From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Winslow senior Leeya Joseph soared 19 feet to place 6^th in the long jump at the 130^th running of the Penn Relays Thursday morning at Franklin Field.

Joseph matched her best outdoor jump from last year’s Meet of Champions at Pennsauken. She PR’d indoors when she won the Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze with 19-1 ½. So this equals her 2^nd-best jump ever.

Joseph also had jumps of 18-0 ½, 17-11 ½, 17-8 ¼ and 17-6 ¼ in a solid series. She finished only 9 ½ inches behind winner Brooklyn Little of Elizabeth Seton in Bladensburg, Md., who jumped 19-9 ½ on her final jump.

Joseph was the top jumper from New Jersey. Senior Angelina Brown of Rancocas Valley placed 9^th at 18-4 ½ on her 1^st attempt, not far off her PR of 18-10 ¾ from a meet in Yeadon, Pa., last week.