Winslow Township’s Keyon Ali, Quayd Hendryx, KaRon Caesar and Jaylon Moss ran the 4th-fastest 400-meter relay in state history Wednesday, ran the 2nd-fastest time in Meet of Champions history and won the 4-by-1 for the first time.

Winslow ran 40.97, 2^nd only to Burlington Township’s 40.75 to win last year’s race in meet history. Hendryx, who was at Burlington Township last year, ran on both teams.

South Jersey schools took four of the top five places, with Deptford 3^rd in 41.41, Williamstown 4^th in 41.50 and Camden 5^th in 41.70.

Deptford, with Liam Brown, Xavion Holmes, Johann Hernandez and Kareem Brown, ran the 11s^t-fastest time in South Jersey history and 7^th-fastest in meet history, and Williamstown, with Jasiah Gibbons, Ian Israel Jr., Joshua George-Oyewole and Omofolawe Adepelumi, ran the 20^th-fastest time in state history and 13^th-fastest in meet history. Jawan Brownlee, Christian Braxton, Wasi Muhammad and Jaiden Steele ran for Camden.

All-Time New Jersey 400-Meter Relay List
40.75 … Burlington Twp., 2025
40.92 … Winslow, 2003
40.92 … Bergen Catholic, 2025
40.97 … Winslow, 2026
40.99 … Bergen Catholic, 2026
41.0h … Plainfield, 1980
41.09 … Camden, 2000
41.25 … Camden, 2004
41.25 … Camden, 2001
41.26 … Washington Twp., 2024
41.41 … Deptford, 2026
41.42 … St. Peter’s Prep, 2025
41.2h … Weequahic, 1972
41.45 … Timber Creek, 2014
41.46 … Franklin Twp., 2016
41.47 … Deptford, 2018
41.48 … East Brunswick, 2022
41.49 … Franklin Twp., 2017
41.50 … Timber Creek, 2013
41.50 … Williamstown, 2026

All-Time South Jersey 400-Meter List
40.75 … Burlington Twp., 2025
40.92 … Winslow, 2003
40.97 … Winslow, 2026
41.09 … Camden, 2000
41.25 … Camden, 2004
41.25 … Camden, 2001
41.26 … Washington Twp., 2026
41.29 … Rancocas Valley, 2025
41.41 … Deptford, 2026
41.45 … Timber Creek, 2014
41.47 … Deptford, 2018
41.50 … Timber Creek, 2013
41.50 … Williamstown, 2026

All-Time Meet of Champions List
40.75 … Burlington Township, 2025
40.97 … Winslow Twp., 2026
40.99 … Bergen Catholic, 2026
41.15 … Bergen Catholic, 2025
41.26  … St. Peter’s Prep, 2025
41.29 … Rancocas Valey, 2025
41.41 … Deptford, 2026
41.45 … Timber Creek, 2014
41.47 … Deptford, 2018
41.48 … East Brunswick, 2022
41.49 … Franklin, 2017
41.50 … Timber Creek, 2013
41.50 … Williamstown, 2026
41.53 … Lenape, 2025
41.57 … Pennsauken, 2017
41.69 … Bergen Catholic, 2023
41.70 … Toms River North, 2024
41.70 … Camden, 2026

Deptford senior Mason Henry, needing to clear a pole vault PR to take over the lead, cleared a lifetime-best 15-6 to win the vault at the Meet of Champions at Pennsauken.

Henry, who had cleared 15-6 indoors but never outdoors, was behind Hunterdon Central’s Ryan Shalley when the bar moved up to 15-6. Shalley was clean through 15-0 and Henry had a miss at 15-0.

But Henry cleared 15-6 on his 1st attempt, Shalley didn’t get over the bar and Henry became Deptford’s 3rd Meet of Champions winner.

Henry’s 15-6 equals 6th-best in South Jersey history and equals the 2nd-best vault ever by a South Jersey athlete at the Meet of Champions. Ryan Merlino won the 2024 meet at 16-0. Ed Frey of Cinnaminson also cleared 2025 last year when he placed 2nd. The 15-6 is tied for 8th-best in meet history.

Deptford’s only other individual winners at the Meet of Champions are Ken Manahan in the discus in 1976 and Bruce Owens in the 100 in 2004. The 4-by-1 team won in 2018.

All-Time Meet of Champions Pole Vault List
16-4.75-Brian McSweeney, East Brunswick, 2021
16-4-Will Nesbitt, Millburn, 1980
16-0-Andrew Ghizzone, Union Catholic, 2014
16-0-Max Zuckerman, Pascack Hills, 2022
16-0-Ryan Merlino, Oakcrest, 2024
16-0-Cade Zeolla, West Morris, 2024
15-7-Anthony Abitante, Gov. Livingston, 2005
15-6-Bill Lange, Bridgewater East, 1980
15-6-Eric Richard, Bridgewater East 1980
15-6-Andy Brethorst, Morris Knolls, 1990
15-6-Matt Isaacson, Matawan, 2015
15-6-Bradley Jelmert, Watchung Hills, 2019
15-6-Simon Schenk, Princeton, 2019
15-6-Brian O’Sullivan, Hillsborough, 2023
15-6-Owen Keating, Pompton Lakes, 2025
15-6-Ed Frey, Cinnaminson, 2025
15-6 … Mason Henry [Deptford], 2026

All-Time South Jersey Pole Vault List
16-0 … Bob Green [Haddon Heights], 1992
16-0 … Ryan Merlino [Oakcrest], 2024
15-9 … Marcus Hood [Deptford], 2025
15-7 … Brandon Kurtz [Absegami], 1991
15-7 … Nico Morales [Delsea], 2019
15-6 … Marco Morales [Delsea], 2020
15-6 … Dylan Altland [Kingsway], 2014
15-6 … Ed Frey [Cinnaminson], 2025
15-6 … Mason Henry [Deptford], 2026
15-5 … Mike Davis [Haddonfield], 2004
15-5 … Devon Purves [Haddonfield], 2006
15-4 … Jason King [Lenape], 1993
15-3 ¼ … Dan Lamp [Willingboro], 1977
15-3 … Henry Cifaloglio [Delsea], 2025
15-3 … Jacob George [Haddon Twp.], 2025

Riley Fayer ran the 3^rd-fastest 1,600 by a New Jersey Group 1 runner Wednesday when she placed 4^th in a fast Meet of Champions race at Pennsauken.

Fayer ran 4:52.48, lowering her PR from 4:55.96 from the state Group 1 meet last week in Somerset.

Her time is No. 11 on the all-time South Jersey list. Her time is fastest by a South Jersey girl at the Meet of Champions since Haddonfield’s Briana Gess ran 4:48.05 to win the 2015 race at South Plainfield.

Only three other South Jersey girls have run faster at a Meet of Champions: Erin Donohue of Haddonfield, Ocean City’s Renee Tomlin and Washington Township’s Michelle Rowen.

Fayer recorded some wild negative splits, out in 2:30.06 [73.29 / 76.77] but back in 2:22.43 [71.87 / 70.71].

All-Time South Jersey 1,600 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
4:48.73 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
4:49.11 … Renee Tomlin [Ocean City], 2005
4:49.26 … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017
4:51.43 … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], 2017
4:51.84 … Lilliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2024
4:52.48 … Riley Fayer [Audubon], 2026
4:52.95 … Caitlin Orr [Lenape], 2009
4:54.25 … Sarah Naticchia [Haddonfield], 2021
4:54.71 … Megan Hartman [Ocean City], 1994
4:54.76 … Allison Colflesh [Haddonfield], 2021
4:54.88 … Bridget Flynn [Holy Spirit], 2012

Top South Jersey Times at Meet of Champions
4:45.97 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield] , 2014 [1]
4:48.05 ……. Gess, 2015 [1]
4:49.11 … Renee Tomlin [Ocean City], 2005 [2]
4:49.3h … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1982 [1]
4:50.09 ……. Gess, 2016 [1]
4:50.17 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2000 [1]
4:52.48 … Riley Fayer [Audubon], 2026 [4]
4:52.69 … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017 [1]
4:52.95 … Caitlin Orr [Lenape], 2009 [4]
4:53.57 ….. Donohue, 2001 [1]
4:54.71 … Megan Hartman [Ocean City], 1994 [1]
4:54.88 … Bridget Flynn [Ocean City], 2012 [8]
4:55.04 ….. Donohue, 1999 [1]
4:55.29 ….. Flynn [Ocean City], 2013 [8]
4:55.41 … Brittany Sedberry [Ocean City], 2004 [2]
4:55.9h  … Dawn Cody [Paul VI], 1982 [2]
4:56.01 Natalia Ocasio [Lenape], 2012 [9]
4:56.55 Maria Ruiz [Williamstown], 2009 [8

Delsea senior Hannah Nuhfer won her 2^nd straight Meet of Champions discus title Wednesday at Pennsauken and surpassed the meet record four times.

Nuhfer, the U.S. champion and state record holder at 184-5, threw 180-3 on her 2^nd attempt and also had a 180-0 on her 5^th throw, a 177-0 on her 3^rd, and a 172-6 on her final throw. Those are the four-best throws in Meet of Champions history.

The previous meet record was 171-7 by Layla Giordano of Old Tappan in 2024.

Nuhfer is the first South Jersey girl to repeat a M-of-C discus title since Cherokee’s Jessica Woodard, a 2022 World Championship finalist, won three in a row from 2011 through 2013.

Nuhfer, who also recorded a 166-4 on her 4^th throw , had the five-best throws of the competition.

Glassboro’s record-setting tandem of senior Sunsarai Moore and junior Virginia Tarasevich placed 3^rd and 4^th, Moore with a 152-2 on her final throw and Tarsevich with a PR 147-0 – No. 10 in South Jersey history. They are the only teammates in New Jersey history to both throw at least 145 feet in the same meet, and they’ve now done it twice in a row.

Natalie Dumas began her final Meet of Champions by winning her 3^rd consecutive 400-meter hurdles state title Wednesday afternoon at Pennsauken.

Dumas had to hold off Union Catholic junior Sydney Chadwick, who gave Dumas a valiant challenge.

Dumas won the race in 57.04 and Chadwick was 2^nd in 57.39. Only four-time Olympic gold medalist and world record holder Sydney McLaughlin has run faster in Meet of Champions history.  Those are the two-fastest times in the U.S. this year.

Dumas’s time is her fastest since she won West Philly Nationals in 55.99 last June at Franklin Field, 6^th-fastest in U.S. high school history. Chadwick’s time is 4th-fastest in New Jersey history, behind McLaughlin, Dumas and Winslow’s Krystal Cantey, who ran 56.83 at 2005 Greensboro Nationals.

Dumas has now won 24 consecutive 400-meter hurdles races and hasn’t lost since her first race as a sophomore on April 13, 2024, when she was 2^nd to Danya Spoor of Oak Knoll School in Summit at the Lenape Invitational. She’s won two national titles since then.

With the 400 and 800 remaining, she’s now won six Meet of Champions individual titles, 2^nd-most in Meet of Champions history. North Hunterdon distance ace Jodie Bilotta won eight from 1986 through 1988.

Dumas is the third girl to win three consecutive Meet of Champions 400-meter hurdles races. Andrea Johnson of Plainfield won three in a row from 1981 through 1983 and world record holder and four-time Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin won four straight from 2014 through 2017.

Dumas is the 6^th South Jersey girl to win three straight MoC titles in the same event, following Willingboro’s Carol Lewis [long jump from 1978 through 1981], Erin Donohue of Haddonfield [1,600 from 1999 through 2001], Michelle Brown of Seneca [400 from 2008 through 2010], Cherokee’s Jessica Woodard [discus from 2011 through 2013], Haddonfield’s Briana Gess [1,600 from 2014 through 2016].

Sianni Wynn of Pennsauken has a chance to add her name to the list in both the 100 and 200 later Wednesday on her home track and Dumas has a chance to add a second event to that list later in the day in the 400.

Winslow junior Cinniya Robinson placed 3rd with a PR 59.80 – 7th-fastest in South Jersey history – and Pennsauken sophomore Hope Edwards ran 1:00.30 for 4th.

56.23 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2016 [1]
56.97 …….. McLaughlin, 2017 [1]
56.91 …….. McLaughlin, 2014 [1]
57.04 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2026 [1]
57.39 … Sydney Chadwick [Union Catholic], 2026 [2]
57.39 …….. McLaughlin, 2015 [1]
58.32 …….. Dumas, 2024 [1]
58.44 … Amber Allen [Passaic Tech], 2009 [1]
58.98. … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2024 [1]
59.03 … Tonya Lee [Rancocas Valley], 1988 [1]
59.05 … Reanda Richards [West Essex], 2018 [1]
59.09 …….. Richards, 2017 [2]
59.35 … Ugonna Ndu [Union], 2009 [2]
59.48 … Leslie Njoku [McNair], 2006 [1]
59.48 … Angela Lee [Franklin], 1995 [1]
59.56 … Tawana Watkins [Paterson Kennedy], 2000 [1]
59.56 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2013 [1]
59.63 … Morgan Harvey [North Hunterdon], 2013 [2]
59.78 … Siobhan Counts [Plainfield], 2002 [1]
59.80 … Cinniya Robinson [Winslow], 2026 [3]
59.81 … Erin Crawford [Hillsborough], 2002 [2]
59.96 … Mandie Dulin [Shawnee], 1997 [1]

Lindenwold senior Egypt Bolan cleared 5-8 to win the Meet of Champions high jump title Wednesday at Pennsauken, becoming the first South Jersey girl to win the high jump in back-to-back Meet of Champions.

Bolan, the national outdoor champion last year at 5-10 ¾, won last year’s Meet of Champions at 5-9. She clinched the title Wednesday when she was the only competitor to clear 5-8. She was clean at 5-4, 5-6 and 5-8

With the win secured, Bolan had the bar moved up to 5-10 ¼, which would have broken the meet record of 5-10 shared by six athletes, most recently Timber Creek’s Tierra Hooker in 2019. She missed three attempts.

Bolan is the first girl to repeat in the high jump since Fiona Paladino of Montgomery in 2010 and 2011.

South Jersey has dominated the M-of-C high jump, winning six of the last titles – Hooker in 2019, Clayton’s Alanna Woolfolk in 2021 and 2023, Williamstown’s Addison Inge in 2024 and Bolan the last two years.

Other South Jersey winners: Erirn Halpan of Cherry Hill East in 1987, Kim Stoll of Holy Spirit in 1993, Brooke Minor of Woodbury in 2001, Briana Gray of Haddon Heights in 2005, Anna Cook of Florence in 2006 and Priscilla Frederick of Paul VI in 2007.

The Ocean City girls, led by a sizzling anchor split by junior Carly Godfrey, ran the 10^th-fastest 4-by-8 in South Jersey history Wednesday at the Meet of Champions at Pennsauken.

Junior Lillian Flora, sophomore Riley Tolson, junior Peighton Clemens and Godfrey ran 9:12.78, finishing just behind Cranford, which won with a 9:11.10.

Flora led off in 2:17.34, Tolson split 2:18.62, Clemens ran 2:28.59 and Godfrey anchored in 2:08.27.

That’s the 3^rd-fastest non-winning time in meet history and fastest by a South Jersey school this year.

Cherokee took 3^rd in 9:15.27 with senior Madeline Meder [2:19.56], sophomore Erin Healy [2:21.29], senior Alyssa Suriano [2:19.39] and senior Sofia Recinto [2:13.65].

All-Time Meet of Champions 4-by-8 List
9:01.69 … Freehold Township, 2014 [1]
9:03.19 … Ridge, 2018 [1]
9:06.81 … Ridge, 2016 [1]
9:07.71 … Ocean City, 2025 [1]
9:08.15 … Southern Regional, 2016 [2]
9:08.75 … Ridge, 2019 [1]
9:10.06 … Southern Regional, 2014 [2]
9:10.24 … Haddonfield, 2021 [1]
9:10.69 … Freehold Township, 2013 [1]
9:11.10 … Cranford, 2026 [1]
9:11.48 … Ridge, 2015 [1]
9:11.81 … Ridge, 2017 [1]
9:12.78 … Ocean City, 2026 [2]
9:13.70 … North Hunterdon, 2016 [3]
9:14.04 … Mountain Lakes, 2017 [2]
9:14.07 … West Windsor-Plainsboro South, 2014 [3]
9:14.48 … Mount St. Dominic, 2012 [1]
9:14.98 … West Windsor-Plainsboro South, 2015 [2]

All-Time South Jersey 4-by-8 List
9:00.51 … Haddonfield, 2021
9:05.62 … Lenape, 2012
9:05.83 … Lenape, 2008
9:06.30 … Haddonfield, 2008
9:06.96 … Cherokee, 2025
9:07.71 … Ocean City, 2025
9:10.15 … Winslow Twp., 2025
9:10.32 … Haddonfield, 2000
9:12.30 … Haddonfield, 2019
9:12.78 … Ocean City, 2026
9:13.67 … Cherokee, 2025
9:14.25 … Cherokee, 2023

Senior Josh Crawford’s 1:51.70 anchor leg led Woodstown to the fastest 4-by-8 by a Group 1 school in 43 years and 2^nd place in the Meet of Champions Wednesday at Pennsauken.

Woodstown placed 2^nd in 7:49.09, the fastest time by a New Jersey Group 1 since Beranrds ran 7:48.1 in 1983 an d fastest by a New Jersey Group 1 since Woodbury ran 7:48.3 converted from two miles in 1977.

Woodstown placed 2^nd to Shabazz of Newark, which ran 7:46.06 to win the race.

Woodstown’s previous season best an Salem County record was 7:52.95 at the Woodbury Relays. Their time is No. 18 in South Jersey history.

Senior Karaon Chew  led off in 1:57.09, senior Jacob Marino split 2:02.52 and junior David Farrell ran 1:57.81 setting up Crawford’s speedy anchor leg.

Ocean City placed 3^rd in 7:51.83 with junior Keenan Neuman [1:57.77], junior Nathan Aschmann [1:57.22], sophomore Nevin Millstein [1:58.79] and senior Erik Preisner [1:58.08], their fastest time since a 7:50.26 in 2003 at Raleigh Nationals with John Richardson, Jim Dugan, Erik Geisinger and Brian McMahon.

Deptford also broke eight minutes, taking 8^th in 7:54.18 with senior Anthony Schilling [1:58.94], sophomore Christian Ramirez [1:59.45], senior Zach Harrison [2:00.54] and sophomore John Collier [1:55.29].

South Jersey’s fastest Meet of Champions 4-by-8s
7:41.17 … Cherokee, 2023
7:43.57 … Haddonfield, 2015
7:46.28 … Delsea, 2018
7:47.66 … Kingsway, 2011
7:47.96 … Haddonfield, 2016
7:48.16 … Kingsway, 2013
7:48.25 … Vineland, 2012
7:49.09 … Woodstown, 2026

All-Time South Jersey List
7:40.43 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017
7:40.71 … Pleasantville, 2013
7:40.99 … Willingboro, 1983
7:41.17 … Cherokee, 2023
7:43.57 … Haddonfield, 2015
7:44.25 … Willingboro, 2003
7:46.28 … Delsea, 2018
7:46.2h … Deptford, 1967
7:47.27 … Egg Harbor, 2016
7:47.66 … Kingsway, 2011
7:47.96 … Haddonfield, 2016
7:47.9h … Willingboro, 1982
7:48.16 … Kingsway, 2013
7:48.25 … Vineland, 2012
7:48.3y … Woodbury, 1977
7:48.70 … Rancocas Valley, 2016
7:48.92 … Highland, 2018
7:49.09 … Woodstown, 2026
7:49.34 … Cherokee, 2000
7:49.67 … Washington Twp., 2009
7:49.72 … Haddonfield, 2019
7:49.85 … Cherokee, 2012
7:49.95 … Delsea, 2018
7:49.9h … Willingboro, 1978

One of the most fun stories to come out of this past weekend was the state championship by Bishop Eustace junior Delano Mann.

Mann came into the weekend with a 100-meter dash PR of 11.28 from a meet at TCNJ in Ewing in April. That made him the No. 7 seed in the Parochial B race at Stockton in Galloway.

His wind-legal PR was 11.38 from a meet at Deptford in May. His fastest time last year was 11.76 at Cherokee.

So how did he become a state champion?

By dropping his PR to 10.87 with a legal 0.6 wind reading and leading all qualifiers in the prelims Friday and then dropping to 10.85 in the final with 0.2 wind and winning by two meters over Wynston Ditchfield-Agboh of Newark Academy of Livingston in the final.

That’s a more than half second PR in non wind-aided races in one day, which is unheard of in the 100. But Mann saved his best for last, recording the first win in any meet in his track career in the state final.

His previous-best finish was a 2^nd place in the high jump in a batch meet at Cherokee with a 5-6 clearance.

Mann became the first Eustace sprinter to win a state title at 100 meters since Ed Nelms ran 11.23 to win Parochial B at Hub Stein Field in Plainfield in 1995, helping Eustace win the team title.

Previous Eustace state champions in the 100 are John Shirk in 1979, Rick Saquil in 1980 and Joe Vogt in 1985.

If it seems like Mann came out of nowhere, he really did. He doesn’t run indoors. He hasn’t run a 200 all year. He didn’t run in the Camden County meet and he placed 17^th in the Olympic Conference 100. In his last race before states, he ran 11.58 at Haddonfield.

But there he was, crossing the line well clear of the field Friday, becoming the first Eustace underclassman to win a state title on the track in a quarter of a century, since junior Patrick Stevenson won the 1,600 in 2001, also at Hub Stein Field.

Mann’s 10.85 makes him the 3^rd-fastest junior in South Jersey this year, behind Williamstown’s Joshua George-Oyewole [10.74] and Timber Creek’s Timothy Whitaker [10.80].

He earned the No. 10 seed for the Meet of Champions Wednesday at Pennsauken and is one of six South Jersey sprinters among the top 10 seeds. Deptford senior Johann Hernandez is No. 4 [10.72], Cherry Hill East senior Tymir Gayle is No. 5 [10.76], Camden senior Jawan Brownlee No. 6 [10.76], Atlantic City senior Jaylen Day No. 7 [10.78]. and Winslow Township senior Quayd Hendryx No. 9 [10.83].