Winslow’s Nylah Perry finished her season on a high note with a PR in the second round of the 400-meter hurdles Saturday at the NCAA Division 1 West Preliminaries in Sacramento.
Perry, a sophomore at Iowa, lowered her lifetime best from 58.61 to 58.28 and although she missed advancing to Austin next month for the national semifinals, she finished second among freshmen and sophomores in the entire Western Region.
The top 12 finishers advance to Austin, and Perry wound up with the 16th-fastest time in the West Prelims.
Perry’s 58.28 puts her in the No. 9 position in Iowa history and as far as I can find it puts her No. 6 on the all-time New Jersey alumni list:
55.78 … Tonya Lee [Rancocas Valley], April 21, 1996, Walnut, Calif.
56.21 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], May 26, 2007, Gainesville, Fla.
56.87 … Evann Thompson [Lenape], May 30, 2014, Jacksonville, Fla.
57.16 … Jewel Ash [Eastern], May 9, 2022, High Point, N.C.
57.84 … Arianna Smith [Pennsville], May 6, 2023, Philadelphia
58.28 … Nylah Perry [Winslow], May 27, 2023, Sacramento, Calif.
58.38 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow], May 2, 2015, Starkville, Miss.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 
My cousin Danielle myricks from Baylor ran 57 and some change in college 58.06 athletic.net
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Hey Joe thanks for the heads up – Danielle was an incredible talent at Willingboro and I’m sorry I missed her. She ran 57.31 when she placed 2nd at the 2002 Big Ten Championships on May 19, 2002, in Columbia, Missouri. Appreciate it!
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