Sophomore Jasmine Jackson won the hurdles and placed 3rd in two other events to lead the Winslow girls to their 11th indoor state title with the 2nd-highest point total ever in Group 3.
Jackson won the 55-meter hurdles in 8.06 and took 3rd in the 55 in 7.22 and the 400 in 57.12.
Winslow outscored 2nd-place Ridge 66-40, with Pennsauken 3rd with 37 points. Winslow’s 11 state indoor championships are the most by any public school in the state since the inception of the girls indoor state meet in 1981. Union Catholic, a regional parochial school, has also won 11.
Winslow won Group 4 in 2003 and also won Group 3 in 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2025.
Also for Winslow, Senior Ma’Syiah Brawner won the high jump at 5-2 and was 5th in the hurdles with an 8.47. Senior Olivia Okaro ran 7.13 for 2nd to Pennsauken’s Sianni Wynn in the 55.
Jackson, junior Cinniya Robinson and sophomore Amariah Arango opened the meet by picking up 12 points in the 400, Jackson in 3rd, Robinson 58.3 in 4th and Arango 59.10 in 5th.
Winslow finished things off by winning the 4-by-4 in 3:58.70 with Okaro, Robinson, sophomore Nylah Lovelace-Crump and senior Leeya Joseph
Arango also scored in the 800, running 2:19.11 for 5th place.
For Pennsauken, Wynn won that 400 as part of her 55-400 double, setting a meet record of 55.24. Wynn broke her own record of 56.06 from last year. Wynn has now won 14 state group titles in addition to her 10 Meet of Champions wins. More on her tremendous performance soon!
For Pennsauken, senior Olivia Dupree placed 2nd to Jackson in the hurdles with an 8.24, sophomore Hope Edwards ran 59.11 for 6th in the 400, senior Sanaya Dupree placed 4th in the 55 in 7.26.
Pennsauken also placed 4th in the 4-by-4, with senior Olivia Dupree, Wynn, Edwards and sophomore Rain’ana Rucker running 4:07.09.
Ocean City junior Carly Godfrey won the 800 in 2:14.93 for her first state title. She also anchored the Red Raiders’ 4-by-4 team, which placed 3rd in 4:06.99. junior Alana Clevenger, junior Kai Linthicum and sophomore Julianne Goodman ran the first three legs.
Mainland senior Comryn DeMorat placed 4th in the hurdles in 8.45 and senior teammate Emma Preissman was 5th in the 1,600 in 5:12.18. Mainland sophomore Alaya Steinberg cleared 4-10 and tied for 5th in the high jump and senior Madison Taylor took 5th in the 800 with a 2:19.75.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 