Burlington Township senior Laila Fairweather raced into the all-time Burlington County top 10, and Ocean City junior Carly Godfrey broke the Cape May County record in a hot 400-meter dash Monday evening at the SJTCA Meet at the Ott Center.
Fairweather won the race in 57.36 and Godfrey was just behind in 57.58. Fairweather’s time is No. 9 in Burlington County history indoors and a school record. Godfrey broke the Cape May County record of 57.80 set by Ocean City’s Sophia Curtis at 2024 South Jersey Group 3 Sectionals at the Bubble.
Their times are No. 14 and 18 in New Jersey this year and No. 5 and 8 in South Jersey.
Fairweather ran 57.12 outdoors last year when she won the Central Jersey Group 3 sectional race in Jackson. Godfrey had only run one previous 400, a 60.74 a year ago this week at the Bubble. She has PRs of 2:11.08 and 5:04.33 and ran 19:39 at Holmdel. She also owns the Cape May County indoor 800 record with her 2:14.13 at Ocean Breeze last month. Crazy range!
Also under 60 were Haddonfield senior Riley Austin, who was 3rd in 58.81, and Rancocas Valley senior Rhyann Roseboro, who ran 59.41.
Here’s a look at the all-time Burlington County indoor 400 top-10 list:
54.24 … Okechi Ogbuokiri [Willingboro], 2003
55.19 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2008
55.21 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
55.52 … Nester Wea [Willingboro], 2025
56.76 … Simone Thomas [Willingboro], 2003
56.85 … Emily Duffey [Lenape], 2012
57.14 … Danielle Myricks [Willingboro], 2001
57.36 … Shakirah Rutherford [Willingboro], 1999
57.36 … Laila Fairweather [Burlington Twp.], 2026
57.37 … Courtney Foster [Cherokee], 2013
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 