Kingsway senior Stone Caraccio demolished the Gloucester County indoor mile record Saturday with a 4:15.35 at the 113th annual Millrose Games.

Caraccio broke the mark of 4:17.01 set by Clearview’s Bill Dolan at the 2014 Nationals on the same 168th Street Armory track in Washington Heights, N.Y.

Caraccio has run 4:13.46 outdoors for 1,600 meters, which is the equivalent of about a 4:14.93 full mile, so he wasn’t far off his outdoor PR on a 200-meter track.

Caraccio placed fifth in a field of 15 of the top scholastic milers in the country. He and CBA’s Shaw Powell were the only New Jersey runners. Powell was 9th in 4:17.79.

The 4:15.35 is No. 6 in South Jersey history, including converted 1,600 times [which goes against every track and field statistical rule ever but I did it anyway]:

4:11.42 … Miles Schoedler [Ocean City], 2011
4:12.49 … Brett Johnson [Ocean City], 2009
4:13.36 … Luke Petela [Haddon Twp.], 2015
4:13.40 ….. Greg Pelose [Haddonfield], 2016
4:15.16 … Marc Pelerin [Cherokee], 2002
4:15.35 … Stone Caraccio [Kingsway], 2020
4:15.5h … Marty Ludwikowski [Cherry Hill West], 1975
4:16.01 … Chris Platt [Haddonfield], 2003
4:16.6h … Jim Smith [Haddonfield], 1980
4:17.01 … Bill Dolan [Clearview], 2014
4:17.4h … Greg Stremmel [Gateway], 1974
4:17.50* … Erik Johnson [Ocean City], 2011
4:17.7h … Rich Caton [Woodbury], 1979
4:18.06* … Miles Schoedler [Ocean City], 2011
4:18.21 … David Forward [Shawnee], 2009
4:18.34* … Ben Potts [Haddonfield], 2010
4:18.83 … Carman Cavella [Washington Twp.], 2004
4:19.01 … Connor Melko [Bishop Eustace], 2019
4:19.17 … Derek Gess [Haddonfield], 2018
4:19.72* … Jacob Clark [Pleasantville], 2013
4:19.98* … Justin Kelly [Cherokee], 2018
4:19.72 … Xavier Fraction [Washington Twp.], 2009
4:20.00* … Shawn Wilson [Cherokee], 2012

* – converted from 1,600 meters

 

Carman Cavella 4:18.83

As far as we can tell, Cornell junior Kaitlyn Bonnet hadn’t run a mile since high school. She’s generally a half-miler, although she has moved up to the 1,000 on a few occasions.

On Saturday, Bonnet ran her first college mile, and it was a doozy. In the Sykes & Sabock Invitational at Penn State’s Ashenfelter Indoor Track, Bonnet ran 4:57.32, closing in 71.3.

Bonnet negative split, out in 2:31.9 and back in 2:25.4.

Bonnet finished one spot ahead of another South Jersey alum, Penn junior Alyssa Condell from Timber Creek, who ran 5:00.41.

Bonnet did run XC for Haddonfield, but as far as we can tell from the MileSplit database, it was Bonnet’s first race on the track over 1,000 meters since the spring of 2017, when she was a senior at Haddonfield.

It’s been six years since she set her PR of 5:05.23 at the state Group 2 meet. She set her indoor PR of 5:10.68 at indoor sectionals in the winter of 2017.

For Condell, the 5:00.41 is an indoor mile PR and an overall collegiate PR. She ran 5:01.41 last winter in a Harvard-Penn dual meet in Cambridge, Mass. She ran 4:57.39 outdoors in high school for 1,600 meters, which equals about a 4:59.1 full mile.

Bonnet specializes in shorter races, and Condell in longer ones. She ran 16:56.36 last spring for 5,000 meters on the track and has run as fast as 9:46.28 for 3,000 meters indoors, the equivalent of about a 10:33 two-mile.

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Soon after the Paul VI girls ran 3:53.81 in the Private School 1,600-Meter Relay at Millrose, Rancocas Valley and Winslow lined up for their 4-by-4s and ran almost as fast!

In the Girls 1,600-Meter Relay at the 113th annual Millrose Games at the Armory, Rancocas Valley placed second in 3:54.62 and Winslow was third in 3:55.94. Bronxville won the race in 3:53.27.

The PVI, R.V. and Winslow times are the three-fastest in South Jersey this year and No. 2, 3 and 4 in New Jersey this year, behind only Union Catholic’s 3:52.91 earlier Saturday in Paul VI’s race. Pending other races Saturday, all will likely be in the top 15 nationally by the end of the day.

F0r Rancocas Valley, Anabella Chin led off in 1:00.0, Sheriyah Nutt and Maya Prima both split 58.0 and Alyssa Leak anchored in 58.5.

Winslow leadoff Janeya Hammond ran 1:00.1, Jaia James delivered a 57.3 split, Ollivia Wright split 1:00.5 and Nylah Perry anchored in 57.3.

R.V.’s time is No. 13 in South Jersey history and Winslow is No 19. So three of the top 20 times ever run by South Jersey schools came in the span of two hours on the same track in New York.

Rancocas Valley ran just over half a second off the school record of 3:53.97 it set last year in the same meet on the same track.

Winslow has now run 3:57 or faster five straight years:

3:57.05 … Winslow Twp., 2016
3:51.49 … Winslow Twp., 2017
3:54.99 … Winslow Twp., 2018
3:55.40 … Winslow Twp., 2019
3:55.94 … Winslow Twp., 2020

ALL-TIME S.J. INDOOR SUB-3:58 LIST
3:45.57 … Willingboro, 2003
3:47.95 … Willingboro, 2002
3:49.07 … Camden, 1995
3:51.49 … Winslow Twp., 2017
3:52.37 … Willingboro, 2000
3:52.55 … Wilson, 2006
3:53.61 … Willingboro, 1998
3:53.81 … Paul VI, 2020
3:53.6h … Willingboro, 1999
3:53.97 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
3:54.38 … Camden, 2009
3:54.4h … Eastern, 2003
3:54.62 … Rancocas Valley, 2020
3:54.82 … Millville, 2008
3:54.99 … Winslow Twp., 2018
3:55.04 … Millville, 2019
3:55.28 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
3:55.40 … Winslow Twp., 2019
3:55.94 … Winslow Twp., 2020
3:55.8h … Wilson, 2002
3:56.01 … Washington Twp., 1999
3:56.05 … Willingboro, 2005
3:56.52 … Buena, 1999
3:56.52 … Camden, 2008
3:56.54 … Kingsway, 2014
3:56.92 … Wilson, 2008
3:56.96 … Wilson, 2001
3:57.05 … Winslow Twp., 2016
3:57.44 … Kingsway, 2013
3:57.54 … Seneca, 2009
3:57.60 … Lenape, 2012
3:57.4h … Camden. 2004
3:57.94 … Willingboro, 2009
3:57.96 … Washington Twp., 2011

ALL-TIME N.J. INDOOR SUB-3:54 LIST
3:40.28 … Union Catholic, 2016
3:42.03 … Columbia, 2013
3:45.57 … Willingboro, 2003
3:46.42 … Columbia, 2014
3:47.03 … Union Catholic, 2015
3:47.31 … Union Catholic, 2019
3:47.95 … Willingboro, 2002
3:48.9h … Plainfield, 1980
3:49.07 … Camden, 1995
3:49.50 … East Orange, 2006
3:49.9h … Plainfield, 1981
3:50.82 … Union Catholic, 2017
3:50.8h … Snyder, 1981
3:51.17 … Columbia, 2015
3:51.37 … Columbia, 2010
3:51.49 … Winslow Twp., 2017
3:52.17 … Winslow Twp., 2017
3:52.37 … Willingboro, 2000
3:52.2h … Columbia, 1982
3:52.48 … Columbia, 2011
3:52.55 … Wilson, 2006
3:52.91 … Union Catholic, 2020
3:53.46 … Columbia, 1995
3:53.51 … Franklin, 2004
3:53.61 … Willingboro, 1998
3:53.81 … Paul VI, 2020
3:53.6h … Willingboro, 1999
3:53.97 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
3:53.9h … Shabazz, 1986

What a race by Paul VI at Millrose!

The PVI girls, led by senior Aliya Rae Garozzo, ran 3:53.81 to place second in the Private School Girls 1,600-Meter Relay Saturday at the 113th Annual Millrose Games at the Armory.

That’s No. 8 in South Jersey history, fastest ever by a South Jersey non-public school and makes PVI the second-fastest non-public in state history.

Paul VI placed second only to Union Catholic, which ran 3:52.91. It was a two-team race, with nobody else under four minutes. Union Catholic anchor CHidunga Nkulume split 56.05 to hold off Garozzo.

Blair Daniel led off for PVI in 59.74, and Abigail Lutz split 58.8 to keep the Eagles right behind Union Catholic. Sofia Errichetti also split 58.8 to set up Garozzo.

The two times are No. 1 and No. 2 in New Jersey this year and No. 6 and No. 8 nationally according to the MileSplit database, pending other races today.

It looks like Paul VI’s time is second-fastest ever by a South Jersey school at Millrose. Winslow ran 3:52.17 to win the Suburban 1,600-Meter Relay section in 2017. The meet was held on a slow 176-yard 11-laps-to-the-mile board track at Madison Square Garden through 2011.

Paul VI’s previous school record was a 3:58.16 just last weekend at a meet at Ocean Breeze.

Paul VI’s time makes the Haddon Township school the 10th-fastest school in state history. PVI passed Pope John as the second-fastest parochial school in state history. Pope John ran 3:54.64 at New Balance Nationals in 2012.

The Winslow and Rancocas Valley girls 4-by-4s will run later this afternoon at Millrose.

ALL-TIME S.J. INDOOR SUB-3:58 LIST
3:45.57 … Willingboro, 2003
3:47.95 … Willingboro, 2002
3:49.07 … Camden, 1995
3:51.49 … Winslow Twp., 2017
3:52.37 … Willingboro, 2000
3:52.55 … Wilson, 2006
3:53.61 … Willingboro, 1998
3:53.81 … Paul VI, 2020
3:53.6h … Willingboro, 1999
3:53.97 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
3:54.38 … Camden, 2009
3:54.4h … Eastern, 2003
3:54.82 … Millville, 2008
3:54.99 … Winslow Twp., 2018
3:55.04 … Millville, 2019
3:55.28 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
3:55.40 … Winslow Twp., 2019
3:55.8h … Wilson, 2002
3:56.01 … Washington Twp., 1999
3:56.05 … Willingboro, 2005
3:56.52 … Buena, 1999
3:56.52 … Camden, 2008
3:56.54 … Kingsway, 2014
3:56.92 … Wilson, 2008
3:56.96 … Wilson, 2001
3:57.05 … Winslow, 2016
3:57.44 … Kingsway, 2013
3:57.54 … Seneca, 2009
3:57.60 … Lenape, 2012
3:57.4h … Camden. 2004
3:57.94 … Willingboro, 2009
3:57.96 … Washington Twp., 2011

ALL-TIME N.J. 4-BY-400 LIST
3:40.28 … Union Catholic, 2016
3:42.03 … Columbia, 2013
3:45.57 … Willingboro, 2003
3:46.42 … Columbia, 2014
3:47.03 … Union Catholic, 2015
3:47.31 … Union Catholic, 2019
3:47.95 … Willingboro, 2002
3:48.9h … Plainfield, 1980
3:49.07 … Camden, 1995
3:49.50 … East Orange, 2006
3:49.9h … Plainfield, 1981
3:50.82 … Union Catholic, 2017
3:50.8h … Snyder, 1981
3:51.17 … Columbia, 2015
3:51.37 … Columbia, 2010
3:51.49 … Winslow Twp., 2017
3:52.17 … Winslow Twp., 2017
3:52.37 … Willingboro, 2000
3:52.2h … Columbia, 1982
3:52.48 … Columbia, 2011
3:52.55 … Wilson, 2006
3:52.91 … Union Catholic, 2020
3:53.46 … Columbia, 1995
3:53.51 … Franklin, 2004
3:53.61 … Willingboro, 1998
3:53.81 … Paul VI, 2020
3:53.6h … Willingboro, 1999
3:53.97 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
3:53.9h … Shabazz, 1986

Monmouth senior Mariah Hubbard, a Galloway Township native and Absegami graduate, turned in a nice PR and got herself a major win Friday in the long jump at the UAlbany Winter Classic at Ocean Breeze.

Hubbard jumped 18-9 1/4, edging Tiffany Bautista of Columbia by three-quarters of an inch to earn the win. She broke her indoor PR of 18-4 1/2 set at last year’s Metro Atlantic Conference Championships at the Armory, when she placed third.

Incredibly, Hubbard didn’t have a legal mark until her PR jump on her third in the trials. She fouled on her first two tries, then popped the 18-9 1/4, then didn’t jump again, although the results don’t list her passing, so not sure what happened there. She also jumped 37-8 for ninth in the triple jump.

Hubbard’s outdoor long jump PR is an 18-4 from last year’s outdoor MAC Championships at her home track in West Long Branch, when she placed second.

I’d love to tell you where Hubbard’s 18-9 ranks in Monmouth history, but the all-time list on their web site lists top-5 performances and not top-5 performers, and that only shows the top five jumps from the same person.

In case, Hubbard is having a heck of a college long jump career for someone whose main high school events were the triple jump, high jump and hurdles. Hubbard never broke 17 feet in high school and didn’t even compete in the long jump indoors. She was a state champ in the triple and a sectional champ in the high jump.

Hubbard’s jump is best this year in the MAC, an inch and a half ahead of Tara Zeni of Quinnipiac. She’s also No. 2 in the triple jump with a 37-9 1/4 in Annapolis, Md., last month. Hubbard is Monmouth’s indoor triple jump school record holder at 40-5

https://www.tfrrs.org/lists/2839/Metro_Atlantic_(MAAC)_Indoor_Performance_List/2020/i#event66

Monster 800 race Friday by Estelle Manor native Kristin Siegle, who — get this — has now lowered her indoor 800 PR by seven seconds in the span of two weeks.

Siegle, a Rider senior, ran a scorching 2:13.90 to place third out of 69 runners at the UAlbany Winter Classic at Ocean Breeze.

Until two weeks ago, Siegle’s indoor 800 PR was 2:20.89 from a Rider-TCNJ dual meet at Lavino Fieldhouse in Lawrenceville her freshman year.

She lowered that to 2:15.28 at the Gotham Cup at Ocean Breeze last month before her breakthrough race on Friday. Her outdoor PR is 2:17.90 from the prelims of the Metro Atlantic Conference Championships this past spring at West Long Branch.

Siegle finished behind only Stony Brook’s Holly Manning (2:12.06) and Monroe College’s Faten Laribi (2:13.65).

The improvement Siegle has shown is remarkable.

At Buena, she ran 2:27.39 indoors and 2:20.03 outdoors and had 1,600 PRs of 5:15.98 outdoors and 5:23.16 indoors.

She’s now shattered PRs in both the 800 and mile (4:55.34) this season.

Her 800 time Friday moved her from No. 4 into the No. 2 spot on the all-time Rider indoor list, behind only former teammate Tony Brewer of Bensalem, who ran 2:12.71 in 2018. Among those that she passed on that list was Marlton active and Holy Cross graduate Maddie Hummel, who ran 2:14.64 in 2013 (after never running the 800 in high school).

The 4:55 moved Siegle up to No. 2 in the mile, behind only Emily Ritter of Sussex Tech in Delaware, who ran 4:44.33 in 2015.

She’s also No. 2 in the MAC so far this season, behind only Meghan Curtin of Quinnipiac, who has a 2:13.79 to her credit this winter. She’s No. 3 in the MAC in the mile.

Quinn Bithell, a Rider senior from Lower Cape May Regional, set an indoor high jump PR of 5-7 Friday night at the Albany Winter Classic at Ocean Breeze.

That’s No. 4 in Rider history, and it’s No. 1 in the Metro Atlantic Conference this winter.

Bithell lost on misses to Grace Campbell of Columbia, but she matched her lifetime PR and broke her indoor PR of 5-5, which she initially set at the Fasttrack Invite at Ocean Breeze as a freshman and matched lat winter at the Metro Atlantic Conference Championships at the Armory, where she placed second to teammate Sara Gardner, a graduate of Delaware Valley Regional in Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, near Frenchtown.

Bithell matched her overall PR of 5-7, which she set in winning the MAC championships outdoors in West Long Branch last May.

The versatile Bithell also runs on Rider’s 4-by-2 and 4-by-4 teams. Her previous best this winter was a 5-5 in December, also at Ocean Breeze.

Bithell was the state Group 2 high jump champion indoors as a LCMR junior and a multiple sectional champ and state medalist. She was also a county champ in the 400. She also competed in the long jump, intermediates and 800 for the Tigers.

Bithell now trails only Kelly Kajunski (5-8 3/4 in 2007), Natalie Cowan (5-8 in 2016) and Gardner (5-8 in 2018) on the all-time Rider indoor high jump list. She’s No. 3 on the outdoor list behind Kajunski (5-10 in 2007) and Daria Chadwick (5-7 1/4 in 2016).

Click to access All_Time_Top_10_Indoor_Women.pdf

Click to access All_Time_Top_10_Outdoor_Women.pdf

It’s going to be a busy day for South Jersey athletes at the 113th annual Millrose Games.

A huge slate of South Jersey athletes and alums are entered in Saturday’s Millrose, the oldest indoor track meet in the world.

This will be the 9th year Millrose will be held at the Armory on 168th Street after being held at the various Madison Square Gardens since 1914.

The full schedule is here. Results will be posted here.

Here’s a minute-by-minute look at what to expect from South Jersey’s runners, jumpers and throwers! (Actually, there are no South Jersey jumpers competing this year and only one thrower. But it does sound better!)

11:50 a.m.
Pleasantville graduates Isaac Clark, Alan Laws Jr. and Larry Ramirez will be running a leg on Shore AC’s distance medley team. In the same race, Hammonton graduate and former Columbia runner Nolan Kier is running for Central Park Track Club’s DMR team. Lane 3

12:03 p.m.
The Paul VI girls – Blair Daniel, Abigail Lutz, Sofia Errichetti and Aliya Rae Garozzo – race in the Private School 1,600-Meter Relay Lane 6

12:09 p.m.
The Paul VI boys – Michael Mazero, Frank Gubler, Chris Cavalieri and Matt Martino – are in the Private School Boys 1,600-Meter Relay. Lane 4

12:25 p.m.
Kingsway’s Sam Allen competes in the one-mile race walk against a field comprised mainly of collegians and post-graduates. Allen, who is ranked No. 1 in his class and headed for Cornell in the fall, placed second in June at the U.S. Under-20 Championships in Miramar, Fla., in the 10,000-meter race walk in 54:08.19.

12:58 p.m.
Williamstown graduate Gabrielle Farquharson is racing for the Garden State Track Club / New Balance in the Women’s 800-Meter Relay at 12:58 p.m. Lane 6

1:20 p.m.
The Winslow and Rancocas Valley girls race in the Girls 1,600-Meter Relay. Janeya Hammond, Jaia James, Nylah Perry and Olivia Wright are scheduled to run for Winslow and Anabella Chin, Sheriyah Nutt, Maya Prima and Alyssa Leak for R.V. R.V. is in lane 1, Winslow in lane 6

1:26 p.m.
Kingsway races in the Suburban Boys 1,600-Meter Relay with the team of Finn Campbell, Eric Williams, Bryan Townes and Michael Williams. Lane 3

1:44 p.m.
A few minutes after the 4-by-4, Kingsway will line up with a different quartet of middle-distance runners for the Boys 3,200-Meter Relay. Ethan Bentley, Jeffrey Heineman, Chris Nelson and Kyle Rakitis are racing for the Dragons. Lane 1

1:54 p.m.
Winslow’s Hammond runs in the Girls 60-Meter Dash at 1:54 p.m. She’s the only New Jersey sprinter in the field. Lane 2

2:02 p.m.
The Kingsway girls run the 4-by-8 with Emily Pierontoni, Skye Robinson, Ashlynne Burke and Allison Pierontoni. Lane 6

3:14 p.m.
Pleasantville’s Gabriel Moronta races in the Boys 600-Meter Run. Lane 1

3:26 p.m.
The parade of Kingsway runners continues when Stone Carraccio runs in the Boys Mile. Lane 10

4:10 p.m.
Olympic silver medalist and two-time World Champion Nia Ali of Pleasantville runs in the Women’s 60-Meter Hurdles. Lane 4

strong>4:39 p.m.
Rancocas Valley graduate Erika Kemp races some of the top distance runners in the world in the Women’s 3,000-Meter Run. Lane 3

4:39 p.m.
Delsea grad Josh Awotunde warms up for USATF Nationals facing a loaded field in the Men’s Shot Put.

Rowan’s 1,600-meter relay team turned in the No. 2 time in the country earlier this month with a 3:19.14 at a meet at Ithaca.

And they did it with three legs from South Jersey (and two from Sterling!).

Freshman Jah’mere Beasley from Sterling High School, junior Justin Bishop from Mainland Regional, junior Nick Neville of South Brunswick and junior Francis Terry of Sterling won the race by 35 meters over Cortland (N.Y.) State, which was second in 3:23.52.

Beasley got Rowan the lead for good with his 50.4 leadoff leg, Bishop split 48.7, Neville ran 50.5 and Terry anchored in 49.6.

Bishop’s 48.7 was the fastest leg of all the runners from the 13 teams in the race.

Only Mount Union of Alliance, Ohio, has run faster in NCAA Division 3. The Purple Raiders ran a 3:17.96 at the Division 3 Invitational at the Armory one day earlier.

With only Bishop in the lineup, Rowan ran 3:19.94 earlier this year in a meet at Ocean Breeze. Junior Vincent Delle of Old Bridge, freshman Joe DeVito of Jackson and freshman Charlie Serrano-Juarez from Matawan ran the other legs that day.

Rowan ran 3:14.28 last spring with Delle and Bishop in the lineup. The 3:19.14 is their fastest since a 3:15.00 with Chris Mesiano joining Bishop, Eville and Terry in 2018 for third place at NCAA Division 3 nationals in Birmingham, Ala.

Rowan is the only NJAC school to run under 3:25 so far this year. Their time is also No. 1 in the NCAA Division 3 Atlantic Region. Rochester is next at 3:20.79

Sincere Rhea has raced in three meets so far for Penn State, and he’s recorded three PRs. Four, really.

Rhea, the national scholastic indoor hurdles champ for St. Augustine last year, lowered his PR over the 42-inch highs to 7.81 at at the Penn State National Open at Ashenfelter Track in University Park.

Rhea had PR’d with 7.98 in his first meet and then 7.86 in his second.

At the Penn State National Open, he locked up with Pitt senior Shyheim Wright and Hampton junior Dylan Beard. Wright won the final in 7.67, Beard was second in 7.76 and Rhea took third in 7.81.

Rhea’s time is No. 24 in NCAA Division 1 although only 5-100ths of a second out of the top 10. It makes him the No. 3 freshman in the country and No. 2 in the Big 10, behind only Iowa senior Jaylan McConico, who has a 7.66 to his credit from a meet in Iowa City.

Interesting that there are three South Jersey hurdlers among the top freshmen hurdlers in the country. Deptford’s Naseem Smith, a freshman at Syracuse, is the No. 19 freshman hurdler in the nation with an 8.08 at Harvard, and Palmyra’s Sam Aviles, a freshman at Rider, is No. 21 on the Division 1 freshman list with an 8.11 at Ocean Breeze.

One more thing about Rhea: He ran his second collegiate 200 at the Penn State National Open and placed 6th (4th among college runners) at 21.38, another personal best.

His previous 200 PR was a 21.47 a week earlier in Lexington, Ky. That makes him No. 10 in the Big 10 (Paul VI’s Antonio Tarantino of Rutgers is No. 6 at 21.20) and makes him the top freshman in the 200 in the conference as well.

Rhea, a Millville native, had a high school PR of 21.56 from the Cape Atlantic Meet last spring and an indoor 200 PR of 23.27 from a meet at the Bubble his junior year. He only ran the indoor 200 twice in high school.

Rhea also ran a leg on Penn State’s 1,600-meter relay team, which went 3:11.04.