South Jersey left the 88th annual Easterns at the Armory tonight with eight 1st place medals and 41 top-6 finishes in all.
Quite a night for South Jersey boys and girls at the older high school indoor track meet in the country.
We’ll have plenty more stories over the next couple days, but for now here’s a look at every South Jersey medalist tonight!
(Since the Armory results don’t list relay names, I’ve only included names of relay members that are confirmed. For the relay teams where names are missing, please let me know in the comment section and I’ll fill them in! And, yes, it’s nuts that this is happening in 2024.)
BOYS
55-Meter Dash
2nd – Brysheen Ferguson [Glassboro] 6.48
200-Meter Dash
2nd – Julian Conigliaro [Delsea], 21.71
400-Meter Dash
3rd – Alexander Osayemi [Clayton] 49.34
55-Meter Hurdles
1st – Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.] 7.10
3rd – Alexander Hollimon [Williamstown] 7.40
800-Meter Relay
6th – Deptford, 1:34.67 [1:31.79 in semis]
1,600-Meter Relay
2nd – Deptford, 3:24.23
High Jump
4th – David Goldbolt [Rancocas Valley] 6-4
6th – Carson Thomas [Washington Twp.] 6-2
Long Jump
6th – Bright John [Sterling] 21-1 ¾
Triple Jump
4th – Cartrell Moore [Glassboro] 44-9
5th – Adris Lewis [Rancocas Valley] 44-8
6th – Josiah Williams [Mainland Reg.] 44-4
Pole Vault
2nd – Daniel Couse [Clearview] 14-0
5th – Marcus Hood [Deptford] 12-6
6th – Trevor Farrell [Kingsway] 12-6
Shot Put
1st – Damere Lassiter [Glassboro] 60-1
2nd – Jonathan Harris [Delsea] 59-11
5th – Greg Masso [Delsea] 54-3
6th – Mike Simeon [Egg Harbor Twp.] 54-2 ½
GIRLS
55-Meter Dash
3rd – Olivia Okaro [Winslow Twp.] 7.28
200-Meter Dash
5th – Olivia Okaro [Winslow Twp.] 25.27
400-Meter Dash
2nd – Cinniya Robinson [Winslow Twp.] 57.05
1,600-Meter Run
4th – Gillian Lovett [Mainland Reg.] 5:11.74
5th – Michaela Schlemo [Egg Harbor Twp.,] 5:13.77
3,200-Meter Run
3rd – Alyssa Boucher [Williamstown], 11:25.59
5th – Sophia Aldridge [Williamstown], 11:32.96
800-Meter Relay
1st – Willingboro [Kaila Speight, Maya Bolden, Jaden Murry, Nester Wea] 1:41.70
2nd – Haddonfield 1:44.05
1,600-Meter Relay
1st – Willingboro, 4:05.50
4th – Kingsway, 4:13.24
Distance Medley
1st – Cherokee [Megan Niglio, Madison Van Haren, Madeline Meder, Kerry O’Day], 12:16.72
3rd – Egg Harbor Twp., 12:31.48
High Jump
1st – Alanna Woolfolk [Clayton] 5-6
T5th – Naa’rah Andrews [Willingboro] 5-0
Long Jump
6th – Jaidah Garrett [Absegami] 17-8
Triple Jump
1st – Lauren Fadairo [Rancocas Valley] 38-1 ½
6th – Ayanna Brown [Sterling] 37-0 ¼
Pole Vault
1st – Rebecca Hoover [Haddonfield], 11-6
Shot Put
5th – Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea] 38-0
6th – Maylisa Bluford [Clayton] 37-5 ¾
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 