Washington Township senior Dahlia Beasley set an indoor high jump PR Tuesday at the Bubble, moving into the No. 3 spot in Gloucester County history with a 5-6 clearance. That’s No. 1 in the early going in New Jersey this indoor season.
The versatile Beasley, 3rd in the state Group 4 meet last year at 200 meters and a 55.55 400 runner, won the South Jersey Track Coaches Association meet at the Bubble in Toms River.
The only higher clearances in Gloucester County history indoors have come from Alanna Woolfolk of Clayton, the outdoor Meet of Champions winnner and indoor Easterns winner at 5-8, and Megan Kirschling of West Deptford, who cleared 5-7 in a meet at the Bubble in 2012.
Beasley does have an outdoor 5-6 clearance at a meet at Matawan in the spring of her sophomore year. Her 55.55 in the 400 at West Philly Nationals last spring is No. 7 in Gloucester County outdoor history.
Eastern senior Eva Sprewell placed 2nd with a 5-4 clearance, matching her PR from a meet last December also at the Bubble. That’s just a quarter-inch off the school record of 5-4 ¼ set by Tamika Voltaire at a meet at the Bubble in 2017. Kena Butts also cleared 5-4 for Eastern when she placed 3rd at the 2000 state Group 4 meet at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym.
All-Time Gloucester County Indoor High Jump List
5-8 … Alanna Woolfolk [Clayton], 2023
5-7 … Megan Kirschling [West Deptford], 2012
5-6 … Dahlia Beasley [Washington Twp.], 2024
5-4 … Misty Farrell [Washington Twp.], 1995
5-4 … Brooke Murray [Pitman], 1995
5-4 … Dierra Poland [Deptford], 1999
5-4 … Christina Smith [Washington Twp.], 2004
5-4 … Megan Kustera [West Deptford], 2008
5-4 … Talyah Cox [Delsea], 2014
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 