Sophia Curtis becomes 6th South Jersey girl in history to run sub-60 intermediates hurdles!!!!!!

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Ocean City senior Sophia Curtis became the 6th South Jersey girl to dip under a minute in the 400-meter hurdles Saturday at the State Group 3 meet at Delsea.

Curtis ran 59.80, exactly the same time that Eastern sophomore Natalie Dumas ran last month at the South Jersey Elite at Delsea. They are both tied for No. 5 in South Jersey history, and they’re the first two South Jersey girls under 60 seconds since Torie Robinson of Winslow ran 59.56 at the 2013 Meet of Champions in South Plainfield.

Curtis, whose previous PR was 1:00.11, also from the South Jersey Elite, lowered her own Cape May County record.

Dennis had a previous PR of 1:01.10 from a meet last month at Roxbury. She and Curtis are No. 17 and No. 20 in state history. They’ll be the top two seeds at the Meet of Champions Wednesday at Pennsauken.

Curtis is also the top seed in the triple jump on Saturday and among the top seeds in the long jump and flat 400.

All-Time New Jersey Sub-60 400 Hurdles List
53.82 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2017
56.83 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2005
57.48 … Tawana Watkins [Paterson Kennedy], 2000
58.44 … Amber Allen [Passaic County Tech], 2009
58.6h … Tracy Nelson [Plainfield], 1981
58.91 … Reanda Richards [West Essex], 2018
59.03 … Tonya Lee [Rancocas Valley], 1988
59.16 … Leslie Njoku [McNair Academic], 2007
59.33 … Kim Duke [Mount Olive], 1984
59.35 … Ugonna Ndu [Union], 2009
59.48 … Angela Lee [Franklin Twp.], 1995
59.49 … Shana-Gaye Tracey [Manchester Twp.], 2007
59.56 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2013
59.63 … Morgan Harvey [North Hunterdon], 2013
59.66 … Mandie Dulin [Shawnee], 1997
59.69 … Shelley Mitchell [Lakewood], 1988
59.72 … Abigail Dennis [Old Tappan], 2024
59.73 … Nichole Candelaria [Newark Tech], 2012
59.78 … Siobhan Counts [Plainfield], 2002
59.80 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2024
59.80 … Sophia Curtis [Ocean City], 2024
59.81 … Erin Crawford [Hillsboro], 2002

All-Time South Jersey 400-Meter Hurdles Top 10
56.83 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2005
59.03 … Tonya Lee [Rancocas Valley], 1988
59.56 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2013
59.66 … Mandie Dulin [Shawnee], 1997
59.80 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2024
59.80 … Sophia Curtis [Ocean City], 2024
1:00.13 … Arianna Smith [Pennsville], 2019
1:00.16 … Aliya Rae Garozzo [Paul VI], 2018
1:00.1h … Danielle Myricks [Willingboro], 2001
1:00.26 … Helena Leyrer [Buena], 2012

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