Kingsway graduate Autumn DeMary, a senior at Bloomfield, ran the 2nd-fastest time in meet history in the 100-meter hurdles at the Central Athletic Collegiate Conference Championships Saturday in Lakewood.

DeMary ran a huge personal-best 14.17 – with legal wind – to win the hurdles by a whopping five meters at Georgian Court.

Although the CACC hasn’t bothered updating its championships performance list in two years, the only faster time in meet history is Jasmine Staten’s 14.11 last year. Staten ran for Rancocas Valley and graduated from Lenape.

DeMary’s time is also 2nd-fastest in school history behind Staten’s 14.08 in April of 2018 in a meet in Newark.

DeMary entered the meet with a PR of 14.55 from a meet last year in Glassboro. She lowered that to 14.54 in the trials Saturday and then demolished it in the final, which she won by 70-100ths of a second over Shanell Pusey of Holy Family, who was 2nd in 14.87, The field ran into a 0.3 wind.

With the breakthrough performance, DeMary now ranks 2nd in the NCAA Division 2 East Region, behind only Raven-Symone Jarrett of American International, who ran 14.11 Friday in a meet in Manchester, N.H.

DeMary was 2nd in the 2021 meet in 15.17 behind Bloomfield teammate TeSeanna Harris of C.A. Morgan Village Academy in Camden [14.70] and 3rd last year behind Staten [14.11] and Harris [14.53]. The CACC does not hold an indoor conference meet.

DeMary also placed 6th in the 200.

At Kingsway, DeMary ran 14.67 and was a two-time sectional hurdles medalist despite losing the entire 2020 season to COVID.

Kingsway graduate Orion Joyner, a junior at Rhode Island, sailed past the 50-foot barrier for the first time in his life and placed 2nd in the triple jump Sunday at the Atlantic 10 Conference Championships in Amherst, Mass.

Joyner fouled on his first two attempts but leaped 50-4 ¾ on his 3rd jump and finished 2nd to Virginia Commonwealth sophomore David Coles, who jumped 51-1 ½ – also a PR – on his fifth attempt.

Joyner’s previous PR was a 48-11 ¾ three weeks ago in Storrs, Conn. Before this season, his PR was 48-7 from the A-10 indoor Championships winin Kingston, R.I., in February. He’s won the last two A-10 indoor titles.

At Kingsway, Joyner jumped 48-1 ¼ at 2019 South Jersey Group 4 sectionals at Washington Township, No. 5 in South Jersey history.

With a 50-4 ¾, Joyner moves into the No. 3 spot in URI history behind Tom Campbell [52-11 in 1992] and Casey Burley [50-10 ¾ in 2018].

Washington Township junior Dahlia Beasley, in her first 200 of the year, ran the fastest time in New Jersey this year as part of a speedy sprint double.

Beasley, who high jumped at the Woodbury Relays but hadn’t run an open race since early in the indoor season, won the 200 at the South Jersey Open at Delsea in 24.87 – 11th-fastest in Gloucester County history – and took 2nd in the 400 in 56.68 behind Eastern senior Kadence Dumas, who ran 56.64.

Other than summer track, Beasley hadn’t run an open 200 since early in the 2022 indoor season. But at Delsea Saturday at the South Jersey Open, she was first across the line. Second place went to Willingboro sophomore Nester Wea, who ran 24.99 out of an earlier section. More on her later.

The only other girl to run sub-25 this year in New Jersey is Pennsauken freshman Sianni Wynn, who ran 24.90 on the same track Thursday at the South Jersey Elite.

In the 400, Dumas and Beasley posted the No. 2 and 5 times in the state this year and became the first two South Jersey girls under 57. Beasley has a PR of 56.62 from South Jersey Group 4 sectionals last spring at Buena, which is No. 13 in Gloucester County history.

Milesplit credits Beasley with a 25.01 and a 56.47 from 2022, but both times were made in an out-of-season USATF meet in New York and don’t qualify for high school lists. For summer meets to qualify for all-time lists, they must be a continuation of the high school season, such as U.S. Juniors.

Beasley also has a high jump PR of 5-6.

Meanwhile, Wea is the first Willingboro girl to break 25 seconds in the 200 meters in 20 years, since Halimah Bashir ran 24.93 in 2003 and the first Chimera sophomore since Michelle Glover ran 23.56 in 1979. Her time is fastest by any Burlington County or South Jersey sophomore since Sheriyah Nutt ran 24.18 at the 2019 Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington.

Wea’s time is No. 13 on the all-time Burlington County list, and it came in her very first high school outdoor 200-meter dash. She had an official high school 200 PR of 26.86 from the Bubble in February.

All-Time Gloucester County 200-Meter Dash List
23.90 … Denise Liles [Kingsway], 1984
24.19 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
24.21 … Audrey Wilson [Deptford], 2006
24.32 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2015
24.35 … Amirah Sharpe [Clayton], 2021, 2022
24.35 … Arianna Sharpe [Clayton], 2022
24.42 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1996
24.45 … Cecelia Gerstenbacher [Delsea], 2017
24.71 … Jackie Dim [Washington Twp.], 2007
24.85 … Latoya Benson [Washington Twp.], 2001
24.87 … Dahlia Beasley [Washington Twp.], 2023

All-Time Gloucester County 400-Meter Dash List
53.49 … Arianna Sharpe [Clayton], 2022
53.51 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1996
53.60 … Amirah Sharpe [Clayton], 2022
54.62 … Audrey Wilson [Deptford], 2008
55.3h … Lori Lewis [Woodbury], 1978
55.50 … Sabrina Burrell [Delsea], 2014
55.72 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2015
55.93 … Brianna Crofton [Delsea], 2009
56.24 … Thaila Cooper [Kingsway], 2013
56.35 … Nicol Corsey [Deptford], 1997
56.37 … Jackie Dim [Washington Twp.], 2007
56.62 … Dahlia Beasley [Washington Twp.], 2022

All-Time Burlington County 200 List
23.69 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], 1981
24.01 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
24.17 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2008
24.18 … Sheriyah Nutt [Rancocas Valley], 2019
24.31 … Morgan Gordon [Rancocas Valley], 2009
24.42 … Halimah Bashir [Willingboro], 2002
24.49 … Annie Johnson [Shawnee], 2012
24.55 … Daneille Myricks [Willingboro], 2000
24.61 … Aliyah Tayor [Rancocas Valley], 2018
24.79 … Darynn Minus-Vincent [Rancocas Valley], 2018
24.81 … Jasmine Staten [Lenape], 2015
24.94 … Evann Thompson [Lenape], 2012
24.99 … Nester Wea [Willingboro], 2023

Pennsville’s Arianna Smith destroyed a 40-year-old Princeton school record in the 400-meter hurdles Sunday and ran a huge high hurdles PR at the Ivy League Championships at Franklin Field.

Smith had a fantastic weekend, with two PRs, a school record, a 2nd in the intermediates, a 3rd in the highs and a blazing 53.97 anchor on the Tigers’ 3rd-place 1,600-meter relay team.

In the intermediates, Smith ran 57.84, finishing just behind Harvard freshman Chloe Fair, who won the race in 57.75.

She broke the school record of 58.19 set by Sally Anderson when she placed 9th at the 1983 NCAA Championships at the University of Houston.

Smith’s previous PR was 58.76 at the Big Five Meet on the same Franklin Field track in West Philadelphia.

Her time puts her No. 36 among U.S. women this year, 2-100ths of a second behind Eastern graduate Jewel Ash of Charleston Southern, who ran 57.72 last month in Knoxville.

It’s also 5th-fastest ever run by a South Jersey woman:

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

In the 100-meter highs, Smith moved into the No. 2 spot on the all-time Princeton list with a huge PR 13.73. The school record is listed on Princeton’s web site as 13.08 by Nicole Harrison in the 1997 ECAC Championships in Fairfax, Va. But her winning time in that meet was actually 13.18, and the World Athletics web site doesn’t show her with a 13.08 at any point.

Smith’s previous PR was 13.94, also from the Big Five Meet at Franklin Field. She lowered that to 13.83 in the trials on Saturday before PR’ing again with 13.73 in the final.

Smith ran 14.44 in high school when she won the Salem County Championships in 2019, but she didn’t compete in the high hurdles again until this spring, so that’s three years in a row without contesting the 100-meter highs.

She ran 14.11 at Penn in her first high hurdles race since high school in March and is now 2nd-fastest in Princeton history just six weeks later.

Princeton placed 3rd in the 4-by-4 with Smith on the anchor leg. India Ingemi, Adelaide Asante and Brianna Mponzi ran the first three legs for the Tigers, whose 3:39.25 is No. 2 in school history behind the school record of 3:39.04 set at 2015 Heps, also at Franklin Field.

Penn won the 1,600-meter relay in 3:37.26 with Paul VI graduate Aliya Garozzo splitting 55.70 on the 3rd leg. The time is No. 7 on the all-time Penn performance list.

Jasmine Broadway from Burlington Township won her first conference title Sunday and shattered both the Rowan’s school record and the meet record for 200 meters at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships at Ramapo College in Mahwah.

Broadway, a Rowan sophomore, ran 24.33 in the 200 trials on Saturday, breaking the school record and meet record set by Pemberton graduate Shailah Williams, who ran 24.36 at the 2015 NJAC meet on the same track in Mahwah.

Broadway came back later Sunday and won the final in 24.46, also under her previous PR. Chidimma Igwe of Rutgers-Newark placed 2nd in 24.60.

That 24.33 will wind up somewhere in the top 10 in NCAA Division 3 once all of the weekend results are updated on the TFRRS database.

Broadway’s previous PR was a 24.76 in her last 200 race in Columbia, S.C., last month. She didn’t break 25 seconds until six weeks ago when she ran 24.85 in a meet in Chester, Pa.

In high school, Broadway’s 200 PR was 25.60 from her win at Central Jersey Group 3 sectionals in June 2021 at Jackson Liberty.

Broadway was 14th at last year’s NJAC Championships in Ewing with a 26.23. So she ran nearly two seconds faster this year. She was 5th in the 200 at the indoor NJAC Meet in February at Ocean Breeze in 25.61.

Rancocas Valley’s Ian Moore ran the 7th-fastest 800 in Monmouth history and PR’d with a 1:50.84 for 2nd place in the Colonial Athletic Association meet at William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va.

Moore finished behind only Dugion Blackman of Hampton, who ran a PR of his own with a 1:47.69 – 3rd-fastest this year by a Jamaican.

Moore’s previous PR was a 1:51.98 in April of 2021 in a meet on his home track in West Long Branch.

Three of the nine-fastest half-milers in Monmouth history are from South Jersey – Stone Caraccio [1:50.83 last year] is No. 6, Moore is No. 7 and Absegami’s Ford Palmer [1:51.01] is No. 9.

Moore ran 1:52.47 in Friday’s trials and was the 7th-fastest qualifier going into the finals.

In the final, he was out in 54.26 and sitting in 4th with a lap to go before closing in 56.58 to pass two William and Mary runners and move up to 2nd.

Lumberton’s Greg Foster missed the meet record by a q1uarter of an inch but settled for his second Ivy League long jump championship, a personal best and a school record.

Foster, a Princeton freshman, was sitting in 3rd place before he leaped 26-1 ¾ on his final attempt at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships at Franklin Field Saturday.

Foster’s best jump through five rounds was a 24-9 ¼ on his second attempt. He trailed Brown juniors Zachary Love and John McNeil, who had both jumped 24-10 ½. But on his final attempt – with a legal wind of 1.4 – he soared well beyond his lifetime best of 25-10 ¾ from an indoor meet in Annapolis in January. His outdoor PR was 25-6 ¼ from his final high school meet for Lawrenceville School – also at Franklin Field. His collegiate outdoor best before Saturday was a 24-9 ¼ in a meet last month in Charlottesville, Va.

Foster broke a 27-year-old school record of 26-0 ¼ set by Ugwunna Ikpeowo at the 1996 IC4As in Fairfax, Va. The meet record and overall Ivy League Heps record is 26-2 set by Yale’s Eugene Profit at 1985 Heps in Cambridge, Mass. Profit went on to play three seasons with the Patriots.

On the 2023 U.S. list, Foster now ranks No. 8, and he’s No. 3 junior (Under 20) in the world, behind Alejandro Parada of Cuba [26-8 ¾] and Asanda Mthembu of South Africa [26-6]. He’s also No. 29 on the all-time U.S. junior list.

Foster’s jump makes him the No. 9 New Jersey alumni all-time and No. 3 by a Burlington County native behind Carl Lewis [29-1] and Matt Rose [26-3 ½].

Indoors, Foster won the Ivy League long jump in Hanover, N.H., with a 25-9 1/2 jump.

29-1 … Carl Lewis [Willingboro], Aug. 30, 1991, Tokyo
27-2 ¼ … Corey Crawford [Indian Hills], May 29, 2021, Chula Vista, Calif.
26-9 ½ … Evans Tobler [Trenton], May 13, 1989, Ponce, Puerto Rico
26-5 ½ … Darius Pemberton [Hackensack], March 22, 1997, Houston
26-3 ½ … Matt Rose [Bordentown], May 4, 1991, Knoxville, Tenn.
26-2 ¾ … Eulace Peacock [Union], July 4, 1935, Lincoln, Neb.
26-1 ¾ … Chris Gillis [Pennsauken], May 12, 2006, Waco, Texas
26-1 ¾ … Norm Tate [East Orange], May 20, 1972, El Paso, Texas
26-1 ¾ … Greg Foster [Lawrenceville School/Lumberton], May 6, Philadelphia
26-1 ¼ … Mike Morrison [Willingboro], May 13, 2006, Fayetteville, Ark.

Has Ajani Dwyer ever run track before?

The MileSplit database says no. Dwyer, a junior at Washington Township, ran some relays for the Minutemen earlier this year, but there’s no record of him ever competing in an major individual meet before Saturday.

If so, one day into his track career, he’s one of the fastest sprinters in South Jersey history.

Dywer won the 100 in 10.73 and the 200 in 21.55 Saturday at the SJTCA Open at Delsea. It was the fastest one-meet double by a South Jersey sprinter in six years, since Pennsauken’s Martin Booker ran 10.67 and 21.47 at the 2017 state Group 3 meet at Northern Burlington. It was the fastest one-meet sprint double by a Gloucester County runner since Kingsway’s Dorian Bryant ran 10.68 and 21.41 at the 2002 state Group 2 meet in Egg Harbor, placing second to Ewing’s Adian Sanderson in the 100 and winning the 200.

He’s only the 11th sprinter in South Jersey history to run that fast for both sprints in his high school career, and he’s in some pretty good company:

10.47, 21.06 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
10.49, 21.53 … Jonathan Taylor [Salem], 2017
10.53, 21.40 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
10.54, 21.52 … Fabian Santiago [Oakrest], 2010, 2012
10.63, 21.46 … Sabli Gonnet [Eastern], 2007
10.65, 21.41 … Dorian Bryant [Kingsway], 2002, 2003
10.67, 21.41 … T.J. Johnson [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2009, 2010
10.67, 21.39 … Martin Booker [Pennsauken], 2017
10.68, 21.06 … Antonio Tarantino [Paul VI], 2017
10.73, 21.55 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2023

Dwyer won the 100 by 3 ½ meters over Cherokee senior Wes Davenport, who PR’d at 11.12. In the 200, he finished three meters clear of Trenton senior Gabriel Truehart who PR’d at 21.92.

Dwyer’s times are both No. 1 this year in South Jersey. He’s No. 4 in the state in the 100 and No. 3 among underclassmen and No. 3 in the 200 and No. 2 among underclassmen.

His 100 time is No. 13 in Glocuester County history, and his 200 is No. 5 and fastest in 17 years, since A.J. Bunton of West Deptford ran 21.53 at the 2006 Meet of Champions in South Plainfield.

His 100 is fastest by a Gloucester County underclassman in 16 years, since Kingsway’s Robert Page ran 10.67 at the 2007 Meet of Champions at South Plainfield and fastest by a Gloucester County underclassman since Todd Dutch – also from Washington Township – ran 21.40 at the 2001 Meet of Champions in Egg Harbor.

Here’s a look at the all-time Gloucester County performance lists:

All-Time Gloucester County 100-Meter Dash List
10.47 … James Brown [Glassboro], 2009
10.53 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
10.55 … Evan Corcoran [Kingsway], 2022
10.60 … Robert Page [Kingsway], 2008
10.60 … Shawney Kersey [Woodbury], 2009
10.60 … Thomas Hampton [Clayton], 2019
10.65 … Dorian Bryant [Kingsway], 2003
10.65 … Mar-quel Davis [Deptford], 2017
10.66 … Bruce Owens [Deptford], 2004
10.70 … R.J. Page [Kingsway], 2008
10.70 … Jared Nicholson [Williamstown], 2016
10.73 … Sean McPherson [Delsea], 2010
10.73 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2023

All-Time Gloucester County 200-Meter Dash List
21.40 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
21.41 … Dorian Bryant [Kingsway], 2002
21.53 … A.J. Bunton [West Deptford], 2006
21.54 … Derek Ward [Kingsway], 1992
21.55 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2023
21.56 … Bruce Owens [Deptford], 2005
21.56 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2011
21.57 … Mar-Quel Davis [Deptford], 2017
21.60 … Juwan Johnson [Glassboro], 2013
21.62 … Evan Corcoran [Kingsway], 2022
21.69 … Robert Page [Kingsway], 2007

Delsea’s shot put army was out in force Thursday night, with four throwers – all underclassmen – throwing at least 51 feet and all four PR’ing at the South Jersey Elite at their home facility.

As far as I can tell, Delsea is the first South Jersey school with four 50-footers in the same year, much less the same meet. Much less all underclassmen!

Their 20 measured throws combined averaged 51-1 ½. And 17 of their 20 throws went 50 feet or farther.

Sophomore Jonathan Harris, a 1st-year throw, PR’d by over two feet at 55-2. He had just PR’d at 53- ½ at Woodbury and never threw over 50 feet outdoors until two weeks ago. He’s the No. 2 sophomore in the state and the top soph in South Jersey in 13 years – since Pleasantville’s Dontaye Rivera threw 56-11 at 2010 states at Egg Harbor. Harris also had throws of 53-38 ½, 51-2 ¾, 50-4 ½ and 54-7 ¼ before finishing with his 55-2.

Junior Greg Masso came into Thursday with a PR of 54-8 from an indoor meet at Cherokee in January and an outdoor PR of 54-6 ½ from Fast Times at Cherokee last month. He threw 55-0 on his final attempt for 2nd place after throws of 51-4 ¾, 52-4, 51-1 ½ and 53-1 ¼.

Junior Tyler Habersham-Agbemenu took 5th with a PR 51-7 ¾, just over his lifetime best of 51-6 from Easterns. His previous outdoor PR was 51-3 ½ at Woodbury. He had four total throws over 50 feet, with a 50-7 ¾, 51-4 ¼ and 50-1 before his PR on his final attempt.

Phelan, also a junior, placed 7th with a 51-1 ¼. He had thrown 50-9 at Cherokee indoors in February and had a previous outdoor PR of 50-0. Phelan also had a 51-0 and a 50-5 ½ for the three-best throws of his life in his series.

Others over 50 feet: Cinnaminson senior Malicah Etienne (54-2 ¾), Rancocas Valley senior Devon Brooks (PR 54-0), Egg Harbor junior Mike Simeon (51-3) and Glassboro junior Damere Lassiter (50-1 ½).

Delsea’s quartet now ranks 7th, 9th, 18th and 21st in New Jersey, and 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 8th in South Jersey.

Among underclassmen, they’re No. 3, No. 4, No. 10 and No. 13 in the state.
and No. 1, 2, 4 and 6 in South Jersey, with Lassiter 3rd [54-2 ½] and Simeon 5th [51-3 ¾].

So Delsea has four underclassmen who’ve thrown 51 feet and every other South Jersey school combined has two.

Delsea’s school record is 61-6 set at the 2013 Tri-County Conference Championships at Delsea by Josh Awotunde, who placed 3rd at the World Championships last year with an all-time world No. 18 73-1 ½ with the 16-pound ball.

Paul VI junior Shaelan McNally ran the fastest 1,600 in New Jersey this year, leading four other girls under 5:06 Thursday night at the South Jersey Elite Invitational at Delsea.

McNally ran a PR 5:01.44, negative’ing 2:34.00 and 2:27.44 and closing in a fast 71.03.

She’s Paul VI’s fastest miler since Dawn Cody ran 4:55.9 hand-timed at the 1982 Meet of Champions at Princeton.

McNally lowered her PR from 5:01.74 at the indoor Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze. Her previous outdoor PR was 5:02.10 at this meet last year.

It was a very fast race up front.

Nine runners came through the 400 in 75.27 or faster and at the 800 all nine were between 2:33.81 and 2:35.04.

On the third lap, McNally, Delsea senior Lillie Wider, Mainland junior Gillian Lovett, Haddonfield junior Ava Thomas and Cherokee sophomore Megan Niglio opened up some room with the rest of the pack, all five running between 76.41 and 77.60.

McNally closed in 71.03 to edge 2nd-place Thomas, who closed in 72.25 and PR’d at 5:04.13. Niglio closed in 73.79 and took 3rd in 5:05.21, and Lovett and Widmer also PR’d, Lovett in 4th with a 5:05.52 off a 74.07 final lap and Widmer in 5:05.95 closing in 75.27.

Also PR’ing: Haddonfield senior Helene Usher [5:12.47], Clearview senior Abigail Kotran [5:14.10], Cherokee freshman Madeline Meder [5:15.82], Vineland sophomore Georgina Chalow [5:16.20] and Haddon Township senior Meghan Lex [5:18.08], who placed 6th through 10th.

The times are No. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 13, 16, 17 and 24. So the race produced 10 of the 24-fastest times in New Jersey so far this year.