The Haddonfield boys, led by their bottomless distance team, piled up 36 points on Day 1 of the state Group 2 championships in Mansfield Township.

Senior Peter Simpson won the 3,200 in 9:25.15, leading a 1-2-4 Haddonfield finish for 22 points. Senior Benjamin Andrus took 2nd in 9:30.46, and senior Ryan Gibson was 4th ihn 9:33.63.

Senior Brandon Stoner added six points in the 800 with a PR 1:53.71 for 3rd place.

It wasn’t all the distance crew. Junior Ryder Bozine ran 54.40 for a close 2nd in the 400-meter hurdles. Bozine finished just 3-100ths of a second out of first.

Going into Day 2 at Northern Burlington, Haddonfield holds a 36-21 ½ lead over 2nd-place Willingboro, with Shabazz [18], Voorhees [17 ½] and Demarest [16] not far back.

Haddonfield is seeking its sixth state championship but first since 2015.

Sianni Wynn and the Pennsauken girls got off to a hot start Friday on Day 1 of the state Group 4 meet in Somerset.

Pennsauken goes into Saturday with a 29 ½-21 ½ lead over Passaic County Tech, with Hillsborough and Eastern tied for 3rd with 20. Pennsauken is bidding to become the first school in more than a decade to win consecutive state Group 4 titles.

Wynn won the 100 in 11.53, her 8th individual outdoor state title, and also anchored Pennsauken’s record-setting 400-meter relay team, which ran 46.35, breaking the meet record of 47.24 that Pennsauken set last year. Junior Summer Schaffer and senior cousins Sanaya and Olivia Dupree ran the first three legs. Pennsauken set a state record of 45.30 last month at the Penn Relays with the same lineup.

Sophomore Hope Edwards placed 2nd to Natalie Dumas in the 400-meter hurdles with a 59.17, the 10th-fastest time in state history, and Sanaya Dupree tied for 5th in the 100 with a 12.28.

Wynn races the 200 and the 4-by-4 on Saturday, Edwards is among the top seeds in the 400 as are Sanaya Dupree in the 200 and Olivia Dupree in the 100-meter hurdles.

Winslow build some distance between the field in the state Group 4 meet with a 1-2-3 sweep in the 100-meter dash Friday at Somerset.

Senior Olivia Okaro won the race in 12.26, junior Amaya Jones was 2nd in 12.31 and senior Leeya Joseph took 3rd in 12.32, the three Winslow sprinters finishing within 6-100ths of a second of one another.

The 24 points gives Winslow 58 points through just five events and a 31-point lead over Ramapo, which has 27 points.

Winslow is seeking its 3rd straight state Group 4 title and 10th in the last 13 years.

Pennsauken sophomore Hope Edwards chased Natalie Dumas around the track in the 400-meter hurdles Friday in Somerset and emerged with one of the fastest times in state history.

Dumas, the national champion from a year ago, won the Group 4 400-meter hurdles as expected in 58.06, and Edwards was 2nd in 59.17, 4th-fastest in South Jersey history and 10th-fastest on the all-time New Jersey list.

Edwards was the fastest freshman in the U.S. last year while attending Moorestown with a 1:00.32 at West Philly Nationals.

Her 59.17 is 5th-fastest in state history by a sophomore and 2nd-fastest by a South Jersey 10th-grader, behind Dumas’s 58.32 when she won 2024 West Philly Nationals.

According to the MileSplit U.S. database, Edwards’ time is 2nd-fastest nationally among sophomores this year, behind only Nia Armstrong of Sickles High School in Tampa, who ran 57.97 in a meet last month in Jacksonville

Brianna Growalt, a junior at Atlantic County Tech, was 3rd with a PR 1:00.55 -5th-fastest all-time Atlantic county – and Kingsway junior Norah Brown was 5th with a PR 1:02.35, making it a 1-2-3-5 South Jersey finish.

All-Time New Jersey 400IH List
53.82 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2017
56.83 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2005
57.48 … Tawana Watkins [Paterson Kennedy], 2000
58.32 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2024
58.44 … Amber Allen [Passaic County Tech], 2009
58.6h … Tracy Nelson [Plainfield], 1981
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

Winslow sophomore Jasmine Jackson opened up a busy weekend at the state Group 3 meet at Northern Burlington with a big PR victory in the 400-meter hurdles.

Jackson lowered her PR from 1:01.79 from sectionals earlier this month to 1:00.98, which is 7th-fastest in Camden County history and 4th-fastest among sophomores.

Jackson won by nearly a second over Ramapo’s Sandra Vitolo, who was 2nd in 1:01.86. Winslow junior Cinniya Robinson took 3rd in 1:02.13 for 16 big team points.

All-Time Camden County 400-meter hurdles list
55.99 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2025
56.83 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2005
59.56 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2013
1:00.16 … Aliya Rae Garozzo [Paul VI], 2018
1:00.47 … Shaquanda Meylor [Wilson], 2006
1:00.48 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 2012
1:00.98 … Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp.], 2026

Kareem Brown on Friday raced to his 1st state title and the 7th-fastest 400-meter hurdles time in Gloucester County history.

Brown lowered his PR from 53.81 from sectionals two weeks ago at Delsea to 53.07 and won the state Group 3 race at Northern Burlington by more than a second over Teddy Goebbert of Northern Highlands.

Brown is the 2nd Deptford runner to win the state Group 3 intermediates title in four years. Lathan Brown, now at Rutgers, won it in 2023.

Brown’s time is 2nd-fastest in New Jersey this year. Kasey Kinsley of Hunterdon Central ran 52.49 in White Plains, N.Y., earlier this month. Kinsley will run later Friday in the Group 4 state meet in Somerset.

All-Time Gloucester County 400-Meter Hurdles List
51.62 … Fred Sharpe [Paulsboro], 1997
52.10 … Tim Carey [Washington Twp.], 2009
52.65 … Lathan Brown [Deptford], 2023
52.66 … Aaron Younger [Delsea], 2007
52.70 … Alexander Osayemi [Clayton], 2025
52.72 … Devon Carter [Washington Twp.], 2000
53.07 … Kareem Brown [Deptford], 2026
53.22 … Will Washington [Delsea Reg.], 2006

Natalie Dumas got her final state Group 4 meet off to a flying start with a meet record in the 800.

Dumas broke a 46-year-old meet record when she ran 2:04.19 to win the 800 in Somerset. That’s just off her season-best 2:04.00 from Icahn Stadium earlier this month. Dumas ran a state-record 2:00.11 when she won West Philly Nationals last June.

Dumas broke the meet record of 2:04.5 hand-timed by four-time Olympian Joetta Clark of Columbia in Piscataway in 1980. That was the oldest Group 4 record on the books.

Dumas won by 80 meters over Addison Hansen of Bergen Tech, who was 2^nd in 2:12.54.

Eastern’s Jailya Ash ran within 8-100ths of a second of her PR and easily advanced in the 100-meter hurdles at the NCAA West Regional Prelims Thursday in Fayetteville, Ark.

Ash, a junior at Iowa, ran 13.26 with a legal 1.8 wind, the 13th-fastest time of 48 hurdlers who qualified for East Prelims.

The top three in each of six heats and the next six-best times advanced to the national quarterfinals, scheduled for 6:15 p.m. Saturday. The top 12 finishers Saturday along with the top 12 in the East Prelims advance to the NCAA Championships next month at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. Everyone who ran 13.46 or faster advanced to Saturday.

Ash, who qualified for East Prelims twice while she was at UConn, has never before advanced to the second round.

Ash’s PR is 13.19 with legal 1.7 wind from this year’s Drake Relays last month in Des Moines, Iowa. She ran within 1-100th of a second of that PR last weekend when she placed 6th in the finals at the Big Ten Championships in Lincoln, Neb., with a 13.20.

Clayton graduates Amirah and Arianna Sharpe, both juniors at Arkansas, both advanced in the 400-meter dash at the NCAA Division 1 West Prelims on their home track in Fayetteville, Ark.

Amirah ran 52.28 and Arianna 52.36, and they were the 13th- and 17th-fastest of the 48 qualifiers. The 24-fastest advanced to the national quarterfinals, scheduled for 6:50 p.m. Saturday. The top 12 in the East Regional and the top 12 in the West Regional advance to the NCAA Championships next month at Hayward Field in Eugene.

Everyone who ran 52.55 or faster advanced to Saturday.

Amirah PR’d ith a 51.95 on the same track last month. Arianna Sharpe has a lifetime-best 51.91 from a meet last May, also in Fayetteville. They are 5th- and 6th-fastest all-time on the South Jersey alumni list.

 

Earlier today, I posted a list of top-10 seeds from South Jersey for this year’s state meet. These are unofficial lists based on MileSplit’s sectional merges. That list is here.

Now, here’s the girls list. Errors or omissions, you know the drill! Let me know in the comment section!

Both meets start at 2:30 p.m. Friday and 10:30 a.m. Saturday, with  Groups 1 and 4 inSomerset and Groups 2 and 3 in Mansfield.

GIRLS
Group 1
100-Meter Dash
5. ***Kayla James [Glassboro] 12.68
6. *Kathryn McGuire [Audubon] 12.71

200-METER DASH
5. **Raniyah Parsons-Smith [Salem] 26.37
7. ***Kayla James [Glassboro] 26.50
9. *Kathryn McGuire [Audubon] 26.51

400-METER DASH
None

800-METER RUN
3. Riley Fayer [Audubon] 2:16.66
7. *Biz Maher [Haddon Twp.] 2:20.47

1,600-METER RUN
2. Riley Fayer [Audubon] 4:58.97
9. Haile Bellone [Buena] 5:17.77

3,200-METER RUN
2. Riley Fayer [Audubon] 11:21.91
8. ***Emma Camm [Audubon] 11:30.82
9. Abby Marino [Woodstown] 11:36.60

110-METER HURDLES
1. *Ciani Floyd [Maple Shade] 15.48
4. Casey Birdwell [Haddon Twp.] 15.73

400-METER HURDLES
3. Emily Madden [Buena] 1:07.13
6. Casey Birdwell [Haddon Twp.] 1:08.02
8. ***Sabrina Passon [Audubon] 1:08.95

HIGH JUMP
T1. Julianna Laxton [Audubon] 5-2
T1. *Adrienne Torres [Florence] 5-2
T1. Kami Casiano [Woodstown] 5-2

LONG JUMP
2. ***Erika Townsend [Kingsway] 17-6 ¼
5. **Ramiyah Jones [Salem] 17-1
T7. *Nyima Burley [Burlington City] 16-7
T7. Marissa DeValerio [Audubon] 16-7

TRIPLE JUMP
2. *Nyima Burley [Burlington City] 37-8 ½
3. ***Erika Townsend [Kingsway] 37-3 ¼
4. **Ramiyah Jones [Salem] 35-6
6. **Jaelynn Jarmon [Schalick] 35-0

POLE VAULT
T3. Morganna Makuszewski [Audubon] 9-0
T7. *Elizabeth Mann [Glassboro] 8-6

SHOT PUT
1. Sunsarai Moore [Glassboro] 44-4 ½
2. ***Kennedy Eaddy [Clayton] 38-7 ½
6. *Ana Lastra Brown [Camden] 36-2 ¾
7. *Zoey Ceasar [Penns Grove] 35-10
9. *Alinya Perez [Paulsboro] 35-4 ¾
10. *Virginia Tarasevich [Glassboro] 34-11 ¾

DISCUS
1. Sunsarai Moore [Glassboro] 151-5
2. *Virginia Tarasevich [Glassboro] 125-11
4. *Kemea Tate [Paulsboro] 114-0
5. *Ravin Shaw [Maple Shade] 2027
T9. Tatiyonna Crawford [Pennsville] 106-0

JAVELIN
2. **Navaeh Robinson [Schalick] 118-3
6. *Sebrina Bradford [Schalick] 105-0
9. Sunsarai Moore [Glassboro] 103-5

400-METER RELAY
1. Glassboro 49.72
2. Audubon 50.29
4. Woodbury 50.80
6. Maple Shade 50.95

1,600-METER RELAY
2. Haddon Twp., 4:05.50
3. Audubon, 4:05.99
9. Salem, 4:17.73

3,200-METER RELAY
3. Audubon 10:18.53
8. Haddon Twp., 10:32.67

Group 2
100-Meter Dash
2. ***Taylor Banks [Overbrook] 12.24
3. *Jade Pinder [Willingboro] 12.25
5. ***Erin Scott [Willingboro] 12.38
6. *Maya Bolden [Willingboro] 12.41
T7. Egypt Bolan [Lindenwold] 12.44
9. Ella Biersbach [Lower Cape May Regional] 12.49

200-METER DASH
1. *Jade Pinder [Willingboro] 24.23
9. ***Erin Scott [Willingboro] 25.58

400-METER DASH
3. Jade Pinder [Willingboro] 57.51

800-METER RUN
1. ***Dylan Hosty [Haddonfield] 2:12.91

1,600-METER RUN
2. ***Dylan Hosty [Haddonfield] 4:57.32

3,200-METER RUN
None

110-METER HURDLES
3. *Trinity Brapoh [Willingboro] 14.35
7. Jordan Frazier [Sterling] 15.51
9. Shiloh Moore [Cinnaminson] 15.81

400-METER HURDLES
7. Jordan Frazier [Sterling] 1:06.22
9. *Saya Sood [Haddonfield] 1:06.68

HIGH JUMP
1. Egypt Bolan [Lindenwold] 5-8
4. Phallen Still [Collingswood] 5-2

LONG JUMP
1. *Trinity Brapoh [Willingboro] 18-11 ¼
4. *Jade Pinder [Willingboro] 18-4 ½
8. Shiloh Moore [Cinnaminson] 18-2
9. Shanice Bostic [Camden] 17-10 ½

TRIPLE JUMP
1. *Trinity Brapoh [Willingboro] 37-3
5. Egypt Bolan [Lindenwold] 35-9 ½
10. *Onye Peoples [Overbrook] 34-5 ½

POLE VAULT
T2. *Nina Fisicaro [Haddonfield] 10-0

SHOT PUT
2. **Isabella Alvarez [Pleasaantville] 40-3 ½

DISCUS
3. **Mackenzie Howard [Lindenwold] 115-3
10. Natalie Mazzei [Haddonfield] 100-2

JAVELIN
2. *Allison Nagle [Middle Twp.] 109-9
3. **Isabella Alvarez [Pleasantville] 108-0

400-METER RELAY
7. Sterling 49.83

1,600-METER RELAY
7. Haddonfield 4:06.65

3,200-METER RELAY
5. Haddonfield 9:59.98

Group 3
100-Meter Dash
1. Olivia Okaro [Winslow] 11.93
2. Leeya Joseph [Winslow] 12.13
3. *Amaya Jones [Winslow] 12.17
5. *Veronika Andreev [Mainland Reg.] 12.24
T7. Nyla Jackmon-Smith [Clearview] 12.27
10. **Adelyn McDonnell ]Delsea] 12.30

200-METER DASH
1. **Jasmine Jackson [Winslow] 24.33
2. *Cinniya Robinson [Winslow] 24.59
3. Olivia Okaro [Winslow] 25.12
7. Jenevieve Stevens [Timber Creek] 25.47

400-METER DASH
1. *Cinniya Robinson [Winslow] 55.66
3. **Amariah Arango [Winslow] 56.82
6. Laila Fairweather [Burlington Twp.] 57.19
10. Olivia Okaro [Winslow] 57.60

800-METER RUN
3. *Carly Godfrey [Ocean City] 2:13.19
5. **Amariah Arango [Willingboro] 2:15.09
9. *Lyla Briggs [Triton] 2:16.85

1,600-METER RUN
None

3,200-METER RUN
4. **Riley Tolson [Ocean City] 10:58.42
10. *Emily Lutner [Triton] 11:16.41

110-METER HURDLES
1. **Jasmine Jackson [Winslow] 13.39
4. *Nyla Jackmon-Smith [Clearview] 14.57
6. Camryn DeMorat [Mainland] 14.72
8. Ma’Syiah Brawner [Winslow] 14.87
9. Tatiyana Mathews [Delsea] 14.96
10. Veronika Andreev [Mainland] 15.02

400-METER HURDLES
1. **Jasmine Jackson [Winslow] 1:01.79
2. *Cinniya Robinson [Winslow] 1:01.80
10. Jordyn Cato [Winslow] 1:05.79

HIGH JUMP
1. Ma’Syiah Brawner [Winslow] 5-4
T5. *Allie Thomas [Mainland] 5-0
T5. *Kherington McCulloch [Shawnee] 5-0

LONG JUMP
1. Ma’Syiah Brawner [Winslow] 19-8
3. Leeya Joseph [Winslow] 19-3 ½
8. Camryn DeMorat [Mainland] 18-2 ¼
10. Adelyn McDonnell [Delsea] 17-9 ¾

TRIPLE JUMP
2. Ma’Syiah Brawner [Winslow] 40-5 ½
3. *Brooklyn Ezekiel [Cherry Hill West] 37-9

POLE VAULT
T2. *Gianna Shea [Mainland] 10-6
T5. Nyla Williams [Winslow] 10-0
T5. *Heather Milstead [Mainland] 10-0
T5. *Hannah Pratt [Absesgami] 10-0
T8. *Nyla Pichette [Burlington Twp.] 9-6
T8. Meredith Ortiz [Moorestown] 9-6
T8. Sarafina Cavagnaro [Delsea] 9-6

SHOT PUT
2. Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea] 45-2
4. Mitra Sampson [Hammonton] 42-7

DISCUS
1. Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea] 184-5
4. Mitra Sampson [Hammonton] 134-1

JAVELIN
7. ***Vanessa Sahl [Absegami 111-9

400-METER RELAY
1. Winslow 47.87
2. Mainland 48.60
3. Ocean City 48.74
6. Cherry Hill West 49.45
10. Delsea 49.92

1,600-METER RELAY
1. Winslow 3:52.65
6. Ocean City 4:03.08

3,200-METER RELAY
1. Ocean City 9:20.01
2. Moorestown 9:34.91

Group 4
100-Meter Dash
1. Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken] 11.63
4. Sanaya Dupree [Pennsauken] 11.99
9. Talia Griscom [Kingsway] 12.19

200-METER DASH
1. Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken] 23.60
2. Natalie Dumas [Eastern] 24.33
5. Sanaya Dupree [Pennsauken] 24.71

400-METER DASH
1. Natalie Dumas [Eastern] 52.28
4. **Hope Edwards [Pennsauken] 55.92
8. **Noemi Haller [Kingsway] 56.64

800-METER RUN
1. Natalie Dumas [Eastern] 2:15.00
5. Sofia Recinto [Cherokee] 2:16.52

1,600-METER RUN
5. Sofia Recinto [Cherokee] 5:01.39
10. **Addison Weiss [Cherry Hill East] 5:08.61

3,200-METER RUN
2. Alyssa Suriano [Cherokee] 10:51.10
3. **Addison Weiss [Cherry Hill East] 10:52.54
4. *Aubrey Bishop [Kingsway] 10:53.61
6. **Erin Healy [Cherokee] 10:54.57

110-METER HURDLES
2. *Brianna Growalt [Atlantic Tech] 14.29
4. Olivia Dupree [Pennsauken] 14.33
7. *Timia Waters [Williamstown] 14.63
8. **Nia’Leila [Washington Twp.] 14.66

400-METER HURDLES
1. Natalie Dumas [Eastern] 59.33
2. **Hope Edwards [Pennsauken] 1:01.35
4. *Brianna Growalt [Atlantic Tech] 1:02.00

HIGH JUMP
None

LONG JUMP
1. Angelina Brown [Rancocas Valley] 18-9 ¾

TRIPLE JUMP
2. *Timia Waters [Williamstown] 38-2
POLE VAULT
3. La’el Yates [Rancocas Valley] 11-0
T4. Brynn Greenwood [Williamstown] 10-6
T4. Cali Lacovara [Washington Twp.] 10-6
7. **Isabella Santamaria [Rancocas Valley] 10-0

SHOT PUT
7. **Abri Brown [Millville] 38-1 ¾

DISCUS
6. Nalani Cadogan [Williamstown] 116-1

JAVELIN
2. Addison Lore [Cherokee] 127-8
4. Cecilia Feldstein [Egg Harbor] 120-2
6. *Kylie Shinn [Kingsway] 114-10
7. Brynn Greenwood [Williamstown] 109-11

400-METER RELAY
1. Pennsauken 46.31
5. Rancocas Valley 48.26
7. Kingsway 48.34

1,600-METER RELAY
1. Pennsauken 3:43.56
2. Kingsway 3:49.92
7. Williamstown 3:59.06

3,200-METER RELAY
3. Egg Harbor Twp. 9:34.33
5. Williamstown 9:35.10
8. Cherokee 9:39.16