Cinnaminson’s Austin Gabay ran the 4th-fastest 1,500 ever by a South Jersey runner Friday night at the Duke Invitational on his home track in Durham, N.C.

Gabay ran 3:40.73, the equivalent of a 3:58.39 full mile. After covering the first 300 in 43.53 – which is 58.04 pace for 400 meters – he ran his last three laps in 59.56, 59.54 and 58.10.

His previous 1,500 PR was a 3:42.94 in a meet at Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C., last April. The 3:40.73 is No. 3 on the all-time Duke list, behind only Olympian Bob Wheeler, who ran 3:39.0 in 1972, and Nick Dahl, who ran 3:39.10 in 2022.

Here’s a look at the all-time South Jersey 1,500 alumni top-10:
3:36.98 … Ford Palmer [Absegami], July 18, 201, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
3:38.91 … Brett Johnson [Ocean City], May 17, 2013, Los Angeles
3:40.09 … Mark Sivieri [St.Augustine], May 31, 1996, Eugene, Ore.
3:40.73 … Austin Gabay [Cinnaminson], April 12, 2024, Durham, N.C.
3:40.90 … Rob Novak [Bordentown], May 22, 2010, Los Angeles
3:41.35 … Karl Savage [Eastern], June 26, 2004, Bloomington, Ind.
3:41.70 … John Richardson [Ocean City], June 15, 2007, Bloomington, Ind.
3:41.97 … Terrance Armstrong [Camden], July 10, 1998, Montréal
3:41.99 … Jimmy Wyner [Mainland Reg.], May 30, 2009, Greensboro, N.C.
3:42.82 … Brian Gallagher [Sterling], May 10, 1998, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Gabay will finish his college eligibility next year with a grad season at Butler University in Indianapolis.

Paul VI senior Shaelan McNally opened her outdoor season with the fastest time by a South Jersey two-miler in 41 years.

McNally, competing at the Cherokee Night of 3200s, ran 10:18.93, the fastest time by a South Jersey girl since legendary Michelle Rowen ran 10:12.8 on May 28, 1983, at the South Jersey Group 4 Championships at Toms River East.

Her time is No. 16 in state history and one of the fastest ever this early in a season. McNally ran 2:11.85 and 4:52.90 indoors. Her previous 3,200 or two-mile PR was 10:48.90 last June at the state Parochial A meet at Franklin.

McNally negative-split the race, out in 5:13.92 and coming back in 5:05.01, closing in 2:26.74 and 71.86.

McNally was competing in a mixed race in the 17th of 21 sections of 3,200s. She finished 2nd in her race to Joseph Calabrese, a freshman from Monsignor Farrell in Staten Island, N.Y. Calabrese ran a PR 10:13.32.

For record purposes, some statisticians might not include the performance because it came in a mixed race. From the Backstretch policy is to include any performances in a mixed race.

McNally broke the Camden County record of 10:28.6 set by Olympian Erin Donohue of Haddonfield at 2001 South Jersey Group 2 sectionals at Buena.

There wasn’t a clock at 3,000 meters, but since she closed in 71.86, if her last 200 was in about 35 or 36 seconds, she came through 3,000 meters in about 9:40, which would put her around 13th-fastest on the all-time South Jersey 3,000 alumni list.

Olympian Marielle Hall holds the official South Jersey 3,000 record of 9:40.23 from the 2010 Penn Relays.

The 2nd-place girl was Ocean City junior Maeve, who ran a lifetime-best 10:50.72 . Cherokee senior Kerry O’Day also ran sub-11, finishing 3rd among girls in 10:58.48.

ALL-TIME N.J. 3,200 LIST
9:53.29 … Angelina Perez [Lakeland Regional], 2022
9:59.34 … Charlotte Bednar [The Lawrenceville School], 2021
10:10.24 … Abby Loveys [Randolph], 2019
10:12.73 … Dana Giordano [Bernards], 2012
10:12.8h … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1983
10:13.44 … Ashley Higginson [Colts Neck], 2007
10:15.02 … Sarah Disanza [High Point Reg.], 2013
10:15.82 … Alexa Westley [Warren Hills], 2019
10:16.46 … Molly Malague [Metuchen], 2022
10:17.18 … Melanie Thompson [Voorhees], 2008
10:17.28 … Katie McCafferty [Oak Knoll], 2008
10:18.08 … Tilly O’Connor [St. Rose], 2023
10:18.0h … Jodie Bilotta [North Hunterdon], 1987
10:18.24 … Mackenzie Barry [Mendham], 2012
10:18.34 … Lily Shapiro [Colts Neck], 2021
10:18.93 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024
10:18.7h … Janet Smith [North Edison], 1983
10:19.31 … Chelsea Ley [Kingsway], 2008
10:19.37 … Julia Trethaway [West Morris Central], 2019
10:21.46 … Grace Dwyer [Nottingham], 2015
10:22.02 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2012
10:22.87 … Courtney Thompson [St. John Vianney], 2014
10:25.33 … Megan Curham [Villa Walsh], 2013
10:25.54 … Cate DeSousa [Red Bank Cathollic], 2022
10:25.69 … Lindsay Hausman [Kent Place], 2023
10:26.14 … Elyssa Gensib [Princeton], 2012
10:26.1h … Christi Constantin [Kittatinny], 1988
10:26.47 … Katy Trotter [Red Bank], 2003
10:26.56 … Eve Glasergreen [North Hunterdon], 2014
10:26.59 … Colette Richter [Mountain Lakes], 2012
10:27.44 … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], 2017
10:27.74 … Colette Whitney [Voorhees], 2010
10:28.25 … Kaitlyn Mooney [Southern Reg.], 2016
10:28.35 … Kelly Janokowicz [Hillsborough], 2012
10:28.11 … Amanda Trotter [Red Bank], 2003
10:28.6h … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
10:28.80 … Caroline Kellner [West Windsor-Plainsboro South], 2012
10:29.28 … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017
10:29.79 … Sarah Pagano [Immaculate Heart], 2008
10:29.97 … Carleen Jeffers [Ridgewood], 2015

ALL-TIME S.J. 3,200 LIST
10:12.8h ….. Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1983
10:18.93 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024
10:19.31 … Chelsea Ley [Kingsway], 2009
10:22.02 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2012
10:27.44 … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], 2017
10:28.6h….. Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
10:29.28 … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017
10:30.57 … Dina Iacone [Washington Twp.], 2012
10:32.4h….. Mindy Rowand [Sterling], 1985
10:33.22 … Holly Bischof [Bishop Eustace], 2012
10:33.25 … Megan Venables [Highland], 2011
10:33.85 … Sarah Naticchia [Haddonfield], 2021
10:34.79 … Theresa Cattuna [Cherry Hill East], 2007
10:35.59 … Amanda Goetschius [Delsea], 2007
10:37.47 … Meghan McGlinchey [West Depford], 2009
10:37.53 … Vanessa Wright [Haddonfield], 2005
10:39.15 … Devon Grisbaum [Ocean City], 2015

West Deptford’s Jacob Cobb, a sophomore at Massachusts Institute of Technology, shattered his steeplechase PR Friday evening and moved into the all-time South Jersey top-10.

Cobb ran 9:12.63 and placed 6th at the Providence College Friar Invitational at Ray Treacy Track at Hendricken Field. His time is No. 7 in MIT history.

Cobb’s time is also No. 10 on the all-time South Jersey performance list, just behind 1952 Olympian Browning Ross of Woodbury, who remains the Gloucester County alumni steeplechase record holder 72 years after he ran 9:08.3 and placed 3rd at the 1952 U.S. Olympic Trials at L.A. Coliseum.

Cobb’s previous PR was a 9:24.26 last weekend in a meet in Amherst, Mass. Before this month, his steeple PR was 9:30.62 from last May in a meet on his home track in Cambridge, Mass.

Here’s a look at the all-time South Jersey top-10 (as far as I can find):

8:38.94 … Sam Gerstenbacher [Schalick], May 20, 2022, New York
8:46.16 … Mike Ungvarsky [Cinnaminson], May 2022, Durham, N.C.
8:53.66 … Connor Herr [Shawnee], 2015, Philadelphia
8:56.15 … Terrance Armstrong [Camden], 1994, unknown
9:04.63 … Greg Pelose [Haddonfield], May 4, 2019, Worcester, Mass.
9:05.48 … Louis Corgliano [Hammonton], March 30, 2018, Gainesville, Fla.
9:06.1h … Karl Savage [Eastern], May 16, 2005, Philadelphia
9:07.70 … Dave DeJong [Shawnee], 2001, unknown
9:08.3h … Browning Ross [Woodbury], June 28, 1952, Los Angeles
9:12.63 … Jacob Cobb [West Deptford], April 12, 2024, Providence, R.I.

Paul VI’s Aliya Garozzo, a Penn junior, raced to another huge PR in the intermediate hurdles Friday evening in Gainesville.

Garozzo ran 57.22 at the Tom Jones Memorial and destroyed her own Penn Quaker school record of 57.97 that she just set two weeks ago in an earlier meet on the same Percy Beard Track at the University of Florida.

Before this spring, Garozzo had a PR of 59.76 from the 2022 Ivy League Championships in New Haven. She’s now PR’d in both her 400IH races this spring.

She bumped Harvard sophomore Chloe Fair for the top time in the Ivy this year. Fair ran 57.78 in Gainesville two weeks ago.

Her time is fastest by any Ivy League woman in seven years, since Harvard senior Jade Miller ran 56.41 at the Mt. SAC Relays in Torrance, Calif., in April 2017.

She’s now 5th-fastest in South Jersey history and 8th-fastest on the all-time New Jersey list, a list topped by the world record holder.

Garozzo has also PR’d in the 200 [24.42] and 100-meter hurdles [13.65] so far this spring. She’s No. 1 in the Ivy in both hurdles races and No. 9 in the 200.

All-Time New Jersey 400-Meter Hurdles List
50.68 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], July 22, 2022, Eugene, Ore.
55.78 … Tonya Lee [Rancocas Valley], April 21, 1996, Walnut, Calif.
56.21 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], May 26, 2007, Gainesville, Fla.
56.87 … Evann Thompson [Lenape], May 30, 2014, Jacksonville, Fla.
56.91 … Angela Lee [Franklin Twp,.], May 24, 1998, Fairfax, Va.
57.14 … Leslie Njoku [McNair Academic], June 8, 2011, Des Moines, Iowa
57.16 … Jewel Ash [Eastern], May 9, 2022, High Point, N.C.
57.22 … Aliya Garozzo [Paul VI], April 11, 2024, Gainesville, Fla.
57.31 … Danielle Myricks [Willingboro], May 19, 2002, Columbia, Mo.
57.84 … Arianna Smith [Pennsville], May 6, 2023, Philadelphia

All-Time South Jersey 400-Meter Hurdles List
55.78 … Tonya Lee [Rancocas Valley], April 21, 1996, Walnut, Calif.
56.21 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], May 26, 2007, Gainesville, Fla.
56.87 … Evann Thompson [Lenape], May 30, 2014, Jacksonville, Fla.
57.16 … Jewel Ash [Eastern], May 9, 2022, High Point, N.C.
57.22 … Aliya Garozzo [Paul VI], April 11, 2024, Gainesville, Fla.
57.31 … Danielle Myricks [Willingboro], May 19, 2002, Columbia, Mo.
57.84 … Arianna Smith [Pennsville], May 6, 2023, Philadelphia
58.28 … Nylah Perry [Winslow], May 27, 2023, Sacramento, Calif.
58.38 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow], May 2, 2015, Starkville, Miss.
58.75 … Andrea Olsen [Buena], May 27, 2016, Jacksonville, Fla.

Wilson’s Dennisha Page blasted another massive sprint PR Friday afternoon in Gainesville, this time at 200 meters.

Page, a senior at Tennessee, ran a remarkable popping 22.70 – into a 1.8 meters-per-second headwind – at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational at Percy Beard Track at the University of Florida.

That time is 5th-fastest ever by a New Jersey native and fastest since Olympic golf medalist and world 400-meter hurdles record holder Sydney McLaughlin ran 22.39 in Gainesville in 2018.

The only faster time recorded by a South Jersey native is a 22.62 by Olympic gold medalist English Gardner in Los Angeles in 2013.

Page placed 6th but had the fastest wind-legal time in the race.

Page’s previous PR was 23.08 just two weeks ago in Baton Rouge. She had a wind-aided 22.88 (3.1) at NCAA East Prelims in Jacksonville last May in her last meet competing for Rutgers.

Her 22.70 is 6th-fastest in Tennessee history. She ran 11.27 last weekend in a home meet in Knoxville, and that’s No. 10 in Vols history.

Only three women in NCAA Division 1 had run as fast as 22.70 this spring, according to TFRRS [Track and Field Results Reporting System], but we won’t know exactly where Page ranks on the 2024 list until results from all meets this weekend are added into the database by Sunday.

The World Athletics database shows only nine U.S. women having run faster than Page this year and 14 world-wide.

The provisional qualifying standard for the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene is 23.00. The A standard is 22.57. A field of 35 will qualify.

All-Time New Jersey 200-Meter Dash List
22.37… Me’Lisa Barber [Montclair], June 26, 2005, Carson, Calif.
22.39 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], March 29, 2018, Gainesville, Fla.
22.62 … English Gardner [Eastern], May 12, 2013, Los Angeles
22.63 … Wenda Vereen [Trenton], April 17, 1993, Walnut, Calif.
22.70 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], April 11, 2024, Gainesville, Fla.
22.73 … Mikele Barber [Montclair], June 23, 2007, Indianapolis, Ind.
23.07 … Shavon Greaves [Lakewood], April 2, 2010, Gainesville, Fla.
23.07 … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], May 15, 2016, Lincoln, Neb.
23.08 … Aleah Williams [Montclair], May 19, 2003, Austin, Texas
23.24 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], June 10, 2004, Austin, Texas

All-Time South Jersey 200-Meter Dash List
22.62 … English Gardner [Eastern], May 12, 2013, Los Angeles
22.70 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], April 11, 2024, Gainesville, Fla.
23.07 … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], May 15, 2016, Lincoln, Neb.
23.24 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], June 10, 2004, Austin, Texas
23.53 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], May 14, 2017, Atlanta
23.53 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], May 12, 2023, Bloomington, Ind.
23.67 … Aisha Morgan [Schalick], May 10, 2002, Louisville, Ky. [+0.9]
23.71i… Kiara Lester [Deptford], Feb. 23, 2019, Ann Arbor, Mich.
23.90 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], June 11, 2009, Fayetteville, Ark. [+1.3]
23.95 … Andrea Conaway [Bordentown], 1988

Malicah Etienne is off and running in his first season of collegiate outdoor track with the 5th-best discus throw in Georgian Court history.

Etienne, a freshman from Cinnaminson, threw 157-8 with the 4.4-pound college discus at a meet in West Long Branch. He had a high school PR of 177-4 with the 3.5-pound disc.

That 157-8 is the best throw by a Georgian Court thrower since 2019 and less than five feet off the school record of 162-0 set at a meet in Galloway Township in 2017 by Joseph Kaas, who was from Governor Thomas Johnson High in Frederick, Md. No. 2 on that list is Delsea’s Bill Goldsborough, who threw 161-6 at a meet in West Long Branch in 2019.

Etienne threw 53-9 ¼ indoors in February at Ocean Breeze, which is No. 3 on the Georgian Court all-time list.

A nice 800 PR for UMBC freshman Lexi Tepper from Cherry Hill East in her first outdoor season in Catonsville.

In her first outdoor 800, Tepper ran a PR of 2:16.92 in a meet in Columbia, S.C. She also ran a 1,500 PR of 4:45.78 in a meet in Fairfax, V a.

At Cherry Hill East, Tepper ran 2:17.02 this past spring at South Jersey Group 4 sectionals at Pennsauken. Indoors, she ran 2:20.88 and lowered her mile PR more than 15 seconds to 5:02.80 in a meet at the Armory.

Tepper ran 21:48.6 for 6,000 meters at the NCAA Division 1 Mid-Atlantic Cross Country Championships, and that’s the 9th-fastest 6,000 time in school history.

Next up for Tepper is the Bison Classic at Bucknell in Lewisburg, Pa., on Friday and Saturday.

Click to access Track_RecordsJan12024.pdf

It won’t count for record or all-time list purposes, but Hammonton junior Anthony Liakhnovich bombed one of the top shot put throws in South Jersey history Tuesday in a dual meet.

Liakhnovich threw 61-2 in a dual meet against Oakcrest and Atlantic City Institute of Technology in Hamilton Township.

That would rank 16th in South Jersey history indoors or out if he threw it in a major meet. It would be No. 15 on the all-time outdoor list.

Although marks recorded in dual meets are eligible for school records, they aren’t included in our all-time South Jersey lists, a policy we instituted when we started putting these lists together years ago because of officiating inconsistencies at dual meets. Ed Grant, who put together the original all-time New Jersey lists in his New Jersey Track newsletter and annuals starting in the mid-1960s, had the same policy.

But it doesn’t mean Liakhnovich didn’t have a huge meet. He opened with the 61-2 and then threw 56-2 and 57-1.

The official Atlantic County record is 61-4 set by Kofi Yamoah of Egg Harbor Township at the 2013 South Jersey Invitational at Buena.

Liakhnovich’s previous PR and his big-meet PR was a 59-10 this past Saturday at the Rebel Relays at Howell High School in his 2024 outdoor debut. That’s No. 3 in New Jersey this year. He threw 56-10 ¼ indoors at Cherokee in January and his best throw last spring as a sophomore was 49-11.

Liakhnovich’s next few meets are the Bridgeton Relays Saturday, Woodbury a week from Saturday, the Delsea Crusader Field Meet on April 25 and the South Jersey Invitational on May at Delsea.

All-Time South Jersey 60-Foot Shot Put List [combined indoor / outdoor]
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]
61-2 … Anthony Liakhnovich [Hammonton], 2024 [o]
60-11 ……. Lucciano Pizarro [Cherokee], 2019 [o]
60-3 … Donate Rivera [Pleasantville], 2012 [o]
60-3 … Harry Dilts [Pitman], 1971 [i]
60-1 … Damere Lassiter [Glassboro], 2024 [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 South Jersey Outdoor 60-Foot Shot Put List
68-8 ½ … Braheme Days Jr. [Bridgeton], 2012
64-10 ½ … Jon Kalnas [Paulsboro], 1997
64-6 ¼ … Ron Dayne [Overbook], 1996
64-5 … Ray Wilks [Bridgeton], 1995
64-4 ¼ … Chris Robinson [Penns Grove], 1990
63-2 ½ … Jason Nwosu [Delsea], 2022
63-0 … Lou Gordon [Bridgeton], 1995
62-10 ¼ … Nick Pulli [West Deptford], 2014
61-11 ¾ … Kamron Kobolak [Cinnaminson], 2018
61-10 ½ … Harry Dilks [Pitman], 1971
61-6 … Josh Awotunde [Delsea], 2013
61-4 ½ … Bubba Green [Millville], 1976
61-4 … Kofi Yamoah [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
61-2 ¼ … Matthew Huckabee, [Timber Creek], 2010
61-2 … Anthony Liakhnovich [Hammonton], 2024 [o]
60-11 ……. Lucciano Pizarro [Cherokee], 2019
60-7 ½ … Ell Ash [Willingboro], 2004
60-3 … Donate Rivera [Pleasantville], 2012
60-11 ½ … Ryan Knight [Delsea], 1994

Ten South Jersey girls and nine boys are on their way to the Penn Relays to compete in individual invitational events later this month.

Interesting that South Jersey has three entrants in two events – the boys discus and the girls discus.

The Penn Relays announced individual entries Tuesday for the 125th annual Penn Relays April 25-27 at Franklin Field on the University of Pennsylvania campus in West Philadelphia.

Acceptances for the invitational 3,200-meter relay and distance medley will be announced next week. Schools have through this coming weekend to qualify in the two invitational relays.

For the complete entry list, click here.

For the order of events, click here.

Here’s a look at all the entries:

GIRLS
*Liliah Gordon, Northern Burlington, 3,000-meter run: Gordon ran 9:57.23 and placed 14th in the 3,000 at last year’s Penn Relays – the 9th-fastest time in South Jersey history – but after a 10:26.49 at Ocean Breeze in the Meet of Champion – which is about 9:47 pace for 3,000 meters – she seems ready to go even faster. For the record, the South Jersey record is 9:40.2 by Olympian Marielle Hall at the 2010 Penn Relays.

Dahlia Beasley, Washington Township, High Jump: The versatile Beasley this winter ran 7.44 for 55 meters, 24.57 for 200, 56.44 for the 400, long jumped 17-1 and high jumped 5-6. There are no high school sprinting events at Penn, so she’ll compete in the high jump.

*Hannah Byrd-Leitner, Moorestown, Pole Vault: She PR’d indoors with a 12-6 in a meet in Conshohocken, Pa., and had seven other meets over at least 12 feet. This will be Byrd-Leitner’s first Penn Relays.

*Rebecca Hoover, Haddonfield, Pole Vault: Hoover cleared a lifetime-best 12-3 ¾ at Boston Nationals indoors. She also had a 12-0 clearance to place 2nd at the Meet of Champions.

Sophia Curtis, Ocean City, Triple Jump: If the Penn Relays hadn’t stupidly eliminated the high school 400-meter hurdles, we could have seen Curtis in what may be her best event. Then again the triple jump may be her best event. She placed 2nd at Penn last year with her lifetime-best 40-10 ¼ and then won the Meet of Champions at 40-7 ½. She won the MoC indoors at 40-9 ¼ and placed 4th at nationals.

**Ma’Syiah Brawner, Winslow Township, Triple Jump: Another incredibly versatile athlete, Brawner has PRs of 5-4 in the high jump, 19-3 ½ in the long jump, 39- 10 ¼ in the triple jump and 8.45 in the 55-meter hurdles. This will be Brawner’s first Penn Relays.

*Brook-lynn Roberts, Winslow Township, Discus: Roberts popped a 137-0 to win South Jersey Group 3 sectionals at Delsea last spring. In events that can’t be contested indoors, athletes can qualify using marks from the previous spring.

Maylisa Bluford, Clayton, Discus: Bluford qualified for Penn with a big 130-3 throw for 3rd place last spring at the Meet of Champions. She had a strong opener this spring with a 125-5 at the Spartan Relays this past Saturday at Deptford.

**Sunsarai Moore, Glassboro, Discus: Moore needed a big throw at the Spartan Relays to punch her ticket to Penn, and she came through with a huge personal-best 125-6 for a one-inch win over Bluford and her first trip to Penn.

Zoe Goldberg, Eastern, Javelin: Goldberg placed 8th in last year’s Penn Relays javelin at 129-1 and went on to take 3rd in the Meet of Champions at 136-3.

BOYS
Peyton Shute, Woodbury, 3,000-meter run: Shute ran 8:36.75 and placed 6th at Penn last year and then ran 9:05.99 indoors at the Meet of Champions, which is about 8:31.9 pace.

Elijah Forrest, Collingswood, 3,000-meter run: Forrest hasn’t run a track 3,000, but he did run 9:12.77 for 3,200 meters, which is about 8:38 pace for 3,000 meters. This will be Forrest’s first Penn Relays.

David Godbolt, Rancocas Valley, High Jump: A couple 6-6 clearances qualified Godbolt for Penn. This is Godbolt’s first Penn Relays. He was indoor Easterns champ as a sophomore and 2nd in the Meet of Champions this past winter. Also a 21-6 ¾ long jumper and 44-3 triple jumper.

Ryan Merlino, Oakcrest, Pole Vault: Merlino earned All-America honors indoors at Armory Nationals when he tied the South Jersey record of 16-0 and placed 5th in the country. Merlino placed 8th at Penn last year at 14-8.

Cartrell Moore, Glassboro, Triple Jump: The multi-talented Moore (49.59 400, 54.60 400IH, 21-8 ¾ long jump, 11.16 100) sailed 46-6 ½ in a meet in January in Collegeville, Pa., to score his first Penn Relays invite.

*Jonathan Harris, Delsea, Shot Put: Harris joined the 60-foot club with a 60-0 ¼ at a meet at Cherokee in February. He’s had five other meets over 58-11. Threw 57-8 at Deptford Saturday in his 2024 debut.

Damere Lassiter, Glassboro, Discus: Lassiter had his choice of events – his 60-1 at Easterns in February would have qualified him in the shot – but he chose the discus, where he bombed a meet-record 184-8 last year at South Jersey Group 1 sectionals at Pennsauken.

Brock Schenck, Bordentown, Discus: After sitting out last year, the only way for Schenck to qualify for Penn was to do it opening weekend, and he threw 162-1 at the Don Danser Relays to make the cut. That was a PR by 24 feet.

Shawn Brady, Bishop Eustace, Discus: Brady had four meets over 160 feet as a junior last year, including a personal-best 169-1 for 6th at the Meet of Champions. He didn’t need to throw far Saturday because he was already in based on that 169-1, but he opened his senior year with a 167-0 at the Don Danser Relays.

Kingsway graduate Evan Corcoran ran a near-PR in the 100-meter dash this weekend and the No. 2 time so far this year in the NJAC.

Corcoran, a sophomore at Rowan, ran 10.70 in the trials at the Metropolitan Championships Saturday at Ichan Stadium on Randall’s Island in Manhattan and then went on to win the final in 10.71. No wind information was recorded, unfortunately.

Corcoran ran within 7-100ths of a second of his 100 PR of 10.63, which he ran twice last May at the AARTFC Championships in Selinsgrove, Pa. (AARTFC is the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference). He finished last year by anchoring Rowan’s 400-meter relay team that placed 2nd at NCAAs in Rochester with a 40.14, 6th-fastest in NCAA Division 3 history.

Corcoran ran 21.68 for 200 meters last year but hasn’t run a 200 yet this spring. Indoors, he was runner-up in the NJAC Championships in both the 60 and 200.

At Kingsway, Corcoran ran 10.55, 21.62 and 49.49. He was a state Group 4 champion in the 200 and Meet of Champions 3rd-place finisher in the 100.

Rowan junior Shamar Love from Bridgeton placed 3rd in 10.83 and Willingboro graduate Miles Allen, a freshman at Essex County College, ran 10.98.