Arianna Smith follows hot 400 intermediates race with No. 5 high hurdles performance in Howard history!!!!!!

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Over the weekend, we wrote about Pennsville’s Arianna Smith running 57.89 in her first 400-meter intermediate hurdles race since transferring from Rutgers to Howard. That’s No. 4 through the first weekend of the season in NCAA Division 1. You can read about that race here.

But later in the day, she recorded another PR, running 13.51 in the 100-meter hurdles. That’s No. 13 so far in NCAA Division 1. It was her first race over the 100-meter hurdles in almost two years – since May 6, 2023, when she ran her previous PR of 13.73 at Heps at Franklin Field. That is No. 2 in Princeton history.

Her history with the highs is sporadic. She won the Salem County Championships in 2019 in 14.44, then didn’t run another 100 hurdles race until the spring of 2023. She only ran three outdoor meets while she was at Rutgers and never ran the 100 highs.

Anyway, Smith’s 13.51 – with a legal 1.0 wind – is No. 5 in school history and it’s also 6th-fastest on the all-time South Jersey performance list (I’m pretty sure).

All-Time South Jersey 100-Meter Hurdles Alumni List
12.34 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], Oct. 6, 2019, Doha, Qatar
13.11 … Tionna Tobias [Winslow], May 25, 2023, Bloomington, Ind.
13.28 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow], May 15, 2015, Starkville, Miss.
13.29 … Jailya Ash [Eastern], March 30, 2024, Storrs, Conn.. [+0.2]
13.30 … Shameka Marshall [Oakcrest], May 28, 2005, New York
13.36 … Samantha Sharper [Wilson], May 12, 2013, Houston [+0.1]
13.51 … Arianna Smith [Pennsville], March 22, 2025, Tampa [+1.0]
13.59 … Aliya Garozzo [Paul VI], May 5, 2024, Princeton [+0.3]
13.61 … Sherese Price [Pleasantville], May 4, 2002, Storrs, Ct. [+0.6]
13.64 … Magenta Taylor [Willingboro], March 24, 2001, Houston [+0.9]
13.68 … Jewel Ash [Eastern], May 8, 2024, High Point, N.C. [+0.5]
13.71 … Imani Gilliam [Pennsauken], May 17, 2008, Princeton [+0.9]
13.72 … Nichole Hill [Oakcrest], June 4, 1997, Raleigh, N.C. [0.0]
13.73 … Arianna Smith [Pennsville], May 7, 2023, Philadelphia [+1.5]
13.74 … Jasmine Staten [Lenape], April 23, 2022, Baltimore [-1.1]
13.77 … Dierra Poland [Deptford], April 6, 2006, Boulder, Co. [NWI]
13.84 … Evann Thompson [Lenape], May 4, 2013, Piscataway [+0.8]
13.88 … Carol Lewis [Willingboro], Aug. 31, 1984, Rome [NWI]
13.97 … Mariah Stephens [Egg Harbor Twp.], April 13, 2024, Durham, N.C. [+0.3]
13.98 … Cidae’a Woods [Winslow Twp.], June 4, 2014, South Plainfield [+0.8]

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