Freshman Jasmine Jackson won the hurdles, placed 2nd in the 400 and took third in the 55 to lead Winslow to a dominating triumph at the state Group 3 championships Saturday at the Bubble in Toms River.
Jackson won the hurdles in 8.14, ran 57.54 for 2nd to Pennsauken junior Sianni Wynn in the 400 and ran a PR 7.16 for 3rd in the 55.
The title is Winslow’s 10th but 1st since 2020, when the Eagles won their 7th in nine years. Winslow is now tied with Columbia for most indoor state titles since the inception of the girls state meet in 1981.
Winslow scored 74 points, leading three South Jersey schools at the top of the Group 3 scoring list. Moorestown placed 2nd with 31 points and Pennsauken 3rd with 24. Northern Burlington tied for 4th, with Liliah Gordon scoring all 20 of its points.
The 74 points are the most ever in Group 3. Willingboro held the previous high point total with 67 points in 2003. They’re the 2nd-most in any public school group, behind only Haddonfield’s 78 in Group 1 in 2001.
Senior Brook-lynn Roberts won the shot put with a big 43-5 throw. For more on her performance, click here. https://sjtrackblog.com/2025/02/22/brook-lynn-roberts-pops-best-south-jersey-shot-put-throw-in-6-years-as-winslow-piles-up-points-at-states/
Junior Ma’Syiah Brawner won the high jump at 5-5 and placed 3rd in the hurdles in 8.40, dropping her PR from an 8.42 earlier this month at Ocean Breeze.
Freshman Amariah Arango ran a 2 ½-second PR of 2:18.08 for 3rd in the 800 and ran 58.01 for 4th in the 400. Junior Olivia Okaro ran 7.17 for 4th in the 55.
Winslow finishing things by winning the 4-by-4 with a listed lineup of Okaro, Amariah Arango, freshman Adaiah Arango and sophomore Cinniya Robinson.
Wynn broke meet records in both the 55 and 400. She won the 55 in 6.84, not far off her PR of 6.81 from last year’s Meet of Champions on the faster Ocean Breeze track. That’s No. 3 in state history. She did break the meet record, and the inept NJSIAA lists a hand time as the meet record, but since her 6.84 is faster than hand time – 6.9 by Rahway’s Claire Connor in 1984 – Wynn has the record either way. I’ll look up the actual previous FAT meet record as soon as I can. Wynn also ran 56.06 to break the meet record of 56.38 that she set last year. Also for Pennsauken, junior Olivia Dupree placed 4th in the hurdles in 8.45.
Northern Burlington senior Liliah Gordon turned in a typically dominating distance double, winning the 1,600 in 4:53.69 And the 3,200 in 10:37.86. Her 1,600 time broke the meet record of 4:54.96 set in 2014 by Kylene Cochrane of West Morris Central.
In that 55, Timber Creek senior Ryan Jennings lowered her PR from 6.99 to 6.90 for 2nd place. That’s No. 7 in state history and No. 4 all-time South Jersey.
Moorestown freshman Hope Edwards lowered her PR from 2:17.92 to 2:16.11 and won the 800. That’s No. 7 in Burlington County history indoors. Edwards is the first non-pole vaulter to win a state title for Moorestown since 2000, when Danielle Lyons won the 400 at Jadwin Gym in Princeton. It’s also fastest by a South Jersey freshman since Kami Joi Hickson of Washington Township ran 2:14.99 at 2017 Group 4 states at the Bubble.
Edwards also anchored Moorestown’s 2nd-place 1,600-meter relay team, which ran 4:02.88 for 2nd to Winslow. Senior Sarah Brown, freshman Payton Derer and junior Lilliana Stack Maya ran the 1st three legs.
Also for Moorestown, senior I’Mara Ford cleared 5-0 for 6th in the high jump, Brown ran 59.46 for 6th in the 400 and Stack Maya placed 6th in the 800 in 2:20.24.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 