MOORESTOWN’S HOPE EDWARDS RUNS 11TH-FASTEST 400 HURDLES TIME IN SOUTH JERSEY HISTORY AT WEST PHILLY NATIONALS — IN FRESHMAN RACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Moorestown’s Hope Edwards ran a mind-blowing intermediate hurdles PR Friday and the 3rd-fastest time in New Jersey history by a freshman.

Edwards placed 2nd in the freshman 400 hurdles at West Philly Nationals Friday at Franklin Field in 1:00.32, a PR of more than three seconds. Her previous best was a 1:03.37 when she placed 13th at the Meet of Champions at Pennsauken earlier this month.

Her time was fast enough that it would have placed 13th in the championship division of the 400-meter hurdles.

It’s 11th-fastest in South Jersey history, 4th-fastest in Burlington County history and fastest by a Burlington County girl in 24 years, since Willingboro’s Danielle Myricks ran a hand-timed 1:00.1 at 2001 South Jersey Group 3 sectionals at Egg Harbor.

Edwards broke the South Jersey freshman class record of 1:00.63 set by Winslow Township’s Krystal Cantey at the 2003 state Group 4 meet at Egg Harbor.

The only faster freshmen in state history are four-time Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin, who ran 55.63 as a freshman at the 2014 USATF Junior National Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., and Tawana Watkins of Paterson Kennedy, who ran 59.71 at 1999 Raleigh Nationals.

Edwards also ran 2:13.65, which broke the Burlington County freshman record of 2:15.01 set by Shawnee’s Julia Despirito at the 2011 Group 4 state meet at Old Bridge. Edwards’ teammate, Payton Derer, was also under that mark with her 2:14.83 at South Jersey Group 3 sectionals at Delsea.

55.99 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2025
56.83 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2005
59.03 … Tonya Lee [Rancocas Valley], 1988
59.56 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2013
59.66 … Mandie Dulin [Shawnee], 1997
59.80 … Sophia Curtis [Ocean City], 2024
1:00.13 … Arianna Smith [Pennsville], 2019
1:00.16 … Aliya Rae Garozzo [Paul VI], 2018
1:00.1h … Danielle Myricks [Willingboro], 2001
1:00.26 … Helena Leyrer [Buena], 2012
1:00.32 … Hope Edwards [Moorestown], 2025
1:00.40 … Diamond McLaughlin [Absegami], 2021
1:00.47 … Shaquanda Meylor [Wilson], 2006
1:00.48 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 2012
1:00.55 … Katrina Sye [Buena], 1997
1:00.58 … Andrea Olsen [Buena], 2013
1:00.67 … Meredith Updike [Cinnaminson], 2019
1:00.79 … Courtney Smith [Penns Grove], 2014

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