Ajani Dwyer ran 6.65 and 20.66 Friday to advance to the 60-meter-dash and 200-meter dash finals at the Big Ten Championships in Indianapolis.

Dwyer, a Penn State freshman from Washington Township, is 5th-fastest into the 60-meter dash finals but just 3-100ths of a second out of 1st. His 200 qualifier was 1-100th-of-a-second off his lifetime-best 20.65 from last month at the Ott Center and 4th-fastest in the trials.

The 60 final is scheduled for 2 p.m. and the 200 final at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Fall Creek Pavillion at the Indianapolis State Fairgrounds.

Some other highlights from Friday’s various conference meets:

√ Sincere Rhea from St. Augustine, a senior at Texas Tech, ran within 5-100ths of a second of his PR of 7.64 and placed 2nd in his heat to advance automatically to the 60-meter hurdles final on Sunday at the Big 12 Championships in Lubbock.

√  La Salle sophomore Helene Usher from Haddonfield ran 16:47.35 for 3rd in the Atlantic 10 5,000-meter run.

√ Austin Gabay from Cinnaminson, a senior at Butler, recorded an auto qualifier into the mile final at the Big East Championships in Chicago. Gabay ran 4:08.71.

√  Rutgers freshman Eric Foster from Willingboro PR’d with an 8.08 in the hurdles trials at the Big Ten meet. That’s No. 8 in Rutgers history.

√  Haddonfield graduate Allison Colflesh, a junior at Richmond, ran a PR 2:15.60 and advanced to the 800 final at the Atlantic 10 Championships in Virginia Beach.

√  Washington Township graduate Jayden Greene and Timber Creek’s Josh Thaler, both seniors at St. Joe’s, advanced to the A-10 800 final, Greene with a 1:55.71 large-Q and Thaler with a 1:53.83 small-Q.

√ UConn junior Jaia James of Winslow Township matched her PR of 7.55 from earlier this month and posted the 3rd-fastest time in the 60 trials at the Big East meet and came back and ran a PR 24.39 to advance in the 200.

√ Kingsway’s Kyle Rakitis, a Rutgers sophomore, ran 4:11.62 in the Big Ten mile trials, about half a second off his PR.

√ Cherry Hill East graduate Alexis Tepper, a UMBC sophomore, PR’d at 4:57.08 for 5th place in the mile at the America East meet at Boston University. That’s No. 5 in school history. She also led off the 2nd-place 4-by-8, which ran 9:12.63 and anchored the 5th-place DMR, which ran 11:51.22

√ Eastern graduate A.J. Brooks, a Monmouth junior, PR’d in the long jump for 4th at the Coastal Athletic Association meet in Virginia Beach and ran 8.14 – within 2-100ths of his hurdles PR – for 6th in the 60-meter highs.

√ Monmouth senior Meredith Updike from Cinnaminson ran a hurdles PR of 8.79 for 4th in the CAA meet.

GIRLS
55-Meter Dash
1980 – Michele Glover [Willingboro], 6.8
1981 – Michele Glover [Willingboro], 6.8
1982 … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], 7.15
1983 … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], 6.9
1986 … Artrelia Turner [Wilson], 7.21
1996 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 7.12
1999 …Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 7.13
2007 … English Gardner [Eastern], 7.08
2010 … English Gardner [Eastern], 7.03
2014 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 6.95
2016 … Aliyah Taylor [Pemberton], 7.04
2017 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 6.99
2019 … Jailya Ash [Eastern], 7.06
2023 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 7.00
2024 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 6.81

200-Meter Dash [since 2005]
2006 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 25.07
2015 … Kiera Lester [Deptford], 25.18
2016 … Kiera Lester [Deptford], 24.96
2017 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 24.94
2023 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 24.48
2024 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 24.00

400-Meter Dash
1984 … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], 55.7
1995 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 58.14
1996 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 57.69
1999 … Nadia Davy [Bridgeton], 56.90
2003 … Okechi Ogbuorki [Willingboro], 57.54
2005 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp,.], 56.93
2007 … English Gardner [Eastern], 56.29
2008 … Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], 55.19
2009 … Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], 55.74
2010 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 55.96
2020 … Nylah Perry [Winslow Twp.], 56.19

800-Meter Run
1990 … Monica Olkowski [Cherokee], 2:12.45
2000 … Courtney McCrudden [Eastern], 2:17.15
2010 … Megan Tiernan [Washington Twp.], 2:11.53
2011 … Emmy Duffey [Lenape], 2:11.53
2012 … Emmy Duffey [Lenape], 2:15.12

1,600-Meter Run
1982 … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 4:55.7
1983 … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 4:49.5
1985 … Ruth Lockbaum [Glassboro], 4:56.0
1994 … Liz Moore [Shawnee], 5:09.46
2003 … Brittnee Bynoe [Willingboro], 5:06.53
2017 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 4:59.04

3,200-Meter Run
1981 … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 10:18.9
1993 … Cathy McGuigan [Bridgeton], 11:21.96
1996 … Ann Klocke [Bishop Eustace], 10:58.93
2001 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 10:38.90
2015 … Devon Grisbaum [Ocean City], 10:45.20

55-Meter Hurdles
1980 … Carol Lewis [Willingboro], 7.9
1981 … Carol Lewis [Willingboro], 8.0
1983 … Zonya Cross [Edgewood], 8.2
1991 … Helen Wilks [Bridgeton], 8.45
1992 … Nichole Belcher [Wilson], 8.13
1993 … Helen Wilks [Bridgeton], 8.36
2000 … Alethia Jenkins [Pennsauken], 8.21
2006 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], 8.15
2008 … Samantha Sharper [Wilson], 8.09
2012 … Stey’ce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 7.94
2017 … Lenaami Morton [Camden], 7.94
2019 … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 8.03
2020 … Jailya Ash [Eastern], 8.03
2022 … Anabella Chin [Rancocas Valley], 8.22

High Jump
1981 … Carol Lewis [Willingboro], 5-8
1987 … Erin Halpin [Cherry Hill East], 5-6
1990 … Sandy Tokoto [Moorestown], 5-6
1991 … Sandy Tokoto [Moorestown], 5-4
1994 … Shatich Rivers [Moorestown], 5-6
2000 … Patty Dudek [Bordentown], 5-6
2001 … Alison Sheperd [Oakcrest], 5-4
2004 … Marcene Jack [Mainland Reg.], 5-6
2008 … Lindsey Walsh [Lenape], 5-6
2013 … Alicia Terrell [Timber Creek], 5-7
2015 … Gabrielle Bennett [Winslow Twp.], 5-8
2019 … Tierra Hooker [Timber Creek], 5-8
2020 … Bryanna Craig [Millville], 5-6
2022 … Alanna Woolfolk [Clayton], 5-6
2024 … Alanna Woolfolk [Clayton], 5-8

Long Jump [since 2019]
None

Triple Jump [since 2019]
2024 … Sophia Curtis [Ocean City] 40-9 ¼

Pole Vault [since 2005]
None

Shot Put
1984 … Lillian Rivera [Pemberton], 41-10
1996 … Melinda Boykin [Bridgeton], 42-11
1997 … Melinda Boykin [Bridgeton], 42-0 ¾
1998 … Melinda Boykin [Bridgeton], 42-4
2000 … Nacole Moore [Bridgeton], 45-3
2004 … Sylvia Galarza [Millville], 44-1 ½
2006 … Mercedes Hicks [Atlantic City], 43-8 ¾
2019 … Cydney Thomas [Haddon Heights], 42-4 ¾

1,600-Meter Relay
1992 … Willingboro, 4:04.93
1993 … Willingboro, 4:04.20
1994 … Camden, 4:03.99
1999 … Willingboro, 4:10.15
2001 … Willingboro, 4:00.34
2002 … Willingboro, 4:01.33
2003 … Eastern, 3:57.94
2004 … Willingboro, 4:01.90
2009 … Camden, 3:55.08
2011 … Washington Twp., 3:57.96
2024 … Timber Creek, 3:52.06

3,200-Meter Relay [since 2017]
2022 … Cherokee, 9:13.42
2024 … Haddonfield, 9:16.28

Boys
55-Meter Dash
1975 … Manny Small [Williamstown], 6.3y
1981 … Mike Parker [Salem], 6.3
1983 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 6.3
1985 … Lee Jerkins [Edgewood], 6.4
1989 … Lamar Wright [Penns Grove], 6.55
1993 … Rufus Wright [Bridgeton], 6.55
1996 … Albert Newkirk [Camden], 6.56
1997 … Albert Newkirk [Camden], 6.50
1998 … Richard Hubbard [Eastern], 6.55
1999 … Nick Brown [Bridgeton], 6.57
2002 … James Townsend [Holy Cross], 6.57
2004 … Darren Ford [Vineland], 6.47
2009 … James Brown [Glassboro], 6.38
2012 … Darnell Charles [Oakcrest], 6.46
2013 … Dominique Irons [Haddon Heights], 6.42
2014 … Kashif Miller [Haddon Heights], 6.46
2015 … Caleb Williams [St. Joe’s-Hammonton], 6.48
2024 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 6.22

200-Meter Dash [since 2005]
2015 … Sterling Price [Rancocas Valley], 22.20
2017 … Martin Booker [Pennsauken], 22.21
2023 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], 21.75
2024 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 21.28

400-Meter Dash
1981 … Kevin Overton [West Deptford], 50.1
1984 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 49.3
1985 … Brian Bennett [Edgewood], 49.5
1990 … William Mobley [Eastern], 49.80
1991 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 48.68
1992 … Curtis McIntyre [Bridgeton], 50.02
1994 … Royce Reed [Bridgeton], 50.06
1995 … Royce Reed [Bridgeton], 49.92
1998 … Rob Gary [Lenape], 49.53
1999 … Nick Brown [Bridgeton], 49.76
2000 … Mohammad Kanu [Lenape], 50.18
2001 … Marvin Lewis [Willingboro], 50.13
2012 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 49.11
2017 … Luke Colehower [Haddonfield], 49.17
2022 … Michael Mazero [Paul VI], 49.02

800-Meter Run
1976 … Tony Uzdavines [Williamstown], 1:56.0
1977 … Tony Uzdavines [Williamstown], 1:56.6
1979 … Rich Caton [Woodbury], 1:57.4
1998 … Joe Lewis [Pleasantville], 1:56.13
2005 … Rob Novak [Bordentown], 1:57.52
2009 … Xavier Fraction [Washington Twp.], 1:54.82
2013 … Isaac Clark [Pleasantville], 1:51.72
2020 … Gabriel Moronta [Pleasantville], 1:52.46

1,600-Meter Run
1974 … Greg Stremmel [Gateway], 4:18.2
2003 … Chris Platt [Haddonfield], 4:16.64
2004 … Carmen Cavella [Washington Twp.], 4:19.09
2011 … Erik Johnson [Ocean City], 4:16.02
2015 … Luke Petela [Haddon Twp.], 4:14.71
2020 … Tyler Jackson [Cherokee], 4:18.83

3,200-Meter Run
1978 … Mike Mantini [Gateway], 9:15.0
1980 … Jim Smith [Haddonfield], 8:48.1 [3,000 meters]
1986 … Kevin Pumphrey [Highland], 9;15.76
1990 … Albert Donawa [Camden], 9:27.45
1992 … Steve Mazur [Highland], 9:32.71
2002 … Dan Deichert [Eastern], 9:25.86
2010 … Jon Vitez [Haddonfield], 8:58.81

55-Meter Hurdles
1970 … Jim Robinson [Camden], 7.3
1984 … George Barry [Camden], 7.6
1985 … Jon Dickey [Penns Grove], 7.6
1987 … George Bland [Penns Grove], 7.43
1989 … Gerard Reynolds [Willingboro], 7.58
1990 … Mike Anderson [Edgewood], 7.56
1992 … Ed Loges [Shawnee], 7.54
1996 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 7.36
1997 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 7.44
1999 … Danyne Brown [Camden], 7.44
2001 … Anthony Acklin [Triton], 7.42
2002 … Aaron Ross [Clearview], 7.77
2004 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 7.48
2006 … Will Brown [Palmyra], 7.71
2010 … Devon Carter [Washington Twp.], 7.49
2018 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 7.35
2019 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 7.22
2020 … Anthony Vazquez [Egg Harbor Twp.], 7.31
2023 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 7.22
2024 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 7.18

High Jump
1976 … Barry Anderson [Rancocas Valley], 6-6
1980 … Mike Pascuzzo [Lenape], 6-10
1984 … Scott Harrison [Willingboro], 6-8
1985 … Kerry Vivett [Edgewood], 6-8
1987 … Terry Ferguson [Cherry Hill West], 6-10
1998 … Raffael Craig [Millville], 6-6
1999 … Raffael Craig [Millville], 6-10
2000 … Paul Klemic [Mainland Reg.], 6-10
2002 … Mike Morrison [Willingboro], 7-1
2004 … Jamal Ames [Vineland], 6-6
2006 … Josh Butler [Delsea], 6-6
2015 … Tyriq Adams [Pleasantville], 6-8

Pole Vault [since 2005]
2006 … John Oberg [Ocean City], 14-6
2008 … Dan Batdorf [West Deptford], 15-6
2024 … Ryan Merlino [Oakcrest], 15-6

Shot Put
1985 … Rich Lewis [Williamstown], 57-9 ½
1987 … Dave Dixon [Mainland Reg.], 58-3 ½
1990 … Chris Robinson [Penns Grove], 59-8
1994 … Ray Wilks [Bridgeton], 58-0
1995 … Ray Wilks [Bridgeton], 62-7 ½
2012 … Braheme Days Jr. [Bridgeton], 67-8 ¾
2013 … Braheme Days Jr. [Bridgeton], 66-10 ½
2014 … Nick Pulli [West Deptford], 61-3

Long Jump [since 2019]
2020 … Floyd Whitaker [Highland], 23-5 ½
2022 … Chace Pearson [Timber Creek], 23-3

Triple Jump [since 2019]
2020 … Floyd Whitaker [Highland], 46-3 ¼
2022 … Jaden Johnson [Timber Creek], 46-9 ½

1,600-Meter Relay
1985 … Edgewood, 3:26.0
1988 … Willingboro, 3:28.35
1990 … Willingboro, 3:28.80
1994 … Wilson, 3:30.49
1995 … Willingboro, 3:27.96
1996 … Wilson, 3:24.64
1998 … Lenape, 3:24.53
1999 … Camden, 3:25.23
2000 … Lenape, 3:24.50
2001 … Camden, 3:22.44
2002 … Eastern, 3:27.04
2003 … Winslow Twp., 3:24.43
2004 … Camden, 3:27.53
2008 … Winslow Twp., 3:24.32
2012 … Oakcrest, 3:20.53
2016 … Egg Harbor Twp., 3:22.75
2022 … Pennsauken, 3:22.84
2023 … Pennsauken, 3:15.83

3,200-Meter Relay [since 2017]
2020 … Kingsway, 7:47.50

 

Deptford senior Marcus Hood became the 5th South Jersey pole vaulter to clear 15-6 indoors Wednesday in Toms River.

No series information available because the Bubble and their results platform are a joke, but Hood cleared 15-6 at the final South Jersey Track Coaches Assocation meet.

That equals No. 13 in state history indoors and No. 6 on the combined South Jersey indoor-outdoor list. Six of the top nine pole vaulters in South Jersey are from Gloucester County.

Hood’s 15-6 equals No. 3 in South Jersey indoor history, behind Delsea’s Marco Morales [16-0 in 2020] and Oakcrest’s Ryan Merlino [16-0 last year]. Delsea’s Nico Morales cleared 15-7 outdoors, so Hood equalled No. 4 all-time indoor or outdoor in South Jersey history.

According to his MileSplit profile, Hood didn’t vault as a freshman, cleared 10-0 indoors as a sophomore and then 11-6 outdoors and then 13-0 last year as a junior indoors and 15-3 outdoors.

This was his 5th meet over at least 15 feet this year with five other meets at 14-6 or higher.

Hood placed 6th in the 55-meter hurdles at Group 3 sectionals but didn’t vault, so he won’t be vaulting at the Meet of Champions on Sunday at Ocean Breeze. But he will be eligible for Easterns a week from Tuesday at the Armory or either of the two national meets – Armory Nationals in New York or THE TRACK Nationals in Boston, both the weekend of March 13-16.

Deptford junior Mason Henry placed 2nd at the Bubble Wednesday at 13-0, and senior Tiburcio Torres was 3rd at 12-0.

Yesterday, we posted a look at the top 10 seeds from South Jersey heading into Sunday’s 57th annual Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.

You can find that list here.

Now let’s take a look at the top girls seeds, and there are a lot of them! With four No. 1 seeds, seven No. 2 seeds and four No. 3 seeds, South Jersey girls have a real chance to dominate this meet.

We’ll have some other stuff leading up to Sunday, including our annual all-time Meet of Champions boys and girls performance lists and a list of every South Jersey boy and girl that’s ever won an indoor MoC title.

55-METER DASH
1. *Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 6.84
2. Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 6.90
6. Nester Wea [Willingboro], 7.14
7. ***Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp.], 7.16
10. *Olivia Okaro [Winslow Twp.], 7.17

400-METER DASH
2. *Natalie Dumas [Eastern] 54.45
3. *Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken] 56.06
5. Nester Wea [Willingboro] 56.32
9. ***Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp.] 57.54

800-METER RUN
5. *Natalie Dumas [Eastern] 2:13.81
9. ***Hope Edwards [Moorestown] 2:16.11
10. *Austin Riley [Haddonfield] 2:16.82

1,600-METER RUN
3. Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 4:53.69

3,200-METER RUN
3. Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 10:37.86

55-METER HURDLES
2. ***Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp.], 8.14
4. Dakota Jones [Washington Twp.], 8.28
5. Nester Wea [Willingboro], 8.33
8. *MaSyiah Brawner [Winslow Twp.], 8.40
9. *Olivia Dupree [Pennsauken], 8.45
10. ***Isabella Alvarez [Pleasantville], 8.47

1,600-METER RELAY
1. Winslow Township 3:57.57
3. Eastern Regional 4:01.66
5. Moorestown 4:02.88
6. Kingsway Regional 4:02.97
7. Willingboro 4:04.13

HIGH JUMP
1. *Egypt Bolan [Lindenwold] 5-6
2. *Ma’Syiah Brawner [Winslow Twp.] 5-5
3. ***Isabella Alvarez [Pleasantville] 5-4
T7. Addison Inge [Williamstown] 5-2
T7. Ashley Armstrong [Glassboro] 5-2

POLE VAULT
1. Hannah Byrd-Leitner [Moorestown] 13-0
2. Rebecca Hoover [Haddonfield] 12-6 ½
T8. *Cali Lacovara [Washington Twp.] 10-6
T8. *Gianna Cianfrani [Paul VI] 10-6

SHOT PUT
2. Brook-lynn Roberts [Winslow Twp.] 43-5
8. *Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea] 40-10 ¾
8. Ella Karp [Washington Twp.] 40-7 ¾

Here’s a look at every South Jersey boy with a top-10 seed heading into the Meet of Champions Saturday at Ocean Breeze!

Girls list coming up soon!

The 57th annual Meet of Champions is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Sunday at Ocean Breeze in Staten Island.

BOYS
55-METER DASH
3. M.J. Lincoln [Lenape] 6.45
6. Marquis Taylor [Woodbury] 6.46
8. John Santos [Washington Twp.] 6.48

400-METER DASH
3. Jayden Poteat [Winslow Twp.] 50.09
5. Darryl Pitt [Northern Burlington] 50.28

800-METER RUN
4. *Aaron Keith [Haddonfield] 1:56.54
6. Dominic Bassey [Winslow Twp.] 1:56.96
7. Christian Napoli [Paul VI] 1:57.25

1,600-METER RUN
3. Matthew Littlehales [Delsea] 4:15.50
6. *Luke Andresen [Haddonfield] 4:17.56

3,200-METER RUN
None

55-METER HURDLES
3. Ryan Sanchez [Deptford], 7.42

1,600-METER RELAY
2. Winslow Township 3:25.46

HIGH JUMP
T2. Jayden DeLeon [Highland] 6-8

POLE VAULT
3. Henry Cifaloglio [Delsea] 15-0
5. Ed Frey [Cinnaminson] 14-6
T7. *Mason Murray [Delsea] 13-6
T7. *Mason Henry [Deptford] 13-6
T9. Brant Nicholls [Haddonfield] 13-0
T9. Jacob George [Haddon Twp.] 13-0
T9. Tobin Horwath [Cherokee] 13-0

SHOT PUT
7. Jonathan Harris [Delsea] 59-5
8. Anthony Liakhnovich [Hammonton]

Monmouth senior Ahmad Brock from Egg Harbor Township won the long jump with a 23-10 ¼ on his final jump Wednesday afternoon at the Coastal Athletic Association Championships at the Virginia Beach Sports Center.

That’s Brock’s first conference title in the long jump. He’s won two in the triple jump.

Brock also advanced in the 60 with a 6.88 in the qualifying. The 60 final is at 1:16 p.m. Thursday. Monmouth junior Aaron Brooks from Eastern PR’d in the long jump with a 23-3 ½ for 4th place.

Camden Catholic graduate Leah Clear, a sophomore at Delaware, ran a big mile PR in the qualifying rounds.

Clear ran 4:56.32 , 9th-fastest in school history, and advanced to Thursday’s final. Her previous PR was 4:57.05 from the final at last year’s CAA meet, which was at the Armory.

Her time was 2nd-fastest among the 12 qualifiers for the final. Kyra Holland of William and Mary ran 4:55.145 in a separate semifinal. The final is scheduled for noon on Thursday.

Also Wednesday in Virginia Beach, Monmouth freshman Nico Grilli from Cherokee ran 4:13.23 to advance to the men’s mile final at 12:10 p.m. Thursday.

Monmouth senior Meredith Updike from Cinnaminson ran a PR 8.80 in the 60-meter hurdles trials, 8th-fastest in school history. Her previous PR was 8.85 last month at the Armory. She advanced to the final at 12:25 p.m. Thursday.

Kingsway graduate Stone Caraccio, a Monmouth senior, advanced to the 800 final after running 1:53.85 in Wednesday’s trials. The final is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Monmouth freshman Nick Kuenkel from Cherokee PR’d in the 5,000 with a 14:48.90 for 11th place.

Ian Moore from Rancocas Valley ran the 4th-fastest 800 in Monmouth history at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University.

Moore ran 1:50.34, lowering his PR from 1:50.52, which he ran at the outdoor Colonial Athletic Conference meet in Elon, N.C., in May. His previous indoor PR was a 1:51.11 at the Ott Center in January.

Moore was out in 26.61, came through 400 in 53.36 and 600 in 1:21.02. His time is fastest by a Monmouth half-miler in seven years, since Chris Marco from Toms River South ran 1:50.07 on the same track in 2018.

Moore’s time is fastest by a Burlington County 800 runner since Rob Novak ran a South Jersey-alumni-record 1:46.01 in Los Angeles in 2011.

Monmouth competes in the CAA Championships this week in Virginia Beach.

Rutgers senior Shelby Whetstone from Lenape ran a two-second indoor 800 PR this weekend in Chicago.

Whetstone ran 2:06.80 at the 4th annual Wisconsin Badgers Windy City Invite at the Dr. Conrad Worrill Indoor Track at Gately Park.

Her previous indoor PR was 2:08.96 from a week earlier in a meet at Boston University. Before this month, Whetstone’s indoor PR was 2:09.61.

Her time is No. 3 in Rutgers history indoors behind Kassidy Johnson [2:04.36 in 2023 in Geneva, Ohio] and North Hunterdon’s Alex Carlson [2:05.26 in 2024 in Boston].

Whetstone’s outdoor PR is 2:05.14 from a meet this past May in Lexington, Ky.

Rutgers is scheduled to compete in the Big Ten Conference Championships at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis on Friday and Saturday. The women’s 800 qualifying is at 3:20 p.m., with the final at 2:20 p.m. Saturday.

Woodstown’s Molly Lodge and Triton’s Nevaeh Lorjuste took home three gold medals for Rowan and and Pennsauken’s Jasmine Pope took home two at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships at the Ott Center in West Philly.

Lodge won the 200-meter dash in 25.37 and ran on Rowan’s 1st-place 800-meter and 1,600-meter relay teams. She’s now won 11 conference titles indoors and out including relays. She also placed 3rd in the 60 in 7.86.p

Lorjuste won her 3rd NJAC 400-meter dash title – two outdoors, one indoors – and she now has nine NJAC wins, including relays. She ran a season-best 58.00 in the 400 and also ran on the winning 4-by-2 and 4-by-4 teams.

And Pope also ran legs on both winning relay teams in addition to placing 3rd in the 400 in 58.70.

Rowan won the 800-meter relay in 1:40.75 with Lodge, Pope, senior Jasmine Broadway of Burlington Township and Lorjuste. The Profs won the 4-by-4 with Lodge, freshman Paige Franklin of Williamstown, Pope and Lorjuste.

Rowan’s 4-by-2 time broke the school record of 1:41.61 set last February at Ocean Breeze by Pope, Lorjuste, Kat Pederson and Lodge and it’s 2nd-fastest in meet history behind TCNJ’s 1:40.49 in 2023. Broadway also ran 26.00 for 4th in the 200.

The Profs ran 3:53.87 to win the 4-by-4, smashing the meet record of 3:55.15 set in 2015 by Rowan with a lineup incluiding Jessalynn Wright from Cherokee, Shailia Williams of Pemberton, Brianna Angelella and Lexxus Matos of Camden Catholic and matched in 2018 by The College of New Jersey with Lenape’s Shannon Lambert on the 3rd leg. Franklin also ran the 400 leg on Rowan’s distance medley, which placed 2nd in 12:26.76.

Rowan freshman Nyla Jones from Timber Creek won the 60-meter hurdles in a lifetime-best 8.95, which makes her the No. 6 freshman in NCAA Division 3 and 3rd-fastest in meet history.

Senior Anna Sasse from Williamstown placed 2nd in the mile in 5:08.67 and 4th in the 3,2000 in 10:36.02.

Junior Lexi Bey from Oakcrest placed in both throws, taking 2nd in the shot put at 39-8 and 5th in the weight throw with a 46-3 ½.

Allyson Wernik of Washington Township ran 4th in the mile in 5:18.23 and Sidney Whetstone of Lenape was 4th in the long jump at 16-7 ¾.

TCNJ, which won the team title by 5 ½ points over Rowan, got a 4th place in the 800 from senior Erin Hanlon of Ocean City in 2:22.98 and a 6th in the 5,000 from junior Savannah Hodgens of Mainland in 19:14.48.

Stockton junior Eva Morrison from Mainland Regional won the pole vault with an 11-1 ¾ clearance, which matched her PR from last winter in a meet at Marietta, Ohio, while she was attending Frostburg. Stockton junior Madelyn Valasek from Shawnee ran 10:28.06 and placed 2nd in the 3,000. Stockton also won the DMR in 12:09.60, 12th-fastest this year in Division 3, with senior Amanda McNally on the 1,200 leg and Valasek anchoring.

Also for Stockton, sophomore Elaina Styer, a transfer from Cornell who won the pentathlon on Saturday, placed 2nd in the high jump at 5-4 ¼.

And Rutgers-Newark senior Fejiro Akiri of Cherokee placed 3rd in the shot with a 39-4 ½ and 4th in the weight at 47-3.

Junior Sunsarai Moore and senior Ashley Armstrong won state titles for Glassboro at the State Group 1 Championships at the Bubble in Toms River Sunday.

Moore won the shot put with a 37-2 ¼ throw, and Armstrong tied her PR of 5-2 and tied for first with Taylor Peters of Butler. Both had two misses before both cleared 5-2 on their first attempt.

They are Glassboro’s first state champions since 2009, when Zenee Gadson won the 55-meter dash in 7.55 and Simohn Miller won the shot at 36-7 ¼.

Glassboro and Clayton were the top South Jersrey schools in Group 1 with 19 points and Schalick was one point behind with 18.

For Clayton, senior Leila Ortiz placed 2nd in both the 55 in 7.55 and the 400 in 1:00.60. Clayton senior Miyana Johnson placed 5th in the high jump at 5-0 and 6th in the 55 with a 7.61 after a 7.52 in the trials.

For Schalick, senior Jordan Hadfield picked up 2nd places in the 1,600 in 5:09.08 and the 3,200 in 11:19.59, and senior Gia Marellacci was 5th in the 400 in 1:01.70.

Haddon Township senior Emersen Levins placed 3rd in the pole vault at 10-0 tying her lifetime best, and junior Casey Birdwell was 6th in the hurdles in a PR 9.19.

Woodstown senior Jaime Deale placed 3rd in the 400 in 1:00.75, Woodbury junior Zaryn Cooper ran 8.70 for 3rd in the hurdles [and 8.68 in the trials], Audubon senior Elizabeth Burtica tied her PR of 10-0 and tied for 4th in the pole vault, West Deptford junior Kayla Romanoski was 5th in the 800 in 2:23.56 and Pennsville senior Megan Morris cleared 9-6 for the 8th straight meet and placed 6th in the vault.