In his first open 200 of the year, Winslow Township senior Jayden Poteat ran the 6th-fastest time in South Jersey history and smashed the Camden Conty record Saturday morning at the Ott Center in West Philly.
Poteat won the 200 in 21.72 at the South Jersey Track Coaches Association Meet, with Camden Azir Lee also running sub-22 for 2nd place. Lee ran 21.91, 5th-fastest on the all-time Camden County list and a school record.
He broke the Camden County record of 21.75 set by Pennsauken’s Premier Wynn when he won the 2023 Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze. The previous Winslow record was 21.89 set by Reuben McCoy at the 2004 Hispanic Games at the Armory.
Poteat has crazy range from the 55 up to the 600. He won the 55 earlier Saturday in a lifetime-best 6.52 over Camden’s Jaiden Steele, who ran 6.62. Poteat’s 6.52 is 7th-fastest in New Jersey so far this year. And last weekend at the Bishop Loughlin Games at Ocean Breeze he ran 35.39 for 300 meters, No. 3 in the state this year, and 1:22.74 for 600 meters, No. 2 in the state this year (behind teammate Dominic Bassey’s 1:21.36).
As for Lee, he broke the Camden FAT record for 200 meters, a 22.06 set by Albert Newkirk in Boston when he placed 2nd at National Scholastic Indoors at the Reggie Lewis Center back in 1996. Jamar Ervin and Carl Smith both ran hand-timed 21.9s, Ervin in 2002 and Smith in 2005.
All-Time South Jersey Indoor 200-Meter Dash List
21.25 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024
21.53 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2012
21.58 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024
21.62 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
21.71 … Julian Conigliaro [Delsea], 2024
21.72 … Jayden Poteat [Winslow Twp.], 2025
21.75 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
21.82 … Marquis Taylor [Woodbury], 2025
21.82 … Antonio Tarantino [Paul VI], 2018
21.85 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991
21.86 … Antonio Abney [Willingboro], 2007
21.89 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 2004
21.91 … Sterling Pierce [Rancocas Valley], 2015
21.91 … Azir Lee [Camden], 2025
21.92 … Rajahn Dixon [Eastern], 2023
21.94 … A.J. Bunton [West Deptford], 2006
21.96 … Michael Bolling [Willingboro], 2001
All-Time Camden County Indoor 200-Meter Dash List
21.72 … Jayden Poteat [Winslow Twp.], 2025
21.75 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
21.82 … Antonio Tarantino [Paul VI], 2018
21.89 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 2004
21.91 … Azir Lee [Camden], 2025
21.92 … Rajahn Dixon [Eastern], 2023
22.00 … Luke Colehower [Haddonfield], 2017
22.06 … Albert Newark [Camden], 1996
22.20 … Michael Mazero [Paul VI], 2022
22.21 … Martin Booker [Pennsauken], 2017
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 