Dylan Hosty smashed the South Jersey freshman 800 record and posted the No. 4 time in South Jersey history Monday evening on her home track at Haddonfield High School.
Racing at Haddonfield Distance Night, Hosty won the 800 in 2:09.27, breaking the South Jersey freshman record of 2:12.04 set by Washington Township’s Kami Joi Hickson at the 2017 Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington.
The only South Jersey half-milers to run faster are three legends – Natalie Dumas, Marielle Hall and Erin Donohue. Hosty set the South Jersey indoor 800 mark of 2:14.66 at the Ott Center in January.
Hosty’s time is 5th-fastest in New Jersey this year. It’s fastest by a South Jersey Group 2 runner in 17 years, since Hall, an Olympian, ran 2:07.33 at the 2009 Meet of Champions in South Plainfield.
West Deptford senior Kayla Romanoski finished second with a PR 2:14.94, and eight other girls broke 2:20, six from South Jersey: Triton junior Lyla Briggs [2:17.05], Cherokee senior Alyssa Suriano [2:18.36], Cherokee senior Madeline Meder [2:18.90], Paul VI senior Claire Magee [2:19.36] and Moorestown junior Sophia DiFiore [2:19.93].
All-Time South Jersey 800 List
2:00.11 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2025
2:07.33 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2009
2:08.87 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
2:09.27 … Dylan Hosty [Haddonfield], 2026
2:09.2h … Katrina Sye [Buena], 1999
2:09.50 … Renee Tomlin [Ocean City], 2005
2:09.84 … Rachel Stremme [Ocean City], 2014
2:10.1h … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1982
2;10.44 … Kadence Dumas [Eastern], 2023
2:10.55 … Shelby Whetstone [Lenape], 2019
2:10.57 … Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], 2009
2:10.79 … Krista Ferrara [Vineland], 1991
2:10.9h … Ruth Lockbaum [Glassboro], 1985
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 