Winslow’s Jasmine Jackson shattered her own South Jersey record and state sophomore record Saturday in leading all qualifiers into the 100-meter hurdles final at West Philly Nationals.

Jackson ran 13.24, lowering her PR and South Jersey record from 13.28 from the Meet of Champions earlier this month at Pennsauken. She raced with a legal 0.6 meters-per-second tailwind.

Her time is 2^nd-fastest ever by a U.S. high school sophomore, behind only a 13.01 by Tia Jones of Walton High in Washington, D.C., at the 2017 Pan Am Junior Championships in Trujillo, Peru.

It’s 3^rd-fastest in New Jersey history and only 6-100ths of a second off the state record of 13.18 set last year at the Meet of Champions at Pennsauken. Former Neptune star Dawn Bowles is No. 2 on the all-time state list with her 13.20 at the 1985 Golden West Invitational in Sacramento, Calif.

Her time is also 5^th-fastest ever by a New Jersey resident behind 2019 World Champion Nia Ali of Pleasantville [12.34 in Doha, Qatar, in 2019], Bowles [12.76 in Nassau, Bahamas, in 1996], Eastern’s Jailya Ash [13.08 in Fayetteville last month], Winslow’s Tionna Tobias [13.11 in Bloomington, Ind., in 2023] and Pennsville’s Arianna Smith [13.19 last May in Norfolk, Va.].

Atlantic County Tech junior Brianna Growalt also qualified for the final with a legal 13.79. She was 7^th-fastest in the trials. Growalt ran a wind-aided PR 13.59 in the first round. Her legal PR is 13.62 from the Meet of Champions, where she was 2^nd to Jackson.

The final is scheduled for 11:43 a.m. Sunday.

13.01 … Tia Jones [Walton, Washington, D.C.], 2017, Trujillo, Peru
13.26 … Aleesa Samuel [Somerset Academy, Pembroke, Fla.], 2023, Miami
13.27 … Jackie Coward [West, Knoxville, Tenn.], 2006, Baltimore
13.28 … Kendall Williams [Kell, Marietta, Ga.], 2011, Lille, France
13.28 … Rebekah Jhade-Garrett [North Canyon, Phoenix], 2024, Albuqurque
13.28 … Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp.], 2026, Pennsauken
13.32 … Kaahilyah Lacy [San Jacinto (Texas) Valley Academy], 2026, Clovis, Calif.
13.33 … Alexis Duncan [DeSoto (Texas)], 2014, Greensboro, N.C.
13.33 … Nia Armstrong [Sickles, Tampa, Fla.], 2026, Gainesville, Fla.
13.34 … Haley Richardson [Cedar Hill (Texas)], Red Oak, Texas
13.35 … Trinity Wilson [St. Mary’s College, Berkeley, Calif.], 2010, Clovis, Calif.
13.35 … Rylee Hampton [Cypree Ridge, Houston], Eugene, Ore.

13.50 .. Sonya Hardy [Boulder, Colo], 1976

All-Time New Jersey Alumni 100-Meter Hurdles List
12.34 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], Oct. 6, 2019, Doha, Qatar
12.76 … Dawn Bowles [Neptune], July 15, 1996, Nassau, Bahamas
13.11 … Tionna Tobias [Winslow], May 25, 2023, Bloomington, Ind.
13.19 … Arianna Smith [Pennsville], May 17, 2025, Norfolk, Va.

Sianni Wynn advanced to the 200 final with the 2^nd-fastest qualifying time and two hours later led Pennsauken to the 2^nd-fastest 400-meter relay qualifying time Saturday at West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field.

Wynn, already a double national champion after winning the 100 and anchoring Pennsauken’s winning 800-meter relay team, ran 23.32 with a legal 0.1 headwind. The only faster qualifier for the final was Venessa Waite of Lake Minneola High in Minneola, Fla., who ran 23.20.

Wynn has a PR of 23.03 from the Camden County Championships at Haddon Township last month and Waite has a 23.17 PR from her win in the Florida championships last month in Jacksonville.

The final is scheduled for 3:44 p.m. Sunday.

Wynn then anchored Pennsauken to a 45.89 in the 400-meter relay trials. Only Bullis High of Potomac, Md., ran faster in qualifying with a 45.81. Pennsauken has run 45.30 this year on the same track at the Penn Relays. Bullis has run 44.82 in Arcadia, Calif.

Junior Summer Schaffer and senior cousins Sanaya and Olivia Dupree ran the first three legs for Pennsauken.

The 400-meter relay final is scheduled for 1:36 p.m. Sunday.

Winslow also qualified for the 4-by-100 final despite not using its two-fastest 100-meter dash runners. Junior Jordyn Cato, junior Skhye Seamon, senior Leeya Joseph and junior Amaya Jones ran 46.74 to secure the 8^th and final qualifying spot.

Olivia Okaro [11.93] and Jasmine Jackson [12.00] are Winslow’s fastest 100-meter dash runners this year.

Remarkable Egypt Bolan won her 2^nd consecutive national high jump title Saturday at West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field.

Bolan cleared 5-9 ¾ on her 2^nd attempt to take command of the event. There were four other girls who had cleared 5-8 ½. But all four missed three chances at 5-9 ¾, and when the last one, freshman Jala Webster-Jackson of Mallard Creek High School in Charlotte, N.C., missed her final attempt Bolan had clinched another national title.

Bolan finished by taking three jumps at a PR 5-11 ¼. Her PR is 5-11 ¾ from her win at last year’s national meet, a South Jersey record and No. 3 in New Jersey history. Her 5-10 ¼

Bolan passed at the opening height of 5-3 before entering the competition and clearing 5-4 ½, 5-6 ¼ and 5-7 ¼ on her 1^st attempts. She was one of only three girls who was clean through 5-7 ¼.

She got over the bar at 5-8 ½ on her 2^nd attempt, which dropped her behind Webster-Jackson, who was clean through 5-8 ½. But when she cleared 5-9 ¼ and nobody else could, it was over. With the title secured, she cleared 5-10 ½ on her 3^rd attempt.

Bolan is a four-time Meet of Champions winner – 2025 and 2026 indoors and outdoors – and she won last year’s West Philly Nationals with her PR 5-10 ¾. She was also 3^rd at Boston Nationals indoors with a 5-8 ¾

Winslow sophomore Jasmine Jackson and Atlantic County Tech junior Brianna Growalt were among the top qualifiers in the first round of the 100-meter hurdles Saturday at West Philly Nationals in Franklin Field.

Jackson ran 13.48 and was the 2^nd-fastest qualifier for the semifinals on Sunday, and Growalt ran 13.59 and was 4^th-fastest. Jackson’s time in the second heat was legal with a 0.2 headwind. Growalt’s 13.59 in the sixth heat was wind-aided at 2.2.

The 24-fastest in the first round advance to the semifinals at 4:19 p.m. Saturday. The final is scheduled for 11:43 a.m. Sunday.

Jackson set the South Jersey record of 13.28 with legal wind when she won the Meet of Champions at Pennsauken earlier this month. Growalt’s 13.59 is her fastest time, although her wind-legal PR remains 13.62 from the Meet of Champions.

Growalt already earned All-America honors this week with a 5^th place in the 400-meter hurdles in 59.97.

Jackson and Growalt are No. 3 and No. 8 in New Jersey history and No. 1 and 2 all-time South Jersey.

Clayton graduate and Alabama rising sophomore Alexander Osayemi ran a 400 PR and placed 4^th at U.S. Under-20 Nationals Friday night at Hayward Field in Eugene.

Osayemi dropped his PR from 45.59, which he ran in the SEC prelims last month in Auburn, Ala., to 45.46 and with a top-four place qualified for consideration for 4-by-4 duty on the U.S. National team that will compete at the World Under-20 Championships back at Hayward Field in August.

Osayemi’s 45.46 moved him up from 5^th to 4^th on the all-time South Jersey alumni list. He trails only Olympic gold medalists Lamont Smith [44.30] and Dennis Mitchell [45.26] as well as Gabriel Moronta [45.01], who just won the Dominican national title over 400 meters.

With his 45.46, Osayemi passed Darrell Bush of Woodbury, who ran 45.49 in Tucson in 2015, and became the fastest quarter-miler ever from Gloucester County.

44.30 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], June 19, 1996, Atlanta

45.26 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], April 12, 1986, Tampa, Fla.
45.01 … Gabriel Moronta [Pleasantville], May 30, 2025, Jacksonville
45.46 … Alexander Osayemi [Clayton], June 19, 2026, Eugene

45.49 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], April 11, 2015, Tucson, Ariz.

Natalie Dumas became the first South Jersey woman in 40 years to win a national Under-20 championship on Friday when she out-raced a loaded field in the 400-meter hurdles at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

Dumas ran 56.13 – just 14-100ths of a second off her PR of 55.99 from last year’s West Philly Nationals – and finished eight meters in front of 2^nd-place Tatum Lynn, a Big Ten medalist this past spring as an Ohio State freshman.

Lynn went into the race as the top-ranked Under-20 intermediate hurdler in the world with her 56.57 at the NCAA East Region Prelims in Lexington, Ky., last month.

With her top-two finish along with the world Under-20 championships standard of 1:00.75, Dumas will represent the U.S. at the World Under-20 Championships back at Hayward Field Aug. 5-9.

The Under-20 Championships, first held in 1972, were known as the U.S. Junior Championships through 2017. The meet is open to athletes who are 19 or younger on New Year’s Eve.

Dumas’s time ranks 27^th among all U.S. women this year and she bumps Lynn as the fastest Under-20 intermediate hurdler in the world.

Dumas is the first South Jersey woman to win a U.S. junior title since Kingsway sprinter Denise Liles won the 100 at the 1984 meet at L.A. Coliseum in 11.84.

She’s the 4^th New Jersey woman to win an Under-20 title in the 400-meter hurdles, following Tracy Nelson of Plainfield in 1980 and 1981, Tawana Watkins of Paterson Kennedy in 2003 and world record holder Sydney McLaughlin in 2016.

Here’s a look at all the U.S

1972

None

1973

Randy Mimm [Willingboro], 10,000-meter walk [55:45.1]

1974

None

1975

Manny Silverio [North Bergen], Hammer Throw [180-0]

Doreen Ennis [Metuchen], 1,500-Meter Run [4:23.1

1976

Boys – None

Girls – Can’t find results yet …

1977

Vince Reilly [Metuchen], Decathlon [7,070]

Sam Summerville [Holy Spirit], 800-Meter Run [1:47.62]

Renaldo Nehemiah [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 110-Meter Hurdles [13.89]

Helene Connell [Jackson], Discus [159-4]

1978

Chris Person [Plainfield], 400-Meter Hurdles [51.0]

Carol Lewis [Willingboro], Long Jump [20-5 ½]

1979

Carol Lewis [Willingboro], Long Jump [20-7 ¼ ]

Michelle Glover [Willingboro], 100-Meter Dash [11.6]

1980

Carl Lewis [Willingboro], 100-Meter Dash [10.16]

Carl Lewis [Willingboro], 200-Meter Dash [20.66]

Carol Lewis [Willingboro], 100-Meter Hurdles [14.20]

Michelle Glover [Willingboro], 200-Meter Dash [23.93]

Joetta Clark [Columbia], 800-Meter Run [2:04.52]

Tracy Nelson [Plainfield], 400-Meter Hurdles [59.46]

1981

John Marshall [Plainfield], 800-Meter Run [1:48.65]

Tracy Nelson [Plainfield], 400-Meter Hurdles [58.56]

Carol Lewis [Willingboro], 100-Meter Hurdles [13.89]

Carol Lewis [Willingboro], Long Jump [20-11 ¾]

Michelle Glover [Willingboro], 100-Meter Dash [11.42]

Rena Antanelis [Randolph], Javelin [156-9]

*Willingboro [Kim Gallagher, Pam Young, Carol Lewis, Michelle Glover], 800 Medley Relay [1:42.91]

1982

John Marshall [Plainfield], 800-Meter Run [1:49.80]

1983

Wendy Vereen [Trenton], 100-Meter Dash [11.57]

Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1,500-Meter Run [4:20.05]

Willingboro Track Club [], 800-Meter Relay [1:44.12]

1984

Denise Liles [Kingsway], 100-Meter Dash [11.81]

1985

Andrew Valmon [Manchester Twp.], 400-Meter Dash [45.96]

Bob Amabile [Wall Township], Javelin [231-7]

Claire Connor [Rahway], 19-9 ½

*W’boro T.C. [Artrelia Turner, Lynn Pike, Andrea Conaway, Timi Crawford], 800 SMR [1:45.50]

1986

None

1987

Jasmin Jones [Hackensack], 800-Meter Run [2:09.01]

Dawn Bowles [Neptune], 100-Meter Hurdles [13.48]

1988

Jasmin Jones [Hackensack], 800-Meter Run [2:07.62]

Jasmin Jones [Hackensack], 1,500-Meter Run [4:28.16]

1989

None

1990

None

1991

None

1992

None

1993

None

1994

Dudley Dorival [Ewing], 110-Meter Hurdles [13.79]

Darius Pemberton [Hackensack], Long Jump [25-8 ¼]

1995

Hazel Clark [Columbia], 800-Meter Run [2:06.18]

1996

None

1997

Charmaine Walker [Plainfield], 100-Meter Hurdles [13.35]

1998

Todd Matthews [Notre Dame], 110-Meter Hurdles [13.75]

1999

Robert Jordan [Millville], High Jump [7-4 ¼]

2000

None

2001

Dwight Ruff [Camden], Turdles [50.37]

Bobby Smith [Hopatcong], Javelin [222-10]

2002

None

2003

Steve Slattery [Mount Olive], 3,000-Meter Steeplechase [8:23.58]

Tawana Watkins [Paterson Kennedy], 400-Meter Hurdles [58.38]

2004

Zach Pollinger [Mahwah], 10,000-Meter Walk [48:22.40]

2005

Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 400-Meter Hurdles [50.69]

Zach Pollinger [Mahwah], 10,000-Meter Walk [45:29.10]

2006

Danielle Tauro [Southern Reg.], 1,500-Meter Run [4:24.53]

2007

None

2008

Eric Plummer [St. Joe’s-Metuchen], Shot Put [62-6 ½]

2009

None

2010

Nick Vena [Morristown], Shot Put [66-1]

Ajee Wilson [Neptune], 800-Meter Run [2:05.75]

2011

None

2012

Ajee Wilson [Neptune], 800-Meter Run [2:04.86]

2013

Stephen Mozia [Hackensack], Shot Put [66-3 ¼]

2014

Keturah Orji [Mount Olive], Triple Jump [44-1 ½]
Braheme Days Jr. [Bridgeton], Shot Put [65-5 ½]

Curtis Thompson [Florence], Javelin [216-0]

2015

Curtis Thompson [Florence], Javelin [237-4]

2016

Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 400-Meter Hurdles [54.54]

Alyssa Wilson [Donovan Catholic], Shot Put [52-7 ¼]

2017
Alyssa Wilson [Donovan Catholic], Hammer Throw [185-11]

2018

Cory Poole [East Orange], 110-Meter Hurdles [13.34]

Cory Poole [East Orange], 400-Meter Hurdles [49.71]

Alyssa Wilson [Donovan Catholic], Shot Put [55-1 ½]

Alyssa Wilson [Donovan Catholic], Hammer Throw [217-7 ½]

2019

Athing Mu [Trenton], 800-Meter Run [2:05.59]

2020

Not held

2021

Not held

2022

Ryan Allen [Kingsway], 10,000-Meter Racewalk [49:53.14]

2023

Nathaniel Rayan [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 110-Meter Hurdles [13.40]

Ryan Allen [Kingsway], 10,000-Meter Racewalk [46:17.65]

2024
None

2025
Bibe

2026
Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 400-meter hurdles [56.13]

* – Not from same high school

Curtis Thompson recorded his best throw this year, the 3^rd-best throw in the world this year and his 6^th-best throw ever Friday at the Doha Diamond League meet at Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium in Qatar.

Thompson, a 2014 Florence graduate and five-time U.S. champion, hit 282-1 on his 1^st throw of the competition. It’s the fourth straight meet that he’s had his best throw on his 1^st throw. It’s his best 1^st throw since a 284-4 at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo.

Thompson finished 3^rd, behind World Championship finalist Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage of Sri Lanka [290-11] and two-time world champion and 2024 Olympic bronze medalist Andersen Peters of Grenada [283-4]. Thompson and Peters were teammates at Mississippi State.

Neeraj Chopra of India was 4th with a 281-1. This was Thompson’s 3rd career win over the 2021 Olympic gold medalist.

Thompson, a two-time Olympian and 2025 World Championships bronze medalist, ranks 3rd in U.S. history with his PR 287-11 at last year’s Texas Relays in Austin. That’s the best throw by an American since Breaux Greer’s 299-6 in Indianapolis in 2007.

Curtis Thompson All-Time 270-Foot Throws
287-11 … Texas Relays, Austin, Texas, March 28, 2025 [2^nd throw]
287-9 … American JavFest, East Stroudsburg [Pa.] South High School, July 9, 2022 [2^ndthrow]
286-2 … NACAC, Freeport Stadium, Grand Bahamas, Freeport, Bahamas, Aug. 17, 2025 [2^nd throw]
284-4 … World Championships, Tokyo, Sept. 18, 2025 [1^st throw]
282-8 … NACAC, Freeport Stadium, Grand Bahamas, Bahamas, Aug. 20, 2025 [3^rd throw]
282-1 … Doha Diamond League, Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar, June 19, 2026 [1^st throw]
279-11 … Oklahoma Throws Series World Invitational, Ramona, Okla., April 10, 2026 [1^stthrow]
279-10 … World Championships, Tokyo, Sept. 18, 2025 [3^rd throw]
277-11 … World Championships qualifying, Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 17, 2025 [2^nd throw]
278-6 … Lone Star Grand Prix, Bryan-College Station, Texas, June 6, 2026 [1^st throw]
277-8 … Drake Relays, Drake Stadium, Des Moines, Idaho, April 23, 2026 [5^th throw]
276-11 … Texas Relays, Austin, Texas, March 28, 2025 [3^rd throw]
276-4 … NACAC, Freeport Stadium, Grand Bahamas, Bahamas, Aug. 20, 2022 [3^rd throw]
275-2 … USATF Championships, Eugene, Ore., July 31, 2025 [4^th throw]
275-2 … Golden Gala Pietro Mennea Diamond Disciplien, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, June 4, 2026 [1st throw]
275-1 … Lone Star Grand Prix, Bryan-College Station, Texas, June 6, 2026 [6^th throw]
274-11 … Athletissima, La Pontaise, Lausanne, Switzerland, Aug. 26, 2022 [1^st throw]
273-4 … American JavFest, East Stroudsburg [Pa.] South High School, July 9, 2022 [1^stthrow]
272-5 … Olympic Trials, Hayward Field, Eugene, June 23, 2024 [1^st throw]
272-4 … Doha Diamond League, Doha, Qatar, June 19, 2026 [4^th throw]
272-1 … USATF Throws Festival, Roy P. Drachman Stadium, Tucson, Ariz., May 23, 2026 [1^st throw]
272-1 … Golden Gala Pietro Mennea Diamond Disciplien, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, June 4, 2026  [2nd throw] 271-11… Olympic Trials, Hayward Field, Eugene, July 4, 2016 [1^st throw]
271-10 … Spitzen Leichtathletik, Luzern, Switzerland, Aug. 30, 2022 [3^rd throw]
271-9 … Texas Relays, Austin, Texas, March 28, 2025 [4^th throw]
271-7 … Olympic Trials, Hayward Field, Eugene, June 21, 2021 [6th throw]
271-0 … American JavFest, East Stroudsburg [Pa.] South High School, July 13, 2024 [1st throw]
270-6 … USATF Championships, Eugene, Ore., July 31, 2025 [6th throw]
270-5 … Golden Gala Pietro Mennea Diamond Disciplien, Stadio Olimpico, Rome, June 4, 2026  [5th throw] 270-3 … Kamila Skolimowska Memorial Invitational, Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland, Aug. 6, 2022 [2nd throw]

Sianni Wynn and the Pennsauken girls won the 800-meter relay and destroyed the state record Friday afternoon at West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field.

Junior Summer Schaffer, senior Sanaya Dupree, sophomore Hope Edwards and Wynn ran 1:35.21, breaking the state record of 1:35.89 set at this meet last year by Union Catholic.

Pennsauken broke the South Jersey record of 1:36.63 that Pennsauken ran at the Woodbury Relays in April.

Pennsauken was only the 3^rd seed but out-raced the field, winning by nearly a second over Monteverde (Fla.) Academy, who finished 2^nd in 1:36.10.

Wynn ran after winning the 100-meter dash and Edwards raced only 45 minutes after placing 3^rd in the 400-meter hurdles.

Pennsauken’s time is 5^th-fastest on the 2026 U.S. list in the World Athletics database. All four runners have to be American to qualify for that list. Pennsauken is 10^th-fastest in the world this year.

Kingsway placed 14th overall in 1:40.67, 3rd-fastest on the all-time Gloucester County list. Sophomore Talia Griscom, junior Kenya Nobles, junior Norah Brown and sophomore Noemi Haller ran for Kingsway.

All-Time South Jersey 800-Meter Relay List
1:35.21 … Pennsauken, 2026
1:37.96 … Willingboro, 2025
1:38.43 … Winslow Twp., 2018
1:38.55 … Winslow Twp., 2025
1:39.21 … Eastern, 2003
1:39.59 … Winslow Twp., 2012
1:39.65 … Pennsauken, 2025
1:39.67 … Winslow Twp., 2019
1:39.67 … Timber Creek, 2023
1:39.78 … Willingboro, 2024
1:39.99 … Kingsway, 2026
1:40.10 … Timber Creek, 2024
1:40.25 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
1:40.30 … Winslow Twp., 2017
1:40.45 … Kingsway, 2025
1:40.46 … Eastern, 2019
1:40.62 … Winslow Twp., 2003
1:40.72 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2018
1:40.5h … Woodrow Wilson, 2006
1:40.67 … Kingsway, 2026
1:40.91 … Winslow Twp., 2004

All-Time New Jersey 800-Meter Relay List
1:35.21 … Pennsauken, 2026
1:35.89 … Union Catholic, 2025
1:37.53 … Union Catholic, 2017
1:37.75 … Union Catholic, 2024
1:37.77 … Franklin Twp., 2003
1:37.89 … Union Catholic, 2023
1:37.96 … Willingboro, 2025
1:38.11 … Union Catholic, 2019
1:38.42 … Franklin Twp., 2001
1:38.43 … Winslow Twp., 2018
1:38.55 … Winslow Twp., 2025
1:38.98 … Union Catholic, 2022
1:39.04h … Montclair, 1980
1:39.21 … Eastern, 2003
1:39.54h … Montclair, 1981
1:39.59 … Winslow Twp., 2012
1:39.65 … Pennsauken, 2025 ***
1:39.67 … Winslow Twp., 2019
1:39.67 … Timber Creek, 2023
1:39.76 … Neptune, 2015
1:39.78 … Willingboro, 2024
1:39.79 … Columbia, 2010
1:39.86 … Summit, 2017
1:39.94 … Piscataway, 2011
1:39.99 … Kingsway

Separated by just 1-100^th of a second, Deptford and Camden both earned All-America honors in the 800-meter relay Friday at West Philly Nationals with two of the fastest 800-meter relays in state history.

Camden ran 1:26.61 in the 3^rd of five sections, only for Deptford to run 1-100^th of a second faster in the 4^th race. They finished 5^th and 6^th. Bergen Catholic of Oradell won the event in 1:23.50, breaking the state record of 1:24.49 set by Winslow Township’s Reuben McCoy, Anthony Miles, Albert Harris and Antraye Miles at 2003 Raleigh Nationals.

For Deptford, senior Johan Hernandez, Xavion Holmes, Liam Brown and Kareem Brown ran 1:26.60, 4^th-fastest in South Jersey history and 11^th-fastest on the all-time state list. Deptford broke the Gloucester County record of 1:27.29 set by Delsea at a meet at East Brunswick in 2024. Deptford’s previous-best time was a 1:27.47 in April at the Woodbury Relays.

It was the 2nd All-America honor of the day for Kareem Brown, who placed 5th in the 400-meter hurdles about an hour earlier.

Camden, with Jawan Brownlee, Christian Braxton, Wasi Muhammad and Jaiden Steele, ran the 5^th-fastest time in South Jersey history and 12^th-fastest on the all-time New Jersey list.

Their times are fastest by South Jersey schools in more than 20 years, since Camden ran 1:24.90 at Raleigh Nationals in 2004 with Sherron Bullock, Dwayne Lewis, Kevin Payton and Carl Smith.

Winslow also ran hot, finishing 13^th in 1:27.36, which is 11^th-fastest on the all-time South Jersey list. Junior Ka’Ron Ceaser, freshman Keyon Ali, junior Jayion Moss and senior Quayd Hendryx ran for Winslow.

So this race produced three of the 11-fastest times in South Jersey history and South Jersey took three of the top 13 spots in the country.

All-Time South Jersey 800-Meter Relay List
1:24.49 … Winslow Twp., 2003
1:24.90 … Camden, 2004
1:26.05 … Camden, 2000
1:26.60 … Deptford, 2026
1:26.61 … Camden, 2026
1:26.68 … Camden, 1997
1:26.76 … Rancocas Valley, 2024
1:26.74 … Pennsauken, 2023
1:27.19 … Delsea, 2024
1:27.22 … Winslow Twp., 2025
1:27.36 … Winslow Twp., 2026
1:27.38 … Paul VI, 2016
1:27.47 … Deptford, 2026
1:27.52 … Woodrow Wilson, 1996
1:27.66 … Oakcrest, 2011
1:27.68 … Pennsauken, 2016
1:27.69 … Oakcrest, 2012
1:27.74 … Pleasantville, 1994
1:27.74 … Camden, 2026
1:27.75 … Willingboro, 2007
1:27.80 … Pleasantville, 1999
1:27.84 … Winslow Twp., 2002
1:27.90 … Winslow Twp., 2008
1:27.96 … Williamstown, 2015
1:27.98 … Camden, 2002

All-Time New Jersey 800-Meter Relay List
1:23.50 … Bergen Catholic, 2026
1:24.49 … Winslow Twp., 2003
1:24.69 … Bergen Catholic, 2025
1:24.90 … Camden, 2004
1:26.05 … Camden, 2000
1:26.0h … Somerville, 1973
1:26.3h … Weequahic, 1992
1:26.45 … Toms River North, 2025
1:26.59 … East Orange, 2018
1:26.59 … Seton Hall Prep, 2018
1:26.60 … Deptford, 2026
1:26.61 … Camden, 2026
1:26.66 … Irvington, 2005
1:26.68 … Camden, 1997
1:26.5h … Snyder, 1971
1:26.5h … Rahway, 1971
1:26.5h … Montclair, 1984
1:26.5h … Plainfield, 1998
1:26.74 … Pennsauken, 2023
1:26.76 … Rancocas Valley, 2024
1:26.78 … Teaneck, 2007
1:26.7h … Plainfield, 1980
1:26.93 … St. Peter’s, 2017
1:27.03 … Union Catholic, 2013
1:27.03 … Piscataway, 2025
1:27.12 … Bergen Catholic, 2026
1:27.18 … Bergen Catholic, 2023
1:27.18 … Union Catholic, 2014
1:27.19 … Delsea, 2024
1:27.20 … Hackensack, 2026
1:27.22 … Winslow Twp., 2025

Hope Edwards and Brianna Growalt ran huge 400-meter hurdles PRs Friday and both earned All-America honors at West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field.

Pennsauken’s Edwards placed 3^rd in 58.72, the 8^th-fastest time in state history and 3^rd-fastest by a sophomore, behind only four-time Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Sydney McLaughlin, who ran 55.28 as a 10^th-grader at World Youth Trials in Lisle, Ill., and Eastern’s Natalie Dumas, who ran 58.32 as a soph when she won West Philly Nationals.

Edwards is the fastest sophomore in the U.S. this year and is now 3^rd-fastest in South Jersey history, behind Dumas [55.99 last year at West Philly Nationals] and Winslow’s Krystal Cantey [56.83 at 2005 Greensboro Nationals].

Edwards’ previous PR was 59.17 at the state Group 4 meet in Somerset, where she finished 2^nd to Dumas.

Growalt placed 5^th in 59.97, dropping her PR from 1:00.55 in that same state Group 4 race last month.  Her time is 7^th-fastest in South Jersey history and breaks her own Atlantic County record.

Including Dumas, that’s an unprecedented four South Jersey girls under 60 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles this year – Dumas, Edwards, Growalt and Winslow junior Cinniya Robinson, who ran 59.80 when she was 3^rd in the Meet of Champions. Robinson ran 1:00.85 Friday and placed 11^th overall. So three of the top 11 in the race were from South Jersey and that’s without the fastest 400-meter hurdler in the country, who is racing this week at the Under 20 Championships in Eugene.

53.82 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2017
55.99 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2025
56.83 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2005
57.48 … Tawana Watkins [Paterson Kennedy], 2000
58.06 … Sydney Chadwick [Union Catholic], 2026
58.44 … Amber Allen [Passaic County Tech], 2009
58.6h … Tracy Nelson [Plainfield], 1981
58.72 … Hope Edwards [Pennsauken], 2026
58.91 … Reanda Richards [West Essex], 2018
59.03 … Tonya Lee [Rancocas Valley], 1988
59.16 … Leslie Njoku [McNair Academic], 2007
59.17 … Hope Edwards [Pennsauken], 2026
59.33 … Kim Duke [Mount Olive], 1984
59.35 … Ugonna Ndu [Union], 2009
59.48 … Angela Lee [Franklin Twp.], 1995
59.49 … Shana-Gaye Tracey [Manchester Twp.], 2007
59.56 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2013
59.63 … Morgan Harvey [North Hunterdon], 2013
59.66 … Mandie Dulin [Shawnee], 1997
59.69 … Shelley Mitchell [Lakewood], 1988
59.72 … Abigail Dennis [Old Tappan], 2024
59.73 … Nichole Candelaria [Newark Tech], 2012
59.78 … Siobhan Counts [Plainfield], 2002
59.80 … Sophia Curtis [Ocean City], 2024
59.81 … Erin Crawford [Hillsboro], 2002
59.97 … Brianna Growalt [Atlantic Tech], 2026