The NJSIAA sectional program is a disgrace. How do issue a “meet program” that doesn’t even have meet records?

What are we doing here?

The NJSIAA programs never offered very much but they’ve always at the bare minimum included meet records. No more.

If I were in charge, every state program would include performance lists, all-time winners, all-time team champions and all kinds of cool stuff (as well as correct spelling, but that’s another issue). But you’ve got to list meet records.

Not the NJSIAA.

So as a public service to the South Jersey track community, here’s the only place in the world you’ll find accurate, up-to-date indoor South Jersey sectional meet records. With names spelled correctly. And in a readable format with no random lines all over the place and a modern typeface that doesn’t date back to 1953.

I included records from last weekend’s Group 1 and 4 sectionals and will update with Friday’s Group 2 and 3 meets. Best of all, if there are mistakes, I will correct them immediately. Just let me know.

Boys
Group 1
55-METER DASH
6.31 … Malachi James, Burlington City, 2024
400-METER DASH
49.83 … Alexander Osayemi, Clayton, 2024
800-METER RUN
1:57.36 … Jacob Clark, Pleasantville, 2013
1,600-METER RUN
4:18.15 … Luke Petela, Haddon Township, 2015
3,200-METER RUN
9:34.34 … Jonathan Vitez, Haddonfield, 2009
55-METER HURDLES
7.72 … Corsen Harter, Haddon Township, 2013
1,600-METER RELAY
3:35.09 … Willingboro, 2022
HIGH JUMP
6-8 … Tariq Adams, Pleasantville, 2015
POLE VAULT
14-6 … Michael Rivard, Haddonfield, 2010
SHOT PUT
55-11 ½ Damere Lassiter, Glassboro, 2024

Group 2
55-METER DASH
6.49 … Malachi Melton, Cedar Creek, 2019
6.49 … Corey Thomas, Oakcrest, 2023
400-METER DASH
49.70 … Gabriel Moronta, Pleasantville, 2020
800-METER RUN
1:57.29 … Gabriel Moronta, Pleasantville, 2020
1,600-METER RUN
4:17.72 … George Andrus, Haddonfield, 2023
3,200-METER RUN
9:18.41 … Seth Clevenger, Haddonfield, 2022
55-METER HURDLES
7.46 … Naseem Smith, Deptford, 2019
1,600-METER RELAY
3:25.91 … Haddonfield, 2017
HIGH JUMP
6-6 … Timothy Miller, Pinelands Regional, 2015
6-6 … Isaiah Davenport, Pleasantville, 2023
POLE VAULT
15-8 … Marco Morales, Delsea, 2020
SHOT PUT
68-11 … Braheme Days, Bridgeton, 2012

Group 3
55-METER DASH
6.39 … Damiere Byrd, Timber Creek, 2009
400-METER DASH
49.79 … Jamaad Muse, Timber Creek, 2014
800-METER RUN
1:58.79 … Miles Schoedler, Ocean City, 2011
1:58.79 … Nuriddin Wise, Highland, 2018
1,600-METER RUN
4:17.72 … Miles Schoedler, Ocean City, 2011
3,200-METER RUN
9:26.71 … Robert Rawls, Triton, 2011
55-METER HURDLES
7.59 … Kevin Hegamin, Timber Creek, 2014
1,600-METER RELAY
3:23.70 … Timber Creek, 2016
HIGH JUMP
6-6 … Larry Russell, Timber Creek, 2015
POLE VAULT
15-1 … Dylan Altland, Kingsway, 2014
SHOT PUT
57-3 ½ … Dan Gilligan, Toms River East, 2016

Group 4
55-METER DASH
6.35 … Ajani Dwyer, Washington Township, 2024
400-METER DASH
48.97 … Semaj Willis, Egg Harbor Township, 2020
800-METER RUN
1:57.09 … Stone Caraccio, Kingsway, 2020
1,600-METER RUN
4:20.73 … Joe Kotran, Toms River North, 2010
3,200-METER RUN
9:16.76 … Oliver Adler, Cherry Hill East, 2020
1,600-METER RELAY
3:22.63 … Egg Harbor Township, 2017
55-METER HURDLES
7.06 … Yashahya Brown, Washington Township, 2024
HIGH JUMP
6-8 … Devin Bradham, Williamstown, 2015
POLE VAULT
14-7 … Brian Banks, Eastern, 2011
SHOT PUT
58-5 ½ … Kofi Yamoah, Egg Harbor Township, 2013

Girls
Group 1
55-METER DASH
7.23 … Emily Carson, Haddonfield, 2013
400-METER DASH
57.65 … Faleesha Dowe, Penns Grove, 2014
800-METER RUN
2:19.92 … Greta Feldman, Haddonfield, 2009
1,600-METER RUN
5:03.25 … Brianna Gess, Haddonfield, 2016
3,200-METER RUN
11:15.72 … Shelby Cain, Haddonfield, 2013
55-METER HURDLES
8.52 … Andrea Olsen, Buena, 2013
1,600-METER RELAY
4:05.46 … Penns Grove, 2014
HIGH JUMP
5-5 … Alanna Woolfolk, Clayton, 2023, 2024
POLE VAULT
11-0 … Sarah Parr, Audubon, 2010
SHOT PUT
46-1 … Cydney Thomas, Haddon Heights, 2019

Group 2
55-METER DASH
7.14 … Audrey Wilson, Deptford, 2009
400-METER DASH
57.76 … Kiara Lester, Deptford, 2016
800-METER RUN
2:17.83 … Felicia O’Donnell, Delsea, 2011
1,600-METER RUN
5:00.27 … Briana Gess, Haddonfield, 2017
3,200-METER RUN
10:47.31 … Megan Venables, Highland, 2011
55-METER HURDLES
8.20 … Lenaami Morton, Camden, 2017
1,600-METER RELAY
4:04.07 … Camden, 2009
HIGH JUMP
5-8 … Madison Cappuccio, Barnegat, 2020
POLE VAULT
12-6 … Ashley Preston, Delsea, 2018
SHOT PUT
43-0 … Janice Rose, Delsea, 2011

Group 3
55-METER DASH
7.06 … Sianni Wynn, Pennsauken, 2023
400-METER DASH
56.29 … Michelle Brown, Seneca, 2010
800-METER RUN
2:16.68 … Grace Wassell, Highland, 2022
2:16.68 … Lily Oliver, Toms River South, 2022
1,600-METER RUN
5:00.60 … Danielle Leavitt, Lacey Townshp, 2014
3,200-METER RUN
10:47.06 … Alyssa Aldridge, Mainland Regional, 2016
55-METER HURDLES
8.04 … Ste’yce McNeil, Winslow Township, 2012
1,600-METER RELAY
3:58.18 … Winslow Township, 2017
HIGH JUMP
5-8 … Gabrielle Bennett, Winslow Township, 2015
POLE VAULT
11-0 … Emerson Dirk, Toms River East, 2023
SHOT PUT
41-7 ¼ … Ronetta Hunter, Burlington Township, 2015

Group 4
55-METER DASH
7.08 … English Gardner, Eastern, 2010
7.08 … Bria Mack, Williamstown, 2017
400-METER DASH
56.02 … Nijgia Snapp, Oakcrest, 2009
800-METER RUN
2:11.07 … Jillian Smith, Southern Regional, 2008
1,600-METER RUN
4:58.69 … Nicole Clifford, Cherokee, 2022
3,200-METER RUN
10:44.28 … Megan Lacy, Cherokee, 2012
55-METER HURDLES
8.09 … Claudine Smith, Atlantic City, 2019
1,600-METER RELAY
3:58.05 … Washington Township, 2011
HIGH JUMP
5-6 … Lindsey Walsh, Lenape, 2008
5-6 … Kelsey Evancho, Lenape, 2010, 2011
POLE VAULT
11-1 … Kaitlyn Derman, Millville, 2014
SHOT PUT
44-9 ¾ … Najeaya Singleton, Vineland, 2017

Isabelle Deal left Ursinus with two school records and now she has her first at Rowan.

Deal, a Washington Township graduate, set Ursinus records of 42-6 ¾ in the indoor shot put and 144-10 in the javelin and was a three-time All-America in the javelin during her three years in Collegeville.

At the Seamus McElligott Invitational, Deal popped an indoor PR of 42-9 ¾ on her 5th throw, breaking the school record of 42-8 set by Pemberton graduate Kyanna Hawkins-Deravin at the 2015 New Year Invitational at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym (also on her 5th throw).

The running events were held at Haverford but the throwing events were held at Widener University in Chester.

Deal had the four-best throws of the meet – she had throws of 40-6 ½, 40-11 ¾ and 41-4 ¾ in addition to her winning 42-6 ¾.

Deal’s outdoor PR is a 43-4 ½ from last year’s Centennial Conference Championships at her home track. She actually doesn’t have the Ursinus outdoor shot record. That’s 45-1 ¾ by Rachelle Pecovsky in 1994 (although I’ve searched everywhere trying to find that performance and I can’t. It wasn’t at the conference meet, it wasn’t at NCAAs, it wasn’t at Penn Relays. I’m starting to wonder if it really happened because I can’t find any other meet that she even threw 42 feet. I’ll keep looking!)

Deal’s 42-9 ¾ is No. 1 in the NJAC this year by 5 ½ inches over Kerri McCarthy of TCNJ and Allentown High in Monmouth County. It’s No. 31 in NCAA Division 3 this year.

Last month, Rowan competed in the Collegeville Classic and Deal threw 42-0 ¾ and finished first in the shot at her former school.

Rowan’s outdoor school record is 43-2 by Angela Solomon at the 1991 New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships at The College of New Jersey in Ewing.

Deptford graduate Naseem Smith, a Syracuse senior, ran a hurdles PR this weekend, dipping below eight seconds in the 60-meter highs for the first time.

Smith had run 8.09 0r faster 14 different times and sub 8.05 eight times: 8.00, 8.00, 8.01, 8.01, 8.01, 8.02, 8.04, 8.04, 8.06, 8.06, 8.08, 8.08, 8.09 and 8.09.

But that elusive sub-8 finally came at the Crimson Elite 2024 at Harvard’s Gordon Track and Tennis Center in Cambridge, Mass., with a 7.96 in the prelims. In the same race, teammate Isaiah Lewis – a senior from Winslow Township – ran 8.01, just 1-100th of a second off his PR.

Syracuse junior Anthony Vazquez from Egg Harbor Township wasn’t in this race but has run 7.91 this winter. Counting Miami’s Sincere Rhea from St. Augustine, who ran 7.76 earlier this month, South Jersey has four of the top 14 hurdlers in the ACC.

Smith PR”d outdoors with a 14.02 in the prelims of the ACC Championships in Raleigh before placing 6th in the final, the second time he’s medaled at the conference meet.

Here’s our best attempt at an all-time South Jersey sub-8 list:

7.50 … Anwar Moore [Camden], Feb. 24, 2008, Boston
7.52 … Jack Pierce [Woodbury], Feb. 25, 1995, Fairfax, Va.
7.72 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], Jan. 9, 2015, Houston
7.76 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], Feb. 28, 2020, Geneva, Ohio
7.86 … Tyler Garland [Deptford], Feb. 29, 2020, South Bend, Ind.
7.87 … Devon Carter [Washington Twp.], Feb. 28, 2014, Clemson, S.C.
7.89 … Paul Klemic [Mainland Reg.], Feb. 23, 2003, Boston
7.90 … Jalen Walker [Burlington Twp.], March 8, 2015, Boston
7.91 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], Feb. 12, 2005, Ames, Iowa
7.92 … Greg Foster [Lawrenceville Prep / Lumberton], Feb. 10, 2023, New York
7.94 … Jusson Boyd [Willingboro], Feb. 26, 2012, Winston-Salem, N.C.
7.94 … Edwin Alston [Winslow Twp.], Feb. 18, 2017, New York
7.94 … Jusson Boyd [Willingboro], Feb. 26, 2012, Winston-Salem, N.C.
7.96 … Naseem Smith [Deptford], Feb. 2, 2024, Cambridge, Mass.
7.97 … Chais Hill [Highland], Feb. 26, 2016, Geneva, Ohio

There was a pretty fast 400 at Ocean Breeze Monday night, with six South Jersey runners breaking 60 seconds in three different sections and four of them PR’ing.

Let’s take a look!

1) ***Cinniya Robinson, Winslow Twp.: Led the way with a PR 57.89 in her 3rd high school 400. Her previous PR was a 58.94 on the same track in December. Her time is No. 4 in South Jersey this year and fastest by a Winslow freshman since Krystal Cantey ran 57.75 at the 2003 Meet of Champions at Jadwin Gym. It’s also fastest by a public school 9th-grader this year and No. 2 in New Jersey Group 3, behind Pennsauken sophomore Sianni Wynn, who ran 55.51 at Ocean Breeze in December. Wonder if she’s related to former Winslow star Torie Robinson!

2) Chloe Jones, Timber Creek: Ran a season-best 57.92 for 2nd place. Jones ran 56.05 outdoors last spring when she placed 3rd at the state Group 3 meet at Delsea. Her time is No. 5 in South Jersey this year and No. 3 in New Jersey Group 3.

3) **Olivia Okaro, Winslow Twp.: Okaro, who PR’d at 7.15 for the 55 last month, took 3rd in 58.36, lowering her PR for the second race in a row. She ran 58.63 in her last 400 back in December, also at Ocean Breeze.

4) *Nester Wea, Willingboro: An indoor PR of 58.49 for the versatile Wea, who won four sectional sprint and hurdles titles last spring and three state titles. She’s run 56.05 outdoors, but her previous indoor PR was 59.38 two weeks ago at the Bubble.

5) ***Maya Bolden, Willingboro: Another fast freshman, Bolden PR’d with a 58.94, her first time under 60 seconds (or 59 seconds). Fastest Burlington County freshman since Rancocas Valley’s Anabella Chin ran 58.84 at 2019 Easterns at the Armory.

6) **Kaila Speight, Willingboro: The Chimeras’ third girl under 60 seconds with a lifetime-best 59.67, Wea, Bolden and Speight are ranked 3rd, 4th and 7th in the state Group 2 rankings. This was also Speight’s first time under 60. Boro hasn’t broken 4:00 in an indoor 4×4 since they won the 2010 Meet of Champions in 3:58.33. But with these three legs adding up to 2:57.10 – and junior Sunny Oyibo running an early 1:01.65 – this could be the year.

In all, 18 South Jersey girls have already broken 60 seconds this winter, most since 2020, when there were 19. And we still have half of sectionals, states, Meet of Champions and Easterns to go. Of those 18, four are from Winslow, three from Willingboro, two from Timber Creek, Washington Township and Eastern and one each from Pennsauken, Ocean City, Clayton, Pemberton and Williamstown.

Here’s all of them!

55.51 … ***Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], Ocean Breeze
57.34 … Dylan Giloley [Washington Twp.], Armory
57.73 … **Natalie Dumas [Eastern], Bubble
57.89 … ***Cinniya Robinson [Winslow Twp.], Ocean Breeze
57.92 … Chloe Jones [Timber Creek], Ocean Breeze
57.95 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], Bubble
58.02 … Sophia Curtis [Ocean City], Bubble
58.10 … *Samantha Osei-Kyei [Eastern], Bubble
58.36 … **Olivia Okaro [Winslow Twp.], Ocean Breeze
58.43 … *Leila Ortiz [Clayton], Ocean Breeze
58.49 … *Nester Wea [Willingboro], Ocean Breeze
58.59 … Dahlia Beasley [Washington Twp.], Armory
58.94 … ***Maya Bolden [Willingboro], Ocean Breeze
59.23 … **Olivia Serrano [Pemberton], Ocean Breeze
59.50 … Paige Franklin [Williamstown], Bubble
59.53 … Djassi Dean [Winslow Twp.], Ocean Breeze
59.67 … **Kaila Speight [Willingboro], Ocean Breeze
59.69 … Dominique Clement [Winslow Twp.], Ocean Breeze

*** – freshman
** – sophomore
* – junior

Senior Nick Kuenkel split 1:55.24 and senior Robert Poplau 1:54.29 and Cherokee ran the 11th-fastest indoor 3,200-meter relay in South Jersey history Monday night at Ocean Breeze.

Freshman Ben Realley and seniors Andrew Free, Kuenkel and Poplau ran 7:53.90 to win the 4-by-8 at the South Jersey Track Coaches Association meet. Cherokee won by 50 meters over Chatham, which placed 2nd in 8:03.06.

Cherokee’s time is No. 1 in New Jersey this year and No. 5 in the U.S., according to the MileSplit national database. It’s the Chiefs’ fastest indoor time since they placed 2nd at Armory Nationals in 2012 with Colin Merrigan, Drew Viscidy, Ross Staudt and Shawn Wilson. It’s 5th-fastest on the all-time Burlington County list and fastest in 12 years.

Really split 1:59.96 on the lead-off leg, and Free ran 2:04.42, which is two seconds faster than his open 800 PR. Kuenkel moved Cherokee into a dead heat with Chatham at the third handoff, and Poplau ran away from the field with the fastest split of the day.

Cherokee’s performance is a virtual lock to qualify the Chiefs for the 128th annual Penn Relays the last weekend of April at Franklin Field.

Washington Township placed 3rd in 8:12.28 with Aaron Kolosowsky splitting 1:59.44 on the second leg. That was the fastest second leg in the race.

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 4-by-800 List
7:43.64 … Cherokee, 2012
7:45.55 … Pleasantville, 2013
7:47.50 … Kingsway, 2020
7:48.92 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017
7:51.45 … Washington Twp., 2009
7:51.78 … Cherokee, 2000
7:52.76 … Kingsway, 2020
7:52.77 … Pleasantville, 2006
7:52.95 … Willingboro, 2003
7:53.64 … Willingboro, 2002
7:53.90 … Cherokee, 2024
7:54.76 … Pleasantville, 2007
7:55.40 … Washington Twp., 2008
7:55.44 … Haddonfield, 2010
7:57.28 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
7:57.29 … Oakrest, 2009
7;57.56 … Haddonfield, 2019
7:58.08 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2016
7:58.5h … Willingboro, 1983
7:59.05 … Pleasantville, 2015
7:59.51 … Pleasantville, 2012
7:59.84 … Kingsway, 2014
7:59.91 … Kingsway, 2013

All-Time Burlington County Indoor 4-by-800 List
7:43.64 … Cherokee, 2012
7:51.78 … Cherokee, 2000
7:52.95 … Willingboro, 2003
7:53.64 … Willingboro, 2002
7:53.90 … Cherokee, 2024
7:57.28 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
7:58.5h … Willingboro, 1983
8:02.47 … Cherokee, 2011
8:03.77 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
8:04.1h … Rancocas Valley, 2015
8:06.58 … Cherokee, 2009
8:07.5h … Shawnee, 2000
8:07.93 … Seneca, 2013
8:08.4h … Cherokee, 1998
8:09.6y … Willingboro
8:10.22 … Lenape, 2000

For the second time in two days, the South Jersey indoor 200-meter dash record has fallen.

In the prelims of the 2006 Easterns at the Armory, Winslow’s Krystal Cantey ran 24.38, breaking the South Jersey 200 record of 24.46 set by Moorestown’s Amandi Rhett at 2000 Easterns at the Armory.

Cantey’s record stood until Timber Creek senior Naylah Jones ran 24.15 on Sunday at Ocean Breeze.

Cantey’s record stood for 18 years. Jones’ stood for one day.

On Monday, in a South Jersey Track Coaches Association meet on the same track on Staten Island that Jones tore up on Sunday, Pennsauken sophomore Sianni Wynn ran 24.12, breaking Jones’ South Jersey record.

Wynn’s time is No. 4 in state history – behind two Olympic gold medalists and a World Championship gold medalist – and No. 15 nationally.

Wynn broke the New Jersey sophomore class record of 24.21 set by Dominique Booker of Immaculate Heart High of Washington Township, Bergen County, at 2008 Easterns at the Armory.

As a freshman, Wynn won Meet of Champions titles indoors in the 55 [7.00] and 200 [24.48] and the Easterns title in the 400 [56.10]. She was M-of-C champ outdoors in the 100 [11.82] and 400 [54.46].

Before Monday, her 200 PR was 24.38 from Group 4 states at Franklin High, where she placed 2nd to Elizabeth senior Cynthia Boakye, who ran 24.06. Her indoor PR was 24.48 from last year’s Meet of Champs at Ocean Breeze. She had a season best of 24.51 from last month at the Armory.

Only eight girls in South Jersey history have run faster than Wynn outdoors, most recently Egg Harbor’s Lauren Princz, who ran 23.90 to win the 2018 Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington.

Wynn set the South Jersey girls indoor 200 record about 15 minutes after Washington Township’s Ajani Dwyer broke the boys record.

All-Time New Jersey 200-Meter Dash List
23.84 … Wendy Vereen [Trenton], 1984
24.00 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2016
24.11 … Athing Mu [Trenton], 2019
24.12 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2024
24.14 … Melisa Barber [Montclair], 1998
24.15 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
24.16 … Aleah Williams [Montclair], 1997
24.21 … Dominique Booker [Immaculate Conception], 2008
24.24 … Stephanie Saleem [Neptune], 1985
24.34 … Toneisha Friday [Franklin Twp.], 2005
24.34 … Mariah Fede [Paramus Catholic], 2020
24.36 … Abigail Dennis [Old Tappan], 2024
24.37 … Myasia Jacobs [Paramus Catholic], 2010
24.38 … Racquel Vassell [East Orange], 2006
24.38 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2006
24.38 … Kiya Lawson [Montclair], 2022
24.39 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
21.42 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], 2019
24.46 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
24.47 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2024
24.48 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023

All-Time South Jersey 200-Meter Dash List
24.12 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2024
24.15 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
24.38 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2006
24.39 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
21.42 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], 2019
24.46 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
24.47 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2024
24.48 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
24.52 … Cecelia Gerstenbacher [Delsea], 2017
24.61 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 2012
24.61 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
24.78 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1996
24.83 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2020
24.83 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2014
24.87 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2023
24.94 … Shardae Anderson [Paulsboro], 2005
24.96 … Toni Glatz [Delsea], 2017
24.96 … Jackie Dim [Washington Twp.], 2008
24.99 … Aliya Harrison [Sterling], 2018
24.99 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2024

Another race, another record for Washington Township senior Ajani Dwyer.

Racing the 200 at the South Jersey Track Coaches Association meet at Ocean Breeze Monday evening, Dwyer ran 21.25 in his second indoor 200 ever.

That’s No. 7 in the U.S. this year according to the MileSplit national database.

Dwyer set a state record of 6.18 at the Millrose Games Trials last month and now owns both South Jersey indoor sprint records.

His time Monday is No. 5 in state history and broke the 12-year-old South Jersey record of 21.53 set by Woodbury’s Darrell Bush at the 2012 Easterns at the Armory by more than a quarter of a second.

That was the only indoor 200 Bush ever ran in high school. He went on to run 21.01 and 45.49 at LSU and was on the 4-by-400 team that won the NCAA Division 1 Championship in 2014 in Albuquerque with a 3:04.10.

Dwyer ran a wind-aided 21.47 last spring and had a wind-legal 21.55 in his first high school meet. Dwyer never ran track before last spring and only ran two meets in New Jersey in an abbreviated season.

Dywer led a 1-2 Washington Township finish with senior Logan Perez, who PR’d with a 21.08 – No. 4 in Gloucester County history. Perez’s previous PR was 22.28 at the Armory last month.

All-Time New Jersey Indoor 200 List
20.90 … Mario Heslop [Franklin Twp.], 2019
21.05 … Shamali Whittle [Nottingham], 2022
21.07 … Xavier Donaldson [Seton Hall Prep], 2023
21.24 … Fitzroy Ledgister [St. Peter’s Prep], 2022
21.25 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024
21.34 … Adian Sanderson [Ewing], 2004
21.37 … Taylor McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2015
21.48 … Najee Glass [St. Peter’s Prep], 2012
21.51 … Zamir Thomas [Snyder], 2010
21.53 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2012
21.58 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024
21.62 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
21.62 … Jaden Marchan [Leonia], 2024
21.63 … Brian Bucknor [St. Benedict’s], 2008
21.64 … Souleymane Fall [Bergenfield], 2022
21.67 … Greg McQuenn [Elizabeth], 2022
21.68 … Rahmir Johnson [Bergen Catholic], 2019
21.70 … Shakir Taylor [East Orange], 2024
21.71 … Ty Adams [Monmouth], 1993
21.73 … Akeem Lindo [East Orange], 2007
21.75 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
21.83 … Chris Turner [Seton Hall Prep], 2001
21.6h … Gary Satterwhite [Rahway], 1985
21.6h … Ray Williams [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 2002
21.85 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991
21.85 … Charles Cox [Monmouth], 2006
21.86 … Antonio Abney [Willingboro], 2007
21.86 … Akheem Gauntlett [Roselle], 2008
21.89 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 2004
21.93 … Peter Frei [Freehold Boro], 1990
21.93 … Bryant McCombs [Old Bridge], 2005
21.96 … Michael Bolling [Willingboro], 2001

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
21.75 … 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
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
22.08 … Logan Perez [Washington Twp.], 2024
22.13 … Tyriq Bundy [Deptford], 2019
22.28 … Evan Corcoran [Kingsway], 2022
22.35 … Julian Conigliaro [Delsea], 2024
22.44 … John Williams [Washington Twp.], 2023
22.46 … Marquis Taylor [Woodbury], 2023
22.52 … Khion Smith [Deptford], 2019

Tionna Tobias PR’d again Saturday.

In two events.

Competing at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic in Albuquerque, the Winslow Township graduate and Iowa junior set lifetime bests and all-time Hawkeye top-3 marks in both the 60-meter hurdles and the long jump.

In the hurdles, Tobias lowered her PR from 8.19 last month to 8.15. Iowa apparently stopped updating its all-time performance lists because the list on their web site doesn’t show an 8.07 by Myreaanna Bebe at last year’s Big Ten Championships or an 8.00 by Paige Magee in Albuquerque last month.

But Tobias’s 8.15 looks like No. 3 in school history.

Click to access 2830ea6a-top-10-performers-womens.pdf

Tobias’s 8.15 is also No. 3 in the Big Ten Conference and No. 12 in NCAA Division 1. She and UConn junior Jailya Ash from Eastern give Camden County two of the top 20 hurdlers in NCAA Division 1. Ash ran 8.19 at the Armory last month.

On the U.S. list on World Athletics, Tobias is tied for No. 20 among U.S. women. (Ash is No. 27).

Tobias also PR’d in the long jump in Albuquerque with a 21-0 ½ leap. Tobias had a previous PR of 20-1 ¾ indoors in December 2022 in a meet in Iowa City.

Tobias had an outstanding series with jumps of 20-11, 21-0 and 21-0 ½ along with a 20-4 and a 20-4 ¾.

Her outdoor long jump PR is 20-9 ¼ as part of her NCAA heptathlon last spring. So she recorded the three best jumps of her life in her series Saturday.

In the long jump, Tobias is No. 11 in Division 1, No. 3 in the Big Ten and the No. 10 American on the World Athletics U.S. list.

https://worldathletics.org/records/toplists/jumps/long-jump/all/women/senior/2024?regionType=countries&region=usa&windReading=regular&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&maxResultsByCountry=all&eventId=10229528&ageCategory=senior

Her mark is 6th-best ever by a South Jersey alum and best in eight years, since Gabrielle Farquharson of Williamstown and Rutgers jumped 21-5 ½ in Tallahassee, Fla.

Tobias missed the Iowa indoor school record by a quarter of an inch. It’s held by Jahisha Thomas, who jumped 21-0 ¾ to win the 2018 Big Ten Championship in Geneva, Ohio.

Tobias’s jump is best ever by a Camden County high school graduate, half an inch beyond a jump by another Winslow athlete, Cidae’a Woods, who hit 21-0 while competing for Tennessee at the 2017 SEC Championships in Columbia, S.C. It looks like it’s No. 6 all-time by a New Jersey alum.

Here’s a look at the top 10 marks indoors or outdoors in the long jump by South Jersey high school graduates:

23-1 … Carol Lewis [Willingboro], Aug. 21, 1985, Zurich
23-0 … Shana Williams [Bridgeton], June 21, 1996, Atlanta
22-1 … Shameka Marshall [Oakcrest], June 26, 2010, Des Moines, Iowa
21-6 ¾ … Tisifenee Taylor [Woodbury], April 21, 2007, Bethlehem, Pa.
21-5 ½ … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], April 15, 2016, Tallahassee, Fla.
21-0 ½ … Tionna Tobias [Winslow Twp.], Feb. 2, 2024, Albuquerque
21-0 … Cidae’a Woods [Winslow Twp.], May 12, 2017, Columbia, S.C.
20-9 … Kristina Tossas [Rancocas Valley], Feb. 24, 2023, Geneva, Ohio
20-6 … Asia Young [Holy Spirit], April 6, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
20-0 ½ … Tenecia Smith [Cherry Hill East], 1992

And here’s my best attempt at an all-time New Jersey long jump list:

23-1 … Carol Lewis [Willingboro], Aug. 21, 1985, Zurich
23-0 … Shana Williams [Bridgeton], June 21, 1996, Atlanta
22-5 ½ … Keturah Orji [Mount Olive], April 3, 2021, Chula Vista, Calif.
22-1 … Shameka Marshall [Oakcrest], June 26, 2010, Des Moines, Iowa
21-9 … Claire Connor [Rahway], July 22, 1988, Indianapolis
21-6 ¾ … Tisifenee Taylor [Woodbury], April 21, 2007, Bethlehem, Pa.
21-5 ½ … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], April 15, 2016, Tallahassee, Fla.
20-1 ½ … Tionna Tobias [Winslow Twp.], Feb. 2, 2024, Albuquerque
20-1 … Cidae’a Woods [Winslow Twp.], May 12, 2017, Columbia, S.C.
20-9 … Kristina Tossas [Rancocas Valley], Feb. 24, 2023, Geneva, Ohio
20-8 ¾ … Carlene Cummings [Dwight Morrow], April 20, 2001, Durham, N.C.

What a day for Naylah Jones!

The Timber Creek senior turned in one of the greatest sprint doubles in New Jersey history Sunday at the Ocean Breeze Invitational on Staten Island.

We already wrote about her monster race in the 55-meter dash, and she followed that up by smashing the South Jersey 200-meter dash record that had stood for 18 years.

After running 6.93 in the 55 final, Jones won the 200 in 24.15, which is 5th-fastest in state history – two of the four ahead of her are Olympic gold medalists Sydney McLaughlin and Athing Mu – and broke the South Jerey record of 24.38 set by Winslow Township’s Krystal Cantey in the trials of the 2006 Easterns at the Armory.

Jones is the first New Jersey sprinter in 26 years to run sub-24.20 and sub-6.95 at any point in her scholastic career and only the third ever. The others are Trenton’s Wendy Vereen [6.79, 23.84 in 1984] and Montcxlair’s Aleah Williams [6.87 in 1998, 24.16 in 1997].

Jones may be the first ever to run that fast in the same meet. I’m still working on that.

Her time is fastest ever by a high school girl at Ocean Breeze. Halle Hazard of St. Anthony’s ran 24.29 at the 2016 Ocean Breeze Invitational.

Timber Creek junior Ryan Jennings placed second in the 200 in 24.47, which is 6th-fastest in South Jersey history and 4th-fastest in New Jersey this year. Jennings’ previous indoor 200 PR was 25.37 in December at Ocean Breeze. She’s run 24.63 outdoors. Jennings has also run 7.02 this winter.

All-Time New Jersey 200-Meter Dash List
23.84 … Wendy Vereen [Trenton], 1984
24.00 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2016
24.11 … Athing Mu [Trenton], 2019
24.14 … Melisa Barber [Montclair], 1998
24.15 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
24.16 … Aleah Williams [Montclair], 1997
24.21 … Dominique Booker [Immaculate Conception], 2008
24.24 … Stephanie Saleem [Neptune], 1985
24.34 … Toneisha Friday [Franklin Twp.], 2005
24.34 … Mariah Fede [Paramus Catholic], 2020
24.36 … Abigail Dennis [Old Tappan], 2024
24.37 … Myasia Jacobs [Paramus Catholic], 2010
24.38 … Racquel Vassell [East Orange], 2006
24.38 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2006
24.38 … Kiya Lawson [Montclair], 2022
24.39 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
21.42 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], 2019
24.46 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
24.47 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2024
24.48 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023

All-Time South Jersey 200-Meter Dash List
24.15 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
24.38 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2006
24.39 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
21.42 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], 2019
24.46 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
24.47 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2024
24.48 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
24.52 … Cecelia Gerstenbacher [Delsea], 2017
24.61 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 2012
24.61 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
24.78 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1996
24.83 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2020
24.83 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2014
24.87 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2023
24.94 … Shardae Anderson [Paulsboro], 2005
24.96 … Toni Glatz [Delsea], 2017
24.96 … Jackie Dim [Washington Twp.], 2008
24.99 … Aliya Harrison [Sterling], 2018
24.99 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2024

Ava Thomas joined the sub-11 club Sunday morning at Ocean Breeze.

Thomas, a Haddonfield senior, ran 11:01.52 for the full two miles at the Ocean Breeze Invitational, which converts to 10:57.68 for 3,200 meters, and that’s just outside the all-time Camden County indoor list in the No. 11 spot.

Thomas placed 3rd behind Ella Cohen of Hunter College Campus Schools in Manhattan [10:47.01] and Abigail Kowalczyk of Roy C. Ketcham High in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. [10:48.58].

She came through 2,800 meters in 9:47.39 before closing in 74.14 for her final quarter and 35.77 for her final lap.

Her 10:57.68 is 6th-fastest in New Jersey this year and 2nd-fastest by a South Jersey girl, behind Northern Burlington junior Liliah Gordon, who ran 10:56.44 at the Bubble back in December. Paul VI senior Shaelan McNally, who ran 10:59.26 last weekend, also at Ocean Breeze, is the only other South Jersey runner under 11 minutes this winter.

This was Thomas’s first 3,200 or two-mile since she won the Meet of Champions in 10:44.34 in June at Franklin. She PR’d a few days earlier with 10:43.86 at Group 2 states at Delsea. Her previous indoor PR was an 11:04.46 last winter at the Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.

Thomas’s time makes her 5th-fastest on the all-time Haddonfield indoor list, behind Erin Donohue [10:38.91 in 2001], Briana Gess [10:40.80 in 2016], Shelby Cain [10:48.78 in 2014] and Sarah Naticchia [10:53.89 in 2020].

All-Time Camden County Indoor Sub-11 List
10:38.11 … Megan Venables [Highland], 2011
10:38.90 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
10:40.80 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2017
10:42.06 … Holly Bischof [Bishop Eustace], 2012
10:42.22 … Theresa Cattuna [Cherry Hill East], 2007
10:48.78 … Shelby Cain [Haddonfield], 2014
10:49.12 … Madison Coppolino [Sterling], 2017 [3]
10:49.46 … Alyssa Condell [Timber Creek], 2016
10:53.89y … Sarah Naticchia [Haddonfield], 2020
10:55.29y … Ann Klocke [Bishop Eustace], 1996
10:57.68y … Ava Thomas [Haddonfield], 2024
10:57.95 … Katy Storti [Bishop Eustace], 2019
10:59.02 … Catherine Van Horn [Triton], 2005