In his first meet competing for East Stroudsburg, Timber Creek’s Jaden Johnson recorded the No. 6 triple jump in school history.

Johnson, a transfer from New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, jumped 48-0 ¾ to win the triple jump Saturday at The College of New Jersey Invitational at the Armory.

Johnson’s previous indoor PR was a 47-11 last January at Ocean Breeze. He jumped 48-5 ¼ last spring, but his wind-legal best at NJIT was 48-1 ¼ at a meet in Albany last spring [the mark doesn’t show up in any results because he had a wind-aided 48-4 in the same meet].

So he jumped within 1 ½ inches of his legal PR in his East Stroudsburg debut.

Johnson had a strong series with a 47-10 ¾ opener, 47-4, 47-3 ¼, the 48-0 ¾ winner, a 47-8 and a 46-6 ½ to finish. His average jump was 47-5 ½ – good enough to win the event by nearly a foot.

Johnson had high school PRs of 47-7 ½ outdoors at the 2022 state Group 4 meet at Pennsauken and 46-11 ¾ indoors at Ocean Breeze Nationals in March 2022.

Johnson’s mark is No. 16 so far this year in NCAA Division 2.

The Washington Township girls won their first state relays title in 25 years Monday at the Bubble in Toms River.

Township outscored Hillsborough 46-29 to win the State Group 4 Relays championship for the first time since 1999, when the team led by Medea Ashton and Anita Brooks edged Jackson 32-28 at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym.

The Minutemaids won the 800-meter relay with junior Alexandria Hetzel and seniors Kayla D’Ottaviano, Dahlia Beasley and Dylan Giloley rnning 1:46.38 and also picked up 10 points in the shot put relay with junior Ella Karp [36-2 ½] and senior Lauren Stanger [33-8] and high jump relay with Beasley [5-4] and junior Ashley Lopez [4-10].

Senior Zarria Oliphant and juniors Meciah Howell, Ella Johnson and Dakota Jones ran 32.60 to place 2nd in the shuttle hurdles, and Beasley, Giloley, D’Ottaviano and freshman Layla Beasley ran 4:08.48 to take 5th in the 1,600-meter relay.

Sophomores Cali Lacovara and Gabrielle Chelnik took 5th in the pole vault relay, Lacovara tying her PR of 10-0 and Chelnik clearing 8-0.

The Cherokee girls ran 9:47.47 to win the 3,200-meter relay with sophomore Madeline Meder, junior Megan Niglio, senior Kerry O’Day and sophomore Alyssa Suriano. Cherokee also took 2nd in the distance medley with Niglio, senior Madison Van Haren, Meder and O’Day running 12:36.14.

Cherokee also placed 3rd in the 4-by-4 with Suriano, senior Alaina Bromley, Niglio and Meder running 3:48.71. The Chiefs finished 4th with 25 points.

Kingsway ran 3:46.35 to win the 4-by-400 with juniors Camryn Stanard, Jonnelle Lewis and Naveya Hall and senior Kay Wiscount.

Eastern won the sprint medley in 4:12.76 with junior Samantha Osei-Kyei, senior Eva Sprewell, junior Johnna Gonter and sophomore Natalie Dumas.

Cherokee senior Nick Kuenkel ran a New Jersey No. 1 9:21.27 for 3,200 meters Monday at the South Jersey Track Coaches Association meet at Ocean Breeze.

Kuenkel ran 9:18.87 at the 2022 outdoor state meet at Franklin Township, but he had never run an indoor 32 so this is an autoatic indoor PR.

It’s also No. 6 in Burlington County indoor history and No. 3 on the all-time Cherokee indoor list, behind Marc Pelerin’s 9:11.86 [converted from 9:15.08 at 2002 Easterns at the Armory] and Ethan Wechsler’s 9:12.20 [at the 2020 Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze].

Kuenkel ran the first mile with junior teammate Liam Tindall. They both came through eight laps in 4:40 before Kuenkel pulled away, closing in 2:18.97. Tindall finished 2nd in a personal-best 9:30.56.

Kuenkel and Tindall are now No. 1 in 2 in New Jersey this year. The Ocean City tandem of senior Matt Hoffman and Ethan Buck also PRd in 3rd and 4th, Hoffman with a 9:32.53 and Buck in 9:47.79. Hoffman moved into New Jersey No. 4. Hoffman’s time is No. 2 in Cape May County history behind Nick Scarangelli, who ran 9:28.03 last year at the Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.

Also for Cherokee, senior Robert Poplau won the 800 by 20 meters in a New Jersey No. 2 1:57.55. Freshman Benjamin Realley finished 3rd in 2:00.82, closing in 59.87 and setting a Burlington County freshman indoor record. He also tied the overall Burlco freshman record of 2:00.82 set in 2017 by Cherokee’s Tyler Jackson at the 2017 Cherokee Night of Racing.

Realley’s time is fastest by a South Jersey freshman since Bryce Tucker ran 1:56.75 at the 2020 Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 3,200 List
8:58.81 ….. Jonathan Vitez [Haddonfield], 2010
9:00.27 … Austin Gabay [Cinnaminson], 2020
9:08.09 … George Andrus [Haddonfield], 2022
9:08.42 … Oliver Adler [Cherry Hill East], 2020
9:08.89 … Seth Clevenger [Haddonfield], 2022
9:10.4y ….. Ken Medlin, Haddon Township, 1970
9:11.1y ..… Mike Butynes [Sterling], 1970
9:11.2y ..… Mike Elder [Haddon Twp.], 1974
9:11.86y … Marc Pelerin [Cherokee], 2002
9:11.9y ….. Johnny Englehardt [Willingboro], 1976
9:12.05 … Andrew Littlehales [Delsea], 2022
9:12.20 … Ethan Wechsler [Cherokee], 2020
9:13.33 ….. Michael Rankin [Paul VI], 2010
9:13.93 ….. Paul Szulewski [Williamstown], 2011
9:14.31 ….. Jimmy Daniels [Sterling], 2013
9:14.51 … Peyton Shute [Woodbury], 2023
9:14.70 … Martin Riddell [Haddonfield], 2020
9:15.8y ….. Mike Mantini [Gateway], 1978
9:15.76 … Kevin Pumphrey [Highland], 1986
9:16.09 ….. Aaron Groff [Cherry Hill East], 2016
9:16.7y … Jim Smith [Haddonfield], 1980
9:17.52 ….. Lou Corgliano [Hammonton], 2013
9:17.55 ….. Greg Hughes [Mainland Reg.], 2004
9:17.71 ….. Dave Forward [Shawnee], 2009
9:18.19 … Dennis Fortuna [Triton], 2022
9:18.59 … Kevin Antczak [Mainland Reg.], 2019
9:20.33 … Robert Rawls [Triton], 2011
9:21.27 … Nick Kuenkel [Cherokee], 2024
9:21.51 … Salman Khalid [Absegami], 2013
9:22.0y … Willie Marino [Williamstown], 1976
9:22.1y … Marty Ludwikowski [Cherry Hill East], 1975
9:22.4y … Paul Friedman [Moorestown], 1976
9:22.60 … Brian Goldberg [Haddonfield], 2004
9:23.34 … Anthony Dentino [Washington Twp.], 2011
9:23.0y … Joe Siedlecki [Williamstown], 1973
9:23.34 … Steve Maine [Highland Reg.], 2013
9:23.4y … Albert Donawa [Camden], 1990
9:24.19 … Mike Myers [Eastern], 2001
9:24.21 … Owen Long [Haddon Twp.], 2016
9:24.71 … Nick Costello [Delsea], 2012
9:24.83 … Keith Krieger [Cherokee], 2003
9:25.83 … Connor Herr [Shawnee], 2012
9:25.86 … Dan Deichert [Eastern], 2002
9:26.02 … Stone Caraccio [Kingsway], 2020
9:26.06 … Joe Halin [Cherokee], 1999
9:26.43 … Dan Gough [Haddonfield], 1987
9:26.95 … Peter Murray [Shawnee], 2011
9:27.16 … Sebastien Reed [Pitman], 2020
9:27.59 … Joshua Chazin [Eastern], 2016
9:27.66 … Colin Hermack [Lenape], 2023
9:28.03 … Nick Scarangelli [Ocean City], 2023
9:28.30 … Alex Boyko [Cinnaminson], 2023
9:28.51 … Matt Mitchell [Haddon Heights], 2006
9:28.81 … Chase Miller [Cherokee], 2020
9:28.87 … Steve Burkholder [Cherokee], 2010
9:28.99 … Chris Platt [Haddonfield], 2002
9:29.04 … Matt Coffey [Camden Catholic], 2019
9:29.17 … Phil Magee [Atlantic City], 1994
9:29.1y … Urie Ridgeway [Bridgeton], 1989

All-Time Burlington County Indoor 3,200 List
9:00.27 … Austin Gabay [Cinnaminson], 2020
9:11.86y … Marc Pelerin [Cherokee], 2002
9:11.9y ….. Johnny Englehardt [Willingboro], 1976
9:12.20 … Ethan Wechsler [Cherokee], 2020
9:17.71 ….. Dave Forward [Shawnee], 2009
9:21.27 … Nick Kuenkel [Cherokee], 2024
9:22.4y … Paul Friedman [Moorestown], 1976
9:24.83 … Keith Krieger [Cherokee], 2003
9:25.83 … Connor Herr [Shawnee], 2012
9:26.06 … Joe Halin [Cherokee], 1999
9:26.95 … Peter Murray [Shawnee], 2011
9:27.66 … Colin Hermack [Lenape], 2023
9:28.30 … Alex Boyko [Cinnaminson], 2023
9:28.81 … Chase Miller [Cherokee], 2020
9:28.87 … Steve Burkholder [Cherokee], 2010

Freshman Skyhe Seamon and sophomore Olivia Okaro ran on three top-3 teams and the Winslow Township girls won their 8th state relays title and 6th in a row Sunday.

Winslow outscored neighborhood rival Timber Creek 52-42 in the Group 3 competition at the Bubble in Toms River.

Seamon ran on 2nd-place 4-by-200 [1:43.83], sprint medley [4:21.31] and 4-by-400 [4:00.86] and Okaro was on the 4-by-2 and 4-by-4 and 3rd-place 4-by-800 as Winslow won a close battle with neighboring Timber Creek, 52-42.

Winslow’s streak of six straight titles is 3rd-longest in meet history behind a nine-year streak by Hopewell Valley from 2002-2010 – their coach at the time was Mike Hammill from Moorestown – and Union Catholic’s streak of eight straight in Parochial A.

Winslow also won titles in 2011, 2013 and 2015 for a total of nine championships. That’s tied for 4th-most in history behind Willingboro [11], Columbia [10] and Hopewell Valley [10] and tied with Haddonfield.

The other legs on Winslow’s 4-by-200 were Dominique Clement and Djassi Dean. Joining Seamon on the sprint med were Clement, Dean and sophomore Ava Millner. The other 4-by-4 legs were freshmen Cinniya Robinson and Tristan Hughes. Joining Okaro on the 4-by-8 were Millner, Robinson and Hughes.

Winslow won the shuttle hurdles in 31.76 with sophomore Ma’Syiah Brawner, Clement, sophomore Taneyah Picott and senior Sierra Handy.

Brawner cleared 5-4 and teamed with sophomore Chantina Walker to place 3rd in the high jump relay.

Timber Creek won the 4-by-200 in 1:42.69 and 1,600-meter relay in 3:57.96 as well as the shot put and high jump relays. Freshman Amaya Jones, junior Ryan Jennings and seniors Naylah Jones and Chloe Jones ran the 800-meter relay and Naylah Jones, Chloe Jones, freshman Taylor Gaines and Nyla Jones the 1,600-meter relay.

The shot put results are messed up, but senior Guerlande Pierre threw 35-2 ½ and sophomore Nasira Gordon a PR 24-5 ¾ and it looks like they won. Pierre and Gordon also won the high jump relay with Pierre clearing 5-2 and Gordon a personal-best 4-10.

Hammonton sophomore Mitra Sampson also PR’d with a 38-2 ½, the 2nd-best throw of the competition.

Moorestown junior Hannah Byrd-Leitner cleared 12-0 and junior Jaya Stockham 9-6 and the Quaker tandem won the pole vault relay.

Pennsauken ran 1:44.85 and 4:03.16 and placed 3rd in both the 4-by-200 and 4-by-400, with Sianni Wynn, sophomores Olivia Dupree and Sanaya Dupree and junior Ameenah Rodriguez on both teams.

The Mainland Regional girls won both the 4-by-800 and distance medley. We wrote about their fast double here.

Cherry Hill East graduate Noah Kreisman, in his 2nd meet for Rutgers after transferring from Rider, joined the 16-foot club Sunday in Boston.

Kriesman cleared 16-2 ¾ to win the Umass Amherst Flagship Indoor Invitational at The TRACK in Boston.

Kreisman, a sophomore at Rutgers, competed last indoor season for Rider and PR’d at 15-7 when he placed 2nd in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships at the Armory last February.

He didn’t compete outdoors and that was his last meet until Dec. 1 at the Armory, when he cleared 15-2 ¼ in his first meet for Rutgers before his big breakthrough performance Sunday.

As a Cherry Hill East senior, Kreisman cleared 15-0 indoors in December of 2021 at the Bubble and once outdoors at the state Group 4 meet at Franklin High in June of 2022.

As far as anybody has been able to determine, the only other 16-footers in South Jersey history are Mike Maira of Seneca [16-10 in 2014], Nico Morales of Delsea [16-9 ½ in 2023], Marco Morales of Delsea [16-0 in 2020] and Bob Green of Haddon Heights [16-0 in 1992].

So from all available information, Kreisman moves into the No. 3 spot on the all-time South Jersey alumni list. Nico Morales also competes for Rutgers and Marco Morales formerly did.

Kreisman also moved into a tie for the No. 6 spot on the all-time Rutgers indoor list with the best clearance in 11 years.

Morales and Kreisman are now No. 5 and No. 9 this year on the Big Ten Conference pole vault performance list.

Former Syracuse and Rutgers star Dennisha Page from Wilson High is now doing a post-grad year at Tennessee and made a successful Volunteers debut Saturday at the Gamecock Opener in Columbia, S.C.

Page, who graduated last spring from Rutgers with a degree in health administration, placed 2nd in the 55-meter dash in 7.33, ran 4th in the 300-meter dash in 37.55 and also ran a leg on Tennessee’s 4-by-400 B team, which ran 3:45.75.

Page was at Syracuse only for the 2020 indoor season and ran 7.50 for 60 meters in a meet at Ithaca and 24.31 for the 200 in a meet at South Bend, Ind.

She surfaced at Rutgers for the 2021 indoor season and ran 7.26 last indoor season in Fayetteville, Ark., and then ran her wind-legal PRs of 11.30 and 23.08 in the 100 and 200 at the Big Ten Championships last spring in Bloomington, Ind. She competed in NCAA Eastern Prelims last spring and ran 11.42 and a windy 22.88.

In her first meet for Tennessee, Page ran within 7-100ths of a second of her 60 PR and destroyed her 300 PR with that 37.55. Her previous best at 300 meters was 39.32 for Rutgers at a meet at the Armory two years ago. Her 37.55 is No. 3 in school history, behind only LaVonna Martin’s 36.75 in 1987 and Felicia Brown’s 37.12 in 2016.

Page ran the third leg on Tennessee’s 4-by-4. Charleston Southern finished just behind Tennessee with Jailya Ash from Eastern anchoring.

Seniors Christian Langston, Xavier Wyatt and Julian Conigliaro were on three relay teams that placed in the top three, Delsea’s field event team scored 26 of a possible 30 points Sunday and the Crusaders won their 5th state relays title since 2010 at the Bubble.

Delsea scored 50 points at the Bubble in Group 3, finishing well clear of 2nd-place Morris Knolls, which finished with 31. Winslow was 3rd with 24 and Timber Creek 5th with 19.

Delsea also won state relays titles in 2010, 2011 and 2020, all in Group 2. The only South Jersey schools with more relays championships than Delsea are Willingboro [18], Haddonfield [7] and Woodbury [5]. Bishop Eustace, Bridgeton, Kingsway and Winslow also have four.

Langston, Xavier Wyatt, senior Dante McGrenehan and Conigliaro gave the Crusaders their one win on the track, placing 1st in the 800-meter relay in 1:31.38 in a 1-2-3 finish with Timber Creek [1:33.2] and Winslow Township [1:34.90].

Delsea also won the shot put relay with junior Jonathan Harris [55-5 ½] and senior Greg Masso [50-3 ½] combining to throw 105-9.

In the pole vault relay, sophomore Mason Murray tied his PR with a 13-0 clearance, and senior Carlos Reyes cleared 12-6 for a combined 25-6.

Delsea also took 2nd in the high jump with senior Wayne Adair clearing 5-10 and sophomore Quincy Matthews

Delsea placed 3rd in the 1,600-meter relay with Langston, Wyatt, McGrenehan and Conigliaro running 3:30.46 and 3rd also in the sprint medley with Langston, Wyatt, Conigliaro and sophomore Matthew Littlehales anchoring.

Winslow won the sprint medley in 3:39.03 with junior Chukwuemeka Ajaegbulemh, junior Dominic Bassey, junior Jayden Poteat and senior Darrell Jackson Jr., and took 3rd in the 800-meter relay with a 1:34.90 with Poteat, freshman Jabril Hammond, Jackson Jr and sophomore Jacoby James.

Timber Creek won the 1,600-meter relay in 3:28.23 and placed 2nd in the 800-meter relay in 1:33.27. Senior Nasir Ali, senior Isiah Marcellus, junior Kysim Khan ran on the 4-by-200 and Ali, Marcellus, Khan and senior Robert Wakefield on the 4-by-400.

Absegami placed 2^nd in the shot put relay with senior Gabriel Wilkins [PR 53-7 ¾] and junior Vincent Kronk [39-1] and Hammonton was 3^rd with junior Anthony Liakhonovich [PR 50-6 ¾] and junior Christian Medina [40-7 ½].

Clearview placed 3^rd in the pole vault relay with senior Daniel Couse hitting an indoor PR of 13-6 ½

Mainland Regional sophomores Emma Preissman and Madison Taylor, junior Sofia Day and senior Gillian Lovett won the distance medley Sunday at the state Group 3 Relays with the 2nd-fastest time in Atlantic County history and the 2nd-fastest time in New Jerey this year.

Mainland beat the field by 150 meters – nearly a full track length at the Bubble in Toms River – with a winning time of 12:26.51. West Windsor-Plainsboro North was 2nd in 12:56.53.

Mainland’s time is No. 2 in New Jersey this year, behind only Union Catholic’s 12:17.16 at the Parochial A state relays at the Bubble on Wednesday, and No. 2 in Atlantic County history, behind only Egg Harbor Township’s 12;11.47 at 2000 Easterns at the Armory.

The Mustangs’ time is No. 5 nationally, according to the MileSplit data base.

Mainland was already No. 2 in South Jersey with its previous school-record 12:36.80 at Ocean Breeze two weeks ago, behind only Paul VI’s 12:31.11 at Ocean Breeze in late December.

Outdoors, Mainland’s fastest time is a 12:44.26 at the 2017 Rowan University Open in Glassboro, so this was Mainland’s fastest time indoors or out.

Mainland came back to win the 4-by-800 in a New Jersey No. 1 9:40.19 with Preiessman, Lovett, Day and junior Ava McDole. The Mustangs won by 90 meters over Randolph, who was 2nd in 9:58.90.

The Mustangs broke their own Atlantic County indoor record of 9:47.86 that they set earlier this month at Ocean Breeze.

Monmouth junior Ahmad Brock from Egg Harbor Township won the triple jump Saturday at the Penn Select 10 Invitational at Ocean Breezer with an indoor personal best and the No. 6 mark in Monmouth history.

Brock entered the meet with an indoor PR of 47-6 ½ from a meet last January at Ocean Breeze. On Saturday, after a 47-2 ½ on his 1st attempt he recorded a 47-10 on his 2nd. He added a 47-2 ¾ on his 4th before passing his remaining jumps. He’s now No. 4 in the CAA

Outdoors, Brock is No. 5 in Monmouth history with a 48-3 ½ from his win this past spring in the Coastal Athletic Association Conference Championships in Williamsburg, Va. He was also the conference champ indoors in Virginia Beach at 47-0 ¼ .

Brock is also No. 3 in Monmouth history at 100 meters [10.57].

Fairleigh Dickinson freshman Jashad Kersey from Eastern jumped 45-7 on his 2nd attempt and placed 4th in his 3rd collegiate meet and 2nd collegiate triple jump competition. That’s the No. 3 mark so far this year in the Northeastern Conference and best by an FDU freshman since Taeco O’Garro hit 48-9 at the 2019 NEC meet at Ocean Breeze.

Kersey’s overall PR is a 45-11, which he hit twice last winter – once at Ocean Breeze and once at the Armory.

Senior Stella Stolarick, sophomore Riley Austin and junior Audrey Adams were each part of three relay teams that finished in the top three, helping Haddonfield win its ninth state relays title since 2000.

The Haddonfield girls placed in the top three in every event other than the shot put and defeated 2nd-place Point Pleasant Borough, 62-41, with Willingboro 3rd with 40 points in the State Group 2 Relays at the Bubble in Toms River Saturday.

Stolarick and Austin both ran on the winning distance medley and 3,200-meter relay teams and the 3rd-place 1,600-meter relay team. Adams contributed to the 2nd-place high jump relay and 3rd-place sprint medley and shuttle hurdles teams.

Stolarick and Austin were joined by senior Ava Thomas and senior Anna Stolarick on the DMR, which ran 12:51.18, and by Anna Stolarick and junior Tylin Regan on the 4-by-8, which ran 10:00.43.

Adams and junior Maeve Hurly both cleared 4-8 in the high jump – that’s a PR for Hurly in her second lifetime high jump competition – for a winning combined height of 9-4.

Haddonfield also won the pole vault relay with junior Rebecca Hoover tying her PR at 11-6 and senior Mia Bompensa clearing 9-6.

Haddonfield placed 3rd in the 800-meter relay [1:49.59], the shuttle hurdles [34.10], the sprint medley [4:21.36] and the 4-by-4 [4:12.99].

Junior Nicolette Pinkerton, junior Molly Minor, senior Ava Peifer and senior Chloe Kamp ran the 4-by-2, Adams, Pinkerton, Hoover and Hurly the shuttle hurdles, Thomas, Peifer, Adams and Camp the sprint medley and Stella Stolarick, Austin, Minor and junior Penny Davis the 4-by-4.

Haddonfield also won Group 1 state relays titles in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2014 and 2016 and Group 2 in 2017, 2020 and 2022. Haddonfield’s nine titles are 4th-most ever behind Willingboro [11], Columbia [10] and Hopewell Valley [10].

For Willingboro, freshman Maya Bolden, sophomore Kaila Speight, sophomore Jaden Murry and junior Nester Wea won the 800-meter relay in 1:45.44 and the 4-by-4 in 4:06.11 and junior Chanel Swain [38-2] and senior Aniya Jolla [29-7 ¼] teamed up to win the shot put. Junior Sunny Oyibo, senior Naa’rah Andrews, Murry and Wea placed 2nd in the shuttle hurdles in 33.47.