Haddonfield’s George Andrus runs indoor mile PR at Boston Indoor Nationals!!!!!!

In his first healthy race in a month, Haddonfield senior George Andrus ran an indoor mile PR at Boston Indoor Nationals in Brighton, Mass.

Andrus ran 4:18.48 for a full mile, which converts to 4:16.98 for 1,600 meters, below his previous indoor PR of 4:17.72 set at Group 2 sectionals at the Bubble. That’s fastest by a South Jersey runner this winter.

Andrus was sick at states and wasn’t close to 100 percent and didn’t race again until Nationals.

Last spring, Andrus ran 4:10.97 for 1,600 meters on his home track as well as 9:09.38 for 3,200 meters at states. He was the state Group 2 XC champ this past fall and ran 15:40 at Holmdel when he was 2nd at the Meet of Champions.

The Villanova-bound Andrus got out in 61.68 and 2:06.38 and came back in 2:10.10. His time is No. 4 in Haddonfield history, behind Greg Pelose [4:11.93 in 2016], Jim Smith [4:15.2 in 1980] and Ben Potts [4:16.85 in 2011] and No. 6 in Camden County history.

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 1,600 List
y=converted from yards
4:09.96y … Miles Schoedler [Ocean City], 2011
4:11.03y … Brett Johnson [Ocean City], 2009
4:11.32y … Kyle Rakitis [Kingsway], 2022
4:11.89y … Luke Petela [Haddon Twp.], 2015
4:11.93y … Greg Pelose [Haddonfield], 2016
4:13.68y … Marc Pelerin [Cherokee], 2002
4:13.87y … Stone Caraccio [Kingsway], 2020
4:14.1y … Marty Ludwikowski [C.H. West], 1975
4:15.2y … Jim Smith [Haddonfield], 1980
4:15.52 … Bill Dolan [Clearview], 2014
4:16.0y … Greg Stremmel [Gateway], 1974
4:16.02 … Erik Johnson [Ocean City], 2012
4:16.3y … Rich Caton [Woodbury], 1979
4:16.61y … Jon Anderson [Cinnaminson], 2004
4:16.71y … Dave Forward [Shawnee], 2009
4:16.85 … Ben Potts [Haddonfield], 2011
4:16.98y … George Andrus [Haddonfield], 2023
4:16.9y … Bob Marino [Williamstown], 1974
4:17.1y … Mike Mantini [Gateway], 1978
4:17.33y … Carmen Cavella [Washington Twp.], 2004
4:17.51y … Connor Melko [Bishop Eustace], 2019
4:17.57 … Tobias Janssen [Haddonfield], 2021
4:17.67 … Derek Gess [Haddonfield], 2018
4:17.67y … Sebastien Reed [Pitman], 2020
4:17.98 … Seth Clevenger [Haddonfield], 2022
4:18.21y … Xavier Fraction [Washington Twp.], 2009
4:18.22 … Jacob Clark [Pleasantville], 2013
4:18.28 … Alex Boyko [Cinnaminson], 2023
4:18.48 … Justin Kelly [Cherokee], 2018
4:18.50 … Shawn Wilson [Cherokee], 2013
4:18.53y … Chris Platt [Haddonfield], 2001
4:18.4y … Al Harden [Millville], 1979
4:18.4h … Mike Myers [Eastern], 2001
4:18.62 … Brady Shute [Woodbury], 2021
4:18.70y … Ethan Wechsler [Cherokee], 2019
4:18.73 … Jacob Cobb [West Deptford], 2022
4:18.80y … Austin Gabay [Cinnaminson], 2020
4:18.83 … Tyler Jackson [Cherokee], 2020
4:19.02 … Jack Bolling [Haddon Heights], 2023
4:19.03 … Noah Culbreath [Kingsway, 2014
4:19.07y … Owen Ritti [Ocean City], 2022
4:19.40 … Justin Branco [Delsea], 2015
4:19.7y … Chris Hageman [Paul VI], 1985
4:19.96 … Robert Rawls [Triton], 2011
4:19.97 … Steve Burkholder [Cherokee], 2010

Oakcrest’s Ryan Merlino smashes 32-year-old Atlantic County pole vault record at Boston Indoor Nationals!!!!!!

Oakcrest junior Ryan Merlino broke a 32-year-old county record with a 14-9 clearance at Boston Indoor Nationals Saturday in Brighton, Mass.

That’s No. 11 in South Jersey history.

Merlino broke the Atlantic County mark of 14-6 ¼ set in 1991 by Absegami’s Brandon Kurtz.

Merlino placed 3rd in the Rising Stars division of the pole vault and added three inches to his PR of 14-6, which he set at the Meet of Champions a week earlier at Ocean Breeze.

Merlino was one of three vaulters to clear 14-9 but placed 3rd because he had more misses at earlier heights than the two others, Jason Olivera Jr. of St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Tyler Cash of Allatoona High in Acworth, Ga.

After clearing opening height of 13-3 ½ on his second attempt, 13-9 ¼ on his third try and 14-3 ¼ on his second, Merlino was one of six vaulters still alive with the bar moving up to 14-9 in the metric progression.

All six missed their first two attempts, and Olivera, Cash and Merlino cleared on their third try. All three then missed three attempts at 15-1.

The meet capped a tremendous junior year for Merlino, the top underclassman in New Jersey and only the third South Jersey underclassman ever to clear 14-9 or higher, following Nico (15-6) and Marco (15-0) Morales of Delsea in 2019.

All-Time South Jersey Indoor Pole Vault List
16-0 … Marco Morales [Delsea], 2020
15-6 … Dan Batdorf [West Deptford], 2008
15-6 … Nico Morales [Delsea], 2019
15-1 … Dylan Altland [Kinsgway], 2014
15-0 ¼ … Devon Purves [Haddonfield], 2006
15-0 … Mark Murphy [Haddonfield], 1985
15-0 … Mike Davis [Haddonfield], 2004
15-0 … Mike Rivard [Haddonfield], 2009
15-0 … Noah Kriesman [Cherry Hill East], 2021
14-11 ¼ … Tom Jeffers [Triton], 2011
14-9 … Ryan Merlino [Oakcrest], 2023
14-7 … Brian Banks [Eastern], 2011
14-6 ¼ … Brandon Kurtz [Absegami], 1991
14-6 … Mike Maira [Seneca], 2009
14-6 … Michael Oberg [Ocean City],
14-6 … Jarrod Brovero [Delsea], 2016
14-6 … Kyle Loveland [Moorestown], 2016

Burlington Township’s Jasmine Broadway, Woodstown’s Molly Lodge, Triton’s Neveah Lorjuste race on Rowan’s school-record 4×4 at NCAA Division 3 Championships!!!!!!

Three South Jersey women contributed to a huge Rowan school record Saturday in the 1,600-meter relay.

Sophomores Jasmine Broadway of Burlington Township, Molly Lodge of Woodstown and Neveah Lorjuste of Triton – along with senior Kat Pedersen of Hillsborough – ran 3:50.39 at the NCAA Division 3 National Championships in Birmingham, Ala. Rowan placed 8th.

Pedersen led off with a 58.54 split, Broadway ran 57.87, Lodge split 57.71 and Lorjuste anchored in 56.28.

Rowan had qualified with a 3:52.23 in Friday’s trials, with Pedersen [58.84], Broadway [58.46], Lodge [57.75] and Lorjuste [57.18].

The previous school record was 3:50.98 at Ocean Breeze last month with Kat Pedersen, Jasmine Broadway, Molly Lodge and Naveah Lorjuste.

When the year began, Rowan’s 4-by-4 record was 3:54.38 set in 2015 at the ECAC Championships at the Armory by a team that included Pemberton’s Shailah Williams and Cherokee’s Jessalynn Wright. Brianna Angellela from Southern Regional and Melirah Searcy of Edison also ran on that team.

Rowan first broke the school record in February when Pedersen, Broadway, Lodge and Lorjuste ran 3:52.57 at Boston University. Two weeks later, the same quartet ran 3:50.98 at Ocean Breeze to lower the record again.

Rowan’s 3:50.39 moves them into the No. 19 performer spot on the all-time NCAA Division 3 list.

Lorjuste also qualified for nationals in the open 400 and set a PR of 58.06, finishing in 15th place overall.

Pennsauken closes out phenomenal weekend in Boston with 3rd place in historic 4×4!!!!!!!!

Pennsauken finished a magical indoor season with 3rd place and All-America honors Sunday in the 1,600-meter relay at Boston Indoor Nationals, the final race of the year.

Freshman KaRon Ali, junior Ladanian McGrath and seniors Premier Wynn and Bryce Tucker ran 3:17.10 and finished behind only Seton Hall Prep of West Orange, which broke its own state record of 3:15.73 with a 3:14.53 – No. 5 in U.S. history – and Cuthbertson High of Waxhaw, N.C., which ran 3:16.27.

They were the 2nd All-America honors of the weekend for Wynn and Tucker.

Pennsauken had run 3:15.83 – No. 11 in U.S. history – in edging Seton Hall Prep at the Meet of Champions last Sunday at Ocean Breeze. Sunday’s 12th and final section of the 4-by-4 featured the four-fastest teams in the country – Montverde (Fla.) Academy [3:15.31], Seton Hall Prep, Pennsauken and IMG Academy of Bradenton, Fla. [3:16.55].

Cuthbertson won the 11th section in 3:16.27, and Seton Hall and Pennsauken went 1-2 in the final race, although Cuthbertson’s time held up for second place. Toms River North placed 4th in 3:17.19, No. 13 in state history and a 1-3-4 New Jersey finish.

Seton Hall Prep was DQ’d when an official ruled that their 3rd runner interfered with Monteverde on the second lap of their 400-meter legs, but the Pirates were reinstated about an hour later after successfully appealing the ruling.

Ali opened with a 51.59 for Pennsauken, followed by McGrant at 50.82. Wynn followed with a 47.42 split and Tucker anchored in 47.27.

All in all, it was a remarkable weekend for Pennsauken.

In the sprint medley, with juniors Elijah Jennings and Bronze Whitmore along with Wynn and Tucker, Pennsauken ran 3:29.31 for 2nd place and No. 3 in South Jersey history an No. 14 in state history and All-America honor for juniors Elijah Jennings and Bronze Whitmore as well as Wynn and Tucker.

In the 800-meter relay, the Indians ran 1:28.77 with Ali, Whitmore, Jennings and Wynn, Pennsauken placed 11th with the 7th-fastest time in South Jersey history and No. 18 in state history.

 

Paul VI’s Shaelan McNally moves into all-time S.J. top-20 in mile at N.Y. Indoor Nationals!!!!!!

Paul VI junior Shaelan McNally joined the sub-5 club Saturday with a PR performance at the New York Indoor Nationals at the Armory.

McNally ran 5:01.18 for a full mile and placed 2nd in the Emerging Elite division. Her time converts to 4:59,.43 for 1,600 meters and makes her the 17th girl in South Jersey history to go under five minutes indoors.

She’s the fastest miler in South Jersey this winter.

McNally placed 2nd to senior Grace Tyson of Lafayette High in Wildwood, Mo., who won the race in 4:57.61.

Her previous PR was 5:01.74 at last weekend’s Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze, and her outdoor PR is 5:02.10 from Delsea last May.

McNally is the No. 2 junior in New Jersey this indoor season, behind only Freehold Township’s Emma Zawatski, who ran 4:48.71 in Boston last month and won the Meet of Champions in 4:49.53.

McNally doubled back later in the day and ran 18:38.57 for the 5,000.

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 1,600-Meter List
4:41.52y … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1983
4:49.46y … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
4:51.60 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2016
4:52.33y … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017
4:53.36 … Lindsey Kane [Washington Twp.], 2014
4:53.85 … Nicole Clifford [Cherokee], 2022
4:54.58 … Celine Mazzi [Delsea], 2014
4:55.04y … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
4:56.1h,y … Ruth Lockbaum [Glassboro], 1985
4:57.12 … Megan Quimby [Lenape], 2015
4:57.72 … Caitlin Orr [Lenape], 2010
4:57.77y … Aubrey Pierontoni [Kingsway], 2022
4:58.48 … Natalia Ocasio [Lenape], 2010
4:59.28y … Grace Wassell [Highland], 2022
4:59.29 … Julia Despirito [Shawnee], 2014
4:59.39 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2012
4:59.43y … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2023

Yashahya Brown cruises into hurdles final at Boston Indoor Nationals!!!!!!

Washington Township junior Yashahya Brown advanced easily to the hurdles finals at Boston Indoor Nationals on Sunday morning.

Brown, whose 7.80 in Saturday’s qualifying rounds is 4th-fastest in state history over the 60-meter hurdles, followed that with a 7.82 to win the first of four semifinal races Sunday in Brighton, Mass.

He’ll be the No. 3 seed in the final behind only Abdoul Sy-Savane of Parkview High in Lilburn, Ga. [7.76] and Joshua Mooney of Stonington High in Pawcatuck, Conn. [7.80].

In the final, Brown will line up in Lane 3, Sy-Savane in Lane 4 and Mooney in Lane 5.

The final is scheduled for 12:26 p.m. Sunday.

Northern Burlington’s Liliah Gordon earns All-America honors at 5,000 meters with #14 time in state history at New York Nationals!!!!!!

Northern Burlington sophomore Liliah Gordon ran the 14th-fastest indoor 5,000 in state history Saturday night and earned All-America honors at New York Indoor Nationals.

Gordon, in her first lifetime track 5,000, covered 25 laps at the Armory in 17:26.55 and placed 3rd overall, behind only soph Lillie Bogdan of Frontier High in Hamburg, N.Y., who won the race in 17:01.63, and senior Rose Coats, who attends Brooklyn Prospect Charter School but competes independently and placed 2nd in 17:14.83.

Gordon ran her first 1,600 in 5:26.55 and came through 3,200 meters in 11:01.22. She ran her 15th through 23rd laps between 43.0 and 43.9, closing in 42.2 and 38.1 for a final 400 of 80.3.

Her time is fastest by a New Jersey runner indoors in five years, since Monica Hebner [16:53.91] and Isabel Hebner [17:09.31] of Northern Highlands both ran faster at 2018 Armory Nationals.

Gordon’s time is No. 8 in South Jersey history and fastest since Alyssa Aldridge of Mainland Regional ran 17:22.84 at 2016 Armory Nationals. She’s also No. 8 on the South Jersey all-time indoor and outdoor combined list.

Gordon’s time is 3rd-fastest in state history by a sophomore, behind Chelsea Ley of Kingsway [17:03.79 at 2008 Armory Nationals] and Aldridge [17:24.43 at 2016 Armory Nationals].

The only faster Burlington County runner indoors or out at 5,000 meters is Cherokee’s Megan Lacy, who ran 16:49.00 indoors at 2012 Armory Nationals and 16:50.75 in 2011 at a meet at Princeton’s Palmer Stadium.

Gordon’s fastest cross country 5,000 is a 17:56.10 on the flat New Egypt speedway in the BCSL Liberty Division meet in October.

Gordon is now the fastest sophomore in New Jersey in the 3,200 [10:38.20] and the 2nd-fastest soph nationally in the 5,000 [17:26.55].

All-Time New Jersey Indoor 5,000 List
16:43.02 … Briana Jackucewicz [Colts Neck], 2009
16:49.00 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2012
16:53.91 … Monica Hebner [Northern Highlands], 2018
16:55.69 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
16:57.99 … Mackenzie Barry [Mendham], 2013
17:02.78 … Sarah DiSanza [High Point Reg.], 2013
17:03.79 … Chelsea Ley [Kingsway], 2008
17:09.31 … Isabel Hebner [Northern Highlands], 2018
17:12.38 … Holly Bischoff [Bishop Eustace], 2012
17:18.03 … Dina Iacone [Washington Twp.], 2012
17:22.84 … Megan Venables [Highland], 2010
17:24.43 … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], 2016
17:24.89 … Amy Van Alstine [Midland Park], 2003
17:26.55 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2023
17:31.96 … Lara Shegoski [Montgomery], 2014
17:34.69 … Lindsay Van Alstine [Hawthorne], 2003
17:43.27 … Laura Vigilante [Mendham], 2009
17:45.45 … Kerry Dyke [Mount St. Mary], 2013
17:47.89 … Devon Grisbaum [Ocean City], 2015
17:51.73 … Brennan Sharkey [West Morris Central], 2014
17:53.77 … Jillian Prentice [Montgomery], 2009
17:56.13 … Samantha Ragenklint [Monmouth Reg.], 2019

All-Time South Jersey Combined List
16:49.00 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2012 (i)
16:55.69 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010 (i)
17:03.79 … Chelsea Ley [Kingsway], 2008 (i)
17:08.55 … Holly Bischoff [Bishop Eustace], 2011 (o)
17:18.03 … Dina Iacone [Washington Twp.], 2012 (i)
17:22.84 … Megan Venables [Highland], 2010 (i)
17:24.43 … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], 2016 (i)
17:26.55 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2023 (i)
17:31.87 … Amanda Goetschius [Delsea], 2007 (o)
17:40.49 … Megan Malloy [Haddonfield], 2013 (o)
17:47.89 … Devon Grisbaum [Ocean City], 2015 (i)
17:50.26 … Allison Colflesh [Haddonfield], 2020 (o)

Cherokee girls earn All-America honors with 4th place in 4xMile at Boston Indoor Nationals!!!!!!

Cherokee sophomore Megan Niglio, junior Kerry O’Day, senior Megan Niglio and freshman Kerry O’Day earned All-America honors with a 4th-place finish in the four-mile relay Saturday at Boston Indoor Nationals in Brighton, Mass.

Cherokee ran 20:56.84 – an average of 5:14.21 per mile – to record the 7th-fastest time in state history and fastest in six years.

Megan Niglio led off with a 5:08.72, O’Day ran 5:12.40, Meder 5:22.47 and Kelsey Niglio anchored in 5:13.26.

That’s No. 2 in South Jersey history, behind only Haddonfield’s 20:53.03 with Shelby Cain, Kaitlyn Bonnet, Meg Schroeter Briana Gess.

Cherokee placed 4th in the seeded heat of the 4-mile relay, then had to wait over an hour for several other races to finish before an unseeded section of the race was held to make sure their time held up for 4th. The winning time in the second section was 21:21.61 and Cherokee had its 4th place finish.

Indoor State 4xMile List
20:33.64 … Roxbury, 2008
20:36.41 … Colts Neck, 2007
20:38.43 … Colts Neck, 2006
20:46.30 … Red Bank Regional, 2002
20:51.21 … Pope John XXIII, 2017
20:53.03 … Haddonfield, 2014
20:56.84 … Cherokee, 2023
20:57.64 … Randolph, 2017
20:57.65 … Colts Neck, 2008
20:59.66 … Ridgewood, 2012

South Jersey 4xMile Indoor List
20:53.03 … Haddonfield, 2014
20:56.84 … Cherokee, 2023
21:03.64 … Lenape, 2010
21:15.16 … Lenape, 2012
21:18.28 … Lenape, 2008
21:54.98 … Lenape, 2006
21:57.98 … Bishop Eustace, 2019
21:58.47 … Highland, 2009

Mainland’s Sofia Day PRs again, shatters Atlantic County 800 record for 4th time this year at Boston Nationals!!!!!!

Mainland Regional sophomore Sofia Day, in her 6th lifetime 800, ran the 7th-fastest time in South Jerey history Saturday at Boston Indoor Nationals in Brighton, Mass.

Day won the third section of the 800 in 2:14.25, passing another New Jersey half-miler, Clemmie Lilley of Rumson-Fair Haven, on the final lap. Lilley finished in 2:14.62.

Day closed in 32.34 for her final 200 and 15.84 for her final 100!

She broke her own Atlantic County record of 2:15.59 from her win at Group 3 states last month at the Bubble.

The Atlantic County record before this year was 2:18.10 by Nijgia Snapp of Oakcrest at 2008 South Jerey Group 4 sectionals at the Bubble. Day broke that four times – 2:17.76 in her first-ever 800 at Ocean Breeze in January, 2:17.71 at sectionals, 2:15.59 at states and now 2:14.25.

Day’s time is fastest by a South Jersey girl in the 800 in 10 years, since Carly Pettipaw of Lenape ran 2:14.12 at the 2013 Group 4 state meet, also at the Bubble. Cherokee senior Kelsey Niglio ran 2:14.27 last weekend at the Meet of Champions at the Bubble.

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 800 List
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
2:14.25 … Sofia Day [Mainland Regional], 2023
2;14.27 … Kelsey Niglio [Cherokee], 2023
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
2:15.31 … Lindsay Colflesh [Haddonfield], 2020
2:15.46 … Tara DeBrielle [Overbrook], 2000
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
2:15.36 … Rachel Stremme [Ocean City], 2014
2:16.60 … Gabbi Kirsch [Williamstown], 2015
2:16.63 … Lindsay Thomas [Winslow Twp.], 2003
2:16.68 … Grace Wassell [Highland], 2022
2:16.71 … Lindsey Kane [Washington Twp.], 2015
2:16.82 … Mary Bohi [Seneca], 2009
2:16.84 … Celine Mazzi [Delsea], 2014
2:16.85 … Megan Quimby [Lenape], 2017
2:16.88 … Shelby Whetstone [Lenape], 2019
2:16.93 … Julia Despirito [Shawnee], 2014
2:16.95 … Patrice Rowe [Willingboro], 2010
2:17.00 … Sarah Naticchia [Haddonfield], 2020

OCEAN CITY’S SOPHIA CURTIS DEMOLISHES S.J. RECORD THREE TIMES WITH #2 TRIPLE JUMP IN STATE HISTORY AT BOSTON NATIONALS!!!!!!

Ocean City junior Sophia Curtis shattered the South Jersey indoor triple jump record Saturday three times Saturday on her way to 3rd place and All-America honors at Boston Indoor Nationals in Brighton, Mass.

In a monster series in which her average jump would have been the 8th-best jump in state history, Curtis finished her series with a massive 41-3 1/4, a mark second in New Jersey history only to Mount Olive’s legendary Katurah Orji, a two-time Olympian, the current U.S. outdoor record holder and former U.S. indoor record holder. Orji jumped 44-2 at 2014 Armory Nationals.

After a 38-3 ¼ opener and a PR 39-5 ¾ on her second attempt, Curtis leaped 40-2 on her third attempt of the trials, smashing the South Jersey record of 40-1 ½ set by Atlantic City’s Claudine Smith at this meet in 2019 when it was held at the Armory.

She popped a 39-11 ¼ on her 4th jump, her first attempt of the finals, before breaking her own South Jersey record with a monster 40-9 jump on her fifth attempt. She destroyed that mark with a 41-3 1/4 on her final attempt of the competition.

That moved her briefly into 2nd place before India Alix of Klein High in Spring, Texas, hit 41-7 3/4 on her final jump to take the lead. Moments later, Juliette Laracuente-Huebner of Marengo (Ohio) Highland bumped Alix into 2nd with a 42-0 1/2.

Incredible competition, and Curtis was in the middle of it with the five-best jumps of her life and the three-best jumps in South Jersey indoor history.

Curtis averaged 39-11 1/2 on her six jumps, and her average was more than a foot beyond her previous PR and only a couple inches off the previous South Jersey record. Her 41-3 ¼ would have ranked 7th among South Jersey boys this year.

Curtis also broke the state junior class record of 41-0 1/4 set by Orji at 2013 Armory Nationals. The previous South Jersey junior class mark was Curtis’s own 38-8.

Her 41-3 ¼ is No. 2 in South Jersey history indoors or out, behind only Smith’s 42-2 at the 2019 outdoor Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington.

It looks like Curtis’s mark will put her at No. 8 on the U.S. Under-20 list. It also makes her the No. 58 American woman, according to the World Athletics rankings.

What a historic performance! One of the greatest in South Jersey track history!

Curtis came into the meet with an indoor PR of 38-8 from her 2nd-place finish at the Meet of Champions last Sunday at Ocean Breeze and a lifetime best of 38-8 ¾ as a sophomore at Padua Academy in Wilmington from the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association Meet of Champions this past May at Salesianum School in Wilmington. This is Curtis’s first season competing for Ocean City.

Earlier this year, Curtis broke Cape May County records with 57.99 in the 400 and 8.33 in the 55-meter hurdles.

All-Time New Jersey Indoor Triple Jump List
44-2 … Keturah Orji [Mount Olive], 2014
41-3 ¼ … Sophia Curtis [Ocean City], 2023
40-11 … Stephanie McIntyre [South Brunswick], 2007
40-9 ¾ … Carlene Cummings [Englewood], 1998
40-4 … Domonique Panton [Freehold Twp.], 2015
40-3 … Iana Amsterdam [Newark Tech], 2013
40-1 ½ … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2019
39-10 ½ … Jen McDermott [Ridgewood], 1989
39-9 … Bryanna Grant [Cranford], 2012
39-7 ¾ … Adefunke Sonaike [Montgomery], 2012
39-6 ¾ … Ebony Young [Hillsborough], 2009
39-6 ½ … Kelly Burke [Cranford], 2010
39-6 ¼ … Alexandra Bonn [Union Catholic], 2023
39-5 … Ada Unachukwu [Marlboro], 2009
39-3 … Consandria Walker [Hackensack], 2004
39-2 ¼ … Sharon Allen [Paterson East Side], 1987
39-1 ¾ … Ellie Ewere [Hillsborough], 2011
39-1 ¼ … Tiffany Bautista [Paramus Catholic], 2018
39-1 … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2018
39-1 … Kaitlin Salisbury [Hawthorne], 2016
39-0 ½ … Bonnie Fosam [Robbinsville], 2017

All-Time South Jersey Indoor Triple Jump List
41-3 ¼ … Sophia Curtis [Ocean City], 2023
40-1 ½ … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2019
38-4 … She’quell Higgs [Winslow Twp.], 2013
38-0 ½ … Shaya Wilkerson [Lenape], 2012
37-10 … Cidae’a Woods [Winslow Twp.], 2013
37-7 … Elizabeth Montague [Cherokee], 2014
37-4 … Olivia Wright [Winslow Twp.], 2020
37-2 ½ … Kristina Tossas [Rancocas Valley], 2020
37-1 … Ashley Edwards [Northern Burlington], 2015
36-9 ¼ … Jasmin Jones [Kingsway], 2016
36-8 ½ … Leah Ellis [Millville], 2019
36-6 ½ … Maryn Hess [Winslow Twp.], 2017
36-6 ½ … Janell Rowe [Sterling], 2016
36-6 … Javona Ford [Millville], 2010
36-5 … Shevell Higgs [Winslow Twp.], 2020
36-4 … Rachel Montague [Cherokee], 2008
36-2 ¾ … Kiah Walton [Burlington Twp.], 2014
36-1 ½ … Chastiney Pearson [Timber Creek], 2020
36-0 ½ … Taliya Rogers [Rancocas Valley], 2016
36-0 ½ … Keyanna Meade [Burlington Twp.]. 2018

All-Time New Jersey Combined 40-Foot List
44-11 … Keturah Orji [Mount Olive], 2014 [o]
42-2 ¾ … Carlene Cummings [Englewood], 1998 [o]
42-2 … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2018 [o]
41-7 ½ … Mahogany Jenkins [Watchung Hills], 2019 [o]
41-3 ¼ … Sophia Curtis [Ocean City], 2023 [i]
41-3  … Stephanie McIntyre [South Brunswick], 2007 [i]
40-10 ¼ … Ashley Edwards [Northern Burlington], 2014 [o]
40-9 ½ … Iana Amsterdam [Newark Tech], 2013 [o]
40-7 ¾ … Kayla Richardson [Columbia], 2013 [o]
40-7 … Shanale Herber [Paterson Kennedy], 2015 [o]
40-7 … Faith Bethea [Snyder], 2022 [o]
40-6 ¾ … Tiffany Bautista [Paramus Catholic], 2018
40-6 ¼ … Essence Mayers [Lakewood], 2011 [o]
40-6 … Jordan Fields [Columbia], 2016 [o]
40-5 … Nnenna Ibe [North Brunswick], 2015 [o]
40-4 ½ … Adefunke Sonaike [Montgomery], 2011
40-4 … Domonique Panton [Freehold Twp.], 2015 [i]
40-3 ¼ …Ebony Young [Hillsborough], 2009 [o]
40-1 ¼ … Kaitlin Salisbury [Hawthorne], 2016 [o]
40-0 … Ebony Young [Hillsborough], 2008 [o]
40-0 … Ada Unachukwu [Marlboro], 2008 [o]
40-0 … Bonvie Fosam [Robbinsville], 2017 [o]