Jailya Ash runs 5th-fastest hurdles race ever by a New Jersey woman, misses advancing to NCAAs by 1-100th of a second!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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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 – 3rd-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 1-100th 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 5th-fastest ever run by a New Jersey woman and 2nd-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.

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