A day after shattering the Ivy League long jump record, Lumberton’s Greg Foster broke the Ivy League hurdles record.
Foster, a Princeton senior, won a dramatic battle with Penn senior Shane Gardner at the Ivy League Championships at the Armory.
Both were timed in 7.69, with Foster getting the edge by 2-1,000ths of a second – 7.683 to 7.685.
Foster and Gardner will share the Ivy League record, which Gardner set at last year’s meet when he ran 7.75 in Ithaca.
Foster’s previous PR was 7.77, which he ran at the Ott Center in January. Gardner led all qualifiers in Saturday’s trials with a 7.79, with Foster 2nd in 7.81 in a separate semifinal race.
Foster won the long jump Saturday at 27-0 ½, which broke his own Ivy League record of 26-10 ½ from February in Fayetteville. That’s also No. 2 in NCAA Division 1 this year and No. 10 in the world.
Foster’s time is No. 10 all-time by a New Jersey high school graduate and 5th-fastest by a South Jersey alum. Foster’s training partner, Chris Serrao of East Brunswick and Rutgers, ran 7.55 in January at the Ott.
7.46 … Jeff Porter [Franklin Twp.], Feb. 1, 2014, Mondeville, France
7.50 … Renaldo Nehemiah [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], March 10, 1989, Madrid, Spain
7.50 … Anwar Moore [Camden], Feb. 24, 2008, Boston
7.52 … Jack Pierce [Woodbury], Feb. 25, 1995, Fairfax, Va.
7.55 … Devon Hill [Trenton], March 10, 2012, Nampa, Idaho
7.55 … Chris Serrao [East Brunswick], Jan. 17, 2026, Philadelphia
7.58… Jamir Brown [Riverside], Feb. 27, 2026, Boston
7.64 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], Jan. 25, 2025, Lubbock, Texas
7.66 … Cory Poole [East Orange], Feb. 14, 2020, Clemson, S.C.
7.69 … Guy Rose [Wayne Hills], Feb. 24, 2001, State College, Pa.
7.69 … Greg Foster [Lumberton / Lawreneville Prep], March 1, 2026
7.72 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], Jan. 9, 2015, Houston
7.73 … Todd Matthews [Notre Dame], Feb. 17, 2001, Blacksburg, Va.
Foster and Gardner are now ranked at No. 26 in NCAA Division 1 this year
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 