Ocean City’s Elaina Styer, national runner-up in the pentathlon at indoor NCAA Division 3 Championships, smashed the Stockton school record in the 100-meter hurdles Saturday at the Osprey Invite in Galloway Township.
Styer, a Stockton sophomore, won the hurdles in 14.50, breaking the record of 14.54 set by Jassina Surles of Williamstown in the trials of the 2016 ECAC Division 3 Championships in Westfield, Mass.
Styer’s time is No. 6 in NCAA Division 3 so far this year. The race was run into a 0.8 meters-per-second headwind.
Styer’s previous PR was 15.41 at a meet last April at Widener in Chester, Pa. Her best time in high school was 16.25 as part of the pentathlon at 2023 West Philly Nationals.
Styer also won the long jump with a PR 18-5 3/4 on her only legal jump. Her previous PR was 18-0 1/2 indoors at Ocean Breeze this past December. That’s No. 6 in NCAA Division 3 so far this year.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 