Rakim Coyle of Wildwood Catholic, a Rowan sophomore, soared a big indoor PR 23-7 1/2 and teammate Francis Richard, jumped a PR 23-3 1/4 to place 1-3 in the long jump at the All-Atlantic Regional Saturday.

Rowan sophomore Ahmir Johnson, a graduate of Wissahickon High School in Ambler and a transfer from Gwynned Mercy, jumped 22-7 1/4 for fifth after breaking the school triple jump record, and sophomore John Owens, from West Windsor-Plainsboro North, went 22-5 for sixth at Golisano Fieldhouse at Nazareth College in Rochester, N.Y.

So Rowan now has four 23-foot jumpers on the current team.

Let’s take a deeper look at this:

RAIKIM COYLE: Coyle’s previous indoor PR was 23-1 1/2 last month in a meet at Ithaca. He just missed his overall PR of 23-8, which he set last spring at the outdoor AARTFC meet at Cortland, N.Y. The 23-7 1/2 is No. 12 in NCAA Division 3 this winter.

FRANCIS RICHARD: Richard, from Northern Highlands High in roke his overall PR of 23-0, which he set outdoors last spring at Swarthmore. His previous indoor PR was 22-9 1/4, which he actually recorded twice this winter – in a meet at Ithaca and again at the NJAC meet at Ocean Breeze. 

AHMIR JOHNSON: On Friday, Johnson shattered Rowan’s school record in the triple jump. You can read about that here: https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4yy. Johnson’s 22-7 1/4 On Saturday, he surpassed his college PR of 22-1, which he set last month at Ithaca. His lifetime PR of 23-4 3/4 dates back to a high school meet for Wissahickon at Lehigh’s Rauch Fieldhouse.

JOHN OWENS: Hit an indoor PR of 23-2 in January at Ocean Breeze. Has an outdoor PR of 23-7 1/2 from last spring at SUNY Cortland. 

Rowan’s school record is 24-1, set by Robert Beaman for Glassboro State in 1981. Four-time high jump and long jump All-America Jeffrey Tucker of Eastern set the outdoor mark of 24-10 in 2017.

Keion Oglesby never ran the 400 in high school, but the Timber Creek graduate has sure become one in college.

Oglesby, a junior at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, ran a personal-best 48.47 to place third at the Northeast Conference Championships at Ocean Breeze. 

After a 49.49 in the trials, Oglesby finished only 19-100ths behind winner Kimorie Shearman of Long Island University. Second-place Eric Rosario of Merrimack in North Andover, Mass., was second in 48.43 out of a separate section.

Oglesby also ran a 49.6 out of the hole on FDU’s winning 1,600-meter relay team, which ran 3:14.71. Sndley Elysee, Conroy Ellis and Kenroy Ellis also ran for FDU, which won by more than 2 1/2 seconds over LIU, which ran 3:17.29.

Oglesby also went 22-1 1/2 in the long jump, finishing 10th overall in his only long jump competition this year and jumping 1-4th of an inch off his PR.

Oglesby’s previous 400 PR was 48.66 from his second-place finish at last year’s NEC indoor Meet at Ocean Breeze. His outdoor PR is slightly slower (48.52 from a meet last spring at Rider), so this was his fastest lifetime 400.

At Timber Creek, Oglesby did some high jumping and long jumping and occasionally sprinted. He didn’t run an open 400 until outdoor season his freshman year. His first lifetime indoor 400 was last January at Lehigh, when he ran 51.97 – just 14 months ago.

Here’s our handy guide to Sunday’s 52nd annual indoor Meet of Champions, with links to all-time winners, the order of event, how to watch the live stream, all-time performance lists and everything else you need to enjoy watching New Jersey’s best runners, jumpers and throwers in action!

Official 2020 Meet of Champions program
Final Meet of Champions Performance Lists
All-Time Meet of Champions Winners
Meet of Champions meet records
Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex
Watch live on MileSplit
Boys All-Time Meet of Champions Performance List
Girls All-Time Meet of Champions Performance List
Order of events

Robert Abrams, a College of New Jersey junior from Cherry Hill West, ran 4:13.19 to win the mile at the All-Atlantic Region Championships Saturday.

Abrams ran a PR 4:12.53 at Boston University last month, but this was his fastest time ever in a championship race.

Abrams won by 25 meters over Nolan Vest of Cortland, who ran 4:16.94. He broke the facility record at Nazareth College’s Golisano Training Center of 4:15.89, set by Aidan Ryan of Williams in January.

With three laps to go, Abrams led Vest by only 34-100ths of a second (2:38.29 to 2:38.95). By the time they came around with two laps to go, the lead had opened up to nearly 1 1/2 seconds, and a 31.3 seventh lap gave him a nearly 3-second lead at the gun. Abrams closed in 31.7.

Matt Molski, who ran scholastically for Sparta, set the school record of 4:09.71 in 2005. Here’s a paper Molski wrote as a Yale post-doctoral student on how “β-Peptide bundles with fluorous cores represent the essential first step in the synthesis of orthogonal protein assemblies that can sequester selectively in an interstitial membrane environment.”

Fast dude. Smart dude.

Abrams had a high school 1,600 PR of 4:24.59, which is the equivalent of a 4:26.12 full mile. So he’s run nearly 14 seconds faster in college than he did in his school. He didn’t break 4:20 until last February at Boston University and came into this winter with a PR of 4:18.97.

Cherokee grad Kaila Carter, a senior at The College of New Jersey, won the 60-meter hurdles Saturday morning at the All-Atlantic Regional Championships at Nazareth College’s Golisano Center in Rochester, N.Y.

Carter ran 8.94, finishing just ahead of Laura Mathews of Stevens Institute in Hoboken, who was second in 8.99, and Emily Lavarnway of SUNY Geneseo, who ran 9.02.

Carter is ranked No. 11 in NCAA Division 3 at 8.89, which she ran winning the NJAC title last month. That broke the TCNJ school record of 8.91, set in 2010 by Priscilla Senyah.

The regional title is Carter’s first after two 2nd-place finishes and a 4th-place finish.

Sophomore Amir Johnson destroyed the Rowan school record in the triple jump at the All-Atlantic Championships and won the event by nearly a foot.

Johnson, a graduate of Wissahickon High in Ambler and a transfer from Gwynned Mercy, was sitting in fifth place going into his final attempt with a best of 46-5 1/2 but soared 48-8 1/4 on his final attempt.

The meet is being held at the Golisano Training Center on the Nazareth College campus in Rochester, N.Y.

Johnson broke the school record of 48-2 set in 2018 by Harrison Escoffery of Hackensack when he was second in the triple jump to Stockton’s five-time All-America Jared Lewis of Deptford at the 2018 NJAC meet at Ocean Breeze.

Johnson also broke his personal PR of 48-5, which he hit at the Track & Field Coaches Association of Greater Philadelphia meet at Lehigh’s Rauch Fieldhouse in January of 2018. 

Johnson’s 48-8 1/4 is No. 7 in NCAA Division 3 going into next weekend’s NCAA Division 3 Championships in Winston-Salem, N.Y.

His previous season-best was a 46-7 1/2 at a meet at Ithaca early last month.

Johnson also surpassed Escoffery’s Rowan outdoor school record of 48-1 1/4, set in 2017 at Swarthmore. So this is the best jump in school history.

Johnson also high jumped 6-4 and long jumped 23-4 3/4 in high school. He hasn’t high jumped for Rowan but he did long jump 22-1-1 earlier this year and is scheduled to compete in the long jump today.

Before this indoor season, Johnson hadn’t competed since the middle of last year’s indoor season as a Gwynned-Mercy freshman.

Haddonfield graduate Marielle Hall easily won the USATF 15K title Saturday morning in Jacksonville.

Hall ran 48:52 for the 9.3-mile course at the Gate River Run, beating second-place Natosha Rogers by about 250 meters. Rogers was second in 49:50.

According to the IAAF all-time performance list, Hall’s time is No. 11 ever by a U.S. woman on a certified 15,000-meter road course and third-fastest since 2004 behind only Shalene Flanagan’s U.S. record of 47:00 in 2014 and Jordan Hasay’s 48:40 in 2018.

It’s also No. 10 in the world this year.

Hall, who grew up in Mount Laurel, is No. 5 in U.S. history in the 5,000 at 15:06.05 and No. 6 in the 10,000 at 31:05.71.

Rancocas Valley graduate Erika Kemp, the defending champ, placed fifth in 50:27, giving South Jersey two of the top five finishers.

Last night we posted the boys indoor Meet of Champions all-time top-20 performance list and here’s the girl’s list!

I put these lists together along with legendary track writer Jim Lambert (“GET YOUR MEET OF CHAMPIONS ON!!!). If you see any errors or omissions, let me know as always in the comment section on this post.

The 52nd annual Meet of Champions — 42nd annual for the girls – is scheduled for 10 a.m. Sunday at Ocean Breeze. With the meet finally finding a home on a fast, banked track, some of these lists will likely be re-written this weekend!

For the boys list, click here.

55-METER DASH
6.92 … Dominique Booker, Montclair Immaculate, 2009 (1)
6.93 … Ogechi Nwaneri, Chatham, 2008 (1)
6.95 … Torie Robinson, Winslow Twp., 2014 (1)
6.7h … Wendy Vereen, Trenton, 1984 (1)
6.96 … Myasia Jacobs, Paramus Catholic, 2011 (1)
6.97 … Aleah Williams, Montclair, 1998 (1)
6.97 … Melisa Barber, Montclair, 1998 (2)
6.98 …….. Booker, 2008 (2)
6.99 …….. Nwaneri, 2008 (t)
7.00 … Haisha Bisiolu (Union), 2013 (1)
7.01 …….. Williams, 1998 ()
7.02 … English Gardner, Eastern, 2008 ()
7.02 … Sydney Hawkins, Phillipsburg, 2018 (1)
7.03 …….. Gardner, 2010 (1)
7.03 … Torie Robinson, 2014 (t)
7.04 …….. Booker, 2009 (t)
7.04 …….. Gardner, 2008 (3)
7.04 …….. Bisiolu, 2014 (t)
7.04 …….. Bisiolu, 2014 (2)
7.04 … Aliyah Taylor, Pemberton, 2016 (1)
6.8h … Michele Glover, Willingboro, 1980 (1)
6.8h …….. Glover, 1981 (1)
7.05 … Regina Trotter, Weequahic, 1991 (1)
7.06 … Jailya Ash, Eastern, 2019 (1)
7.07 … Angie Clybourn, Egg Harbor, 1991 (2)
7.07 … Audrey Wilson, West Deptford, 2009 (2)
7.07 … Melisa Barber 1998 (q)
7.07 … Dennisha Page, Woodrow Wilson, 2019 (2
7.08 …….. Gardner, 2007 (1)
7.09 …….. Gardner, 2007 (q)
7.09 … Georgina Nembhard, 2007 (2)

200-METER RUN
24.96 … Kiara Lester, Deptford, 2016 (1)
25.03 … Shauntae Nelson, Piscataway, 2019 (1)
25.05 … Lauren Princz, Egg Harbor Twp., 2019 (2)
25.13 …….. Nelson, 2018 (1)
25.17 … Cecelia Gerstenbacher, Delsea, 2016 (2)
25.18 … Kiara Lester, Deptford, 2015 (1)
25.29 … Lauren Princz, Egg Harbor, 2018 (2)
25.39 … Mariah Fede, Paramus Catholic, 2019 (3)
25.54 … Nylah Perry, Winslow Twp., 2019 (4)
25.57 … Aliya Harrison, Sterling, 2018 (3)
25.58 … Shanelle Colman, East Brunswick, 2018 (4)
25.58 … Jewel Ash, Eastern, 2019 (5)
25.60 … Shakira Dancy, Winslow Twp., 2018 (5)
25.70 … Katherine Muccio, Ridgewood, 2018 (6)
25.74 … Nylah Perry, Winslow Twp., 2018 (7)
25.75 … Lauren Brzozowski, Ramapo, 2015 (2)
25.76 … Dennisha Page, Woodrow Wilson, 2018 (8)
25.78 … Phyllis Gordon, Neptune, 2015 (3)
25.79 … Yah-sha-rah Brathwaite, Elizabeth, 2019 (6)
25.84 … Chaa-nah-yah Brathwaite, Elizabeth, 2019 (7)
25.80 … Ain Jones-Davis, Livingston, 2016 (3)

400-METER RUN
53.34 … Sydney McLaughlin, Union Catholic, 2016 (1)
53.72 …….. McLaughlin, 2015 (1)
54.09 … Olivia Baker, Columbia, 2014 (1)
54.72 …….. Baker, 2013 (1)
55.19 … Nijgia Snapp, Oakcrest, 2008
55.45 … Mikele Barber, Montclair, 1998 (1)
55.91 … Kaira Brown, Kent Place, 2019 (1)
55.74 …….. Snapp, 2009 (1)
55.74 … Amber Allen, Passaic Tech, 2008 (2)
55.75 … Emily Cowan, Columbia, 2014 (2)
55.7h … Denise Mitchell, Edgewood, 1984 (1)
55.83 … Kiara Lester, Deptford, 2016 (2)
55.88 … Michelle Brown, Seneca, 2009 (2)
55.95 …….. Allen, 2009 (3)
55.96 …….. Brown, 2010 (1)
56.08 … Kristen Mahon, Notre Dame, 2006 (1)
56.07 … Emily Carrollo, Pope John, 2008 (3)
56.15 … Sydney McLaughlin, Union Catholic, 2014 (3)
56.15 … Haisha Bisiolu, Union, 2015 (2)
56.29 … English Gardner, Eastern, 2007 (1)
56.31 … Olivia Baker, Columbia, 2012 (1)
56.38 … Michelle Samuels, Red Bank, 1990 (1)
56.40 …….. Brown, 2008 (4)
56.41 …….. Baker, 2011 (1)
56.3y … Giselle Harris, Shabazz, 1985 (1)
56.52 … Sam Anderson, Matawan, 2015 (3)
56.4y … Stephanie Saleem, Neptune, 1985 (2)
56.59 … Rebecca Ochan, Highland Park, 2019 (2)

800-METER RUN
2:08.81 … Victoria Vanriele, Governor Livingston, 2018 (1)
2:09.18 …….. Vanriele, 2019 (1)
2:10.45 … Ajee’ Wilson, Neptune, 2009 (1)
2:10.52 … Corinne Myers, Westwood, 2014 (1)
2:11.50 … Jasmin Jones, Hackensack, 1987 (1)
2:11.53 … Megan Tiernan, Washington, 2010 (1)
2:11.82 … Molly McNamara, Red Bank, 2010 (2)
2:11.89 … Catherine Pagano, Northern Highlands, 2015 (1)
2:12.25 … Chelsea Cox, Monmouth, 2009 (2)
2:12.46 … Monica Olkowski, Cherokee, 1990 (1)
2:12.91 … Ryan Davis, Pingry School, 2018 (2)
2:12.93 … Katy Trotter, Red Bank, 2003 (1)
2:13.08 … Leena Morant, Union Catholic, 2019 (2)
2:13.3h … Giselle Harris, Shabazz, 1985 (1)
2:13.29 … Adrian Vitello, Freehold Twp., 2014 (2)
2:13.51 … Emmy Duffey, Lenape, 2011 (1)
2:13.72 … Janine Davis, Queen of Peace, 2005 (1)
2:13.85 … Kathleen Jaeger, Hunterdon Central, 2015 (2)
2:14.06 … Chelsea Lodato, Old Bridge, 2010 (3)
2:14.08 … Amari Onque … Shabazz, Union Catholic, 2016 (1)
2:14.09 … Kat Vodopia, Hunterdon Central, 2011 (2)

1,600-METER RUN
4:48.23 … Jill Smith, Southern Regional, 2009 (1)
4:48.5h … Michelle Rowen, Washington Twp., 1983 (1)
4:50.85 … Christina Rancan, West Windsor-Plains. South, 2016 (1)
4:51.18 … Ciara Roche, Freehold Twp., 2016 (2)
4:51.60 … Briana Gess, Haddonfield, 2016 (3)
4:53.17 … Kylene Cochrane, West Morris Central, 2014 (1)
4:53.36 … Lindsey Kane, Washington Twp., 2014 (2)
4:53.98 … Jill Smith, Southern Regional, 2007 (1)
4:54.15 … Marin Warner, Holmdel, 2014 (3)
4:54.41 … Molly McNamara, Red Bank Catholic, 2011 (1)
4:54.58 … Celine Mazzi, Delsea, 2014 (4)
4:55.21 … Amanda Marino, Jackson, 2006 (1)
4:55.7y … Michelle Rowen, Washington Twp., 1982 (1)
4:56.08 … Jenn Ennis, Roxbury, 2006 (2)
4:56.0y … Ruth Lockbaum, Glassboro, 1985 (1)
4:56.96 … Madison Brand, Middletown South, 2018 (1)
4:57.12 … Megan Quimby, Lenape, 2016 (4)
4:57.90 … Danielle Tauro, Southern, 2005 (1)
4:57.8y … Karen Ahearn, Bernards, 1985 (2)
4:58.26 …….. Ahearn, 1986 (1)
4:58.23 … Katie Watson, Summit, 2011 (2)

3,200-METER RUN
10:24.73 … Dana Giordano, Bernards, 2012 (1)
10:26.53 … Ashley Higginson, Colts Neck, 2007 (1)
10:27.25 … Mackenzie Barry, Mendham, 2012 (2)
10:31.06 … Megan Lacy, Cherokee, 2012 (3)
10:32.55 … Julia Threthaway, West Morris, 2019 (1)
10:34.49 … Nicole Vanasse, Pingry School, 2018 (1)
10:35.70 … Julia Guerra, Indian Hills, 2016 (1)
10:36.74 …….. Higginson, 2006 (1)
10:36.7y … Meg Waldron, Bernards, 1983 (1)
10:37.70 … Dana Klein, Gill St. Bernard, 2014 (1)
10:38.31 … Megan Venables, Highland Reg., 2011 (1)
10:38.39 … Monica Hebner, Northern Highlands, 2018 (2)
10:38.54 … Mackenzie Barry, West Morris Mendham, 2013 (1)
10:38.87 … Amanda Trotter, Red Bank, 2003 (1)
10:38.90 … Erin Donohue, Haddonfield, 2001 (1)
10:39.39 … Melanie Thompson, Voorhees, 2009 (1)
10:39.71 … Angela Rugino, Toms River North, 2009 (2)
10:39.6y … Anne Marie Letko, North Hunterdon, 1986 (1)
10:39.93 … Nicole Vanasse, Pingry School, 2019 (2)
10:41.29 … Olympia Martin, Ridgewood, 2016 (2)
10:41.35 … Briana Jackucewicz, Colts Neck, 2009 (3)

55-METER HURDLES
7.82 … Sydney McLaughlin, Union Catholic, 2015 (1)
7.86 … Charmaine Walker, Plainfield, 1997 (1)
7.94 … Stey’ce McNeil, Winslow, 2012 (1)
7.97 … Sydney McLaughlin, Union Catholic, 2015 (t)
7.8y … Wendy Vereen, Trenton, 1984 (1)
7.96 … Dawn Bowles, Neptune, 1988 (1)
7.99 … Patti Dziekonska, West Windsor … Plainsboro North (1)
8.03 … Claudine Smith, Atlantic City, 2019 (1)
8.04 …….. Walker, 196 (1)
8.04 … Trier Young, Neptune, 2005 (1)
7.9y … Carol Lewis, Willingboro, 1980 (1)
8.06 …….. Smith, 2019 (q)
8.07 … Porscha Dobson, Kent Place, 2003 (1)
8.07 … Patti Dziekonska, West Windsor … Plainsboro North (1)
8.07 … Tia Livingston, Union Catholic, 2016 (1)
8.08 … Grace O’Shea, Ramapo, 2018 (1)
8.09 …….. Walker, 1997 (q)
8.09 … Samantha Sharper, Woodrow Wilson, 2008 (1)
8.10 … Samantha Jensen, Central Reg., 2012 (2)
8.11 … Carlene Cummings, Englewood, 1998 (1)
8.11 … Racquel Vassell, East Orange, 2007 (1)
8.11 … Danielle Delgado, Franklin Twp., 2014 (2)
8.12 … Briana Feldhaus, Randolph, 2009

HIGH JUMP
5-10 1/2 … Tatiana Smolin, Randolph, 1984 (1)
5-10 … Deb Vento, Freehold Boro, 2003
5-10 … Emily Kianka, Hopewell Valley, 2010 (1)
5-10 … Alexa Williams, Dayton, 2011 (1)
5-10 … Fiona Paladino, Montgomery, 2011 (2)
5-10 … Jenna Rogers, Rutherford, 2018 (1)
5-8 … Carol Lewis, Willingboro, 1981 (1)
5-8 … Tish Edwards, Mater Dei, 1981 (2)
5-8 …….. Edwards, 1982 (1)
5-8 …….. Smolin, 1983 (1)
5-8 …….. Smolin, 1985 (1)
5-8 … Tamika Toppin, South Plainfield, 1997 (1)
5-8 … Cheryl Burdick, Ramsey, 1999 (1)
5-8 … Lataya Dixon, J.P. Stevens, 2007 (1)
5-8 … Magie Gilbertson, Howell, 2010 (2)
5-8 … Kyaira Wright-Harmon, Franklin, 2012 (1)
5-8 … Noel Jancewicz, Robinsville, 2012 (1)
5-8 … Gabrielle Bennett, Winslow Twp., 2015 (1)
5-8 … Tierra Hooker, Timber Creek, 2018 (2)
5-8 …….. Hooker, 2019 (1)

LONG JUMP
18-7 ½ … Nakaja Weaver, North Brunswick, 2019 (1)
18-6 ½ … Tionna Tobias, Winslow Twp., 2019 (2)

SHOT PUT
53-2 … Nickolette Dunbar, 2016 (1)
50-0 … Alyssa Wilson, 2016 (2)
49-9 ¾ … Nicole Sims, Plainfield 1991 (1)
47- 11 ¼ … Nickolette Dunbar, 2015 (1)
47- 8 … Theresa Picciallo, Immaculate Heart, 2012 (1)
47- 7 …….. Sims, 1992 (1)
47- 6 …….. Sims, 1993 (1)
47- 5 ½ … Kim Hicks, Plainfield, 1992 (2)
47- 2 ¼ … Jessica Molina, Westwood, 2016 (3)
47- 0 … Shelby Bigsby, Montclair, 2018 (1)
46- 4 ½ …….. Picciallo, 2011 (1)
46- 3 … Taryn O’Connor, Hillsborough, 2007 (1)
46- 1 ½ … DeAnne Hahn, Brick Township, 2008 (1)
45- 10 ¾ … Jessica Fazekas, Demarest, 2002 (1)
45- 9 ½ … Jessica Molina, Westwood, 2015 (2)
45- 5 … Zyra Thomas, Schalick, 2018 (2)
45- 3 … Nacole Moore, Bridgeton, 2000 (1)
44- 10 ½ … Jackie Hudgins, Hightstown, 2001 (1)
44- 9 ¼ …….. Sims, 1990 (1)
44- 9 …….. Hahn, 2007 (2)
44- 6 … Lisa Stuto, Brick Township, 2008 (1)
44- 3 ¼ … Apresha Hampton, Teaneck, 2011 (2)
44- 3 … Danielle Notarfrancesco, Jackson Liberty, 2016 (4)
44- 2 … Kelly Fazekas, Demarest, 2002 (2)
44- 1 ¼ … Maureen Laffan, Toms River North, 2008 (3)
44- 1 ½ … Sylvia Galarza, Millville, 2004 (1)

POLE VAULT
12-6 … Jen Holly, Barnegat, 2008 (1)
12-6 … Chrissy Finkel, Montville, 2009 (1)
12-6 … Chelsea Vaughan, Southern, 2012 (1)
12-6 … Hayley Horvath, Notre Dame, 2018 (1)
12-6 … Ashley Preston, Delsea, 2018 (2)
12-6 … Caroline Dannenbaum, Pingry School, 2019 (1)
12-3 … Natalie Gengel, Princeton, 2006 (1)
12-0 … Kristen Hafford, Warren Hills, 2005 (1)
12-0 … Finkel, 2008 (1)
12-0 … Nicole Pompei, Hanover Park, 2009 (2)
12-0 … Catherine Shih, Bernards, 2010 (1)
12-0 … Emily Urciuoli, Clifton, 2010 (2)
12-0 … Kayla Polcari, Ridgewood, 2010 (3)
12-0 … Dana Schweiger, Toms River North, 2011 (1)
12-0 … Marlena Sabatino, Hillsborough, 2012 (2)
12-0 … Kristina Langan, Wayne Hills, 2015 (1)
12-0 … Lea Saifi, Governor Livingston, 2016 (1)
12-0 … Melissa Purcell, Pascack Valley, 2018 (3)

1,600-METER RELAY
3:47.27 … Union Catholic, 2016 (1)
3:48.30 … Columbia, 2013 (1)
3:50.32 … Union Catholic, 2015 (1)
3:52.76 … Columbia, 2014 (1)
3:53.50 … Columbia, 2010 (1)
3:53.84 … Union Catholic, 2019 (1)
3:55.08 … Camden, 2009 (1)
3:55.24 … Montclair, 1998 (1)
3:55.45 … Mount St. Dominic, 2014 (2)
3:55.58 … Union, 2013 (2)
3:55.69 … Southern, 2009 (1)
3:55.73 … Columbia, 1995 (1)
3:56.10 … Union Catholic, 2014 (3)
3:56.64 … Columbia, 2015 (2)
3:56.72 … Columbia, 1996 (1)
3:56.76 … Southern, 2008 (1)
3:56.90 … Union Catholic, 2018 (1)
3:57.35 … Columbia, 2012 (1)
3:57.50 … Union, 2014 (4)
3:57.82 … Rancocas Valley, 2019 (2)

3,200-METER RELAY
9:14.47 … Ridge, 2017 (1)
9:17.78 … Ridge, 2018 (1)
9:18.64 … Ridge, 2019 (1)
9:28.95 … Ridgewood, 2018 (2)
9:28.97 … Union Catholic, 2018 (3)

With the 52nd Meet of Champions right around the corner, it’s performance list time!

New Jersey track legend Jim Lambert and I have been maintaining the all-time indoor and outdoor Meet of Champions for several years now, and we welcome all additions and corrections. Just leave them in the comments section on this post.

Some of these lists are incredible. You can see how the performances in some events have just gotten better and better over the years. For instance, in the 1,600, seven of the top eight times have been recorded since 2009. But in the high jump, there’s only been one change in the top 20 since 2006!

These boys top-20 lists still include 23 marks from the 1970s (but only a dozen from the 1980s!).

We’ll post the all-time girls top-20 lists on Saturday!

55-METER DASH
6.38 … Damier Johnson, Long Branch, 2008 (1)
6.38 … James Brown, Glassboro, 2009 (1)
6.38 … Marvin Morgan, Neptune, 2017 (1)
6.38 … Louis Akpadago, Nottingham, 2019 (1)
6.38 …….. Akpadago, 2019 (q)
6.39 … Joe Henderson, Freehold Boro, 1986 (1)
6.39 … Bryant Fitzgerald, Highland Park, 2008 (2)
6.39 … Miles Shuler, Long Branch, 2011 (1)
6.39 … Kadeem Douse, Ewing, 2011 (2)
6.39 … Bryce Watts, Toms River North, 2017 (2)
6.40 …….. Shuler, 2010 (1)
6.41 … Michael Peavey, Neptune, 2008 (3)
6.41 …….. Brown, 2009 (t)
6.41 … Marvin Morgan, Neptune, 2017 (q)
6.41 … Mario Heslop, Franklin, 2019 (2)
6.42 … Carlos Roberts, Franklin, 1978 (1)
6.42 … Anthony Davis, Plainfield, 2000 (1)
6.42 … Danny Johnson, Rahway, 2001 (1)
6.42 … Dominique Irons, Haddon Heights, 2013 (1)
6.42 … Gabriel Nash, Elizabeth, 2018 (1)
6.43 … Reggie Dixon, Plainfield, 2007 (q)
6.43 … Anthony Averett, Woodbury, 2013 (2)
6.43 …….. Heslop, Franklin Twp., 2018 (q)
6.44 …….. Heslop, 2019 (q)
6.45 … Barry Bacon, Neptune, 1987 (1)
6.45 … Chris Church, Millville, 2008 (4)
6.45 … Stephon Knox, Plainfield, 2009 (2)
6.45 …….. Heslop, 2018 (2)
6.45 … James Bivins, Donovan Catholic, 2019 (q)

200-METER RUN [since 2005]
21.75 … Mario Heslop, Franklin Twp., 2018 (1)
21.82 …….. Heslop, 2019 (1)
22.04 … Sterling Pierce, Rancocas Valley, 2015 (1)
22.11 … Richie Luzzi-Liggins, St. Peter’s Prep, 2019 (2)
22.21 … Martin Booker, Pennsauken, 2017 (1)
22.25 … Nasir Haines, Freehold Twp., 2015 (2)
22.26 … Dana Ridley, Nottingham, 2019 (3)
22.41 … Thomas Kalietta, Matawan, 2016 (1)
22.46 … Luke Colehower, Haddonfield, 2017 (2)
22.47 … Avery Brown, Chatham, 2017 (3)
22.53 … Rahmir Johnson, Bergen Catholic, 2018 (2)
22.55 … Martin Booker, Pennsauken, 2016 (2)
22.55 … Semaj Willis, Trenton, 2017 (4)
22.56 … Qwashon Powell, JFK Paterson, 2015 (3)
22.56 … Brandon Boggs, Rancocas Valley, 2017 (5)

400-METER RUN
48.26 … Zyaire Clemes, Trenton, 2013 (1)
48.33 … Taylor McLaughlin, Union Catholic, 2015 (1)
48.48 … Najee Glass, St. Peter’s Prep, 2011 (1)
48.50 … Lance Wigfall, East Orange, 2003 (1)
48.58 … Chinedu Amonu, Ewing, 2013 (2)
48.66 … Lamont Smith, Willingboro, 1991 (1)
48.71 … Mario Heslop, Franklin Twp., 2018 (1)
48.77 … Nasir Haines, Freehold Twp., 2015 (2)
48.92 … Charles Cox, Monmouth, 2007 (1)
48.98 … Nadale Buntin, J.P. Stevens, 2018 (2)
49.0y … Dave Law, Snyder, 1973 (1)
49.04 … Leonard Robbins, East Brunswick, 2011 (2)
48.9y … Tony Valentine, Plainfield, 1983 (t)
49.11 … Darrell Bush, Woodbury, 2012 (1)
49.16 … Bryant McCombs, Old Bridge, 2006 (1)
49.17 … Luke Colehower, Haddonfield, 2017 (1)
49.19 … Amir Brock, Egg Harbor Twp., 2017 (2)
49.29 … Devon Artis, Shabazz, 2011 (3)
49.31 … Alex Reber, Cherry Hill East, 2011 (4)
49.31 … Clayton Gravesande, Franklin, 2010 (1)

800-METER RUN
1:51.72 … Isaac Clark, Pleasantville, 2013 (1)
1:51.80 … Derrell Manhertz, Kingsway, 2013 (2)
1:52.15 … Jacob Clark, Pleasantville, 2013 (3)
1:52.18 … Rey Rivera, Old Bridge, 2017 (1)
1:52.24 … Allen Eke, Union Catholic, 2012 (1)
1:52.67 … A.J. Chavez, West Windsor South, 2012 (2)
1:53.33 … Jared Mason, West Orange, 2012 (3)
1:53.68 … Ishmael Muhammad, Oakcrest, 2013 (4)
1:53.7y … Jean Destine, Elizabeth, 1991 (1)
1:53.90 … James Buser, Mahwah, 2013 (5)
1:53.95 … Joe White, DePaul, 2014 (1)
1:53.98 … Elijah Brown, Union Catholic, 2019 (1)
1:54.09 … Rey Rivera, Old Bridge, 2016 (1)
1:54.10 … Miles Liggins, South Brunswick, 2019 (2)
1:54.36 … Ernesto Perez, West Side, 1990 (1)
1:54.41 … Gabriel Moronta, Pleasantville, 2019 (3)
1:54.43 … Eddison Gulama, West Windsor-Plainsboro South, 2013 (6)
1:54.45 … Haig Rickerby, McNair, 2017 (2)
1:54.4y … John Marshall, Plainfield, 1981 (1)
1:54.54 … Luis Peralta, Passaic, 2018 (1)

1,600-METER RUN
4:05.2y … Vince Cartier, Scotch Plains-Fanwood, 1972 (1)
4:11.66 … Ben Malone, Pascack Valley, 2012 (1)
4:11.83 … Drew Maher, Shore Regional, 2018 (1)
4:11.95 … Liam Tansey, Morris Hills, 2009 (1)
4:12.54 … D.J. Thornton, Union Catholic, 2010 (1)
4:12.90 … Will Baginski, Ridgewood, 2019 (1)
4:13.01 … Will Daly, River Dell, 2016 (1)
4:13.12 … Jim Rosa, West Windsor-Plainsboro North, 2009 (2)
4:13.21 … Pat Schellberg, Delbarton, 2010 (2)
4:13.2y … Bll Sieben, Union Catholic, 1970 (1)
4:13.44 … Colin Daly, River Dell, 2016 (2)
4:13.49 … George Kelly, Christian Brothers, 2012 (2)
4:13.5y … Chris Inman, Essex Catholic, 1972 (2)
4:13.5y … Harry Kronick, Franklin, 1972 (3)
4:13.7y … Dave Wall, Dickinson, 1973 (1)
4:13.9y … Chris Elliott, Ramapo, 1970 (2)
4:14.18 … Greg Pelose, Haddonfield, 2016 (3)
4:14.20 … Mike McClemens, Christian Brothers, 2014 (1)
4:14.24 … Chris Romero, Voorhees, 2018 (2)
4:14.57 … Sam Macaluso, West Windsor South, 2010 (3)

3,200-METER RUN
8:54.22 … Liam Murphy, Allentown, 2019 (1)
8:54.45 … Devin Hart, Point Pleasant Boro, 2019 (2)
8:58.81 … Jon Vitez, Haddonfield, 2010 (1)
8:59.77 … Brian Leung, West Windsor South, 2008 (1)
9:00.95 … Jeramy Elkaim, Livingston, 2010 (2)
9:01.86 … Doug Smith, Gill St. Bernard’s, 2008 (2)
9:02.00 … Tom O’Neill, Middletown North, 2013 (1)
9:03.58 … Craig Forys, Colts Neck, 2007 (1)
9:04.7y … Chris Inman, Essex Catholic, 1973 (1)
9:04.8y … Tim Conheeney, Paramus Catholic, 1973 (2)
9:05.6y … Vince Cartier, Scotch Plains-Fanwood, 1971 (1)
9:06.2y … Chris Hallinan, Bernards, 1974 (1)
9:06.11 … Devin Hart, Point Pleasant, 2018 (1)
9:06.58 … Mohamed Khadraoui, Paterson Kennedy, 2004 (1)
9:07.17 … Tyler Udland, Millburn, 2010 (3)
9:08.32 … Jordan Brannan, Colts Neck, 2017 (1)
9:08.55 … Sean Poherence, Morris Hills, 2009 (1)
9:08.7y … Carlos Bazo, Essex Catholic, 1972 (1)
9:10.0y … Ed Taylor, Edison, 1976 (1)
9:10.09 … Alex Roth, Princeton, 2017 (2)

55-METER HURDLES
7.22 … Sincere Rhea, St. Augustine, 2019 (1)
7.25 …….. Rhea, 2019 (q)
7.19 … Jermaine Collier, Trenton 2012 (1)
7.21 … Cory Poole, East Orange, 2017 (1)
7.22 … Isaac Williams, Willingboro, 2012 (2)
7.36 … Sultan Tucker, Delsea, 1996 (1)
7.36 … Christian Boateng, Old Bridge, 2011 (1)
7.40 … Josh Evans, Irvington 2009 (1)
7.41 … Jeff Porter, Franklin, 2003 (1)
7.41 … Rolston Braithwaite, Trenton, 2009 (2)
7.41 … Geordan Ferguson, Manchester Twp., 2012 (3)
7.42 … Anthony Acklin, Triton, 2001 (1)
7.42 … Greg Caldwell, West Windsor North, 2012 (4)
7.42 … Cory Poole, East Orange, 2017 (q)
7.42 … Isaiah Greene, Newark West Side, 2018 (2)
7.42 … Eric Kahana, Freehold Boro, 2012 (5)
7.43 … George Bland, Penns Grove, 1987 (1)
7.43 … Todd Matthews, Notre Dame, 1998 (1)
7.43 … Andrew Aguilera, Governor Livingston, 2017 (2)
7.43 … Naseem Smith, Deptford, 2019 (2)
7.44 …….. Tucker, Delsea, 1997 (1)
7.44 … Danyne Brown, Camden, 1999 (1)
7.44 … Obafemi Animashaun, Union Catholic, 2014 (1)
7.44 … Alex Borzelin, Hamilton North

LONG JUMP
23-4-Nils Wildberg [Princeton], 2019 (1)

HIGH JUMP
7- 1 … Mike Morrison, Willingboro, 2002 (1)
7- 0 … Milt Goode, Monmouth, 1979 (1)
7- 0 … Derrick Ponton, Montclair, 1995 (1)
7- 0 …….. Morrison, 2002
6-10 … Mike Pascuzzo, Lenape, 1980 (1)
6-10 … Kevin McGorty, Westfield, 1983 (1)
6-10 … Terry Ferguson, Cherry Hill West, 1987 (1)
6-10 … Eric Taylor-Perry, Montclair, 1990 (1)
6-10 … Mike Loftin, North Hunterdon, 1991 (1)
6-10 … Cory Hubert, St. John Vianney, 1997 (1)
6-10 … Raffael Craig, Millville, 1998 (1)
6-10 ……..Craig, Millville, 1999 (1)
6-10 … Paul Klemic, Mainland, 2000 (1)
6-10 … Chris Haley, Union, 2005 (1)
6-10 … Felix Davis, Trenton, 1983 (2)
6-10 … Blair Woodward, Scotch Plains, 1999 (2)
6-10 … Semaj Willis, Trenton, 2017 (1)
6-9 … Ron Liteplo, East Brunswick, 1974 (1)
6-8 ½ … Mark Henry, Plainfield, 1980 (2)
6-8 ½ … Mark Commarato, Dayton 1980 (3)

SHOT PUT
69- 5 ½ … Nick Vena, Morristown, 2010 (1)
67- 8 ¾ … Braheme Days Jr., Bridgeton, 2012 (1)
67- 7 …….. Vena, Morristown, 2009 (1)
67- 3 … Kevin DiGiorgio, Bayonne, 1998 (1)
67- 2 ½ …….. Vena, 2011
66-10 ½ …….. Days Jr, Bridgeton, 2013 (1)
66- 0 ¾ …….. Vena, 2008 (1)
65- 10 … Glenn DiGiorgio, Bayonne, 2002 (1)
65- 6 … Vena, 2009
64- 6 ¾ … Steve Adams, St. Joseph’s-Montville, 1970 (1)
64- 1 …….. Vena, 2008
64- 0 ½ … Jordan West, Rahway, 2017 (1)
63- 10 ¼ … Kevin DiGiorgio, 1997 (1)
63- 3 ¼ … Mike Alleman, Scotch Plains, 2008 (2)
63- 0 ½ … James Gilligan, Toms River East, 1984 (1)
62- 9 … Bruce Heide, Dayton, 1975 (1)
62- 8 …….. Adams, 1969 (1)
62- 7 ½ … Ray Wilks, Bridgeton, 1995 (1)
62- 7 ¾ … C.J. Licata, Gill St. Bernard, 2018 (1)
62- 4 ¼ … Jordan West, Rahway, 2016 (1)
62- 4 … Ron Klotzer, Union, 1973 (1)
61- 10 … Rudy Guevara, Essex Catholic, 1971 (1)
61- 10 …….. G. DiGiorgio, 2001 (1)
61- 9 … Bob Vorheis, Our Lady of the Valley, 1977 (1)
61- 9 … Randy Sokolik, West Milford, 1969 (2)

POLE VAULT since 2005
16- 0 … Craig Hunter, Robbinsville, 2013 (1)
15- 6 … Dan Batdorf, West Deptford 2008 (1)
15- 6 … Liam Landau, Passaic Hills, 2019 (1)
15- 6 … Bradley Jelmert, Watchung Hills, 2019 (2)
15- 6 … Simon Schenk, Princeton, 2019 (3)
15- 0 … Greg Kelley, Toms River North, 2009 (1)
15- 0 … Greg Hoffman, Park Ridge, 2009 (2)
15- 0 … Justin Amezquita, Gov. Livingston, 2010 (1)
15- 0 … Jordan Subai, Toms River North, 2010 (2)
15- 0 … Nick Eckett, Jackson Liverty, 2013 (2)
15- 0 … Peter Fagan, Westfield, 2013 (3)
15- 0 … Mike Benz, Delbarton, 2014 (1)
15- 0 … Luke Annichiarico, Old Tappan, 2014 (t2)
15- 0 … Abe Gertler, Madison, 2014 (T2)
15- 0 … Dylan Altland, Kingsway, 2014 (4)
15- 0 … Trevor Knowles, North Hunterdon, 2014 (5)
15- 0 … Tyler Hrbek, Northern Valley-Old Tappan, 2018 (1)
15- 0 … David Bausmith, Hunterdon Central, 2018 (2)
14- 6 … Anthony Abitante, Gov. Livingston, 2005 (1)
14- 6 … Rick Villanova, Toms River North, 2008 (2)
14- 6 … Chris Wyckoff, Toms River East, 2009 (tie for 3rd)
14- 6 … Mike Rivard, Haddonfield, 2009 (tie for 3rd)
14- 6 …….. Rivard, 2010 (3)
14- 6 … John Wisener, Ridgewood, 2010 (4)
14- 6 … Dylan Spadaccini, Matawan, 2011 (1)
14- 6 … Brian Banks, Eastern, 2011 (2)
14- 6 … Craig Hunter, Robbinsville, 2012 (1)
14- 6 … Eric Geider, Demarest, 2013 (4)
14- 6 … Nick Giannone, Ridge, 2014 (6)
14- 6 … Joseph Egri, JFK Iselin, 2015 (1)
14- 6 … Matthew Isaacson, Matawan, 2015 (2)
14- 6 … Josh Ward, South Plainfield, 2016 (1)
14- 6 … Kyle Loveland, Moorestown, 2016 (2)
14- 6 … Jarrod Brovero, Delsea, 2016 (3)
14- 6 … Seth Kricheff, Old Tappan, 2017 (1)
14- 6 …….. Kricheff, 2018 (3)
14- 6 … Conor Reilly, Union Catholic, 2018 (4)
14- 6 … Nico Morales, Delsea, 2019 (5)

1,600-METER RELAY
3:18.26 … East Orange, 2017 (1)
3:19.70 … Union Catholic, 2014 (1)
3:20.53 … Oakcrest, 2012 (1)
3:20.54 … Old Bridge, 2014 (2)
3:21.16 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017 (2)
3:21.64 … Winslow, 2013 (1)
3:22.1y … Seton Hall Prep, 1970 (1)
3:22.42 … Monmouth, 2007 (1)
3:22.3y … Snyder, 1971 (1)
3:22.84 … Christian Brothers, 2012 (2)
3:22.44 … Camden, 2001 (1)
3:22.75 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2016 (1)
3:22.96 … Trenton, 2007 (2)
3:23.02 … Rahway, 2009 (1)
3:23.12 … Cherry Hill East, 2012 (3)
3:23.31 … Paul VI, 2016 (2)
3:23.42 … Winslow, 2009 (2)
3:23.40 … Cherokee, 2012 (4)
3:23.47 … Columbia, 2009 (3)
3:23.48 … Christian Brothers, 2013 (2)

3,200-METER RELAY [since 2017]
7:56.49 … Ridge, 2019 (1)
7:57.34 … Hopewell Valley, 2018 (1)
7:59.05 … North Hunterdon, 2018 (2)
7:59.47 … North Hunterdon, 2019 (2)
8:01.54 … St. Peter’s Prep, 2019 (3)
8:01.62 … Rancocas Valley, 2018 (3)
8:02.72 … Hopewell Valley, 2017 (1)
8:03.50 … Morris Hills, 2017 (2)
8:05.24 … Pope John XXIII, 2018 (4)
8:06.16 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2017 (3)
8:08.13 … Ridge, 2018 (5)
8:08.19 … Bergen Catholic, 2017 (4)
8:08.94 … Ridge, 2017 (5)
8:08.96 … Ocean Twp., 2018 (6)

With an all-South Jersey lineup, Rowan on Friday ran the fourth-fastest 4-by-400 in NCAA Division 3 this year.

The team of Jah’mere Beasely of Sterling, Justin Bishop of Mainland, Jake Kolodziej of Washington Township and Francis Terry of Sterling won the 1,600-meter relay at the All-Atlantic Championships at Nazareth College in Rochester. RIT was second in 3:17.17.

Rowan broke the meet record of 3:18.40 set by a 2018 Rowan team of Schalick’s Chris Mesiano, Bishop, South Brunswick’s Nick Neville and Francis. The Profs broke the facility record at RIT’s Golisano Center of 3:20.79 set by RIT in January.

Rowan’s time trails only Wisconsin-Eau Claire [3:15.80], Wisconsin-Oshkosh [3:16.83] and Loras College of Dubuque, Iowa [3:16.95].

The Profs ran within just over two seconds shy of the school record of 3:15.00 set at 2018 NCAA D-3 nationals by the team of Mesiano, Bishop, Neville and Terry.

Beasely, who never ran the 400 in high school, led off with a 50.1 and Bishop split 48.2 to give Rowan the lead. Kolodziej ran 50.3 and Terry anchored in 48.5.

Qualifying marks for NCAA Division 3 Championships must be made by Saturday.

The NCAA Division 3 Championships are scheduled for next Saturday and Sunday at Guilford College in Winston-Salem, N.C.