Teyana Ames from Atlantic County Tech throws huge shot put PR and #7 in Rutgers history at Penn Relays!!!!!!

Fantastic meet Friday at Penn for the versatile Teyana Ames, a Rutgers sophomore from Atlantic County Tech.

Ames recorded a more than two-foot shot put PR on her 1st throw at the 128th annual Penn Relays. She threw 47-10 ¾ and placed 5th,, less than a foot behind winner Olamide Enajekpo of George Mason, who threw 48-9 ½ on her 2nd throw.

Ames’ previous PR was 45-9 ¾ from an indoor meet in January in Boston. Her outdoor PR was 45-9 ½ at a home meet in Piscataway last year.

Ames’ versatility is remarkable. She’s not only a 47-foot shot putter but a 5-7 high jumper, a mark she hit at the Armory last indoor season.

After hitting the 47-10 ¾ on her first throw, Ames threw 45-7, 42-6 ¾, 44-1 ½ and 42-10 ¾.

Her 47-10 ¾ is No. 6 in Rutgers history and No. 2 among South Jersey athletes. Sylvia Galarza of Millville threw 49-2 ¼ when she won the 2007 Penn Relays.

It’s also No. 8 all-time by a woman who attended a South Jersey high school.

62-3 ½ … Jessica Woodard [Cherokee], May 20, 2021, Tucson, Ariz.
58-6 ¼ … Jamine Moton [Delsea], May 13, 2001, Clemson, S.C.
50-5 … Victoria Imbesi [Our Lady of Mercy], May 6, 2012, Philadelphia
49-10 ¾ … Shamere Rothmiller [Glassboro], May 4, 2007, Greensboro, N.C.
49-10 … Tara Daniels [Kingsway], Feb. 6, 2016, Boston
49-2 ¼ … Sylvia Galarza [Millville], April 26, 2007, Philadelphia
48-7 … Melinda Boykin [Bridgeton], May 19, 2001, Princeton
47-10 ¾ … Teyana Ames [Atlantic County Tech], April 26, 2024, Philadelphia
46-11 ¼ … Erica Davis [Northern Burlington], April 27, 2007, Philadelphia
46-8 ¼ … Janiece Rose [Delsea], May 15, 2015, Muncie, Ind.

Kingsway’s Kyle Rakitis pops a 4:05.38 anchor as Rutgers smashes 44-year-old distance medley school record at Penn!!!!!!

Kingsway grad Kyle Rakitis, a Rutgers freshman, ran a 4:05.38 anchor and the Scarlet Knights smashed a 44-year-old school record in the Penn Relays distance medley Friday.

Rutgers ran 9:43.66 and placed 4th in the DMR, behind Buffalo [9:43.14], Maryland [9:43.43] and Penn State [9:43.45].

Gavin Richards from North Hunterdon High School in Annandaale led off with a 2:58.59 leg for 1,200 meters, Gabriel Rodriguez of Union High split 48.55 on the 400 and Christopher Hill from Franklin High ran 1:51.15 on the 800 to set up Rakitis.

Rakitis, a transfer from Virginia, was coming off a PR 3:47 PR for 1,500 meters, 7th-fastest in Rutgers history.

The previous Rutgers DMR record was 9:46.7 set at the 1979 Rutgers Relays in Piscataway. The Rutgers record book does not list the runners on that team.

St. Joe’s placed 7th in 9:48.35 with 9:48.35, not far from the Hawks’ school record of 9:43.65 set in 2015. Anchor Camden Catholic anchor Matt Coffey split 4:07.37.

Rider ran 10:01.94 for 9th place with Camden Catholic graduate Richie Castaneda leading off in 3:04.17 and Egg Harbor grad Gobi Thurairajah splitting 1:54.98 for the 800 leg.

Rancocas Valley runs N.J. 400-meter relay, advances to Northeast Championship race at Penn Relays!!!!!!

Rancocas Valley’s sophomore Jameer Bellamy, sophomore Xavier Bancroft, junior David Smith and sophomore Julian Coppage-Seepersand ran the fastest 400-meter relay of all New Jersey schools at the Penn Relays Friday and qualified for the Northeast Championship Race on Saturday.

R.V. ran 42.38, the 15th-fastest time of about 500 high schools that raced at Franklin Field. Of the 14 schools that ran faster than the Red Devils, eight were from Jamaica, three from Maryland and one each from Virginia, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.

They missed qualifying for the Championship of America race by just 54-100ths of a second.

The time is fastest in New Jersey this year. R.V.’s school record is 41.99 with its win at the 2021 Meet of Champions in South Plainfield.

Rancocas Valley will race in the Northeast Championship race at 4:25 p.m. Saturday. They’re the No. 2 seed behind Coatesville of Chester County, which ran 41.88

Williamstown [43.29], Willingboro [43.32], Glassboro [43.37], Deptford [43.46], Timber Creek [43.48], Winslow Township [43.48], Pennsauken [43.78]. Millville [43.81] and Sterling [43.91] also ran sub-44.

 

Bishop Eustace junior Shawn Brady pops a big discus PR, takes 6th at Penn Relays!!!!!!

Bishop Eustace junior Shawn Brady, who just set a discus PR at the Woodbury Relays last weekend, did it again Friday morning at the Penn Relays.

Brady led South Jersey throwers in 6th, 7th and 8th place in the discus on the river fields outside Franklin Field with his first 170-foot throw. And his 2nd and 3rd.

Brady threw 169-10 at Woodbury but topped that Friday with a 173-8 on his 1st throw. He added a 171-0 on his 2nd attempt and a 171-6 on his 4th. Brady averaged 166-8 on his six throws.

His 173-8 is No. 7 in Camden County history. He hit 173-8 a day after Hammonton’s Anthony Liakhnovich threw a PR 178-0 at Delsea.

Glassboro senior Damere Lassiter placed 7th with a 168-2 on his 5th throw, and he had six throws at 163-1 or better. Bordentown senior Brock Schenck took 8th with a personal-best 167-6, well above his previous PR of 162-1 from earlier this month at the Don Danser Relays at Rancocas Valley.

All-Time South Jersey Discus List
216-11 … Ron Dayne [Overbrook], 1996
199-6 … Braheme Days Jr. [Bridgeton], 2013
197-0 … James Plummer [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
192-5 … Josh Awotunde [Delsea], 2013
191-11 … Franklin Simms [St. Augustine], 2022
189-7 … Ray Wilks [Bridgeton], 1995
185-11 … John Mooers [Middle Twp.], 2015
185-10 … Russ Willett [Penns Grove], 1985
185-7 … Matt Huckabee [Timber Creek], 2010
185-6 … Kamron Kobolak [Cinnaminson], 2018
185-5 … Ken Manahan [Deptford], 1976
184-8 … Damere Lassiter [Glassboro], 2023
184-4 … Adam Hunt [Collingswood], 2017
183-9 … Jason Nwosu [Delsea], 2022
183-4 … Janier Armstead [Penns Grove], 2023
181-10 … Jason Winrow [Cumberland Reg.], 1989
180-3 … Howard Clark [Pennsauken], 1998
179-11 … Nick Pulli [West Deptford], 2014
179-11 … Will Cioffi [Pitman], 2013
178-0 … Jim Stites [Millville], 1970
178-0 … Anthony Liakhnovich [Hammonton], 2024
177-4 … Malicah Etienne [Cinnaminson], 2023
174-9 … John Ridinger [West Deptford], 1982
173-10 … Mark Rifkin [Cherry Hill West], 1978
175-7 … John Clark [Pennsville], 2007
174-11 … Rich Lewis [Williamstown], 1985
174-11 … Cade Berardelli [Delsea], 2022
174-6 … Josh Dillard [Lindenwold], 2005
174-4 … Dennis Norman [Cherokee], 1997
174-3 … Alex Lewis [Delran], 2000
173-8 … Shaun Brady [Bishop Eustace], 2024
173-6 … Ryan Knight [Delsea], 1996
173-3 … Jake Nwosu [Delsea], 2019
173-2 … Darren Wan [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2016
172-1 … Derek Frazier [Williamstown], 1978
171-10 … Steve Muse [Kennedy], 1984
171-6 … Rashaun Graves [Willingboro], 2013
171-4 … Jon Kalnas [Paulsboro], 1998
170-10 … John McNeil [Kennedy], 1976
170-5 … Devon Brooks [Rancocas Valley], 2023
170-4 … Kurtis Johnson [Burlington Twp.], 1987
170-0 … Anthony Robertson [Penns Grove], 2014

Cherokee advances to Penn Relays Championship of America 3,200-Meter Relay with fastest time in N.J. this year!!!!!!!

Cherokee’s 3,200-meter relay team advanced to Saturday’s Championship of America 3,200-Meter Relay with the 4th-fastest time of the four qualifying races Friday morning at the 128th annual Penn Relays at Franklin Field.

Senior Nick Kuenkel, freshman Ben Realley, sophomore Logan Bromley and senior Bobby Poplau ran 7:51.14 to place 4th in the first of two large-school races following two small-school races.

Eight of the 12 qualifiers came from that first large school race, with just one from the two small-school races and three from the final race.

Cherokee will race in the Championship of America at 4:10 p.m. Saturday. It’s Cherokee’s first Championship of America 4-by-8 since 2012, when they placed 9th in 7:49.85 despite a dropped baton.

Cherokee is the first South Jersey school to make the Championship of America 4-by-8 since Egg Harbor placed 5th in 2017 in 7:47.13 with Robert Dessoye, Alex Dessoye, Aidin Hendriks and Eric Barnes.

Despite losing the two-fastest legs from last year’s Meet of Champions-winning 7:41.17 team – Conor Jacob and Patrick Ditmars – Cherokee is now the fastest team in New Jersey this year.

Kuenkel led off in 1:56.55 and had Cherokee near the front in a fairly fast race, and Realley – a rare 9th-grader running on one of the greatest stages in high school track – followed with a clutch 1:58.83 split to move the Chiefs from 6th to 5th .

Bromley, also in his first Penn Relays, ran the exact same time on the 3rd leg and moved Cherokee into 4th. Poplau anchored in 1:56.55 to keep Cherokee well ahead of 5th-place Toms River North.

So Cherokee had the 4th-fastest time going into the final race, which meant eight schools had to run faster to bump them. But when that race went out slowly – the lead group was out in 1:58-high to 1:59-low – it was clear Cherokee was safely through and would race again Saturday.

The cut-off for the Championship race turned out to be 7:57.10. The only other New Jersey schools to qualify were Toms River North [7:52.51] and West Orange [7:54.27].

The top three qualifiers were Jamaica College of Kingston [7:54.38], Newburgh (N.Y.) Free Academy [7:45.54] and Christian Brothers Academy of Memphis, Tenn. [7:47.72].

This is Cherokee’s 4th Championship of America 4-by-8. The Chiefs placed 9th in 2012 in 9:49.85 with Colin Merrigan, Shawn Wilson, Ross Staudt and Drew Viscidy.

Championship of America 4-by-8 Qualifiers
7:45.38 … Jamaica College [3]
7:45.54 … Newburgh Free Academy [3]
7:47.72 … CBA [Tenn.] [3]
7:51.14 … Cherokee [3]
7:52.05 … Central Bucks West [4]
7:52.51 … Toms River North [3]
7:53.76 … Council Rock North [3]
7:53.86 … Kingston College [4]
7:54.27 … West Orange [3]
7:54.32 … Woodbridge [3]
7:55.63 … St. John’s College [1]
7:57.10 … Lake Braddock [4]

 

Hammonton’s Anthony Liaknovich bombs #3 discus throw in Atlantic County history!!!!!!

Hammonton juniort Anthony Liakhnovich bombed a more than 10-foot discus PR Thursday at the Delsea Field Event meet.

Liakhnovich won the discus with a throw of 178-0. That’s No. 2 in the state this year behind Bergen Catholic junior Benjamin Shue, who threw 204-10 earlier this month in a meet in Paramus.

Liakhnovich’s previous discus PR was a 167-5 just last week at the Woodbury Relays. Before that it was 136-10 from sophomore year at last year’s Cape Atlantic meet at Bridgeton.

His throw is No. 3 in Atlantic County history and No. 20 on the all-time South Jersey list. He’s also PR’d in the shot put this spring with a 59-10, which is No. 4 in the state this year.

Paulsboro senior Javion Payne placed 2nd with a PR of his own at 160-5, a nearly 10-foot PR over his 150-7 at South Jersey Group 1 sectionals last spring at Pennsauken.

All-Time South Jersey Discus List
216-11 … Ron Dayne [Overbrook], 1996
199-6 … Braheme Days Jr. [Bridgeton], 2013
197-0 … James Plummer [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
192-5 … Josh Awotunde [Delsea], 2013
191-11 … Franklin Simms [St. Augustine], 2022
189-7 … Ray Wilks [Bridgeton], 1995
185-11 … John Mooers [Middle Twp.], 2015
185-10 … Russ Willett [Penns Grove], 1985
185-7 … Matt Huckabee [Timber Creek], 2010
185-6 … Kamron Kobolak [Cinnaminson], 2018
185-5 … Ken Manahan [Deptford], 1976
184-8 … Damere Lassiter [Glassboro], 2023
184-4 … Adam Hunt [Collingswood], 2017
183-9 … Jason Nwosu [Delsea], 2022
183-4 … Janier Armstead [Penns Grove], 2023
181-10 … Jason Winrow [Cumberland Reg.], 1989
180-3 … Howard Clark [Pennsauken], 1998
179-11 … Nick Pulli [West Deptford], 2014
179-11 … Will Cioffi [Pitman], 2013
178-0 … Jim Stites [Millville], 1970
178-0 … Anthony Liakhnovich [Hammonton], 2024
177-4 … Malicah Etienne [Cinnaminson], 2023
174-9 … John Ridinger [West Deptford], 1982
173-10 … Mark Rifkin [Cherry Hill West], 1978
175-7 … John Clark [Pennsville], 2007
174-11 … Rich Lewis [Williamstown], 1985
174-11 … Cade Berardelli [Delsea], 2022
174-6 … Josh Dillard [Lindenwold], 2005
174-4 … Dennis Norman [Cherokee], 1997
174-3 … Alex Lewis [Delran], 2000
173-6 … Ryan Knight [Delsea], 1996
173-3 … Jake Nwosu [Delsea], 2019
173-2 … Darren Wan [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2016
172-1 … Derek Frazier [Williamstown], 1978
171-10 … Steve Muse [Kennedy], 1984
171-6 … Rashaun Graves [Willingboro], 2013
171-4 … Jon Kalnas [Paulsboro], 1998
170-10 … John McNeil [Kennedy], 1976
170-5 … Devon Brooks [Rancocas Valley], 2023
170-4 … Kurtis Johnson [Burlington Twp.], 1987
170-0 … Anthony Robertson [Penns Grove], 2014

All-Time Atlantic County Discus List
197-0 … James Plummer [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
191-11 … Franklin Simms [St. Augustine], 2022
178-0 … Anthony Liakhnovich [Hammonton], 2024
173-2 … Darren Wan [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2016
169-1 … Cade Antonucci [Holy Spirit], 2017
168-3 … Nate Karl [Hammonton], 2019
167-9 … Steve Hague [Buena], 2007
164-8 … Dontaye Rivera [Pleasantville], 2010
162-2 … Kevin Miller [Oakcrest], 2009
161-11 … Tyler Anzisi [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018

TIMBER CREEK GIRLS RUN MONSTER 4-BY-4, ADVANCE TO PENN RELAYS CHAMPIONSHIP OF AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!

Naylah Jones, Billie Frazier, Taylor Gaines and Ryan Jennings ran the 6th-fastest 1,600-meter relay in South Jersey history and qualified for the prestigious Championship of America at the 128th annual Penn Relays Thursday at Franklin Field.

Timber Creek won the South Jersey Large School race in 3:46.04, 6th-fastest of nearly 600 high schools competing in the 4-by-4. The nine-fastest schools from 44 races advance to the Championship of America, scheduled for 4:55 p.m. Friday. Timber Creek will be in Lane 4.

Timber Creek’s time is 5th-fastest ever by a South Jersey school at Penn behind two 1995 Camden times, Willingboro when it won the Championship of America in 1999 and Clayton in 2022.

The 3:46.04 is fastest in the South Jersey race in 29 years, since Camden ran 3:45.94 in 1995. It’s also the fastest by a Camden County school since that race.

This is Timber Creek’s first trip to the Championship of America 4-by-4. In the last 30 years, only five other schools have qualified: Camden placed 4th in 1994 with Chantell Parks, Tynisha Revels, Aishia Lawson and Medina Salaam and 4th in 1995 with Revels, Salaam, Lawson and Alishia Lawson, Willingboro won in 1999 in 3:45.74 with Takia Canty, Shakirah Rutherford, Latasha Taylor and Danielle Myricks and then placed 8th in 2002 with Channel Hamilton, Halimah Bashir, Rhea Mann and Okechi Ogbuokiri, and Clayton was 6th in 2002 with Arianna Sharpe, Ariel Sharpe, Amirah Sharpe and Kelsey Thomas in 3:44.67.

Junior Billie Frazier led off with a 58.27 split, senior Naylah Jones ran 55.23 , freshman substitute runner Taylor Gaines split 57.30 and junior Ryan Jennings anchored in 55.25. Chloe Jones, one of Timber Creek’s regular quarter-milers, is hurt and did not race.

Earlier in the day, Timber Creek ran the 6th-fastest 400-meter relay in South Jersey history with Chloe Jones, Naylah Jones, Jennings and sophomore Samiyah Puckett. Timber Creek is now No. 18 in state history in both relays.

Timber Creek girls run 6th-fastest 400-meter relay in South Jersey history at Penn, advance to Northeast Championship race along with Winslow!!!!!!!!

Winslow ran 2nd in the South Jersey Large-School race in 3:49.66 with senior Djassi Dean [59.93], sophomore Olivia Okaro [56.22], senior Dominique Clement [57.07] and freshman Cinniya Robinson [56.45].

That was the 13th-fastest time among all schools, 7th-fastest among U.S. schools and 3rd-fastest among New Jersey schools, behind a North Jersey parochial school and Timber Creek.

Winslow qualified for the Philadelphia Area 1,600-Meter Relay Championship, which is scheduled for 4:50 p.m. Friday. Winslow is the 3rd seed behind Friends Central of Wynnewood [3:47.67] and Chester [3:49.02] and will race in Lane 3.

Pennsauken placed 3rd in 4:00.32 with Amina Dyer [59.93], Sianni Wynn [57.57], Olivia Dupree [59.45] and Sanaya Dupree [1:00.88]

Willingboro ran 4:02.97 and won the Small-School race with Jaden Murry [61.50], freshman Maya Bolden [59.74], Sunny Oyibo [61.72] and Kaila Speight [1:00.03].

It was Willingboro’s first South Jersey win since 2010, when the Chimeras won the Small-School race in 3:54.82. The Boro also won the Large-School or combined race in 1996 [4:00.45], 1997 [3:55.82], 1998 [3:53.55], 1999 [3:48.80], 2000 [3:53.15], 2001 [3:51.80], 2002 [3:51.45] and 2003 [3:47.30].

All-Time New Jersey 4-by-4 List
3:35.90 … Union Catholic, 2015
3:38.92 … Union Catholic, 2017
3:40.36 … Columbia, 2013
3:41.03 … Montclair, 1998
3:41.19 … Columbia, 2014
3:42.54 … Columbia, 2010
3:42.59 … Union Catholic, 2016
3:42.97 … Union Catholic, 2019
3:43.3h … Plainfield, 1981
3:43.94 … Willingboro, 2003
3:44.64 … Willingboro, 2002
3:44.67 … Clayton, 2022
3:44.9h … Columbia, 1980
3:45.11 … Union Catholic, 2024
3:45.12 … Trenton, 2001
3:45.41 … Camden, 1995
3:45.67 … Willingboro, 1999
3:46.04 … Timber Creek, 2024
3:46.13 … Willingboro, 2000
3:46.38 … Timber Creek, 2023
3:46.67 … Winslow, 2018
3:46.71 … Union Catholic, 2023
3:46.73 … Scotch Plains-Fanwood

All-Time South Jersey 4-by-4 List
3:43.94 … Willingboro, 2001
3:44.64 … Willingboro, 2002
3:44.67 … Clayton, 2022
3:45.41 … Camden, 1995
3:45.67 … Willingboro, 1999
3:46.04 … Timber Creek, 2024
3:46.13 … Willingboro, 2000
3:46.38 … Timber Creek, 2023
3:46.67 … Winslow Twp., 2018
3:47.16 … Eastern, 2003
3:47.30 … Willingboro, 2003
3:47.41 … Winslow Twp., 2017
3:47.4h … Camden, 1978
3:47.55 … Camden, 2006
3:48.00 … Wilson, 2001
3:48.17 … Wilson, 2006
3:48.6y … Camden,, 1978
3:48.78 … Lenape, 2014
3:48.7h … Washington Twp., 1999
3:48.87 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
3:48.91 … Penns Grove, 2013
3:49.25 … Lenape, 2015
3:49.2y … Camden, 1979
3:49.30 … Winslow Twp., 2004
3:49.43 … Willingboro, 1997
3:49.53 … Willingboro, 1998
3:49.63 … Winslow Twp., 2016
3:49.93 … Willingboro, 2009

All-Time South Jersey Penn Relays 4-by-4 List
3:44.67 … Clayton, 2022 Championship of America [6th]
3:45.41 … Camden, 1995 Championship of America [4th]
3:45.74 … Willingboro, 1999 Championship of America [1st]
3:45.94 … Camden, 1995 South Jersey [1st]
3:46.04 … Timber Creek, 2024 South Jersey [1st]
3:46.18 … Willingboro, 2000 Philadelphia Area [1st]
3:47.30 … Willingboro, 2003 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:47.39 … Clayton, 2022 South Jersey Small School [1st]
3:48.08 … Winslow Twp., 2017 Philadelphia Area [3rd]
3:48.80 … Willingboro, 1999 South Jersey Large School [1st]
3:49.30 … Winslow Twp., 2004 Philadelphia Area [1st]
3:49.46 … Eastern, 2003 South Jersey Large School [2nd]
3:49.53 … Willingboro, 1998 Philadelphia Area [1st]
3:49.66 … Winslow Twp., 2024 South Jersey Large School [2nd]
3:49.74 … Eastern, 2003 Philadelphia Area [1st]
3:49.97 … Lenape, 2015 Philadelphia Area [3rd]

Haddonfield’s Rebecca Hoover places 8th in Penn Relays pole vault!!!!!!

Haddonfield junior Rebecca Hoover cleared 11-9 Thursday morning and placed 8th in the pole vault at the 128th annual Penn Relays at Franklin Field.

Hoover was one of 10 girls to clear 11-9 but by doing it on her 2nd attempt she placed higher than two girls who cleared it on their 3rd try.

The top New Jersey placer was Sherya Sathiyan of Morris Hills, who cleared 11-9 on her first attempt.

Hoover’s outdoor PR is 12-0, which she just cleared at a meet last weekend in Westfield. She’s cleared 12 feet four times indoors, including a lifetime-best 12-3 ¾ at Boston Nationals in March, which is No. 4 in South Jersey indoor history.

Hoover just began vaulting last year. In fact her first lifetime meet according to her MileSplit database was a year ago today in a dual meet at West Deptford, when she cleared 7-6. By states she had cleare 10-6. She cleared 11-6 for the first time early this past indoor season and 12 feet for the first time in January.

She ranks tied for 4th on the all-time South Jersey outdoor list with her 12-0 clearance last weekend.

Moorestown junior Hannah Byrd-Leitner, the state Group 3 champion indoors at 12-0, placed 11th with a first-attempt clearance at opening-height 11-3 on Thursday morning.

Pennsylvania vaulters went 1-2, with Veronica Vacca Mount St. Joseph Academy in Springfield Townshpi, Montgomery,  clearing 13-1 on her 1st attempt and Madelyn Kelly of Villa Maria in Whiteland Township, Chester County, clearing 12-11 on her 2nd.

Eastern’s Zoe Goldberg takes 4th in Penn Relays javelin !!!!!!

Eastern senior Zoe Goldberg, after barely qualifying for the final, placed 4th in the javelin Thursday morning at the 128th annual Penn Relays.

Goldberg was sitting in 8th place after three throws with a 134-9, and the cutoff to reach the finals and it took 134-7 to advance.

But in the final, she hit three big throws, including two over 140 feet. She hit 142-7 on her 1st throw of the finals and then 142-11 on her next throw before finishing with a 137-8.

She finished behind only Taysha Stubbs of Queens College in the Bahamas [154-9], Sophia Scott of Burke High in Omaha, Neb. [146-11] and Eliana Schneider of Cedar Crest High in Lebanon, Pa. [146-11].

Goldberg’s 142-9 is only 21 inches off her lifetime-best 144-6 from the Woodbury Relays this past weekend. That’s No. 8 in South Jersey history.

Goldberg placed 8th at Penn last year with a 129-1 throw.

Timber Creek girls run 6th-fastest 400-meter relay in South Jersey history at Penn, advance to Northeast Championship race along with Winslow!!!!!!!!

Timber Creek’s juniors Billie Frazier and Ryan Jennings, sophomore Samiyah Puckett and senior Naylah Jones ran the 6th-fastest 400-meter relay in South Jersey history Thursday morning at the 128th annual Penn Relays at Franklin Field.

Junior Billie Frazier, Junior Ryan Jennings, Sophmore Samiyah Puckett, Senior Naylah Jones

Timber Creek missed qualifying for the Championship of America race by 8-100ths of a second but did qualify for the Northeast Championship race along with Winslow, scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday.

The Chargers posted the 11th-fastest time of nearly 600 schools that competed. The top nine advance to the Championship of America race.

Timber Creek was the fastest U.S. public school in the race.

Of the 10 schools that ran faster, six are Jamaican, one is from the Bahamas and the three others are parochial schools from North Jersey, Florida and Washington, D.C.

Timber Creek’s time is No. 18 on the all-time New Jersey list.

Also under 50 seconds were Winslow’s senior Sierra Handy, senior Dominique Clement, freshman Cinniya Robinson and sophomore Olivia Okaro [48.96], Washington Township’s senior Dylan Giloley, senior Kayla D’Ottaviano, junior Dakota Jones and senior Dahlia Beasley [49.38], Haddonfield’s senior Chloe Kamp, senior Ava Peifer, junior Molly Minor and junior Nicolette Pinkerton [49.41], Pennsauken’s Abigayle John, Sianni Wynn, Amina Dyer and Ameenah Rodriguez [49.47], Cherokee’s seniors Katie Zubrzycki and senior Madison Van Haren and juniors Veronica Ashcroft and Morgan Shank [49.73] and Willingboro’s sophomore Kaila Speight, freshman Maya Bolden, sophomore Jaden Murry and junior Nester Wea [49.91].

Winslow’s time was No. 31 overall, No. 4 among New Jersey schools and No,. 19 among U.S. schools, Washington Township was No. 5 among New Jersey schools, No. 40 overall and No. 25 among U.S. Schools and Haddonfield No. 42 overall, No. 6 among New Jersey schools and No. 27 among U.S. schools.

In the Northeast Championship race, Timber Creek will be in Lane 6 as the top seed and Winslow is in Lane 1.

All-Time New Jersey 400-Meter Relay List
45.50 … Montclair, 1998
45.89 … Columbia, 2010
46.07 … Union Catholic, 2024
46.08 … Trenton, 1984
46.40 … Union Catholic, 2023
46.42 … Franklin Twp., 2003
46.43 … Timber Creek, 2023
46.84 … Piscataway, 2014
46.87 … Eastern, 2003
46.89 … Franklin Twp., 2001
46.90 … Paramus Catholic, 2010
46.96 … Columbia, 2009
46.98 … Winslow Twp., 2017
46.9h … Willingboro, 1980
47.02 … Columbia, 2005
47.05 … Union Catholic, 2022
47.07 … Union Catholic, 2024
47.15 … Timber Creek, 2024
All-Time South Jersey 400-Meter Relay List
46.43 … Timber Creek, 2023
46.87 … Eastern, 2003
46.98 … Winslow Twp., 2017
46.9h … Willingboro, 1980
47.06 … Winslow Twp., 2014
47.15 … Timber Creek, 2024
47.18 … Winslow Twp., 2013
47.19 … Winslow Twp., 2018
47.25 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2018
47.27 … Delsea, 2017
47.36 … Eastern, 2019
47.40 … Winslow Twp., 2016
47.3h … Willingboro, 1981
47.45 … Willingboro, 1994
47.49 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
47.53 … Millville, 2019
47.53 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
47.54 … Winslow Twp., 2003
47.54 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
47.4h … Camden,, 1978
47.4y … Camden, 1979
47.75 … Eastern, 2002
47.76 … Winslow Twp., 2005
47.76 … Winslow Twp., 2012
47.79 … Egg Harbort Twp., 2021
47.78 … Willingboro, 2023
47.82 … Moorestown, 2000
47.85 … Deptford, 2015
47.87 … Winslow Twp., 2011
47.9h … Willingboro, 1995
47.8h … Willingboro, 2003
47.94 … Camden, 2000
47.98 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2019