Washington Township senior Yashahya Brown ran one of the fastest times in U.S. history and placed 2nd in the 60-meter hurdles Sunday afternoon at Boston Nationals at the TRACK.
Brown ran 7.65 and finished just 4-100ths of a second behind Bradley Franklin of Thompson High in Alabaster, Ala.
His time is 16th-fastest in U.S. history. Franklin’s 7.65 is 9th-fastest.
Brown, the New Jersey state record holder in the 55 hurdles with his 7.06 at South Jersey Group sectionals at the Bubble, ran just 2-100ths of a second off the state record in the 60 hurdles held by Cory Poole of East Orange, who ran 7.63 at 2017 Armory Nationals (which is the same meet as this year’s Boston Nationals).
He broke the hallowed Gloucester County record of 7.73 set in 1997 by Delsea’s Sultan Tucker at 1997 Nationals at the Reggie Lewis Center in Brighton, Mass. – where Brown ran Saturday in the trials. At the time, Tucker’s 7.73 was No. 4 in U.S. history.
Brown earned All-America honors twice Sunday, first leading Washington Township to a 6th-place finish in the shuttle hurdles and then in the championship hurdles.
It’s been a remarkable season for Brown, who ran 7.80 last year and placed 7th at nationals at 60 meters and ran 7.22 and won the Meet of Champions at 55 meters.
This year, he lowered his 55 hurdles time to 7.06, 7th-fastest in U.S. history, smashed the Meet of Champions record with a 7.18 and even ran 6.44 in the flat 55-meter dash, 8th-fastest in New Jersey this year.
Outdoors, Brown will chase the South Jersey 110-meter hurdles record of 13.40, set last year by Nathaniel Rayan of Scotch Plains-Fanwood at USATF Under-20 Championships in Eugene. It was Rayan that Brown beat to win last year’s indoor Meet of Champions.
The South Jersey 110-meter hurdles record is Sincere Rhea’s 13.51 at 2019 Greensboro Nationals. Tucker set the Gloucester County record of 13.66 when he won the 1997 Meet of Champions at South Plainfield. Brown’s PR in the 110 highs is 13.82 from last year’s West Philly Nationals.
ALL-TIME U.S. 60-METER HURDLES LIST
7.40 … Trey Cunningham [Winfield (Ala.) City.], 2017
7.53 … Grant Holloway [Grassfield, Chesapeake, Va.], 2016
7.57 … Donovan Robertson [Midpark, Brea, Ohio], 2016
7.59 … Ayden Owens [North Allegheny, Wexford, Pa.], 2018
7.59 … Abdoul Sy Savane [Parkview, Lilburn Ga.], 2023
7.59 … Chad Zallow [JFK, Warren, Ohio], 2015
7.60 … Wayne Davis [Southeast, Raleigh, N.C.], 2009
7.61 … Kurt Powdar [Oscar Smith, Chesapeake, Va.], 2019
7.61 … Bradley Franklin [Thompson, Alabaster, Ala.], 2024
7.62 … Ricky Harris [Centerville, Clifton, Va.]. 2000
7.62 … Terrance Trammell [Southwest Dekalb, Decatur, Ga.], 1997
7.62 … Deworski Odom [Overbrook, Philadelphia], 1995
7.63 … Cory Poole [East Orange], 2017
7.64 … Damon Thomas [Northeast, Oakland Park, Fla.], 2017
7.64 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine, Buena Vista Township], 2019
7.65 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2024
7.66 … Braxton Canady [Paxon School for Advanced Studies, Jacksonville, Fla.], 2016
7.66 … Eric Edwards [Langham Creek, Houston], 2018
7.67 … Michael Hancock [George Washington, Denver], 2008
7.68 … Thavius Nelson [Troup County, LaGrange, Ga.], 1996
7.69 … Marcus Krah [Hillside, Durham, N.C.], 2016
ALL-TIME N.J. 60-METER HURDLES LIST
7.63 … Cory Poole [East Orange Campus], 2017
7.64 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
7.65 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2024
7.73 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 1997
7.74 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2024
7.79 … Nathaniel Rayan [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 2023
7.85 … Chris Serrao [East Brunswick], 2022
7.87 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], 2002
7.88 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
7.90 … Corey Nelms [Neptune], 2006
7.90 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], 2012
7.94 … Anthony Acklin [Triton], 2001
7.94 … Ihmir Marsette [Weequahic], 2017
7.94 … Akeem Lindo [East Orange Campus], 2017
ALL-TIME S.J. 60-METER HURDLES LIST
7.64 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
7.65 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2024
7.73 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 1997
7.74 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2023
7.87 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], 2002
7.88 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
7.90 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], 2012
7.94 … Anthony Acklin [Triton], 2001
7.95 … Herb Reid [Lenape], 2000
7.96 … Danyne Brown. [Camden], 1999
7.97 … Alexander Hollimom [Williamstown], 2024
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 