St. Augustine senior Marc Maccario placed 4th in the 400 at the Meet of Champions Sunday and ran within 22-100ths of a second of the Atlantic County record.
Maccario ran an indoor PR 45.57, 3rd-fastest in Atlantic county history behind a 48.45 from Pleasantville’s Xander Roberts-Bogin at 2022 Easterns at the Armory and a 48.48 by Egg Harbor’s Amir Brock at 2017 Easterns, also at the Armory.
His time is tied for 11th-fastest in South Jersey history, 2-100ths of a second outside the all-time top-10. He’ll have a chance to move on those lists at Boston Nationals this weekend.
Maccario’s 48.57 is 15th-fastest in meet history and tied for 3rd-fastest by a South Jersey quarter-miler. Bryce Tucker of Pennsauken placed 2nd in 47.50 in 2023, and Winslow’s Jayden Poteat was 2nd in 48.43 last year.
His time is also 2nd-fastest 4th-place time in meet history behind Ryan Matulonis’s 48.26 in 2023. Clayton’s Alexander Osayemi also ran 48.57 for 4th place last year.
Maccario first broke 50 seconds at Delsea last spring with a 49.32 and then broke 49 for the first time when he won the state Parochial A title at the Bubble in 48.63. He PR’d outdoors at 48.33 at the Meet of Champions at Pennsauken.
Maccario is the latest stud from the Buena Vista Township program that brought you sub-4-minute miler Mark Sivieri and national scholastic hurdles champion Sincere Rhea.
All-Time Meet of Champions 400 List
47.35 … Xavier Donaldson [Seton Hall Prep], 2023 [1]
47.43 … Jordaine Johnson [East Orange], 2025 [1]
47.49 … Seven Garcia [Hackensack], 2026 [1]
47.50 … Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], 2023 [2]
47.67 … Crue Brown [Manalapan], 2026 [2]
48.00 … Alexander Sadikov [Ocean Township], 2023 [3]
48.26 … Zyaire Clemes [Trenton], 2013 [1]
48.26 … Ryan Matulonis [Seton Hall Prep], 2023 [4]
48.33 … Taylor McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2015 [1]
48.43 … Jayden Poteat [Winslow Twp.], 2025 [2]
48.46 … Carlos Venegas [St. Joe’s-Metuchen], 2026 [3]
48.48 … Najee Glass [St. Peter’s Prep], 2011 [1]
48.50 … Lance Wigfall [East Orange], 2003 [1]
48.53 … Seven Garcia [Hackensack], 2025 [3]
48.57 … Alexander Osayemi. [Clayton], 2025 [4]
48.57 … Marc Maccario [St. Augustine], 2026 [4]
48.58 … Chinedu Amonu [Ewing], 2013 [2]
48.66 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991 [1]
48.66 … Adam Gorka [South Brunswick], 2020 [1]
48.71 … Mario Heslop [Franklin Twp.], 2018 [1]
48.76 … Favour Owolabi [North Star Academy], 2025 [5]
48.77 … Nasir Haines [Freehold Twp.], 2015 [2]
48.87 … Jack Ahart [Kinnelon], 2023 [5]
48.92 … Charles Cox [Monmouth], 2007 [1]
48.96 … Lathan Brown [Deptford], 2023 [6]
48.98 … Nadale Buntin [J.P. Stevens], 2018 [2]
All-Time South Jersey Indoor 400 List
47.50 … Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], 2023
47.90 … Brandon Outlaw [Moorestown], 2017
48.27 … Jade Smith [Camden], 2002
48.36 … Mohammad Kanu [Lenape], 2000
48.43 … Jayden Poteat [Winslow Twp.], 2025
48.45 … Xander Roberts-Bogin [Pleasantville], 2022
48.45 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
48.48 … Amir Brock [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2017
48.50 … Alex Reber [Cherry Hill East], 2013
48.55 … Royce Reed [Bridgeton], 1995
48.57 … Alexander Osayemi [Clayton], 2025
48.57 … Marc Maccario [St. Augustine], 2026
48.64 … Keith Griffith [Florence], 2010
48.68 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991
48.72 … Michael Mazero [Paul VI], 2022
48.74 … John Morris [Camden], 2001
48.75 … Luke Colehower [Haddonfield], 2017
48.79 … Gabriel Moronta [Pleasantville], 2020
48.7h … Curt Mcintyre [Bridgeton], 1992
48.91 … Marlin Gross [Bridgeton], 2001
48.91 … Rob Gary [Lenape], 1998
48.96 … Lathan Brown [Deptford], 2023
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 