Earlier tonight I posted a list of top-10 boys Meet of Champions seeds from South Jersey  and now it’s time for the girls list!

Note that these are not official seedings. The NJSIAA never seems to post those. These lists are from the MileSplit merge. As always, if you see a mistake, let me know in the comment section.

For the boys list, click here.

100-METER DASH
1. Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 11.53
10. *Summer Schaffer [Pennsauken], 12.16

200-METER DASH
1. Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 23.10
3. Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 24.00
6. Sanaya Dupree [Pennsauken], 24.29
8. **Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp.], 24.45
10. *Brianna Growalt [Atlantic Tech], 24.55

400-METER DASH
1. Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 54.91
5. *Cinniya Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 56.28
9. **Noemi Haller [Kingsway], 56.67

800-METER RUN
1. Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2:04.19
7. ***Dylan Hosty [Haddonfield], 2:09.61
8. *Carly Godfrey [Ocean City], 2:11.81
9. **Peyton Derer [Moorestown], 2:1185

1,600-METER RUN
2. ***Dylan Hosty [Haddonfield], 4:47.58
8. Riley Fayer [Audubon], 4:55.96

3,200-METER RUN
8. **Riley Tolson [Ocean City], 10:39.70

110-METER HURDLES
1. **Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp.], 13.39
3. *Brianna Growalt [Atlantic Tech], 13.66
4. Olivia Dupree [Pennsauken], 14.00
5. *Trinity Brapoh [Willingboro], 14.04
6. **Nia’Leila Cuascut [Washington Twp.], 14.09

400-METER HURDLES
1. Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 58.06
2. **Hope Edwards [Pennsauken], 59.17
4. *Briana Growalt [Atlantic Tech], 1:00.55
6. **Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp.], 1:01.98
9. *Cinniya Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 1:02.13

400-METER RELAY
1. Pennsauken, 46.35
2. Winslow Twp., 47.12
7. Kingsway, 48.24
10. Rancocas Valley, 48.47

1,600-METER RELAY
1. Pennsauken, 3:48.98
2. Kingsway, 3:52.97
3. Winslow Twp., 3:53.57
6. Williamstown, 3:57.54

3,200-METER RELAY
3. Ocean City, 9:26.82
6. Moorestown, 9:36.38
7. Cherokee, 9:36.40

LONG JUMP
1. Angelina Brown [Rancocas Valley], 19-6
4. Leeya Joseph [Winslow Twp.], 18-6 ½
5. *Trinity Brapoh [Willingboro], 18-6
8. Ma’Syiah Brawner [Winslow Twp.], 18-2 ½

TRIPLE JUMP
2. Ma’Syiah Brawner [Winslow Twp.], 40-3 ½
4. *Timia Waters [Williamstown], 39-6
7. *Trinity Brapoh [Willingboro], 38-5 ¾

HIGH JUMP
1. Egypt Bolan [Lindenwold], 5-8
T4. Ma’Syiah Brawner [Winslow Twp.], 5-4

POLE VAULT
T4. *Nina Fisacaro [Haddonfield], 11-0
T4. *Gianna Shea [Mainland Reg.], 11-0
T9. Gianna Cianfrani [Paul VI], 10-6
T9. Brynn Greenwood [Williamstown], 10-6
T9. La’el Yates [Rancocas Valley], 10-6

SHOT PUT
1. Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], 46-8 ½
5. Sunsarai Moore [Glassboro], 42-2
9. **Isabella Alvarez [Pleasantville], 40-0 ¼

DISCUS
1. Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], 169-2
2. Sunsarai Moore [Glassboro], 156-0
3. *Virginia Tarasevich [Glassboro], 146-9

JAVELIN
7. *Allison Nagle [Middle Twp.], 123-0
9. **Navaeh Robinson [Schalick], 120-10
10. Cecilia Feldstein [Egg Harbor Twp.], 118-8

I put together a list of top-10 seeds from South Jersey for the boys Meet of Champions Wednesday at Pennsauken.

These aren’t official lists, they’re taken from the MileSplit merges. But they should include anybody who posted one of the top 10 times in each event at the various state meets.

I’ll post the girls list later today. As always, drop me a friendly note in the comment section if you notice a mistake or omission.

100-METER DASH
4. Johann Hernandez [Deptford], 10.72
T5. Jawan Brownlee [Camden], 10.76
T5. Tymir Gayle [Cherry Hill East], 10.76
T7. Quayd Hendryx [Winslow Twp.], 10.78
T7. Jaylen Day [Atlantic City], 10.78
10. *Deland Mann [Bishop Eustace], 10.85

200-METER DASH
4. Johann Hernandez [Deptford], 21.51
8. Quayd Hendryx [Winslow Twp.], 21.61

400-METER DASH
3. Prince Owusu-Twum [Winslow Twp.], 48.02
5. *John Froehlich [Overbrook], 48.39

800-METER RUN
10. Brandon Stoner [Haddonfield], 1:53.71

1,600-METER RUN
6. Peter Simpson [Haddonfield], 4:18.43

3,200-METER RUN
None

110-METER HURDLES
3. Jasiah Gibbons [Williamstown], 13.95
4. Ari Bell [Egg Harbor Twp.], 14.04
7. Kareem Brown [Deptford], 14.07

400-METER HURDLES
1. Kareem Brown [Deptford], 53.07
7. *Ryder Bozine [Haddonfield], 54.40

400-METER RELAY
1. Winslow Twp., 41.46
2. Deptford, 41.50
4. Williamstown, 41.80
7. Camden, 42.16
8. Burlington Twp., 42.41
9. Pleasantville, 42.57
10. Cherry Hill East, 42.61

1,600-METER RELAY
3. Winslow Twp., 3:19.66
6. Burlington Twp., 3:21.85
7. Deptford, 3:21.95

3,200-METER RELAY
3. Deptford, 7:59.47
5. Ocean City, 8:00.91
7. Moorestown, 8:03.28

LONG JUMP
1. Christopher Jones [Willingboro], 24-6 ¾
3. *Andrew Kratee [Winslow Twp.], 24-1 ¼
10. Zyaire Rothmiller-McIntosh [Winslow Twp.], 23-2

TRIPLE JUMP
T3. **Moses Robles [Glassboro], 47-8 ½

HIGH JUMP
T5. **Devin Perry [Timber Creek], 6-4
T5. *Andrew Kratee [Winslow Twp.], 6-4
T5. **Moses Robles [Glassboro], 6-4

POLE VAULT
1. Mason Henry [Deptford], 14-6
T2. Mason Murray [Delsea], 14-0
T5. Sawyer Schmidt [Egg Harbor Twp.], 13-6

SHOT PUT
None

DISCUS
4. Zion Josia Brockenbrough [Highland], 165-11
6. *John Wright [Middle Twp.], 164-9

JAVELIN
3. Richard Pierce [Cumberland Reg.], 184-3

Two weeks ago, Riley Tolson’s outdoor 3,200 PR was 11:15.08 from a meet at Delsea last year. Now she’s the fastest South Jersey sophomore in more than a decade.

After dropping her PR from 11:15 to 10:58.42 when she won the South Jersey Group 3 race at Delsea, Tolson ran a nearly 20-second PR of 10:39.70 at the state Group 3 meet Friday in Mansfield Township and placed 2^nd to indoor Meet of Champions winner and national 5,000 runner-up Allison Lee of West Windsor-Plainsboro North, who set a meet record of 10:14.34.

So she’s PR’d by a total of 35.38 seconds since May 15.

Tolson negative-split the race, out in 5:22.24 [2:39.61 / 2:42.64] and back in 5:17.47 [2:42.62 / 2:34.85]. She was 5^th with three laps to go but passed three girls over the last 1,200, closing in 76.62.

Tolson becomes the fastest South Jersey sophomore in 12 years, since Alyssa Aldridge of Mainland ran 10:34.78 at the 2016 Meet of Champions at Central Regional.

Her time is No. 21 in South Jersey history and No. 3 on the Cape May County list, which is also the all-time Ocean City list.

Tolson earned the No. 8 seed in the Meet of Champions Wednesday at Pennsauken. She’s the fastest qualifier from South Jersey and the 2^nd-fastest sophomore, behind top-seeded Leah Starkey of Ocean Township, the national two-mile champ at Armory Nationals this past winter.

All-Time South Jersey 3,200-Meter Run List
10:12.8h ….. Michelle Rowen (Washington Twp.], 1983
10:18.93 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024
10:19.31 … Chelsea Ley (Kingsway], 2009
10:22.02 … Megan Lacy (Cherokee], 2012
10:22.20 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2024
10:27.44 … Alyssa Aldridge (Mainland Reg.], 2017
10:28.6h….. Erin Donohue (Haddonfield], 2001
10:29.28 … Rachel Vick (Kingsway], 2017
10:29.53 … Julia Flanagan [Holy Cross], 2026
10:30.57 … Dina Iacone (Washington Twp.], 2012
10:32.54 … Maeve Smith [Ocean City], 2025
10:32.4h….. Mindy Rowand (Sterling], 1985
10:33.22 … Holly Bischof (Bishop Eustace], 2012
10:33.25 … Megan Venables (Highland], 2011
10:33.85 … Sarah Naticchia [Haddonfield], 2021
10:34.79 … Theresa Cattuna (Cherry Hill East], 2007
10:35.59 … Amanda Goetschius (Delsea], 2007
10:37.47 … Meghan McGlinchey (West Depford], 2009
10:37.53 … Vanessa Wright (Haddonfield], 2005
10:39.15 … Devon Grisbaum (Ocean City], 2015
10:39.70 … Riley Tolson [Ocean City], 2026

It was a huge weekend for Willingboro junior Trinity Brapoh, who became only the second girl in the long, storied history of Willingboro track to win three individual events at a state championship meet.

In the Group 2 meet at Northern Burlington in Mansfield Township, Brapoh won the 100-meter hurdles with a PR of 14.04, No. 2 in Burlington County history and No. 15 on the all-time New Jersey list, she won the long jump at 18-5 and was 1^st in the triple jump with a PR 38-5 ¾.

Brapoh was one of only four girls state-wide in all six state meets to win three individual events. In Group 4, Natalie Dumas won the 400, 800 and intermediates, in Group 3 Jasmine Jackson won the 200 and both hurdles and in the Parochial B meet Stella Blanchard of the Wilberforce School in Plainsboro won the 400, 800 and 1,600.

The only other Willingboro girl to triple is Brapoh’s former teammate, Nester Wea, who won the 100, 200 and 400 in Group 2 in both 2023 and 2025.

Brapoh goes into the Meet of Champions Wednesday as the No. 5 seed in the hurdles, No. 5 in the long jump and No. 7 in the triple jump.

In all, South Jersey has produced 33 individual triple winners. This is only the third time three girls have done it in the same year. In 1984, Dana Roberts of Holy Cross, Denise Liles of Kingsway and Lillian Rivera of Pemberton had triples, and in 2015 Deptford’s Kiera Lester, Haddonfield’s Briana Gess and Winslow Township’s Gabrielle Bennett did it.

Here’s a look at all the South Jersey triples since the inception of the girls state meet in 1973:

**Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp.], 2026 Group 3 [200, HH, IH]
Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2026 Group 4 [400, 800, IH]
*Trinity Brapoh [Willingboro], 2026 Group 2 [HH, LJ, TJ]
Nester Wea [Willingboro] 2025 Group 2 [100, 200, 400]
*Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2025 Group 4 [400, 800, IH]
**Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2024 Group 4 [100, 200, 400]
**Nester Wea [Willingboro], 2023 Group 2 [100, 200, 400]
*Sophia Curtis [Ocean City], 2023 Group 3 [400, 400IH, TJ]
Arianna Sharpe [Clayton], 2022 Group 1 [100, 200, 400]
Dennisha Page [Wilson], 2019 Group 3 [100, 200, 400]
**Shakirah Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2016 Group 3 [100, 200, 400]
*Kiera Lester [Deptford], 2015 Group 2 [100, 200, 400]
**Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2015 Group 2 [800, 1,600, 3,200]
Gabrielle Bennett [Winslow Twp.], 2015 Group 3 [100HH, HJ, LJ]
*Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2013 Group 3 [100, 200, 100HH, 400IH]
**Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2012 Group 3 [100, 200, 100HH, 400IH]
Tacquaya Tobias [Our Lady of Mercy], 2011 Parochial B [100, 200, LJ]
Rajeana Marigna [Palmyra], 2008 Group 1 [100, 200, 400]
*Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2005 Group 4 [200, 400, 100HH, 400IH]
Shameka Speed [Bridgeton], 2003 Group 2 [100, 200, 400, LJ]
*Shameka Speed [Bridgeton], 2002 Group 2 [100, 200, 400, LJ]
***Shameka Speed [Bridgeton], 2000 Group 2 [200, 400, LJ]
*Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2000 Group 2 [800, 1,600, 3,200, Jav]
**Erin Donohue [Haddonfield],1999 Group 2 [800, 1,600, 3,200, Jav]
***Erin Donohue [Haddonfield],1999 Group 2 [800, 1,600, 3,200]
Candyce DeLoatch [Schalick], 1996 Group 1 [100, 200, 400]
Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1996 Group 3 [100, 200, 400]
Tamika Nelson [Buena], 1993 Group 2 [100, 200, 400]
Ivy Foster [Haddon Heights], 1991 Group 1 [100, 200, 400]
Tonya Lee [Rancocas Valley], 1987 Group 3 [100HH, 400IH, LJ, HJ]
Kelli James [Bishop Eustace], 1987 Parochial B [100HH, HJ, LJ]
Ruth Lockbaum [Glassboro], 1986 Group 1 [800, 1,600, 3,200]
Dana Roberts [Holy Cross], 1984 Parochial A [100, 200, LJ]
Denise Liles [Kingsway], 1984 Group 1 [100, 200, 100HH]
Lillian Rivera [Pemberton], 1984 Group 4 [SP, Di, Jav]
*Denise Liles [Kingsway], 1983 Group 1 [100, 200, 100HH]
Tina Walls [Williamstown], 1982 [100HH, 400IH, LJ]
Kathy Rankins [Haddon Heights], 1980 [100, 200, LJ]
Lori Lewis [Woodbury], 1978 [100, 200, 400]

Atlantic County Tech junior Brianna Growalt ran one of the fastest wind-legal hurdles races in New Jersey history at the state Group 4 meet and also recorded a couple very fast times in two other events.

Growalt ran 13.66 with a legal 2.0 wind – the maximum allowable – and placed 2^nd in the 100-meter hurdles behind Hackensack sophomore Kaleah Montgomery, who won the Group 4 race in 13.63, 6^th-fastest wind-legal time in state history.

Growalt’s time is No. 8 in state history with legal wind and No. 10 in all conditions. It’s 3^rd-fastest in South Jersey history, behind Jasmine Jackson, who has run 13.39 twice, and 2019 World Champion Nia Ali of Pleasantville and just 1-100ths of a second off Ali’s Atlantic County record, which she ran 13.65 at 2006 Greensboro Nationals.

Growalt’s previous PR was a windy 13.87 in the prelims of the Atlantic County Championships earlier this month at Egg Harbor Township. Her legal PR was 13.98 with a 1.8 in the final that same day. She ran a windy 13.66 in the trials Saturday before matching that with legal wind later in the day.

Growalt at states also PR’d in the 400-meter hurdles with a 1:00.55 for 3^rd behind Natalie Dumas and Hope Edwards – that’s No. 15 in South Jersey history – and was 5^th in the 200 in 24.55. She was just 29-100ths of a second off the Atlantic County 400IH record of 1:00.26 set by Buena’s Helena Leyrer at the 2012 Meet of Champions at Old Bridge.

At the Meet of Champions Wednesday at Pennsauken, Jackson will be the No. 1 seed in the high hurdles, Montgomery No. 2 and Growalt No. 3.

The next three seeds are also from South Jersey.

 Pennauken senior Olivia Dupree placed 3^rd in Group 4 with a PR 14.00 with a legal 2.0 wind behind Montgomery and Growalt – that’s No. 14 in South Jersey history and 1-100^th of a second off the school record of 13.99 set by Imani Gilliam at the 2004 state Group 4 meet at Egg Harbor. Dupree dropped her PR from 14.26 at the Camden County Championships at Haddon Township.

 Group 2 winner Trinity Brapoh of Willingboro is the No. 5 seed with her PR 14.04 with a legal 1.7 wind, No. 2 in Burlington County history behind Olympian Carol Lewis’s 13.85 in 1980 and No. 14 on the all-time New Jersey list. Brapoh, who also won the Group 2 long jump at 18-5 and triple jump at 38-5 ¾ as part of a tremendous triple, dropped her hurdles PR from 14.35 at sectionals.

 Washington Township sophomore Nia’Leila Cuascut earned the No. 6 seed in the Meet of Champions with her 14.09 for 4^thin the Group 4 race, held with a legal 2.0 wind. That’s No. 19 in South Jersey history and No. 2 all-time Gloucester County, just 4-100ths of a second off the county record of 14.05 set by Kingsway’s Jasmine Waddell  when she won the 2011 state Group 3 meet in South Plainfield.

All-Time New Jersey 100-Meter Hurdles List
13.18 … Taylor Cox [Union Catholic], 2025 [+1.4]
13.20 … Dawn Bowles [Neptune], 1985 [nwi]
13.34 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2014 [+0.5]
13.35 … Charmaine Walker [Plainfield], 1997 [nwi]
13.39 … Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp,], 2026 [+1.7]
13.49 … Sofia Swindell [Lawrenceville School], 2025 [+0.3]
13.50 … Porscha Dobson [Kent Plaeace], 2003 [+1.3]
13.63 … Kaleah Montgomery [Hackensack], 2026 [+2.0]
13.65 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], 2006 [-0.1]
13.66 … Brianna Growalt [Atlantic County Tech], 2026 [+2.0]
13.67 … Patricia Dziekonska [West Windsor-Plains. North], 2014 [+0.8]
13.67 … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2019 [nwi]
13.69 … Grace O’Shea [Ramapo], 2019 [+1.3]
13.71 … Lanyka Brown [Metuchen], 1996 [+0.8]
13.72 … Nichole Hill [Oakcrest], 1997 [+0.0]
13.73 … Kim Turko [North Edison], 1997 [+0.0]
13.77 … Amber Williams [Roxbury], 2001
13.78 … Lakeema Lewis [Plainfield], 1998
13.79 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow], 2012 [nwi]
13.80 … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2019 [+1.1]
13.82 … Trier Young [Neptune], 2005
13.84 … Lenaami Morton [Camden], 2017
13.85 … Carol Lewis [Willingboro], 1980
13.85 … Danielle Delgado [Franklin Twp.], 2013
13.85 … Sherese Price [Pleasantville], 1998
13.86 … Amaya Chadwick [Union Catholic], 2017
13.88 … Zonya Cross [Edgewood], 1983
13.88 … Amber Williams [Roxbury], 2001
13.89 … Dashona Ransome [Irvington], 2012
13.90 … Kim Henry [Old Bridge], 2003
13.91 … Kayann Richards [Columbia], 2010
13.91 … Samantha Jensen [Central Regional], 2012
13.91 … Ajanae Thompson [Union Catholic], 2022
13.95 … Selena Lewis [Elizabeth], 1998
13.95 … Morgan Harvey [North Hunterdon], 2013
13.96 … Ashley Adams [Plainfield], 2006
13.98 … Tramaine Shaw [Piscataway], 2004
13.98 … Cidae’a Woods [Winslow Twp.], 2014
13.98 … Kayla Ewing [Morristown], 2026
13.99 … Imani Gilliam [Pennsauken], 2004
13.99 … Tionna Tobias [Winslow Twp.], 2018

All-Time South Jersey 100-Meter Hurdles List
13.39 … Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp,], 2026
13.65 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], 2006
13.66 … Brianna Growalt [Atlantic County Tech], 2026
13.67 … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2019
13.72 … Nichole Hill [Oakcrest], 1997
13.79 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow], 2012
13.84 … Lenaami Morton [Camden], 2017
13.85 … Carol Lewis [Willingboro], 1980
13.85 … Sherese Price [Pleasantville], 1998
13.88 … Zonya Cross [Edgewood], 1983
13.98 … Cidae’a Woods [Winslow Twp.], 2014
13.99 … Imani Gilliam [Pennsauken], 2004
13.99 … Tionna Tobias [Winslow Twp.], 2018
14.00 … Olivia Dupree [Pennsauken], 2026
14.02 … Jailya Ash [Eastern], 2021
14.04 … Jasmine Staten [Lenape], 2016
14.04 … Trinity Brapoh [Willingboro], 2026
14.05 … Jasmine Waddell [Kingsway], 2011
14.09 … Nichole Belcher [Wilson], 1992
14.09 … Nia’Leila Cuascut [Washington Twp.], 2026
14.15 … Aliya Garozzo [Paul VI], 2019
14.17 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow], 2006
14.17 … Samantha Sharper [Wilson], 2008
14.17 … Andrea Olsen [Buena], 2013
14.20 … Sarah Jones [Bishop Eustace], 2018
14.20 … Alethia Jenkins [Pennsauken], 1999
14.23 … Yvette Murray [Edgewood], 1999
14.25 … Kris Keegan [Haddonfield], 2003
14.25 … Joshonda Johnson [Absegami], 2017
14.26 … Malea Broome [Millville], 2019
14.27 … Gabrielle Bennett [Winslow], 2015
14.29 … Shameka Marshall [Oakcrest], 2001
14.29 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2013
14.30 … Lexie Fraction [Washington Twp.], 2014

It’s hard to imagine running this fast and not advancing.

Iowa junior Jailya Ash ran a big PR 13.08 with legal wind Saturday at the NCAA West Region Prelims – 3^rd-fastest in Iowa history – but missed advancing to Eugene for the NCAA Championships by the slimmest of margins.

The top 12 finishers in each of two regions advance to the NCAA Championships next month at Hayward Field, and Ash fell 1-100^th of a second short.

Ash did lower her PR from 13.19, which she ran at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, last month.

Her time is 5^th-fastest ever run by a New Jersey woman and 2^nd-fastest by a South Jersey woman, behind only World Champion Nia Ali of Pleasantville, who ran 12.34 when she won Worlds in October 2019 in Doha, Qatar.

Ash is well below the B standard of 13.25 for the U.S. Championships in New York in July.  The A standard is 12.80

Here’s the updated all-time New Jersey alumni list:

12.30 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], July 21, 2023, Monaco

12.65 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], May 9, 2021, Walnut, Calif.

12.74 … Dawn Bowles [Neptune], June 15, 1997, Indianapolis [+0.0]

12.81 … Taylor Cox [Union Catholic], May 16, 2026, Auburn, Ala. [+0.4]
13.09 … Jailya Ash [Eastern], May 30, 2026, Fayetteville, Ark. [+2.0]

13.11 … Tionna Tobias [Winslow], May 25, 2023, Bloomington, Ind.

13.13 … Charmaine Walker [Plainfield], June 2, 2000, Durham, N.C.

13.15 … Amaya Chadwick [Union Catholic], May 27, 2021, Jacksonville, Fla.

13.18 … Amber Williams [Roxbury], June 6, 2007, Sacramento, Calif.
13.19 … Arianna Smith [Pennsville], May 15, 2025, Norfolk, Va.

Dylan Hosty finished up an astonishing weekend at her first outdoor state meet by running the 5^th-fastest 1,600 in South Jersey history and 5^th-fastest freshman time in state history.

Hosty, who won the 800 on Friday at the state Group 2 meet in Mansfield Township in 2:09.61, placed 2^nd in the 1,600 in 4:47.58. Ocean Township sophomore Leah Starkey, the Armory track two-mile national champ in March, won the race in 4:42.92, the fastest ever in any group at the New Jersey state meet.

Hosty’s time is fastest ever run at the state meet by a South Jersey girl. The previous fastest time was 4:48.0 by Washington Township’s Michelle Rowan at the 1983 Group 4 meet in Piscataway.

Hosty’s previous PR was 4:47.80 converted from 4:49.48 for a full two miles at the Penn Relays last month.

In the 800, Hosty has run faster with a 2:08.12 at the Camden County Championships at Haddon Township earlier this month. But that 2:09.61 is also the fastest ever by a South Jersey girl at a state meet. The previous fastest time was 2:09.89 by Haddonfield’s Marielle Hall in 2009 in South Plainfield.

Hosty goes into the Meet of Champions as the No. 2 seed in the 1,600 behind Starkey and the No. 7 seed in the 800.

Hosty also ran a 57.41 anchor split on Haddonfield’s 4^th-place 1,600-meter relay team, which ran 4:06.21. Junior Saya Sood, freshman Scarlet Perry and senior Edith Green also raced on the 4-by-4.

Haddonfield placed 2^nd in Group 2 with 34 points, behind only West Morris Central’s 56 points.

Haddonfield junior Nina Fisicaro placed 2^nd in the pole vault with an 11-0 clearance and Sood took 4^th in the 400-meter hurdles in 1:04.40.

All-Time South Jersey 1,600-Meter List
4:41.16 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2000
4:41.5y … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1982

4:45.91 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024
4:45.97 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2014
4:47.58 … Dylan Hosty [Haddonfield], 2026
4:48.82y … Nicole Clifford [Cherokee], 2022
4:48.73y … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
4:49.11 … Renee Tomlin [Ocean City], 2005
4:49.26 … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017

All-Time New Jersey Freshman 1,600-Meter List
4:43.38 … Paige Sheppard [Regional All-Star Team], 2024
4:45.57 … Claudia DiSomma [Sparta], 2013
4:45.97 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2014
4:46.84 … Ajee’ Wilson [Neptune], 2009
4:47.58… Dylan Hosty [Haddonfield], 2026

4:47.80y … Dylan Hosty [Haddonfield], 2026

**Leah Starkey, Ocean Township, 4:42.92

Glassboro discus throwers Sunsarai Moore and Virginia Tarasevich made some history Saturday at the state Group 1 meet in Somerset.

Moore, a senior, won the discus with a PR throw of 156-0, and Tarasevich had a 12-foot PR of 146-9 for 2^nd place.

That made Glassboro the first New Jersey high school ever with two girls at 145 feet or better in the same meet … or even the same year.

The only other high school that’s had two girls throw 145 at any point is Delsea, who’s had three. But Jamine Moton [161-1 in 1997], Jocelyn White [172-2 in 2004] and Hannah Nuhfer [184-5 this month] never overlapped.

Moore’s previous PR was a 155-2 last year in a meet at Delsea. Tarasevich’s previous PR was 134-5 earlier this month in the Tri-County Conference Championships at Delsea.

Nuhfer won Group 3 Saturday with a 169-2 throwing into a strong headwind, but Moore and Tarasevich will be the No. 2 and 3 seeds heading into the Meet of Champions.

Moore also won the shot put Friday with a 42-2, and she now has seven career state titles – outdoors, discus the last three years and the shot the last two years and indoors shot the last two years.

With her 156-0, Moore is now No. 9 in state history and No. 4 in Gloucester County history. Tarasevich is No. 23 all-time in New Jersey, No. 10 in South Jersey and No. 6 in Gloucester County history.

Tarasevich is the top underclassman in New Jersey this year and the No. 5 junior all-time in South Jersey, behind Nuhfer [178-9 last year], Moore [155-2 last year], Winslow’s Brook-lynn Roberts [147-7 in 2024] and Cherokee’s Jessica Woodard [151-10 in 2012].

Moore is the second Glassboro girl with multiple doubles at states. Ruth Lockbaum won the 800 and 1,600 in 1984 and the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 in 1986. She won the 800 in 1985.

Moore and Tarasevich both hit their top throws on their final attempt. Through five throws, Moore led with 146-9 and Tarasevich was 2^nd at 139-9 from her 1^st throw. Tarasevich then threw exactly 146-9, but at that point Moore had a superior 2^nd throw, so she had the state title clinched when she finished with her 156-0,

In all, it was a good weekend for Glassboro, whose bid to win its first Group 1 state title was thwarted when Metuchen’s anchor runner in the 4-by-4 passed two schools on the final straightaway, moving Metuchen from 3^rd to 1^st. Had Metuchen finished 3^rd, Glassboro wins the team title. If Metuchen finished 2^nd, Metuchen and Glassboro would have shared the team trophy.

Glassboro won the 4-by-1 in 48.498 with freshman Erika Townsend and Kayla James and Addison Godshaw and Kezia Brackett. Townsend also won the long jump at 17-9 and was 4^th in the triple jump at 35-10 ½ and James was 5^th in the 100 with a 12.87. Townsend is the first Glassboro girl to win a state long jump title since Maya Yiadon with 17-6 ½ in 1994.

All-Time New Jersey 150-Foot Discus List
184-5 … Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], 2026
182-0 … Alyssa Wilson [Donovan Catholic], 2017
172-2 … Jocelyn White [Delsea], 2004
172-2 … Layla Giordano [Old Tappan], 2024
168-10 … Jessica Woodard [Cherokee], 2013
161-11 … Helene O’Connell [Jackson], 1977
166-2 … Jessica Oji [Livingston], 2025
161-1 … Jamine Moton [Delsea], 1997
156-0 … Sunsarrai Moore [Glassboro], 2026
155-7 … Jada Mia Puryear [Union Catholic], 2022
153-8 … Afua Anyadike [Bergen County], 2026
153-6 … Tisha Kerrin [Eastern], 1989
153-3 … DeAnne Hahn [Brick Twp.], 2008
153-2 … Sylvia Galarza [Millville], 2004
152-4 … Kirsten Batts [Marlboro], 2007
149-3 … Karen Anderson [Toms River East], 1983
149-3 … Tara Daniels [Kingsway], 2013
148-0 … Sarah Slowikowski [Demarest], 2023
147-11 … Sarah Herske [Mendham], 1999
147-8 … Lisa Parak [Vernon], 1987
147-7 … Brook-lynn Roberts [Winslow Twp.], 2024
147-2 … Jen Watkins [Hopewell Valley], 1991
146-9 … Virginia Tarasevich [Glassboro], 2026
146-8 … Angela Volkova [Hillsborough], 2025
146-6 … Rena Antanelis [Randolph], 1980
146-5 … Kim Warren [Plainfield], 2006
146-0 … Kate Pachuta [Middletown South], 2001
145-10 … Jada Taylor [Neptune], 2015
145-7 … Tetiana Kontsohrada [Old Bridge], 2026

Haddonfield’s vaunted distance team scored 50 points and Haddonfield rolled to its 6^th state championship but first in 11 years this weekend in Mansfield Township.

Haddonfield scored six points in the 800, 14 in the 1,600, 22 in the 3,200 and eight in the 4-by-8, enough points to easily win the state Group 2 title without any help. But with some additional points from junior Ryder Bozine in the 400-meter hurdles and the 4^th-place 4-by-4 team, Haddonfield finished with a 62-38 win over Demarest at Northern Burlington.

Haddonfield previously won state titles in 1987 in Group 1 and 2009, 2019, 2011 and 2015 in Group 2.

The Bulldogs locked up a single-season triple crown after winning the state Group 2 cross country title 27-120 over Bernards and winning 50-26 over Voorhees indoors.

Haddonfield’s run to the title began Friday when senior Brandon Stoner ran a PR 1:53.71 to place 3^rd in the 800. Bozine then ran more than a full-second PR of 54.40 in the intermediates, finishing just 3-100ths of a second behind Ramsey’s Giorgio Bruttini.

Before Friday was over, seniors Peter Simpson, Ben Andrus and Ryan Gibson went 1-2-4 in the 3,200, Simpson winning in 9:25.15, Andrus 2^nd in 9:30.46 and Gibson 4^th with 9:33.63. That was good for 22 points.

Up first on Saturday was the 4-by-8 and Haddonfield placed 2^nd to Shabazz in 8:05.59 with only Stoner in the lineup from Haddonfield’s top group. Stoner led off, followed by senior John Leibrandt, junior Mark Derets and junior Owen Snyder, who is listed as the anchor in 1:55.37.

Haddonfield then picked up 14 points in the 1,600, where Simpson won with a 4:18.43, closing in 2:06.33, and Andrus took 4^th in 4:21.65.

Haddonfield, with the team title already clinched, finished up with a 4^th place in the 4-by-4, with junior Jack Brand, Bozine, Derets and Stoner running 3:29.83.

Safe to say Friday didn’t go the way Glassboro hoped.

They had the top two seeds in the 3,200 but only went 2-5. Both their long jumpers fouled out. Their 4-by-1 came up 14-100ths of a second from scoring. And they didn’t score in a couple places where they could have.

But a huge Saturday made up for a disappointing Friday, and Glassboro battled back to win its 4^th consecutive state title this weekend in Somerset.

Glassboro outscored 2^nd-place Woodstown 63-52, with Camden [45] and Penns Grove [40] making it a 1-2-3-4 South Jersey finish.

Glassboro’s streak of four straight state titles ties the 4^th-longest ever by a South Jersey school behind Camden [seven in a row in both Group 3 and Group 4 from 1995 through 2001], Woodbury [seven in a row in Group 1 from 1972 through 1978] and Bridgeton [five in a row in Group 3 from 1991 through 1995]. Also winning four straight: Vineland [Group 3 1925 through 1928], Palmyra [Group 2 from 1942 through 1945] and Timber Creek [Group 3 2008 through 2011].

Glassboro is the first to win four straight in Group 1 since Woodbury won their seven in a row from 1972 through 1978.

Including titles in 1967 and 2009, Glassboro has won six state championships.

Friday wasn’t a total washout at all for the Bulldogs. Sophomore Zacchaeus Harrigan won the 800 in a PR 1:55.00, becoming the first Glassboro soph to win a state title since Tom Horne doubled the 1,600 and 3,200 in 1993 and the first Glassboro half-miler ever to bring home a state title. Harrigan also placed 5^th in the 400-meter hurdles in 57.07

In the 3,200, sophomore Joe Saicic ran 9:25.67 for 2^nd place and senior Jaeden Wesley was 5^th in 9:46.86.

Glassboro also picked up four points in the discus when freshman Gabriel Tarasevich threw 140-6 for 4^th place.

On Saturday, sophomore Moses Robles picked up a jumps double, winning the triple jump with with a 47-8 ½ and the high jump at 6-4. So he became Glassboro’s second sophomore since 1993 to win a state title. He’s Glassboro’s first state high jump champ since Tom Cook in 2005 and first in the triple jump since Ryan Chance in 2009, when Glassboro won its first state title.

Glassboro placed 2^nd in the 3,200-meter relay with Ryan Ejjalili, Harrigan, Johnson and Jason Martin running 8:12.81. Woodstown won the rave in 8:05.23, the 3^rd straight year the Wolverines have won the state title in the 4-by-8.

Saicic and Wesley then placed 2^nd and 6^th in the 1,600, Saicic running 4:24.00 and Wesley 4:26.63.