seventh and Glassboro in ninth, all with at least 20 minutes. That’s really amazing.

If the names of DePina, Bishop and Hill seem familiar, they all played on the Clayton basketball team that as a No. 8 seed beat Wildwood to win the 2019 South Jersey Group 1 basketball team, Clayton’s first since 1980 and the days of Granger Hall.

So yeah. These guys are used to defying the odds.

Delsea’s state track championship this weekend was definitely a true track and FIELD championship.

The Crusaders won the state Group 2 title by one point, thanks to a phenomenal performance from their field team.

Delsea scored 42 of its 56 points in the field on the way to an intense one-point win over a very talented Haddonfield team at Central Regional. Delsea finished with a 56-55 win.

It was a fascinating team battle, since Delsea and Haddonfield are so strong in different areas. In fact, there was only one event where they both scored.

Delsea’s only medalists on the track were senior Colin Kane, who placed fourth in the 3,200 with a six-second PR of 9:26.96, and the 400-meter relay team — senior Aidan Borguet, juniors Damir Lomax and Shaikyi Hannah and senior Jimmy Vargo — which won in 42.23, fourth-fastest from all the state meets.

Everything else? Jumpers and throwers.

As always, Delsea piled up huge points in the pole vault, where juniors Nico and Marco Morales and senior Ryan Jillard went 2-3-4 for 18 points. The Morales twins each cleared 15-0 and Jillard got over the bar at 14-0.

Junior Jake Nwosu won the discus with a 160-2 throw, Lomax took second in the long jump at 22-9 1/2 and senior Kevin Gilliano was third in the shot put with a 50-3 3/4 throw.

Nwosu is on quite a run, with wins in the Gloucester County and Tri-County meets along with sectionals and now states. This is a kid who was eighth at Woodbury and fifth in the South Jersey Invitational before something clicked in mid-May. His 173-3 at sectionals is No. 6 in the state.

For Lomax, that 22-9 1/2 jump represented a massive PR. This is an athlete who just started long jumping this winter and didn’t even break 20 feet until two months ago.

But he’s increased his PR in every major championship meet — 20-10 1/4 at counties, 21-1 at conference, 21-5 at sectionals and another 16 1/2 inches for 22-9 1/2 and second place at states. When you look at a one-point team title, you look at a guy who wouldn’t have even placed if he just jumped at his PR. That’s how you win a championship.

And then there’s Gilliano, who was the fifth seed and placed third. The difference between fifth and third is four points, and Delsea won by one.

The title was Delsea’s second overall and second in a row. They’re only the second Gloucester County school to win a state title in consecutive years since 1980. Woodbury won Group 1 in 2010 and 2011.

The boys and girls performance lists for this weekend’s 51st annual Meet of Champions are now available!

There could be slight alterations to the lists over the next few hours, since coaches are allowed to update seeds with superior marks from earlier in the season for winners on the state level.

But this is the complete list of accepted athletes for the biggest meet of the year.

The Meet of Champions is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Northern Burlington Regional High School in Mansfield.

Click here to find the complete lists: https://nj.milesplit.com/articles/262749-njsiaa-meet-of-champions-performance-list-wild-cards

Willingboro didn’t just win a state title this weekend, the Chimeras did it in the most dominating fashion imaginable.

The Chimeras won the 13th state title in school history — but first in 16 years — by 43 points, the largest margin ever in Group 1.

A very small but very game Clayton group finished second, the best in school history, with 48 points. More on the Clippers soon.

Willingboro’s 91 points are the second-most in state Group 1 history, behind only Penns Grove’s monster 112 1/2 points in 2013.

For the Boro, the title was a long time coming.

From 1979 through 1994, led by legends such as Carl Lewis, Gerard Reynolds and Lamont Smith, won 10 state titles in a 16-year span.

But the Chimeras won two championships since 1994, both coming in Group 3 during the Mike Morrison Era in 2002 and 2003.

Willingboro’s longest drought without a state title ended Saturday when the Chimeras won that elusive 13th title and their first outdoor championship under coach Martin Booker.

Only CBA and Montclair (21 each) and Glen Ridge (15) have won more state titles than Willingboro. But Glen Ridge hasn’t won one sine 1966 and Montclair has only won two since 1958.

Since Willingboro opened in the fall of 1976, no public school in the state has won more state titles.

In fact, Camden has the second-most with nine, and seven of them were with Booker coaching the Panthers.

Public school NJ titles since 1976
12 … Willingboro
9 … Camden
8 … Asbury Park
8 … Bridgeton
8 … Metuchen
8 … Winslow Twp.
6 … Timber Creek
5 … Plainfield
5 … Woodbury
5 … Bernards
5 … Somerville
5 … Monmouth Regional
5 … Haddonfield

This title was a lot like the others, with Willingboro showing tremendous strength in the sprints, hurdles and throws.

Senior Jayaire King led the way with a monster weekend. We already wrote about his double win on Friday♦♦♦ but King followed that with a third place in the high hurdles with a 14.46 after a PR 14.43 in the trials and then ran a leg on Willingboro’s first-place relay team.

That team, seniors Dinonn Capp, King and Elijah Valme and freshman Jaylen Young, ran 3:21.84 for the win.

He’s only the fifth Willingboro boy to win three gold medals at a state meet. The first four are all absolute legends at the Boro:

♦♦♦ Carl Lewis was the first to triple at a state meet, and he did it as a senior in 1979 (little-known fact that Carl didn’t win a state title until the end of this senior year) when he won the 100-yard dash in 9.9, the 220 in 21.8 and the long jump at 24-5 1/2.

♦♦♦ Gerard Reynolds did it as a junior in Group 3 in 1989. He won the highs in a meet-record 13.8, the intermediates in 54.0 and the long jump in a meet-record 24-3.

♦♦♦ Reynolds did it again in 1990, when he won the Group 4 long jump (24-2 1/2) and intermediates (53.92) and ran on the winning relay team (3:19.24). He didn’t win the 110 highs, although he did win them at the Meet of Champions (along with the long jump).

♦♦♦ Lamont Smith did it in 1991 when he won the Group 4 200 (21.75) and 400 (47.89) and anchored the winning relay team (3:18.0).

♦♦♦ Mike Morrison did it in Group 3 as a junior in 2002 with wins in the high jump (7-0) and long jump (22-11 3/4) and a leg on the winning relay team, which ran 3:15.71.

Senior Emmanuel Lewis III also had a huge day, winning the discus at 160-6 and the shot put at 48-0 for 16 big points. He’s the first state discus champ Willingboro has ever had (although Greg Hardy of Willingboro Kennedy won Group 3 in 1988 with a 155-1 throw and went on to win the Meet of Champions at 169-2).

Juniors Kameron Smith and Nate Robertson went 1-3 in the high jump, Smith at 6-6 and Robertson with a 6-4.

Junior Zaire Clements and Valme both medaled in two sprints, Clements with a fourth in the 100 (11.31) and sixth in the 200 (22.67) and Valme with a fifth in the 200 (22.64) and sixth in the 400 (50.61).

Kevin Peterson PR’d at 14.70 for fourth in the high hurdles and junior Dontavis Wilson took fifth in the pole vault.

The Boro also took second in the 4-by-100 in 43.34, behind Clayton’s 42.25. Young, Clements, Smith and Valme ran for the Chimeras.

 

The Winslow girls have been doing this so routinely and in such dominating fashion it’s easy to just take them for granted.

But the reality is this is one of the greatest track programs in New Jersey history.

Period.

This weekend Winslow became the first public school program in state history to win seven straight state championships, and with athletes like Nylah Perry and Janeya Hammond back for another year the Eagles will certainly be in the mix for an eighth straight title next spring.

Led by the tireless Tionna Tobias along with Perry and Hammond, Winslow piled up 72 points in Group 3 this weekend and finished with a 20-point margin of victory over Ramapo.

Incredibly, only one of Winslow’s seven straight state titles has even been close, and that was the one the Eagles shared with Northern Highlands in 2015. The six others have been by an average of 30 points:

2019: Winslow 72, Ramapo 52
2018: Winslow 73, West Essex 43
2017: Winslow 76, West Essex 38
2016: Winslow 66, Absegami 49
2015: Winslow 62, Northern Highlands 62
2014: Winslow 80, Northern Highlands 31
2013: Winslow 115, Kingsway 87

Winslow is the fourth school to win seven straight state titles. Notre Dame of Lawrenceville won a record eight straight from 1993 to 2000 in Parochial A, Pingry Prep of Bernardsville won seven straight in Parochial B from 2001 through 2007, and Pope John XXIII of Sparta won seven straight from 1984 through 1990 in Parochial B. All are non-publics.

Winslow and Monmouth Regional (Group 3 from 1985-1990) had shared the record for consecutive titles by public school programs until Winslow won this year’s championship. Only Columbia (1994-1998, 2010-2014) has also won five straight.

The next-longest streak by a South Jersey girls program is three by Clearview from 1990 through 1992 in Group 2.

Several have won two in a row:

Seneca – 2009-10 [Group 3]
Williamstown – 1981-82 [Group 2]
Williamstown – 1995-96 [Group 3]
Willingboro – 1980-81 [Group 4]
Woodbury – 1976-77 [Group 1]
Bishop Eustace – 1995-96 [Parochial A]
Camden – 1978-79 [Group 4]
Camden – 2008 [Group 3], 2009 [Group 2]
Delsea – 2010-11 [Group 3
Eastern – 2002-03 [Group 4]
Haddonfield – 1998-99 [Group 1]
Haddonfield – 2014-15 [Group 2]

Winslow is at seven straight and counting, which is just remarkable.

Let’s take a look at how the Eagles won their latest championship!

TIONNA TOBIAS: The senior ran a personal-best 13.99 in the high hurdles and took second to defending Meet of Champions winner Grace O’Shea of Ramapo, who ran 13.82. She also placed second to Wilson’s Dennisha Page in the 100 with a PR 12.19, jumped 18-4 1/2 for second in the long jump to Timber Creek’s Tierra Hooker and placed third in the high jump with a PR-tying 5-4 clearance. That’s 30 points for Tobias!

NYLAH PERRY: Placed second to Page in the 400 with a personal-best 56.23, third behind Page in the 200 in another PR 24.73 and second in the intermediates in 1:02.41, behind O’Shea. She also anchored Winslow’s winning 1,600-meter relay team, which ran 3:50.56. That’s 22 individual points for Perry along with her relay work!

JANEYA HAMMOND: Placed fourth in the intermediates in 1:03.61 and fifth in both the 200 (PR 25.06) and 400 (57.55) and ran the second leg on the 4-by-4. That’s 10 big points plus the relay for Hammond!

Winslow’s 4-by-1 was DQ’d on the sectional level or their team score would have almost certainly been much higher.

The Eagles did get two points in the 3,200-meter relay team, where freshmen Victoria Campbell and Charly Dutton and seniors Nicole Hood and Alexandria Morris ran 9:46.95 for fifth place.

Sophomore Amirah Sharpe and senior Amaya Reed-Clark combined for 44 points and the Paulsboro girls won their first state title in 15 years this weekend at Franklin High.

Sharpe won the 800 for a second straight year with a PR 2:15.84, took second in the intermediates in 1:04.28 and was third in the 400 with a PR 58.15 for 24 huge points.

She’s the first Paulsboro girl to win the same event at states in consecutive years sine LaVon Childress in the shot put in 2010 (39-8 3/4) and 2011 (37-9 1/2).

Reed-Clark became Paulsboro’s first double winner at states since that same 2004 season with PRs of 40-4 1/2 in the shot and 115-5 in the discus.

She’s Paulsboro’s first double winner at states since Shardae Anderson, daughter of Flipper, won the 100 in 12.23 and the 200 in 26.14 at the 2004 state meet at Notre Dame High in Lawrenceville.

Paulsboro outscored second-place Shabazz of Newark 67-47 to win its second title in school history and first title since 2004 when the Red Raiders topped Verona, 58-47 1/3. Their 67 points are the most in Group 1 since 2014, when Penns Grove scored 73.

Paulsboro scored 16 huge points in the two sprint relays.

The Sharpe triplets — sophomores Ariel, Arianna and Amirah — along with senior Anyia Brown ran 3:57.74 to win the 4-by-4.

And Ariel Sharpe, freshmen Aaliyyah Bateman and Kay Robinson along with Brown anchoring ran 50.12 for third in the 4-by-1.

Also for Paulsboro, Anyia Brown placed fourth in the 100 in 12.69, Arianna Sharpe took fifth in the 200 in 25.83 and Ariel Sharpe was sixth in the 100 in 12.92.

As always, South Jersey dominated the state track championships this past weekend at Central Regional and Franklin Township.

Complete results can be found here: https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4bl

We’ll keep posting stories on South Jersey’s remarkable teams and athletes today and throughout the week, but here’s a handy guide to all our posts so far!

Thanks for reading!

Connor Melko wins Parochial A 3,200, runs 9:07: https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4b5

Dennisha Page runs #6 200 in state history to complete remarkable sprint triple: https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4bp

How the Millville and Rancocas Valley girls wound up tied for state Group 4 title after intense two-day battle: https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4bn

How relay depth helped Deptford boys win first state title in school history: https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4bj

2:10 and a state title for Shelby Whetstone! https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4bf

SJ hurdlers Sincere Rhea, Naseem Smith, Sam Aviles put on a wild show at states: https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4bd

Incredible jumps double for Timber Creek junior Tierra Hooker: https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4bb

Would you believe 10:48 from Sarah Naticchia in her fourth lifetime 3,200? https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4b9

Alex Stockton continues remarkable Riverside triple jump tradition with improbable state title: https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4b3

Sarah Naticchia goes 4:55 in fast Group 2 1,600! https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4b1

Jayire King becomes Willingboro’s first double winner at states in 16 years! https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4aX

Dominating race for EHT’s Lauren Princz! https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4aV

Kingsway’s Stone Caraccio runs 4:13!!! https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4aT

Huge 400IH PR for Aliya Rae Garozzo: https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4aR

Another state title for Meredith Updike! https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4aO

Dennisha Page keeps breaking records and making history.

The Woodrow Wilson senior fashioned a dazzling sprint triple this weekend in the state Group 3 meet at Franklin, highlighted by a huge personal-best — and near South Jersey-record — 23.72 in the 200.

On Friday, Page won the 100 in 12.07 and the 400 in 55.66. Both are very fast and were terrific performances. But she saved her truly historic moment for Saturday.

Racing in the Group 3 200, Page ran 23.72, beating second-place Grace O’Shea of Ramapo — the 100 and 400 hurdles winner – by a whopping seven meters

Page’s 23.72 is No. 6 in state history and fastest by a South Jersey girl in 37 years, since legendary Michele Glover of Willingboro, an All-America at Houston, set the South Jersey of 23.69 in 1981.

I know English Gardner’s 23.60 is listed in some places as a South Jersey record, but that mark was achieved in an AAU meet in Dover, Del., during the summer of 2007, and youth track marks have never been eligible for high school record-keeping purposes. Only meets during the high school season or an extension of the high school season, like Golden West, New Balance Nationals or USATF Junior Nationals, are eligible for consideration as high school records.

In any case, Page’s previous PR was a 23.99 at last year’s Meet of Champions, so she lowered her 200 PR more than a quarter of a second.

She’s undefeated this year in the 200 and 400 and has just one loss in the 100 — to Eastern’s Jailya Ash in the 100 at the Camden County meet at Haddon Township last month.

Page has PRs of 11.68 and 54.41 from sectionals. Incredibly, she also PR’d this weekend in the long jump with an 18-3 for fourth place. So she single-handedly scored 34 points, every point Wilson scored.

Only three Group 3 teams in the entire state — Winslow (72), Ramapo (52) and Northern Highlands (35) — scored more points than Page.

Page is only the second girl in state history to run sub-11.70, sub-23.80 and sub-55. Shavon Greaves of Lakewood (11.61, 23.69 54.73 in 2007), a multiple All-America at Penn State, did it in 2007. (If you only consider girls who have run sub-11.0, sub-23.80 and sub-54.50, then Page is the ONLY member of that group!)

Page now ranks No. 6 in South Jersey history in the 100, No. 2 in the 200 and No. 8 in the 400. On the all-time state list, she’s No. 14 in the 100, No. 6 in the 200 and No. 24 in the 400.

One thing Page did not do in that 200 Saturday was break the meet record in the 200. Greaves set it in 2007 when she ran her career-best 23.69.

N.J. ALL-TIME 200-METER DASH LIST
22.96 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2017
22.99 … Wendy Vereen [Trenton], 1983
23.42 … Aleah Williams [Montclair], 1999
23.69 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], 1981
23.69 … Shavon Greaves [Lakewood], 2007
23.72 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2018
23.73 … Myasia Jacobs [Paramus Catholic], 2010
23.85 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
23.87 … Jenna Harris [Franklin Twp.], 2003
23.90 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018
23.90 … Denise Liles [Kingsway], 1984
23.91 … Sydney Hawkins [Phillipsburg], 2018
23.92 … Mikele Barber [Montclair], 1997
23.94 … Melisa Barber [Montclair], 1998
23.95 … Olivia Baker [Columbia], 2013
23.96 … Regina Trotter [Weequahic], 1991
23.96 … Ogechi Nwaneri [Columbia], 2006
24.01 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
24.02 … Georgina Nembhard [Ocean Twp,], 2007
24.04 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
24.05 … Bria Saunders [Parsippany], 2014
24.11 … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
24.12 … Nicole Carmichael [JFK Paterson], 1995
24.12 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], 2006
24.14 … Shauntae Nelson [Piscataway], 2018
24.17 … Dawn Bowles [Neptune], 1998
24.17 … Symone O’Connor [Franklin Twp.], 2006
24.17 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2008
24.18 … Kimberly Lyles [Franklin Twp.], 2001
24.19 … Patti Dunlap [Camden] 1978
24.19 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.]
24.19 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017

ALL-TIME S.J. 200-METER DASH LIST
23.69 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], 1981
23.72 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2018
23.85 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
23.90 … Denise Liles [Kingsway], 1984
23.90 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018
23.99 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2018
24.01 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
24.04 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
24.11 … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
24.12 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], 2006
24.17 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2008
24.19 … Patti Dunlap [Camden] 1978
24.19 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.]
24.19 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
24.21 … Audrey Wilson [Deptford], 2006
24.23 … Nichole Hill [Oakcrest], 1997
24.31 … Morgan Gordon [Rancocas Valley], 2009
24.32 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2015
24.42 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1996
24.43 … Aliya Harrison [Sterling], 2016
24.45 … Cecelia Gerstenbacher [Delsea], 2017
24.46 … Feleesha Dowe [Penns Grove], 2014
24.47 … Nadia Davy [Bridgeton], 1999
24.47 … Aisha Morgan [Schalick], 1998
24.48 … Avionne Sloan [Camden], 2003
24.49 … Annie Johnson [Shawnee], 2012
24.50 … Laia Mortimore [Atlantic City], 1998