Stockton junior Kayla Kass recorded the 2nd-fastest 800 performance in NCAA Division 3 this year and the 15th-fastest in Division 3 history Friday in Chester, Pa.

Kass ran 2:07.13 at the Paul Donahue Invitational at Widener, which is where she ran her previous PR of 2:09.39 last April.

Kass placed 6th in the 800 at the Division 3 indoor championships last month in Rochester, N.Y. Her previous outdoor PR was a 2:10.28 last May – also at Widener.

On Friday, Kass finished 3rd behind two Penn half-milers. She was out in 61.65 and came back in 65.49.

Her time is fastest ever by a New Jersey Athletic Conference runner. The previous record was 2:08.05 by Jianna Spadaccini of Butler High in Morris County at the 2012 NCAA Division 3 Championships at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio.

The only faster time this year by a D-3 runner was recorded by Rochester senior Megan Bell, who ran 2:05.34 earlier this month at a meet in Williamsburg, Va.

Kass is a five-time NJAC champion, including four 800 titles and another in the distance medley. Her high school PR was 2:17.15 in May of 2022 when she won the Hudson County title for Bayonne at Secaucus.So she’s now improved over 10 seconds since high school.

Huge horizontal jumps double Saturday for Mainland Regional senior Josiah Williams, who posted the top long jump and triple jump marks in New Jersey this year with his double win and double PR at the Woodbury Relays.

Williams won the triple jump at 47-2 ¼ on his 3rd of four attempts and the long jump with a 22-10 ½ on his second jump before passing his final two. His previous PRs were 21-7 ¼ from South Jersey Group 3 sectionals last spring at Delsea and 46-4 ½ from last month at the indoor Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.

Williams moved up to No. 2 in Atlantic County history in the triple jump and No. 10 in the long jump. He broke the school triple jump record of 47-0 ½ set by Mawali Osunniyi at the 2023 state Group 3 meet at Delsea. Osunniyi won the junior college national high jump title this past indoor season competing for New Mexico Junior College.

Williams is still a bit shy of the school long jump record of 23-9 set by Dave Klemic at the 1996 South Jersey Group 3 sectionals at West Deptford.

Atlantic County Long Jump Top-10
24-4 1/4 … Ahmad Brock [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2023
23-11 ……… Dave Klemic [Mainland Reg.], 1996
23-9 … Steve Harper [Atlantic City], 1993
23- 7 1/4 … Reginald Morton [Oakcrest], 2013
23- 6 …….. Tyler Clybourn [Oakcrest], 2016
23- 4 1/2 … Bo Melton [Cedar Creek], 2016
23- 4 1/2 … Ben Mitchell [St. Joe’s-Hammonton], 2015
23- 3 1/4 … Stevenson Cajuste [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2008
23-0 1/4 … Gary Melton [Cedar Creek], 2012
22-10 ½ … Josiah Williams [Mainland Reg.], 2025
22-9 ½ … Justyce Pollitt [St. Augustine], 2013

Atlantic County Trirple Jump Top-10
48- 1 1/2 … Mubeen Momodu [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2019
47-2 1/4 … Josiah Williams [Mainland Reg.], 2025
47-0 1/2 … Mawali Osunniyi [Mainland Reg.], 2023
46-2 ½ … Darnell Charles [Oakcrest], 2011
46-11 … Ahmad Brock [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2021
46-11 … Ahmad Fogg [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2023
46-5 … Jamil Wilkins [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2023
45-11 ¾ … Stevenson Cajuste [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2008
45-11 3/4 … Jayden Britt [Oakcrest], 2016
45-10 … Ladarrell Dixon [Oakrest], 2013
45-7 … Ishmael Muhammad [Oakcrest]
45-6 … Tyler Hilgrube [Buena], 2010

After they re-wrote the Woodbury Relays record book in the 800-meter relay, Pennsauken, Winslow and Willingboro did the same thing in the 4-by-100 Saturday.

This time it was Pennsauken leading the way, with junior Sanaya Dupree, junior Oivia Dupree, sophomore Abigayle John and junior Sianni Wynn winning the Group 4 race in 47.26, 10th-fastest in South Jersey history. They broke a 43-year-old Group 4 meet record of 47.3 hand-timed set by Willingboro at the 1981 meet by Pam Young, Carol Lewis, Monica Mayes and Michelle Glover.

Winslow wasn’t far behind, winning the Group 3 race in 47.40 with freshman Amariah Arango, freshman Jasmine Jackson, junior Ma’Syiah Brawner and junior Olivia Okaro. They broke the Group 3 meet record of 47.85 set in 2012 by Winslow’s DeAnn Cross, Torie Robinson, Ashley Ogueldo and Stey’ce McNeil, and their time is 13th-fastest in South Jersey history.

And Willingboro was first across the line in Group 2, with Maya Bolden, junior Aaliyah Robinson, junior Kaila Speight and senior Nester Wea running 48.17, matching their time from the Deptford Spartan Relays earlier this month. They broke the Group 2 meet record of 48.46 set in 2015 by Deptford’s Kayla Tucker, Sundasia Baker, Taylor Ransom and Kiara Lester.

ALL-TIME SOUTH JERSEY 400-METER RELAY LIST
46.19 … Timber Creek, 2024
46.43 … Timber Creek, 2023
46.87 … Eastern, 2003
46.98 … Winslow Twp., 2017
46.9h … Willingboro, 1980
47.06 … Winslow Twp., 2014
47.18 … Winslow Twp., 2013
47.19 … Winslow Twp., 2018
47.25 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2018
47.26 … Pennsauken, 2025
47.27 … Delsea, 2017
47.36 … Eastern, 2019
47.40 … Winslow Twp., 2016
47.40 … Winslow Twp., 2025
47.3h … Willingboro, 1981
47.45 … Willingboro, 1994
47.49 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
47.53 … Millville, 2019
47.53 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
47.54 … Winslow Twp., 2003
47.54 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
47.4h … Camden,, 1978
47.4y … Camden, 1979
47.72 … Pennsauken, 2024
47.75 … Eastern, 2002
47.76 … Winslow Twp., 2005
47.76 … Winslow Twp., 2012
47.78 … Willingboro, 2023
47.79 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2021
47.81 … Haddonfield, 2024
47.82 … Moorestown, 2000
47.85 … Deptford, 2015
47.87 … Winslow Twp., 2011
47.9h … Willingboro, 1995
47.8h … Willingboro, 2003
47.94 … Camden, 2000
47.96 … Winslow Twp., 2024
47.98 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2019
48.00 … Willingboro, 2024
48.0h … Camden, 1995
48.0h … Wilson, 2008
48.03 … Penns Grove, 2014
48.07 … Camden, 2006
48.07 … Winslow Twp., 2019
48.08 … Winslow Twp., 2004
48.08 … Willingboro, 2009
48.1h … Willingboro, 1979
48.12 … Washington Twp., 2001
48.14 … Camden, 1997
48.17 … Willingboro, 2025
48.18 … Millville, 2018
48.23 … Wilson, 2006
48.23 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2015
48.24 … Camden, 2008
48.24 … Woodrow Wilson, 2007
48.25 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2014
48.27 … Camden, 2015
48.28 … Cherry Hill East, 2017
48.29 … Moorestown, 1999
48.32 … Woodrow Wilson, 2002
48.33 … Woodrow Wilson, 2005
48.33 … Paul VI, 2018

Rutgers senior Nico Morales from Delsea broke his own South Jersey alumni pole vault record Saturday in Piscataway.

Morales, who began the day with a lifetime-best 17-6 ½ from an indoor meet in Cambridge, Mass., in February appears to have cleared 17-7 at the Rutgers Relays, although one section of the results show him clearing 17-9. The results are a train wreck and hopefully they get fixed.

But whether Morales cleared 17-7 or 17-9, it’s still the best jump ever by a South Jersey pole vaulter. Morales’ previous outdoor PR was 17-5 from a meet last month in Tampa.

If he cleared 17-7, it would be the 7th-best jump in state history. If he cleared 17-9, it would be 5th-best.

Morales beat both of the O’Sullivan brothers, who are the top two vaulters in Rutgers history. Nobody has bothered updating the Rutgers all-time list this year but it looks like Morales is now No. 3 in Rutgers history outdoors. At either 17-7 or 17-9, he’s 6th in the Big Ten.

Rutgers junior Noah Kriesman from Cherry Hill East was 4th with an outdoor PR 16-9 ¼ – I think 6th-best on the non-updated all-time Ruters outdoor list – and Rutgers freshman Ryan Merlino from Oakcrest was 6th at 15-9 ¼, two inches off his collegiate-best 15-11 ¼ from last week in Tampa.

18-9 ¼ … Bradley Jelmert [Watchung Hills], Dec. 9, 2023, Pittsburg, Kan.
18-2 … Kevin O’Sullivan [Hillsborough], Jan. 31, 2025, New York
18-1 … Brian O’Sullivan [Hillsborough], April 12, 2025, Tampa
17-10 ½ … Craig Hunter [Robbinsville], June 8, 2016, Eugene, Ore.
17-9 … Kevin McGuire [Lawrenceville], May 26, 1993, Fairfax, Va.
17-8 ½ … Steve Keating [Pompton Lakes], June 12, 1993, Los Gatos, Calif.
17-7 … Nico Morales [Delsea], April 19, 2025, Piscataway
17-6 ½ … Adam Sarafian [Ocean Township], Jan. 28, 2006, Reno, Nev.
17-6 ½ … Nico Morales [Delsea], Feb. 8, 2025, Cambridge, Mass.

The Winslow Township, Pennsauken and Willingboro girls re-wrote the South Jersey record book in the 800-meter relay Saturday morning at the Woodbury Relays, with all three posting all-time South Jersey top-10 times..

Sophomore Maya Bolden, junior Aaliyah Robinson, junior Kaila Speight and senior Nester Wea won the Group 2 race in 1:40.11, 10th-fastest in South Jersey history. They broke the Group 2 meet record of 1:41.85 set by Deptford’s Sundasia Baker, Taylor Ransom, Kayla Tucker and Kiara Lester in 2015. Their time is 2nd-fastest in Burlington County history, behind only Willingboro’s own 1:39.78 last year at West Philly Nationals.

In Group 3, Winslow’s Okaro, Cato, Seamon and Robinson won in 1:38.55, 2nd-fastest in South Jersey history and 8th-fastest in state history. They broke the Group 3 meet record of 1:39.59 set by Winslow’s DeAnn Cross, Torie Robinson, Stey’ce McNeil and Christine Oguledo in 2012.

In Group 4, Pennsauken won in 1:39.65, 5th-fastest in state history and 14th-fastest on the all-time New Jersey list. Senior Amina Dyer, junior Sanaya Dupree, junior Olivia Dupree and junior Sianni Wynn ran for Pennsauken. Eastern was 2nd in 1:41.48 with senior Johnna Gonter, senior Jasmine Davies, junior Natalie Dumas and senior Samantha Osei-Kyei. Their time is No. 24 in South Jersey history. They broke the Group 4 meet record of 1:41.97 set by Eastern’s Janelle Wilson, Jennifer Jackson, Sharon Heilig and Brittany Wright in 2002.

Winslow, Pennsauken, Willingboro and Eastern are now No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 in New Jersey this year, pending other results from Saturday.

All-Time South Jersey 800-Meter Relay
1:38.43 … Winslow Twp., 2018
1:38.55 … Winslow Twp., 2025
1:39.21 … Eastern, 2003
1:39.59 … Winslow Twp., 2012
1:39.65 … Pennsauken, 2025
1:39.67 … Winslow Twp., 2019
1:39.67 … Timber Creek, 2023
1:39.78 … Willingboro, 2024
1:40.10 … Timber Creek, 2024
1:40.11 … Willingboro, 2025
1:40.25 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
1:40.30 … Winslow Twp., 2017
1:40.46 … Eastern, 2019
1:40.62 … Winslow Twp., 2003
1:40.72 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2018
1:40.5h … Woodrow Wilson, 2006
1:40.91 … Winslow Twp., 2004
1:41.10 … Washington Twp, 1999
1:41.1h …. Camden, 1995
1:41.33 … Camden, 2009
1:41.2h … Willingboro, 1994
1:41.40 … Winslow Twp., 2005
1:41.2h … Camden, 2006
1:41.48 …. Eastern, 2025
1:41.54 … Willingboro, 1999
1:41.56 … Highland, 1998
1:41.59 … Eastern, 2002
1:41.70 … Paul VI, 2019
1:41.5h … Pleasantville, 1995
1:41.5h … Woodrow Wilson, 2005
1:41.81 … Willingboro, 1995
1:41.7 … Wilson, 2008
1:41.85 … Deptford,X 2015
1:41.86 … Willingboro, 2000
1:41.87 … Camden, 2001
1:41.88 … Winslow, 2013
1:41.91 … Winslow, 2018
1:41.97 … Moorestown, 1999
1:41.9h … Willingboro, 2003

All-Time New Jersey 800-Meter Relay
1:37.53 … Union Catholic, 2017
1:37.75 … Union Catholic, 2024
1:37.77 … Franklin Twp., 2003
1:37.89 … Union Catholic, 2023
1:38.11 … Union Catholic, 2019
1:38.42 … Franklin Twp., 2001
1:38.43 … Winslow Twp., 2018
1:38.55 … Winslow Twp., 2025 ***
1:38.98 … Union Catholic, 2022
1:39.04h … Montclair, 1980
1:39.21 … Eastern, 2003
1:39.54h … Montclair, 1981
1:39.59 … Winslow Twp., 2012
1:39.65 … Pennsauken, 2025 ***
1:39.67 … Winslow Twp., 2019
1:39.67 … Timber Creek, 2023
1:39.76 … Neptune, 2015
1:39.78 … Willingboro, 2024
1:39.79 … Columbia, 2010
1:39.86 … Summit, 2017
1:39.94 … Piscataway, 2011

Rancocas Valley senior Cecliia King ran a lifetime-best 14.45 in the hurdles Saturday in Yeadon and the 8th-fastest time in Burlington County history.

King placed 3rd in the 100-meter highs – 2-1,000ths of a second out of 2nd – at the Rap Curry Invitational at Penn Wood High School.

Her time is fastest in South Jersey this year and 3rd-fastest in New Jersey. It’s also only 6-100ths of a second off the school record of 14.39 set in 2022 by Annabella Chin at the Meet of Championds in Somerset.

King’s previous PR was a 14.48 last June at West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field. The race was won in 14.06 by Chester’s Damira Allen, who won the AAU national title indoors last month in Virginia Beach.

All-Time Burlington County 100-Meter Hurdles Top 10
13.85 … Carol Lewis [Willingboro], 1980
14.04 … Jasmine Staten [Lenape], 2016
14.34 … Evann Thompson [Lenape], 2012
14.38 … Vanessa Arientyl [Willingboro], 2010
14.39 … Annabella Chin [Rancocas Valley], 2022
14.42 … Tonya Lee [Rancocas Valley], 1987
14.43 … Ashley Edwards [Northern Burlington], 2014
14.45 … Cecilia King [Rancocas Valley], 2025
14.49 … Kim Allen [Willingboro], 2003
14.54 … Meredith Updike [Cinnaminson], 2019

Rowan’s Jamir Brown from Riverside ran the 4th-fastest 110-meter hurdles time in NCAA Division 3 history Friday in Atlanta and the fastest ever by a Division 3 freshman.

Brown placed 2nd in the 110-meter hurdles at the Georgia Tech Invitational at George C. Griffin Track in 13.79, just 7-100ths of a second off the Division 3 record of 13.72 set by Taylor Rooney of Gustavus Adolphus in St. Peter, Minn., in May 2021 when he won the NCAA Division 3 national title in Greensboro, N.C.

Brown set the D-3 record indoors in the 60-meter hurdles with a 7.72 in December at Ocean Breeze in his first collegiate race.

Although Brown ran the 3rd-fastest time in Division 3 history, he did not break the school record. Current Rowan junior Kwaku Nkrumah ran 13.77 this past May when he won the NCAA Division 3 title in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Another Rowan hurdler, current senior Jason Agyemang, ran 13.80 in the same race in Myrtle Beach, which is now 6th-fastest in Division 3 history. So Rowan now has the No. 2, 3 and 6 hurdlers in Division 3 history on its current roster.

Brown is the third South Jersey hurdler to run 13.82 or faster so far this spring. Sincere Rhea, a Texas Tech senior from St. Augustine, tied his PR with a 13.48 last month in Austin, and Rutgers freshman Yashahya Brown, a freshman from Rutgers, ran 13.82 earlier this month in Tampa.

Among all college freshman in all divisions, the two Browns from South Jersey – Jamir and Yashahya – are 6^th– and 8^th-fastest. Jamir Brown moved into the No. 8 spot on the all-time South Jersey alumni list, bumping Yashahya Brown down to 10th.

Tough to tell the previous freshman record. Nobody keeps track of this stuff, unfortunately. Junior Saint Preux of McMurry College in Abilene, Texas, ran 14.00 at the 2012 Texas Longhorn Invitational, but that was wind-aided at 2.3. Kenneth Wei of MIT ran 14.05 with a 2.0 tailwind – the highest legal wind reading – at the 2022 NCAA Division 3 Championships in Geneva, Ohio, and that looks like it may have been the previous record. Brown’s previous PR was 14.10 in Collegeville, Pa., earlier this month in his only previous 110-meter race over the 42-inch barriers

Friday in Atlanta, Agyemang placed 3rd in Atlanta with a season-best 13.82 and Nkrumah was 4th with a season-best 13.91. Bradley Franklin of NCAA Division 1 Samford ran a lifetime-best 13.67 to win the race.

Rowan junior Anaias Hughes of Willingboro ran a lifetime-best 14.29. Brown, Agyemang, Nkrumah and Hughes are now No .1, 2, 3 and 8 in NCAA Division 3 this year.

Brown, Agyemang and Hughes ran in the first of seven sections of a one-race final with a 0.0 wind reading. Hughes easily won the 4th section by nearly half a second into a 0.6 meters-per-second headwind.

Here’s my best attempt at an all-time Rowan 110-meter hurdles list:
13.77 … Kwaku Nkrumah [Teaneck], NCAA Div. 3 Championships, Myrtle Beach, S.C., May 25, 2004 [+1.2]
13.79 … Jamir Brown [Riverside], Georgia Thch Invitational, Atlanta, April 18, 2025 [+0.0]
13.80 … Jason Agyemang [North Plainfield], NCAA Division 3 Championships, Myrtle Beach, S.C., May 25, 2004 [+1.2]
13.90 … Garry Moore [Overbrook], May 27, 1982 [N/A]
14.01 … Marquise Young [Sterling], New Jersey Athletic Conf. Championships, Galloway, N.J., May 5, 2024 [+0.8]
14.01 … Stanley Moore [Overbrook], May 28, 1983 [N/A]
14.10 … Jamir Brown [Riverside], April 5, 2025, Ursinus Track Festival, Collegeville, Pa. [+0.3]
14.22 … Leon Devero [Linden], May 30, 1981
14.23 … David Benjamin [Freehold Township], Penn Relays, Philadelphia, May 26, 2017 [+2.0]
14.24 … Bobby Cooks [McArthur, Pembroke Pines, Fla.], NCAA Division 3 Championships, La Crosse, Wisc., May 26, 2018 [+1.0]
14.27 … Chase Toliver [Oakcrest], NCAA Division 3 Championships, Alliance, Ohio, May 26, 2017 [+2.0]
14.28 … Tyler Garland [Deptford], AARTFC Championships, Cortland, N.Y., May 16, 2019 [+1.0]
14.29 … Anaias Hughes [Willingboro], Georgia Thch Invitational, Atlanta, April 18, 2025 [-0.2]

And here’s a look at the fastest hurdlers from South Jersey:
12.94 … Jack Pierce [Woodbury], June 22, 1996, Atlanta
13.12 … Anwar Moore [Camden], May 5, 2007, Modesto, Calif.
13.43 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], April 16, 2016, Walnut, Calif.
13.48 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], May 12, 2023, Raleigh, N.C. [+1.2]
13.51 … Martin Booker [Camden], June 7, 1986, Indianapolis
13.54 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], May 22, 2004, St-Martin, France
13.77 … Jeffrey Young [Camden], May 11, 2022, Bloomington, Ind.
13.79 … Jamir Brown [Riverside], April 18, 2025, Atlanta
13.81 … Anthony Acklin [Triton], May 13, 2005, Cedar Falls, Iowa [+2.0]
13.82 … John Sease [Willingboro], March 26, 1982, El Paso, Texas
13.82 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], April 11, 2025, Tampa

Ajani Dwyer ran one of the fastest 100-meter dash times ever by a New Jersey sprinter Friday at the University of Virginia, although the time was heavily wind-aided.

Dwyer, a Penn State freshman from Washington Township, led all qualifiers among 75 sprinters in the 100 trials at the Virginia Challenge at Lannigan Field in Charlottesville with a time of 10.05.

The only New Jersey sprinters who’ve run that fast are Olympic gold medalists Carl Lewis and Dennis Mitchell. But the performance was assisted by a tailwind of 3.9 meters per second, nearly double the allowable 2.0 meters per second.

Dwyer’s wind-legal PR is 10.19 (with a 0.2 tailwind), which he ran two weeks ago in Gainesville, Fla.

With the wind correction calculator, you can convert a wind-aided time into a wind-legal time based on the extent of the tailwind. A 10.05 with no wind is equivalent to a 10.18 and a 10.05 with the highest legal wind – 2.0 – is equivalent to a 10.10.

So this is a remarkable performance that would have been a PR and the 4th-fastest time ever by a New Jersey sprinter with no wind, behind Lewis [9.86], Mitchell [9.91] and Mario Heslop [10.12].

According to the World Athletics database, Dwyer’s 10.05 is 20th-fastest in the world this year and 6th-fastest among U.S. men in any conditions.

The 100 final is scheduled for 7:20 p.m. Friday. Dwyer will be in Lane 4 and hopefully the wind will die down this evening.

Delran senior Dylan Husband popped a 10-foot javelin PR and the No. 2 throw in New Jersey this year.Thursday afternoon at Lenape Field Day.

Husband popped a 178-7 on his 1st attempt and won by 8 ½ feet over Burlington Township senior Dylan Fitzpatrick, 2nd with a 169-0, also on his 1st throw.

Husband had a PR of 122-6 as a sophomore and improved to 163-10 last spring when he placed 2nd at the Burlington County Open.

He’s competed in two major meets so far this spring and PR’d in both. First, he hit 167-3 at The College of New Jersey in Ewing earlier this month before his big PR on Thursday.

That 178-7 is the longest toss on record by a Delran thrower since the new javelin went into use in 2002. The previous record was 174-7 by Kevin Hejnas at the 2012 Woodbury Relays. The Delran record with the old javelin was 186-8 by Andre Fisher when he won South Jersey Group sectionals in Bridgeton in 1991.

Husband’s 178-7 is No. 1 in South Jersey this year and No. 2 in the state, behind only Markos Hantsoulis of Highland Park, who threw 203-9 this past weekend in a meet at Old Bridget.

It’s the best throw by a BCSL athlete since Jerry Fusco of Holy Cross hit 187-8 at the 2016 Woodbury Relays.

Collingswood’s Josh Forrest, a junior at St. Joe’s, ran a big 1,500 PR at Bucknell Saturday and the fastest time this year by a St. Joe’s miler.

Forrest ran 3:50.50 at the Bucknell Bison Invitational in Lewisburg, equivalent of a 4:08.94 full mile. His previous PR was 3:52.68 just a week earlier in Fairfaxc, Va. Before this month, his 1,500 PR was a 3:53.54 from Chester, Pa., in April of 2024. Forrest’s mile PR is 4:10.83 from an indoor meet in February at the Ott Center. His time is 8th-fastest this year in the Atlantic 10.

Forrest closed in 58.66 – the fastest lap in the field – ran his final 800 in 2:01.25 after coming through 700 meters in 1:49.26.

At Collingswood, Forrest ran 4:15.72 when he won the state Group 2 title in Somerset in June of 2021.