Sizzling start to the season for Washington Township sophomore Nia’Leila Cuascut, who tripled the sprints with three fast times Wednesday in a FAT-timed dual meet at Timber Creek.
Cuascut won the 100 in 12.11, the 200 in 25.31 and the 400 in 61.56. All three are faster than the fastest listed times in New Jersey so far this spring in the MileSplit database, so pending what happens in other meets on Tuesday she’s going to be among the state leaders in three events.
The 100 time is a PR for Cuascut, who ran 12.18 when she placed 12th at the Meet of Champions at Pennsauken in June.
She smashed her 200 PR of 25.71 from South Jersey Group 4 Sectionals last spring at Pennsauken, and she was just off her 400 PR of 59.75, which she ran twice last year.
In the 100, Cuascut wasn’t far off the school record of 12.02 set by Dylan Giloley at 2024 South Jersey Group 4 Sectionals, also at Pennsauken. She’s only 1-100th of a second outside the all-time Gloucester County top-10, which goes down to Jackie Dim of Washington Township in 2007 and Iyanla Kollock of Our Lady of Mercy in 2016, who both ran 12.10.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 