Washington Township ran the fastest shuttle hurdles time in the state Saturday, outracing South Brunswick to win the shuttles at the Group 4 State Relays at the Bubble.
Kanye Mills, Yashahya Brown, Nico DiGiacomo and Zachary Kotel ran 30.98, edging South Brunswick’s 31.29.
It’s Washington Township’s second-fastest time ever, behind a 30.52 to win the 2012 state relays at the Bubble. Larry Floyd, Tyler Stumm, Jordan Ashley and Arthur Ashton ran on that team 11 years ago yesterday.
The fastest previous time in the state was Rahway’s 31.10 last week at the Union County Relays at the Jersey City Armory. The fastest South Jersey time was Washington Township’s own 31.47 at the Bubble last week.
The time is No. 4 in Gloucester County history, behind Deptford’s South Jersey-record 29.45 at the Group 2 State Relays in 2019, Washington Township’s 30.52 and Deptford’s 30.94 at Armory Nationals in 2018.
It’s also fastest in the country so far this year, although now that the shuttle hurdles is no longer run at indoor nationals, it’s rarely contested in other states indoors.
Here’s a look at the all-time South Jersey fat list followed by the fastest hand times on record. I didn’t merge the lists because unless you have more faith than me in the stopwatch crews at the finish line in the 1970s and 1980s, the standard 0.24 really doesn’t reflect the difference between the hand times and the fat times.
All-Time South Jersey Indoor Shuttle Hurdles List
29.45 … Deptford, 2019
29.72 … Winslow Twp., 2004
29.74 … Egg Harbor, 2009
30.07 … Oakcrest, 2012
30.18 … Winslow Twp., 2020
30.22 … Camden, 2009
30.26 … Winslow Twp., 2003
30.41 … Camden, 1996
30.42 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2020
30.47 … Willingboro, 2012
30.52 … Washington Twp., 2012
30.62 … Lenape, 1997
30.63 … Camden, 2001
30.64 … Seneca, 2012
30.67 … Willingboro, 2007
30.81 … Willingboro, 2016
30.90 … Winslow Twp. 2015
30.92 … Seneca, 2006
30.94 … Deptford, 2018
30.96 … Woodrow Wilson, 1998
30.98 … Washington Twp., 2023
All-Time S.J. Indoor Shuttle Hurdles Hand-Time List
29.5h … Woodrow Wilson, 1999
29.6h … Camden, 1978
29.7h … Paul VI, 1972
29.8h … Willingboro, 1982
29.9h … Moorestown, 1975
30.0h … Willingboro, 1978
30.3h … Willingboro, 1990
30.3h … Camden, 1999
30.4h … Camden, 1979
30.4h … Camden, 1997
30.4h … Eastern, 1998
30.5h … Moorestown, 1976
30.5h … Overbrook, 1977
30.5h … Willingboro, 1989
30.5h … Lenape, 1996
30.5h … Camden, 2000
30.6h … Edgewood, 1974
30.6h … Willingboro, 1983
30.6h … Willingboro, 1992
30.7h … Eastern, 1992
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 