From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Senior Dahlia Beasley picked up two wins, a 2nd and a 3rd for 34 total points to lead the Washington Township girls to their first sectional title in 23 years.

Beasley won the high jump at 5-4 and the long jump with a PR 18-8, ran 24.62 for 2nd in the 200 and ran 56.50 for 3rd in the 400 in the South Jersey Group 4 meet at Pennsauken.

Township scored 52 points on the track and 60 in the field and topped Rancocas Valley 114-82, with defending-champion Eastern 3rd with 60 points.

It was Township’s first sectional title since they won South Jersey Group 4 in 2001, 83-47 over Eastern behind triple winner LaToya Benson, who swept the 100, 200 and long jump at Buena. Township also won in 1998, 69-64 over Shawnee, and in 2000, 63-36 over Edgewood.

Junior Ella Karp, senior Dylan Giloley, juniot Dakota Jones and sophomore Cali Lacovara combined for 48 more points.

Karp won the shot put at 38-11 ½ and took 3rd in the discus with a 108-4 throw, Giloley PR’d with a 12.02 for 2nd in the 100 and ran 25.35 for 4th in the 200, Jones won the 100-meter high hurdles with a speedy PR 14.50 (fastest by a Gloucester County girl in 10 years) and Lacovara won the pole vault at 10-6. Giloley also ran on Township’s 3rd-place 400-meter relay team.

Township also won the 3,200-meter relay in 9:45.14. The runners listed in the results are sophomore Hannah Sales, freshman Layla Beasley, junior Kaylee Russen and sophomore Taylor Stuart. Thanks, Washington Township for helping out with the correct lineup! .

And senior Kayla D’Ottaviano, senior Madison Nesmith, Giloley and senior Alexandria Hetzel ran 49.15 to take 3rd in the 4-by-1.

Sophomore Riley Gramble took 2nd in the triple jump with a season-best 36-1 ½ leap, junior Zaida Taylor Buch contributed six points with a 3rd in the long jump at 16-8 3/4 and senior Laura Stanger placed 5th in the shot with a 36-3 ½.

Pennsauken sophomore Sianni Wynn swept the 100, 200 and 400 and set meet records of 11.39, 23.76 and 53.80. She also anchored Pennsauken’s wininng 4-by-1, which ran 48.01. Sophomore Sanaya Dupree, junior Amina Dyer and freshman Kinya Dawson are also listed in the results.

Eastern sophomore Natalie Dumas won the 400-meter hurdles in 1:03.27 and ran a 55.90 anchor leg on Eastern’s winning 4-by-4. Junior Samantha Osei-Kyei split 56.63 on the 3rd leg, and senior Lomaria Tengbeh and senior Eva Sprewell also ran for the Vikings, according to the results.

Senior Zoe Goldberg also picked up a win for Eastern with a PR-equalling 146-1 in the javelin. She’s No. 8 in South Jersey history.

Rancocas Valley’s Lauren Fadairo PR’d in the triple jump at 38-4 ½ [No. 5 in Burlington County history and best in 10 years].