Yashahya Brown continued closing in on the state hurdles record Saturday with a lifetime-best 13.48 win at the South Jersey Group 4 Championships at Pennsauken.
Brown’s time is No. 4 in state history and only 8-100ths off the state record of 13.40 set last year by Nathaniel Rayan of Scotch Plains-Fanwood at the USATF Under-20 Championships in Eugene, Ore.
It’s No. 6 in the U.S. this year, according to the MileSplit national database.
He’s only 5-100ths of a second off the South Jersey record of 13.43 set by Camden’s Danyne Brown at the 1999 state Group 3 meet at South Plainfield.
Brown, a senior at Washington Township, broke his own meet record of 13.84 set last year, also at Pennsauken.
Once again, no wind gauge at Pennsauken.
Brown lowered his PR from 13.50 at South Jersey Elite at Delsea last month. He won over Williamstown senior Alexander Hollimon, who ran a PR 13.93 in the trials earlier Saturday, No. 17 in South Jersey history and No. 3 in Gloucester County history behind Brown and Delsea’s Sultan Tucker [13.66 in 1997]. Hollimon ran 14.15 in the final.
Brown also ran a 100 PR of 10.56 on Friday for 3rd place in the historic race won by his teammate, Ajani Dwyer, in 10.21.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 