Premier Wynn’s blazing 21.2 anchor leads Pennsauken to 3rd place & All-America honors at Ocean Breeze 4-by-200!!!!!!

Junior Premier Wynn’s blistering 21.22 anchor led Pennsauken to 3rd place in the 800-meter relay at Ocean Breeze Nationals. 

The team of juniors Bryce Tucker and Kahlil Ali, senior Nadir Paige and Wynn ran 1:29.81, fastest in New Jersey this year, and placed 3rd behind Hardin Valley Academy of Knoxville, Tenn. [1:28.76] and Cathedral High School of San Diego [1:29.12].

With a top-six finish, Pennsauken earned all-America honors. 

Pennsauken’s previous fastest 4-by-200 this year was a 1:32.46 at the Group 3 state relays at the Bubble in Toms River back in January.

It’s also fastest by any South Jersey school in five years, since Rancocas Valley ran
1:29.29 to win Easterns at the Armory in 2017.

They’re the only New Jersey 4-by-2 to go under 1:30 this year. Their time is No. 16 in South Jersey history just 7-100ths of a second off the school record of 1:29.74 set by a 2016 Pennsauken team that included Stephen Elam, Marquan Jones, Briheem Whitfield and Nahzir Russell and placed 3rd at Easterns at the Armory.

Here’s the all-time South Jersey sub-1:30 list

1:26.90 … Camden, 2004
1:27.60 … Vineland, 2004
1:28.0h … Edgewood, 2001
1:28.45 … Camden, 2002
1:28.46 … Lenape, 2000
1:28.48 … Camden, 2007
1:28.91 … Camden, 2000
1:29.06 … Oakcrest, 2012
1:29.17 … Camden, 2001
1:29.29 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
1:29.52 … Vineland, 2003
1:29.57 … Camden, 1997
1:29.61 … Camden, 1999
1:29.72 … Timber Creek, 2013
1:29.74 … Pennsauken, 2016
1:29.81 … Pennsauken, 2022
1:29.87 … Timber Creek, 2016
1:29.92 … Deptford, 2017
1:29.92 … Deptford, 2018
1:29.97 … Pleasantville, 2008

LUMBERTON’S GREG FOSTER DOES IT AGAIN!!!!!! WINS OCEAN BREEZE NATIONALS LONG JUMP AT 25-4 1/2, #14 IN U.S. HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lumberton’s Greg Foster continued his monster weekend Saturday with the No. 14 long jump performance in U.S. scholastic history.

Foster, who broke the state record and won the triple jump at Ocean Breeze Nationals on Friday, leaped 25-4 ½ to win the long jump Saturday.

That’s No. 2 in state history, one inch behind eight-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis of Willingboro, who jumped 25-5 ½ at 1979 Easterns at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym, where Foster will be competing starting next year.

Like he did in the triple jump, Foster saved his best for last.

He opened the competition with jumps of 22-3 ½, 23-10 ¾ and 23-4 in the trials, then fouled on his first attempt of the finals before hitting 24-3 on his fifth attempt and his first 25-foot jump on his sixth.

Micah Larry of Montverde (Fla.) Academy was second with a 24-2 ½ jump on his fifth attempt.

Foster was already No. 1 in the U.S. with his 24-8 at the Mercer County Championships at the Bubble in Toms River in January.

Foster’s official high school PR before this indoor season was 21-6 at the Mid-Atlantic Prep League Championships at Peddie School this past May, although he did hit 23-6 at a summer meet at Peddie in August.

This was Foster’s first long jump competition since he won the Millrose Games at the Armory in January with a 23-5 ½.

According to the IAAF performance lists, Foster is now ranked No. 85 in the world, No. 29 among U.S. men and No. 2 on the U.S. Under-20 list and No. 3 on the World Under-20 list.

Foster is scheduled to run the 60-meter hurdles final at 5:04 p.m. Saturday.

Foster’s mark is No. 3 in meet history:
26-0 1/4 … Rayvon Grey [Beacon, N.Y.], 2016 [1]
25-7 1/4 … Ja’Mari Ward [Cahokia, Ill.], 2015 [1] 
25-4 1/2 … Greg Foster [Lawrenceville, N.J.], 2022 [1]
25-3 1/4 … Marquis Dendy [Middletown, Del.],. 2011 [1]
25-0 3/4 … Nate Moore [Castro Valley, Calif.], 2014 [1]

Here’s a look at all the 25-foot indoor jumpers in U.S. history:
26-6 ½ … Dion Bentley [Penn Hills, Pittsburgh], 1989
26-2 … Jerry Proctor [Muir, Pasadena, Calif.], 1967
26-0 ¼ … Rayvon Grey [Beacon, N.Y.], 2016
25-11 ½ … Grant Holloway [Grassfield, Chesapeake, Va.], 2016
25-9 ½ … Marquis Dendy [Middletown, Del.], 2011
25-9 ¼ … Mike Newell [Potomac, Dumfries, Va.], 1998
25-7 ¾ … Marvin Forde [Uniondale, N.Y.], 1993
25-7 ¼ … Ja’Mari Ward [Cahokia, Ill.], 2015
25-6 ¾ … Christian Taylor [Sandy Creek, Tyrone, Ga.], 2008
25-5 ¾ … Keith Holley [Bayside, Virginia Beach, Va.], 1988
25-5 ¾ … Devin Fields [Lancaster, Texas], 2012
25-5 ½ … Carl Lewis [Willingboro], 1979
25-5 ¼ … Eric Metcalf [Bishop O’Connell, Arlington, Va.], 1985
25-4 ½ … Greg Foster [Lawrenceville School], 2022
25-3 ¼ … Travonn White [Mountain Pointe, Phoenix, Ariz.], 2013
25-3 ¼ … Ron Dickerson [State College, Pa.], 1989
25-1 ¼ … Marquise Goodwin [Rowlett, Garland, Texas], 2009
25-0 ¾ … Nate Moore [Castro Valley, Calif.], 2014
25-0 … Kenneth Wei [Mt. Sinai, N.Y.], 2019
25-0 … Jaden Price-Whitehead [Upper Dublin, Fort Washington, Pa.],
25-0 ¼ … Robert Rands [Bellevue East, Neb.], 2005

And here’s the all-time New Jersey list:
25-5 ½ … Carl Lewis [Willingboro], 1979
25-4 ½ … Greg Foster [Lawrenceville School], 2022
24-6 ¼ … Gerard Reynolds [Willingboro], 1990
24-3 3/4 … Hanif Kendrick [Franklin]. 2007
24-3 1/4 … Kaelen Mitchell [Piscataway], 2021
24-2 ½ … Isaac Samuels [Kennedy], 1983
24-0 ¾ … Mike Morrison [Willingboro], 2003
24-0 1/4 … Justes Nance [Blair Academy], 2016
24-0 ½ … William Spearmon [Wilson], 1996

Deptford earns All-America honors in shuttle hurdles at Armory Nationals!!!!!

The Deptford quartet of Manny Perdue, Gursharan Singh, George Rodgers and Lathan Brown earned All-America honors Saturday with a 5th-place in the shuttle hurdles at Armory Nationals.

Deptford ran 33.04 in the 4-by-55-meter version of the indoor shuttles. The Spartans actually ran a fraction faster at the Group 1-4 SJTCA meet at the Bubble in January with their 32.87.

Four of the 14 teams entered in the competition were DQ’d, all for one of their legs leaving too early.

Archbishop Carroll of Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pa., won the race in 30.84 seconds.

Deptford also placed 5th in the “Rising Stars” division of the 800-meter relay with a season-best 1:32.96, and Brown ran 50.26 in the open 400.

Willingboro boys fly in 4-by-200 at Armory Nationals, record #2 time in New Jersey this year!!!!!!

The Willingboro boys ran their fastest 800-meter relay in 11 years Friday at Armory Nationals in New York.

Seniors Miles Allen and Geordan Collins, sophomore Jackson Murry and senior Jaylen Young ran 1:30.96 – 2nd-fastest in New Jersey this year – in the prelims and although they didn’t qualify for the final, their time was 14th-best overall and the Chimeras’ fastest since the 2011 team ran 1:30.58 at the 2011 Marine Corps Holiday Classic, also at the Armory.

That 1:30.96 is No. 6 in Burlington County history and No. 4 on the all-time Willingboro list. It’s also 2nd-fastest in New Jersey this year, behind only St. Benedict’s of Newark, who ran 1:30.38 to win Easterns at the Armory earlier this month.

Here’s the all-time Burlington County sub-1:32 list
1:28.46 … Lenape, 2000
1:29.29 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
1:30.58 … Willingboro, 2011
1:30.63 … Willingboro, 2007
1:30.7y … Willingboro, 1988
1:30.96 … Willingboro, 2022
1:31.07 … Willingboro, 1995
1:31.29 … Willingboro, 2005
1:32.2h … Willingboro, 1998
1:31.36 … Willingboro, 2006
1:31.4h … Lenape, 1998
1:31.66 … Lenape, 2014
1:31.7h … Willingboro, 1990
1:31.8h … Willingboro, 1982
1:31.92 … Rancocas Valley, 2020
1:31.93 … Rancocas Valley, 2022

And here’s the all-time South Jersey sub-1:31 list
1:26.90 … Camden, 2004
1:27.60 … Vineland, 2004
1:28.0h … Edgewood, 2001
1:28.45 … Camden, 2002
1:28.46 … Lenape, 2000
1:28.48 … Camden, 2007
1:28.91 … Camden, 2000
1:29.06 … Oakcrest, 2012
1:29.17 … Camden, 2001
1:29.29 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
1:29.52 … Vineland, 2003
1:29.57 … Camden, 1997
1:29.61 … Camden, 1999
1:29.72 … Timber Creek, 2013
1:29.74 … Pennsauken, 2016
1:29.87 … Timber Creek, 2016
1:29.92 … Deptford, 2017
1:29.92 … Deptford, 2018
1:29.97 … Pleasantville, 2008
1:30.06 … Buena, 2001
1:30.08 … Camden, 2006
1:30.09 … Camden, 2018
1:30.12 … Delsea, 2007
1:30.16 … Camden, 2005
1:30.20 … Edgewood, 2000
1:30.36 … Winslow Twp., 2003
1:30.38 … Winslow Twp., 2008
1:30.40 … Delsea, 2009
1:30.42 … Vineland, 2002
1:30.47 … Vineland, 2005
1:30.51 … Woodrow Wilson, 1993
1:30.51 … Woodrow Wilson, 1996
1:30.58 … Willingboro, 2011
1:30.60 … Delsea, 2008
1:30.62 … Winslow Twp., 2005
1:30.63 … Eastern, 2002
1:30.63 … Willingboro, 2007
1:30.71 … Winslow Twp., 2004
1:30.7y … Willingboro, 1988
1:30.87 … Woodrow Wilson, 1995
1:30.89 … Vineland, 2001
1:30.96 … Willingboro, 2022
1:30.97 … Vineland, 2008

NICOLE CLIFFORD 2:11 ANCHOR LEADS CHEROKEE GIRLS TO 2ND PLACE SPRINT MEDLEY AT ARMORY NATIONALS AND ALL-TIME S.J. #3 TIME!!!!!!!!

Cherokee’s Maddie Van Haren, Alison Cooke, Kelsey Niglio and Nicole Clifford earned All-America honors Friday with a 2nd-place finish in the sprint medley at Armory Nationals.

The Chiefs, racing as Tub Gator Track Club, ran 4:04.27, No. 3 in South Jersey history and fastest in 19 years. It’s also No. 14 in New Jersey history.

Van Haren led off with a 27.01 split out the hole, and Alison Cooke split 26.40 to set up Kelsey Niglio, who split 58.84 and anchor Nicole Clifford, who covered 800 meters in 2:11.95. Cherokee finished second to only Oak Park (Mich.), which ran 3:59.51.

Cherokee’s previous school record was a 4:10.45 at the Group 4 State Relays at the Bubble in January. Before this year, the school’s best was a 4:11.93 at 2012 Armory Nationals with Alicia Green, Courtney Foster, Elizabeth Montague and Megan Lacy.

The 2nd-place finish continues a dream season for the Cherokee girls, who won sectional, state and regional XC titles, won the state relays indoors and the 3,200-meter relay at the Meet of Champions and now have All-America honors at nationals.

Cherokee will be back in action 25 miles south of the Armory at Ocean Breeze Nationals for the distance medley Saturday evening and the 3,200-meter relay Sunday afternoon.

All-time South Jersey indoor SMR list
4:01.41 … Willingboro, 2003
4:03.93 … Haddonfield, 2001
4:04.27 … Cherokee, 2022
4:04.38 … Washington Twp., 2010
4:08.21 … Lenape, 2015
4:08.60 … Lenape, 2012
4:09.27 … Millville, 2008
4:10.01 … Willingboro, 2004
4:10.17 … Camden, 1995
4:10.18 … Willingboro, 2005
4:10.22 … Lenape, 2016
4:10.36 … Lenape, 2013
4:10.43 … Kingsway, 2013
4:10.51 … Lenape, 2007
4:11.02 … Lenape, 2006
4:11.19 … Woodrow Wilson, 2005
4:11.61 … Millville, 2009
4:11.66 … Willingboro, 2006
4:11.93 … Cherokee, 2012
4:11.94 … Kingsway, 2010
4:12.35 … Delsea, 2014
4:12.51 … Rancocas Valley, 2004
4:13.00 … Cherokee, 2013
4:13.0h … Lenape, 2008
4:13.11 … Winslow Twp., 2003
4:13.25 … Washington Twp., 2011
4:13.26 … Buena, 1999
4:13.33 … Camden, 2009
4:13.58 … Seneca, 2016
4:13.72 … Overberook, 2001

All-Time New Jersey Sprint Medley List
3:57.19 … Columbia, 2014
3:58.46 … Union Catholic, 2019
4:00.33 … Neptune, 2011
4:01.41 … Willingboro, 2003
4:03.13 … Sparta, 2010
4:03.18 … Columbia, 2010
4:03.22 … Columbia, 2013
4:03.14 … Westfield, 2014
4:03.57 … Piscataway, 2008
4:03.69 … Pope John XXIII, 2007
4:03.85 … Hopewell Valley, 2005
4:03.93 … Haddonfield, 2001
4:04.27 … Cherokee, 2022
4:04.36 … Columbia, 1983
4:04.38 … Washington Twp., 2010
4:04.47 … Neptune, 2009
4:04.49 … Hunterdon Central, 2015
4:04.81 … Union Catholic, 2017
4:05.83 … Union Catholic, 2016
4:06.22 … Ramapo, 2019
4:07.07 … Pope John XXIII, 2019
4:07.87 … Southern Regional, 2007
4:07.95 … South Brunswick, 2011
4:07.98 … Immacuate Heart Academy, 2010

KYLE RAKITIS ANCHOR LEADS KINGSWAY TO SPRINT MEDLEY CHAMPIONSHIP AT OCEAN BREEZE NATIONALS!!!!!!!!!!

Kyle Rakitis ran a 1:54.17 anchor to lead Kingsway to first place in the Ocean Breeze National Championships Friday.

Rakitis got the baton 12 meters behind Seton Hall Prep anchor Nicholas Devita, but edged him at the line by 15-100ths of a second, delivering the national title to Woolwich Township.

Damon Dukes and Evan Corcoran led off with the 200 legs for the Dragons, and Jeffrey Heineman split 51.2 to set up Rakitis’s anchor leg.

Kingsway’s time is No. 4 in South Jersey history and fastest in 13 years, since Washington Township ran 3:29.07 – the Gloucester County record – to win the 2009 National Scholastic Indoor at the Armory.

The time is also No. 15 in state history. One of the 14 faster times was also recorded Friday in New York. Westfield won the Armory Nationals in 3:28.49.

All-time South Jersey sprint medley list
3:27.60 … Vineland, 2003
3:29.07 … Washington Twp., 2009
3:30.01 … Cherokee, 2002
3:30.35 … Kingsway, 2022
3:30.45 … Lenape, 2001
3:31.73 … Vineland, 2004
3:32.36 … Rancocas Valley, 2016
3:32.90 … Washington Twp., 2010
3:33.22 … Pleasantville, 2012
3:33.99 … Pleasantville, 2007
3:34.12 … Absegami, 2010
3:34.52 … Pleasantville, 2002 [3:34.64?]
3:34.86 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
3:34.88 … Vineland, 2002
3:34.96 … Bordentown, 2005
3:35.0 ….. Edgewood, 1986

All-time New Jersey sprint medley list
3:25.88 … St. Benedict’s, 2012
3:26.16 … Union Catholic, 2014
3:27.11 … Pascack Valley, 2012
3:27.60 … Vineland, 2003
3:28.49 … Westfield, 2022
3:28.59 … Notre Dame, 2007
3:28.99 … East Orange, 2018
3:29.01 … Pope John XXIII, 2013
3:29.03 … Christian Brothers, 2013
3:29.07 … West Orange, 2012
3:29.07 … Washington Twp., 2009
3:29.31 … St. Benedict’s, 2005
3:29.6y … St. Benedict’s, 1971
3:30.01 … Cherokee, 2002
3:30.35 … Kingsway, 2022
3:30.45 … Lenape, 2001
3:30.6y … Seton Hall Prep, 1971
3:30.91 … Union, 2022
3:31.10 … Ridgewood, 2000
3:31.5y … St. Joe’s-Metuchen, 1972
3:31.68 … Christian Brothers, 2002
3:31.73 … Vineland, 2004
3:31.79 … Trenton, 1997
3:31.80 … Franklin Twp., 2004

MILLVILLE NATIVE BRYANNA CRAIG WINS PENTATHLON AT OCEAN BREEZE NATIONALS WITH ALL-TIME #6 U.S. SCORE!!!!!!!!!!

Millville native Bryanna Craig, who now lives in Louisiana, won her second national multi-event title Friday, and she did it closing with a monster 800 PR at Ocean Breeze Nationals.

Craig, who now attends Ruston High School in Louisiana, scored 3,780 points, the 6th-highest pentathlon total in U.S. scholastic track history.

Craig had 2,930 points and a 164-point lead going into the 800, the final event. Her PR going in was 2:21.24 outoors and 2:21.32 indoors.

As it turned out, she could have run 2:40 and still won. But she ran 2:18.06 – more than a three-second PR – for 850 big points to increase her total close to 3,800.

Nobody else in the field was under 2:29 in the 800 on the banked 200-meter track at Ocean Breeze. U.S. No. 2 Elise Dobson of Nolensville, Tenn., finished second with 3448 points.

Because she didn’t compete in indoor nationals as a freshman and COVID cancelled the indoor and outdoor national meets her sophomore year at Millville and the indoor meet her junior year at Lubbock Coronado, Craig had only competed in two national championship meets before Friday.

She won outdoor nationals her freshman year with a national freshman-record 4,958 points (which she broke at USATF Under 20s with a 5,094) and was 2nd at outdoor nationals as a junior with a PR 5,138 points.

Here’s a look at all the 3,700-point performers in U.S. indoor track history:

4,302 … Anna Hall [Valor Christian, Highlands Ranch, Colo.], 2019
4,068 … Kendell Williams [Kell, Marietta, Ga.], 2013
3,976 … Sterling Lester [Marietta, Ga.], 2018
3,924 … Shana Woods [Poly, Long Beach, Calif.], 2006
3,823 … Ryann Krais [Methacton, Norristown, Pa.,], 2008
3,780 … Bryanna Craig [Ruston, La.], 2022
3,765 … Annika Williams [College Station, Tex.], 2018
3,740 … Chloe Royce [Collège Durocher Saint-Lambert, Montreal], 2019
3,738 … Alex Harmon-Thomas [Free State, Lawrence, Kans.], 2013
3,717 … Katherine Sherman [Dennis-Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Mass.], 2004
3,711 … Loren Leaverton [Naaman Forest, Garland, Tex.], 1998
3,709 … Gayle Hunter [North, Riverside, Calif.], 2004
3,706 … Shaina Burns [South, Lakeville, Minn.], 2014
3,700 … Felecia Majors [South County, Lorton, Va.], 2013

✔ Craig started off Friday morning by running 9.08 over the 60-meter hurdles, earning 891 points and giving her a 37-point lead over Dobson after one event.

✔ In the second event of the morning, Craig cleared 5-8 in the high jump, earning 854 points, giving her 1,782 points and building her lead over Dobson to 145 points. Craig passed up through 5-2 and got a clearance there on her first attempt before passing again at 5-3 ¼. She got over the bar at 5-5 ¾ on her second attempt and 5-6 ¾ on her third before the 5-8 clearance on her second try. She took three jumps at 5-9 ¼, which gave her 12 attempts at the bar overall.

✔ Then it was off to the shot put, where she had three 30-foot throws, including a best of 30-10 ½ – an indoor PR and only 15 inches shy of her outdoor best of 32-1 ½. That was good for 491 points. Dobson threw 32-7 ¾ and closed to within 110 points of Craig.

✔ It wasn’t her best day in the long jump, but Craig did get off a 17-6 ½ on her final attempt to earn another 657 points and give her 2,930 through four events. With only the 800 left, her lead over Dobson was now 164 points. Craig has an pentathlon PR of 3,678 from earlier this year in a meet in in Birmingham, which meant she needed 748 points in the 800 to set a PR. A 2:25.71 equals 748 points.

✔ In the closing 800, Craig went out hard in 32.30 and came through 400 meters in 66.84, then closed in 71.22 for 850 points and a final score of 3,780.

LUMBERTON’S GREG FOSTER WINS NATIONAL TRIPLE JUMP TITLE, BREAKS STATE RECORD ON FINAL JUMP AT OCEAN BREEZE NATIONALS!!!!!!!!!!

Sitting in 3rd place and down to his final attempt, Lumberton’s Greg Foster came up huge with not only a win at the Ocean Breeze Nationals but a state record as well.

Foster, a senior at Lawrenceville Prep, leaped 49-9 ½ on his final attempt to break the state record of 49-7 set by South Brunswick’s Jonathan Pitt at the Armory at the 2013 Varsity Classic.

Foster’s previous PR was a 48-9 ½ last month, also at Ocean Breeze. That was No. 6 in state history.

And through five attempts Friday his best jump was 47-7 ¼, which had him in 3rd place behind Brandon Green of Ruston, La., who went 49-0 ¾ on his 4th attempt, and Jayden Louis-Charles Plano West in Texas, who jumped 48-6 ¼ on his 3rd try.

But on his final attempt, Foster jumped two feet farther than he had on any of his first five jumps and exactly one foot beyond his PR from last month at the same facility.

That made Foster the first New Jersey boy ion 38 years to win an national triple jump title. In 1984, Marko Juntunen of Mount Olive won the inaugural National Scholastic Classic at Jadwin Gym with a 45-5 1/4 jump.

Earlier Friday, the Princeton-bound Foster ran ran 8.06 in the 60-meter high hurdles to qualify for the final, which is scheduled for 5:29 p.m. Saturday.

Foster is scheduled to be back in action Saturday morning with the 60 hurdles trials at the Armory Nationals and he’s scheduled to triple jump at Armory Nationals at 11 a.m.

Traffic permitting, he’ll be back at Ocean Breeze for the long jump at 2 p.m. before running the hurdles final.

On Sunday, he’ll be exclusively at the Armory for the long jump at 10 a.m. and – if he qualifies – the hurdles final at 11:27 a.m.

Foster is U.S. No. 1 in the long jump at 24-8.

A quick look at who’s competing at which meet this weekend in New York!!!

With the two so-called “National” meet scheduled to begin today at two different indoor tracks in New York, we thought it might help to take a look at who’s running at the Armory, who’s running at Ocean Breeeze and who’s running at both.

I think these are accurate but the Armory only lists entries by event, and since most athletes are listed with club teams it’s easy to miss a few. Especially in the relays, where there are multiple schools with the same name (“Eagles A” doesn’t tell me much).

Let’s take a look:

Ocean Breeze: Pleasantville, Pennsauken, Kingsway, Timber Creek, Washington Township, Lower Cape May Regional, Clearview, Burlington City, Glassboro, Hammonton.

Armory: Winslow Township, Deptford, Ocean City, Haddon Heights, Willingboro, Eastern, Rancocas Valley, Clayton, West Deptford, Triton, Cherry Hill East, Millville, Delsea.

Both: Highland, Cherokee, Paul VI, Northern Burlington, Haddonfield, Cinnaminson.

Note that just because a school is competing at both meets doesn’t mean the same athletes are. Although a few are.

Good luck to everybody competing!

Lumberton’s Greg Foster eying an insane double-triple at the two national championship meets!!!!!!

It could be one heck of a weekend for Greg Foster.

And a very busy one.

Foster, a Lumberton resident who attends Lawrenceville School, is registered for six events at two so-called national championship meets in New York over the next three days.

There’s a “national championship” meet at Ocean Breeze in Staten Island Friday through Sunday and a “national championship” meet 25 miles north at the Armory in Manhattan also Friday through Sunday.

The Princeton-bound Foster is ranked No. 1 in the U.S. in the long jump at 24-8, No. 7 in the triple jump at 48-9 1/2 and No. 7 in the 55-meter hurdles at 7.37 (both meets run 60 hurdles).

And he’s entered in all three events … at both meets.

Friday and Sunday are simple – he’s only at Ocean Breeze on Friday and only at the Armory on Sunday.

The challenge – other than a potential eight events in three days – will be getting from the Armory after the triple jump Saturday to Ocean Breeze in time for the long jump final, assuming he qualifies.

It’s about a 45-minute drive from the Armory to Ocean Breeze. Just drive north to West 178th Street and follow it to Amsterdam Ave and the ramp to the Harlem River Drive. Follow the Harlem River Drive along the Eastern shore of Manhattan to FDR Drive, which you pick up at the Battery in the southern tip of Manhattan, and then take the Hugh Carey Tunnel – commonly known as the Battery Tunnel – into Brooklyn and then the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge into Staten Island, then Lily Pond Road and Father Capodanno Road to Ocean Breeze.

Here’s what Foster’s schedule looks like:

Friday
1:30 p.m., 60 hurdles trials at Ocean Breeze
1:30 p.m., triple jump final at Ocean Breeze

Saturday
9:18 a.m., 60HH trials at the Armory
11 a.m., triple jump at the Armory
2 p.m., long jump final at Ocean Breeze
5:29 p.m., 60 hurdles final at Ocean Breeze

Sunday
10 a.m., long jump final at the Armory
11:27 a.m. 60HH final at the Armory