Yashahya Brown tied the South Jersey high hurdles record and missed the state record by 3-100ths of a second Saturday at the state championships in Somerset.

Brown, a Washington Township senior, won the Group 4 race in 13.43, tying the South Jersey record set by Camden’s Danyne Brown at the 1999 state Group 4 race in South Plainfield and falling just short of the state record of 13.40 set last year by Nathaniel Rayan of Scotch Plains-Fanwood at the USATF Under-20 Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

Brown’s performance was made with an allowable 0.1 tailwind. Anything 2.0 meters per second or lower is considered legal wind.

Brown broke the meet record of 13.45 set last year by Rayan, also in Somerset. His time is 4th-fastest in the U.S. this year, according to the MileSplit database.

Brown was 3rd at states last year in 13.99 behind Rayan and Pennsauken’s Bryce Tucker, who placed 2nd in 13.99.

He’s Washington Township’s first state champion since 2010, when Devon Carter won both hurdles and Steve Morrone won the 800.

Williamstown senior Alexander Hollimon placed 2nd in 14.15. Brown, Willingboro’s Eric Foster, Riverside’s Jamir Brown and Hollimon will be the top-four seeds at the Meet of Champions on Wednesday.

13.43 … Yashahya Brown, Washington Twp. [1st, group 4]
13.77 … Eric Foster, Willingboro [1st, Group 2]
13.81 … Jamir Brown, Riverside [1st, Group 1]
14.15 … Alexander Hollimon, Williamstown [2nd, Group 4]
14.21 … Elijah Bastos, Morris Knolls [1st, Group 3
14.22 … Essien Plummer, Neptune [2nd, Group 3]

ALL-TIME N.J. 110 HURDLES LIST
13.40 … Nathaniel Rayan [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 2023
13.43 … Danye Brown [Camden], 1999
13,.43 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2024
13.46 … Cory Poole [East Orange Campus], 2017
13.48 … Yashaya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2024
13.51 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
13.52 … Todd Matthews [Notre Dame], 1998
13.54 … Jamir Brown [Riverside], 2024
13.55 … Jaheem Hayles [Roselle], 2019
13.59 … Gerard Reynolds [Willingboro], 1990
13.62 … Christopher Stephens [Plainfield], 2001
13.66 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 1997
13.66 … Emmanuel Deux [Linden], 2001
13.67 … Jermaine Collier [Trenton], 2012
13.70 … Chris Alexander [Christian Brothers], 2015
13.71 … Akeem Lindo [East Orange], 2018
13.73 … Christopher Serrao [East Brunswick], 2022
13.73 … Kevin Hagamin [Timber Creek], 2014
13.74 … Scott Robinson [Hillsboro], 2001
13.74 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], 2001
13.75 … Rashad Baker [Wilson], 2000
13.75 … Bennett Jackson [Raritan], 2010
13.76 … Nate Harley [Pleasantville], 1996
13.76 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], 2012
13.77 … Anthony Acklin [Triton], 2001
13.77 … Eric Foster [Willingboro], 2024
13.78 … Al-Tariq Dunson [East Orange], 2018
13.80 … Devon Hill [Trenton], 2008

ALL-TIME SOUTH JERSEY 110 HURDLES LIST
13.43 … Danye Brown [Camden], 1999
13.48 … Yashaya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2024
13.54 … Jamir Brown [Riverside], 2024
13.59 … Gerard Reynolds [Willingboro], 1990
13.66 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 1997
13.73 … Kevin Hagamin [Timber Creek], 2014
13.74 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], 2001
13.75 … Rashad Baker [Wilson], 2000
13.76 … Nate Harley [Pleasantville], 1996
13.76 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], 2012
13.77 … Anthony Acklin [Triton], 2001
13.77 … Eric Foster [Willingboro], 2024
13.81 … Scot McCray [Camden], 1997
13.81 … Jeff Young [Wilson], 1999
13.87 … Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], 2023
13.90 … Edwin Alston [Winslow Twp.], 2015
13.92 … Enrique Llanos [Wilson], 1999
13.93 … Malachi Wesley [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2022
13.94 … Hal Lathan [Egg Harbor Twp,], 2009
13.95 … Kevin White [Haddon Heights], 1992
13.95 … Naseem Smith [Deptford], 2019
13.96 … Devon Carter [Washington Twp.], 2010
13.97 … Will Brown [Palmyra], 2006
13.97 … Syteek Farrington [Camden], 2010
13.99 … Herb Reid [Lenape], 2000
13.99 … Eric Foster [Wilingboro], 2024
13.99 … Herb Reid [Lenape], 2000

Remarkable Pennsauken sophomore Sianni Wynn ran the 8th-fastest 400 in state history Saturday morning on the way to her 2nd state title of the weekend and 7th of her brief high school career.

Wynn won the state Group 4 title in Somerset in 53.45, fastest by any New Jersey quarter-miler since Olympic 800 gold medalist Athing Mu of Trenton ran 51.98 in 2019.

The only faster time in South Jersey history is the 52.91 that Seneca’s Michelle Brown ran in 2009 when she placed 3rd at Greensboro Nationals.

The only faster sophomores in state history are Olympic gold medalists Mu [52.45 in 2018] and Sydney McLaughlin [52.59 in 2015].

Wynn’s previous best was her 53.80 last weekend at Group 4 Sectionals on her home track in Pennsauken. That’s where she’ll race in the Meet of Champions on Wedneseday.

Wynn broke the meet record of 53.61 set in 2022 by Julia Jackson of Scotch Plains-Fanwood.

Another Camden County sophomore, Eastern’s Natalie Dumas, placed 2nd in 54.74, which is 14th-fastest in South Jersey history.

On Friday, Wynn won the 100 in 11.52 into a 1.6 meters-per-second headwind. She’ll run the 200 later Saturday.

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
53.45 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken ], 2023
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
53.84 … Drexel Long [Monmouth], 1991
53.98 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2006

All-Time South Jersey 400 List
52.91 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2009
53.45 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken ], 2023
53.51 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1996
53.64 … Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], 2008
53.49 … Arianna Sharpe [Clayton], 2022
53.60 … Amirah Sharpe [Clayton], 2022
53.98 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2007
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

Huge start to the state Group 3 meet for the Winslow girls, with freshman Cinniya Robinson and sophomore Olivia Okaro running 1-2 with blazing fast PRs.

Robinson lowered her PR from 55.76 from last weekend’s Group 3 sectionals to 55.60 and Okaro lowered hers from 56.30 to 56.08 as Winslow increased its point total from 19 to 37 and moved just one point behind Timber Creek.

Robinson is Winslow’s first state 400 champ since Shakira Dancy won Group 3 in 54.36 in 2016. Her 55.60 makes her the 4th-fastest freshman in South Jersey history, behind Pennsauken’s Sianni Wynn [53.97 last year], Eastern’s English Gardner [54.00 in 2007] and Winslow’s Krystal Cantey [55.48 in 2003].

Timber Creek freshman Taylor Gaines took 5th in 57.59, dropping her PR from 58.32.

Winslow’s Jayden Poteat and Woodbury’s Marquise Taylor simultaneously opened Day 2 of the state championships with identical wins in the 400-meter dash.

Poteat ran a PR 48.23 to win the state Group 3 title at Delsea and Taylor ran a PR 48.23 to win the Group 1 race in Somerset.

Taylor out-ran Tennessee signee Luke Schagelin, who had won the 800 in 1:51.17 on Friday. Schagelin was 2nd in 48.35. Poteat is the first Winslow quarter-miler to win a state title since legendary Reuben McCoy won Group 4 in 46.77 back in 2004. Delsea senior Dante McGrenehan also ran under 49, taking 5th place in 48.97. Hammonton junior Jake Edwards [49.31] and Eastside senior Julius Dominguez [49.78] also broke 50.

Taylor led a 1-2 South Jersey finish with Clayton junior Alex Osayemi 2nd in 48.78. Glassboro senior Cartrell Moore also broke 9, taking 4th in 49.46, and Woodbury senior Jayden Johnson was 5th in 50.36.

Winslow sophomore Ma’Syiah Brawner won her 2nd straight state title in the long jump Friday at Delsea and popped an outdoor PR along the way.

Brawner jumped 19-3 ½ at the State Group 3 Championships at Delsea – No. 9 in South Jersey history – and she did it with a legal 0.9 wind, and kudos to Delsea for having a functional wind gauage not just on the track but in the field for horizontal jumps as well.

Brawner’s previous outdoor PR was 18-11 ½ from the Camden County Championships last month at Haddon Township. She did have an indoor 19-3 ½ at the Armory in January. She’s the first South Jersey girl to win state long jump titles as both a freshman and sophomore since Serifat Juniad of Cameen Catholic, who won Parochial A with an 18-3 as a freshman in 2006 and as a sophomore at 17-11 in 2007.

For the first time in girls state track history, two South Jersey girls surpassed 19 feet in the same state meet. Absegami junior Jaidah Garrett placed 2nd with a 19-0 ½. Brawner and Garrett will be the No. 2 and 3 seeds in the Meet of Champions, behind Montclair senior Ashley Noel, who won Group 4 with a 19-7 ¾. Garrett is tied for No. 12 in South Jersey history with her 19-2 last weekend at South Jersey Group 3 secetionals, also at Delsea.

Brawner is the top sophomore in New Jersey and Garrett is the top junior.

Brawner’s 19-3 ½ is the top jump by a New Jersey sophomore since 2017, when Tionna Tobias – who now competes for Iowa – jumped 19-7 ½ at the 2017 Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington. Garrett is the top South Jersey junior since Tobias jumped 19-11 ½ at the 2018 state Group 3 meet at Central Regional.

Brawner popped her 19-3 ½ on her first jump. After two fouls, she finished with an 18-4 ½, 17-9 ¾ and 18-5. Garrett opened with 18-4 ¾ and 18-4 before hitting her 19-footer on her 3rd jump. In the finals, she jumped 17-7 ½, 18-6 and 18-7 ¾.

On Saturday, Brawner will compete in the 100-meter hurdles, high jump and triple jump. Garrett will run the 100 and triple jump.

All-Time South Jersey Long Jump List
21-7 ¾ …… Carol Lewis [Willingboro], 1980
20-0 ½ ….. Teneacia Smith [Cherry Hill East], 1992
19-11 ½ … Kathy Rankins [Haddon Heights], 1980
19-11 ½ …. Tionna Tobias [Winslow Twp.], 2018
19-9 ¼ ….. Cidae’a Woods [Winslow Twp.], 2013
19-7 ½ ….. Helen Wilks [Bridgeton], 1993
19-4 ¾ …… Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], 2011
19-4 ………. Emily Carson [Haddonfield], 2012
19-3 ½ … Ma’Syiah Brawner [Winslow Twp.], 2024
19-2 ¾ …….Asia Young [Holy Spirit], 2016
19-2 ½ ….…Gabrielle Bennett [Winslow Twp.], 2015
19-2 ………. Tierra Hooker [Timber Creek], 2018
19-2 ………. Robin Taylor [Deptford], 1980
19-2 ………. Jaidah Garrett [Absegami], 2024
19-1 ……….. Nena Moore [Cherry Hill West], 1995
19-1 ………. Yvonne Wolef [Middle Twp.], 2012
19-0 ¼ …… Jasmine Staten [Lenape], 2016

For the first time in almost two months, Malachi James got a chance to run with a wind gauge, and he responded by shattering the meet record in the 100-meter dash at the State Group 1 Championships Friday in Somerset.

James won the 100 final in 10.47 into a significant 1.7 meters-per-second wind after setting a meet-record 10.45 in the trials with a slight 0.5 tailwind. Anything at 2.0 or under is considered legal wind.

According to the wind correction calculator into a 1.7 wind is equivalent of a 10.37 with no wind or 10.27 with a legal 2.0 wind.

This was James’ first meet with a wind gauge since the USATF New York Youth Challenge Series Opener, when he ran 10.40 with a legal 1.3 tailwind.

James broke the Group 1 meet record of 10.58 set in 2017 by Salem’s Jonathan Taylor, currently a running back with the Colts.

He’s Burlington’s first state champion since Daveigh Brooks won the 400 in 2016 in 48.98 and City’s first sprinter to win a state title since Brondon Jenkins won the 200 as a freshman in 1993 in 22.26. A year later, as a sophomore at Delran, he won the Meet of Champions 200 in 21.46.

James will run the 200 on Saturday. He’ll be the No. 1 seed Wednesday at the Meet of Champions at Pennsauken. The next-fastest Friday were Southern Regional junior Cole Cramer, who won Group 4 in a wind-aided 10.59 in Somerse4t and Robbinsville senior Maxim Rychkov, who won Group 3 in a wind-aided 10.58 at Delsea.

In the final, James led a 1-2-3-4 South Jersey sweep, with Florence junior Barone VanKline 2nd in a PR 10.89, Gateway senior Lloyd Shambry 3rd in 10.92 and Paulsboro junior Malachi Streeter 4th in 11.08 [and 2nd among Malachi’s].

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

I wish I could do a story on every South Jersey athlete who medaled or PR’d Friday in the three state meets, but it’s humanly impossible.

So here’s a glance at some of the South Jersey highlights at the Group 1 and 4 meets in Somerset, the Group 2 and 3 meets at Delsea and the Parochial A & B meets in Galloway Township.

If I didn’t mention you or your athlete, I’m sorry. I had to cut each event off somewhere!

Day 2 is scheduled to start at 10:30 p.m. Saturday.

Boys
Group 1
Glassboro has already piled up 37 points and leads Woodbury 37-30 , with Manville [22] and Riverside [18] sitting in 3rd and 4th. Ten of the top 14 teams in NJ-1 are from South Jersey. Woodbury won the 4-by-1 in 42.35 with Shiwoe Varpilah, Dante Viccharelli, Darien Dunbar and Marquis Taylor, with Glassboro 2nd in 42.59, Riverside 3rd at 43.05, Clayton 4th in 43.37 and Paulsboro 5th in 43.41 in a 1-2-3-4-5 South Jersey sweep. Pitman senior Peyton Shute won the 800 in 1:52.05 and the 3,200 in 9:26.98. Burlington City’s Malachi James cruised to a 100 win in 10.47 after setting a meet record of 10.45 in the trials – with legal wind! Florence junior Barone VanKline made it a 1-2 BCSL finish with a PR 10.89, with Gateway’s Lloyd Shambry 3rd at 11.92. A fast 1-2-3-4 400IH finish for South Jersey, with Riverside’s Jamir Brown winning in 53.52, Palmyra’s Abdulazeez Iyiola 2nd in 53.92, Glassboro’s Cartrell Moore 3rd in 54.17 and Gloucester’s Jaden Garis 4th in 55.45. Glassboro’s Damere Lassiter won the discus by more than 12 feet with a 169-6 and also had a 168-8 in his series. Salem’s Davi’Yonn Jackson won the triple jump at 46-4.

Group 2
Camden, seeking its first state title in 19 years, got off to a hot start with a win in the 400-meter relay and also got wins from soph Jaiden Steele in the 100 [10.68] and high jumper Teron Murray [6-6], and the Panthers have a 13-point lead over Demarest, 34-21. Bordentown’s Brock Schenck won the discus at 171-3 and averaged 168-11 on four legal throws.

Group 3
Robbinsville and Morris Knolls lead the way with 26 and 24 points, with Winslow [18] and Delsea [16] sitting in 3rd and 4th. Winslow junior Dominic Bassey ran a huge PR 1:52.15 for 2nd in the 800. Hammonton junior Anthony Liakhnovich hit 172-0 for 2nd in the discus.

Group 4
Washington Township [19], Rancocas Valley [11] and Cherokee [10] are all in double figures and in 3rd, 6th and 7th place. Westfield leads the group with 36 points, followed by Toms River North with 28. Washington Township won the 400-meter relay with Yashahya Brown, Jack Schuck, Aidan Ellis and John Santos in 41.94. Cherry Hill East’s Ashraf Maklache PR’d with a 53.48 for 2nd in the 400IH. Cherokee’s Nick Kuenkel ran a PR 9:05.87 for 2nd in the 3,200. Rancocas Valley’s David Goldbolt won the high jump at 6-6 on fewer misses at 6-4.

Parochial
Bishop Eustace senior Shawn Brady bombed a 179-1 to win the Parochial B discus over Josh Huisman of St. Rose, who had not lost a discus competition this year.

Girls
Group 1
Five of the top six teams going into Day 2 are from South Jersey, although Hasbrouck Heights leads with 32 points. Audubon has 30, Salem 19, Clayton 18, Schalick 17 and Woodbury 16. Salem got a win in the 4-by-1 with Sairis Jiminez, Karima Davenport-White, Morgan VanDover and Rhionna Timmons. Woodbury [49.68] and Glassboro [49.90] took 2nd and 3rd. Audubon got 14 points from sophomore Riley Fayer, who was 2nd in the 800 [2:17.93] and 3rd in the 3,200 [11;13.65], and a win from senior Arianna Bittner in the 400 hurdles. Riverside junior Sydney Greenidge took 2nd in the 100 with a 12.37, and Schallick junior Jordan Hadfield won the 3,200 in 11:03.29. Pennsville junior Megan Morris cleared 10-0 to win the pole vault.

Group 2
Haddonfield and Willingboro are sitting in 2nd and 3rd with 27 points and 22 points. Rumson-Fair Haven leads Group 2 with 31 points after one day. Willingboro picked up 14 poin ts in the 100 with freshman Maya Bolden 2nd in 12.07 and junior Nester Wea 3rd in 12.14. Haddonfield’s Ava Thomas ran 11:00.56 for 2nd in the 3,200.

Group 3
Behind its sprint strength, Timber Creek has built a 14-point lead over 2nd-place Old Tappan in Group 3. A 1-2 finish in the 100 from Naylah Jones and Ryan Jennings and a win by the 400-meter relay team account for 28 of their 32 points. Old Tappan has 19 and Winslow 18. Mainland’s Sofia Day won the 800 with a PR 2:12.55. Ocean City senior Sophia Curtis PR’d with a 59.80 in the 400 hurdlers (more on that race soon). Winslow soph Ma’Syiah Brawner had a wind-legal 19-3 ½ win in the long jump., with Absegami junior Jaidah Garrett also over 19 feet at 19-0 ½. Moorestown junior Hannah Byrd-Leitner cleared 12-7 to win the pole vault and break the Group 3 meet record of 12-6 set in 2018 by Delsea’s Ashley Preston. She also tied the overall meet record set by Emma Keating of Pompton Lakes in 2023.

Group 4
Eastern and Toms River North are tied with 24 points, with Hillsborough , Pennsauken, Washington Township and Cherokee all within range, Hillsborough with 23 points, Pennsauken 20, Washington Township 19 and Cherokee 16. For Pennsauken, Sianni Wynn won the 100 in 11.52 and anchored the winning 4-by-1 with Abigayle John, Sanaya Dupree and Amina Dyer. Cherokee took 2nd in 48.38. Eastern soph Natalie Dumas won the intermediates in 1:01.83 and teammate Zoe Goldberg won the javelin at 140-9.

Parochial
Hammonton senior Jalia Cooper threw 104-4 to win the Parochial B javelin. She’s Hammonton’s 3rd state javelin champ in the last eight years. In 2018, Alexa Gardner threw 142-1 to win Parochial B in 2017 and 135-7 to win in 2018. As we wrote earlier, Paul VI’s Shaelan McNally broke the Parochial A meet record with a 10:24.00 win in the 3,200.

Paul VI senior Shaelan McNally won her 1st state title Friday and smashed the meet record in the 3,200 at the State Parochial A Championships at Stockton University in Galloway Township.

McNally won the race in 10:24.00, finishing 100 meters of 2nd place and broke the meet record of 10:30.97 set in 2022 by Cate DeSousa of Red Bank Catholic.

She’s Paul VI’s first state champion since Aliya Rae Garozzo won both hurdles in the 2019 meet and PVI’s first distance runner to win a state title since Davana Medina won the Parochial B 3,200 in 1992 in 11:40.17.

Despite running solo, McNally ran within six seconds of her PR of 10:18.93 from Cherokee Night at the Races, a mixed race. That’s No. 16 in state history and No. 2 in South Jersey history.

McNally will be the top seed at the Meet of Champions Wednesday at Pennsauken.

Timber Creek senior Naylah Jones turned in one of the fastest 100-meter dash performances in U.S. scholastic track history Friday at the state Group 3 Championships at Delsea.

Running with a legal wind, Jones ran 11.23, shattering the state record of 11.33 set by her current teammate, Timber Creek junior Ryan Jennings, last weekend at Group 3 Sectionals on the same track.

The wind reading for her race was 1.7 meters-per-second. Anything 2.0 or lower is considered legal wind.

Her time is 3rd-fastest in the U.S. this year with legal wind, according to the MileSplit national database.

Trenton’s Wendy Vereen ran 11.17 during the summer between her junior and senior year of high school at the National Sports Festival on Juy 3, 1983, in Colorado Springs, but while some record keepers consider all summer marks for high school lists, we do not recognize summer track meets that are not an extension of the high school season for record purposes. New Jersey Track, which for decades was the unofficial record keeper, did not either.

Jones’ time is under the B standard of 11.30 for the U.S. Olympic Trials later this month in Eugene, Ore. The qualifying window closes on Sunday.

Her time is No. 41 among all U.S. women this year and No. 8 on the World Athletics Under-20 list and No. 3 among U.S. women.

Jones’ previous PR was her 11.38 with a legal 11.9 wind when she finished 2nd to Jennings at sectionals. Jennings was 2nd Friday in 11.65, giving Timber Creek 18 team points. Both will also run the 200.

Here’s my best attempt at an all-time U.S. wind-legal girls 100-meter dash list from various sources, including Track and Field News, DyeState, MileSplit and Jack Shepard’s high school annuals. It shows Jones at No. 25 in U.S. history.

10.89 … Shawnti Jackson [South Granville, Creedmore, N.C.], 2023
10.94 … Briana Williams [Northeast, Oakland Park, Fla., 2019
10.98 … Candace Hill [Rockdale, Conyers, Ga.], 2015
11.00 … Mia Brahe-Pedersen [Lake Oswego, Ore.], 2023
11.10 … Kaylin Whitney [East Ridge, Clermont, Fla.], 2014
11.11 … Angela Williams [Chino, Calif.], 1998
11.11 … Adaejah Hodge [Monteverde Academy, Fla.], 2023
11.13 … Chandra Cheeseborough [Ribault, Jacksonville, Fla.], 1976
11.13 … Ashley Owens [Liberty, Colorado Springs, Colo.], 2004
11.13 … Tamari Davis [Gainesville, Fla.], 2018
11.14 … Marion Jones [Thousand Oaks, Calif.], 1992
11.14 … Gabby Mayo [Southeast Raleigh, N.C.], 2006
11.16 … Victoria Jordan [Dunbar, Texas], 2008
11.16 … Octavious Freeman [Lake Wales, Fla.], 2009
11.17 … Wendy Vereen [Trenton, N.J.], 1983
11.17 … Ashton Purvis [St. Elizabeth, N.C.], 2010
11.19 … Aleisha Latimer [Colorado Springs, Colo.], 1991
11.19 … Khalifa St. Port [St. Thomas Aquinas, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.], 2015
11.21 … Tiffany Townsend [Killeen, Texas], 2007
11.21 … Indya Mayberry [North Crowley, Fort Worth, Texas], 2024
11.22 … Chalonda Goodman [Newnan, Ga.], 2009
11.22 … Ariana Washington [Long Beach Poly, Calif.], 2014
11.23 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek, Erial, N.J.], 2024
11.24 … Jeneba Tarmoh [Mt. Pleasant, Calif.], 2006
11.24 … Semira Killebrew [Brebeuf Jesuit, Indianapolis], 2019
11.24 … Symone Mason [Southridge, Miami, Fla.], 2017

Jones’ time is 7th-fastest ever run by a New Jersey native.

All-Time New Jersey Alumni List
10.74 … English Gardner [Eastern], July 3, 2016, Eugene, Ore. [+1.0]
10.95 … Me’Lisa Barber [Montclair], May 20, 2007, Carson, Calif. [+2.0]
11.02 … Mikele Barber [Montclair], July 24, 2007, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [+0.8]
11.10 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], May 11, 2024, Gainesville, Fla. [+0.3]
11.18 … Wenda Vereen [Trenton], July 3, 1983, Colorado Springs [+0.6]
11.21 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], April 13, 2024, Gainesville, Fla. [+1.2]
11.23 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], June 7, 2024, Franklin Township, N.J. [+1.7]
11.29 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], April 17, 2005, Walnut, Calif. [+0.4]
11.31 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], May 14, 2017, Atlanta [+0.8]
11.32 … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], May 14, 2016, Lincoln, Neb. [+1.6]
11.36 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], May 6, 1984, Houston [+1.7]