Another meet, another PR for Noah Kriesman.

The Rutgers sophomore from Cherry Hill East cleared 16-3 ½ and placed 5th Saturday at the TRACK at New Balance Collegiate Showdown in Boston.

Kriesman had just PR’d at 16-2 ¾ last Sunday in a meet at the same facility. Before that he had a PR of 15-7 as a Rider freshman last winter at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships last February at the Armory.

Kriesman improved on his own No. 3 mark in South Jersey alumni history, behind Seneca’s Mike Maira [16-10 in 2014 in College Station, Texas] and current Rutgers teammate Nico Morales [16-9 ½ in April at the Penn Relays].

Although Rutgers hasn’t updated its all-time top-10 performance list, it looks like Kriesman’s 16-3 ½ is No. 7 in school history. Morales is No. 5 at 16-6 from December, but he hasn’t competed since.

At Cherry Hill East, Kriesman had indoor and outdoor PRs of 15-0, so he improved seven inches as a college freshman at Rider and has improved another 7 ¾ inches this year. Kriesman hasn’t competed outdoors since he was a senior at East.

Penn State freshman Ahmad Fogg from Egg Harbor Township High recorded a victory in his first collegiate meet Saturday.

Fogg jumped an indoor PR 23-6 ¾ to win the long jump at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational at the Athletics South Competition and Performance Center at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Fogg’s previous indoor PR was a 22-3 ½ last year as an EHT senior at Ocean Breeze. He jumped 24-4 ¼ outdoors at West Philly Nationals in June.

Fogg won the competition by three-quarters of an inch over Michigan State’s Heath Baldwin. He popped the 23-6 ¾ on his first attempt.

His 23-6 ¾ is the best jump by a Penn State freshman in seven years, since William Henderson jumped 23-11 on Feb. 2, 2018, in a meet at Penn State’s Ashenfelter Track in State College, Pa.

Ahmad Fogg EHT

https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/530962/results/all

1st Simmons-Harvey Invitational, Athletics South Competition and Performance Center, Ann Arbor, Mich.

23-6 ¾

7.18 meters

Paul VI graduate Aliya Garozzo ran the 4th-fastest 500 meters in Penn history Saturday at the Wesley Brown Invitational in Annapolis, Md.

Garozzo ran 1:12.31 as part of a fast 1-2-3 Penn Quaker sweep. Junior Isabella Whittaker broke the school record with a 1:10.12 win – which is No. 16 in NCAA Division 1 history – junior Jocelyn Niemiec was 2nd in 1:12.13 – No. 3 in school history – and Garozzo was a close 3rd in a race that produced three of the four-fastest times in school history.

Garozzo’s previous PR over 500 meters was 1:13.95 last winter when she placed 3rd in the Ivy League Championships – the Heps – in Hanover, N.H.

Last spring, Garozzo ran 59.76 in the 400-meter hurdles at a meet at Franklin Field, No. 5 in Penn history and went on to place 3rd at Heps, also at Franklin Field, and 2nd at ECACs in Fairfax, Va.

She’s No. 5 in Penn history in the 60-meter hurdles with her 8.49 from the prelims last year at Heps.

At PVI, Garozzo was a three-time state champ in the 100 and 400 hurdles and a mutiple Meet of Champions medalist.

Here’s a look at the all-time Penn top-10 list in the 500:
1:10.12 … Isabella Whittaker, 2024 [Wes Brown Invitational, Annapolis, Md.]
1:11.77 … Jesse Carlin, 2005 [ECAC Championships, Boston]
1:12.13 … Jocelyn Niemiec, 2024 [Wes Brown Invitational, Annapolis, Md.]
1:12.31 … Aliya Garozzo, 2024 [Wes Brown Invitational, Annapolis, Md.]
1:12.37 … Uchechi Nwogwugwu, 2019 [Ivy League Championships, Cambridge, Mass.]
1:12.68 … Jamie Massarelli, 2010 [ECAC Championships, Boston]
1:12.72 … Candace Taylor, 2015 [Armory Invitational]
1:12.75 … Nia Akins, 2017 [Ivy League Championships, New York]
1:13.04 … Skyla Wilson, 2022 [Ivy League Championships, New York]
1:13.36 … Taylor Hennig, 2015 [Ivy League Championships, Cambridge, Mass.]

What a long jump series Saturday by Winslow sophomore Ma’Syiah Brawner at the Armory.

Brawner, who came into the meet with a PR of 18-10, soared 19-3 ½ on her fourth attempt at the Hall of Fame Invitational at the Armory, the No. 5 jump in South Jersey indoor history and best in eight years.

It’s also No. 9 in South Jersey history in any conditions and best in six years and No. 12 on the all-time New Jersey indoor list.

Brawner had a remarkable series, with all six jumps over 18 feet and all six surpassing her previous indoor PR of 17-6 ¾ from a meet at Ocean Breeze last month. Any of the six would have won the competition.

She opened with 18-0, 18-5 ½ and 18-4 and then in the finals followed the 19-3 ½ with an 18-9 and an 18-3. 18-6 ¼. She averaged 18-6 ½ on her six jumps, only 3 ½ inches off her previous lifetime best.

Brawner’s 19-3 ½ is No. 6 in the U.S. and No. 1 among sophomores, bumping an 18-10 ¾ by Ava Kitchings of Greater Atlanta Christian of Norcross, Ga., from a meet in Fayetteville, Ark., last weekend.

It’s the best mark by a New Jersey sophomore indoors since Sydney McLaughlin of Union Catholic, the 400-meter hurdles Olympic champion and world record holder, jumped 19-4 at the 2015 Varsity Classic at the Armory.

It appears to be the best indoor jump by a South Jersey sophomore since two-time Olympian Carol Lewis of Willingboro set a state indoor record of 19-8 when she placed fifth at AAU Senior Nationals at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 23, 1979.

Brawner also has PRs of 39-10 ¼ in the triple jump, 5-4 in the high jump, 8.64 in the 55-meter hurdles and 15.35 in the 100-meter hurdles.

All-Time New Jersey Indoor Long Jump List
21-7 ½ … Carol Lewis [Willingboro], 1981
20-8 ¾ … Keturah Orji [Mount Olive], 2014
20-7 ¾ … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2017
19-11 ¾ … Claire Connor [Rahway], 1984
19-8 ¼ … Tionna Tobias [Winslow], 2016
19-8 ……. Celeste Holder [Parsippany], 2006
19-8 ……. Cidae’a Woods [Winslow], 2014
19-7 ½ … Helen Wilks [Bridgeton], 1993
19-6 …….. Iana Amsterdam [Newark Tech], 2013
19-5 ¾ … Kayla Richardson [Columbia], 2014
19-4 ¾ … Celine-Jada Brown [Plainfield], 2022
19-3 ½ … Ma’syiah Brawner [Winslow Twp.], 2024
19-3 …….. Leah Ellis [Millville], 2019
19-2 ¾ … Kaitlin Salisbury [Hawthorne], 2016
19-1 ½ … Carlene Cummings [Englewood], 1998
19-1 1/4 … Kelsey Vieira [Hillsborough], 2016
19-1 ¼ … Kayla Richardson [Columbia], 2014
19-0 ½ … Natalia Hinton [Newark Tech], 2013
19-0 …….. Tatiana Sanders [Paramus Catholic], 2013
19-0 … Saniyah Evans [Rahway], 2024

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 19-Foot Long Jump List
21-7 ½ … Carol Lewis [Willingboro], 1981
19-8 ¼ … Tionna Tobias [Winslow], 2016
19-8 ……. Cidae’a Woods [Winslow], 2014
19-7 ½ … Helen Wilks [Bridgeton], 1993
19-3 ½ … Ma’syiah Brawner [Winslow Twp.], 2024
19-3 …….. Leah Ellis [Millville], 2019
18-9 …….. Shameka Speed [Bridgeton], 2002
18-8 ¾ … Artrelia Turner [Wilson], 1984
18-7 ¼ … Shelly Bailey [Woodbury], 1982
18-6 ½ … Tisifinee Taylor [Woodbury], 2002
18-6 ½ … Asia Young [Holy Spirit], 2016

Overall All-Time South Jersey 19-Foot List
21-7 ¾ …… Carol Lewis [Willingboro], 1980 [o]
20-0 ½ ….. Teneacia Smith [Cherry Hill East], 1992 [o]
19-11 ½ … Kathy Rankins [Haddon Heights], 1980 [o]
19-11 ½ …. Tionna Tobias [Winslow Twp.], 2018 [o]
19-9 ¼ ….. Cidae’a Woods [Winslow Twp.], 2013 [o]
19-7 ½ ….. Helen Wilks [Bridgeton], 1993 [i, o]
19-4 ¾ …… Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], 2011 [o]
19-4 ………. Emily Carson [Haddonfield], 2012 [o]
19-3 ½ … Ma’syiah Brawner [Winslow Twp.], 2024 [i]
19-3 ………. Tionna Tobias [Winslow Twp.], 2017 [o]
19-3 … Leah Ellis [Millville], 2019 [i]
19-2 ¾ …….Asia Young [Holy Spirit], 2016 [o]
19-2 ½ ….…Gabrielle Bennett [Winslow Twp.], 2015 [o]
19¬-2 ………. Tierra Hooker [Timber Creek], 2018 [o]
19¬-2 ………. Robin Taylor [Deptford], 1980 [o]
19¬-1 ……….. Nena Moore [Cherry Hill West], 1995 [o]
19-1 ………. Yvonne Wolef [Middle Twp.], 2012 [o]
19-0 ¼ …… Jasmine Staten [Lenape], 2016 [o]

Iowa senior Tionna Tobias from Winslow Township recorded the 3rd-highest pentathlon score in Hawkeyes history Friday at a meet in Iowa City.

Tobias scored 4,049 points and won the one-day, five-event test at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational at the Iowa Rec Building.

Tobias’s score is 3rd-highest in Iowa history, behind Jenny Kimbro [4,269 in 2020] and Tria Simmons [4,200 in 2019].

In the first event of the day, Tobias ran 8.37 in the 60-meter hurdles, scoring 1,046 points. She scored 806 in the high jump [5-5 ¼], 577 points in the shot put [35-2], 856 in the long jump [19-9] and 764 in the 800 [2:24.43].

Tobias won by 295 points over teammate Annie Wirth, who scored 3,754.

The high jump and long jump were also held on Friday, and Tobias did not compete in those open events, but she is entered in the hurdles, scheduled for 5:25 p.m. Saturday. Tobias is No. 10 in NCAA Division 1 with her 8.19 from last weekend in Iowa City

Her previous lifetime-best pentathlon score was 3,997 at last year’s Big Ten Championships at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio, where she placed 3rd – 49 points behind Millville’s Bryanna Craig of Purdue.

Tobias’s lifetime best is now three points higher than Craig’s lifetime best. Tobias has a 5,640 lifetime best in the two-day outdoor heptathlon from her win at outdoor Big Tens in Bloomington, Ind., in May. Craig was 2nd in that meet with a PR of 5,460. Craig hasn’t done a multi yet this winter.

Alexis Tepper of Cherry Hill East moved into the No. 7 spot in the mile on the all-time University of Maryland Baltimore County performance list in her first collegiate mile race.

Tepper ran 5:02.80 Friday at the Ramapo College Season Opener at the Armory, placing 2nd to Ramapo’s Dale Leonard, who ran 4:57.05.

Tepper was mainly a 400-800 runner in high school and rarely ran the 1,600 or mile. She had a PR of 5:18.72 from a meet two years ago this week at the Bubble. So this is a 16-second PR in her first 1,600 or mile since December of 2022. She ran 2:17.12 in high school but hasn’t run an 800 yet in college.

Delsea sophomore Hannah Nuhfer joined the 40-foot club Thursday with a 40-8 on her final attempt at the Cherokee Throw Down #1. That’s the best throw in South Jersey this year.

Nuhfer threw 36-5 last spring at the Lenape Invite and then PR’d with a 37-9 ½ last month at a South Jersey Coaches Association meet at the Bubble. She was the No. 4 freshman in the state in 2023 and No. 2 in South Jersey, just behind Hammonton’s Mitra Sampson, who threw 37-9 at Group 3 sectionals at Delsea.

She opened Thursday with a personal-best 38-8 ½ and after a foul and a 35-1 ½ she finished with her 40-8, becoming Delsea’s first 40-foot thrower indoors in 13 years and the No. 9 throw in

Nuhfer led five throwers over 37 feet Thursday, with Clayton senior Maylisa Bluford throwing 38-2 ¾ for 2nd place on her final attempt, Willingboro junior Chanel Swain 3rd with a 37-8 ¼, Washington Township junior Ella Karp 4th with a 37-3 and Sampson 5th with a 37-1 ¾.

Nuhfer’s 40-8 is No. 2 in New Jersey this year, behind only Columbia senior Madison Stevens, who threw 41-5 ½ at the Group 4 state relays on Sunday at the Bubble.

It’s the best mark by a South Jersey sophomore indoors since Najeaya Singleton of Vineland threw 43-3 at the 2016 Meet of Champions at the Bubble.

All-Time South Jersey 40-Foot Indoor Shot Put List
47-5 ¾ … Zyra Thomas [Schalick], 2018
46-1 ½ … Najeaya Singleton [Vineland], 2017
46-1 … Cydney Thomas [Haddon Heights], 2019
45-3 … Nacole Moore [Bridgeton], 2000
44-6 ½ … Sylvia Galarza [Millville], 2004
44-3 ½ … Jocelyn White [Delsea], 2004
44-0 ½ … Melinda Boykin [Bridgeton], 1996
43-11 ¾ … Stephanie Scaramella [Bishop Eustace], 2007
43-10 ¼ … Mercedes Hicks [Atlantic City], 2006
43-10 … Rosetta Hunter [Burlington Twp.], 2015
43-4 ¾ … Jessica Woodard [Cherokee], 2012
43-4 ½ … Victoria Imbesi [Our Lady of Mercy], 2009
43-3 … Janice Rose [Delsea], 2011
42-11 ¼ … Ciara Demarest [Williamstown], 2022
42-7 ¾ … Typhanie Bates [Williamstown], 1995
42-5 ½ … Genevieve Tybicki [Our Lady of Mercy], 2007
42-4 … Sophia Coleburn [Haddon Heights], 2007
42-1 … Donovan Bennett [Vineland], 2014
42-0 ½ … Lisa Stuto [Winslow Twp.], 2009
42-0 ¼ … Lola Agabalogun [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
41-10 … Lillian Rivera [Pemberton], 1984
41-9 … Bernadette McGowan [Paul VI], 2016
41-8 … Alijah Caul [Sterling], 2019
41-6 ½ … Dana White [Camden], 2000
41-3 … Tara Daniels [Kingsway], 2013
41-2 … Ciarra Johnson [Winslow Twp.], 2018
41-0 … Nicole Scott [Willingboro], 1997
40-11 … Alexis Kennedy [Millville], 2012
40-10 … Danea Wint [Vineland], 2015
40-10 … Nyla Noble [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2014
40-9 … Amanda Thompson [Camden], 2001
40-8 ¾ … Emily Hilt [Kingsway], 2017
40-8 … Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], 2024
40-5 ½ … Cameron Daniels [Vineland], 2015
40-4 … Shanna Campbell [Pemberton], 2007
40-3 ½ … Lacole Fields [Camden], 1996
40-2 … Chanel Swain [Willingboro], 2023
40-1 ¾ … Kelly Staten [Atlantic City], 2001
40-1 ½ … Sophia Colburn [Haddon Heights], 2007
40-1 … Katherine Johnston [Haddonfield], 2012
40- ½ … Linda Dougherty [Sterling], 1982

Gloucester County Indoor Shot Put Top-10
44-3 ½ … Jocelyn White [Delsea], 2004
43-4 ½ … Victoria Imbesi [Our Lady of Mercy], 2009
43-3 … Janice Rose [Delsea], 2011
42-11 ¼ … Ciara Demarest [Williamstown], 2022
42-7 ¾ … Typhanie Bates [Williamstown], 1995
42-5 ½ … Genevieve Tybicki [Our Lady of Mercy], 2007
41-3 … Tara Daniels [Kingsway], 2013
40-8 ¾ … Emily Hilt [Kingsway], 2017
40-8 … Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], 2024
39-10 ½ … Giaanni Johnson-Slater [Delsea], 2022

Anthony Liaknovich threw the shot 51 feet tonight for the first time. And 52 feet. And 53 feet. And 54 feet. And 55 feet. And 56 feet.

Liaknovich, a Hammonton junior, PR’d by more than six feet with a 56-10 ¼ Thursday night at the Cherokee Throw Down #1 in the Cherokee gym in Marlton.

That’s No. 8 in Atlantic County indoor history and just three-quarters of an inch off the school record of 57-0 at a Cherokee Throw Down in 2020.

Liaknovich entered the meet with a PR of 50-6 ¾ from the State Group 3 Relays on Saturday at the Bubble. That was his first lifetime 50-foot throw. He threw 49-11 last June at a meet in New Brunswick.

He popped the 56-10 ¼ on his 1st attempt and added a 50-8 ¼ on his 3rd. He fouled on his 2nd and 4th throws.

It was a big meet all-around, with Bishop Eustace senior Shawn Brady throwing a big PR of 55-6 ½ and Glassboro senior Damere Lassiter 54-7 ½ – and five other throwers surpassing 50 feet: Delsea junior Jon Harris [52-4 ½], Willingboro junior Julian Willians [51-3 ½], Paul VI junior Savien Higgs [51-2 ½], Delsea senior Greg Masso [50-6 ½] and Hammonton junior Christian Medina [50-4 ½].

Liaknovich moved into the No. 2 spot in the state this year, behind 2023 indoor and outdoor Meet of Champions winner Josh Huisman of St. Rose, who threw 63-2 late last month at a meet at Ocean Breeze.

Lassiter is No. 3 on the 2024 New Jersey list at 56-2 ½, Brady is No. 5 with his 55-6 ½ and Harris is No. 6 with a 55-5 ½

That 56-10 ¼ is the top throw this year in Group 3 – Harris is 2nd with that 55-5 ½ over the weekend at states relays – and also the top throw by a New Jersey underclassman. Harris is No. 2 on that list as well.

All-Time Atlantic County Indoor Shot Put List
59-9 … Kofi Yamoah [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
58-10 … James Plummer [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
58-9 ½ … Dave Dixon [Mainland Reg.], 1987
58-4 ½ .. .Curtis Fitzpatrick [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
57-9 ½ … Dontaye Rivera [Pleasantville], 2011
57-9 … Cade Antonucci [Holy Spirit], 2016
56-11 … Nate Karl [Hammonton], 2020
56-10 ¼ … Anthony Liaknovich [Hammonton], 2024
55-3 ½ … Steve Hansen [Holy Spirit], 1982
53-11 … Gabriel Wilkins [Absegami], 2024
53-8 ½ … Darren Wan [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2016

Haddonfield junior Rebecca Hoover cleared a lifetime-best 11-9 in the pole vault Wednesday, the No. 5 mark in South Jersey indoor track history.

Hoover won the vault at the South Jersey Track Coaches Association at the Bubble, surpassing her lifetime-best 11-6, which she had cleared four times this season. Her outdoor PR is 10-6, which she cleared twice last spring.

Moorestown junior Hannah Byrd-Leitner has a 12-6 clearance this season, and Byrd-Leitner and Hoover are No. 3 and No. 5 in South Jersey indoor history.

On the overall indoor-outdoor combined list, they are No. 3 and No. 9 in South Jersey history.

Hoover’s 11-9 is also a Camden County indoor record. The outdoor record is 12-0, which Collingswood’s Fiona Basewitz cleared at the 2021 Meet of Champions at South Plainfield

Byrd-Leitner and Hoover are No. 1 and No. 3 in the state so far this year. Shreya Sathiyan of Morris Hills cleared 12-0 at the State Group 3 Relays Sunday at the Bubble.

All-Time South Jersey Indoor List
13-5 … Danielle O’Reilly [Shawnee], 2004
12-7 … Ashley Preston [Delsea], 2018
12-6 … Hannah Byrd-Leitner [Moorestown], 2024
12-0 … Jessica Kloss [Moorestown], 2004
11-9 … Rebecca Hoover [Haddonfield], 2024
11-6 … Melissa Gale [Millville], 2005
11-6 … Brittney Raffo [Seneca], 2017
11-6 … Lindsey Michie [Northern Burlington], 2019

All-Time South Jersey Overall List
13-5 … Danielle O’Reilly [Shawnee], 2004 [i]
12-7 ½ … Ashley Preston [Delsea], 2018 [o]
12-6 … Hannah Byrd-Leitner [Moorestown], 2024
12-0 … Brittany Raffo [Seneca], 2016 [o]
12-0 … Jessica Kloss [Moorestown], 2004 [i, o]
12-0 … Fiona Basewitz [Collingswood], 2021 [o]
12-0 … Brittney Raffo [Seneca], 2017 [o]
11-10 … Kaitlyn Dermen [Millville], 2014 [o]
11-9 … Rebecca Hoover [Haddonfield], 2024 [i]
11-9 … Julia Greeley [Seneca], 2021 [o]
11-6 … Melissa Gale [Millville], 2005 [i]
11-6 … Lindsey Michie [Northern Burlington], 2019 [i]
11-6 … Abby Boggs [Rancocas Valley], 2021
11-6 … Gabby Vetere [Washington Twp.], 2022
11-6 … Lauren Tauscher [Moorestown], 2009
11-6 … Reese Gebhard [Delsea], 2023
11-6 … Quin Zacamy [Haddon Heights], 2023

There are PRs and then there are PRs. Sometimes you trim a fraction of an inch of a personal best and sometimes it’s a fraction of a second.

And those PRs are terrific. But sometimes you get a personal best that is so mind blowing it defies belief.

And that’s what Willingboro junior Tra’san Adam did at the state relays.

Adam high jumped 5-4 last spring as a sophomore and improved to 5-6 in the indoor opener at the Bubble last month. He got up to 5-9 at the Armory a few days later and two weeks ago at Ocean Breeze he cleared 5-10.

All of which is outstanding progression.

Then on Sunday, at the State Group 2 Relays at the Bubble, Adam recorded one of those crazy PRs, clearing 6-4 and teaming up with junior Zaire Wormley to win the event.

The Bubble results don’t list field series details (psst, hey Bubble, it’s 2024), but Adam presumably cleared 6-0 and 6-2 on the way to 6-4, which means he PR’d three times by a total of half a foot.

Just like that, Adam is tied for No. 4 in the state and No. 2 in South Jersey behind Rancocas Valley senior David Godbolt, who cleared 6-6 at the Armory last month. Highland junior Jayden De Leon and Washington Township senior Carson Thomas have also cleared 6-4 this winter.

Willingboro has quite a history of high jumpers – Mike Morrison is the state indoor record holder at 7-4 ¼ in 2003 and Marc Holland (7-0), Pat Collier (6-10), Nate Robertson, Dijon Thomas, Scott Harrison (6-8), Kameron Smith (6-7) and Isaac Williams, John Sease, Darius Gary, Chris Smith, Pat Collier (6-6) have all cleared 6-6 or better indoors.

And now Adam is a state champion when his PR five weeks ago was 5-4.

Adam is the No. 2 jumper in Group 2 – Liam Paneque of Demarest cleared 6-5 in a meet earlier this month at Ocean Breeze and 6-6 earlier last spring.