Delsea junior Jonathan Harris became the ninth indoor 60-footer in South Jersey history Tuesday at the Cherokee Throwdown.

Harris threw 60-0 ¼, becoming the second 60-foot thrower in New Jerey this year. Joshua Huisman of St. Rose of Belmar threw a state-leading 63-10 at the Monmouth County Championships at the Bubble last month.

Harris becomes Delsea’s third 60-footer, joining Jason Nwosu, who threw 63-2 ½ outdoors in 2022 and World Championships medalist Josh Awotunde, who threw 61-6 outdoors in 2013. A 4th, Joe Metzger, came half an inch short of 60 feet in 2021.

Harris opened with a lifetime-best 58-8 1/2 and after two fouls hit 60-0 1/4 on his 4th and final throw. Harris’s previous PR was a 58-4 ½ at West Philly Nationals last spring, and his previous indoor PR was 58-1 ¾ this past weekend when he won the South Jersey Group 3 sectionals at the Bubble.

Harris’s throw is No. 9 on the all-time South Jersey indoor list an d No. 20 on the South Jersey combined indoor and outdoor list.

Hammonton junior Anthony Liakhnovich placed 2nd with a 56-3 on his only legal throw, just off his PR of 56-10 from last month, also at Cherokee. And Delsea senior Greg Masso [54-1], Glassboro senior Damere Lassiter [53-10 ¼], Bishop Eustace senior Shawn Brady [53-7 ½], Hammonton junior Christian Medina [PR 51-10], Paul VI junior Savien Higgs [51-5 ¾] and Delsea senior Tyler Habersham-Agbemenu [50-9 ½] all surpassed 50 feet.

Here’s the all-time South Jersey top-10:
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 [o]
61-9 … Lou Gordon [Bridgeton], 1995
60-3 … Harry Dilks [Pitman], 1971
60-10 ¾ … John Purvis [Winslow Twp.], 2020
60-0 ½ … Ell Ash [Willingboro], 2004
60-0 ¼ … Jonathan Harris [Delsea], 2024
59-9 … Kofi Yamoah [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
59-8 … Chris Robinson [Penns Grove], 1990

South Jersey Combined 60-Foot List
70-8 … Braheme Days Jr. [Bridgeton], 2012 [i]
64-10 1/2 … Jon Kalnas [Paulsboro], 1997 [o]
64-6 1/4 … Ron Dayne [Overbook], 1996 [o]
64-5 … Ray Wilks [Bridgeton], 1995 [o]
64-4 1/4 … Chris Robinson [Penns Grove], 1990 [o]
63-1 ¾ … Nick Pulli [West Deptford], 2014 [i]
63-2 ½ … Jason Nwosu [Delsea], 2022 [o]
63-0 … Lou Gordon [Bridgeton], 1995 [o]
62-7 ¾ … Kamron Kobolak [Cinnaminson], 2018 [i]
61-10 1/2 … Harry Dilts [Pitman], 1971 [o]
60-10 ¾ … John Purvis [Winslow Twp.], 2020 [i]
61-6 … Josh Awotunde [Delsea], 2013 [o]
61-4 1/2 … Bubba Green [Millville], 1976 [o]
61-4 … Kofi Yamoah [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013 [o]
61-2 1/4 … Matthew Huckabee, [Timber Creek], 2010 [o]
60-11 ……. Lucciano Pizarro [Cherokee], 2019 [o]
60-3 … Donate Rivera [Pleasantville], 2012 [o]
60-3 … Harry Dilts [Pitman], 1971 [i]
60-0 ½ … Ell Ash [Willingboro], 2004 [i]
60-0 ¼ … Jonathan Harris [Delsea], 2024 [I]
60-0 … Ryan Knight [Delsea], 1994 [o]

All-Time New Jersey Indoor 60-Foot List
71-9 ½ … Nick Vena [Morristown], 2011
70-8 … Braheme Days Jr. [Bridgeton], 2012
67-3 … Kevin DiGiorgio [Bayonne], 1998
67-1 ¾ … James Gilligan [Toms River East], 2008
66-6 … Glen DiGiorgio [Bayonne], 2002
65-10 … Steve Adams [St. Joe’s Montvale], 1970
65-6 … Jordan West [Rahway], 2017
65-4 … Cole Tucker [Colts Neck], 2021
65-2 ½ … Greg Cortina [Hun], 1971
64-9 ¾ … Joe Licata [Gill St. Bernard’s], 2022
64-5 ¾ … Luke Grodeska [St. Rose], 2016
64-5 ¼ … Bruce Heide [Springfield], 1975
64-5 ½ … C.J. Licata [Gill St. Bernard’s], 2018
63-11 … Ray Wilks [Bridgeton], 1995
63-10 … Joshua Huisman [St. Rose Belmar], 2024
63-8 ½ … Mike Alleman [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 2008
63-8 ¼ … Rudy Guevara [Essex Catholic], 1971
63-6 … Ron Klotzer [Union], 1974
63-5 ½ … Aaron Echternacht [Hopewell Valley], 1991
63-2 ½ … Uzoma Orji [Matawan], 2002
63-1 ¾ … Nick Pulli [West Deptford], 2014
62-11 ½ … Stephen Mozia [Hackensack], 2011
62-11 … Keith Rzewuski [St. Joe’s Metuchen], 1998
62-9 ½ … Christopher Staton [Franklin Twp.], 2012
62-7 ¾ … Kamron Kobolak [Cinnaminson], 2018
62-4 … Tyrone Garland [Matawan], 1993
62-2 ¼ … Brian Cortina [Hun], 2005
62-1 ½ … Bob Vorhies [Our Lady of the Valley], 1977
61-11 ½ … Vaughn Skidmore [Ocean Twp.], 1976
62-0 ½ … Jason Nwosu [Delea], 2022
61-9 … Randy Sokolik [New Milford], 1969
61-9 … Lou Gordon [Bridgeton], 1995
61-8 … Ed Markowski [Roselle Catholic], 1968
61-8 … Andrew Trumbetti [Northern Valley-Demarest], 2013
61-7 ¾ … Patrick Passalacqua [Northern Valley-Old Tappan], 2020
61-7 … Ray Bradley [Trenton], 1976
61-6 ½ … Bob Ringwall [Carteret], 1973
61-6 ¼ … Adam Kuehl [Matawan], 2002
61-6 … Tyler Konopka [Toms River South], 2021
61-5 … Manny Silverio [North Bergen], 1976
61-4 ½ … Mark Saner [St. Joe’s-Montvale], 1970
61-4 … Bob Mattia [Union], 1975
61-2 ½ … Bob Brady [St. Joe’s-Montvale], 1970
61-2 … Ray Sahadi [Tenafly], 1974
61-0 ¾ … Reynaldo Hubbard [Long Branch], 1995
60-11 … Bruce Hedenal [Paramus], 1965
60-11 …Sal Delhierro [Toms River East], 2005
60-10 ¾ … John Purvis [Winslow Twp.], 2020
60- 10 ½ … Corey Abernathy [West Windsor-Plainsboro North], 2010
60-10 … Keith Jarvis [Essex Catholic], 1969
60-9 ¾ … John Wojciechowski [Madison Central], 1990
60-9 … Steve DiGiorgio [Bayonne], 2005
60-8 … Felix Lee [Highland Park], 1977
60-7 ¼ … Dorian Scott [Seton Hall], 2000
60-6 ¾ … Jason Bryan [Rumson-Fair Haven], 2014
60-6 ½ … Bob Lutkewitte [CBA], 1982
60-6 … Vincent Elardo [Lacey Twp.], 2007
60-5 ¾ … Christopher Tavarone [Morris Knolls], 2020
60-5 … Spencer Ross [Mahwah], 2014
60-4 ½ … Fabian Gonzalez [Southern Regional], 2022
60-4 ¼ … Shaun McGregor [Bergen Catholic], 1996
60-4 … Dom Mazza [Long Branch], 1967
60-3 … Harry Dilts [Pitman], 1971
60-3 … Giovanni Gutierrez [Saddle Brook], 2017
60-2 ¼ … Jeff Schwerdtmann [Jackson], 2001
60-2 … Mark Wilkinson [Union], 1973
60-1 ½ … Al Wujciak [Essex Catholic], 1972
60-1 … Todd Stubbier [Toms River South], 2017
60-0 ½ … Ell Ash [WIllingboro], 2004
60-0 ¼ … Jonathan Harris [Delsea], 2024
60-0 … Russ Frame [Union], 1969
60-0 … Joshua Lezin [Lakewood], 2018

Cherokee seniors Nick Kuenkel and Robert Poplau tore up the Ocean Breeze track with two of the fastest 1,600 times in South Jersey indoor track history.

Kuenkel ran 4:15.26 and Poplau 4:15.34 on Monday and finished 1st and 2nd in the final South Jersey Track Caoches Association meet this winter.

Their times are 10th- and 11th-fastest in South Jersey history and fastest by Burlington County milers since Cherokee’s Marc Pelerin ran 4:15.16 at the Bishop Loughlin Games at the Armory in 2001, which converts to 4:13.68 for 1,600

They’re the 3rd and 4th-fastest times by South Jersey milers this early in a season – prior to the Meet of Champions. Pelerin ran his 4:13.68 in December, and Marty Ludwikowski of Cherry Hill West ran a 4:15.5 full mile [4:14.02 for 1,600] at the 1975 Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden, holding off a diving Bergen Catholic sophomore Kevin Byrne at the line in the greatest race ever run.

It’s the first time in eight year two runner from the same New Jersey high school have broken 4:16 indoors in the same year. In 2016, twins William and Colin Daly of River Dell ran 4:13.01 and 4:13.44 and went 1-2 in the Meet of Champions at the Bubble. No South Jersey school has ever had two under 4:16 the same year. Only Kingsway, Haddonfield and Ocean City have had two under 4:16 at any point.

Kuenkel and Poplau ran virtually together the whole race, with Kuenkel leading the whole way. Kuenkel ran 64.86, 64.41, 65.25 and 60.76 and Poplau 64.96, 64.59, 65.19 and 60.62. Both ran their final lap under 30 seconds, Kuenkel in 29.43 and Poplau in 29.27.

Kuenkel’s previous PR was a 4:17.98 last spring at the state Group 4 meet at Franklin, although his 4:18.94 mile at the Millrose Trials at the Armory last month converts to 4:17.44. Poplau’s PR was a 4:21.50 in New Brunswick last summer.

Poplau will run the 800 at Group 4 states Saturday and Kuenkel will run the 3,200. Poplau is the No. 3 seed in the 800 at 1:57.68 and Kuenkel is No. 1 seed in the 3,200.

All-time South Jersey Indoor Sub-4:20 list
4:09.96y … Miles Schoedler [Ocean City], 2011
4:11.03y … Brett Johnson [Ocean City], 2009
4:11.32 … Kyle Rakitis [Kingsway], 2022
4:11.89y … Luke Petela [Haddon Twp.], 2015
4:11.93y … Greg Pelose [Haddonfield], 2016
4:13.68y … Marc Pelerin [Cherokee], 2002
4:13.87y … Stone Caraccio [Kingsway], 2020
4:14.1y … Marty Ludwikowski [Cherry Hill West], 1975
4:15.26 … Nick Kuenkel [Cherokee], 2024
4:14.34 … Robert Poplau [Cherokee], 2024
4:15.2y … Jim Smith [Haddonfield], 1980
4:15.52 … Bill Dolan [Clearview], 2014
4:16.0y … Greg Stremmel [Gateway], 1974
4:16.02 … Erik Johnson [Ocean City], 2012
4:16.3y … Rich Caton [Woodbury], 1979
4:16.61y … Jon Anderson [Cinnaminson], 2004
4:16.71y … Dave Forward [Shawnee], 2009
4:16.85 … Ben Potts [Haddonfield], 2011
4:16.9y … Bob Marino [Williamstown], 1974
4:17.1y … Mike Mantini [Gateway], 1978
4:17.33y … Carmen Cavella [Washington Twp.], 2004
4:17.51y … Connor Melko [Bishop Eustace], 2019
4:17.67 … Derek Gess [Haddonfield], 2018
4:17.67y … Sebastien Reed [Pitman], 2020
4:17.72 … George Andrus [Haddonfield], 2023
4:17.98 … Seth Clevenger [Haddonfield], 2022
4:18.21y … Xavier Fraction [Washington Twp.], 2009
4:18.22 … Jacob Clark [Pleasantville], 2013
4:18.28 … Alex Boyko [Cinnaminson], 2023
4:18.48 … Justin Kelly [Cherokee], 2018
4:18.50 … Shawn Wilson [Cherokee], 2013
4:18.53y … Chris Platt [Haddonfield], 2001
4:18.4y … Al Harden [Millville], 1979
4:18.4h … Mike Myers [Eastern], 2001
4:18.70y … Ethan Wechsler [Cherokee], 2019
4:18.73 … Jacob Cobb [West Deptford], 2022
4:18.80y … Austin Gabay [Cinnaminson], 2020
4:18.83 … Tyler Jackson [Cherokee], 2020
4:18.94 … Nick Kuenkel [Cherokee], 2024
4:19.02 … Jack Bolling [Haddon Heights], 2023
4:19.03 … Noah Culbreath [Kingsway, 2014
4:19.40 … Justin Branco [Delsea], 2015
4:19.7y … Chris Hageman [Paul VI], 1985
4:19.96 … Robert Rawls [Triton], 2011
4:19.97 … Steve Burkholder [Cherokee], 2010

Pennsauken sophomore Sianni Wynn smashed the South Jersey record in the 300-meter dash Sunday at the 116th annual Millrose Games in New York.

Wynn ran 38.66 over a lap and a half at the Armory, breaking the South Jersey mark of 39.16 set 18 years ago by Winslow Township’s Krystal Cantey at the Archbishop Malloy Stanner Games at the Armory Jan. 14, 2006.

Wynn’s time is No. 4 in state history, just behind Union Catholic’s Rhia Randolph, who ran 38.59 in the same race (but a different section).

The South Jersey record was Wynn’s second in seven days on the Armory track, and in both cases she broke a record held by Cantey. Wynn ran 24.12 for 200 meters on Monday, breaking Cantey’s South Jersey mark of 24.38 set in the prelims of 2006 Easterns at the Armory.

Wynn ran 39.17 at the Armory last year, which at the time was 6th-fastest in state history.

Wynn is the top seed in the 400 for Saturday’s state Group 3 meet with her 56.93 at sectionals. She’s the No. 3 seed in the 55 at 7.07, behind Timber Creek junior Ryan Jennings and Timber Creek senior Naylah Jones. All three have PRs of exactly 7.00.

All-Time New Jersey Girls 300-Meter Sub-40 List
36.82 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2017
37.36 … Athing Mu [Trenton], 2020
38.59 … Rhia Randolph [Union Catholic], 2024
38.66 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2024
38.73 … Olivia Baker [Columbia], 2014
38.79 … Wendy Vereen [Trenton], 1984
39.04 … Taylor Aska [Union Catholic], 2024
39.16 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2006
39.28 … Myasia Jacobs [Paramus Catholic], 2012
39.33 … Sydney Chadwick [Union Catholic], 2024
39.34 … Olivia Okaro [Winslow Township], 2024
39.1h … Janine Davis [Queen of Peace], 2004
39.40 … Arianna Sharpe [Clayton], 2022
39.42 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2018
39.44 … Racquel Vassell [East Orange], 2007
39.47 … Mariah Fede [Paramus Catholic], 2020
39.51 … Stephanie Saleem [Neptune], 1985
39.52 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
39.3h … Mikele Barber [Montclair], 1998
39.3h … Tawana Watkins [Paterson Kennedy], 2002
39.85 … Chidumga Nkulume [Union Catholic], 2020
39.97 … Sofia Swindell [Lawrenceville School], 2024
39.9h … Melisa Barber [Montclair], 1998
39.94 … Dominique Booker [Immaculate Conception], 2008

All-Time South Jersey Girls 300-Meter Dash Top-10
38.66 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2024
39.16 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2006
39.34 … Olivia Okaro [Winslow Township], 2024
39.40 … Arianna Sharpe [Clayton], 2022
39.42 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2018
39.52 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
40.13 … Jasmine Still [Woodrow Wilson], 2006
40.15 … Amirah Sharpe [Clayton], 2021
40.22 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], 2006
40.27 … Kiara Lester [Deptford]. 2014
40.2h … Evelyn Simpson [Camden], 1979
40.2h … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1996

Senior Jackson Murry won the pole vault, placed 6th in the 400 and anchored the 2nd-place 4-by-4 to help Willingboro’s powerhouse program win its 10th indoor sectional title in the last 14 years.

With 43 points in the field and 31 on the track, Willingboro outscored 2nd-place Robbinsville, 74-42.

The Chimeras’ 10 sectional titles are most by any school in any group in any section.

Willingboro also won Central Jersey Group 1 in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, Central Jersey Group 2 in 2011 and 2012, South Jersey Group 1 in 2022 and South Jersey Group 2 in 2016.

Murry cleared 13-6 to win the pole vault, sophomore teammate Zahire Bryant was 2nd at 11-0 and junior Kabir Speight 6th. That’s 19 pole vault points.

The Chimeras added 14 points in the high jump with junior Tra’san Adam clearing 6-2 for the win and junior Zaire Wormley clearing 5-10 for 4th place.

And the Willingboro shot putters added 10 points, with senior Julian Williams taking 2nd with a 50-5 throw and senior Derrick Swain placing 5th at 47-1 ½.

Senior Eric Foster won the 55-meter hurdles in 7.71 for 10 more big points

Also, juniors Christian Bryant, Nasier Fields and Theo Pryce joined Murry on the 4-by-4, which ran 3:33.14 for 2nd place, Pryce also placed 3rd in the open 400 with a personal-best 52.18, Murry ran 52.96 for 6th, and senior Rae-Juan Gayle PR’d at 6.55 for 3rd in ther 55.

Scott Hubbard, who had an indoor PR of 4:31.73 at Audubon, is now the fastest miler in the New Jersey Athletic Conference.

Hubbard, a Rowan sophomore, ran 4:13.19 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University Saturday. His previous PR was 4:18.03 from last weekend at Ocean Breeze and before that it was 4:20.34 from a meet last indoor season at the Armory. So he’s lowered his lifetime best more than seven seconds in a little over a week.

Hubbard finished 2-100ths of a second in front of another former Colonial Conference runner, MIT sophomore Jacob Cobb from West Deptford. Current Woodbury senior Peyton Shute ran 4:13.36, making it three Colonial Conference runners finishing in the span of less than 1-5th of a second (although they were all in different sections).

Hubbard actually ran solo, finishing more than five seconds ahead of the second place in his section, Bellamy Immanuel of Eastern Mennonite in Harrisonburg, Va. That’s what happens when you run that much faster than your seed time.

Although Hubbard’s remarkable performance isn’t even mentioned in a brief story on Rowan’s web site, his time is fastest by a Rowan miler since 2018, when Brick Memorial’s Kevin Veltre ran 4:12.30 at the NJAC meet at Ocean Breeze.

Rowan now has four milers under 4:20 this year.

Junior Jacob Riley from North Warren ran 4:14.84 at the Armory last month, sophomore Tyler Green from Ocean City 4:18.25 in Boston this weekend – Greene’s high school PRs were 4:27.56 outdoors and 4:30.14 indoors – and freshman Johannes Rivera from Bergenfield 4:19.50 last month at Ocean Breeze. Two others are close – sophomore Cole Kolodziej from Washington Township ran 4:22.62 and freshman Joshua Cason of Camden County Vo-Tech 4:22.91, both at Ocean Breeze last month.

Delsea graduate Sean Mick set the Rowan record of 4:11.3 hand-timed at the Haverforrd Last Chance Meet on Feb. 28, 1997. Rowan’s web site doesn’t say what meet that was at.

Rowan is ranked 6th this week in NCAA Division 3 by the USTFCCA and No. 1 in the East Region.

The NJAC Championships at Ocean Breeze are scheduled for 4 p.m. a week from Monday at Ocean Breeze. Rowan has won eight straight men’s titles.

Junior Nester Wea picked up two 1sts and a 2nd, ran on the winning relay team and led a 1-2-3 sweep in the 55, and the Willingboro girls won their 4th indoor sectional title Sunday at the Bubble.

Willingboro outscored Rumson-Fair Haven 78-61 to win the Central Jersey Group 1 championship. Boro won South Jersey Group 1 in 2010, South Jersey Group 3 in 2016 and Central Jersey Group 1 in 2020.

Wea won the hurdles in 8.62 and the 55 in 7.33 and ran 58.37 for 2nd in the 400. In the 55, freshman Maya Bolden placed 2nd with a PR 7.40 and sophomore Kaila Speight was 3rd in 7.46. Junior Sunny Oyibo was 4th in a PR 9.19. And in the 400, Speight ran 59.23 for 3rd.

That’s 52 points in the 55, hurdles and 400.

Sophomore Jaden Murry joined Wea, Speight and Bolden on the 1,600-meter relay team, which

In the field, senior Naa’rah Andrews – Willingboro’s only senior point scorer – placed 2nd in the high jump with a 5-0 clearance, and junior Channel Swain took 2nd in the shot put with a 38-4 throw.

Paul VI graduate Aliya Garozzo, a senior at Penn, ran a blazing 52.47 anchor on the Quakers’ 1,600-meter relay team that shattered the Ivy League record Saturday.

Penn ran 3:29.86 at the Tiger Paw Invitational at Clemson. The Quakers won their section and finished 3rd overall behind powerhouse programs Georgia [3:29.28] and Texas A&M [3:29.58], who ran in the final section.

Christiana Nwachuku, Jocelyn Niemiec and Isabella Whittaker ran the first three legs for Penn, whose time is No. 9 in NCAA Division 1 this year

The previous Penn school record was 3:32.44 with the same lineup two weeks ago at the Terrier Classic at Boston University.

The previous Ivy League record? No idea. Penn’s web site said this was an Ivy record but the genius that wrote the story didn’t bother saying what the previous record was. You had one job.

[edit: OK, I found an Ivy League record book and it shows the previous indoor 4×4 record as 3:34.17 by Harvard last year. Doesn’t say where they did it but on TFRRS it looks like it was at last year’s Tiger Paw Invite at Clemson. Penn also apparently  broke the overall Ivy League record of 3:29.98 that Harvard ran in 2016. Of course the Ivy League record book doesn’t say where they did that either, but it was at NCAA Division 1 Eastern Prelims in Jacksonville, which was 3:29.98.  A common theme with track and field is that people involved in it don’t believe details are important.]

Ivy League track record book but they only show outdoor marks, and the outdoor 4-by-4 record was 3:29.98 by Harvard in 2016, but of course they don’t say where they did that. I just looked it up on TFRRS and it was at the Division 1 East Regional in Jacksonville. Still no clue what the previous indoor Ivy record was. Common theme with track and field is that many people involved in it don’t care about details. I’ll try to find the previous Ivy indoor record tonight].

Anyway, Garozzo was the Ivy League 500-meter champ last winter at 1:14.81 and has since run 1:12.22, No. 4 in school history. She ran 59.96 in the intermediates last spring, No. 5 in school history. She’s also No. 5 in the 60-meter hurdles [8.49].

Washington Township’s Ajani Dwyer and Burlington City’s Malachi James ran the 3rd- and 5th-fastest 60-meter dash times in state history Sunday at ther 116th annual Millrose Games at the Armory.

Dwyer and James finished 2nd and 3rd behind LSU football commit Jelani Watkins of Klein Forerst High in Houston. The race produced three of the four-fastest times in the U.S. this year.

Watkins ran a lifetime-best and U.S. No. 1 6.68, Dwyer ran U.S. No. 2 6.76 and James U.S. No. 4 6.78.

Dwyer has a 55 PR of 6.18 and James 6.31. Dwyer’s 6.76 is equivalent to 6.30 for 55 meters and James’ 6.78 equals 6.32.

Neither Dwyer or James got the start they wanted. They were 7th- and 6th-fastest out of the blocks, 6th and 5th through 20 meters and 4th and 6th through 30 meters, and in a loaded field like this it’s tough to make up that kind of ground.

Dwyer and James will meet again over 55 meters at the Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze and hopefully back at the Armory at Easterns and then we’ll see them race this spring for the first time at 100 and 200 meters.

All-Time New Jersey 60-Meter Dash List
6.70 … Damiere Byrd [Timber Creek], 2011
6.75 … Fitzroy Ledgister [St. Peter’s Prep], 2022
6.76 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024
6.77 … Fabian France [Bergen Catholic], 2022
6.78 … Joe Dawkins [Hackensack], 1995
6.78 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024
6.83 … Jamar Ervin [Camden], 2001
6.86 … Maxwell Booker [Essex Catholic], 2001
6.86 … Louis Akpadago [Nottingham], 2020
6.87 … Chris Church [Millville], 2007
6.89 … Mike Fields [Roselle], 1995
6.89 … Mekhi Stafford [Ewing], 2023
6.91 … Samuel Thomas [Northern Burlington], 2023
6.93 … A.J. Bunton [West Deptford], 2006
6.95 … Bruce Black [Hamilton], 2006
6.99 … Brayshul Tuten [Paulsboro], 2021
6.99 … Jack Ahart [Kinnelon], 2023
6.99 … Chris Ross [Walkill Valley], 2023
6.99 … Cole Isaac Cramer [Southern Regional], 2023

The Winslow and Timber Creek girls locked up in a historic 4-by-4 battle at the 116th annual Millrose Games at the Armory Sunday morning.

In an electrifying battle that produced the 6th- and 7th-fastest times in the U.S. this year, Winslow edged Timber Creek by 20 inches.

Winslow freshman Skyhe Seamon, sophomore Olivia Okara, senior Djassi Dean and freshman Cinniya Robinson ran 3:49.50, and Timber Creek senior Chloe Jones, juniors Billie Frazier and Ryan Jennings and senior Naylah Jones ran 3:49.59.

It was the first time in state history two schools have run faster than 3:50 in the same indoor race.

Winslow and Timber Creek are the first two South Jersey schools to run sub-3:50 indoors in 21 years and their times are fastest by any New Jersey schools in five years and 10th and 11th in state history. They’re 4th and 5th in South Jersey history.

The last South Jersey school to run sub-3:50 was Willingboro in 2003 with Halimah Bashir, Rhea Mann, Channel Hamilton and Okechi Ogbuokiri setting what was then the state record of 3:45.37 at New York Nationals, also at the Armory.

Now two did it in the same race.

Chloe Jones opened with a 57.91 split and Seamon a 58.86, but Union Catholic held a slight lead at the first handoff. Okara gave Winslow the lead with a 56.11 carry, but Frazier’s 58.90 leg had Timber Creek a close 3rd behind Winslow and U.C.

Dean ran a 58.29 third leg for Winslow, and Jennings split 56.47 to move Timber Creek past Union Catholic into 2nd at the final handoff, and Winslow and Timber Creek were in a virtual deadlock going into the final leg – Winslow at 2:53.25 and Timber Creek 2:53.27.

Robinson and Naylah Jones didn’t disappoint, both running blazing anchor legs, with Robinson’s 56.25 just a fraction of a second faster than Jones’ 56.33.

Union Catholic finished a distant 3rd in 3:53.31.

All-Time New Jersey Indoor 4×4 List
3:40.28 … Union Catholic, 2016
3:42.03 … Columbia, 2013
3:45.57 … Willingboro, 2003
3:46.42 … Columbia, 2014
3:47.03 … Union Catholic, 2015
3:47.31 … Union Catholic, 2019
3:47.95 … Willingboro, 2002
3:48.9h … Plainfield, 1980
3:49.07 … Camden, 1995
3:49.50 … East Orange, 2006
3:49.50 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:49.59 … Timber Creek, 2024
3:49.9h … Plainfield, 1981

All-Time South  Jersey Indoor 4×4 List
3:45.37 … Willingboro, 2003
3:47.95 … Willingboro, 2002
3:49.07 … Camden, 1995
3:49.50 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:49.59 … Timber Creek, 2024
3:51.49 … Winslow Twp., 2017
3:52.37 … Willingboro, 2000
3:52.55 … Wilson, 2006
3:53.61 … Willingboro, 1998
3:53.81 … Paul VI, 2020
3:53.6h … Willingboro, 1999
3:53.97 … Rancocas Valley, 2019

Woodbury senior Peyton Shute ran the 4th-fastest mile in South Jersey history Saturday at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston.

Shute ran 4:13.36, fastest ever by a South Jersey Group 1 runner and 3rd-fastest by a New Jersey Group 1 miler behind Shore Regional’s Drew Maher in 2018 [4:11.10] and John Carlotti of Bernards in 1983 [4:11.3].

His time is fastest in New Jersey this year, bumping Luke Schagelin of Morris Knolls, who ran 4:13.92 at the Armory last month.

Shute ran within about half a second of the Gloucester County indoor record of 4:12.79 set by Kingsway’s Kyle Rakitis at 2022 Ocean Breeze Nationals.

Shute split 62.85, 63.33, 64.23 and 62.98, closing in 31.17.

The Valentine Invite is always the deepest and fastest mile in the world.

The race – or races – produced 43 sub-4 finishers, 93 under 4:05, 168 under 4:10 and 302 under 4:20.

Shute was one of four South Jersey milers to run between 4:13.19 and 4:13.55 in the race. Audubon graduate Scott Hubbard, a Rowan sophomore, ran 4:13.19; West Deptford graduate Jacob Cobb, a sophomore at MIT, ran 4:13.21; and Rakitis, a junior at Rutgers, ran 4:13.55.

Hubbard’s previous PR was a 4:18.03 last week at Ocean Breeze. We’ll have more on his race soon. Cobb’s previous PR was 4:15.50 last week, also at Boston University.

Shute has an outdoor mile PR of 4:12.13 from last year’s West Philly Nationals. For comparison purposes, a 4:13.36 full mile is the equivalent of a 4:11.89 for 1,600 meters.

All-Tine South Jersey Indoor Mile List
4:11.42 … Miles Schoedler [Ocean City], 2011
4:12.49 … Brett Johnson [Ocean City], 2009
4:12.79 … Kyle Rakitis [Kingsway], 2022
4:13.36 … Luke Petela [Haddon Twp.], 2015
4:13.36 … Peyton Shute [Woodbury], 2024
4:13.40 … Greg Pelose [Haddonfield], 2016
4:15.16 … Marc Pelerin [Cherokee], 2002
4:15.35 … Stone Caraccio [Kingsway], 2020
4:15.5 … Marty Ludwikowski [Cherry Hill West], 1975
4:16.01 … Chris Platt [Haddonfield], 2003