Mainland sophomore Sophia Day shattered her own Atlantic County 800 record Saturday with a commanding win in the state Group 3 meet at the Bubble.

In her fourth lifetime 800, Day ran 2:15.59 and remained unbeaten, finishing about 15 meters ahead of 2nd-place Jenai Berry of Scotch Plains-Fanwood, who ran 2:18.16.

Day ran a county-record 2:17.76 at Ocean Breeze about a month ago in her first 800 and 2:21.49 at the Bubble a few days later. She lowered her PR and county record to 2:17.71 when she won sectionals. The previous Atlantic County indoor best was a 2:18.10 by Oakcrest’s Nijgia Snapp at 2008 Group 4 sectionals at the Bubble.

Her time is No. 16 in South Jersey history.

Here’s a look at all the sub-2:16 performance in South Jersey history:

2:09.56 … Megan Tiernan [Washington Twp.], 2010
2:10.0h … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
2:12.46 … Monica Olkowski [Cherokee], 1990
2:12.55 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
2:13.51 … Emily Duffey [Lenape], 2011
2:14.12 … Carly Pettipaw [Lenape], 2013
2:14.5h … Ruth Lockbaum [Glassboro], 1985
2:14.6h … Michelle DiMuro [Shawnee], 1985
2:14.64 … Bridget Flynn [Ocean City], 2014
2:14.99 … Kami Joi Hickson [Washington Twp.], 2017
2:15.05 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2015
2:15.06 … Sydney Coppolino [Sterling], 2017
2:15.17 … Britney Kott [Millville], 2008
2:15.18 … Lindsay Colflesh [Haddonfield], 2021
2:15.46 … Tara DeBrielle [Overbrook], 2000
2:15.59 … Sofia Day [Mainland Regional], 2023
2:15.73 … Kelsey Niglio [Cherokee], 2022
2:15.86 … Greta Feldman [Haddonfield], 2009
2:15.89 … Kayla Martin [Seneca], 2016
2:15.90 … Felicia O’Donnell [Delsea], 2009
2:15.99 … Brooke Kott [Millville], 2008

Willingboro junior Eric Foster picked the right time for a massive hurdles breakthrough.

Foster, who hadn’t broken 7.80 until three weeks ago and entered the state Group 2 meet with a 7.68 PR, blasted a 7.46 Saturday to win the state Group 2 55-meter hurdles title at the Bubble.

Foster edged Manchester Township junior Joseph Kurak, who led all qualifiers with a 7.64. Foster was 3rd among qualifiers at 7.72.

But in the final it was all Foster. Kurak placed second in 7.52. Sterling senior Samuel Agbessi placed 5th in 7.80, and another Willingboro hurdler, senior Kedaar Wilson, was 6th in 7.94.

Foster’s time is No. 5 in Burlington County history and No. 4 in Willingboro’s peerless hurdles history, behind three legends – Isaac Williams [7.22 in 2012], Gerard Reynolds [7.35 in 1990] and Lance Reed [7.44 in 1983]. It’s also tied for No. 22 in South Jersey history and No. 9 on the 2023 U.S. MileSplit list, pending other meets on Saturday and No. 3 in New Jersey this year.

Foster’s fastest time last winter was 8.94 in a SJTCA meet at the Bubble, and his PR over the 110 hurdles last spring was 15.40 in the prelims at states at Franklin. His times early this winter ranged from 7.85 to 8.10 before his first huge breakthrough on Jan. 28 at the Bubble, where he ran 7.69 and ran a close second to Pennsauken’s Bryce Tucker [7.62].

He PR’d at sectionals, winning with a 7.68, winning easily, and he was the No. 2 seed coming into states behind Kurak.

Here’s a look at every state hurdles champion in Willingboro history:

Eric Foster, Group 2 indoors, 2023 [7.46]
Anaias Hughes, Group 1 outdoors, 2022 [14.29]
Anaias Hughes, Group 1 indoors, 2022 [7.78]
Rayshawn Johnson, Group 1 indoors, 2018 [7.91]
Jahaad Beckford, Group 1 indoors, 2017 [7.83]
Isaac Williams, Group 2, indoors, 2012 [7.41]
Isaac Williams, Group 2, outdoors, 2011 [13.99]
Gerard Reynolds, Group 3 outdoors, 1990 [13.8]
Gerard Reynolds, Group 3 indoors, 1990 [7.41]
Gerard Reynolds, Group 3 outdoors, 1989 [13.8]
Gerard Reynolds, Group 3 indoors, 1989 [7.62]
Gerard Reynolds, Group 3 outdoors, 1988 [14.4]
Doug Newman, Group 3 indoors, 1988 [7.63]
Eric Frieson, Group 3 indoors, 1985 [7.6]
Marc Dickerson, Group 4 outdoors, 1979 [14.0]
Marc Dickerson, Group 4 indoors, 1979 [7.4]

And the all-time Burlington County 55-meter hurdles 7.50 list:

7.22 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], 2012
7.29 … Will Brown [Palmyra], 2006
7.35 … Gerard Reynolds [Willingboro], 1990
7.44 … Lance Reed [Willingboro], 1983
7.46 … Herb Reid [Lenape], 1999
7.46 … Eric Foster [Willingboro], 2023
7.47 … Darius Holmes [Willingboro], 2012
7.49 … Chris Nichols [Willingboro], 1991
7.49 … Sam Aviles [Palmyra], 2019
7.49 … Donovan Wright [Burlington Twp.], 2020
7.50 … Darren McCluskey [Cherokee], 2011

Paul VI senior Kamryn Cieslik cleared an indoor personal-best 5-2 to win her first state title Friday at the Bubble.

Cieslik was the only girl over 5-2 in the Parochial A high jump. Her previous indoor PR was 5-0, which she had cleared six time, including her last four meets this year. She cleared 5-2 ¼ outdoor this past May at the Camden County meet at Haddon Township.

Cieslik placed second at indoor states last year behind Fiona Carter of Paramus Catholic, who graduated. She’s Paul VI’s second state high jump champion in four years. Kambi Walker won with a 5-4 clearance in 2020.

Paul VI junior Bridget Gottilla cleared 5-0 for the first time and placed 4th in the high jump. Gottilla had cleared 4-10 twice this year and once last year.

Other top-three placers:

In the Parochial A girls meet, Paul VI sophomore Anne Marie Brown ran 59.75 for 3rd place in the 400 and Camden Catholic junior Beatrice Daverso cleared 9-0 for the first time ever indoors or out to place 2nd in the pole vault.

In Parochial B, Bishop Eustace senior Elena Cicchini took 2nd in the 3,200 in 11:49.72 and Holy Cross junior Sara Sherlock ran 2:30.94 for 3rd in the Parochial B 800.

In the Parochial B boys meet, Eustace junior Shawn Brady threw 46-9 ¼ to place second in the shot put. That’s more than a foot-and-a-half PR for Brady, who hadn’t thrown 43 feet until three weeks ago.

A ton of incredible performances by South Jersey athletes at this weekend’s David Hemery Valentine Invitational at the Boston University Track & Tennis Center.

Caraccio’s time is No. 3 in Monmouth history, behind Ford Palmer of Absegami, who ran 4:00.46 in 2013, and Chris Marco, who ran 4:03.51 in 2018.

✅ Cherokee graduate Ethan Wechsler, a sophomore at Syracuse, finished just behind Reed in 14:18.79. His previous 5,000 PR was a 14:19.77 outdoors in Raleigh, N.C, in May 2021. His indoor PR was a 14:31.45 at Boston Universitry in December 2021.

✅ Cornell sophomore Brady Shute from Woodbury PR’d in the 800 with a 1:52.06. That’s a two-second indoor PR over his 1:54.13 from a meet last February at the Armory. His previous overall PR was a 1:53.70 last April at Cortland, N.Y.

✅ Monmouth junior Ian Moore from Rancocas Valley also ran an indoor 800 PR with a 1:52.28. That’s No. 7 in Monmouth history indoors. Moore’s previous indoor PR was a 1:52.76 at Ocean Breeze as a freshman. He’s run 1:51.98 outdoors.

✅ In his first collegiate 5,000 and first lifetime indoor 5,000, Delsea graduate Andrew Littlehales, a freshman at Army, ran 14:40.39. Littlehales ran one track 5,000 in high school and ran 15:04.81 at Franklin Field this past June.

✅ Shawnee graduate Andrew Lodge, a senior at The College of New Jersey, ran an indoor PR 48.57. His previous indoor PR was 48.89 at last year’s NJAC meet at Ocean Breeze. Lodge has run 48.49 outdoors at a meet last spring in Bethlehem, Pa.

✅ Ahmir Johnson won the triple jump with an indoor PR 48-11 ¾, the No. 3 mark in NCAA Division 3 this year. He broke his own school record of 48-11 ½ from a meet in March 2022 in Rochester, N.Y.

✅ Monmouth won the distance medley in 9:37.38 with Caraccio leading off on the 1,200 leg, Burlington Township’s Jalen Jones running the 400, Moore the 800 and Louis DiLaurenzio the 1,600 anchor. That’s No. 5 in NCAA Division 3 this year and broke the school record of 9:46.80 set at 2013 IC4As.

✅ Princeton’s Arianna Smith, a junior from Pennsville, ran 55.19 in the 400. She wasn’t far off her indoor (and overall) PR of 55.01, which she ran in Annapolis last month. She also ran a 55.18 third leg on Princeton’s winning 4-by-4, which ran 3:40.89

✅ Nia Holden, a St. John’s senior from Highland and transfer from American, ran an 800 PR of 2:11.03. Her previous PR was a 2:11.90 last month at Ocean Breeze. Before joining St. John’s this season, her 800 PR was a 2:14.43 last year for American in the trials of the Patriot League Championships last year in Lewisburg, Pa.

✅ Shawnee’s Grace Kearns, a junior at Monmouth, finished just behind Holden in a season-best 2:11.45. Kearns ran 2:10.39 last year art IC4A’s in Boston. Lenape’s Shelby Whetstone of Rutgers ran 2:12.38.

✅ Post-grad Kristin Siegle, a Rider graduate from Buena, ran a big personal-best 4:52.64. Her previous PR was 4:55.34 at Boston University in 2020. She has run as fast as 4:22.45 for 1,500 meters outdoors.

✅ Egg Harbor graduate Isabella Leake, a Monmouth junior, ran a mile PR of 4:53.62, No. 6 in Monmouth history. Her previous PR was a 4:54.22 last month at Ocean Breeze.

✅ UConn’s Jailya Ash from Eastern ran an 8.46 to easily lead all qualifiers in the 60-meter hurdles. She false-started in the final but still had the fastest time of the day, including the finals.

Sterling graduates Jah’mere Beasley and Marquise Young ran the middle splits as Rowan ran the fastest 1,600-meter relay in NCAA Division 3 history this past weekend.

Rowan ran 3:10.09 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University. The Profs placed a close 2nd to Princeton, which ran 3:10.01, but they shattered the all-time Division 3 record by more than a second.

Parsippany’s Nana Agyemang led off for Rowan and James Ferris grad Amara Conte anchored.

The previous D-3 record was 3:11.10 by Bobby Young, Milton Williams, Jeff Jasmin and Augustine Schmader of Lincoln at the 2004 IC4A Championships at Boston University.

For the Profs, Agyemang led off in 48.03, Beasley split 47.82, Young ran 47.17 and Conte anchored in 47.10.

Rowan’s previous indoor school record was 3:12.80 on the same track last year with Charlie Serrano-Juarez, Agyemang, Beasley and Conte last February

Rowan ran 3:10.09 and placed 2nd to Princeton in the 4-by-4. No splits available, but Jah’mere Beasley and Marquise Young ran the middle splits.

The Profs’ time is No. 23 in the U.S. this year and No. 45 in the world.

I’m a little behind, but covering a Super Bowl is really demanding and time-consuming! If I missed something I’m sorry, I’ll try to catch up over the next few weeks!

Let’s start with Pennsauken’s performance Monday at the SJTCA #14 meet, the second one over the fast Ocean Breeze track in Staten Island.

✅ Senior Premier Wynn demolished his indoor 400 PR, winning in 48.45, with Timber Creek junior Nasir Ali 2nd in 49.72. Wynn’s previous indoor PR was a 49.66 at last year’s Meet of Champions at the Bubble. He ran 47.86 outdoors last spring to win the state Group 3 title and also ran 54.28 in the intermediates. His 48.45 is No. 3 in the state this year and No. 1 in South Jersey. It’s also No. 5 in South Jersey history and No. 22 in the U.S. this year according to the MileSplit national database. Wynn also placed 5th in the 55 in 6.65. All-time South Jersey list below!

✅ Premier’s younger sister, Sianni, won the 400 in 56.98, fastest by a New Jersey freshman since Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin of Union Catholic ran 56.15 at the 2014 Meet of Champions. Her time is No. 1 in South Jersey this year and No. 2 in the state behind Piscataway senior Brooke’lyn Drakeford, who ran 56.51 in December at Ocean Breeze. It also tied the school record set by Jade Pope at the 2020 state Group 3 meet at the Bubble. All-time South Jersey list below!

✅ Sianni Wynn also won a hot 200 in 24.87, with Timber Creek junior Naylah Jones second with the same time. Wynn is already No. 2 in the state at 24.81 from the Armory last month, and now Jones moves into the No. 3 spot on the state list. Jones’ previous PR was an outdoor 25.46, so that’s a huge breakthrough for her. Wynn and Jones are now No. 10 and No. 13 on the all-time South Jersey list. All-time South Jersey list below!

✅ Senior Bryce Tucker won a fast 800, leading five runners under 2:00, including the top three from South Jersey schools. Tucker ran an indoor PR 1:55.92, Deptford senior Lathan Brown was 2nd in 1:56.51 and Winslow sophomore Dominic Bassey took 3rd in 1:57.63. Those are the top three S.J. times this winter. Two Colts Neck runners also broke 2:00. Tucker’s 1:55.92 is No. 5 in the state this year and No. 1 in South Jersey. Tucker’s previous indoor PR was a 1:56.82 last month at the Bubble. He wasn’t far off his overall PR of 1:55.00 from last May outdoors in a meet at Metuchen. Tucker’s time is No. 22 in South Jersey history. Brown broke his indoor PR of 1:56.71 from last year’s Easterns at the Armory and not far from his overall PR of 1:56.19 from last year’s Haddonfield Distance Night. Bassey’s performance was a huge breakthrough and his first time under 2:01, 2:00, 1:59 and 1:58. His previous indoor or outdoor PR was 2:01.33 indoors at last year’s Group 4 sectionals at the Bubble. His time is No. 1 among all New Jersey sophomores and No. 7 nationally among sophs, according to MileSplit. It’s also fastest by a South Jersey sophomore since Haddonfield’s Derek Gess ran 1:55.93 at 2017 Easterns at the Armory. All-Time South Jersey list below!

✅ Tucker also won the 55-meter high hurdles in 7.66. Tucker already ranks 4th in the state this year at 7.56 from the Armory last month. He ran his PR of 7.53 at last year’s Meet of Champions at the Bubble. Another Pennsauken senior, 2nd-year hurdler Zah’kye Copling, PR’d at 7.92, his first time under 8 seconds.

✅ KaRon Ali ran 50.94 for 4th in the 400, which makes him the 7th-fastest freshman in the country according to MileSplit and the fastest South Jersey freshman since Luke Colehower of Haddonfield ran 49.44 at the 2016 Meet of Champions.

✅ Junior Elijah Jennings was 2nd in the 55 in 6.60, just off his PR 6.58 from sectionals. He’s No. 4 in South Jersey this year.

✅ In the boys meet, Eastern senior Rajahn Dixon won the 200 in a speedy 21.92, No. 2 in New Jersey this year and No. 9 in South Jersey history. He’s the first South Jersey sprinter to dip under 22 seconds since Antonio Tarantino of Paul VI in 2018. Dixon, in his first year of outdoor track, had a previous 22.41 from Ocean Breeze earlier this month. The all-time South Jersey boys 200 list is below.

Other South Jersey winners:

In the boys meet, Timber Creek junior Robert Wakefield won the 1,600 in 4:31.25 with Delsea’s Matthew Littlehales running 4:32.19, No. 15 among U.S. freshmen according to MileSplit, Highland won the 3,200-meter relay in 8:02.08 (names not available), Eastern senior Jashad Kersey won the triple jump at 44-0 ½; and Cinnaminson senior Malicah Etienne won the shot at 49-8.

In the girls meet, Timber Creek’s Jones won the 55 in 7.16, just over her PR of 7.11, which is No. 2 in New Jersey; Winslow freshman Ma’Syiah Brawner won the high jump at 5-2 and the long jump at 17-3 (both No. 1 in New Jersey among freshmen); Delsea senior Reese Gebhard won the pole vault with a 10-0 clearance; Delsea senior Lillie Widmer won the 800 in 2:21.09; Highland senior Grace Wassell was first in the 1,600 in 5:14.36; Delsea’s Reese Gebhard won the pole vault at 10-0; and Willingboro sophomore Chanel Swain was first in the shot put at 35-11 ¼. Also, Haddonfield won the 4-by-8 in 9:47.57 (names not available).

LISTS!

All-Time South Jersey Indoor Girls 200 List
24.38 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2006
24.39 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
24.42 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2019
24.46 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
24.52 … Cecelia Gerstenbecher [Delsea], 2017
24.61 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 2012
24.61 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
24.5h … Jennifer Jackson [Eastern], 2003
24.78 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1996
24.81 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
24.83 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2014
24.83 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2020
24.87 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2023
24.94 … Shardae Anderson [Paulsboro], 2005
24.96 … Jackie Dim [Washington Twp.], 2008
24.96 … Toni Glatz [Delsea], 2017
24.99 … Aliya Harrison [Sterling], 2018

All-Time South Jersey Indoor Boys 200 List
21.53 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2012
21.62 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2002
21.82 … Antonio Tarantino [Paul VI], 2018
21.7h … A.J. Burton [West Deptford], 2006
21.85 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991
21.86 … Antonio Abney [Willingboro], 2007
21.89 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 2004
21.91 … Sterling Pierce [Rancocas Valley], 2015
21.92 … Rajahn Dixon [Eastern], 2023
21.96 … Mike Bolling [Willingboro], 2001

All-Time South Jersey Indoor Boys 400 List
47.90 … Brandon Outlaw [Moorestown], 2018
48.23 … Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], 2022
48.27 … Jade Smith [Camden], 2002
48.36 … Mohammad Kanu [Lenape], 2000
48.45 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
48.45 … Xander Roberts-Bogin [Pleasantville], 2021
48.48 … Amir Brock [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2017
48.50 … Alex Reber [Cherry Hill East], 2013
48.55 … Royce Reed [Bridgeton], 1995
48.64 … Keith Griffith [Florence], 2010
48.68 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991
48.72 … Michael Mazero [Paul VI], 2022
48.74 … John Morris [Camden], 2001
48.75 … Luke Colehower [Haddonfield], 2017
48.79 … Gabriel Moronta [Pleasantville], 2020
48.7h … Curt Mcintyre [Bridgeton], 1992
48.91 … Marlin Gross [Bridgeton], 2001
48.91 … Rob Gary [Lenape], 1998

All-Time South Jersey Indoor Girls 400 List
54.24 … Okechi Ogbuokiri [Willingboro], 2003
54.91 … Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], 2008
55.16 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2006
55.19 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2008
55.21 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
55.4h … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
55.6h … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], 1984
55.83 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2016
56.19 … Nylah Perry [Winslow], 2020
56.21 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1997
56.34 … Katrina Sye [Buena], 1997
56.44 … Avionne Sloan [Camden], 2006
56.62 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 2012
56.65 … Britney Kott [Millville], 2009
56.76 … Simone Thomas [Willingboro], 2003
56.78 … Ajae Alvarez-Tyler [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018
56.85 … Emily Duffey [Lenape], 2012
56.85 … Nylah Perry [Winslow], 2020
56.88 … Marcene Jack [Mainland Reg.], 2004
56.90 … Nadia Davy [Bridgeton], 1999
56.98 … Jade Pope [Pennsauken], 2020
56.98 … Sianna Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023

All-Time South Jersey Indoor Boys 800 List
1:51.52 … Jacob Clark [Pleasantville], 2013
1:51.72 … Isaac Clark [Pleasantville], 2013
1:51.80 … Derrell Manhertz [Kingsway], 2013
1:52.46 … Gabriel Moronta [Pleasantville], 2020
1:53.51 … Alan Laws [Pleasantville], 2007
1:53.68 … Ishmael Muhammad [Oakcrest], 2013
1:54.53 … Stone Caraccio [Kingsway], 2020
1:54.80 … Marvin Lewis [Willingboro], 2001
1:54.81 … Bill Dolan [Clearview], 2013
1:54.82 … Xavier Fraction [Washington Twp.], 2009
1:55.00 … Steve Butenewicz [Delsea], 2011
1:55.14 … Shannon Sherrer [Vineland], 2002
1:55.14 … Zach McBride [Lenape], 2002
1:55.16 … Joe Lewis [Pleasantville], 1998
1:55.16 … Tivo Rivera [Kingsway], 2009
1:55.19 … Isaiah Curbelo [Rancocas Valley], 2016
1:55.19 … Jayden Greene [Washington Twp.], 2020
1:55.42 … Kevin Cianfarino [West Deptford], 2014
1:55.3h … Tony Uzdavines [Williamstown], 1976
1:55.77 … Carmen Cavella [Washington Twp.], 2004
1:55.84 … Matt Poskus [Cinnaminson], 2007
1:55.92 … Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], 2023
1:55.93 … Derek Gess [Haddonfield], 2017

Big PR Saturday for Bishop Eustace graduate Connor Melko, who won the mile at the Big Apple Invitational at Ocean Breeze in 4:08.55.

Melko, a senior at Lehigh, ran the No. 4 time in school history and lowered his PR from 4:10.12 in his last race, last weekend in the Scarlet Knight Open at the Armory.

The 4:08.55 qualified Melko for the IC4A Championships March 3-4 in Boston.

Melko finished two steps ahead of Connor McMenamin, a former Bucknell and Penn State runner. The next collegiate runner in the field was Melko’s current Lehigh teammate, sophomore Aidan Lynch, who was 3rd in 4:11.23.

Melko has shown great range at Lehigh, from 1:52.62 for 800 meters to 14:15.73 for 5,000 meters. His mile PR before this month was 4:14.39 from last year’s Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge at the Armory.

With all four legs well under 60 seconds, the Timber Creek girls raced to first place in the Suburban 1,600-meter relay at the 115th annual Millrose Games Saturday at the Armory in New York.

Chloe Jones, Adiat Olaogun Dickson, Billie Frazier and Naylah Jones and ran 3:53.82, the 10th-fastest time in South Jersey history indoors. Timber Creek won by a whopping 30 meters over 2nd-place Bronxville (N.Y.), which ran 3:58.60.

Chloe Jones led off with a 58.16 to give Timber Creek a 10-meter lead after just two laps. Olaogun Dickson split 58.75, Fazier 59.39 and Naylah Jones anchored in 57.52.

Timber Creek is the first New Jersey school to go under 4 minutes this winter. They were previously No. 1 in the state with their 4:01.76 at the Millrose Trials last month, also at the Armory.

Timber Creek’s time is No. 5 in the U.S. according to the MileSplit database.

Winslow placed 4th with a season-best 4:02.54, with Briyel Brown, who led off in 59.98, Janelle Marshall [60.67], Olivia Okaro [62.13] and Alana Henry, who anchored in 59.78.

Here’s a look at all the South Jersey schools that have run sub-3:55:

3:45.37 … Willingboro, 2003
3:47.95 … Willingboro, 2002
3:49.07 … Camden, 1995
3:51.49 … Winslow Twp., 2017
3:52.37 … Willingboro, 2000
3:52.55 … Wilson, 2006
3:53.61 … Willingboro, 1998
3:53.81 … Paul VI, 2020
3:53.6h … Willingboro, 1999
3:53.82 … Timber Creek, 2023
3:53.97 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
3:54.38 … Camden, 2009
3:54.4h … Eastern, 2003
3:54.62 … Rancocas Valley, 2020
3:54.82 … Millville, 2008
3:54.99 … Winslow Twp., 2018

Multi-talented junior Guerlande Pierre won the high jump, placed 2nd in the shot put and took 4th in the hurdles to help the Timber Creek girls win the South Jersey Group 3 sectionals at the Bubble.

Pierre cleared 5-2 in the high jump, threw a PR 35-67 ¾ in the shot and ran a PR 8.74 in the hurdles, scoring 22 points as Timber Creek outscored 2nd-place Delsea 54-29.

This is Timber Creek’s 2nd indoor sectional title. The Chargers won the 2017 Group 3 title as well.

Pierre was Timber Creek’s only individual winner, but Chloe Joners, Naylah Jones, Billie Frazier and sophomore Adiat Olaogun-Dickson ran 4:02.37 to win the 1,600-meter relay.

Junior Chloe Jones was also 3rd in the 400 [58.80] and 6th in the 55 [7.51], junior Naylah Jones ran 4th in the 400 [58.91] and 2nd in the 55 [PR 7.11, No. 2 in New Jersey], junior Nyla Jones placed 6th in the hurdles in 8.98 and Frazier took 6th in the 800 in a PR 2:29.28.

Fast double from Pennsauken freshman Sianni Wynn, who ran a PR 57.86 – No. 3 in New Jersey this year – to win the 400, leading five girls under 60 seconds. Ocean City junior Sophia Curtis ran a PR 58.22 for 2nd, Timber Creek juniors Chloe Jones and Naylah Jones ran 58.80 and 58.91 for 3rd and 4tjh, and Absegami senior Hannah Ross was 5th in 59.13.

She also won the 55 in 7.06, equalling her U.S. No. 17 time this year according to the MileSplit national database.

Delsea senior Lillie Widmer had a blazing-fast 1,600-3,200 double, winning the 1,600 in a PR 5:06.77, No. 2 in South Jersey this year, Mainland junior Gillian Lovett broke 5:10 for the first time with a PR 5:09.02 for 2nd. Widmer won the 3,200 in a PR 10:55.38, with Clearview senior Abby Waddington just behind in 10:59.69. Very fast race with two girls under 11 in the Bubble.

Curtis finished ahead of a very close, very fast pack in the 55-meter hurdles, with five girls breaking 8.80 and four of them PR’ing. Curtis won in a PR 8.44, lowering her own Cape May County record, Mainland senior Emma Crozier-Carole ran a PR 8.48 for 2nd, Winslow’s Janelle Marshall took 3rd in 8.66,

Mainland sophomore Sofia Day PR’d again in the 800 with a 2:17.71, 2nd-fastest in South Jersey this year.

Highland senior A.J. Wilson won the shot put with a 36-10 ¾, more than a one-foot PR. She just broke 35 feet for the first time last week.

Huge breakthrough 800 for Washington Township graduate Jayden Greene, who’s now a junior at St. Joe’s.

Greene ran 1:51.81 at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center.

That’s No. 3 in St. Joe’s history.

Green’s previous PR was 1:54.10 last May at the IC4A Championships at William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., and his indoor PR was 1:55.10 from the 2020 Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze. His collegiate indoor PR was 1:55.51 from last year’s Atlantic 10 Championships at George Mason in Fairfax, Va.

St. Joe’s grad student Michael Szwed from Delsea also PR’d in the same race (previous section) with a 1:52.73. His previous indoor PR was 1:54.00 from a meet in February of 2020 on the same track. He’s run 1:52.52 outdoors (also at IC4A’s last year).

Another St. Joe’s runner from South Jersey, Matt Coffey, a senior from Camden Catholic, PR’d in the mile with a 4:11.31. His previous PR was 4:13.58 at the same meet last year.

Also Delsea’s Noah Deckert [PR 8:23.84] and Paul VI’s Colton Johnson [8:25.64] both qualified for IC4A’s in the 3,000.

Additionally, Jay Shanahan ran a PR 14:38.83 to qualify for IC4A’s in the 5,000. Shanahan isn’t from South Jersey – he graduated from Durham (N.C.) Academy Upper School – but his father Joe Shanahan ran for Haddonfield and his mother Lisa Syvertson ran for Shawnee.