Timber Creek junior Naylah Jones blasted one of the fastest 100-meter dashes in South Jersey history Friday and led a 1-2-3 sweep at the South Jersey Group 3 Sectionals at Delsea.
Jones ran 11.79, No. 11 in South Jersey history and just 1-100th of a second outside the all-time South Jersey top-10.
Jones was already No. 2 in New Jersey with her 11.96 from the Camden County Championships last month at Haddon Township. New Jersey No. 1 was Taylor Cox of Union Catholic, who ran 11.80 at the Union County Championships in Plainfield.
Sophomore Ryan Jennings nearly broke 12 seconds herself in 2nd place with a personal-best 12.01 and junior Chloe Jones was 3rd in a PR 12.31 for 3rd place and the maximum 24 team points for the Chargers.
Earlier Friday, Samiyah Pucket, Nyla Jones, Jennings and Jones won the 400-meter relay in 47.32, No. 9 in South Jersey history, so it’s been quite a weekend so far for the Timber Creek sprinting crew.
Jones came up just short of the South Jersey Group 3 meet record of 11.68 set in the trials in 2019 by Wilson’s Dennisha Page, also at Delsea. Page ran 11.30 and 23.08 for Rutgers this year.
Here’s a look at the fastest FAT times in South Jersey sectional history:
11.68 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2016 [Group 4]
11.69 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2019 [Group 3]
11.74 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2007 [Group 4]
11.75 … Shakirah Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017 [Group 3]
11.79 …….. Gardner, 2008 [Group 4]
11.79 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2023 [Group 3]
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All-Time South Jersey List
11.42 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], 1981
11.49 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
11.57 … Patti Dunlap [Camden], 1979
11.58 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
11.61 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
11.63 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2019
11.71 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
11.73 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2014
11.77 … Aisha Morgan [Schalick], 1998
11.78 … Shameka Speed [Bridgeton], 2003
11.79 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2023
11.81 … Denise Liles [Kingsway], 1984
11.81 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018
11.81 … Audrey Wilson [Deptford], 2008
11.82 … Annie Johnson [Shawnee], 2012
11.84 … Robin Taylor [Deptford], 1980
11.85 … Dana Burnett [Willamstown], 1996
11.88 … Denis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
11.89 … Cecelia Gerstenbacher [Delsea], 2017
11.91 … Aliya Harrison [Sterling], 2017
11.91 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
11.94 … Emily Carson [Haddonfield], 2013
11.95 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
11.96 … Jamillah Nock [Woodrow Wilson], 2004
11.96 … Jailya Ash [Eastern], 2019
11.98 … Jennifer Jackson [Eastern], 2003
11.98 … Ciera Ismail [Schalick], 2013
11.98 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2014
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 