From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Junior Naylah Jones won two events and placed 2nd in another and got plenty of help from a clutch supporting cast Saturday, and the Timber Creek girls raced to the first state championship in school history at Delsea.

Timber Creek fell six points short of Winslow Township last weekend at sectionals, but with big points at the top of several races the Chargers rolled to a 76-42 win over Sophia Curtis and Ocean City in the one-day state Group 4 meet, with Winslow in 3rd with 39 points making it a 1-2-3 South Jersey finish.

Jones won the 100 with a personal-best 11.75 – 9th-fastest in South Jersey history (you can read about that race here) – placed 2nd with a PR 24.22 and took 2nd in the 400 in 56.64 in a historic performance. She no doubt ran on one of the winning relay teams as well.

Sophomore Ryan Jennings PRd in both dashes, taking 2nd in the 100 in 11.92 behind Jones and 3rd in the 200 with 24.63. And Chloe Jones added six points in the 400 with a 3rd place in 57.29.

That’s 48 points in the 100, 200 and 400.

Timber Creek also won the 400-meter relay in 47.70. Unfortunately, the names of the four runners are not available. Timber Creek appears to have won the 4-by-4 also – there are no results of the event, but Timber Creek’s point total increased from 66 to 76 about when the race would have been run.

And the Chargers got a huge lift from junior Guerlande Pierre, the No. 12 seed in the shot put. She threw 38-5 and placed 2nd for eight more huge points. Pierre has unique versatility – she was a medalist at sectionals in the high hurdles and shot put, and she’s also long jumped 17 feet and triple jumped 35 feet this spring.

We’ll add more info on the relays when it comes available.