Washington Township junior Yashahya Brown, the Meet of Champions winner indoors, dipped under 14 seconds for the first time in the 110-meter hurdles Saturday morning at Fast Times at Cherokee.
Brown ran 13.99 and outraced Pennsauken senior Bryce Tucker, who ran a PR of his own at 14.18 after running the fastest 400-meter intermediate hurdles time in the country.
Brown’s previous PR was a 14.08 at last year’s Olympic Conference Championships on his home track. He was the fastest sophomore in the state last year and 5th-fastest nationally.
He’s the 23rd South Jersey runner to go sub-14 and the second from Washington Township, joining Devon Carter, who ran 13.96 at the 2010 state Group 4 meet at Egg Harbor.
Brown’s 13.99 ranks No. 4 in Gloucester County history, behind Delsea’s Sultan Tucker (13.66 in 1997), Deptford’s Naseem Smith (13.95 in 2019) and Carter.
Tucker broke his PR of 14.22, which he ran in the prelims at last year’s state Group 3 meet at Franklin. It’s the fastest FAT time in Pennsauken history, although Dave Still ran a hand-timed state record 13.5 over 120 yards in the trials of the South Jersey Invitational at Haddon Township in 1976. He ran 13.8 in the final.
All-Time South Jersey Sub-14 110 Hurdles List
13.43 … Danyne Brown [Camden], 1999
13.51 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
13.59 … Gerard Reynolds [Willingboro], 1990
13.66 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 1997
13.73 … Kevin Hagamin [Timber Creek], 2014
13.74 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], 2001
13.75 … Rashad Baker [Wilson], 2000
13.76 … Nate Harley [Pleasantville], 1996
13.76 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], 2012
13.77 … Anthony Acklin [Triton], 2001
13.81 … Scot McCray [Camden], 1997
13.81 … Jeff Young [Wilson], 1999
13.90 … Edwin Alston [Winslow Twp.], 2015
13.92 … Enrique Llanos [Wilson], 1999
13.93 … Malachi Wesley [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2022
13.94 … Hal Lathan [Egg Harbor Twp,], 2009
13.95 … Kevin White [Haddon Heights], 1992
13.95 … Naseem Smith [Deptford], 2019
13.96 … Devon Carter [Washington Twp.], 2010
13.97 … Will Brown [Palmyra], 2006
13.97 … Syteek Farrington [Camden], 2010
13.99 … Herb Reid [Lenape], 2000
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 