Some hot sprinting Tuesday at the Olympic Conference Championships, with Winslow senior Jaia James and Washington Township sophomore Dylan Giloley recording the two-fastest 100 times by South Jersey girls this spring.
Giloley led all qualifiers in the prelims with a PR 12.04 on her home track, a huge drop from her PR of 12.38 from Fast Times at Cherokee back in mid-April. James was second in qualifying with a 12.27 in a different heat, not far off her PR of 12.22 that she set last spring when she won the South Jersey Group 3 sectional race at Delsea.
In the final, James edged Giloley with a PR of 12.02, with Giloley less than a 10th of a second behind at 12.10. All three races had legal wind.
James and Giloley now rank 1-2 in South Jersey this year and 3-4 in the state. Christiana Nwachuku of Kent Place School in Summit is No. 1 in New Jersey with an 11.85 at the Union County Championships in Plainfield over the weekend, and Julia Jackson of Scotch Plains-Fanwood is second at 11.90 from the same race.
James and Giloley both moved into the all-time South Jersey top-50 (see below). Giloley broke the school record of 12.10 set by Jackie Dim at the 2008 Gloucester County Championships at Washington Township. James is No. 3 in Winslow history behind Shakira Dancy, who ran 11.71 in the trials at the 2017 Group 3 sectionals at Delsea and Torie Robinson, who ran 11.73 when she won the 2014 Meet of Champions at South Plainfield.
Their times are 3rd- and 4th-fastest fat times in meet history behind Olympian English Gardner of Eastern [12.01 in 2010] and Dancy [11.89 in 2017]. The only faster converted hand time is LaToya Benson’s 11.6 (equivalent to 11.84fat) in 2002.
James also won the 200 in 25.89 and placed 2nd in the 100-meter hurdles in a personal-best 15.54. Eastern junior Johnny Stilley won the hurdles in a PR 15.32.
11.42 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], 1981
11.49 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
11.57 … Patti Dunlap [Camden], 1979
11.58 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
11.61 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
11.63 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2019
11.66 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2021
11.71 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
11.73 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2014
11.77 … Aisha Morgan [Schalick], 1998
11.78 … Shameka Speed [Bridgeton], 2003
11.81 … Denise Liles [Kingsway], 1984
11.81 … Audrey Wilson [Deptford], 2008
11.82 … Annie Johnson [Shawnee], 2012
11.84 … Robin Taylor [Deptford], 1980
11.85 … Dana Burnett [Willamstown], 1996
11.88 … Denis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
11.89 … Cecelia Gerstenbacher [Delsea], 2017
11.91 … Aliya Harrison [Sterling], 2017
11.94 … Emily Carson [Haddonfield], 2013
11.95 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
11.96 … Jamillah Nock [Woodrow Wilson], 2004
11.96 … Jailya Ash [Eastern], 2019
11.98 … Jennifer Jackson [Eastern], 2003
11.98 … Ciera Ismail [Schalick], 2013
11.98 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2014
12.00 … Andrea Conway [Bordentown], 1986
12.00 … Aisha Morgan [Schalick], 1998
12.01 … Kylene Bines [Highland], 1998
12.01 … Nadia Davy [Bridgeton], 1999
12.02 … Jaia James [Winslow Twp.], 2022
12.04 … Latoya Carmichael [Woodrow Wilson], 1991
12.04 … Dylan Giloley [Washington Twp.], 2022
12.05 … Anu Ward [Moorestown], 2000
12.06 … Cidae’a Woods [Winslow Twp.], 2014
12.06 … Bryanna Williams [Timber Creek], 2011
12.07 … Jewel Ash [Eastern], 2017
12.08 … Angie Clybourn [Egg Harbor Twp.], 1991
12.08 … Kim Hargrove [Willingboro], 1996
12.08 … Jaye Pollard [Penns Grove], 2013
12.09 … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], 2011
12.10 … Teneacia Smith [CherryHill East], 1991
12.10 … Jackie Dim [Washington Twp.], 2008
12.10 … Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], 2008
12.10 … Iyanla Kollock [Our Lady of Mercy], 2017
12.11 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2009
12.11 … Nia Lawrence [Pemberton], 2012
12.12 … Maya Drayton [Cherry Hill East], 2019
12.13 … Dominique Merchant [Winslow Twp.], 2003
12.15 … Rageana Marigna [Palmyra], 2008
12.17 … Shardae Anderson [Paulsboro], 2004
12.17 … Aaliyah Vandergrift [Paul VI], 2019
12.17 … Sade Jones [Millville], 2002
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 