Rancocas Valley’s remarkable all-underclass stable of sprinters recorded the 6th-fastest 800-meter relay in South Jersey history late Friday evening at the rain-delayed West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field.

Sophomore Thomas Howard Jr., sophomore Xavier Bancroft, junior David Smith and sophomore Julian Coppage-Seepersaud ran 1:26.76 and placed 2nd in the 8th of 10 sections of the 800-meter relay final Friday evening.

After the last two races were finished, that held up for 9th place after the two fastest seeded sections had raced. R.V.’s time is No. 15 in state history.

New Jersey No. 1 Delsea, which ran 1:27.19 at East Brunswick last month, was entered and scheduled to run in R.V.’s race but scratched.

R.V. broke its own Burlington County record of 1:27.28 set at Rahway last month. Before that, the Burlington County record was 1:27.75 set by Willingboro’s Jusson Boyd, Daquan Brown, Akeem Adiatu and Antonio Abney at Greensboro Nationals in 2007.

The only faster time in the last 20 years by a South Jersey school is Pennsauken’s 1:26.74 with Elijah Jennings, Bronze Whitmore, Bryce Tucker and Premier Wynn last May at Fast Times at Cherokee High. R.V. ran 2-100ths of a second off that time.

All-Time South Jersey 800-Meter Relay List
1:24.49 … Winslow Twp., 2003
1:24.90 … Camden, 2004
1:26.05 … Camden, 2000
1:26.68 … Camden, 1997
1:26.74 … Pennsauken, 2023
1:26.76 … Rancocas Valley, 2024
1:27.19 … Delsea, 2024
1:27.38 … Paul VI, 2016
1:27.52 … Woodrow Wilson, 1996
1:27.66 … Oakcrest, 2011
1:27.68 … Pennsauken, 2016
1:27.69 … Oakcrest, 2012
1:27.74 … Pleasantville, 1994
1:27.75 … Willingboro, 2007
1:27.80 … Pleasantville, 1999
1:27.84 … Winslow Twp., 2002
1:27.90 … Winslow Twp., 2008
1:27.96 … Williamstown, 2015
1:27.98 … Camden, 2002

All-Time New Jersey 800-Meter Relay List
1:24.49 … Winslow Twp., 2003
1:24.90 … Camden, 2004
1:26.05 … Camden, 2000
1:26.0h … Somerville, 1973
1:26.3h … Weequahic, 1992
1:26.59 … East Orange, 2018
1:26.59 … Seton Hall Prep, 2018
1:26.66 … Irvington, 2005
1:26.68 … Camden, 1997
1:26.5h … Snyder, 1971
1:26.5h … Rahway, 1971
1:26.5h … Montclair, 1984
1:26.5h … Plainfield, 1998
1:26.74 … Pennsauken, 2023
1:26.76 … Rancocas Valley, 2024
1:26.78 … Teaneck, 2007
1:26.7h … Plainfield, 1980
1:26.93 … St. Peter’s, 2017

Dominic Bassey’s smoking 1:51.89 anchor led Winslow to the 9th-fastest sprint medley time in South Jersey history Thursday at West Philly Nationals at Franklin field.

Although the other splits aren’t listed in the official results, Nyqir Helton, Darrell Jackson Jr. and Jayden Poteat ran the first three legs for Winslow, whose time is fastest in South Jersey since Moorestown ran 3:25.06 and placed 4th at Greensboro Nationals in 2017 with the team of Zion Howard and Josh Pearcy on the 200s, Bradon Outlaw splitting 46.7 and Kevin Fox anchoring in 1:52.4.

Moorestown’s 3:25.06 and Winslow’s 3:26.28 are the two-fastest South Jersey sprint medley performances in the last 19 years.

Winslow trimmed half a second off the school-record 3:26.75 from the 2003 East Coast Regional Relays at Willingboro, where Vineland, Willingboro and Winslow ran times that remain No. 2, No. 4 and No. 10 in South Jersey history.

The only faster time in Camden County history belongs to Camden, which ran 3:22.85 at 2001 Raleigh Nationals.

Winslow’s time is No. 23 in state history. Four of the first seven teams are from New Jersey. Union Catholic took 2nd in 3:25.36, Toms River North 3rd in 3:25.59 and Morris Knolls 5th in 3:25.76. The four New Jersey schools that finished in the top seven now rank No. 18, 19, 20 and 23 in state history.

All-Time South Jersey Sprint Medley List
3:22.71 … Vineland, 2002
3:22.75 … Vineland, 2003
3:22.85 … Camden, 2001
3:23.56 … Willingboro, 2003
3:23.79 … Willingboro, 2001
3:24.19 … Bordentown, 2005
3:25.06 … Moorestown, 2017
3:26.25 … Absegami, 2008
3:26.28 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:26.75 … Winslow Twp., 2003
3:27.10 … Washington Twp., 2010
3:27.32 … Oakcrest, 2014
3:27.1h … Bridgeton, 2001
3:27.3h … Willingboro, 1983
3:27.55 … Washington Twp., 2009
3:27.69 … Overbrook, 1999
3:28.55 … Winslow Twp., 2002
3:28.63 … Lenape, 2001
3:29.1h … Willingboro, 1979
3:29.44 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
3:29.5y … Woodbury, 1978
3:29.72 … Rancocas Valley, 2005

All-Time New Jersey Sprint Medley Performance List
3:22.71 … Vineland, 2002
3:22.75 … Vineland, 2003
3:22.85 … Camden, 2001
3:23.15 … Union Catholic, 2012
3:23.56 … Willingboro, 2003
3:23.79 … Willingboro, 2001
3:24.14 … West Orange, 2012
3:24.19 … Bordentown, 2005
3:24.23 … Pope John XXIII, 2013
3:24.40 … St. Peter’s Prep, 2021
3:25.04 … Ridgewood, 2016
3:25.06 … Moorestown, 2017
3:25.08 … Old Tappan, 2015
3:25.24 … Union, 2022
3:25.26 … St. Benedict’s, 2012
3:25.28 … Trenton, 2017
3:25.32 … Westfield, 2022
3:25.36 … Union Catholic, 2024
3:25.69 … Toms River North, 2024
3:25.76 … Morris Knolls, 2024
3:26.25 … Absegami, 2008
3:26.27 … Union Catholic, 2014
3:26.28 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:26.43 … Don Bosco, 2014
3:26.48 … Union Catholic, 2019
3:26.53 … Ridgewood, 2019
3:26.75 … Winslow Twp., 2003
3:26.77 … Teaneck, 2010
3:26.83 … Union Catholic, 2017
3:27.08 … Chatham, 2023
3:27.10 … Washington Twp., 2010
3:27.32 … Oakcrest, 2014
3:27.1h … Bridgeton, 2001
3:27.32 … Oakcrest, 2014
3:27.3h … Willingboro, 1983
3:27.43 … Morris Hills, 2012
3:27.94 … Pope John XXIII, 2010
3:27.55 … Washington Twp., 2009
3:27.58 … St. Benedict’s, 2011
3:27.63 … Trenton, 2016
3:27.69 … Overbrook, 1999
3:27.76 … St. Benedict’s, 2019
3:27.78 … West Orange, 2011
3:27.82 … Abraham Clark, 2013
3:27.99 … Hamilton North, 2017
3:28.06 … Union Catholic, 2013
3:28.16 … Hightstown, 2010
3:28.23 … Ridgewood, 2013
3:28.30 … Ramapo, 2010
3:28.38 … Ridgewood, 2014
3:28.40 … Hopewell Valley, 2019
3:28.49 … Rahway, 2013
3:28.53 … Tom River North, 2023
3:28.55 … Winslow Twp., 2002
3:28.61 … Union Catholic, 2018
3:28.63 … Lenape, 2001
3:28.94 … Union Catholic, 2011
3:28.97 … Mountain Lakes, 2012
3:28.97 … West Orange, 2018
3:29.04 … Hopatcong, 2013
3:29.18 … Union, 2023
3:29.19 … Trenton, 2018
3:29.20 … Pope John XXIII, 2018
3:29.1h … Willingboro, 1979
3:29.35 … Union Catholic, 2024
3:29.42 … Lawrenceville School, 2011
3:29.44 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
3:29.50 … Mendham, 2012
3:29.66 … Old Bridge, 2023
3:29.71 … Linden, 2012
3:29.72 … Rancocas Valley, 2005
3:29.73 … Old Bridge, 2021
3:29.74 … Union Catholic, 2016
3:29.82 … Columbia, 2015
3:29.97 … Bergen Catholic, 2017

In one of the greatest performances in South Jersey track history, Eastern sophomore Natalie Dumas won a national title in the 400-meter hurdles with the 4th-fastest time ever run by.a New Jersey high school girl.

Dumas, one day after a Meet of Champions triple win, ran 58.32 to win the intermediates by nearly two seconds at West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field.

That appears to be 9th-fastest by a sophomore in U.S. scholastic history according to all available data.

The only faster runners in state history are Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Sydney McLaughlin Sydney McLaughlin [53.82], Winslow Township’s Krystal Cantey [56.83 in 2005] and Paterson Kennedy’s Tawana Watkins [57.48 in 2000].

McLaughlin, who ran 55.28 in 2015 at the World Youth Trials in Lisle, Ill., is the only faster sophomore in state history.

On Wednesday at Pennsauken, Dumas won the 400 in 53.16 – 7th-fastest in state history – and the intermediates in 58.98, at the time 7th-fastest in state history. She also anchored Eastern’s winning 1,600-meter relay team, which ran 3:49.01.

A day later across the Schuylkil River, she ran away with the intermediates and wasn’t challenged.

Racing in the 9th of nine sections, she won by a whopping 12 meters over Morgan Roundtree of Oak Park (Mich.) High, a University of Miami commit.

She missed the meet record by just 8-100ths of a second. Myla Green of the Bullis School in Potomac, Md., ran 58.27 in 2022.

Dumas first broke 64 seconds in the intermediates at last year’s state Group 4 meet, where she placed 5th in 1:03.49. She ran 1:02.49 a few days later at the Meet of Champions, placing 3rd. That made her the No. 6 freshman nationally in 2023.

She ran 56.72 for the flat 400 indoors and also ran 2:16.80 for the 800, placing 2nd at states. She dipped under 60 in her first serious intermediates race this spring with a 59.80 at South Jersey Elite at Delsea in early May and then she swept through every race unchallenged, lowering her PR to 58.98 Wednesday and then running away with her first national title a day later.

Her time is 9th-fastest by any South Jersey woman at any point in their life.

Ocean City senior Sophia Curtis placed 9th in 1:01.08.

Earlier Thursday, Dumas anchored Eastern’s sprint medley relay team, which placed 11th in 4:03.31. Her split is not listed. Johnna Gonter, Jasmine Davies and Samantha Osei-Kyei ran the first three legs.

All-Time South Jersey Alumni 400 hurdles list
55.78 … Tonya Lee [Rancocas Valley], April 21, 1996, Walnut, Calif.
56.21 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], May 26, 2007, Gainesville, Fla.
56.34 … Aliya Garozzo [Paul VI], May 5, 2024, Princeton, N.J.
56.87 … Evann Thompson [Lenape], May 30, 2014, Jacksonville, Fla.
57.16 … Jewel Ash [Eastern], May 9, 2022, High Point, N.C.
57.31 … Danielle Myricks [Willingboro], May 19, 2002, Columbia, Mo.
57.84 … Arianna Smith [Pennsville], May 6, 2023, Philadelphia
58.28 … Nylah Perry [Winslow], May 27, 2023, Sacramento, Calif.
58.32 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], June 14, 204, Philadelphia
58.38 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow], May 2, 2015, Starkville, Miss.

All-Time U.S. sophomore 400 hurdles list
55.28 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic, Scotch Plains, N.J.], 2015
57.31 … Jasmine Robinson [North Cobb, Kennesaw, Ga.], 2024
57.48 … Akala Garrett [Albemarle, N.C.], 2021
57.48 … Michelle Smith [Montverde (Fla.) Academy], 2022
57.64 … Charlynna Foster [Central, Clearwater, Fla.], 1995
58.10 … Nonah Waldron [Oak Park, Mich.], 2021
58.16 … Michaela Rose [Landry Academy, Suffolk, Va.], 2019
58.17 … Reonna Collier [Vacaville, Calif,], 2015
58.32 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern Regional, Voorhees, N.J.], 2024
58.33 … Tyra Wilson [Rock Bridge, Columbia, Mo.], 2019
58.50 … Tawana Watkins [Kennedy, Paterson, N.J.], 2000
58.63 … Kendell Williams [Kell, Marietta, Ga.], 2010

All-Time New Jersey 400 hurdles list
53.82 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2017
56.83 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2005
57.48 … Tawana Watkins [Paterson Kennedy], 2000
58.32 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2024
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 … Sophia Curtis [Ocean City], 2024
59.81 … Erin Crawford [Hillsboro], 2002

 

She was 2nd at Fast Times at Cherokee High and 2nd at the Woodbury Relays. She placed 4th at South Jersey Elite and the 2nd at the Tri-County Conference meet. She placed 2nd at sectionals and 2nd at states.

In the biggest meet of the year? Nobody beat Addison Inge.

Inge, a Williamstown junior, won the Meet of Champions high jump with a 5-6 clearance Wednesday at Pennsauken.

Inge and Moorestown junior I’Mara Ford both cleared 5-0, 5-2 and 5-4 on their 1st attempts, but Inge got over the bar at 5-6 on her 2nd attempt and Ford on her 3rd.

So Inge got the win, Ford placed 2nd, Winslow sophomore Ma’Syiah Brawner tied for 3rd with Clayton senior Alanna Woolfolk – the 2022 and 2023 MoC winner – who both cleared 5-4. Washington Township senior Dahlia Beasley and Willingboro senior Naa’Irah Andrews also cleared 5-4 and tied for 6th.

That’s six South Jersey medalists in the top seven.

Inge is the 3rd Williamstown girl to win a Meet of Champions title. Dana Burnett won the 100 [11.95] and 400 [55.20] in 1996 and Bria Mack the 100 in 2016 and 2017.

Inge first cleared 5-6 at last year’s state Group 3 meet, where she placed 3rd, and she hit 5-6 again last weekend, when she took 2nd at states.

South Jersey Meet of Champions High Jump Winners
Erin Halpin [Cherry Hill East], 1987 [5-8]
Kim Stoll [Holy Spirit], 1993 [5-8]
Brooke Minor [Woodbury], 2001 [5-8]
Briana Gray [Haddon Heights], 2005 [5-6]
Anna Cook [Florence], 2006 [5-10]
Priscilla Frederick [Paul VI], 2007 [5-8]
Tierra Hooker [Timber Creek], 2019 [5-10]
Alanna Woolfolk [Delsea], 2022 [5-6]
Alanna Woolfolk [Clayton], 2023 [5-8]

Peyton Shute smashed his own South Jersey 1,600 record and posted the 9th-fastest time in state history in a historic performance at the Meet of Champions Wednesday at Pennsauken.

Shute ran 4:05.27, breaking his own South Jersey record of 4:06.84 – converted from a 4:08.28 full mile at Icahn Stadium in New York last month. While you can’t convert 1,600 times to mile times, you can convert miles to 1,600, so Shute will be credited with the South Jersey mile record at 4:08.28 and the South Jersey 1,600 record with his 4:05.27.

The race produced four of the 14-fastest times in meet history, including the meet-record 4:04.49 by Ridgewood junior Luke Pash.

The race produced the fastest times in meet history for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th place.

Pash and Shute ran the two-fastest 1,600-meter or mile races ever in New Jersey. Every faster performance came in an out-of-state invitational or national meet.

Pash and Shute quickly gapped the field, with Shute out in 60.66 and Pash in 60.98. They came through the 800 with Shute in 2:01.83 and Pash in 2:02.10 and through 1,200 with Pash at 3:03.13 and Shute at 3:03.29. Pash closed in 61.36 and Shute in 61.99.

So it was:

Pash: 60.98 / 61.13 / 61.04 / 61.36
Shute: 60.66 / 61.17 / 61.46 / 61.99

Shute is entered in the mile at West Philly Nationals at 6:15 p.m. Saturday at Franklin Field as well as the two-mile at 8:11 p.m. Friday. Pash is entered in the two-mile and will anchor Ridgewood’s distance medley on Sunday morning.

Shute set the South Jersey 3,200 record of 8:54.11 at the Glenn Loucks Games in White Plains, N.Y., in May. That’s No. 14 in state history.

New Jersey 1,600-Meter Run List
3:58.5y,h … Marty Liquori [Essex Catholic], 1967
4:01.88y … Edward Cheserek [St. Benedict’s], 2011
4:02.08y … Robbie Andrews [Manalapan], 2009
4:03.59y … Sean Dolan [Hopewell Valley], 2019
4:04.17y … Ben Malone [Pascack Valley], 2013
4:04.48y … Marco Langan [Bridgewater-Raritan], 2022
4:04.48y … Colin Boler [Delbarton], 2023
4:04.49 … Luke Pash [Ridgewood], 2024
4:05.27 … Peyton Shute [Woodbury], 2024
4:05.57y … Jackson Barna [Ridge], 2022
4:06.63 … Patrick Schellberg [Delbarton], 2010
4:05.64 … Jim Nielsen [Bernards], 1984
4:06.25 … Jackson Braddock [Southern Reg.], 2021
4:06.33y … Joe Rosa [West Windsor-Plainsboro North], 2010
4:06.37y … Jim Rosa [West Windsor-Plainsboro North], 2010
4:06.66y … John Carlotti [Bernards], 1983
4:06.7y,h … Roger Jones [Ramsey], 1977
4:07.07y … Brett Johnson [Ocean City], 2009
4:07.23y … Seth Clevenger [Haddonfield], 2022
4:07.31 … Chris Marco [Toms River South], 2012
4:07.91 … Steve Schadler [Bergenfield], 1984
4:07.8y … Steve O’Connell [Millburn], 1976
4:08.06 … Joe Barrett [CBA], 2024
4:08.11 … Liam Tansey [Morris Hills], 2009
4:08.35 … Matt Mitchell [CBA], 1988
4:07.9y … Kevin Byrne [Paramus Catholic], 1977
4:08.28 … Stephen Lewandowski [Mountain Lakes], 2012
4:08.53y … Chris Lear [Pingry], 1992
4:08.58 … Kyle Rakitis [Kingsway], 2021
4:08.80 … Drew Maher [Shore Regional], 2018
4:08.92 … Hunter Celkupa [Colts Neck], 2024
4:08.7y ….. Mike Elder [Haddon Twp.], 1973
4:08.96 … Drake Anzano [CBA], 2016
4:09.01y … Steve Slattery [Mount Olive], 1998
4:09.09 … George Kelly [CBA], 2012
4:09.14 … Elliot Gindi [Ocean Twp.], 2017
4:09.14 … Matthew Remishofski [Wall], 2024
4:09.20 … John Richardson [Ocean City], 2003
4:09.30 … Colin Baker [Haddonfield], 2009
4:09.34 … Seth Clevenger [Haddonfield], 2022
4:09.42 … Edwin Klanke [St. Peter’s], 2021
4:09.46 … Shane Brosnan [Union Catholic], 2021
4:09.49 … Devin Hart [Point Pleasant Boro], 2017
4:09.53 … Mike Mazzaccaro [CBA], 2010
4:09.59 … Brandon Tubby [Hillsborough], 2016
4:09.62 … Blake Udland [Millburn], 2012
4:09.63 … D.J. Thornton [Union Catholic], 2010
4:09.69 … Bryan Spoonire [Asbury Park], 1991
4:09.74 … Chris Romero [Voorhees], 2017
4:09.5y,h … J.J. Clark [Columbia], 1982
4:09.6y,h … Vince Cartier [Scotch Plains], 1972
4:09.87 … Jimmy Wischusen [Union Catholic], 2022
4:09.7y,h … Buck Logan [Bernards], 1979
4:09.7y,h … Cliff Sheehan [Westfield], 1981
4:09.99 … Jack Falkowski [CBA], 2024

Meet of Champions All-Time Performance List
4:04.49 … Luke Pash [Ridgewood], 2024 [1]
4:05.27 … Peyton Shute [Woodbury], 2024 [2]
4:07.31 … Chris Marco, Toms River South, 2012 [1]
4:07.89 … Jim Rosa, West Windsor … Plainsboro North, 2010 [1]
4:08.11 … Liam Tansey, Morris Hills, 2009 [1]
4:08.28 … Steve Lewandowski, Mountain Lakes, 2012 [2]
4:08.58 … Kyle Rakitis, Kingsway, 2021 [1]
4:08.80 … Drew Maher, Shore Re. 2018 [1]
4:08.82 … Hunter Celkupa [Colts Neck], 2024 [3]
4:08.96 … Drake Anzano, CBA, 2016 [1]
4:09.03 … Brett Johnson, Ocean City, 2008 [1]
4:09.09 … George Kelly, CBA, 2012 [3]
4:09.14 … Sean Dolan, Hopewell Valley, 2019 [1]
4:09.14 … Matthew Remishofski [Wall], 2024 [4]
4:09.19 … Elliot Gindi, Ocean Township, 2017 [1]
4:09.2y … Steve O’Connell, Millburn, 1976 [1]
4:09.20 … John Richardson, Ocean City, 2003 [1]
4:09.30 … Colin Baker Haddonfield, 2009 [2]
4:09.46 … Shane Brosnan, Union Catholic, 2021 [2]
4:09.47 … Marco Langon, Bridgewater-Raritan, 2022 [1]
4:09.59 … Craig Forys, Colts Neck, 2007 [1]
4:09.62 … Blake Udland, Millburn, 2012 [4]
4:09.92 … Drew Maher, Shore Reg. 2017 [2]

All four runners PR’d and Ocean City ran the 9th-fastest 4-by-8 in South Jersey history and placed 2nd at the Meet of Champions Wednesday at Pennsauken.

Maeve Smith, Chloe Care, Frankie Ritzel and Carly Godfrey ran 9:15.51 and placed 2nd to Hillsborough, which won the race in 9:15.15.

Ocean City broke the Cape May County Record of 9:15.61 set by the 2014 Ocean City team of Cierra Granger, Devin Grisbaum, Rachel Stremme and Bridget Flynn when the Red Raiders won the 2014 state Group 2 title at South Plainfield.

Smith led off with a 2:17.56 leg and Care split 2:17.53 before handing off to Ritzel, who ran 2:24.41. Godfrey anchored in 2:20.41.

All-Time South Jersey 4-by-8 List
9:00.51 … Haddonfield, 2021
9:05.62 … Lenape, 2012
9:05.83 … Lenape, 2008
9:06.30 … Haddonfield, 2008
9:10.32 … Haddonfield, 2000
9:12.30 … Haddonfield, 2019
9:14.25 … Cherokee, 2023
9:15.19 … Lenape, 2007
9:15.51 … Ocean City, 2024
9:15.61 … Ocean City, 2014
9:15.19 … Lenape, 2007
9:15.92 … Haddonfield, 2015
9:16.57 … Seneca, 2017
9:16.79 … Haddonfield, 1999
9:17.77 … Cherokee, 2022
9:18.22 … Kingsway, 2016
9:18.37 … Haddonfield, 2019
9:18.57 … Seneca, 2018
9:18.71 … Lenape, 2011
9:18.93 … Haddonfield, 2018
9:18.94 … Lenape, 2006
9:19.15 … Wilson, 2002
9:19.68 … Kingsway, 2017

All-Time Meet of Champions 4-by-8 List
9:01.69 … Freehold Township, 2014 [1]
9:03.19 … Ridge, 2018 [1]
9:06.81 … Ridge, 2016 [1]
9:08.15 … Southern Regional, 2016 [2]
9:08.75 … Ridge, 2019 [1]
9:10.06 … Southern Regional, 2014 [2]
9:10.24 … Haddonfield, 2021 [1]
9:10.69 … Freehold Township, 2013 [1]
9:11.48 … Ridge, 2015 [1]
9:11.81 … Ridge, 2017 [1]
9:13.70 … North Hunterdon, 2016 [3]
9:14.04 … Mountain Lakes, 2017 [2]
9:14.07 … West Windsor-Plainsboro South, 2014 [3]
9:14.48 … Mount St. Dominic, 2012 [1]
9:14.98 … West Windsor-Plainsboro South, 2015 [2]
9:15.15 … Hillsborough, 2024 [1]
9:15.16 … Haddonfield, 2019 [2]
9:15.19 … Southern Regional, 2017 [3]
9:15.51 … Ocean City, 2024 [2]
9:15.69 … Lenape, 2012 [2]
9:15.92 … Haddonfield, 2015 [3]

Pennsauken’s Premier Wynn earned a trip to Peru for the World Under-20 Championships Thursday with a 2nd-place finish at the USATF Under-20 Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

Wynn, running out of challenging Lane 9, ran a lifetime-best 50.58, taking 2nd to Vance Nilsson, a senior at Gilbert (Ariz.) High School, who won the race in 50.23.

The World Under-20 Championships will be held in Lima, Peru, Aug. 26-31. The top two finishers, provided they have a World Under-20 qualifying time – which both do – represent the U.S. in Peru.

Wynn’s previous PR was 50.72 when he placed 2nd at the MEAC Championships on his home track at Norfolk State University last month.

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His time is 6th-fastest ever by a South Jersey high school alumni and fastest since Winslow’s Reuben McCoy ran 50.07 in a meet in Clermont, Fla., in June 2014. Wynn’s PR is now 3-100ths of a second faster than Tucker, his high school teammate.

Wynn led most of the race, clearing the 10 hurdles in 5.81, 9.61, 13.49, 17.55, 21.84, 25.89, 30.32, 34.99, 39.73 and 44.54. Nilsson passed him between the 10th hurdle and finish line. Lane 9 is a very tough lane to race out of because the stagger doesn’t allow you to see anybody else in the race until well onto the backstretch.

Wynn’s high school teammate, Rutgers rising sophomore Bryce Tucker, placed 7th in 53.66, and Deptford’s Lathan Brown III, also a Rutgers rising soph, ran 53.91 but was DQ’d for violating rule 168.3a, which prohibits a hurdler from hooking his trail leg.

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48.37 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], June 28, 2008, Eugene, Ore.
48.86 … Fred Sharpe [Paulsboro], May 18, 2003, Knoxville, Tenn.
49.50 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], June 12, 2003, Sacramento
50.04 … Mike Brown [Lenape], June 12, 2002, Holmdel, N.J.
50.52 … Martin Booker [Camden], May 12, 1984, Philadelphia
50.58 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], June 13, 2024, Eugene, Ore.
50.61 … Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], May 12, 2024, Ann Arbor, Mich.
50.65 … Aaron Younger [Delsea], May 28, 2010, Greensboro, N.C.
50.69 … Danyne Brown [Camden], May 30, 2003, Fairfax, Va.
50.84 … Nick Brown [Bridgeton], July 16, 2005, New York

Hammonton junior Anthony Liakhnovich surpassed the 180-foot barrier Wednesday and placed 2nd in the discus at the Meet of Champions at Pennsauken.

Liakhnovich, who had a PR of 149-0 last year, capped a fantastic season with a throw of 181-3, snapping his PR of 178-0 at the Delsea Crusader Invitational in April. Liakhnovich surpassed 170 feet five times this year and placed 2nd in his first Meet of Chapions to Benjamin Shue of Bergen Catholic, the West Philly Nationals runner-up last year as a sophomore. Shue threw a PR 205-4, No. 3 in meet history.

Liakhnovich had four 170-foot throws in his series, and his 181-3 on his 4th attempt is No. 1 in South Jersey history and No. 3 in Atlantic County history, behinde Egg Harbor Township’s James Plummer [197-0 in 2013] and St. Augustine’s Franklin Simms [191-11 in 2022].

Bishop Eustace senior Shawn Brady was 3rd with a 179-7 on his final attempt. He threw at least 172 feet on all six throws and averaged 175-2 per throw.Bordentown’s Brock Schenck was 8th with a 166-2, giving South Jersey three of the top eight placers.

Six of the top 18 throwers in South Jersey history have come in the last three years.

All-Time South Jersey Discus list
216-11 … Ron Dayne [Overbrook], 1996
199-6 … Braheme Days Jr. [Bridgeton], 2013
197-0 … James Plummer [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
192-5 … Josh Awotunde [Delsea], 2013
191-11 … Franklin Simms [St. Augustine], 2022
189-7 … Ray Wilks [Bridgeton], 1995
185-11 … John Mooers [Middle Twp.], 2015
185-10 … Russ Willett [Penns Grove], 1985
185-7 … Matt Huckabee [Timber Creek], 2010
185-6 … Kamron Kobolak [Cinnaminson], 2018
185-5 … Ken Manahan [Deptford], 1976
184-8 … Damere Lassiter [Glassboro], 2023
184-4 … Adam Hunt [Collingswood], 2017
183-9 … Jason Nwosu [Delsea], 2022
183-4 … Janier Armstead [Penns Grove], 2023
181-10 … Jason Winrow [Cumberland Reg.], 1989
181-10 … Shawn Brady [Bishop Eustace], 2024
181-3 … Anthony Liakhnovich [Hammonton], 2024
180-3 … Howard Clark [Pennsauken], 1998

Incredible performance by Delsea’s Hannah Nuhfer at the Meet of Champions with the 2nd-best discus throw in state history by a sophomore.

Nuhfer threw 152-6 on her 1st attempt at Pennsauken and placed 2nd to Layla Giordano of Old Tappan, who had three throws over 166, including the winning 171-7 on her final throw. Giordano is all-time New Jersey No. 3 with her 172-2 at North 1 Group 3 sectionals at Vernon.

Nuhfer’s 152-6 is No. 12 in state history and No. 6 all-time in South Jersey and just 10 inches short of the state sophomore class record of 153-4 set by Alyssa Wilson of Donovan Catholic at the 2015 Parochial A sectionals at Donovan Catholic in Toms River. Wilson was a multiple NCAA All-America at Texas State and Olympic Trials finalist in the hammer and discus.

Nuhfer’s previous PR was a 149-2 at the Delsea Crusader Field Meet last month. Her 152-6 is the 7th-best mark in meet history and the best non-winning mark. The previous-best non-winning throw was a 144-0 by Casey Sullivan of Demarest in 2022.

Nuhfer is still a newcomer to the discus. She only threw in one meet last year – a 113-1 at the Delsea Crusader Field Meet – and opened this year with three meets at 115 or below. She had a breakthrough at the South Jersey Elite with a 130-3 and then bombed that 149-2 just three weeks ago.

The only superior performers in Gloucester County history are also from Delsea – Jocelyn White threw 172-2 in 2004 and Jamine Moton 161-1 in 1997.

The No. 3 sophomore in state history is another current Gloucester County 10th grader, Glassboro’s Sunsarai Moore, who placed 3rd Wednesday with a 143-0, just off her lifetime-best 143-10 two weeks ago at South Jersey Group 1 sectionals, also at Pennsauken. She’s No. 9 in South Jersey history

Moore’s 143-0 is the best 3rd-place throw in meet history and No. 7 among South Jersey throwers. The best previous 3rd-place throw was 141-3 by Sarah Slowikowski of Demarest in 2022.

There’s more!

Winslow junior Brook-lynn Roberts also surpassed 140 feet with a 142-2 on her 2nd attempt for 4th place. That’s the best 4th-place throw in meet history, surpassing a 140-2 by Kelly Enterline of Southern Regional, also in 2022.

So the top three returning discus throwers in 2025 will all be from South Jersey.

And let’s not forget versatile Schalick senior Grace O’Neill, a state medalist in the intermediate hurdles, who popped a PR 134-3 for 8th place in the discus.

All four South Jersey medalists are entered in the discus at West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field. The discus final is scheduled for 4 p.m. Saturday. Nuhfer and Roberts are also entered in the shot.

All-Time New Jersey 150-Foot Discus List
182-0 … Alyssa Wilson [Donovan Catholic], 2017
172-2 … Jocelyn White [Delsea], 2004
172-2 … Layla Giordano [Old Tappan], 2024
168-10 … Jessica Woodard [Cherokee], 2013
161-11 … Helene O’Connell [Jackson], 1977
161-7 … Jessica Oji [Livingston], 2024
161-1 … Jamine Moton [Delsea], 1997
155-7 … Jada Mia Puryear [Union Catholic], 2022
153-6 … Tisha Kerrin [Eastern], 1989
153-3 … DeAnne Hahn [Brick Twp.], 2008
153-2 … Sylvia Galarza [Millville], 2004
152-6 … Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], 2024
152-4 … Kirsten Batts [Marlboro], 2007

All-Time South Jersey 140-Foot Discus List
172-2 … Jocelyn White [Delsea], 2004
168-10 … Jessica Woodard [Cherokee], 2013
161-1 … Jamine Moton [Delsea], 1997
153-6 … Tisha Kerrin [Eastern], 1989
153-2 … Sylvia Galarza [Millville], 2004
152-6 … Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], 2024
149-3 … Tara Daniels [Kingsway], 2013
147-7 … Brook-lynn Roberts [Winslow Twp.], 2024
146-5 … Kim Warren [Atlantic City], 2006
143-10 … Sunsarai Moore [Glassboro], 2024
143-3 … Mercedes Hicks [Atlantic City], 2006
143-2 … Najeaya Singleton [Vineland], 2017
140-6 … Typhanie Bates [Williamstown], 1995
140-1 … Melinda Boykin[Bridgeton], 1997
140-0 … Geri Riley [Millville], 1987

All-Time Meet of Champions Discus List
171-1 … Layla Giordano [Old Tappan], 2024 [1]
168-1 … Alyssa Wilson [Donovan Catholic], 2017 [1]
161-1 … Jess Woodard [Cherokee], 2013 [1]
159-7 … Layla Giordano [Old Tappan], 2023 [1]
158-1 … Jocelyn White [Delsea], 2004 [1]
155-7 … Jada Mia Puryear [Union Catholic], 2022 [1]
152-6 …….. Wilson, 2016 [1]
152-6 … Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], 2024 [2]
151-10 …….. Woodard, 2012 [1]
150-6 … Alyssa Wilson [Donovan Catholic], 2015 [1]
147-11 … Sarah Herskee [Mendham], 1999 [1]
147-8 … Sue Piekarz [Clifton], 1987 [1]
147-1 … Jamine Moton [Delsea], 1996 [1]
145-11 … Jocelyn White [Delsea], 2003 [1]
145-5 …….. Moton, 1997 [1]
144-0 … Casey Sullivan [Demarest], 2022 [2]
143-10 … Abby Nonneberg [Wall Twp.], 2019 [1]
143-4 … Jenn Flinchum [Demarest], 1999 [2]
143-2 … Najeaya Singleton [Vineland], 2017 [2]
143-0 … Sunsarai Moore [Glassboro], 2024 [3]
142-5 …….. Woodard, 2011 [1]
142-2 … Brook-lynn Roberts [Winslow Twp.], 2024 [4]
142-0 … Tammy Pellien [Jackson], 1996 [2]
141-8 … Karen Anderson [Toms River East], 1982 [1]
141-3 … Sarah Slowikowski [Demarest], 2022 [3]
140-8 … Jessica Fazekas [Demarest], 2002 [1]
140-2 … Tara Hollowell [Trenton], 1995 [1]
140-2 … Kelly Enterline [Souther Reg.], 2022 [4]

Oakcrest senior Ryan Merlino cleared 16 feet to win the Meet of Champions pole vault, but he really won it at 15 feet.

Merlino and Cade Zeolla of West Morris Central locked up in a tight battle Wednesday at Pennsauken, with both clearing 16 feet – 3rd-best in meet history – and then missing three tries at 16-6.

Both cleared 14-6 on their 1st attempt and both cleared 15-6 on their 1st try. But Merlino got over the bar on his 1st attempt at 15-0 and Zeolla made it over on his 3rd attempt. When there’s a tie for 1st, you go back to the last height to break the tie, and because Merlino needed fewer attempts at 15-0, he’s the winner.

Merlino’s only defeat this year came at the Penn Relays, where he placed 4th but 1st among New Jersey vaulters, so he hasn’t lost to a New Jersey athlete all year.

This was Zeolla’s first 16-0 clearance and Merlino’s 3rd. He’s tied for the South Jersey record with Bob Green of Haddon Heights, who cleared 16-0 in 1992.

Merlino is the first South Jersey vaulter to win the Meet of Champions since Delsea’s Jarrod Brovero in 2016 and Oakcrest’s 1st MoC winner since Ishmael Muhammad won the 800 in 1:48.52 in 2014.

Merlino is entered in the pole vault at West Philly Nationals at Frankllin Field at 2 p.m. Saturday, as are Zeolla and Deptford junior Marcus Hood, who cleared 15-3 to win the South Jersey Group 3 meet. That’s No. 11 in South Jersey history.

South Jersey Meet of Champions Pole Vault Winners
Mark Murphy [Haddonfield], 1984 [14-6]
Mark Murphy [Haddonfield], 1985 [15-0]
Marv Forchion [Willingboro], 1986 [14-6]
Jason King [Lenape], 1993 [15-4]
Josh Moline [Gateway], 2000 [14-6]
Michael Hulme [Eastern], 2003 [15-0]
Devon Purves [Haddonfield], 2006 [15-0]
Dan Batdorf [West Deptford], 2007 [14-6]
Jarrod Brovero [Delsea], 2016 [14-6]

Oakcrest Meet of Champions winners
Carnelius Cruz [Oakcrest], 1994 [211-5]
Desmond Powell [Oakcrest], 1994 [14.08]
Oakcrest, 2011 [41.83]
Oakcrest, 2012 [42.09]
Fabian Santiago [Oakcrest], 2012 [10.59]
Fabian Santiago [Oakcrest], 2012 [21.52]
David Jefferson [Oakcrest], 2012 [6-6]
Ishmael Muhammad [Oakcrest], 2014 [1:48.52]