Timber Creek’s Naylah Jones opened her senior outdoor season with the 7th-fastest 100 time in South Jersey history.
Jones ran 11.64 at Fast Times at Cherokee High, with junior teammate Ryan Jennings 2nd in 11.93. So far, they’re the only New Jersey girls under 12 seconds. No wind information was recorded.
Jones lowered her from 10.73 from her win at the Meet of Champions at Franklin in June. She ran 6.93 indoors for 55 meters, 7th-fastest in state history, and set a South Jersey 200 record of 24.15 (later broken when Pennsauken’s Sianni Wynn ran 24.00 at the Meet of Champions).
Jones’ 11.64 is fastest by any New Jersey sprinter since Manchester’s Jada Ellis, now at Rutgers, ran 11.57 at the 2021 Meet of Champions at South Plainfield. It’s fastest by a South Jersey girl since Dennisha Page of Woodrow Wilson, now at Tennessee, ran 11.63 in the prelims of the 2019 Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington.
Jennings ran within 1-100th of a second of her PR of 11.92, which she ran at the state Group 3 meet at Delsea, where she placed 2nd to Jones.
Jones’ time is 9th-fastest ever recorded by a South Jersey alumni at 100 meters:
10.74 … English Gardner [Eastern], July 3, 2016, Eugene, Ore. [+1.0]
11.21 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], April 13, 2024, Gainesville, Fla. [+1.2]
11.27 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], April 6, 2024, Knoxville, Tenn. [+1.7]
11.29 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], April 17, 2005, Walnut, Calif. [+0.4]
11.31 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], May 14, 2017, Atlanta [+0.8]
11.32 … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], May 14, 2016, Lincoln, Neb. [+1.6]
11.36 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], May 6, 1984, Houston [+1.7]
11.52 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], May 12, 2018, Knoxville, Tenn. [+0.5]
11.64 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], April 12, 2024, Marlton [NWI]
11.65 … Shardae Anderson [Paulsboro], April 14, 2007, Chapel Hill, N.C. [+1.1]
ALL-TIME NEW JERSEY 100-METER DASH LIST
11.42 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], 1981
11.44 … Myasia Jacobs [Paramus Catholic], 2010
11.49 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
11.50 … Wendy Vereen [Trenton], 1984
11.57 … Patti Dunlap [Camden], 1979
11.57 … M’elisa Barber [Montclair], 1998
11.57 … Jada Ellis [Manchster Twp.], 2021
11.58 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
11.61 … Shavon Greaves [Lakewood], 2007
11.61 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
11.62 … Cathy Cranford [Perth Amboy], 1977
11.63 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2019
11.64 … Olivia Baker [Columbia], 2013
11.64 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
11.65 … Aleah Williams [Montclair], 1999
11.65 … Ogechi Nwaneri [Columbia], 2005
11.66 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2021
11.68 … Regina Trotter [Weequahic], 1991
11.70 … Christina Nwachuku [Kent Place], 2022
ALL-TIME SOUTH JERSEY 100-METER DASH LIST
11.42 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], 1981
11.49 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
11.57 … Patti Dunlap [Camden], 1979
11.58 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
11.61 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
11.63 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2019
11.64 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
11.66 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2021
11.71 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
11.73 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2014
11.77 … Aisha Morgan [Schalick], 1998
11.78 … Shameka Speed [Bridgeton], 2003
11.80 … Famatta Lewis [Woodrow Wilson], 2007
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 