Camden’s crew of sophomore sprinters scored accounted for 68 points in the 100, 200, 400-meter relay and 1,600-meter relay, and the Panthers edged Willingboro by two points to win their first sectional title in 15 years.

Camden only had seven athletes score and only scored in five events but won the South Jersey Group 2 title 78-76 over Willingboro at Delsea.

Jaiden Steele won the 100 and 200 with PRs of 10.73 and 22.16, Jawan Brownlee was 2nd in the 100 in 10.96 [after a PR 10.82 in the trials] and Ibn Muhammad was 4th in the 100 in a PR 11.08. Christian Braxton and Brownlee were 2nd and 3rd in the 200 with PRs of 22.26 and 22.27.

The all-soph quartet of Braxton, Brownlee, Muhammad and Steele also won the 400-meter relay in 42.30, and the all-soph quartet of Brownlee, Jeremiah Steeley, Chase Robinson and Braxton won the 1,600-meter relay in 3:23.86.

Camden’s 42.30 broke the meet record of 42.41 set by Deptford in 2016.

Steele, Brownlee and Muhammad were seeded 11th, 5th and 12th in the 200 and Steele, Braxton and Brownlee were seeded 3rd, 11th and 4th in the 200.

So in the two short sprints, they scored 46 points when they would have scored 12 if the seedings went to form.

Steele is the first Camden sprinter to win a sectional 100 title since Sherron Bullock in 2004 and the first to sweep the 100 and 200 since Bullock in 2003.

This is Camden’s 9th sectional title but first since the Panthers won Group 2 in 2009. Camden also won Group 4 in 1970, 1986, 1995 and 1997, Group 3 in 2001, 2004 and 2005 and Group 2 in 2009.

As recently as 2022, Camden scored just two points at sectionals – Israel Clark-White ran 11.09 for 5th in the 100. So this is a remarkable turnaround for the Camden program.

Other than the two short sprints and the two short relays Camden only scored in one event – senior Teron Murray was one of six high jumpers to clear 6-2 but the only one to clear it on his first attempt. If he cleared it on his 3rd attempt, Camden would not have won the championshp.

Willingboro senior Eric Foster won the 110-meter hurdles in 14.00, placed 4th in the 200 in 22.42 and also led off the Chimeras’ 2nd-place 400-meter relay team, which ran 42.81. Rae-Juan Gayle, Somad Iyiola and Christopher Jones also ran.

The Boro scored big points in the weights – 30 in the shot and disc. Senior Derrick Swain won the discus at 154-7 and was 3rd in the shot with a 51-2 ¼, senior Julian Williams won the shot with a PR 56-4 ¼ and took 5th in the disc at 139-5 and junior Jaleen Johnson picked up two points with a 5th in the shot put at 48-1 ¾.

Senior Tra’San Adams and junior Zaire Wormley both cleared 6-2 for 4th and 6th in the high jump and Jones jumped 42-5 for 6th in the triple jump.

Willingboro also took 3rd in the 4-by-8 with Christian Bryant, Nasier Fields, Justin Green and Terrance Wesley running 8:25.24 And Willingboro placed 4th in the 4-by-4 in 3:26.81 with a listed lineup of Iyiola, Jones, Jackson Murry and Gayle.

Eight other schools picked up at least one win, but only Camden, Willingboro and Delran had multiple individual winners. For Delran, junior Emir Canli PR’d with a 22-7 ½ to win the long jump, and junior Dylan Husband threw 163-7 to win the javelin. He’s Delran’s sectional javelin winer since Andre Fisher in 1991.

Also:

⮕ Cedar Creek senior Matthew Winterbottom won the 800 in 1:57.76 and became Cedar Creek’s first sectional champ on the track since Gary Melton in the 100 in 2013.

⮕ Seneca senior Jason Sheairs PR’d in the 400-meter hurdles with a 56.23 and became Seneca’s first sectional champ on the track since Drew Kanz won the 110-meter hurdles in 2009.

⮕ Sophomore Jacob Wickersham continued Cinnaminson’s tremendous distance tradition with a 9:32.77 win in the 3,200. Previous Cinnaminson sectional winners in the 3,200 are Steve Stanley in 1990, Bill Mason in 1999, Jon Anderson in 2004, Steve Grabowski in 2005, Matt Poskus in 2007 and Todd Campbell in 2008 and 2009.

⮕ Sterling senior Justice Gamble became the first repeat winner in the South Jersey Group 2 triple jump since the event was added in 2003. Gamble won last year with a 44-10 ¾ and this year at 44-9 ¼. Calvin Gunning in 2004, Dan Milani in 2006 and Jaden Johnson in 2022 make it five Sterling triple jump wins at sectionals.

⮕ Pleasantville junior Jermaine Nelson PR’d with a 49.47 to win the 400. Pleasantville has won the South Jersey Group 2 400 five of the last seven times it’s been contested with Tarence Walker in 2017, Sahmir Jones in 2018, Xander Roberts-Bogin in 2022 and 2023 and Nelson this year. The meet wasn’t held in 2020.

⮕ Senior Bennett Wright of Haddonfield joined Eric Bonnette [1996, 1997], Chris Platt [2001], Michael Burke [2006], Colin Baker [2008, 2009], Matt Nussbaum [2010], Ben Potts [2011], Greg Pelose [2015, 2016] and Seth Clevenger [2022] as the 12th Haddonfield 1,600 winner in the last 28 years. Wright ran 4:25.99.

⮕ Sophomore Luke Andresen, senior Liam Dougherty, senior Reid Gervasi and junior Case Hurly ran 8:13.43 to win the 4-by-8 for the 8th time the last 11 times it’s been contested.

⮕ Oakcrest senior Ryan Merlino, the Meet of Champions winner indoors and 5th at Armory Nationals, cleared 15-6 to win the pole vault, breaking the Group 2 meet record of 15-0 set by Cinnaminson’s Matt Mancini in 2006 and matched in 2019 by both Nico Morales and Marco Morales of Delsea.

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].

Senior Naa’lrah Andrews popped a lifetime-best 35-8 ½ triple jump on her 5th attempt to move from 7th place to 3rd and give the Willingboro girls the points they needed in the final event of the day to win their 9th sectional title and first in South Jersey in 25 years.

With only the 1,600-meter relay and triple jump remaining in the South Jersey Group 2 Sectional Champiunships at Delsea,

Going into the 4-by-4, Haddonfield led Willingboro 128-123.

Willingboro won the relay with Sunny Oyibo, Jaden Murry, Jade Pinder and Kaila Speight running 3:58.78, but Haddonfield was 2nd in 4:00.41 [with junior Audrey Adams, senior Chloe Kamp, senior Anna Stolarick and junior Molly Minor], so with only the triple jump remaining, Haddonfield led, 136-133.

And through five jumps in the triple jump, Willingboro’s Andrews – the No. 6 seed – was sitting in 7th place after jumps of 33-3, 33-1 ½, 33-8 ½ and a foul.

Andrews came into the meet with a PR of 34-7 ¼ from the Crusader Field Meet two weeks ago at Delsea and for Willingboro to move past Haddonfield she had to finish in the top four, which meant she had to PR on one of her final two jumps.

And she did.

Andrews’ 35-8 ½ moved her into 3rd and when the event ended moments later her  six points gave Willingboro a dramatic 139-136 edge over an outstanding Haddonfield team.

Willingboro ended Haddonfield’s streak of five consecutive South Jersey Group 2 titles – 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023.

The Willingboro girls also won South Jersey Group 4 in 1980, 1981 and 1992; South Jersey Group 3 in 1984, 1985 and 1999; Central Jersey Group 3 in 2004; and Central Jersey Group 1 in 2019.

It was a back-and-forth meet all weekend between Willingboro and Haddonfield, who have been among of the strongest programs in the state for decades.

Willingboro scored 62 of a possible 72 points in the 100, 200 and 400, with amazing Nester Wea winning all three in her first meet of the year. Wea hadn’t raced since indoor Nationals in Boston because of an injury. But she won the 100 in 12.04, the 200 in 24.80 and the 400 in 56.70 as well as anchoring the Chimeras’ 2nd-place 4-by-1.

The Boro swept the 200 with Wea, freshman Maya Bolden and sophomore Kaila Speight going 1-2-3, went 1-3-5 in the 100 with Wea 1st, Bolden 3rd and Speight 5th and 1-2-4 in the 400 with Bolden running 57.

Bolden ran three PRs – 12.25, 24.96 and 57.10, and Speight ran 12.45, 25.31 and a PR 57.73.

The versatile Andrews also won the high jump with a 5-2, placed 3rd in the javelin at 99-0 and took 6th in the shot put at 100-7. The old triple jump / high jump / javelin / shot put quad.

Two other Willingboro high jumpers placed– sophomore Briannah Gunning-Brown and freshman Trinity Brapoh tied for 5th at 4-10. And senior Marnae Coleman-Rudolph also medaled in the javelin with a 6th place at 87-1.

The Chimeras added 10 points in the 400-meter hurdles, with sophomore Jaden Murry 3rd in 1:06.43 and junior Sunny Obiyo 4th in 1:07.12.

Only a 10th of a second separated a Willingboro hurdler and two Haddonfield hurdlers in the 100-meter highs. Junior Sunny Obiyo was 2nd in 15.73 and Haddonfield juniors Audrey Adams [15.75] and Nicolette Pinkerton [15.80] took 3rd and 4th. Adams was also 6th in the 400IH in 1:08.25.

Willingboro went 3-6 in the shot, junior Yaramari Torres throwing 32-0 ¼ for 3rd and junior Chloe Worthy 30-10 ¾ for 6th.

Willingboro was 2nd in the 4-by-1 with Bolden, Trinity Brapoh, Jaden Murry and Wea running 48.38.

Haddonfield scored 49 points in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200.

Senior Anna Stolarick won the 800 in 2:18.34, with senior Sarah Fetter 5th in 2:24.95 and junior Tylin Regan 6th in 2:26.09. Senior Ava Thomas [5:01.83] led a 1-2-5 finish in the 1,600 with Stolarick [5:10.18] and freshman Madison Kelsey [5:25.45] and Thomas also won the 3,200 [10:52.99] with freshman Devon Gervasi 3rd [11:31.24].

Haddonfield senior Rebecca Hoover cleared 12-5 on her 3rd attempt to win the pole vault, with senior Mia Bompesa [9-6] and senior Fiona Mamas [8-6] in 3rd and 5th, and junior Nicolette Pinkerton jumped 17-9 to win the long jump

Haddofield also won the 400-meter relay in 48.33 with Chloe Kamp, Molly Minor, Ava Peifer and Pinkerton, and the 4-by-8 with Solarick, Thomas, Regan and Fetter running 9:46.12.

Junior Maeve Hurly took 2nd in the high jump for Haddonfield at 5-2 and Adams was 4th at 5-0, and junior Emalie Stanilla threw the discus 103-5 for 3rd place.

Glassboro scored in 14 of 18 events over the weekend and piled up double-digit points in eight events and rolled to their 2nd consecutive South Jersey Group 1 Championships at Pennsauken.

The Bulldogs scored 15 points in the shot, 14 in the 1,600 and 3,200, 13 in the long jump and 10 in the triple jump, discus, 100 and 400-meter relay and rolled to a 122-81 win over a very deep and talented Woodbury team.

Glassboro also won South Jersey Group 1 in 2009 and last year.

Senior Cartrell Moore had a monster weekend, winning the triple jump at 46-2, placing 2nd in the long jump with a 21-7 ¾, running a big PR 53.56 for 2nd in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles and running a PR 49.15 for 3rd in the 400.

That’s 32 points for Moore, enough to single-handedly place 6th in Group 1 team scoring.

Moore actually ran under the previous meet record in the 400IH – 54.08 by Chris Mesiano of Schalick in 2015 – but was edged by Riverside’s Jamir Brown, who ran 53.32.

Senior Damere Lassiter swept the two weights with a 50-2 ½ and 174-4, and senior Brysheen Ferguson, sophomore Amari Sabb, freshman Xavier Sabb and senior Caron Wright joined Moore on the 400-meter relay, which won in 42.61, not far off Salem’s meet record of 42.40 from 2017.

Junior Ty Blackman also had a big meet, with a 2nd in the 3,200 in 9:39.29 and a PR 4:30.97 for 3rd in the 1,600.

Xavier Sabb continued to shine in his freshman year, taking 3rd in the 100 in 10.79 – only 3-100ths of a second off the state freshman record of 10.76 by Willingboro’s Malachi James at the 2021 Meet of Champions – and also running 5th in the 200 in 22.50.

Senior Desmond Vassell scored in both hurdles, taking 4th in the highs with a PR 14.97 and 6th in the intermediates in 58.20.

Other Bulldog medalists: Ferguson ran a PR 10.83 for 4th in the 100, senior Charles Graves jumped 20-2 ½ for 4th in the long jump, junior Kyle Williams threw 46-3 ¼ for 4th in the shot, senior Jeremiah Jones was 6th in the shot put with a 44-3 ½, sophomore Amari Sabb cleared 5-10 for 6th in the high jump and Wright jumped 20-0 for 6th in the long jump.

Glassboro also took 4th in the 4-by-4 with a listed lineup of Ferguson, Vassell, sophomore Ison Keith and senior Joseph Hadrick.

Peyton Shute tripled the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 in 1:56.46, 4:24.09 and 9:23.61, unpressed in all three.

James, a senior at Burlington, swept the 100 in 10.18 and 200 in 21.42, Brown won the 110 highs in 14.02 and long jump at 23-3 ½ in addition to the intermediates, Clayton junior Alexander Osayemi won the 400 in 47.98, Gloucester junior Ryan James cleared 6-4 to win the high jump, Pennsville junior Connor Ayars threw 162-0 to win the javelin, Audubon junior Leo Davis cleared 14-0 to win the pole vault.

Sophomore Riley Fayer won three races to lead the Audubon girls to the first sectional championship in school history.

Fayer ran 2:18.00, 5:07.47 and 11:02.14 for 30 points, and Audubon won the South Jersey Group 1 Championship at Pennsauken by 16 1/3 points over Salem.

Fayer has PRs of 2:17.40, 5:04.02 and 10:58.45 so she was close to all three while tripling in one meet.

With only the 4-by-4 remaining, Audubon had 79 1/3 points, with Salem [71] and Clayton [70] within striking distance.

The Green Wave clinched the title when the listed team of freshman Sophia Rizzo, sophomore Kylie Tocco, senior Madelin Owens and senior Arianna Bittner placed 2nd in 4:06.98.

Audubon finished with an 87 1/3-71 margin of victory over Salem, which did not have a team in the 4-by-4.

Also for Audubon, Bittner won the 400-meter hurdles in 1:05.69 for her first sectional title. She was 3rd last year. Bittner also took 6th in the 400 in 1:00.53.

Audubon won the 4-by-8 10:03.01 with a listed lineup of freshman Isabella Legatie, freshman Lydia Gravante, sophomore Charlie Owens and senior Madelin Carter.

Sophomore Marissa DeValerio PR’d with a 16-8 ½ for 2nd place in the long jump, and junior Elizabeth Butrica cleared 9-6 for 2nd in the pole vault and also medaled with a 6th place in the hurdles with a 17.38. Carter also placed 5th in both the 800 in 2:25.61 and the 1,600 in 5:43.24.

In the field, sophomore Julianna Laxton cleared 4-10 in the high jump for 4th place, senior Jayden McCraken PR’d in the discus with a 103-10 for 5th.

Audubon also scored two points in the 4-by-1 with a listed lineup of Rizzo, senior Kira Collins, Tocco and Laxton running 51.81.

Another race, another record for Sianni Wynn.

The amazing Pennsauken sophomore smashed her 3rd meet record of the weekend Saturday when she won the 200-meter dash at the South Jersey Group 4 Championships in a sizzling 23.76.

That’s 3rd-fastest in New Jersey history behind Woodrow Wilson’s Dennisha Page in 2019 and Willingboro’s Michelle Glover in 1981.

Wynn broke the meet record of 24.09 set in 2007 by Olympic gold medalist English Gardner of Eastern.

Wynn this weekend has run the 3rd-fastest 100 in state history [11.39], the 13th-fastest 400 time in state history [53.80] and now the 3rd-fastest 200 in state history. Unfortunately, no wind gauge at Pennsauken, so only the 400 is eligible for record purposes.

Wynn is the only high school runner in New Jersey history to run that fast in all three events and only the 6th woman from New Jersey to run that fast in the 100, 200 and 400 at any point in their life.

English Gardner [Eastern], 10.74 / 22.62 / 53.73 [2012-2016]
Me’Lisa Barber [Montclair], 10.95 / 22.37 / 50.87 [2002-2007]
Mikele Barber [Montclair], 11.02 / 22.71 / 50.63 [2001-2007]
Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], 11.32 / 23.07 / 53.20 [2016]
Shavon Greaves [Lakewood], 11.37 / 22.98 / 53.14 [2010]
Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 11.39 / 23.76 / 53.80 [2024]

All-Time New Jersey 200-Meter Dash List
23.66 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2019
23.69 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], 1981
23.76 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2024
23.80 … Patti Dunlap [Camden], 1979
23.85 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
23.85 … Sofia Swindell [Lawrenceville School], 2024
23.90 … Denise Liles [Kingsway], 1984
23.90 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018
23.98 … Cynthia Boakye [Elizabeth], 2023

All-Time South Jersey 200-Meter Dash List
23.66 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2019
23.69 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], 1981
23.76 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2024
23.80 … Patti Dunlap [Camden], 1979
23.85 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
23.86 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2024
23.90 … Denise Liles [Kingsway], 1984
23.90 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018
24.01 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
24.04 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
24.11 … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
24.11 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
24.12 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], 2006
24.17 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2008
24.18 … Sheriyah Nutt [Rancocas Valley], 2019
24.19 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2005
24.19 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017

Washington Township senior Ajani Dwyer ran the fastest 200 in South Jersey history Saturday at Group 4 sectionals and posted the 3rd-fastest time in state history.

Dwyer ran 20.86, edging Southern Regional’s Cole Isaac Cramer, who was 2nd in 21.01, with Rancocas Valley sophomore not far back in 21.36.

All three ran under the FAT meet record of 21.53 set in 2004 by Winslow Township’s Reuben McCoy at Egg Harbor.

Once again, no wind gauge at Pennsauken, so Dwyer’s time isn’t eligible for record purposes. But it will go down as the fastest all-conditions 200 in South Jersey history.
The previous record was 21.06 set by Olympic gold medalist Dennis Mitchell of Edgewood when he placed 2nd at the 1984 Keebler Prep Invitational in Elk Grove, Ill.

The only faster times in state history were recorded by Nottingham’s Shamali Whittle, who ran 20.55 in 2022 and Franklin’s Mario Heslop, who ran 20.74 in 2018.

Howard’s 21.36 is No. 2 in Burlington County history behind Malachi James’ 21.13 earlier this year in New York and No. 7 in South Jersey history.

All-Time New Jersey 200 List
20.55 … Shamali Whittle [Nottingham], 2022 [CVC Showdown #3, Hamilton West]
20.74 … Mario Heslop [Franklin], 2018 [1st, Meet of Champions, Northern Burlington]
20.86 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024 [1st, South Jersey Group 4 Sectionals, Pennsauken]
20.93 … Danny Johnson [Rahway], 2001 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
21.01 … Cole Isaac Cramer [Southern Regional], 2024 [1st Shore Conference, Neptune]
21.03 … Zamir Thomas [Snyder], 2011 [1st, Meet of Champions, Old Bridge]
21.03 … Dana Ridley [Hamilton North], 2019 [2nd, Meet of Champions, Northern Burlington]
21.04 … Jordaine Johnson [East Orange], 2024 [1st, Super Essex County Conference, Newark]
21.06 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1984 [2nd, Keebler Prep, Elk Grove, Ill.]
21.06 … Antonio Tarantino [Paul VI], 2018 [ 4th, New Balance Nationals, Greensboro, N.C.]
21.13 … Jabrill Peppers [Paramus Catholic], 2013 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
21.13 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024 [1st, USATF New York Youth Challenge Series Opener, Icahn Stadium]
21.14 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 2004 [1st, State Group 4, Egg Harbor Twp.]
21.17 … Richie Luzzi-Liggins [St. Peter’s Prep], 2019 [3rd, Meet of Champions, No. Burlington]
21.22 … Maxwell Booker [Essex Catholic], 2000 [2nd, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
21.22 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024 [1st, South Jersey Elite, Franklinvile]
21.23 … Shaquan Brown [Paterson Kennedy], 2005 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
21.23 … Xavier Donaldson [Seton Hall Prep], 2023 [1st, Parochial A, Franklin]
21.25 … Bryant McCombs [Old Bridge], 2005 [1st, Greater Middlex County, South Plainfield]
21.27 … Charles Cox [Monmouth Reg.], 2007 [1st, Monmouth County, Neptune]
21.27 … Nigel Mitchell {Red Bank Reg.], 2019 [1st, Group 3, States, Central Reg.]
21.29 … Zyaire Clemes [Trenton], 2013 [2nd, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
21.29 … Fitzroy Ledgister [St. Peter’s Prep], 2022 [1st, Parochial A States, Middletown North]
21.30 … Ty Adams [Monmouth Reg.], 1993 [21.34 state Group 3, SP]
21.30 … Lamar Grant [Jackson], 1996 [1st, Group 4 States, South Plainfield]
21.30 … Taylor McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2015 [1st, Union County, Plainfield
21.30 … Jahmir Beasely [Sterling], 2019 [4th, Meet of Champions, Northern Burlington]
21.31 … Michael Ray Garvin [Don Bosco], 2005 [2nd, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
21.31 … Clayton Parros [Seton Hall Prep], 2009 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
21.31 … Miles Shuler-Foster [Long Branch], 2011 [2nd, Meet of Champions, Old Bridge]
21.31 … Jessie Ledgister [Montclair], 2021 [1st, North 1 Group 4 Sectionals, Clifton]
21.35 … Kerone Rhoden [Red Bank Reg.], 2007 [2nd, Monmouth County, Neptune]
21.35 … Daniel Duncan [North Plainfield], 2019 [1st, Group 2 States, Central Regional]
21.36 … Isaiah Gill [Plainfield], 2008 [2nd, Group 4 States, Egg Harbor Twp.]
21.36 … Thomas Howard [Rancocas Valley], 2024 [3rd, South Jersey Group 4 Sectionals, Pennsauken]
21.39 … Akeem Gauntlett [Abraham Clark], 2008 [1st, C.J. Group 2 Sectionals, Monmouth Reg.]
21.39 … Martin Booker [Pennsauken], 2017 [1st, Central Jersey Group 3 Sectionals, Bernards]
21.40 … Rob Gary [Lenape], 1998 [1st, Group 4 States, South Plainfield]
21.40 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001 [2nd, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
21.40 … Jamaad Muse [Timber Creek], 2012 [1st, Camden County, Haddon Township]
21.40 … Joshua Babe [Morris Hills], 2022 [1st, NJAC Large Schools, Morris Hills]
21.40 … Rajahn Dixon [Eastern], 2023 [1st, Camden County Championships, Haddon Twp.]
All-Time South Jersey 200-Meter Dash List
21.06 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
21.07 … Antonio Tarantino [Paul VI], 2018
21.13 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024
21.14 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 2004
21.22 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024
21.30 … Jahmir Beasley [Sterling], 2019
21.39 … Martin Booker Jr. [Pennsauken], 2017
21.40 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991
21.40 … Rob Gary [Lenape], 1998
21.40 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
21.40 … Jamaad Muse [Timber Creek], 2012
21.41 … Dorian Bryant [Kingsway], 2002
21.41 … T.J. Johnson [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2010
21.43 … Barry Cephas [Winslow Twp.], 2008
21.46 … Brondon Jenkins [Delran], 1994
21.46 … Sabli Gonnet [Eastern], 2007
21.47 … Curtis McIntyre [Bridgeton], 1992
21.47 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024

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.

Sianni Wynn won her 2nd sectional title of the weekend Saturday morning with the 13th-fastest 400-meter dash time in state history.

Wynn, a Pennsauken sophomore, ran 53.80 on her home track at South Jersey Group 4 sectionals, lowering her PR from 53.97 from her win at last year’s state Group 4 meet at Somerset. She ran unpressed, winning by about 15 meters.

She broke her own South Jersey Group 4 sectional record of 54.01 that she ran last year at Pennsauken on the way to the Meet of Champions title. She’s never lost a high school 400-meter dash race in New Jersey.

The only faster time in South Jersey sectional history in any group is a 53.49 run by Clayton’s Arianna Sharpe at the 2022 South Jersey Group 1 sectionals at Buena.

Her time is 2nd-fastest ever by a South Jersey sophomore, behind a 53.64 by Seneca’s Michelle Brown – who was inducted into the South Jersey Track Hall of Fame in March – at 2008 Greensboro Nationals. It’s fastest by any New Jersey sophomore since Olympic 400 hurdles gold medalist and world record holder Sydney McLaughlin of Union Catholic ran 52.59 at the 2015 state Parochial A meet at South Plainfield.

On Friday, Wynn won the 100 with a blazing 11.39 but without a wind gauge.

The first 11 finishers overall broke 60 seconds, with Eastern sophomore Natalie Dumas PR’ing with 56.34 for 2nd place and Washington Township senior Dahlia Beasley 3rd in 56.50.

All-Time New Jersey 400 List
51.87 … Sydney McLoughlin [Union Catholic], 2016
51.98 … Athing Mu [Trenton], 2019
52.46 … Olivia Baker [Columbia], 2014
52.56 … Mikele Barber [Montclair], 1998
52.91 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2009
53.12 … Julia Jackson [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 2022
53.0h … Stephanie Saleem [Neptune], 1985
53.49 … Arianna Sharpe [Clayton], 2022
53.51 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1996
53.60 … Amirah Sharpe [Clayton], 2022
53.64 … Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], 2008
53.66 … Giselle Harris [Shabazz], 1986
53.80… Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken ], 2023
53.84 … Drexel Long [Monmouth], 1991
53.98 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2006

All-Time South Jersey 400 List
52.91 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2009
53.51 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1996
53.64 … Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], 2008
53.00 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2007
53.49 … Arianna Sharpe [Clayton], 2022
53.60 … Amirah Sharpe [Clayton], 2022
53.80… Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken ], 2023
54.04 … Nadia Davy [Bridgeton], 1998
54.19 … Okechi Ogbuokiri [Willingboro], 2003
54.36 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2018
54.41 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2019
54.51 … Katrina Sye [Buena], 1998
54.62 … Audrey Wilson [Deptford], 2008
54.75 … Faleesha Dowe [Penns Grove], 2014
54.93 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2004

Clayton junior Alexander Osayemi got the South Jersey Group 1 meet off to an electrifying start Saturday morning with the fastest 400 by any South Jersey runner this year and the 2nd-fastest time in meet history.

Osayemi won a fast race at Pennsauken in 47.98, the fastest time by any South Jersey Group 1 runner since Darrell Bush of Woodbury ran 46.95 to place 2nd at the 2011 Meet of Champions at Old Bridge.

The only other South Jersey Group 1 runner to run sub-48 is Woodbury’s Shawney Kersey, who ran 47.88 to win the 2007 state Group 1 title at South Plainfield.

Bush set the South Jersey Group 1 meet record of 47.41 in 2011. The only other quarter-milers to run faster than Osayemi in the last 20 years in any South Jersey sectional race are Pennsauken’s Premier Wynn [47.39 in Group 4 in 2023] and Cherry Hill East’s Alex Reber [47.96 in Group 4 in 2012].

Osayemi’s previous PR was 48.08 at South Jersey Elite last month at Delsea. His 47.98 is No. 5 in Gloucester County history and fastest since Bush in 2012. He broke the school record of 47.99 set by Elliott DeShields at the 2011 Meet of Champions at Old Bridge.

Woodbury junior Marquis Taylor was 2nd with a PR of his own at 48.33, which is the 6th-fastest Group 1 time in South Jersey Group 1 history and 8th-fastest in Gloucester County history. Glassboro senior Cartrell Moore was 3rd in a PR 49.15. Woodbury senior Jayden Johnson also broke 50 with a 49.67 for 4th place.

All-Time South Jersey Group 1 400 List
46.95 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2012
47.88 … Shawney Kersey [Woodbury], 2009
47.98 … Alexander Osayemi [Clayton], 2024
47.99 … Elliot DeShields [Clayton], 2011
48.33 … Jaymes Dennison [Penns Grove], 2013
48.33 … Marquis Taylor [Woodbury], 2024
48.48 … Kenneth Karcher [Maple Shade], 2017
48.71 … Tahron James [Glassboro], 2014
48.72 … Marquis Taylor [Woodbury], 2024
48.78 … Terrence Tolbert [Woodbury], 2011
48.96 … Matt Kordos [Buena], 2000

All-Time South Jersey Group 1 400 List
46.95 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2012
47.88 … Shawney Kersey [Woodbury], 2009
47.94 … Tom Adams [Deptford], 1983
47.94 … Bennie Liles [Kingsway], 1992
47.98 … Alexander Osayemi [Clayton], 2024
47.99 … Elliot DeShields [Clayton], 2011
48.14h … Eric Chekemian [Washington Twp.], 2000
48.33 … Marquis Taylor [Woodbury], 2024