Pennsauken’s Bryce Tucker., a sophomore at Rugers, ran 1:18.24 for 600 meters at the 4th annual Wisconsin Badgers Windy City Invitational Saturday at the Worrill Indoor Track in Chicago.

His time is 23rd-fastest among U.S. men this year and 4th-fastest in Rutgers history, behind Jermaine Griffith [1:16.12 in 2016 in Geneva, Ohio], Rancocas Valley graduate Micah Wood [1:17.65 in 2024 in Geneva] and Boaz Madeus [1:17.99 in 2018 in Geneva].

Tucker had just PR’d at 600 meters two weeks ago with a 1:19.15 in a meet at the Armory. His 1:18.24 is 7th-fastest all-time by a New Jersey runner and 3rd-fastest by a South Jersey runner. Full sub-1:19 list below.

1:16.12 … Jermaine Griffith [Nottingham], Feb. 27, 2016, Geneva, Ohio
1:16.22 … Jaymes Dennison [Penns Grove], March 7, 2015, Albuquerque
1:17.83 … Ryan Matulonis [Seton Hall Prep], Dec. 7, 2024, Philadelphia
1:17.96 … Jayden Marchan [Leonia], Feb. 11, 2024, New York
1:17.99 … Boaz Madeus [Nottingham], Feb. 23, 2018, Geneva, Ohio
1:17.65 … Micah Wood [Rancocas Valley], 2024, Geneva, Ohio
1:18.24 … Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], Feb. 15, 2025,
1:18.40 … Gabriel Moronta [Pleasantville], Jan. 14, 2022, Birmingham, Ala.
1:18.49 … Dallas Hohney [Glassboro], Dec. 7, 2024, Staten Island, N.Y.
1:18.53 … Fred Sharpe [Paulsboro], Jan. 31, 2004, Boston
1:18.78 … Greg Gomez [Franklin], Jan. 19, 2008, State College, Pa.
1:18.80 … Dylan Capwell [Hopatcong], Dec. 8, 2017, New York
1:18.90 … Clayton Parros [Seton Hall Prep], Feb. 7, 2009, New York
1:18.74 … Allen Eke [Union Catholic], Jan. 19, 2018, Albuquerque
1:18.91 … Aaron Younger [Delsea], Jan. 14, 2011, New York
1:18.97 … Derrell Manhertz [Kingsway], Feb. 6, 2016, Lincoln, Neb.
1:19.30 … Gabe Rodriguez [Union], Feb. 23, 2024, Geneva, Ohio

Eastern graduate Jewel Ash and Winslow grad JaNeya Hammond both ran hurdles PRs this weekend and both moved into the No. 5 spot on the their school’s all-time performance list.

Hammond, a senior at Charlotte, ran a PR 8.50 in the trials of the 11th annual Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational in Lynchburg, Va., then placed 3rd in the final with an 8.51. Her previous PR was an 8.53 at Clemson last month and before this season she had a PR of 8.68 from a meet last February in Birmingham, Ala.

Ash and Hammond are both intermediate hurdlers outdoors. Hammond has a PR of 1:00.35. which is No. 7 in school history.
Ash ran 8.59 in the prelims of the Don Kirby Elite Invitational at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Her previous PR was an 8.65 in January in the prelims of a meet in Spokane, Wash.

This is Ash’s first season competing for Fresno after beginning her track career and education at Charleston Southern of North Charleston, S.C., where she was a two-time Big South Conference 400-meter intermediate hurdles champion.

Her best time over the 60-meter highs before this winter was an 8.75 in the prelims of a meet in Columbia, S.C., last February. Her 400IH PR is 57.16 from her win at the 2022 Big South Conference meet in High Point, N.C.

Here’s a look at the fastest hurdles times by South Jersey women so far this winter:

8.42 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], Jan. 25, Astana, Qazaqstan
8.42 … Arianna Smith [Pennsville], Feb. 8, Philadelphia
8.50 … JaNeya Hammon [Winslow Twp.], Feb. 14, Lynchburg, Va.
8.59 … Jewel Ash [Eastern], Feb. 14, Albuquerque
8.77 … Bryanna Craig [Millville], Jan. 10, Louisville, Ky.
8.78 … Anabella Chin [Rancocas Valley], Feb. 7, Cambridge, Mass.
8.80 … Mariah Stephens [Egg Harbor Twp.], Feb. 7, Staten Island, N.Y.

Junior Luke Andresen led a 1-2-3 sweep of the 1,600 and junior Peter Simpson led a sweep of the 3,200, giving Haddonfield 48 points in two events on the way to its 7th indoor sectional title but first since 2017.

Andresen won the 1,600 in 4:26.00, with junior Ben Andrus 2nd in 4:34.44 and senior Bennett Wright 3rd in 4:35.55. Simpson won the 3,200 in 9:47.47, with Wright 2nd in 9:51.85 and Andrus 3rd in 9:51.89.

Haddonfield finished with an 82-63 margin over Willingboro, with Cinnaminson [36], Manchester [25], Cedar Creek [19] and Haddon Heights [18] also in the mix.

Haddonfield won South Jersey Group 1 titles in 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016 and Group 2 in 2017 (although the mistake-riddled NJSIAA program lists Haddonfield winning Group 4 in 2016 and Group 3 in 2017).

Junior Aaron Keith won the 800 in 1:57.94, with junior Brandon Stoner 6th in 2:02.07. Keith’s time is fastest by a Haddonfield half-miler since Derek Gess ran 1:55.93 at 2017 Easterns at the Armory, and it was his first time under two minutes indoors or outdoors.

Junior Mark DiMedio placed 2nd in the hurdles with a personal-best 8.01 and also took 5th in the high jump at 5-6, and senior Brant Nicholls cleared 13-6 for 2nd in the pole vault, tying his personal best.

Also for Haddonfield, sophomore Ryder Bozine ran 8.25 for 5th in the hurdle, sophomore Jack Brand ran 53.69 for 6th in the 400 and the 4-by-4 team of Brand, serior Kai Richards, Andresen and senior Connor Williams placed 5th in 3:37.19.

Seniors Christopher Scott, Somad Iyiola and Justin Banks recorded wins for Willingboro.

Scott won the 55 in 6.52, lowering his PR from 6.59. That 6.52 is fastest by a Willingboro sprinter since Michael Bolling ran 6.49 in 2001 and 6th-fastest on the all-time Willingboro list (Kenny Reynolds 6.36, Carl Lewis 6.37, George McKey 6.43, Gary Gordon 6.48, Bolling 6.49).

Banks recorded a 1 ½-foot PR and surpassed 50 feet for the first time with a winning throw of 50-8 on his final attempt to pass senior teammate Jaleen Johnson and move into the lead. Johnson finished 2nd at 47-9 ½.

Iyiola ran a huge PR of 8.01, lowering his best from 8.17 at the Armory in December, and joined Scott, senior Nasier Fields and Jones on the winning 4-by-4, which ran 3:34.39.

Also for the Chimeras, senior Jamere Brooks ran 8.13 and placed 3rd in the hurdles.

Cinnaminson got wins from senior Ed Frey with. 14-0 clearance in the pole vault and junior Shafiq Herrington, who cleared 5-10 to win the high jump.

Haddon Heights senior Xavier Nesbeth ran 52.27 to win the 400, and Cedar Creek junior Gabriel Smith was 2nd in an indoor PR 52.54. Cedar Creek also got a 3rd place from senior pole vaulter Ryan Hassa, who cleared 13-0.

Pemberton junior Isaiah Shockley placed 2nd in the 800, lowering his own school record to 1:58.79, and Hornets senior Monroe Hall threw a monster PR 44-2 ½ for 3rd in the shot put. He had never thrown 40 feet before indoors or out.

Pleasantville senior Melvin Lewis ran an indoor PR 1:59.11 for 3rd in the 800 and also ran on P’ville’s 3rd-place relay team, which ran 3:35.50 with senior Qwasim Jackson, Lewis, senior Jeury Perez and junior Brandon Williams.

Lindenwold was 2nd on that 4-by-4 in 3:35.22 with seniors Jostin Acosta Palacios, Nyeeam Hudson, Zaeyonn Scutchings and Ty’Mere Thomas.

Also, Delran senior Deniz Canli ran 53.11 for 3rd in the 400, Sterling senior Bright John took 2nd in the 55 in 6.60 and Oakcrest junior Davon Hannah was 3rd in that 55 in 6.61.

Junior Riley Fayer won the 800 and placed 2nd in the 1,600 and 3,200, and the Audubon girls won their 3rd indoor sectional championship and 2nd in a row Saturday in Toms River.

Fayer won the 800 in 2:23.12 and placed 2nd to Schalick senior Jordan Hadfield in the 1,600 and 3,200, single-handedly scoring nearly half of Audubon’s points – 26 of 53 – as the Green Wave came out on top of a wild seven-team race.

Woodbury placed 2nd with 42 points, followed by Schalick [38], Woodstown [37], Haddon Township [35], Glassboro [30] and Clayton [28].

Audubon also won the 2020 and 2024 South Jersey Group 1 titles. They’re the first to repeat in SJ-1 since Collingswood in 2018 and 2019.

Senior Elizabeth Butrica won the pole vault at 10-0 for Audubon, and sophomore Isabella Legatie ran 2:26.95 for 2nd place in the 800 and also ran on Audubon’s 2nd-place 4-by-4 team, with junior Kylie Tocco, Micayla Cary and Sophia Rizzo. They ran 4:19.84 and placed 2nd to Woodbury. Tocco also placed 6th in the 400 with a 1:04.11.

Woodbury got wins from junior Zaryn Cooper with a 8.71 in the 55-meter hurdles and senior Demirah Jones with a PR 7.37 in the 55 and from the 4-by-4 with junior KaChar Woods, junior Ayanna Miller, Jones and Cooper running 4:15.91. Sophomore De’Naysha Coleman cleared 5-0 for 3rd place in the high jump.

Schalick senior Jordan Hadfield doubled the 1,600 in 5:08.12 and the 3,200 in 11:17.83 and anchored the 3rd-place relay team. Senior Gia Martellacci, sophomore Brooke Valentine, senior Allyson Green and Hadfield ran 4:23.09. Also Martellacci ran 1:02.56 for 3rd in the 400.

Glassboro junior Sunsarai Moore won the shot put at 36-11 ½, the best throw this year by a New Jersey Group 1 girl, and senior Ashley Armstrong won the high jump at 5-2, a lifetime best. Junior Heaven Franklin also placed in the shot put, taking 3rd with a 31-4 ½.

Woodstown got big points from senior Jaime Deal, junior Kami Casiano and freshman Abby Marino. Deal was 2nd in the 400 in 1:00.61, a lifetime best (she doesn’t run outdoors), Casiano placed 2nd in the high jump with a 5-0 clearance tying her PR and Marino ran 3rd in the 3,200 in 12:41.77, also a PR.

Haddon Township senior Emersen Levins tied her PR with a 10-0 clearance for 2nd place in the pole vault and junior Casey Birdwell PR’d at 9.29 for 2nd in the hurdles.

Clayton senior Leila Ortiz won the 400 in 1:00.17 and was 2nd in the 55 in 7.52. Also for the Clippers, senior Miyana Johnson ran 7.59 for 3rd in the 55.

Salem junior Ava Rodgers threw 31-10 ¼ for 2nd in the shot put and Lower Cape May junior Jenna Hill [5:41.79, 1,600], Camden senior Brooklyn Brown [9.36, hurdles], West Deptford junior Kayla Romanowski ]2:28.50, 800] and Pennsville senior Megan Morris [9-6, pole vault] also registered 3rd-place finishes.

La Salle’s Helene Usher from Haddonfield ran a massive 5,000 PR Saturday in Boston, trimming more than half a minute off her lifetime best.

Usher, a La Salle sophomore, ran 16:30.14 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University. Her previous PR was a 17:05.55 outdoors at last year’s Atlantic 10 meet in Fairfax, Va. Her indoor PR was 17:24.09 at the Armory last January.

Her time is 10th-fastest all-time by a South Jersey high school graduate and 7th-fastest ever on a 200-meter indoor track.

It’s No. 2 this year in the Atlantic 10 Conferfence, behind only teammate Gwenno Goode from Ysgol Gymraeg Bro Morgannwg High School in Barry, Wales. She ran 15:59.52 in the same race.

Usher ran her K’s in 3:19.68, 3:19.55, 3:21.23, 3:13.08 and 3:16.30. She ran each of her last 11 laps between 38.16 and 39.58.

All-Time South Jersey short-track women’s 5,000 list
15:06.05 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], Feb. 20, 2016, New York
15:14.76 … Erika Kemp [Rancocas Valley], Feb. 27, 2020, Boston
15:53.74 … Megan McGlinchey [West Deptford], Dec. 7, 2013, Haverford, Pa.
15:56.73 … Mindy Rowand [Sterling], March 9, 1990, Indianapolis
16:06.92 … Amanda Goetschius [Delsea], March 12, 2020, Fayetteville, Ark.
16:25.97 … Kylie Anicic [Kingsway], March 10, 2023, Virginia Beach, Va.
16:30.14 … Helene Usher [Haddonfield], Feb. 14, 2025, Boston
16:32.79 … Katie Van Horn [Triton], Feb. 9, 2007, Fayetteville, Ark.
16:34.70 … Jenna Darcy [Shawnee], Feb. 19, 2005, Kingston, R.I.
16:48.01 … Kathleen Linck [Bishop Eustace], Feb. 19, 2000, Syracuse
16:49.00 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], March 9, 2012, New York
16:54.24 … Allie Pierontoni [Kingsway], March 5, 2022, Boston
16:54.41 … Abby Waddington [Clearview], Feb. 8, 2025, Boston
16:56.62 … Keira Mansure [Northern Burlington], March 2, 2024, Boston
16:56.86 … Shelby Cain [Haddonfield], Feb. 3, 2017, New York

All-Time South Jersey women’s 5,000 list
15:02.27 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], July 9, 2019, Azusa, Calif.
15:10.10 … Erika Kemp [Rancocas Valley], May 29, 2021, Attleboro, Mass.
15:41.78 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], May 1, 2011, Palo Alto, Calif.
15:53.74 … Megan McGlinchey [West Deptford], Dec. 7, 2013, Haverford, Pa.
15:56.73 … Mindy Rowand [Sterling], March 9, 1990, Indianapolis
16:06.92 … Amanda Goetschius [Delsea], March 12, 2020, Fayetteville, Ark.
16:12.62 … Chelsea Ley [Kingsway], April 7, 2012, Williamsburg, Va.
16:14.07 … Kylie Anicic [Kingsway], April 12, 2024, Asuza, Calif.
16:17.67 … Lori Townsend [Kingsway], April 27, 1995, Philadelphia
16:22.18 … Kathleen Linck [Bishop Eustace], May 19, 2000, Centerville, Mass.
16:30.14 … Helene Usher [Haddonfield], Feb. 14, 2025, Boston
16:32.79 … Katie Van Horn [Triton], Feb. 9, 2007, Fayetteville, Ark.
16:34.70 … Jenna Darcy [Shawnee], Feb. 19, 2005, Kingston, R.I.
16:36.18 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], June 5, 2021, Nashville, Tenn.
16:40.17 … Alyssa Condell [Timber Creek], April 15, 2022, Princeton
16:41.24 … Vanessa Wright [Haddonfield], May 25, 2013, La Crosse, Wisc.
16:43.90 … Shelby Cain [Haddonfield], March 31, 2017, Williamsburg, Va.
16:48.96 … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], April 16, 2021, Charlottesville, Va.
16:54.24 … Allie Pierontoni [Kingsway], March 5, 2022, Boston
16:54.41 … Abby Waddington [Clearview], Feb. 8, 2025, Boston
16:56.62 … Keira Mansure [Northern Burlington], March 2, 2024, Boston

Senior Riley Austin, sophomore Madison Kelsey and senior Rebecca Hoover recorded wins, and Haddonfield scored its 6th consecutive sectional title and 12th overall Saturday in Toms River.

Austin won the 800 in 2:21.74, Kelsey was 1st in the 3,200 in 11:41.24 and Hoover won the pole vault with a 12-0 clearance, and Haddonfield outscored Willingboro, 93-73.

The 1,600 results appear incomplete, although the performances seem to be reflected in the final team scores.

Austin also placed 2nd in the 400 in 59.41 and ran on the 2nd-place 1,600-meter relay team along with Hamblin and seniors Tylin Regan and Edith Green. Haddonfield ran 4:13.72. Sophomore Nina Fiscaro gave Haddonfield a 1-2 finish in the pole vault with a 10-0 clearance.

Typical NJSIAA ineptitude – the “official” meet program shows Central Jersey team winners under “Sectional Champions – South” from 2008 through 2015. The NJSIAA simply doesn’t care and never has how much incorrect information is in its track programs.

Haddonfield won its first indoor seven indoor sectional titles in Group 1 – 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016. They’ve won Group 2 titles in 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2025 and Group 3 in 2024. There was no meet in 2021. No school in the state has won more sectional titles, and the current streak of six straight titles is 3rd-longest since indoor sectionals were added in 2008.

Willingboro got an impressive triple from senior Nester Wea, who won the 400 in 58.54, the hurdles in 8.51 and the 55 in a PR 7.22. She has now won 13 sectional titles indoors and out in her brilliant Willingboro career.

Junior Kaila Speight, junior Jaden Murry, senior Sunny Oyibo and junior Aaliyah Robinson ran 4:05.49 and won the 1,600-meter relay.

Speight was also 2nd in the 55 in 7.33, sophomore Trinity Brapoh ran 8.66 for 2nd in the hurdles and Oyibo placed 5th in the hurdles in 9.07.

Pleasantville freshman Isabella Alvarez fashioned a wild double, winning the shot put with a huge PR of 38-5 ¼, took 3rd in the hurdles in 8.70 and was 4th in the high jump at 5-2.

Lindenwold junior Egypt Bolan cleared 5-8 in the high jump, matching her PR and breaking the South Jersey Group 1 record of 5-5 set in 2023 and 2024 by Clayton’s Alana Woolfolk. She also tied the overall South Jersey sectional record set by Montgomery’s Fiona Paladino in 2010 and 2011 and Montgomery’s Hannah Taylor and Winslow’s Gabrielle Bennett in 2015.

For Sterling, senior Ashe DeWalt threw 33-10 ½ for 2nd place in the shot put, and senior Jonalee Adames ran 12:06.52 for 3rd place in the 3,200.

Cinnaminson senior Kellyn Coller ran 2:24.72 for 2nd in the 800, and senior Sophia Willers placed 3rd in the pole vault with a 9-0.

Sophomore Victoria Rutkowski, freshman Whitney Pew, freshman Amber Kovatch and junior Taylor Adamson ran 4:22.15 for Seneca, which placed 3rd in the 4-by-4.

Kevin Antczak from Northfield and Mainland Regional ran the fastest 5,000 ever by a South Jersey runner Friday night in Boston.

Antczak ran 13:39.56 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University,

It was Antczak’s first track 5,000 since last February, when he set his previous PR of 14:08:24 on the same track.

The fastest previous 5,000 by a South Jersey runner was a 13:44.57 by Cherokee’s Jack Shea in Palo Alto, Calif., in April 2022.

The fastest previous 5,000 on a 200-meter track was a 14:05.25 by Cinnaminson’s Austin Gabay in December, also at Boston University. Gabay ran a sub-4-minute mile in the same meet.

Antczak’s time is 5th-fastest ever by a New Jersey runner in an indoor 5,000. It’s No. 3 in N.C. State history, behind Ian Shanklin [13:29.61 in 2023] and Ian Harrison [13:35.71 in 2023].

Antczak came through 800 meters in 2:12.29, 1,600 meters in 4:22.13, 3,200 meters in 8:45.42 and 4,000 meters in 11:00.91. He closed in 4:20.43 for his final mile, 2:05.64 for his final 800, 63.54 for his final 400 and 29.88 for his final 200.

Here’s a look at the fastest 5,000 times ever run by South Jersey high school graduates:
13:39.56 … Kevin Antczak [Mainland Reg.], Feb. 14, 2025, Boston
13:44.57 … Jack Shea [Cherokee], April 29, 2022, Palo Alto, Calif.
13:48.61 …Karl Savage [Eastern], April 17, 2003, Walnut, Calif.
13:58.23 … Jon Anderson [Cinnaminson], April 23, 2009, Philadelphia
13:58.84 … Austin Gabay [Cinnaminson], March 28, 2024, Raleigh, N.C.
14:03.52 … Kevin McDonnell [Camden Catholic], April 5, 2013, Williamsburg
14:04.8h … Kevin Pumphrey [Highland], 1989, ???
14:06.23 … Sam Gerstenbacher [Schalick], April 29, 2022, Philadelphia
14:09.10 … Andy Arnold [Bishop Eustace], April 4, 2014, San Francisco

And the top 20 times on a 200-meter indoor track by New Jersey high school graduates:
13:10.42 … Liam Murphy [Allentown], Dec. 7, 2024, Boston
13:14.11 … Marco Langon [Bridgewater-Raritan], Dec. 7, 2024, Boston
13:19.09 … Travis Mahoney [Old Bridge], Feb. 10, 2024
13:33.49 … Devin Hart [Point Pleasant Borough], Feb. 10, 2023
13:39.56 … Kevin Antczak [Mainland Reg.], Feb. 14, 2025, Boston
13:50.97 … Ed Moran [Notre Dame], Dec. 3, 2006, Newport, Great Britain
13:51.57 … Craig Forys [Colts Neck], Feb. 25, 2012, Lincoln, Neb.
13:52.06 … Jack Jennings [Mendham], Feb. 24, 2023, Chicago
13:53.22 … Morgan Pearson [Delbarton], March 11, 2016, Birmingham, Ala.
13:58.89 … Ray Puglsey [Mendham], Feb. 22, 1998, Fairfax, Va.
14:00.23 … Colin Daly [River Dell], Dec. 2, 2023, Boston
14:01.93 … Tyler Undland [Millburn], Feb. 8, 2014, Boston
14:03.10 … Andrew Hanko [Trinity Christian], Feb. 9, 2011, Annapolis, Md.
14:03.66 … Rob Reeder [Northern Highlands], Feb. 8, 1997, Indianpolis
14:03.99 … Patrick Schellberg [Delbarton], Feb. 22, 2013, Blacksburg, Va.
14:05.19 … Bryan Spoonire [Asbury Park], Jan. 29, 1999, Fairfax, Va.
14:05.25 … Austin Gabay [Cinnaminson], Dec. 7, 2024, Boston
14:07.07 … Jon Fasulo [Hunterdon Central], Jan. 26, 2002, State College, Pa.
14:07.49 … Joe LeMay [Ridgewood], Jan. 11, 1997, New York
14:08.42 … Jeramy Elkaim [Livingston], March 8, 2013, Fayetteville, Ark.

 

Senior Ty Blackman won the 1,600 and 3,200 and placed 3rd in the 800 to lead Glassboro to its 3rd straight sectional title and 4th overall.

Glassboro more than doubled 2nd-place Woodstown, winning the South Jersey Group 1 championship 83 ½-40, with Haddon Township [32] and Woodbury [30] 3rd and 4th. Glassboro also won SJ-1 in 2009 as well as 2023 and 2024.

Blackman ran 4:35.51, 10:00.31 and 2:04.57 for 26 points on his own. Freshman Joseph Saicic was 2nd in both the 1,600 [PR 4:35.91] and 3,200 [10:03.65], and sophomore Lucas Kudless was 4th in the 3,200 in 10:17.47.

That’s 46 points in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200, enough to win the team title just with the Bulldog distance team.

Glassboro got two wins in the field, with junior Amari Sabb winning the high jump at 6-0 and senior Kyle Williams taking 1st in the shot put at 49-5 ¾.

Senior Dayshaun Day placed 3rd in the hurdles in 8.07, freshman Moses Robles cleared 5-10 for 3rd in the high jump and freshman Mehki Parker picked up 5ths in the hurdles with a PR 8.23 and in the high jump at 5-8 in his first meet in the event.

Junior Joshua Crawford won the 800 with an indoor PR of 2:01.51 and also won the 400 in 51.03. Senior Cole Lucas ran 2:01.72 for 2nd in the 800. Lucas, junior Karson Chew, junior Anthony Costello and Crawford ran 3:32.34 for 2nd in the 4-by-4.

Salem senior Anthony Parker won the 55-meter hurdles in 7.71, breaking the meet record of 7.72 set in 2013 by Haddon Township’s Carson Harter.

Woodbury senior Marquis Taylor won the 55 in 6.45 and ran on Woodbury’s winning 4-by-4 along with juniors Shiwoe Varpilah, Elijah Young and Jasir Brown. Also, Young cleared 5-10 for 2nd place in the high jump.

For Clayton, Senior Alexander Osayemi ran 51.27 for 2nd in the 400 and Pedro Ibarra was 3rd in the shot at 44-10 ½. Buena junior Yandel Montanez ran 51.72 for 3rd in the 400, and senior Daniel Fonseca was 2nd in the shot at 45-11. Haddon Township senior Andres Santiago placed 2nd in the hurdles in 7.82 and senior teammate Shaun Maloney was 3rd in the 800 at 4;37.90.

Also, Schalick sophomore David Stewart placed 3rd in the 55 in 6.65, Gateway junior David Houck was 3rd in the 3,200 in 10:16.67 and Camden junior Jaiden Steele ran 6.63 for 2nd in the 55. Audubon junior Kowie Limbaga, sophomore Evan Calhoun, junior Paul Davis and junior Dylan Gallagher ran 3:35.72 for 3rd in the 4-by-4.

Junior Logan Bromley and freshman Jack Tindall went 1-2 in the 1,600 and Cherokee edged Cherry Hill East for top South Jersey honors in the South Jersey Group 4 sectionals Friday in Toms River.

Toms River North scored 98 points to win the team title at the Bubble, and Cherokee topped Cherry Hill East 40-37 for 2nd place.

Bromley and Tindall both ran indoors PRs, Bromley with 4:21.37 and Tindall 4:22.81, which is fastest indoors by a South Jersey freshman, breaking the class record of 4:23.12 set by Haddonfield’s Derek Gess at the 2016 state Group 2 meet, also at the Bubble.

Cherokee senior Enzo Corona ran 4:25.74 for 5th place, giving Cherokee 20 of its 40 points in one event. Cherry Hill East seniors Brody Bogos and Brandon Lyons ran 3rd and 4th in 4:24.91 and 4:25.19, giving Cherokee and Cherry Hill East the top five spots in the race.

Bogos and junior Alvin Lin finished 1-2 in the 3,200 for 18 points for Cherry Hill East, Bogos in 9:39.79 and Lin 9:44.17. Cherokee senior Liam Tindall ran 9:44.25 for 3rd.

Kingsway senior Trevor Farrell cleared 13 feet on his 1st attempt to win the pole vault, with Egg Harbor junior Sawyer Schmidt and Cherokee senior Tobin Horwath 2nd and 3rd, both at 12-6. Farrell also ran a leg on Kingsway’s 3rd-place 4-by-4 team.

Washington Township senior John Santos ran 6.47 and Lenape senior M.J. Lincoln 6.48 for 2nd and 3rd in the 55.

Atlantic County Vo-Tech and Kingsway took 2nd and 3rd in the 4-by-4, junior J’Mar Boyer, junior Antony Gaitano, senior Mahkel Hall and senior Thomas Wodazak running 3:35.409 for Atlantic County and senior Donnel Tomlin, Farrell and Kameron White and junior Max Dyer 3:36.53 for Kingsway.

Rancocas Valley senior Jayden Rountree cleared 6-2 on his first attempt for 2nd place in the high jump.

The shot put isn’t listed in the officia results.

Duke grad student Aliya Garozzo from Sicklerville and Paul VI ran a big 400-meter dash PR at Clemson Friday afternoon.

Garozzo ran 53.77 at the Tiger Paw Invitational at Clemson. That’s 9th-fastest this year in the ACC.

Her previous best was a 54.47 in qualifying at indoor Heps a year ago this month at Harvard’s Gordon Track as a junior at Penn. This was her 2nd 400 since transferring to Duke. She ran 55.24 earlier this month.

Garozzo’s main event is is the 400 hurdles, and she ran 56.34 at outdoor Heps at Princeton in May, which ranked 28th among U.S. women last year and is 4th-fastest ever by a New Jersey woman. She went on to race at NCAAs and the U.S. Olympic Trials.

Just for fun, I put together an all-time South Jersey alumni 400-meter dash list, with Garozzo now in the No. 17 spot on the sub-54 list. Obviously, she’s much higher on the 400IH list, trailing only Rancocas Valley graduate Tonya Lee [55.78 in Walnut, Calif., in 1996] and Krystal Cantey of Winslow Township [56.21 in Gainesville, Fla., in 2007].

All-Time South Jersey Alumni 400-Meter Dash List [corrections welcome!]
50.66 … Nadia Davey [Bridgeton], 2003, Sacramento
51.70 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], June 13, 2014, Eugene, Ore.
51.72 … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], June 27, 1987, San Jose, Calif.
52.24 … Tonya Lee [Rancocas Valley], March 16, 1996, Westwood, Calif.
52.42 … Arianna Sharpe [Clayton], Feb. 10, 2023, Clemson, S.C.
52.77 … Eusheka Bartley [Highland], March 23, 1996, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
52.80 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], May 12, 2007, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
52.86 … Tina Johnson [Burlington Twp.], May 20, 2001, Bloomington, Ind.
53.01 … Halima Scott [Camden Big Picture Learning Acad./ Wo. Wilson], May 6, 2023, Williamsburg, Va.
53.20 … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], April 23, 2016, Atlanta
53.37 … Amirah Sharpe [Clayton], March 24, 2023, Tallahassee, Fla.
53.37 … Nylah Perry [Winslow Twp.], Feb. 24, 2024, Geneva, Ohio
53.45 … Okechi Ogbuokiri [Willingboro], Atlanta May 14, 2005
53.51 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], June 15, 1996, Raleigh, N.C.
53.64 … Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], June 21, 2008, Greensboro, N.C.
53.73 … English Gardner [Eastern], March 24, 2012, Los Angeles
53.77 … Aliya Rae Garozzo [Paul VI], Feb. 14, 2025, Clemson, S.C.
53.78 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], Feb. 23, 2019, Ann Arbor, Mich.
53.97 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], June 10, 2023, Franklin Twp., N.J.