Pleasantville’s Nia Ali matched her season-best time and advanced to the semifinals of the 100-meter hurdles Friday at the USATF Championships in Eugene.

Ali placed 2nd in the 2nd of three heats in 12.59, the 5th-fastest time overall at Hayward Field. The top four finishers in each of the three hearts plus the next four-fastest times qualified for the semifinals on Saturday evening.

Ali, the 2016 Olympic silver medalist, also ran 12.59 in a meet in Gainesville in April. She did not race outdoors in 2020 or at all in 2021 as she had a baby, so the 12.59 matches her fastest time since she ran a lifetime best 12.34 to win the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Ali races in the semifinal at 4:04 p.m. Saturday. The top three finishers in each of two heats plus the next two-fastest advance to the final, which follows at 5:41 p.m.

Ali will be in lane 6 in the first of the two semis. She had the 2nd-fastest time in the trials among the women in her semifinal. Alaysha Johnson, who ran 12.40 Friday, will be in lane 4.

Click here for live results: https://results.usatf.org/2022Outdoors/

Millville native Bryanna Craig fell an agonizing 14 points short of making the U.S. National team for the World Athletics Under-20 Championships but recorded the 11th-highest heptathlon score in U.S. high school track history.

Competing in the USATF Under-20 Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., Craig scored 5,388 points and placed 3rd at the USATF Under-20 Championships Thursday and Friday.

She finished 13 points behind JaiCieonna Gero-Holt, a freshman at Emerald Ridge High School in Puyallup, Wash., who broke Craig’s U.S. freshman record earlier this year and improved it this weekend to 5,401 points. That’s No. 10 in U.S. high school history.

USATF has a rule that doesn’t allow athletes to attend World Under 20 Championships if they’re 15 or under, but according to her bio on the IAAF web site Gero-Holt is 16.

NCAA Division 2 All-America Blakelee Winn, who recently finished her freshman year at Pittsburg (Kans.) State University, won the event with 5,473 points in her final year of Under-20 eligibility.

Winn and Gero-Holt will represent the U.S. at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, in August.

Craig doesn’t turn 19 until Feb. 12, so she has another year of eligibility in the Under-20 Championships.

Craig’s previous heptathlon PR was 5,117 points last year in Myrtle Beach, S.C., although she also had a 5,138 with incomplete wind information, which makes the performance wind-aided and not eligible for list purposes.

Craig’s score of 5,388 ranks No. 23 in the world in the Under-20 division and No. 41 among all U.S. women.

Going into the final event Friday, the 800 meters, Gero-Holt held a 192-point lead over Craig (4,749-4,557). But Craig ran a personal-best 2:19.42 and finished five seconds ahead of the field and nearly 14 seconds ahead of Gero-Holt, making up all but 13 points of the deficit.

Craig, a two-time national high school champion, set personal bests in the 800 (2:19.42), 200 (25.11), shot put (34-7) and javelin (118-0) as well as the heptathlon overall. That’s five PRs in a weekend, and no matter what anybody else did, that’s an incredible weekend.

She also ran 14.55 in the high hurdles, high jumped 5-7 ¾ and long jumped 18-6 ¼ in the two-day, seven-event challenge.

Craig, who recently graduated from Ruston (La.) High School, will be a freshman this fall at Louisiana Tech, where her father – former Millville legend Raffael Craig – is a coach. Craig’s former Millville teammate, long jumper and hurdler Leah Ellis, will also be at Louisiana Tech.

Bryce Tucker ran an intermediate hurdles PR and advanced to the finals at the USATF Under-20 Championships Friday.

Tucker, who finished his junior year at Pennsauken this month, ran 52.14 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., and advanced to the final as a “small-q” qualifier, which means he wasn’t one of the first three finishers in his heat – which is an auto qualifier for the final – but he had one of the next-two-fastest times.

Competing against mainly college freshmen, Tucker placed 4th in the first of two heats. His time is fastest by a South Jersey junior since Millville’s Azim Smith ran 51.82 to place 2nd at the 2001 adidas Outdoor Championships in Raleigh, N.C.

Tucker’s time is No. 25 in state history and No. 7 in South Jersey history, fastest in 13 years, since Washington Township’s Tim Carey ran 52.10 to win the 2009 state Group 4 meet at Egg Harbor.

It’s fastest by a Camden County hurdler in 18 years, since Rueben McCoy of Winslow Township ran 51.39 as part of an insane Meet of Champions triple at South Plainfield – 21.51 in the 200, 47.42 in the 400 and 51.39 in the 400IH.
Tucker’s time is fastest by a U.S. underclassman this year.

Tucker, who set his previous PR of 52.17 when he won the Meet of Champions last year at South Plainfield, had a season-best this year of 53.01 from his 4th-place All-America performance at New Balance Outdoors last week at Franklin Field.

The final is scheduled for 7:43 p.m. Saturday. The top two finishers make the U.S. national junior team that will compete in the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in August in Cali, Colombia.

South Jersey All-Time List
50.37 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], 2001
51.39 … Rueben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 2004
51.5h … Martin Booker [Camden], 1981
51.62 … Fred Sharpe [Paulsboro], 1997
51.82 … Azim Smith [Millville], 2001
52.14 … Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], 2021
52.0h … Vince Rawlins [Eastern], 1992
52.4h … Diandre Chandler [Camden], 1986
52.4h … Donovan Darius [Wilson], 1993
52.54 … Marcus Lee [Vineland], 2004
52.56 … Royce Reed [Bridgeton], 1995
52.62 … Devon Matthews [Pleasantville], 1999
52.62 … Harran Williams [Delran], 1999
52.62 … Ian Moore [Lenape], 2001
52.66 … Justin Dupree [Camden], 1996
52.66 … Aaron Younger [Delsea], 2007
52.71 … Mike Brown [Lenape], 1996
52.71 … Mike Morrison [Willingboro], 2003
52.72 … Devon Carter [Washington Twp.], 2000
52.87 … Demetrius Rooks [Absegami], 2008
52.89 … Barry Bethea [Eastern Reg.], 2010
52.92 … Alex Reber [Eastern Reg.], 2012
52.8h … Jack Thompson [Edgewood], 2001
52.89 … Devon Patton [Willingboro], 1990
52.94 … Maurice Young [Camden], 2002
52.96 … Tyler Davidson [Willingboro], 2016

New Jersey All-Time List
50.14 … Cory Poole [East Orange], 2017
50.20 … Taylor McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2015
50.37 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], 2001
50.84 … Justin Gaymon [Phillipsburg], 2005
51.02 … Tony Valentine [Plainfield],. 1983
51.0h … Chris Person [Plainfield], 1978
51.39 … Rueben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 2004
51.5h … Martin Booker [Camden], 1981
51.62 … Fred Sharpe [Paulsboro], 1997
51.62 … Shaquan Brown [JFK Paterson], 2006
51.66 … Ramy Berberena [North Brunswick], 2019
51.69 … David Jones [Montclair], 1985
51.78 … Randall Walker [Rahway], 1985
51.82 … Azim Smith [Millville], 2001
51.85 … Akeem Lindo [East Orange], 2018
51.91 … Paul Quitzau [Mount Olive], 1983
51.92 … Anthony Hampton [Englewood], 1994
51.98 … Emanuel Mayers [Lakewood], 2007
52.05 … Andrew Cameron [Paterson East Side], 1987
52.06 … Christopher Serrao [East Brunswick], 2022
52.09 … Mark Cooke [J.P. Stevens], 2014
52.10 … Tim Carey [Washington Twp.], 2009
52.12 … Felix Lawrence [Freehold Twp.], 2019
52.13 … Greg Christie [Perth Amboy], 1997
52.14 … Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], 2021

Ryan Allen, who graduated this month from Kingsway, won the 10,000-meter race walk Friday morning at the USATF Under-20 Championships in Eugene

With a top-two finish, Allen earned a spot on the U.S. National team that will compete at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in August in Cali, Colombia.

Allen set a nearly two-minute PR of 49:53.14 and beat the field at Hayward Field by over half a mile.

Clayton Stoil, who Allen edged by 10 meters to win the National Scholastic title at 3,000 meters on the same track last weekend, placed 2nd in 54:15.71.

He finished about 850 meters behind Allen.

Allen walked his previous 10,000 PR of 51:39.97 in February in a meet at Cuyamaca College El Cajon, Calif.

Allen is the first U.S. junior champion from Kingsway in 38 years, since Pedricktown native Denise Liles won the 100-meter dash in 11.81 in 1984 in what was then known as The Athletics Congress Junior Nationals at L.A. Coliseum in Los Angeles.

Stoil built an early five-second lead. Just 800 meters into the 6.2-mile race, Stoil came through in 3:52.55 and Allen was at 3:57.41. Stoil still led at 2,000 meters – by 4-100ths of a second – before Allen took the lead for good. At 2,800 meters – through seven laps – Stoil was only 2 ½ seconds back.

But the next time they came across the line Allen’s lead was up to nine seconds and by 4,400 meters – 11 laps in – the lead had grown to 40 seconds.

It only grew largert and larger as Allen ripped off steady sub-two-minute laps.

His first 15 laps were all between 1:57.22 and 1:59.94.

Allen is the first South Jersey race walker to win a U.S. junior title in 49 years, since Willingboro’s Randy Mimm won the 1973 10,000 in 51:45.1.

For those of you who want to see the official judge’s summary sheet, click here.

Millville native Bryanna Craig set PRs in two events on Day 1 of the heptathlon at the USATF Under-20 National Championships Thursday in Eugene, Ore.

Ater four of the seven events at Hayward Field, Craig has 3,223 points – her most ever on Day 1 of a heptathlon.

The top two finishers comprise the U.S. Junior National team that will compete at World Athletics Junior Championships Aug. 1-6 at Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia.

JaiCieonna Gero-Holt, who recently completed her freshman year at Emerald Ridge High School in Puyallup, Wash., is in the lead with 3,371 points, and Blakelee Winn of Pittsburg State (Kans.) University is in 2nd with 3,235 points. So Craig is only 12 points out of 2nd place with three events to go. Fourth place is more than 300 points behind Craig.

Craig opened the two-day competition in Eugene with a 14.55 in the 100-meter hurdles, good for 902 points, and followed that up by clearing 5-7 ¾ in the high jump, just short of her lifetime-best 5-8 and worth 879 points.

She then PR’d in the next two events.

In the shot put, Craig threw 34-7 to score 565 points. Her previous shot put PR was 32-1 ½ from the Jacksonville Athletic Club Championships in Florida in August, 2020. She actually surpassed that on all three throws Thursday – 33-11 ½, 33-6 ¾ and the 34-7 on her final attempt.

Then in the 200, Craig ran 25.11 with a legal 1.1 meters-per-second tailwind. Her previous 200 PR was a 25.24 at the 2019 Under-20 Championships in Miramar, Fla. She did run a wind-aided 25.08 last summer at Hayward Field.

Craig’s previous high score after one day was 3,074 points at the NSAF USA Meet of Champions in Myrtle Beach, N.C. She went on to score 5,117 points.

Craig placed 4th with 5,094 points at the 2019 meet in Miramar. The meet was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021.

Craig was born and raised in Millville and led Millville’s track team to the 2019 state Group 4 championship. She won the national scholastic heptathlon as a Millville freshman and set the national freshman record. She graduated from Ruston (La.) High School earlier this month.

Craig is 18 and doesn’t turn 19 until Feb. 12, 2023, so she will be eligible for the Under-20 Championships again next year. The meet is open to athletes who are 19 or younger at the end of the year.

Action resumes Friday with the long jump scheduled for 3:15 p.m., javelin at 4:15 p.m. and 800 at 5:26 p.m.

Here’s a look at all the South Jersey athletes scheduled to compete at the USATF Under-20 Championships, which start Thursday morning in Eugene, Ore.

The U.S. Under-20 Championships – formerly USATF Junior Nationals – serves as the qualifier for the World Athletics Under-20 Championships. The top two finishers in each event will be invited to join the U.S. team that will compete Aug. 1-6 in Cali, Columbia.

The athletes listed below are the South Jersey athletes listed as “declared” on the USATF web site. So far still no sign of heat sheets. For a meet that starts tomorrow morning!!!

Click on the name for each athlete’s IAAF bio (where available).

Nicole Clifford, 1,500-Meter Run
12:53 p.m., Friday – First Round
4:52 p.m., Saturday – Final
Clifford, who graduated from Cherokee this month, will finish one of the greatest middle-distance seasons in South Jersey history in Eugene. Clifford has a mile PR of 4:50.50 from Trials of Miles at Icahn Stadium in New York last month and ranks 29th among U.S. women in the under-20 division. Clifford, who also ran 2:11.12 and 10:45.24 this spring, has run one serious 1,500 and it was also at Hayward Field. In April, she ran 4:37.67 at the Oregon Relays. That’s No. 5 in South Jersey history behind Washington Township’s Michelle Rowen [4:19.34 in 1983], Marielle Hall [4:25.05 in 2010] and Briana Gess [4:27.67 in 2015] of Haddonfield and Shawnee’s Liz Moore [4:35.05 in 1994].

Yashaya Brown, 110-Meter Hurdles
Brown, who completed his sophomore year at Washington Township this month, ran his season-best 14.08 at Pennsauken last month in the Olympic Conference Championships. That’s fastest by a South Jersey sophomore since Sultan Tucker of Delsea ran 13.91 when he won his first Meet of Champions title in 1995 and fastest in the state since Cory Poole of East Orange ran 14.03 in 2015. This will be Brown’s first official race over the 42-inch hurdles.
2:09 p.m., Friday – First Round
4:50 p.m., Friday – Final

Bryce Tucker, 400-Meter Hurdles
The versatile Tucker, now finishing his junior year at Pennsauken, has an intermediates PR of 52.17 and won his 2nd straight Meet of Champions title last weekend at Franklin with a 53.57. A day later he ran 53.01 for 4th at New Balance Nationals. Not sure why that mark isn’t listed on the IAAF site, but Tucker should be No. 13 among U.S. juniors under 20. Tucker also has PRs of 14.22 in the high hurdles, 48.23 for 400 meters and 1:55.00 for the 800.
3:27 p.m., Friday – First Round
4:43 p.m., Saturday – Final

Ryan Allen, 10,000-Meter Race Walk
8:40 a.m., Friday – Final
Allen, a June Kingsway graduate, has a PR of 10,000 track PR of 51:39.97 from Cuyamaca College El Cajon in February. He was also in Eugene last weekend for the Nike Outdoor Nationals and won his 5th scholastic title, winning the 3,000-meter event in 13:45.62.

Greg Foster Jr., Long Jump, Triple Jump
1:15 p.m., Friday – Long Jump Final
3:25 p.m., Saturday – Triple Jump Final
Foster, a Lumberton native, ranks 3rd on the 2022 U.S. scholastic list with his 25-6 ½ long jump and 4th with his state-record 51-0 ½ triple jump, both at New Balance Nationals over the weekend at Franklin Field. Foster is the greatest horizontal jumper in New Jersey history – remember, Carl Lewis rarely triple jumped at Willingboro, only in a couple relay meets, and never surpassed 42 feet. Foster is No. 1 all-time in the triple jump and No. 2 in the long jump. The Princeton-bound Lawrenceville Prep grad will try to  improve on those marks this weekend in Eugene. (Note – Just learned Greg won’t be competing in Eugene. He’s shutting down for the year. What a season! Congrats to Greg for all his accomplishments and can’t wait to see what’s next at Princeton!)

Floyd Whitaker, Triple Jump
3:25 p.m., Saturday – Triple Jump Final
Whitaker, a freshman at Minnesota, PR’d at 51-5 ½ in January in a meet in Minneapolis and went on to place 5th at the Big Ten Championships with an outdoor legal-wind PR of 50-2. A year ago, Whitaker won the national high school title on the same track in Eugene as a Highland senior.

Bryanna Craig, Heptathlon
10 a.m., Thursday
10:45 a.m., Friday
She doesn’t live in South Jersey anymore, but Craig is a Millville native and spent the first two years of her remarkable high school career competing for Millville. With her dad, legendary high jumper Raffael Craig, now coaching at Louisiana Tech, Craig graduated this month from Ruston High in Louisiana (and will be a freshman in the fall at Louisiana Tech). Craig is a two-time high school national champion. She won outdoor nationals in 2019 with a national freshman-record 4,958 points (which she later improved to 5,094 at USATF Under 20s), placed 2nd at 2021 outdoor nationals as a junior at Lubbock (Texas), then won indoor nationals in the pentathlon with the 6th-highest score in U.S. history. Craig has PRs of 14.08 in the hurdles, 5-8 in the high jump, 19-0 ¼ in the long jump, 32-1 ½ in the shot put, 117-1 in the javelin and 2:21.44 in the 800. She set her lifetime best of 5,138 points at the same Hayward Field track last year in Eugene. Craig scored 5,038 points earlier this month in a heptathlon in Dallas, No. 1 in the U.S. among high school girls.

Here’s a look at all the South Jersey champions in meet history. The meet was first held in 1972.

The USATF, which may be the worst-run organization on Earth, has literally not updated the list of winners in eight years. Here’s the most recent list, which is impossible to find on the USATF site but with some creative Googling I found it. The USATF site is literally the worst web site I have ever seen. It’s a travesty and it’s a shame because they’re not doing the sport any favors. Good luck finding prior results, all-time lists, all-time winners – all stuff that could be updated in a day if they cared the least bit.

MEN
2015
Curtis Thompson, Florence [Javelin], 237-4

2014
Braheme Days, Jr., Bridgeton [Shot Put], 65-54 ½
Curtis Thompson, Florence [Javelin], 216-0

2005
Reuben McCoy, Winslow Twp., Auburn [400-Meter Hurdles], 50.69

2001
Dwight Ruff, Camden, Willingboro T.C. [400-Meter Hurdles], 50.37

1999
Robert Jordan, Millville [High Jump], 7-4 ¼

1991
Gerard Reynolds, Willingboro [Long Jump], 24-10

1985
Dennis Mitchell, Edgewood [100-Meter Dash], 10.36

1980
Carl Lewis, Willingboro, Houston [100-Meter Dash], 10.21
Carl Lewis, Willingboro, Houston [200-Meter Dash], 20.66

1973
Randy Mimm, Willingboro [10,000-Meter Race Walk], 51:45.1

WOMEN
1984
Denise Liles, Kingsway [100-Meter Dash], 11.81

1983
Michelle Rowen, Washington Twp. [1,500-Meter Run], 4:20.05

1981
Michele Glover, Willingboro [100-Meter Dash], 11.42
Carol Lewis, Willingboro [100-Meter Hurdles], 13.89
Carol Lewis, Willingboro [Long Jump], 20-11 ¾

1980
Carol Lewis, Willingboro [100-Meter Hurdles], 14.20

1979
Michele Glover, Willingboro/Pennsauken [100-Meter Dash], 11.64
Carol Lewis, Willingboro [Long Jump], 20-7 ¼

1978
Carol Lewis, Willingboro [Long Jump], 20-5 ¼

Seven South Jersey athletes – five of them throwers – have been accepted into the U.S. Championships.

The USATF Championships is scheduled to run from Thursday through Sunday at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Ore.

Here’s a detailed look at the seven South Jersey athletes who will compete at nationals. The top two finishers in every event comprise the U.S. team that will return to Eugene for the IAAF World Championships in July.

(The USATF Under-20 Championships will be held concurrently with nationals at Hayward Field. We’ll take a look at the South Jersey contingent competing at U20 nationals on Thursday!)

To reach each athlete’s IAAF bio page click their name.

Nia Ali, 100-Meter Hurdles
First Round: 5:30 p.m., Friday
Semifinals: 1:04 p.m., Saturday
Final: 2:41 p.m., Saturday
The Pleasantville graduate is ranked 13th in the world and 8th among Americans going into nationals at 12.59, which she ran in April in Gainesville. She ran her PR of 12.34 in October of 2019 when she won the World Championships in Doha, Qatar. That’s No. 10 in world history and No. 4 in U.S. history. Ali was the Olympic silver medalist in 2016 with a 12.59 in Rio de Janeiro.

Josh Awotunde, Shot Put
Final: 6:42 p.m., Friday
One of two Delsea throwers on their way to Eugene, Awotunde has only thrown once this outdoor season after a terrific indoor season when he was 2nd at nationals and placed 5th at Worlds in Belgrade, Serbia, after apparently getting robbed of a throw that would have put him on the podium. Awotunde is No. 9 in the world this year and No. 4 among Americans at 71-0 from Walnut, Calif., in April. His 72-2 PR from Padova, Italy, last September is No. 30 in world history and No. 15 in U.S. history.

English Gardner, 100-Meter Dash
First round: 5:15 p.m., Thursday
Semifinals: 5:35 p.m., Friday
Final: 7:21 p.m., Friday
The 2013 and 2016 U.S. champion from Eastern High School returns to Eugene, where she starred at Oregon. Gardner, an Olympic gold medalist for her work on the U.S. 400-meter relay team in 2016, has a season best of 11.15 in a meet in May in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. Her lifetime best is 10.74, which she ran twice on July 3, 2016 – in the semifinals and final at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene. That’s No. 8 in world history and No. 5 in U.S. history.

Johnnie Jackson, Hammer Throw
Final: 12:15 p.m., Saturday
The Cherry Hill East graduate, who placed 10th last year in the U.S. Olympic Trials, has a PR of 239-0 from last month in Tucson. He’s ranked No. 12 among Americans this year and No. 60 in U.S. history. Five of Jackson’s nine-best lifetime throws have come since April 8.

Elisia Lancaster
Final: 5 p.m., Thursday
The second Delsea thrower headed for Eugene is Lancaster, who finished her senior year at Southern Illinois earlier this month at NCAA Western Regional Preliminaries. Lancaster PR’d last month with a 220-4 when she won the Missouri Valley Conference Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. All seven of her career 210-foot throws have come this spring. She’s currently ranked No. 21 in the U.S. and No. 83 in the world.

Curtis Thompson
Final 12:35 p.m., Sunday
Thompson goes for his 3rd national javelin championship and second in a row. Thompson won the 2018 USATF title with a throw of 249-3 in Des Moines and won the Olympic Trials last year at 271-8 and went on to represent Florence and Burlington County at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Thompson ranks No. 17 in U.S. history with his 271-11 at the 2016 Olympic Trials at Hayward Field – that was briefly the U.S. Olympic Trials record. With his 2022 best of 268-1 he’s No. 26 in the world this year and No. 3 among Americans. Four of Thompson’s nine lifetime throws of 263 feet or better have come since March.

Jessica Woodard
Final: 1 p.m., Sunday
Woodard goes into nationals ranked 14th in the world this year and 5th among Americans with a season-best throw of 61-7 from the USATF Golden Games in Walnut, Calif., back in April. She also had a nice 60-10 throw a few weeks ago at the USATF Throws Fest in Tucson, Ariz., and just won two meets in Canada as well. Woodard, who set her PR of 62-3 ½ last May in Tucson, placed 7th at nationals last year (it was the Olympic Trials). She’s reached the final in the last four U.S. Championships and placed in the top 10 in all five U.S. Championships she’s contested (10th in 2016, 8th in 2017, 9th in 2018, 6th in 2019, 7th in 2021). She also placed 13th at 2017 U.S. Nationals and 11th in 2018 in the discus. Woodard’s 62-3 ½ ranks 18th in U.S. history.

Here’s a look at every U.S. champion from South Jersey, going back to the legendary Mel Sheppard 116 years ago!

MEN
2021
Curtis Thompson [Florence], Javelin [271-7]
2018
Curtis Thompson [Florence], Javelin [249-3]
1999
Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 100-Meter Dash [9.97w]
1996
Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 100-Meter Dash [9.92]
1993
Jack Pierce [Woodbury], 110-Meter Hurdles [13.19]
1992
Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 100-Meter Dash [10.09]
Jack Pierce [Woodbury], 110-Meter Hurdles [13.13]
1991
Carl Lewis [Willingboro], Long Jump [28-4 1/4]
1990
Carl Lewis [Willingboro], 100-Meter Dash [10.05]
Vince Labosky [Holy Cross], Javelin [261-3]
1987
Carl Lewis [Willingboro], 200-Meter Dash [20.12]
Carl Lewis [Willingboro], Long Jump [28-4 1/2]
1986
Carl Lewis [Willingboro], 100-Meter Dash [9.91w]
Carl Lewis [Willingboro], Long Jump [28-5 1/2w]
1983
Carl Lewis [Willingboro], 100-Meter Dash [10.27]
Carl Lewis [Willingboro], 200-Meter Dash [19.75]
Carl Lewis [Willingboro], Long Jump [28-10 1/4]
1982
Carl Lewis [Willingboro], 100-Meter Dash [10.11]
Carl Lewis [Willingboro], Long Jump [27-10]
1981
Carl Lewis [Willingboro], 100-Meter Dash [10.13]
Carl Lewis [Willingboro], Long Jump [28-3 1/2]
1957
Charles Pratt [Palmyra], Decathlon [7,164]
1956
Charles Pratt [Palmyra], 200-Meter Hurdles [22.8]
1955
Charles Pratt [Palmyra], 220-Yard Hurdles [23.5]
1912
Mel Sheppard [Almonesson], 880-Yard Run [1:57.4]
1911
Mel Sheppard [Almonesson], 880-Yard Run [1:54.9]
1908
Mel Sheppard [Almonesson], 880-Yard Run [1:55.6]
1907
Mel Sheppard [Almonesson], 880-Yard Run [1:55.2]
1906
Mel Sheppard [Almonesson], 880-Yard Run [1:55.4]

WOMEN
2016
English Gardner [Eastern], 100-Meter Dash [10.74]
2013
English Gardner [Eastern], 100-Meter Dash [10.85]
1986
Carol Lewis [Willingboro], Long Jump [22-9w]
1985
Carol Lewis [Willingboro], Long Jump [22-8 1/2w]
1983
Carol Lewis [Willingboro], Long Jump [22-8]
1982
Carol Lewis [Willingboro], Long Jump [22-4 1/4]

Yesterday, we gave you 10 terrific boys performances from the weekend that you may have missed. Today it’s the girls turn.

There was so much happening at the Meet of Champions at Franklin Township and the New Balance Nationals at Franklin Field that we couldn’t possibly write about everything.

So here’s a look at 10 South Jersey girls performances that we didn’t get a chance to post about over the weekend.

There’s no way to mention every deserving athlete, and if I omitted you or your daughter or a girl you coach I’m sorry. Let me know who’s missing and I’ll do my best to write about her.

For the boys list, click here.

Tey’ana Ames, Atlantic County Tech
How’s this for a Meet of Champions double: Ames placed 4th in the shot put with a personal-best 41-2 and took 7th in the high jump at 5-4. Who does that??? Ames had a fabulous season for the Mays Landing school and is definitely a heptathlon candidate if she chooses to pursue it. She finishes the year tied for 4th in South Jersey in the high jump and No. 1 in the shot put. She’s also now No. 8 in Atlantic County history in the shot.

Dahlia Beasley, Washington Twp.
The versatile sophomore won the Rising Stars 400 in 56.63 at New Balance (1-100th of a second off her PR) and also high jumped 5-6 this year. She was the No. 2 sophomore in the state this year in both the 400 and high jump. In the 400, she was No. 2 behind Union Catholic’s Hollis and in the high jump behind only Gloucester County rival Woolfolk.

Anabella Chin, Rancocas Valley
Busy weekend for Chin. At Meet of Champions, she placed 2nd in the hurdles with a PR of 14.39, breaking the school record of 14.42 set by legendary Tonya Lee in 1987. That’s No. 5 in Burlington County history. A day later at New Balance, she ran on R.V.’s 7th-place 1,600-meter relay team, which ran 3:55.01, as well as the 11th-place 800-meter relay team, which went 1:43.55. She also ran 1:03.91 for 15th place in the 400-meter hurdles. Chin plans to attend St. Joe’s and run track for the Hawks.

Cinnaminson 3,200-Meter Relay
Sophomore Anna Marino, senior Grace Coller, freshman Kellyn Coller and junior Stephanie Renouf ran a season-best 9:42.33 for 14th in the Rising Stars 3,200-meter relay. That’s No. 4 in South Jersey this year. Renouf PR’d at 5:15.27 in the 1,600 this year.

Sophia Curtis
Although she attends Padua Academy in Wilmington, Del., Curtis is from Ocean City and capped her season with a 38-1 ¼ for 15th in the triple jump at New Balance. She was the top sophomore in the event. Curtis was a triple winner at the Delaware state championships, winning the 100 hurdles in 15.02, the 300 hurdles in 44.57 and the triple jump at 38-4. Her PR of 38-8 ¾ makes her the No. 22 sophomore triple jumper in the U.S. this year.

Kadence Dumas, Eastern
Dumas finished her junior year at Eastern by placing 3rd in the 400 at the Meet of Champions in 57.30 and came back a day later with an 800 PR of 2:15.13 at New Balance, placing 11th in the Rising Stars Division. Dumas finished the year with PRs of 2:15.13 and 56.39. She and Union Catholic’s Peyton Hollis are the only girls in the state who ran that fast for both the 400 and 800.

Catriona Galvin, Pitman
What a way to finish her career. The Pitman senior not only placed 6th in the discus at the Meet of Champions, she PR’d at 130-1 and was the top South Jersey placer. Gloucester County produced the top four discus throwers in South Jersey this year: junior Ciara Demarest of Williamstown [138-3], junior Gianna Johnson-Slater [136-7], Galvin [130-1] and junior Zianni Johnson-Slater [129-10]. Galvin finished No. 11 in Gloucester County history.

Julia Lewis, Cherry Hill West
Lewis ran 2:25.44 and placed 7th in the freshman 800 at New Balance after PR’ing with a 2:22.75 in the state Group 3 meet. That made her the No. 5 freshman in the state this year and No. 2 in South Jersey, behind only Cherokee’s Megan Niglio.

Winslow Township 800-Meter Relay
Juniors Briyel Brown, Janelle Marshall and Kamryn Holness and senior Jaia James earned All-America honors with a 6th-place finish in the 800-meter relay at New Balance. Winslow ran 1:41.61, fastest by a South Jeresy school since 2019. James also placed 3rd in the Rising Stars 100 in 12.13 (after a 12.09 in the trials) and anchored Winslow’s 49.44 in the 400-meter relay trials.

Alanna Woolfolk, Clayton
Woolfolk wrapped up her sophomore year with a 3rd-place finish in the high jump at the Meet of Champions. Woolfolk was remarkably consistent this spring, clearing 5-6 or better and finishing unbeaten vs. South Jersey jumpers. Woolfolk PR’d at 5-7 to win the state Group 1 title.

There were just too many impressive performances over the weekend at Meet of Champions and New Balance Nationals to write about everybody. Wish I could!

So here’s a look at 10 athletes (actually 12) whose performances you may have missed that I didn’t want to go unnoticed.

If you or your athlete had a great weekend and isn’t listed and, I’m really sorry. I do the best I can to highlight a variety of performances in various events from athletes at different schools of all sizes, and it’s just not always possible to include everybody. Please let me know of any outstanding performances I haven’t mentioned and I’ll do my best to get to them at some point.

This is a boys list. A similar girls list will be posted tomorrow morning!

Dominic Bassey, Winslow Twp.
Bassey PR’d with a 2:01.87 for 8th place in the freshman 800. That wound up No. 2 among New Jersey freshmen, behind only Arya Garg of Parsippany, who ran 2:00.93 at North 2 Group 2 sectionals at Randolph. Bassey’s previous PR was a 2:02.92 at the Olympic Conference Meet at Washington Township. Bassey also ran 53.28 for 400 meters.

A.J. Brooks, Eastern
The Monmouth-bound Brooks capped a terrific season with a 2nd-place in the 110 hurdles at the Meet of Champions. Brooks lowered his PR to 14.19, fastest by a Camden County hurdler since Winslow’s Edwin Alston ran 13.90 to win the Meet of Champions in 2015. Brooks, the state champ in the highs indoors, also long jumped 21-0 ¾ at sectionals.

Alex Constantinou, St. Augustine
Constantinou, a senior high jumper, didn’t compete very often this spring but finished strong, even though he did not compete at states. Constantinou cleared 6-4 at the Cape Atlantic League Championships at Bridgeton and then 6-3 ½ for 4th in the Rising Stars division at Nationals. His PR last year was 5-6.

Evan Corcoran, Kingsway
Corcoran never broke 11.56 or 23.34 last spring, but this is why you keep working hard and stick with it. This year, Corcoran was one of New Jersey’s top sprinters. After winning state Group 4 titles in the 100 and 200 (10.71, PR 21.62) he placed 3rd in the 100 at the Meet of Champions in 10.71 and then a day later ran a 47.91 anchor as Kingsway ran a season-best 3:25.19 (their fastest since 2013) in the 4-by-4 at New Balance Nationals. Senior Jeffrey Heineman, junior Mathias Alexander and sohpomore Benny Liles III also ran on the 4-by-4. Corcoran will join the outstanding Rowan program next year.

Rece Englehardt, Moorestown
Heck of a sophomore season for Englehardt, who also starts for Moorestown’s football and basketball teams. He finished his season by placing 7th in the triple jump at Meet of Champions with a 44-9 ¾ and then won the Rising Stars competition at New Balance with a PR 45-3 ½, a Burlington County sophomore class record. Englehardt also long jumped 22-2 ¾ and high jumped 6-0 so could be a decathlete in the making. He finished the season as the No. 1 sophomore in New Jersey in both horizontal jumps

Scott Hubbard, Audubon
Big weekend for Hubbard, who placed 3rd in the 1,600 at the Meet of Champions in 4:19.79 and then ran 1:56.52 for 12th in the Rising Stars 800 at New Balance Nationals. Hubbard leaves Audubon with PRs of 1:56.15 and 4:17.54 from his double win at the state Group 1 meet.

Jaden Johnson, Chace Pearson, Timber Creek
Terrific back-to-back performances from both Timber Creek horizontal jumpers. Johnson, who took 3rd in the Meet of Champions triple jump at 46-0 ½ and 8th at nationals with a 46-10. Johnson leaves Timber Creek No. 10 in South Jersey history in the triple jump with his 47-7 ½ to win the state Group 3 title at Pennsauken. Johnson also high jumped 6-4 and long jumped 20-2 ½ this year and even medaled in the javelin at the Camden County Championships. As for Pearson, he took 2nd in the long jump at Meet of Champions at 22-6 ¾ and 8th at Nationals with a 22-9. He graduates with PRs 23-4 ¾ in the long jump, 45-4 in the triple jump and 14.86 in the 110 highs.

Jason Nwosu, Delsea
Nwosu finished his brilliant career in style, taking 2nd at the Meet of Champions shot put with a 62-7 ¾ and then followed that up with a 63-0 for 3rd place and All-America honors at New Balance Nationals, only 2 ½ inches off his PR from his win at states. Nwosu finishes No. 6 in South Jersey history in the shot and No. 12 in the discus.

Connor Wright, Hammonton
Another one who competed at both Franklin High and Franklin Field. Wright placed 6th in the long jump at Meet of Champions at 21-7 ¾ on Saturday and then jumped 22-1 ¾ for 12th in the Rising Stars division at nationals on Sunday. Wright leaves Hammonton with school records of 22-2 ¼ and 45-1 ¾.

Premier Wynn, Pennsauken / Jamir Brown, Delran
We’ll put Wynn and Brown together since they went 1-2 in the Rising Stars intermediate hurdles at New Balance Nationals, and both had outstanding seasons. Wynn, a junior, won the 400IH in 54.43 and Brown was 2nd with a PR 54.52. At the MoC, Wynn was 3rd in the 400, and at New Balance he also anchored Pennsauken’s 8th-place 800-meter relay team, which ran 1:28.28. He finished with PRs of 47.86 from his win at Group 3 states and 54.28 from 2nd place at Meet of Champions. As for Brown, he finished as the No. 2 sophomore in New Jersey in the intermediates (by 16-100ths of a second) and No. 2 in the highs with his 14.66 from his 2nd-place finish at states. In addition to his 2nd in the Rising Stars 400IH, he placed 5th in the Rising Stars 110HH in 14.87.

The amazing Sharpe sisters finished their high school careers with a 3rd-place finish and All-America honors in the 1,600-meter relay at New Balance Nationals.

Arianna, Ariel and Amirah Sharpe – along with freshman Kelsey Thomas – ran 3:46.37 and finished behind only Bullis School of Potomac, Md. [3:40.73] and Paul Robeson of Brooklyn [3:45.41].

Not all the splits are listed on the New Balance Nationals results site, but Amirah Sharpe anchored in 53.31.

Amirah Sharpe also placed 3rd in the 400 hurdles in 1:00.41, which is No. 9 in South Jersey history and broke the Gloucester County record of 1:00.90 set in 1999 by Medea Ashton of Washington Township when she placed 5th at Foot Locker Nationals in Raleigh, N.C., in 1999. Her previous 400IH PR was 1:01.07 from the South Jersey Elite in May at Delsea.

Arianna and Amirah Sharpe also placed 4th and 7th in the 400 in 54.36 and 54.55 and 12th and 13th in the 200 in 24.52 and 24.60, Ariel Sharpe took 14th in the Rising Stars 400 in 58.90

The 4-by-4 performance capped a remarkable season for Clayton, which won its second straight state Group 1 title after the Sharpe sisters led Paulsboro to the state Group 1 title in 2019. The meet wasn’t held in 2020.

At Penn, Clayton ran 3:44.67, No. 3 in South Jersey history, No. 12 in state historyand fastest by a South Jersey school since Willingboro ran 3:44.64 in 2002.