Pemberton senior Jaden Goins, whose 6.40 last week at the Ott Center is 10th-fastest in South Jersey history and 5th-fastest all-time Burlington County, ran the fastest 60 in New Jersey this year Saturday at Ocean Breeze.
Goins ran 7.00 in the trials against a loaded field of sprinters from across the East Coast at the Shoe Company New York International Showcase.
Holmdel junior Jason Rualo ran 7.03 in the trials, 2nd-fastest in New Jersey this year. Goins ran 7.03 in the final. Rualo didn’t make the final. So they are No. 1 and 2 in New Jersey this year. Camden senior Jawan Brownlee ran 7.08 in the trials, now 4th-fastest in New Jersey this year.
Goins’ time is 11th-fastest in South Jersey history and 3rd-fastest all-time Burlington County, behind Malachi James of Burlington City [6.71 in 2024] and Samuel Thomas of Northern Burlington [6.91 in 2023].
This was Goins’ first high school 60. He has never run indoor track before.
All-Time South Jersey 60-Meter Dash
6.70 … Damiere Byrd [Timber Creek], 2011
6.71 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024
6.76 … Ajani Dywer [Washington Twp.], 2024
6.83 … Jamar Ervin [Camden], 2001
6.87 … Chris Church [Millville], 2007
6.91 … Samuel Thomas [Nothern Burlington], 2023
6.93 … A.J. Bunton [West Deptford], 2006
6.96 … Julian Onesti [St. Augustine], 2025
6.96 … M.J. Lincoln [Lenape], 2025
6.97 … Marquis Taylor [Woodbury], 2025
7.00 … Prince Kim [Bordentown], 2008
7.00 … David Smith [Rancocas Valley], 2025
7.00 … Jaden Goins [Pemberton], 2026
7.01 … Michael Bolling [Willingboro], 1999
7.02 … Rob McGriff [Camden], 2006
7.03 … Gary Gordon [Willingboro], 1995
7.03 … Albert Newkirk [Camden], 1996
7.04 … Thomas Hampton [Clayton], 2018
7.06 … Sherron Bullock [Camden], 2004
7.06 … Fabian Santiago [Oakcrest], 2012
7.08 … Curtis Fitzpatrick [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
7.08 … Jawan Brownlee [Camden], 2026
7.08 … Aaron Mull [Hammonton], 2024
Oakcrest’s Alexia Bey, a Rowan senior, popped a huge weight throw PR Saturday and the No. 16 throw in NCAA Division 3 this year.
Bey won the weight throw at the Seamus McElligott Invitational at Haverord’s Alumni Fieldhouse with a throw of 53-11 on her 5th throw.
That’s No. 1 in the NJAC by more than four feet and looks like it makes her the No. 3 performer in Rowan history behind the school record 55-3 ¾ set by Pitman’s Emily Galvin at Ocean Breeze in 2023 and a 55-0 ¼ by Makayla Taylor of Randolph in Rochester in 2022.
Bey’s previous PR in the 20-pound weight throw was a 50-8 a week ago at Ocean Breeze. She’s thrown 39-8 in the shot and 154-7 in the hammer throw. She was 2nd in the shot and 5th in the weight throw last winter in the outdoor NJAC meet at the Ott Center.
Bey threw 36-5 in the shot at Oakcrest and placed 4th in the state Group 2 meet in Somerset in the spring of 2022. She only competed outdoors in high school, so she never competed in the weight throw until she arrived at Rowan.
Her season best in the shot was a 39-3 ¼ at Ocean Breeze earlier this month. That’s No. 2 in the NJAC this year behind Taniya Giles of Clifton and Montclair State, who threw 39-9 ¼ at the Armory last month.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 