Big 200 Saturday for Burlington Township junior Quayd Hendryx, who won the Burlington County Open with the 4th-fastest time in the meet’s 57 -year history.
Hendryx ran a big lifetime-best 21.72 (with no wind reading), which is 12th-fastest in any conditions in Burlington County history and trails only Olympic gold medalist Lamont Smith of Willingboro [hand-timed 21.4 in 1991], Lenape’s Rob Gary [hand-timed 21.2 in 1998] and Burlington’s Malachi James [meet-record 21.47 in 2024] in meet history.
Hendryx is the first Township sprinter to win the County Open 200 since Tim Carlock in 1999.The only other Falcon to win was Louis Smith in 1995 and 1996.
Coming into the meet, Hendryx had a PR of 22.08 from the BCSL Championships last weekend at Pennsauken. Hendryx, who has a FAT 10.83 dual meet time to his credit from last month, didn’t run the 100 Saturday at Lenape.
Hendryx is the fastest Burlington County junior since Michael Bolling of Willingboro ran 21.67 at the 2000 Meet of Champions at South Plainfield. (Remember, James was hurt his junior year and didn’t compete outdoors.)
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 