Jamir Brown on Saturday became the first Riverside athlete to double at the Burlington County Open in 54 years, and he did it with a meet record in one event and a big PR in another.
Brown won the high hurdles in 13.75, breaking the meet record of 13.76 set in 2012 by Willingboro’s Isaac Williams, and he won the long jump with a 23-0 ½, nearly a foot beyond his PR of 22-1 ¼ from last week at the South Jersey Elite at Delsea.
Brown is only the second Riverside boy in meet history to win two events the same year and the first since Dean Van Ness won the shot put at 56-7 ½ and the discus at 136-5 in the 1970 meet at Bordentown.
He’s the first Riverside boy to win any event at a County meet since Michael Ramos won the intermediate hurdles in 2015.
Brown won the intermediates as a Delran sophomore in the spring of 2022 and didn’t compete last year. He’s the first Riverside boy to win either the high hurdles or long jump in County Open history.
Brown PR’d in the high hurdles earlier this month at the South Jersey Elite at Delsea with a 13.67 – No. 13 in state history, No. 6 in South Jersey history and No. 2 in New Jersey this year behind Washington Township’s Yashahya Brown, who ran 13.50 at South Jersey Elite with Jamir Brown chasing him. He’s No. 10 nationally with his 13.67 according to the MileSplit national database.
He’s also No. 1 in state history among Group 1 hurdlers, his 13.67 breaking the record of 13.95 set by Haddon Heights’ Kevin White at 1992 states at South Plainfield.
Brown’s 23-foot long jump was the best at the County Open in 16 years, since Cherokee’s Chris Steliga went 23-3 ½ at the 2008 meet at Maple Shade. It’s 10th on the all-time Open performance list. Brown is now 5th in New Jersey in the long jump and No. 2 in South Jersey behind Moorestown’s Rece Englehart, who jumped 23-11 ½ at South Jersey Elite.
All-Time Burlington County Open Long Jump List
24-1 ½ … Gerard Reynolds [Willingboro], 1989
23-7 ½ … Matt Rose [Bordentown], 1984
23-7 ……. Jerry Mathis [Kennedy], 1984
23-5 ………… Reynolds, 1990
23-4 ¾ ………Mathis, 1985
23-3 ½… Isaac Samuels [Kennedy], 1982
23-3 ½ … Chris Steliga [Cherokee], 2008
23-1 ¾… Marv Forchion [Willingboro], 1986
23-0 ½ ………. Samuels, 1983
23-0 ½ … Jamie Brown [Riverside], 2024
23-0 ……. Louis Smith [Burlington Twp], 1997
All-Time Riverside County Open Champions
[since meet was revived in 1967]
1970….. Dean Van Ness (Riverside), Discus [136-5]
1970….. Dean Van Ness (Riverside), Shot Put [56-7 ½]
1975….. Steve Ogorzalek (Riverside), Shot Put [51-2]
1982 ….. Dan Dmochoski (Riverside), 400-Meter Hurdles [52.2q]
1984 ….. Tom Williams (Riverside), Pole Vault [12-6]
1991 ….. Ron Brock (Riverside), 1,600-Meter Run [4:23.6]
2003 ….. Marcin Pawelek (Riverside), Triple Jump [41-11 ½]
2015……Michael Ramos (Riverside), 400-Meter Hurdles [56.00]
All-Time New Jersey 110-Meter Hurdles List
13.40 … Nathaniel Rayan [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 2023
13.43 … Danyne Brown [Camden], 1999
13.46 … Cory Poole [East Orange], 2017
13.50 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2023
13.51 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
13.52 … Todd Matthews [Notre Dame], 1998
13.55 … Jaheem Hayles [Roselle], 2019
13.59 … Gerard Reynolds [Willingboro], 1990
13.62 … Chris Stephens [Plainfield], 2001
13.66 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 1997
13.66 … Emmanuel Daux [Linden], 2001
13.67 … Jermaine Collier [Trenton], 2012
13.67 … Jamir Brown [Riverside], 2024
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 