After an auspicious debut last week at CBA, Lenape senior Miles Acchione had another big meet Saturday in Mount Holly.

Acchione, whose 178-3 on Monday was the best throw by a Lenape thrower in 24 years, popped a 182-6 Saturday on a cold morning at the Don Danser Relays at Rancocas Valley.

Steve Finlan set the school record of 184-1 at the 2000 Meet of Champions in South Plainfield, but that was with the old javelin, so Acchione’s 182-6 would be a school record with the current implement.

The NJSIAA mandated use of the new javelin starting in 2003. The new javelin has an adjusted center of gravity to theoretically reduce the throwing distance, which theoretically makes it a safer event.

Acchione is now 11th on the all-time Burlington County list with the new javelin.

On Saturday, Acchione opened with a 167-1 and 161-3 before PR’ing at 181-2 and then again at 182-6 on his 4th and final throw.

A throw in the 180s should give Acchione a pretty good chance of getting into the Penn Relays. Marks from opening weekend are eligible to qualify for Penn.

227-10 … Nick Mirabelli [Rancocas Valley], 2017
224-10 … Curtis Thompson [Florence], 2014
216- 6 … Chris Mirabelli (Holy Cross), 2014
204-4 … Kevin Burr [Rancocas Valley], 2023
201-1 … Sean Biehn (Burlington City), 2006
192-6 … Matt Rafferty (Northern Burlington), 2012
192-3 … Shane McDevitt (Cinnaminson), 2014
191-6 … Robert Marks (Rancocas Valley), 2016
187-8 … Jerry Fusco (Holy Cross), 2016
187-0 … Jeremy Wilbur (Moorestown), 2013
182-6 … Miles Acchione [Lenape], 2024
181-3 … Matthew Dash [Willingboro], 2011

Big PR for Rutgers freshman Lathan Brown of Deptford in his second collegiate 400-meter intermediate hurdles race.

Brown ran 52.16 and placed 6th Friday in the South Florida Alumni Invitational in Tampa. He ran 53.64 last weekend in Princeton in his only other college hurdles race, and his lifetime best wa a 52.65 when he place 3rd in the Meet of Champions last June at Franklin High.

Brown’s time is No. 10 in Rutgers history, and he’s one of six South Jersey runners in Rutge’s’ all-time top-12 I the 400 hurdles.

Rutgers junior Micah Wood, who ran 51.42 two weeks ago, was 3rd Friday in 51.66. And freshman Bryce Tucker of Pennsauken ran 53.03.

Brown’s 52.16 puts him No. 5 in the Big Ten Conference so far this year and No. 2 among freshman. Tucker is the No. 3 freshman. Wood is No. 3 in the conference with his 51.42.

All-Time Rutgers 400 Hurdles Performance List
[South Jersey athletes in bold]
49.82 … Jameson Woodell [Hunterdon Central], Bloomington, Ind., May 25, 2022
50.65 … Aaron Younger [Delsea], Greenboro, N.C., May 28, 2010
50.79 … Boaz Madeus [Nottingham], Tampa, May 24, 2018
50.6h … Jack Hanley [J.P. Stevens], Knoxville, Tenn., 1969
51.35 … Jahmone Duhaney [Morris Catholic], Storrs, Conn., May 5, 2006
51.42 … Micah Wood [Rancocas Valley], Orlando, March 23, 2024
51.40 … Christopher Serrao [East Brunswick], March 17, 2023
51.68 … Steve Swern [Lenape], Princeton, May 14, 2010
52.11 … Kyle Holder [Randolph], Atlanta, April 21, 2017
52.16 … Lathan Brown [Deptford], April 5, 2024
52.19 … Harren Williams [Delran], Princeton, May 19, 2002
52.28 … Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], Princeton, March 30, 2024

To understand just how impressive Maria Muzzarelli’s 400-meter dash PR this past weekend was, you have to understand her history in the 400.

At Buena, Muzzarelli had a 400 PR of 1:05.36, which got her 13th in the 2021 South Jersey Group 1 sectionals at Washington Township.

Her freshman year at Widener, her fastest indoor time was 1:10.01 in a meet at Haverford and outdoors she ran 1:05.37 at Ursinus. This past winter, she focused on shorter sprints and got her 60 time down to 7.63, which won the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships in Reading. She went on to place 12th at NCAA Division 3 Championships in Virginia Beach with a 7.68, earning 2nd-team All-America honors.

But this past weekend, she ran her first open 400 in exactly a year and placed 2nd at the Danny Curran Invitational on her home track in Chester, Pa., in 58.76. The race was won by Triton grad Nevaeh Lorjuste of Rowan, who ran 56.92.

Muzzarelli’s 58.76 is a nearly two-second PR and No. 6 in Widener history. She’s already 2nd in school history in the 100 [12.09 last May] and 2nd in the 200 [25.17 last May] and 5th in the long jump [17-6 ¾] as well as the school record holder indoors in the 60 [7.63], 2nd in the 200 [25.67].

She ran more than 6 ½ seconds faster Saturday than she her fastest time in high school. And she’s now No. 1 in the MAAC so far this year.

As for Lorjuste, her time is No. 8 in NCAA Division 3 so far this year and No. 1 in the NJAC.

Tionna Tobias popped a lifetime best in the long jump Saturday in Gainesville and is closing in on the Iowa school record.

Tobias, a Hawkeye senior from Winslow Township, won the long jump at the Florida Relays with a leap of 21-4 ¼.

Her previous PR was a 21-0 ½ indoors in February in Albuqurque. Her outdoor PR was a 20-9 1/4 as part of her heptathlon at the NCAA Championships in Austin this past June.

Tobias opened with a foul before a big 20-9 ¼ on her 2nd attempt to tie her outdoor lifetime best. Then she surpassed it with a 20-10 on her 3rd attempt and after a foul to open the finals hit another outdoor PR of 21-0 on her 5th. She finished with the huge 21-4 ¼ with a 0.0 tailwind. All four jumps were wind-legal.

Tobias averaged 20-11 ¾ on her four legal jumps, so her average jump actually surpassed her outdoor lifetime best.

Her jump is 8th-best ever by a New Jersey high school alum and 6th-best by a South Jersey alum. The full top-10 is listed below.

Tobias is now No. 7 in the NCAA Division 1 and No. 1 in the Big Ten Conference. Rutgers junior Kristina Tossas from Rancocas Valley is No. 3 on that Big Ten list with a 20-11 ¾ (wind-aided) at a meet in Orlando the previous weekend.

Tobias’s mark is No. 3 in Iowa history behind Aisha James [22-3 at the 2003 Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa] and Jahisha Thomas [21-6 at the 2018 Big Ten Championships in Bloomington, Ind.].

Tobias also ran a near-PR 13.18 in the 100-meter hurdles in Gainesville. Her PR is 13.11 from NCAA West Prelims in Sacramento last May. That 13.18 is No. 21 in NCAA Division 1 and No. 4 in the Big Ten.

Tobias won the heptathlon last spring at the Big Ten Championships with a lifetime-best 5,640. She hasn’t contested a multi yet this spring.

On the 2024 U.S. list, Tobias is No. 14 in the long jump and No. 15 in the 100-meter hurdles.

Here’s a look at the updated all-time South Jersey alumni list!

23-1 … Carol Lewis [Willingboro], Aug. 21, 1985, Zurich
23-0 … Shana Williams [Bridgeton], June 21, 1996, Atlanta
22-1 … Shameka Marshall [Oakcrest], June 26, 2010, Des Moines, Iowa
21-6 ¾ … Tisifenee Taylor [Woodbury], April 21, 2007, Bethlehem, Pa.
21-5 ½ … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], April 15, 2016, Tallahassee, Fla.
21-4 ¼ … Tionna Tobias [Winslow Twp.], March 30, 2024, Gainesville, Fla.
21-0 … Cidae’a Woods [Winslow Twp.], May 12, 2017, Columbia, S.C.
20-9 … Kristina Tossas [Rancocas Valley], Feb. 24, 2023, Geneva, Ohio
20-6 … Asia Young [Holy Spirit], April 6, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
20-0 ½ … Tenecia Smith [Cherry Hill East], 1992

After a brief start to his track career at Campbell University, former Glassboro middle-distance runner Dallas Hohney has resurfaced at Rider, and on Saturday ran a huge 400-meter dash PR.

Hohney placed 4th at the Sam Howell Invitational in Princeton in 48.35. His previous PR was a 49.32 from June 2022, when he won the state Group 1 title at Pennsauken.

Hohney’s time is No. 11 on the all-time Rider list, just 5-100ths of a second behind Shawnee graduate Chris Tarello, who ran 48.30 in 1993. Tarello now coaches at St. Joe’s.

His time is fastest by a Rider freshman since James Green ran 48.21 at the 2019 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships at in West Long Branch.

Hohney only raced three times at Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C., according to TFRRS – the Track and Field Results Reporting System – all last indoor season. He ran a DMR leg, a 600 and a 400.

He did not race outdoors, then resurfaced at Rider this past indoor season and ran 49.86 in February in a meet in Boston and also ran his first lifetime 800 – a race he never contested in high school – and ran 1:57.46 two weeks ago.

So far, Hohney is 2nd-fastest in the MAAC in the 400, behind Noah Jefferson of Manhattan, who ran 48.13 last month in a meet in Coral Gables, Fla.

Rider is scheduled to compete at the Big 5 and Friends meet at Franklin Field on Saturday.

Glassboro’s Sunsarai Moore opened her 2024 season Monday with the best discus throw by a Gloucester County sophomore in nine years.

Moore won the disc at the Penn Relays Qualifier at Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft with a PR 123-8 throw. That’s the best throw by a Gloucester County soph since Emily Hilt of Kingsway threw 129-7 at the 2015 South Jersey Group 4 sectionals at Egg Harbor.

Moore was the top freshman in New Jersey last year with a 118-8 when she placed 2nd at the state Group 1 meet at Franklin. Three of the top four freshmen in the state were from South Jersey last year: Moore at 118-8 was 1st, Delsea’s Hannah Nuhfer was 2nd at 113-1 and Burlington Township’s Gianna Creamer 4th at 103-11.

Her throw is best by a Glassboro girl in 22 years, since Stacie Belzer set a school record of 129-3 at the 2002 Tri-County All-Star Meet at Delsea. Belzer also won the state Group 1 title at Egg Harbor with a 128-0 throw and placed 6th in the Meet of Champions at 127-6.

Lenape senior Miles Acchione opened the 2024 season with a big javlein PR at CBA’s Penn Relays qualifier in Lincroft Monday afternoon.

Acchione won the javelin with a throw of 178-3, more than 10 feet beyond his previous best of 167-10 set last spring when he placed 2nd at South Jersey Group 4 sectionals at Pennsauken. He went on to place 3rd at states with a 162-4.

His 178-3 appears to be the best throw by a Lenape athlete since Steve Finlan hit 184-1 at the 2000 Meet of Champions in South Plainfield.

Acchione was a 1st-year thrower as a junior last year. He didn’t throw over 145 feet until late April before his breakthrough at sectionals.

Kyle Durkin of Calvary Christian in Old Bridge, a Meet of Champions medalist a year ago, placed 2nd with a 165-11. Gloucester senior Justice Dolson PR’d with a 157-7 for 3rd.

Series information is not available.

Eastern’s Jailya Ash smashed a 14-year-old UConn school record in the 100-meter hurdles Saturday on her home track in Storrs.

Ash ran 13.29 with a legal 0.2 meters-per-second tailwind at the UConn Dog Fight, breaking the school record of 13.39 set by Phylicia George at the 2010 Big East Championships in Cincinnati. George ran the 13.39 in the trials and then did not race in the final.

Ash’s previous PR was a 13.57 last May at Villanova, also in the trials of the Big East Championships. She ran 13.58 in the final and won the conference title.

Her time is 4th-fastest in South Jersey history behind Olympic silver medalist Nia Ali of Pleasantville, who ran 12.34 at the 2019 World Championships in Qatar, and Winslow graduates Tionna Tobias, who ran 13.11 last year, and Ste’yce McNeil, who ran 13.28 in 2015. It’s also No. 9 on the all-time New Jersey list.

Ash’s time is No. 1 in the Big East Conference this spring and No. 33 in NCAA Division 1 through March. The World Athletics site – as it has been all year – is late being update, but it looks like Ash should be somewhere among the top 20 or 25 U.S. women, although she’s likely not the only one missing.

Tobias, a senior at Iowa, ran 13.18 Saturday in Gainesville, No. 21 in NCAA Division 1 so far this year.

All-Time South Jersey 100-Meter Hurdles Top-10
12.34 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], Oct. 6, 2019, Doha, Qatar
13.11 … Tionna Tobias [Winslow], May 25, 2023, Bloomington, Ind.
13.28 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow], May 15, 2015, Starkville, Miss.
13.29 … Jailya Ash [Eastern], March 30, 2024, Storrs, Conn.
13.30 … Shameka Marshall [Oakcrest], May 28, 2005, New York
13.36 … Samantha Sharper [Wilson], May 12, 2013, Houston [+0.1]
13.61 … Sherese Price [Pleasantville], May 4, 2002, Storrs, Ct. [+0.6]
13.64 … Magenta Taylor [Willingboro], March 24, 2001, Houston [+0.9]
13.71 … Imani Gilliam [Pennsauken], May 17, 2008, Princeton [+0.9]
13.72 … Nichole Hill [Oakcrest], June 4, 1997, Raleigh, N.C. [0.0]

All-Time New Jersey 100-Meter Hurdles Top-10
12.34 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], Oct. 6, 2019, Doha, Qatar
12.65 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], May 9, 2021, Walnut, Calif.
12.74 … Dawn Bowles [Neptune], June 15, 1997, Indianapolis
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.
13.28 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow], May 15, 2015, Starkville, Miss.
13.29 … Jailya Ash [Eastern], March 30, 2024, Storrs, Conn.
13.30 … Shameka Marshall [Oakcrest], May 28, 2005, New York

Kingsway’s Kylie Anicic opened her senior season at Edinboro with one of the fastest 10,000s in NCAA Division 2 history.

Anicic ran 33:25.55 at the Raleigh Relays at the Paul Derr Track at North Carolina State and placed 2nd to Kenyan Odilia Jepchumba of NCAA Division 1 Middle Tennessee State, who won the race in 33:16.76. Jepchumba was the Conference USA mile and 3,000 champ indoors in her first season of college competition.

Anicic’s previous 10,000 PR was 34:37.31 in a meet at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa., in April 2022.

Her time is 14th-fastest in NCAA Division 2 history according to an all-time list posted on the USTFCCCA site that I was able to update and correct in several cases, thanks to results I found on Newspapers.com.

Her time is also 6th-fastest ever by a South Jersey high school alum and fastest by a collegiate in 10 years – since West Deptford graduate Meghan McGlinchey ran 33:15.95 as a La Salle senior at the 2014 Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif.

Anicic came through 5,000 meters in about 16:55 and closed in about 16:30 for a huge negative split. Her official 5,000 PR is 16:25.97 from her 5th-place finish at the NCAA Division 2 National Championships in Virginia Beach last March in her final year of indoor eligibility.

So she ran within four seconds of her 5,000 PR in the second half of a 10,000.

She closed in 5:10.87 for her final 1,600 meters, only three seconds slower than her fastest high school mile time.

Anicic’s time is No. 1 in NCAA Division 2 so far this year – more than 40 seconds faster than the next-fastest time, 34:07.09 by Madison Clay of Catawba in the same race.

All-Time South Jersey 10,000-Meter Run Top-10
31:05.71 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], Sept. 28, 2019, Doha, Qatar
31:35.63 … Erika Kemp [Rancocas Valley], Dec. 5, 2020, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
33:07.10 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], May 28, 2021, Portland, Ore.
33:15.95 … Meghan McGlinchey [West Deptford], April 4, 2014, Palo Alto, Calif.
33:23.12 … Amanda Goetschius [Delsea], March 26, 2010, Palo Alto, Calif.
33:25.55 … Kylie Anicic [Kingsway], March 29, 2024, Raleigh, N.C.
33:27.41 … Laura Mason [Northern Burlington], April 27, 1995, Philadelphia
34:27.85 … Jenna Darcy [Shawnee], March 31, 2006, Palo Alto, Calif.
34:34.91 … Katie Van Horn [Triton], March 20, 2007, Palo Alto, Calif.
35:26.85 … Megan Venables [Highland], May 11, 2012, Princeton, N.J.

All-Time NCAA Division 2 10,000-Meter Run Top 20
32:08.09 … Caroline Kurgat [Alaska Anchorage], March 29, 2019, Palo Alto, Calif.
32:28.57 … Sylvia Mosqueda [Cal State Los Angeles], June 1, 1988, Eugene, Ore.
32:43.64 … Lindsay Cunningham [Winona State], April 13, 2023, Walnut, Calif.
32:49.06 … Florance Uwajeneza [West Texas A&M], April 13, 2023, Azusa, Calif.
32:49.92 … Lauren Kleppin [Western Colorado], April 6, 2012, Palo Alto, Calif.
32:50.06 … Brianna Robles [Adams State], April 13, 2022, Walnut, Calif.
32:58.39 … Jennifer Sandovl [Azusa Pacific], April 16, 2021, Azusa, Calif.
33:05.8h … Bente Moe [Seattle Pacific], April 25, 1987, Walnut, Calif.
33:09.47 … Tanya Zeferjahn [Queens, N.C.], May 1, 2010, Palo Alto, Calif.
33:14.41 … Joyce Chelimo [Alka Anchorage], April 2, 2016, Palo Alto, Calif.
33:17.39 … Sarah Porter [Western Washington], May 26, 2011, Turlock, Calif.
33:22.70 … Rachel Patterson [Grand Valley State], April 29, 2012 Palo Alto, Calif.
33:24.59 … Zoila Gomez [Adams State], April 30, 2004, Palo Alto, Calif.
33:25.55 … Kylie Anicic [Edinboro], March 29, 2024, Raleigh, N.C.
33:31.80 … Jamie Park [Cal Poly], April 21, 1990, Walnut, Calif.
33:32.51 … Kelsey Bruce [Dallas Baptist], April 18, 2019, Torrance, Calif.
33:32.69 … Ida Narbuvoll [University of Mary], April 17, 2021, Dickinson, N.D.
33:34.40 … Julie Bowers [West Chester], May 22, 1985, Los Angeles
33:39.14 … Fatima Alanis [Queens, N.C.], May 26, 2022, Allendale, Mich.
33:42.32 … Robyn Root [Cal Poly], May 22, 1985, Los Angeles

Saturday was a very good day for South Jersey athletes at the Sam Howell Invitational at Princeton’s Weaver Stadium.

There’s way too much here to break up into separate posts, so we’ll try to wrap it all up in one post. If I’m missing anybody from South Jersey who performed well at Princeton lemme know in the comment section!

Here’s a glance at some of the most impressive performances:

➤ St. Joe’s grad student Matt Coffey from Camden Catholic PR’d at 5,000 meters with a 14:23.35, dropping his PR from 14:27.93 in Boston in February. That moves him up to No. 22 on the all-time South Jersey 5,000-meter performance list. Kingsway’s Tom Cooke, racing post-collegiately, ran 14:34.72. Looks like his PR might be 14:20.39 from an indoor meet in Boston in 2021. St. Joe’s junior Josh Forrest from Collingswood ran a PR 14:44.18.

➤ Freshman Bryce Tucker from Pennsauken won the 400-meter hurdles in 52.28, a collegiate PR and No. 11 in Rutgers history, and freshman Lathan Brown of Deptford was 3rd in 53.64. The Rutgers all-time 400IH list now includes five South Jersey runners among the top 11: Delsea’s Aaron Younger is No. 2 with his 50.65 at 2010 NCAA Regionals in Greensboro, N.C.; Rancocas Valley’s Micah Wood is No. 7 at 51.42 in Orlando last weekend; Lenape’s Steve Swern is No. 8 with a 51.68 at 2010 IC4As in Princeton; Delran’s Harran Williams No. 10 with 52.19 from 2002 IC4As at Princeton; and Tucker is 11th.

➤ Williamstown’s Ciara Demarest threw a collegiate PR of 43-3 and placed 4th in the shot put. Her previous college PR was a 43-1 ¾ at the Armory in February. Demarest had one superior meet in high school with a 44-8 at the 2023 Tri-County Championships at Delsea, but her 43-3 is No. 10 in Rutgers history. Teyana Ames from Atlantic County Tech in Hamilton Township was 5th with a 42-8 ¼. She’s No. 8 in Rutgers history at 45-9 ¼. The top South Jersey woman on that Rutgers all-time shot put list is ‘Sylvia Galarza of Millville, who threw 49-2 ¼ at the 2007 Penn Relays.

➤ Rider senior Zach Manorowitz from Pennsville won the long jump with a 24-3 ½ on one of only two legal jumps. The jump was slightly wind-aided at 2.3, but it was his best jump since last April, when he hit 25-0 ¾ with legal wind in a home meet. Manorowitz jumped 22-11 ¾ on his only wind-legal jump Saturday. He’s No. 2 in Rider history behind school-record holder Desmond Hamilton of Pennsauken, who jumped 25-8 ¼ in a meet at Princeton in 2007 before transferring to USC.

➤ Briyel Brown, a freshman from Winslow Township, anchored St. Joe’s 2nd-place 400-meter relay team, which ran 47.78. Rider was 3rd in 47.71 with Egg Harbor Township’s Mariah Stephens on the 3rd leg.

➤ Pennsauken graduate Jade Pope placed 2nd in the 400 in 55.39. That’s just off her lifetime-best 54.93, which she ran in a meet in Louisville in April 2022 as a freshman at DePaul University in Chicago. Pope also placed 5th in the 200 in 25.13, also a PR (she ran 25.16 at the same meet in Louisville).

➤ Timber Creek graduate Alyssa Condell, racing for the Philadelphia Runner Track Club, ran a near-PR 4:38.79 in the 1,500 meters. She ran 4:38.45 at Princeton in 2019 while competing for Penn.

➤ Kingsway graduate Kyle Rakitis, a Rutgers freshman, ran a 1,500 PR of 3:52.98, closing in 59.38, and placed 6th, although he won his section of the race. Rakitis ran a full-mile 4:13.55 in Boston last month, but the 3:52.98 converts to about a 4:11.62.

➤ Colton Johnson of Paul VI and Gobi Thurairajah from Egg Harbor Township ran PRs of 3:54.14 and 3:54.50 in the 1,500. Johnson is a St. Joe’s junior and Thurairajah a Rider senior. Johnson’s previous best was a 3:58.32 in a meet at Princeton last April. Thurairajah’s previous PR was 3:56.65 a year ago today in Williamsburg, Va.

➤ Fordham junior Skylar Harris from Paul VI ran a PR 12.27 and finished 3rd in the 100. According two TFRRS it was her first collegiate 100. She’s been mainly a long jumper at Fordham and has a PR of 18-4 1/4 from a meet at Stockton. She had an 18-5 1/4 last spring at the Atlantic 10 Championships at Amherst, Mass., that was slightly wind-aided at 2.2. Harris also ran a PR 25.68 in the 200. She didn’t long jump, but opened with a 17-4 3/4 at Rider in terrible conditions last weekend.

➤ Also: Mariah Stephens [Egg Harbor, Rider] ran 14.38 in the hurdles and R.V.’s Anabella Chin [Rancocas Valley, Rutgers] ran 14.75. Stephens also long jumped 39-1 ¾ … Dillon Page [Cherry Hill East, Rutgers] placed 3rd in the high jump at 6-4 ¾ … Mike Mazero [Paul VI, Cornell] ran the 2nd leg on the winning 1,600-meter relay team [3:15.25] … Brady Shute [Pitman, Cornell] ran 1:51.61 in the 800 … Noah Kriesman [Cherry Hill East, Rutgers] cleared 15-7 in the pole vault … Jenovia Logan [Sterling, Rutgers] cleared 5-6 in the high jump