Big day high jumping Thursday for Woodstown senior Kami Casiano, who smashed the Salem County record by clearing 5-6 at Lenape Field Day.
Casiano, who began the day with a PR 5-2, won the event on a tiebreaker with Addison Johnson of Southern Regional.
She broke the county record of 5-2 shared by Woodstown’s Melissa Powell in 1995, Schalick’s Katie Farrell in 2012, Schalick’s Camryn Castellini in 2018 and Casiano, who set her previous PR of 5-2 when she won South Jersey Group 1 Sectionals at Pennsauken in May. She also cleared 5-2 indoors in January at the Bubble.
Casiano’s 5-6 is tied for No. 2 in New Jersey this year, behind only Lindenwold’s Egypt Bolan, who cleared 5-8 over the weekend, also at Lenape. North Brunswick’s Kaya Waldron cleared 5-6 this past weekend in Lakewood. Johnson’s previous PR was also 5-2.
Casiano cleared 4-8, 4-10, 5-0 an a PR-equalling 5-2, all on her 1st attempt. She got over the bar at 5-4 on her 2nd try and 5-6 on her 1st before taking three jumps at 5-8. Johnson had two misses at 5-2 and one at 5-6, which gave Casiano the win.
5-2 … Melissa Powell [Woodstown], 1995
5-2 … Katie Farrell [Schalick], 2012 [Woodbury Relays]
5-2 … Camryn Castellini [Schalick], 2018 [Meet of Champions]
5-2 … Camryn Castellini [Schalick], 2018 [SJTCA]
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 