It’s pretty hard to have a better day than Jamir Brown had at Pennsauken on Saturday.
Brown, a senior at Riverside, not only won four events in the BCSL Freedom Division meet, he broke four Freedom Division meet records along the way.
➡️ Brown won the 200-meter dash in a personal-best 21.96 in what was his first open 200 since his freshman year. That broke the Freedom Diision fat meet record of 22.66 set in 1999 by Burlington Township’s Tim Carlock. Carlock’s teammate, Louis Smith, had a hand-timed 21.9 in 1997 that is intrinsically faster than Carlock’s 22.66. His 21.96 is No. 3 in New Jersey Group 1 this year.
➡️ Brown won the long jump with a PR 23-3. That broke the meet record of 23-0 set by Burlington Township’s Smith, also in 1997. Brown’s previous PR was a 23-0 ½ to win the County Open at Northern Burlington last weekend. That 23-3 is No. 1 in New Jersey Group 1 this year and No. 4 state-wide.
➡️ Brown won the 400-meter hurdles in a big PR of 53.69, which snapped the meet record of 53.70 set in 1999 by eventual Meet of Champions winner Harran Williams of Delran. Brown’s previous PR was a 54.42 as a Delran sophomore at 2022 West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field. His 53.69 is No. 1 in New Jersey Group 1 this year, No. 1 in South Jersey and No. 3 in the state.
➡️ And he won the 100-meter hurdles in 14.05, which breaks the hand-timed meet record of 14.1 shared by Aaron Biddle of Bordentown in 1998 and Palmyra’s Will Brown in 2006. The fat meet record was 14.45 by Palmyra’s 14.45 in the 2019 prelims. Jamir Brown is already N.J. No. 2 in the highs at 13.67 from Delsea earlier this month.
In South Jersey Group 1 history, Brown now ranks No. 1 in the 100-meter hurdles, No. 3 in the 400-meter hurdles, No. 8 in the long jump and No. 13 in the 200.
Maple Shade outscored Riverside 214-136 to win the Freedom Division team title. Palmyra scored 275 points to top Burlington City [67] in the Independence Division team race. The Willingboro boys won 161-122 over Burlington Township to win the Liberty Division, and Cinnaminson defeated Delran 197-124 to win the Patriot Division title
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 