Winslow Township’s Jasmine Jackson raced to a victory in the 55-meter hurdles Tuesday evening at the 89th annual Eastern States Championships at the Armory and demolished the state freshmn record along the way.
Jackson lowered her PR from 8.09 to 8.05 in the semifinals and then blasted a 7.97 in the final.
Her time is 5th-fastest in South Jersey history and 14th-fastest in state history. She broke the state freshman record of 8.02 set by Union Catholic’s Taylor Cox at 2022 Armory Nationals. It’s 8th-fastest all-time U.S. by a freshman, according to the MileSplit database.
Jackson ran away from the field, winning by two meters over Ramapo’s Sandra Vitolo, who placed 2nd in 8.25. Her time is 14th-fastest in the U.S. this year and makes her the No. 14 performer in meet history.
The only South Jersey girls to ever run faster at Easterns are Pleasantville’s Nia Ali [7.89 in 2006] and Winslow’s Ste’cye McNeil [7.89 in 2012].
She’s the 3rd Winslow girl to win the Easterns hurdles, following McNeil in 2012 nd Cidaea Woods in 2014 and the 4th if you include 1983 winner Zonya Cross from Edgewood, which became Winslow.
All-Time Easterns 55-Meter Hurdles Performance List
7.66 … Sydney McLaughlin (Union Catholic), 2015
7.71 … Charmaine Walker (Plainfield), 1997
7.75 … Grace O’Shea (Ramapo, N.J.), 2019
7.75s …… McLaughlin, 2015
7.76 … Lindsay Rowe (Benjamin Cardoza, N.Y.), 2007
7.77 … … O’Shea, 2019s
7.81 … … O’Shea, 2019q
7.82 … Dawn Bowles (Neptune), 1988
7.87s …… McLaughlin, 2015
7.88 … Alyssa Sandy (Paul Robeson, N.Y.), 2016
7.89 … Nia Ali (Pleasantville), 2006
7.89 … Ste’cye McNeil (Winslow), 2012
7.89s …… Sandy, 2016
7.91 … Lindsay Rowe (Benjamin Cardoza, N.Y.), 2007
7.92 … Shenea Dawkins (New Rochelle), 2002
7.93 … Wendy Vereen (Trenton), 1983
7.94 … Lateisha Philson (Benjamin Cardoza, N.Y.), 2011
7.7+ …… Vereen, 1984
7.96s … Porscha Dobson (Kent Place), 2003
7.97 … Shantell Bingham (Episcopal), 2011
7.97 … Jasmine Jackson (Winslow Twp.], 2025
7.98 … Akayla Anderson (Benjamin Cardozo, N.Y.), 2012
7.99q …… Rowe, 2007
7.99 … Raquel Vassell (East Orange), 2007
Easterns 55-Meter Hurdles South Jersey Winners
7.89 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 2012
7.89 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], 2006
7.92 … Carol Lewis [Willingboro], 1981
7.94 … Lenaami Morton [Camden], 2017
7.98 … Nichole Belcher [Woodrow Wilson], 1992
7.98 … Tionna Tobias [Winslow Twp.], 2019
8.01 … Samantha Sharper [Woodrow Wilson], 2008
8.03 … Alethia Jenkins [Pennsauken], 2000
8.03 … Jailya Ash [Eastern], 2020
8.03 … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2018
All-Time New Jersey Sub-8 Hurdles List
7.53 … Taylor Cox [Union Catholic], 2025
7.60 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2015
7.71 … Charmaine Walker [Plainfield], 1997
7.75 … Grace O’Shea (Ramapo), 2019
7.81 … Dawn Bowles [Neptune], 1988
7.89 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 2012
7.89 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], 2006
7.90 … Quaycian Davis [East Orange], 2023
7.92 … Carol Lewis [Willingboro], 1981
7.93 … Wendy Vereen [Trenton], 1984
7.94 … Lenaami Morton [Camden], 2017
7.95 … Abigail Davis [Old Tappan], 2024
7.96 … Porsche Dobson [Kent Place], 2003
7.97 … Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp.], 2025
7.97 … Sofia Swindell [Lawrenceville School], 2025
7.98 … Nichole Belcher [Woodrow Wilson], 1992
7.98 … Tionna Tobias (Winslow Twp.), 2019
7.99 … Racquel Vassal [East Orange], 2007
7.99 … Patricia Dziekonska [West Windsor-Plainsboro North], 2014
7.99 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2025
Easterns 55-Meter Hurdles South Jersey Winners
1980 … Myrtle Chester [Laurel, Md.] 8.1y [60-yard hurdles]
1981 … Janet Tracey [Highland Park, N.J.] 8.21y
1982 … Frederica Huntley [Randolph, N.Y.] 8.15y
1983 … Zonya Cross [Edgewood, N.J.] 8.04y
1998 … Sherese Price [Pleasantville, N.J.] 8.06
2000 … Alethia Jenkins [Pennsauken, N.J.] 8.03
2006 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville, N.J.] 7.89
2008 … Samantha Sharper [Woodrow Wilson, N.J.] 8.01
2012 … Ste’cye McNeil [Winslow, N.J.] 7.89
2014 … Cidae’a Woods [Winslow, N.J.] 8.12
2018 … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City, N.J.] 8.05
2021 … Not held
2022 … Annabella Chin [Rancocas Valley, N.J.] 8.21
2025 … Jasmine Jackson [Winslow, N.J.] 7.97
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 