Riverside senior Jamir Brown continued his astonishing breakthrough season in the 110-meter hurdles Thursday night at Cherokee with the 7th-fastest time in state history.
Brown lowered his PR from 13.67 to a blazing 13.54 at the Cherokee Final Countdown Last Chance meet in Marlton.
The only hurdlers in New Jersey history to run faster are Camden’s Danyne Brown, who won the 1999 state Group 4 race in South Plainfield in 13.43, Washington Township senior Yashahya Brown, who ran 13.50 earlier this month at South Jersey Elite at Delsea, where Jamir Brown ran his previous PR chasing Yashahya Brown, and St. Augustine’s Sincere Rhea, who ran 13.51 at 2019 Greensboro Outdoor Nationals.
Brown and Brown – Yashahya and Jamir – are now No. 6 and 7 nationally, according to the MileSplit national database.
If this seems confusing, that might be because three of the four-fastest hurdlers in South Jersey history all have the last name Brown.
Brown broke a 34-year-old Burlington County record of 13.59 set by Gerard Reynolds at the 1990 Meet of Champions in South Plainfield.
His time is also fastest ever by a New Jersey Group 1 runner, breaking his own mark of 13.67.
Because Washington Township and Riverside are in different counties and conferences, the earliest Brown and Brown will meet again is either the Meet of Champions on June 12 at Pennsauken or June 13-16 at West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field.
Brown was the top freshman in New Jersey in 2021 with a 15.27 for 3rd place at the Burlington County Open. He spent 2022 at Delran and lowered his PR to 14.66 at the state Group 2 meet at Somerset, where he placed 2nd to Willingboro’s Anaias Hughes, currently running for Rowan.
Brown was back at Riverisde last year but was hurt and only competed in a couple meets and never ran the high hurdles.
But he quickly dropped his PR this spring – 14.34 at the Moorestown Invite, 13.93 in the trials of South Jersey Elite and then that 13.67 in the final.
ALL-TIME N.J. 110 HURDLES LIST
13.40 … Nathaniel Rayan [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 2023
13.43 … Danye Brown [Camden], 1999
13.46 … Cory Poole [East Orange Campus], 2017
13.50 … Yashaya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2024
13.51 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
13.52 … Todd Matthews [Notre Dame], 1998
13.54 … Jamir Brown [Riverside], 2024
13.55 … Jaheem Hayles [Roselle], 2019
13.59 … Gerard Reynolds [Willingboro], 1990
13.62 … Christopher Stephens [Plainfield], 2001
13.66 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 1997
13.66 … Emmanuel Deux [Linden], 2001
13.67 … Jermaine Collier [Trenton], 2012
13.70 … Chris Alexander [Christian Brothers], 2015
13.71 … Akeem Lindo [East Orange], 2018
13.73 … Christopher Serrao [East Brunswick], 2022
13.73 … Kevin Hagamin [Timber Creek], 2014
13.74 … Scott Robinson [Hillsboro], 2001
13.74 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], 2001
13.75 … Rashad Baker [Wilson], 2000
13.75 … Bennett Jackson [Raritan], 2010
13.76 … Nate Harley [Pleasantville], 1996
13.76 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], 2012
13.77 … Anthony Acklin [Triton], 2001
13.78 … Al-Tariq Dunson [East Orange], 2018
13.80 … Devon Hill [Trenton], 2008
ALL-TIME SOUTH JERSEY 110 HURDLES LIST
13.43 … Danye Brown [Camden], 1999
13.50 … Yashaya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2024
13.54 … Jamir Brown [Riverside], 2024
13.59 … Gerard Reynolds [Willingboro], 1990
13.66 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 1997
13.73 … Kevin Hagamin [Timber Creek], 2014
13.74 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], 2001
13.75 … Rashad Baker [Wilson], 2000
13.76 … Nate Harley [Pleasantville], 1996
13.76 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], 2012
13.77 … Anthony Acklin [Triton], 2001
13.81 … Scot McCray [Camden], 1997
13.81 … Jeff Young [Wilson], 1999
13.87 … Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], 2023
13.90 … Edwin Alston [Winslow Twp.], 2015
13.92 … Enrique Llanos [Wilson], 1999
13.93 … Malachi Wesley [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2022
13.94 … Hal Lathan [Egg Harbor Twp,], 2009
13.95 … Kevin White [Haddon Heights], 1992
13.95 … Naseem Smith [Deptford], 2019
13.96 … Devon Carter [Washington Twp.], 2010
13.97 … Will Brown [Palmyra], 2006
13.97 … Syteek Farrington [Camden], 2010
13.99 … Herb Reid [Lenape], 2000
13.99 … Eric Foster [Wilingboro], 2024
13.99 … Herb Reid [Lenape], 2000
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 