Seniors Darryl Wayman and Christian Berry were part of a 1st-place team, a 2nd-place team and a 3rd-place team and Deptford rolling to its 3rd straight State Group 2 Relays team title at the Bubble.
Deptford outscored Willingboro 44-32 to win its 4th title in five years. The Spartans joined Willingboro (2000-03, 2017-20), Woodbury (1976-79) and Oakcrest (2011-2013) as the 4th South Jersey school to win four straight state relays titles since the meet’s inception in 1966.
Wayman and Berry were joined by sophomore Kareem Brown and senior Abu Jabbie on the winning sprint medley team, which ran 3:43.55. They were joined by juniors Sean Nieves and Neo Clark-Tabb on the 4-by-4, which placed 2nd in 3:32.37. And they teamed up with sophomore Kareem Brown and Kamari Brown on the 4-by-2, which placed 3rd in 1:34.54.
Deptford also placed 2nd in the shuttle hurdles in 31.05 behind Oakcrest’s 30.99. Senior Manny Perdue, junior Ryan Sanchez and sophomores Kamaldeep Singh and Larry Norman ran the shuttles.
Sophomore Mason Henry and Jabbie both cleared 5-8 and picked up eight big points in the high jump relay, and Henry and junior Marcus Hood both PR’d in the pole vault, picking up two points with a 5th-place finish. Hood cleared 12-6 and Henry 11-6.
Deptford’s 4-by-8 also placed 5th, with Nieves, junior Lucius Davis, senior Matthew Schilling and sophomore Anthony Schilling running 8:37.00.
For Oakcrest, Clayton Husta, Armando Velazquez, Kelvin Urena and Asmar Gibbs won the shuttle hurdles.
Willingboro got two wins in the field. In the high jump relay, junior Tra’san Adam cleared a huge PR 6-4 – more on him later – and junior Zaire Wormley 5-8. In the shot, junior Julian Williams threw a PR 52-8 ¾ and senior Derrick Swan PR’d at 48-6.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 