Timber Creek junior Naylah Jones raced to a speedy 100-200 double Saturday at the Camden County Championships at Haddon Township.
Jones won the 100 in a PR 11.96 and the 200 in 24.64, also a PR. She moved into the top spot in New Jersey in the 100 and No. 2 in the 200 behind only Piscataway senior Brooke’lyn Drakeford, who ran 22.53 Saturday in Metuchen.
Jones is now No. 12 in Camden County history in the 100 and No. 11 in the 200.
In the 100, Jones had a PR of 12.08 coming into this year from last year’s South Jersey Group 3 meet at Delsea. She lowered that to 12.05 at Fast Times at Cherokee and then to 12.01 in the trials Saturday and then to 11.96 in the final, where she edged sophomore teammate Ryan Jennings, who ran 12.19 (after a PR 12.17 in the trials).
In the 200, Jones had a PR of 24.87 from Ocean Breeze back in February, and this was her first open 200 this spring. Jennings was also 2nd in the 200 with a PR 24.97, her first time under 25.59. Jennings is now the No. 1 soph in New Jersey in the 100 and No. 3 in the 200. Overall, Jones and Jennings are No. 1 and 4 in the state in the 100 and No. 2 and 9 in the state in the 200.
Junior Chloe Jones also had a big day for Timber Creek with a PR 57.17 to win the 400, No. 3 this year in South Jersey, and another PR 16-10 for 4th in the long jump.
All-Time Camden County 100-Meter Dash List
11.49 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
11.57 … Patti Dunlap [Camden], 1979
11.63 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2019
11.71 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
11.73 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2014
11.88 … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
11.90 … Jaia James [Winslow Twp.], 2022
11.91 … Aliya Harrison [Sterling], 2017
11.94 … Emily Carson [Haddonfield], 2013
11.96 … Jamillah Nock [Woodrow Wilson], 2004
11.96 … Jailya Ash [Eastern], 2019
11.96 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2023
11.98 … Jennifer Jackson [Eastern], 2003
All-Time Camden County 200-Meter Dash List
23.66 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2019
23.85 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
24.04 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
24.11 … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
24.19 … Patti Dunlap [Camden] 1978
24.19 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.]
24.48 … Avionne Sloan [Camden], 2003
24.53 … Maya Drayton [Cherry Hill East], 2019
24.57 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2014
24.61 … Emily Carson [Haddonfield], 2013
24.64 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2023
24.70 … Jewel Ash [Eastern], 2019
24.72 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 2011
24.72 … Aliya Harrison [Sterling], 2016
24.73 … Nylah Perry [Winslow Twp.], 2019
24.77 … Halima Scott [Woodrow Wilson], 2018
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 