Bridgeton senior Zamir Chance broke county, conference and meet triple jump records Saturday at the South Jersey Group 4 meet at Pennsauken.
Chance won his first sectional title with a 48-3 jump on his 5th attempt, winning the event by more than two feet.
That’s the No. 7 jump in South Jersey history.
Chance broke the Cumberland County record of 47-0 from the Crusader Field Meet in March, the Cape-Atlantic record of 48-1 ½ set by Egg Harbor Township’s Mubeen Momodu at the 2019 Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington and the meet record of 47-4 ¼ set by Zakiyy Williams of Rancocas Valley at the 2015 meet at Egg Harbor.
His mark was best of all the sectional meets state-wide last weekend. The only superior jump by a New Jersey athlete this year is a 48-7 by Newark West Side’s Malik Mohammed at the Essex County Relays last month in Newark. Mohammad this year as a sophomore has also high jumped 6-10 and long jumped 23-8. He won the North 2 Group 3 meet at Warren Hills with a 45-5 ¾.
Chance and Mohammed are the only 48-footers in New Jersey this year going into the state Group 4 meet May 30-31 in Somerset. Chance is the No. 1 seed by a foot and a half over sophomore Quincy Pearson of North Brunswick, who jumped 46-6 ¾ at the Central Jersey Group 4 meet in Hillsborough.
Chance at sectionals also placed 4th in the long jump with a 21-11. He has a season-best and PR 22-6 ¾ from the Cape-Atlantic Championships earlier this month at Buena.
He’s Bridgeton’s first sectional triple jump champion since current Dallas Cowboy Markqueese Bell jumped 44-2 ½ to win the 2016 Group 3 title.
All-Time South Jersey 47-Foot Triple Jump List
50-9 ¼ … Khaliel Burnett [Delsea], 2018
50-6 ¾ …. Dominique Irons [Haddon Heights], 2013
50-2 ½ … Floyd Whitaker [Highland], 2019
48-10 ½ … Larry Russell [Timber Creek], 2015
48-4 ½ … Rece Englehardt [Moorestown], 2024
48-3 ¼ … Ryan Chance [Glassboro], 2009
48-3 … Zamir Chance [Bridgeton], 2025
48-1 ½ … Mubeen Momodu [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2019
48-1 ¼ ……Orion Joyner [Kingsway], 2019
48-0 ………. Josh Butler [Delsea], 2006
47-9 ¼ … Marcus Edghilll [Pemberton], 1981
47-7 ½ … Mikhail Micheaux [Eastern], 2014
47-7 ½ … Jaden Johnson [Timber Creek], 2022
47-6 ½ … Chris Roundtree [Haddon Hts.], 2009
47-5 ½ … Khaliel Burnett [Delsea], 2017
47-5 ¼ … Kevin Kevelier [Collingswood], 2019
47-5 ……… Steven Brown [Penns Grove], 2009
47-4 ¾ … Cheo King [Woodbury], 2017
47-4 ½ … Zakiyy Williams [Rancocas Valley], 2017
47-4 ……… Tristan Wilson [Delsea], 2014
47-3 ¼ … Antwan Dickerson [Pennsauken], 2013
47-3 ……… Mike Baker [Cherry Hill West], 1976
47-2 ¼ … Josiah Williams [Mainland Reg.], 2025
47-0 ½ … Mawali Osunniyi [Mainland Reg.], 2023
47-0 ¼ … Earnest Daniel [Kingsway], 2017
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 