St. Augustine senior Julian Onesti lowered the Atlantic County 100-meter dash record and posted the 7th-fastest wind-legal time in South Jersey history Friday in the state Parochial A meet in Galloway Township.
Onesti ran 10.56 with a legal 0.8 tailwind, breaking the wind-legal county record of 10.59 set by Oakcrest’s Fabian Santiago at the 2012 Meet of Champions at Old Bridge.
Onesti had run 10.58 at the Atlantic County Championshisps last month at Egg Harbor but there was no wind gauge at that meet. His previous wind-legal PR? Good question. This was Onesti’s first race this year with a wind gauge, and it looks like he didn’t have one last year either. Unreal. Fortunately, Stockton University had a wind gauge set up and the wind was legal, and Onesti now has an official 100 time to his credit.
Athletic directors: HAVE WIND GAUGES SET UP FOR EVERY MAJOR EVENT YOU HOST – ONE FOR THE TRACK AND ONE FOR THE HORIZONTAL JUMPS. DO THIS.
Onesti will be the No. 3 seed in the 100 Wednesday at the Meet of Champions at Pennsauken. The top three seeds are all out of the Parochial A race, and the top six seeds are from one of the two Parochial races. The top public school seed is Burlington Township junior Quayd Hendryx at 10.71 (also with legal wind).
10.28 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024 [+0.3]
10.32 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024 [-1.4]
10.41 … Damiere Byrd [Timber Creek], 2010 [+0.1]
10.45 … James Townsend [Holy Cross], 2003 [+1.2]
10.47 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983 [+0.0]
10.55 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2002 [-2.7]
10.56 … Julian Onesti [St. Augustine], 2025 [+0.8]
10.57 … Jamil Benjamin [Cumberland Regional], 2006 [+1.4]
10.57 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2024 [+0.9]
10.58 … James Burrus [Moorestown], 2022 [-2.5]
10.58 … Anthony Miles [Winslow Twp.], 2003 [+1.4]
10.59 … Fabian Santiago [Oakcrest] 2012 [+1.2]
10.18 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024
10.21 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024
10.35 … Jamar Ervin [Camden], 2000
10.36 … Damiere Byrd [Timber Creek], 2010
10.45 … James Townsend [Holy Cross], 2003
10.47 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
10.47 … James Brown [Glassboro], 2009
10.49 … Jonathan Taylor [Salem], 2017
10.53 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
10.54 … Fabian Santiago [Oakrest], 2010
10.55 … Evan Corcoran [Kingsway], 2022
10.56 … Julian Onesti [St. Augustine], 2025
10.56 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2024 [+0.9]
10.57 … Jamil Benjamin [Cumberland Regional], 2006
10.57 … Geof Navaro [Absegami], 2008
10.58 … Anthony Miles [Winslow Twp.], 2003
10.58 … James Burrus [Moorestown], 2022
10.59 … Lloyd Shambry [Gateway], 2024
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 