Nylah Perry ran the 7th-fastest 400 time in Iowa history Friday morning at the Big Ten Championships in Geneva, Ohio.

Perry won the 6th of seven heats in the 400 trials at SPIRE Institute in 53.89, finishing more than 1 ½ seconds ahead of 2nd place in her race. Despite racing solo, she posted the 6th-fastest qualifying time for Saturday’s final.

Perry’s 53.89 is fastest by an Iowa quarter-miler indoors in six years, since Briana Guillory ran 51.68 when she placed 6th at the 2018 NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas.

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The women’s 400 final is schceduled for 1:40 p.m. Saturday.

Perry had just PR’d two weeks ago with a 54.26 at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. Since her specialty is the 400 hurdles, she hasn’t run an outdoor flat 400 as a collegian. At Winslow, Perry ran 55.97 outdoors at the 2017 Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington and 56.19 indoors when she won the 2018 Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.

50.66 … Nadia Davey [Bridgeton], 2003, Sacramento
51.70 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], June 13, 2014, Eugene, Ore.
51.72 … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], June 27, 1987, San Jose, Calif.
52.24 … Tonya Lee [Rancocas Valley], March 16, 1996, Westwood, Calif.
52.42i … Arianna Sharpe [Clayton], Feb. 10, 2023, Clemson, S.C.
52.77 … Eusheka Bartley [Highland], March 23, 1996, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
52.80 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], May 12, 2007, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
52.86 … Tina Johnson [Burlington Twp.], May 20, 2001, Bloomington, Ind.
53.20 … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], April 23, 2016, Atlanta
53.28 …….. Sharpe, March 24, 2023, Tallahassee, Fla.
53.37 … Amirah Sharpe [Clayton], March 24, 2023, Tallahassee, Fla.
53.45 … Okechi Ogbuokiri [Willingboro], Atlanta May 14, 2005
53.51 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], June 15, 1996, Raleigh, N.C.
53.64 … Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], June 21, 2008, Greensboro, N.C.
53.73 … English Gardner [Eastern], March 24, 2012, Los Angeles
53.78i … Kiara Lester [Deptford], Feb. 23, 2019, Ann Arbor, Mich.
53.79 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], May 1, 2021, Lubbock, Texas
53.89 … Nylah Perry [Winslow Twp.], 2024, Geneva, Ohio
53.97 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], June 10, 2023, Franklin Twp., N.J.

Eastern’s Kadence Dumas, a freshman at Delaware, demolished her 800 PR and ran the 3rd-fastest time in school history Thursday at the CAA Championships

Dumas, seeded 19th in the Coastal Athletic Association coming into the meet, ran the 4th-fastest time in the qualifying rounds and advanced to the final on Friday at the Armory.

The final is scheduled for 1:25 p.m. on Friday.

Dumas lowered her PR from 2:14.54 – which she just ran last weekend at Ocean Breeze – to 2:11.03 in what was only her 2nd collegiate 800.

The only faster times in school history belong to Michaela Meyer, who ran 2:03.40 in 2020, and Jeanette Bendolph, who ran 2:09.61 in 2018. Dumas bumped Lenape graduate Carly Pettipaw [2:11.34 in 2019] out of the No. 3 spot on the all-time Blue Hens performance list.

At Eastern, Dumas ran 2:10.44 outdoors from her Meet of Champions win this past June and had an indoor PR of 2:17.12, so that’s come down more than six seconds.

North Carolina State junior Kevin Antczak from Mainland Regional ran one of the fastest 5,000s ever by a South Jersey runner Thursday afternoon at the ACC Championships in Boston.

Antczak ran 14:08.24, lowering his PR from 14:21.54 from the 2022 Raleigh (N.C.) Relays outdoors on his home track. That’s on the heels of a big PR 8:04.87 last weekend on a different track in Boston that’s No. 6 ever by a South Jersey runner.

That’s No. 6 on the all-time South Jersey alumni list.

Unless his TFRRS page is wrong, this was Antczak’s first indoor 5,000 ever as a collegian and it looks like his first indoor 5,000 anywhere since his junior year at Mainland, when he ran 15:43.45 at Armory Nationals.

Splits in the live results for the Atlantic Coast Conference meet are messed up, but if they ever fix them they’ll be here.

In the same race, Cherokee’s Ethan Wechsler, a Syracuse junior, ran 14:20.38, his fastest time this year and just off his PR of 14:18.28 from last year’s ACC meet in Louisville.

Antzcak and Cinnaminson’s Austin Gabay of Duke are both entered in the 3,000, which is scheduled for Saturday afternoon.

Here’s my best attempt at an all-time South Jersey alumni 5,000 list going down to 14:20. If you see anyone missing, let me know in the comment section!

13:44.57 … Jack Shea [Cherokee], April 29, 2022, Palo Alto, Calif.
13:48.61 …Karl Savage [Eastern], April 17, 2003, Walnut, Calif.
13:58.23 … Jon Anderson [Cinnaminson], April 23, 2009, Philadelphia
14:03.52 … Kevin McDonnell [Camden Catholic], April 5, 2013, Williamsburg
14:06.23 … Sam Gerstenbacher [Schalick], April 29, 2022, Philadelphia
14:08.24 … Kevin Antczak [Mainland Regional], Feb. 21, 2024, Boston
14:09.10 … Andy Arnold [Bishop Eustace], April 4, 2014, San Francisco
14:09.37 … Jon Vitez [Haddonfield], March 30, 2012, Raleigh, N.C.
14:12.0h … Mike Elder [Haddon Twp.], 1977
14:13.72 … Miles Schoedler [Ocean City], April 5, 2013, Williamsburg, Va.
14:15.73 … Conor Melko [Bishop Eustace], May 15, 2021, Springfield, Mass.
14:15.94 … Sebastien Reed [Pitman], April 29, 2022, Philadelphia
14:16.10 … John Richardson [Ocean City], April, 2008, Palo Alto, Calif.
14:17.77 … Keith Krieger [Cherokee], April 6, 2007, Durham, N.C.
14:17.98 … Austin Gabay [Cinnaminson], April 14, 2023, Azusa, Calif.
14:17.99 … Marc Pelerin [Cherokee], May 7, 2006, Storrs, Ct.
14:18.28 … Ethan Wechsler [Cherokee], Feb. 23, 2023, Louisville, Ky.
14:20.26 … Eric Lorenz [Holy Cross], 1992

Rebecca Hoover became the first South Jersey girl to win an Easterns pole vault title in 20 years Tuesday night.

Hoover, a junior at Haddonfield, cleared 11-6 on her 1st attempt at the 88th annual Easterns at the Armory and has now won the vault at eight consecutive meets going back to a a 4th place at a Philly Jumps Club meet in Conshohocken in December.

Along the way, she’s picked up wins at the state relays (with teammate Mia Bompensa), the Ocean Breeze Invitational, the South Jersey Group 2 sectionals, the state Group 2 meet with a PR-tying 12-0 and now Easterns.

Hoover is still a newcomer to the pole vault. She didn’t compete indoors last year, didn’t clear 10 feet until outdoor sectionals last spring and had a PR of 10-6 from a 3rd-place finish at states and again at Meet of Champions.

But she opened this winter at 11-6 and has cleared 11-3 or better in all 12 meets she’s contested, including two 12-foot clearances – both at the Bubble.

At Easterns, she opened at 10-6 and cleared on her 1st attempt, then made 11-0 on her 2nd before a 1st-attempt clearance at 11-6.

The only other South Jersey girls pole vault winner in Easterns history is O’Reilly, the former national indoor record holder with a 13-5 at the 2004 Varsity Classic at the Armory. She won the 2002 meet at 11-6 and in 2004 at 12-0. The vault was added to the Easterns schedule in 2001.

Previous Haddonfield winners at Eastern were Olympian Erin Donohue in the mile in 2001 [4:54.73], Emily Carson in the 55 in 2013 [7.09] and Briana Gess in the mile in 2015 [4:59.25]. Haddonfield’s 4-by-8 won in 2017 [9:31.92], most likely with Kaitlyn Bonnet, Casey Clarke, Lilly Minor and Gess … but possibly Lilly Sirover or Alexa Gostovich in there somewhere (but the names are literally not listed in any results or stories).

Hoover is one of three girls – all juniors – who share the No. 1 seed for the Meet of Champions on March 3 at Ocean Breeze with 12-0 clearances at states. Moorestown’s Hannah Byrd-Leitner won Group 3, Hoover won Group 2 and Shreya Sathiyan was 2nd in Group 3.

Byrd-Leitner cleared 12-6 in December, matching the No. 9 mark in state history and No. 3 in South Jersey history behind O’Reilly and Delsea’s Ashley Preston [12-7 in 2018], a 4-time Big East champ at Villanova.

Rancocas Valley senior Lauren Fadairo won the triple jump Tuesday night at the 88th annual Easterns at the Armory and smashed the Burlington County indoor record along the way.

Fadairo, sitting in 5th place going into her final attempt, soared 38-1 ½ to become the first South Jersey girl to win the Easterns triple jump title since the event was added in 1990.

Her mark is No. 5 in South Jersey history indoors.

Fadairo went into the meet with an lifetime-best of 37-4 ½ from Ocean Breeze earlier this month. Her outdoor PR is 37-0 ½ from Delsea last spring.

The previous Burlington County record was 38-0 ½ by Shaya Wilkerson of Lenape at 2012 Easterns at the Armory. That was the only indoor triple jump of Wilkerson’s high school career. She jumped 39-7 ¼ at the outdoor 2012 Meet of Champions at Old Bridge.

Fadairo’s mark is No. 4 in New Jersey this year and No. 3 in South Jersey, behind Ocean City’s Sophia Curtis [39-11 at the Armory in December] and Winslow’s Ma’syiah Brawner [39-3 at the Armory in January].

Fadairo fouled on her first attempt and then hit 36-6 ¾ or better on her next five jumps, averaging 37-0 ½ on those five jumps.

She’s the 4th R.V. girl to win an Easterns title. Tonya Lee won the long jump in 1988 at 18-4 ¾, Aliyah Taylor won the 400 in 55.21 in 2017, Bethany Biggi won the high jump in 2019 and Annabella Chin won the hurdles in 2022.

Fadairo has also high jumped 5-0 and long jumped 17-2 ¾ this winter.

All-Time South Jersey 37-Foot Indoor Triple Jump List
41-3 ¼ … Sophia Curtis [Ocean City], 2023
40-1 ½ … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2019
39-3 … Ma’syiah Brawner [Winslow Twp.], 2024
38-4 … She’quell Higgs [Winslow Twp.], 2013
38-1 ½ … Lauren Fadairo [Rancocas Valley], 2024
38-0 ½ … Shaya Wilkerson [Lenape], 2012
37-10 … Cidae’a Woods [Winslow Twp.], 2013
37-7 … Elizabeth Montague [Cherokee], 2014
37-4 ¾ … I’mara Ford [Moorestown], 2024
37-4 … Olivia Wright [Winslow Twp.], 2020
37-2 ½ … Kristina Tossas [Rancocas Valley], 2020
37-1 … Ashley Edwards [Northern Burlington], 2015
37-0 ¼ … Ayanna Brown [Sterling], 2024

All-Time Burlington County Top 10
38-1 ½ … Lauren Fadairo [Rancocas Valley], 2024
38-0 ½ … Shaya Wilkerson [Lenape], 2012
37-7 … Elizabeth Montague [Cherokee], 2014
37-4 ¾ … I’mara Ford [Moorestown], 2024
37-2 ½ … Kristina Tossas [Rancocas Valley], 2020
37-1 … Ashley Edwards [Northern Burlington], 2015
36-4 … Rachel Montague [Cherokee], 2008
36-2 ¾ … Kiah Walton [Burlington Twp.], 2014
36-0 ½ … Taliya Rogers [Rancocas Valley], 2016
36-0 ½ … Keyanna Meade [Burlington Twp.]. 2018

Rutgers sophomore Noah Kriesman, a 2022 Cherry Hill East graduate, continues his spectacular sophomore season with another PR at a meet last weekend in Chicago.

After being unfairly bypassed for the “invitational” pole vault competition at the Badger’s Windy City Invite at the Dr. Conrad Worrill Indoor Track Facility, Kriesman cleared 16-7 ¼ to place 2nd in the other pole vault division, a clearance that would have placed him 5th in the invitational event.

Kriesman has now PR’d three times since Jan. 14 – 16-2 ¾ in Boston, 16-3 ½ in Boston a few days later and now 16-7 ¼.

That’s No. 6 in Rutgers history (their performance list hasn’t been updated this year) and No. 9 currently in the Big Ten Conference. Current Rutgers freshmen Brian and Kevin Sullivan from Hillsborough High in Somerset Couty have both cleared over 17 feet this winter, 17-3 ½ for Brian and 17-0 ¾ for Kevin, and junior Nico Morales from Rutgers cleared 16-6 earlier this season.

It’s also the 3rd-best vault ever by a South Jersey alum, behind Seneca graduate Mike Maira, who cleared 16-10 indoors in College Station, Texas, in 2014, and Morales, who cleared 16-9 ½ last April at the Penn Relays.

At Cherry Hill East, Kriesman had a lifetime best of 15-0, which he cleared indoors as a senior at the Bubble and outdoors when he placed 3rd at Group 4 states at Franklin Township.

Kriesman spent his freshman year at Rider and only competed indoors and improved to 15-7 with a 2nd-place at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships a year ago this week at the Armory. That’s 3rd in Rider history.

So he’s improved more than a foot and a half since the start of last year’s indoor season. Kriesman has yet to compete in an outdoor meet as a collegian.

Next for Rutgers and their large South Jersey contingent is the Big Ten Championships Friday and Saturday at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio, about 60 miles northeast of Cleveland.

All-Time South Jersey Alumni Pole Vault List
16-10i … Mike Maira [Seneca], March 1, 2014, College Station, Texas
16-9 ½ … Nico Morales [Delsea], April 28, 2023, Philadephia
16-7 ¼ … Noah Kreisman [Cherry Hill East], Feb. 9, 2024, Chicago
16-0 ¾ …….. Maira, April 26, 2014, Philadelphia
16-0 … Bob Green [Haddon Heights], May 1, 1992, Voorhees, N.J.
16-0 … Marco Morales [Delsea], Feb. 11, 2020, Staten Island, N.Y.
15-9 … Nick Gilanelli [], April 15, 2006, Charlottesville, Va.
15-7 … Brandon Kurtz [Absegami], May 25, 1991, Bridgeton, N.J.
15-6 … Matt Mancini [Cinnaminson], April 10, 2020, Princeton, N.J.
15-6i … Dan Batdorf [West Deptford], Feb. 23, 2008, Toms River, N.J.

The Willingboro girls made history Tuesday night by winning both the 800- and 1,600-meter relays at the 88th annual Easterns States Championships at the Armory.

After winning the 800-meter relay in 1:41.70 – we wrote about that race here – the Chimeras came back a couple hours later and won the 4-by-4 in 4:05.50.

We know the 4-by-200 runners were sophomore Kaila Speight, freshman Maya Bolden, senior Jaden Murray and junior Nester Wea. Incredibly, the Armory doesn’t list relay names in its results, but we’re going to assume until we learn otherwise that the same four girls ran the 4-by-4. When Willingboro ran their season-best 4:01.95 at states to wrap up the state Group 2 team title, it was listed as Murry to Wea to Speight to Bolden in the results.

Willingboro became the first New Jersey school in the meet’s 43-year history of the girls meet to sweep the 4-by-2 and 4-by-4 and only the third school overall to record that remarkable double.

In 1998, Simon Gratz of Philadelphia won the 4-by-2 in 1:42.34 and the 4-by-4 in 3:52.31, and in 2005, Hempstead, N.Y., ran 1:40.51 and 3:53.94 to win both relays.

Wilingboro is actually only the second South Jersey school to ever win both relays. Camden won the 4-by-2 in 2008 and 2009 and the 4-by-4 in 1993 and 1995.

The Chimeras had never won the 4-by-2 at Easterns. This was their 4th 4-by-4 win after finishing first in 2000, 2002 and 2003.

Here’s a look at South Jersey 4-by-2 and 4-by-4 winners at Easterns.

800-Meter Relay
2000 … Moorestown, N.J. 1:40.77
2008 … Camden, N.J. 1:41.19
2009 … Camden, N.J. 1:41.98
2018 … Winslow Twp., N.J. 1:39.75
2022 … Winslow Twp., N.J. 1:43.58
2024 … Willingboro, N.J. 1:41.70

1,600-Meter Relay
1993 … Camden, N.J. 4:00.68y
1995 … Camden, N.J. 3:50.17y
2000 … Willingboro,N.J. 3:56.62
2002 … Willingboro,N.J. 3:52.76
2003 … Willingboro,N.J. 3:49.27
2006 … Woodrow Wilson, N.J. 3:52.55
2008 … Millville, N.J. 3:54.82
2009 … Millville, N.J. 3:57.67
2010 … Washington Township 3:58.85
2024 … Willingboro, N.J. 4:05.50

And here’s a look at the South Jersey-record 23 Easterns titles Willingboro has won:

BOYS
55-Meter Dash
1981 … George McKey [Willingboro]6.44y
300-Yard Dash
1991 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro] 31.34
55-Meter Hurdles
1989 … Gerard Reynolds [Willingboro] 7.44y
1990 … Gerard Reynolds [Willingboro] 7.35y
High Jump
2002 … Mike Morrison [Willingboro] 7- 0
2003 … Mike Morrison [Willingboro] 7- 2
Long Jump
1978 … Carl Lewis [Willingboro] 23-11 ¼
1979 … Carl Lewis [Willingboro] 25- 5 ½
1990 … Gerard Reynolds [Willingboro] 24- 6 ¼
2003 … Mike Morrison [Willingboro] 23- 2
Shot Put
2004 … Ell Ash [Willingboro] 60- 0 ½
800-Meter Relay
1988 … Willingboro [Doug Newman, Malik Crawford, Sean Scott, Chris Donaldson] 1:31.33y
3,200-Meter Relay
2002 … Willingboro [Edmund Dixon, Rashad Lee, Shareef Muhammad, Ahmad Rutherford] 7:53.64
2003 … Willingboro [Ahmad Rutherford, Shareef Muhammad, Edmund Dixon, Rashad Lee] 7:52.95

GIRLS
55-Meter Dash
1980 … Michelle Glover [Willingboro] 6.5y
400-Meter Dash
2003 … Okechi Ogbuokiri [Willingboro] 55.14
Long Jump
1980 … Carol Lewis [Willingboro] 20- 6 ¼
1995 … Selina Burton [Willingboro] 17- 3
800-Meter Relay
2024 … Willingboro [Kaila Speight, Maya Bolden, Jaden Murry, Nester Wea], 1:41.70
1,600-Meter Relay
2000 … Willingboro [Simone Thomas, Shakirah Rutherford, Halimah Bashir, Danielle Myricks] 3:56.62
2002 … Willingboro [Channel Hamilton, Halimah Bashir, Rhea Mann, Okechi Ogubokiri] 3:52.76
2003 … Willingboro [Rhea Mann, Halimah Bashir, Channel Hamilton, Okechi Oguokiri] 3:49.27
2024 … Willingboro [Kaila Speight, Maya Bolden, Jaden Murry, Nester Wea] 4:05.50

Clayton senior Alanna Woolfolk won her 2nd consecutive Easterns high jump title Tuesday, becoming only the 4th girl in South Jersey history to win back-to-back Easterns championships in any event.

Woolfolk won with a 5-6 clearance at the Armory. She’s has entered 11 meets this winter and won every one. Going back to last spring, she hasn’t lost to a New Jersey girl in her last 16 meets, since the Penn Relays, which was won by Howell’s Samantha Strydesky. Woolfolk and Strydesky then went 1-2 in the Meet of Champions. Strydesky has since graduated and now jumps for Penn.

Woolfolk is one of two New Jersey jumpers to clear 5-8. Rahway’s Saniyah Evans cleared 5-8 at a meet at the Jersey City Armory last month. She didn’t high jump at Easterns, although she did win the long jump at 18-3 and placed 4th in the hurdles in 8.15.

The only other South Jersey girls to win the same event in back-to-back years are sprinters Denise Mitchell of Edgewood, Amandi Rhett of Moorestown and English Gardner of Eastern.

Mitchell won the 60-yard dash in 1983 and 1984, Rhett the 55 in 1998, 1999 and 2000 and Gardner in 2007, 2008 and 2010. Shawnee pole vaulter Danielle O’Reilly won the pole vault twice, but that was in 2002 and 2004 and not in consecutive years.

On the boys side, there have been seven repeat winners: Edgewood’s Denise Mitchell – Denise’s brother – in the 60-yard dash in 1983 nad 1984, hurdlers Gerard Reynolds of Willingboro in 1989 and 1990 and Sultan Tucker of Delsea in 1995 and 1996, high jumpers Terry Ferguson of Cherry Hill West in 1986 and 1987 and Mike Morrison of Willingboro in 2002 and 2003, long jumpers Carl Lewis of Willingboro in 1978 and 1979 and Isaac Samuels of Kennedy in 1982 and 1983, and shot putter Braheme Days Jr. in 2012 and 2013.

Woolfolk entered the competition at 5-2 and was clean at 5-2, 5-4 and 5-6 before missing three attempts at 5-8. Runner-up Adanna Obuba of Montgomery cleared 5-4 but had two misses at 5-2, so she would have had to clear 5-8 to finish ahead of Woolfolk.

At Ocean Breeze on March 3, Woolfolk will shoot for her 3rd Meet of Champions title. She won indoors as a sophomore at 5-6 and outdoor last year at 5-8.

Delsea senior Julian Conigliaro ran the 5th-fastest indoor 200 in South Jersey history Tuesday night at Easterns.

Conigliaro lowered his PR more than half a second from 22.35 to 21.71 with a 2nd-place finish at the 88th annual Easterns at the Armory. Leonia’s Jaden Marchan won the race in 21.55, 11th-fastest in state history and a Bergen County record.

Conigliaro actually PR’d twice Tuesday. His PR coming into the day was 22.35 from Ocean Breeze earlier this month. He dropped it to 22.09 in the trials, which only made him the 6th seed going into the final.

Because of that, he was relegated to the 1st section of the two-race 200 final, so he wasn’t even in the same race as Marchan. But he won that race by over half a second, then watched as 2nd place in the “fast” heat was 21.75 by East Orange’s Jordaine Johnson.

Conigliaro’s time is No. 17 on the all-time Easterns performance list – which I included below – and it’s 3rd-fastest ever by a South Jersey sprinter at Easterns, behind two other Gloucester County runners – Washington Township’s Todd Dutch ran 21.62 to win the 2001 race, and Darrell Bush of Woodbury ran 21.53 and placed 2nd in 2012.

Three of the four-fastest 200 runners in the state this year are from South Jersey. Washington Township’s Ajani Dwyer, the South Jersey record holder, ran 21.25 at Ocean Breeze earlier this month, and Burlington’s Malachi James ran 21.58 in a different race earlier this month at Ocean Breeze. Dwyer is currently hurt and didn’t race at Easterns. James didn’t run either Tuesday but is expected to race this weekend at Ocean Breeze.

Before last year, only two South Jersey sprinters had broken 21.80 indoors – Dutch in 2001 and Bush in 2012. Now four have done it the last two years – Dwyer, James, Conigliaro and Premier Wynn of Pennsauken last year. Six of the top 10 teams in Gloucester County history have come this year.

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 200 List
21.25 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024
21.53 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2012
21.58 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024
21.62 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
21.71 … Julian Conigliaro [Delsea], 2024
21.75 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
21.82 … Antonio Tarantino [Paul VI], 2018
21.85 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991
21.86 … Antonio Abney [Willingboro], 2007
21.89 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 2004
21.91 … Sterling Pierce [Rancocas Valley], 2015
21.92 … Rajahn Dixon [Eastern], 2023
21.96 … Michael Bolling [Willingboro], 2001
21.98 … Marquis Taylor [Woodbury], 2024
22.00 … Luke Colehower [Haddonfield], 2017

All-Time Gloucester County Indoor 200 List
21.25 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024
21.53 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2012
21.62 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
21.71 … Julian Conigliaro [Delsea], 2024
21.98 … Marquis Taylor [Woodbury], 2024
22.02 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2024
22.08 … Logan Perez [Washington Twp.], 2024
22.13 … Tyriq Bundy [Deptford], 2019
22.28 … Evan Corcoran [Kingsway], 2022
22.40 … Alexander Oayemi [Clayton], 2024

All-Time Easterns 200-Meter Dash Performance List
21.09 … Mario Heslop [Franklin Twp.], 2018
21.11 …… Heslop, 2019
21.14s …… Heslop, 2019
21.26 … Fitzroy Ledgister [St. Peter’s Prep], 2022
21.31 … Michael Blake [Mt. Vernon, N.Y.], 2011
21.34 … Adian Sanderson [Ewing], 2004
21.37 … Rai Benjamin [Mount Vernon, N.Y.], 2015
21.37 … Taylor McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2015
21.39 …… Heslop, 2018
21.26s …… Ledgister, 2022
21.42s …… Benjamin, 2015
21.50 … Mike Abelard [Ramapo, N.Y.], 2008
21.53 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2012
21.53 … Xavier Donaldson [St. Peter’s Prep, N.J.], 2023
21.55 … Jaden Marchan [Leonia, N.J,], 2024
21.61 … Terrell Wilks [Hillhouse, N.Y.], 2007
21.62 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2002
21.63 … Brian Bucknor [St. Benedict’s], 2008
21.65s … Jordaine Johnson [East Orange, N.J.], 2024
21.67 … Tristan Walker [South Shore, N.Y.], 2005
21.67s …… Wilks, 2007
21.70s … Greg McQueen [Elizabeth], 2022
21.71 … Julian Conigliaro [Delsea], 2024
21.73s … Souleymane Fall [Bergenfield], 2022
21.72 … Brandon Bing [Cheltenham, Pa.], 2007
21.74s …… Bing, 2007
21.74 … Zamir Thomas [Snyder], 2010
21.74 … Anton Porter [Mount St. Michael, N.Y.], 2014
21.75 … Carlos Bedoya [Archbishop Stepinac, N.Y.], 2000
21.75 … Kevin Okolie [Half Hollow Hills, N.Y.], 2003
21.75 …… J. Johnson, 2024
21.77s … Jessie Parson [New Rochelle, N.Y.], 2019
21.77s … Xavier Donaldson [St. Peter’s Prep, N.J.], 2023
21.77s … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken, N.J.], 2023
21.78 … Elzie Coleman [Newburgh Free, N.Y.], 2003

Glassboro senior Damere Lassiter became the 11th member of the South Jersey 60-foot club Tuesday with a shot put win at the 88th annual Easterns.

Lassiter won the shot with a throw of 60-1 on his 6th and final attempt. With two throws to go, Lassiter was sitting in 8th place with a best throw of 53-0 ½. He moved into 6th with a 53-11 on his 5th attempt before finishing with his first 60-foot bomb.

The event was loaded with South Jersey throwers, with five of the top seven finishers coming from South Jersey schools.

Lassiter became Glassboro’s first Easterns champion in 59 years, since George Hartsfield won the 60-yard dash at Madison Square Garden in 1965 in what was then known as the National Interscholastic Championships.

Lassiter’s throw is No. 9 in South Jersey indoor history and No. 3 on the all-time Gloucester County list. His throw is best by a South Jersey Group 1 thrower since Harry Dilks of Pitman hit 60-3 in 1970 at the Philadelphia Department of Recreation meet at the Civic Center.

He’s only the 3rd 60-foot thrower in New Jersey this year. Senior Joshua Huisman of St. Rose has a 63-10 to his credit, and Delsea junior Jonathan Harris threw 60-0 ¼ at Cherokee earlier this month. According to the MileSplit database, Lassiter is No. 18 nationally.

Lassiter’s previous PR was a 58-3 at Ocean Breeze last month. His outdoor best is a 54-11 from Group 1 states last spring at Franklin.

Lassiter has a discus PR of 184-8 and is onloy the eighth weight man in South Jersey history to hit both 60 feet in the shot and 180 in the disc. The others are Ray Wilks of Bridgeton in 1995, Ron Dayne of Overbrook in 1996, Matt Huckabee of Timber Creek in 2010, Braheme Days Jr. of Bridgeton in 2013, Josh Awotunde of Delsea in 2013, Kamron Kobolak of Cinnaminson in 2018 and Jason Nwosu of Delsea in 2022.

Delsea’s Harris, already a member of the 60-foot club, placed 2nd with a 59-11 on his 3rd throw. He had a huge series, with four throws over 56 feet and two over 59 feet and a foul that was well beyond 60 feet. Harris averaged 57-4 ¾ on his five legal throws.

Delsea senior Greg Masso was 4th with a 54-3 throw, Egg Harbor senior Mike Simeon placed 6th with a 54-2 ½ and Absegami’s Gabriel Wilkins took 7th at 54-1 on his final throw. Delsea seniors Juan Romero and senior Tyler Habersham-Agbemenu also hit 50 feet, Romero with a 51-5 ½ and Habersham-Agbemenu 50-9 ¾. It was Romero’s first 50-footer indoors or outdoors.

South Jersey now has 14 50-foot throwers this winter, four from Delsea.

All-time South Jersey Indoor 60-Foot Club
70-8 … Braheme Days Jr. [Bridgeton], 2012
63-11 … Ray Wilks [Bridgeton], 1995
63-1 ¾ … Nick Pulli [West Deptford], 2014
62-7 ¾ … Kamron Kobolak [Cinnaminson], 2018
62-0 ½ … Jason Nwosu [Delsea], 2022
61-9 … Lou Gordon [Bridgeton], 1995
60-3 … Harry Dilks [Pitman], 1971
60-10 ¾ … John Purvis [Winslow Twp.], 2020
60-1 … Damere Lassiter [Glassboro], 2024
60-0 ½ … Ell Ash [Willingboro], 2004
60-0 ¼ … Jonathan Harris [Delsea], 2024