Kingsway’s Ryan Duffy won the freshman 800 Friday at Boston Indoor Nationals at the Reggie Lewis Center.

Duffy ran 1:59.72 , winning by three meters over Isaiah Davis of Homewood (Ala.) High. Davis was 2nd in 2:00.15.

Duffy ran slightly faster at Group 4 sectionals – 1:59.63 – which is the 2nd-fastest indoor 800 ever by a South Jersey freshman, behind Bryce Tucker’s 1:56.75 in 2020 at the Meet of Champions.

In his first year of indoor track, Duffy also ran a 4:33.67 full mile and 9:55.03 in the 3,200. He was No. 3 among New Jersey freshman in the mile/1,600 and No. 4 in the 3,200.

Cherokee’s Benjamin Realley was No. 2 among New Jersey freshman this year in the 800 at 1:59.75, No. 2 in the 1,600 with a 4:28.75 and No. 2 in the 3,200 at 9:49.67.

Realley placed 9th in the 800 Friday in Boston in 2:02.40.

Pennsauken sophomore Sianni Wynn, New Jersey’s fastest quarter-miler, advanced to the finals of the 400 at Armory Nationals Friday morning.

Wynn ran 55.87, the 6th-fastest qualifying time and advanced to the final, which is scheduled for 5:34 p.m. Saturday.

Wynn raced in the sixth and final semifinal and only five girls were under 56 in the first five races and eight advance to the final, so Wynn knew going into the race exactly what she needed to get through to the final.

Wynn is New Jersey No. 1 this season with a 55.51 from a meet back in December at Ocean Breeze. That’s 6th-fastest in South Jersey history. She ran 53.97 last spring, No. 14 in state history. She hasn’t lost a 400 since last year’s nationals.

Wynn is also entered in the 60-meter dash and the 200-meter dash. The 200 prelims are scheduled for 2:59 p.m. Saturday with the final at 2:44 p.m. Sunday, and the 60 trials are scheduled for 10:31 a.m. Sunday with the final at 12:33 p.m.

Wynn is coming off a Meet of Champions where she set meet records of 6.81 and 24.00 for 55 and 200 meters.

The Cherokee boys ran the 3rd-fastest indoor 4-mile relay in South Jersey history and fastest in 13 years Thursday night on Day 1 of Boston Nationals at the TRACK.

Senior Robert Poplau, junior Liam Tindall, freshman Benjamin Realley and senior Nick Kuenkel, ran 17:54.59, becoming the first South Jersey school other than Haddonfield to run sub-18.

Because of an officiating error, the third legs all ran seven laps and the anchors all ran nine. And, no, this was not an NJSIAA meet. Apparently there are officials in other states as well that don’t know how to count.

Haddonfield set the South Jersey record at 17:22.12 in 2010 at New York Nationals and then ran 17:45.90 also at the Armory a year later. The Bulldogs also ran 17:55.70 in 2018.

Also on Day 1 in Boston, Winslow’s Cinniya Robinson placed 4th in the freshman 400 in 57.20, just off her PR of 57.05 that she ran at the Armory when she placed 2nd at Easterns.

Here’s a look at the all-time New Jersey 4-by-mile list:

17:07.17 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2014
17:20.33 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2019
17:21.58 … West Windsor-Plainsboro North, 2009
17:22.12 … Haddonfield, 2010
17:22.67 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2013
17:25.47 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2017
17:28.70 … Colts Neck, 2017
17:28.88 … Red Bank, 2004
17:30.73 … Hopewell Valley, 2018
17:34.17 … Union Catholic, 2023
17:34.87 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2012
17:36.05 … West Windsor-Plainsboro North, 2018
17:37.01 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2011
17:42.71 … Don Bosco, 2007
17:45.20 … Ridgewood, 2004
17:45.27 … West Windsor-Plainsboro North, 2011
17:45.90 … Haddonfield, 2011
17:51.21 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2001
17:52.12 … Don Bosco, 2010
17:52.72 … Westfield, 2023
17:53.69 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2010
17:54.59 … Cherokee, 2024
17:54.70 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2009
17:54.93 … Jackson, 2007
17:55.70 … Haddonfield, 2018
17:56.52 … Westfield, 2022
17:57.66 … Don Bosco, 2015
17:57.82 … Union Catholic, 2024
17:59.36 … Bergen Catholic, 2017

Kingsway’s Stone Caraccio, a Monmouth junior, ran an 800 PR at the IC4A Championships over the weekend in Boston, placing 5th in 1:50.37.

Caraccio’s previous indoor PR was a 1:51.62 one day earlier in the IC4A trials. His indoor PR before the weekend was 1:52.01 from a meet in February 2022 at Boston University. He’s run 1:50.83 outdoors – at a meet at Princeton in May 2022. That’s No. 6 in Monmouth history outdoors.

Caraccio’s 1:50.37 is 4th-fastest in Monmouth history and fastest since Chris Marco of Toms River North ran 1:50.07 at a meet in Boston in 2018.

Caraccio’s PR at Kingsway was 1:54.53 indoors at Ocean Breeze in the winter of 2020, a couple weeks before the shutdown. His time is fastest by a Gloucester County alum since Fred Sharpe of Paulsboro ran 1:48.26 in Santry, Ireland, in 2003.

Ten South Jersey half-milers have run sub-1:50, most recently Pleasantville grad Gabriel Moronta, who ran 1:49.33 outdoors in College Station, Texas, in 2021, and before that Jaymes Dennison of Penns Grove, who ran 1:47.63 outdoors in Tempe, Ariz., in 2017.

If you’re confused, don’t worry about it. I’m confused, too.

But that’s what happens when you’re dealing with two different national high school championship meets that used to be one meet and one of the meets is being held this year where the other one was held last year.

It’s hard to untangle the history of indoor national meets. Neither current meet has any sort of history on its web site and as sponsors and venues change, the whole thing just becomes a jumbled mess. If you’re trying to trace the lineage of each meet, it’s impossible.

As far as I can tell, the first national indoor high school meet was the Pathmark National Scholastic Indoors held at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym in 1984. It moved to Yale in 1986 and remained at Yale in 1987 but with a different name – National Scholastic Indoor Championships without a title sponsor.

After three years at Yale, the meet move to Navy in Annapolis, Md., for one year, and then Syracuse for six years – the first five with Day 1 at Manley Fieldhouse and Day 2 at the Carrier Dome.

In 1996, the meet moved to Boston for the first time and remained there for three years  before moving to Ohio State in 1999 and for the first time being known as the Nike Indoor Classic.

After a year in Columbus, it seems to have resurfaced in 2000 with a new name and a new home – the New Balance Scholastic Championships at the Armory in New York.

In 2001, it was once again known as Nike Indoor Classic, now at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., outside Washington, D.C.

After three years with one meet in Landover, it seems that 2004 was the first year nationals split into two meets.  Nike was at Prince George’s and National Scholastic was at the Armory. That setup remained until 2009, when Nike moved to the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston.

As far as I can tell there was only one meet in 2011, and it was called New Balance Nationals and was at the Armory. The one-meet setup appears to have continued through 2019 and then there were no meets in 2020 thanks to COVID and it appears the only meet in 2021 was something called adidas Indoor Nationals in Virginia Beach.

In 2022, all three meets were held – adidas in Virginia Beach, New Balance at the Armory and Nike a few miles away at Ocean Breeze. That created a comical situation where top athletes would shuttle between the two venues, racking up multiple All-America honors in the same event (and multiple backpacks!).

Looks like there are three meets again this year – although New Balance is now at the Reggie Lewis Center Friday and Saturday and then at THE TRACK in Boston on Sunday, and Nike – which was at Ocean Breeze last year – is now at the Armory. So the Armory will have hosted a national meet in each of the last two years … but not the same meet.

Anyway, it all seems absurd but at least high school athletes are getting another chance to compete against elite competition before outdoors starts next month.

It looks like South Jersey athletes are split between Boston and New York, so we’ll be keeping an eye on both meets all weekend.

Heat sheets for THE TRACK Nationals are here.

Heat sheets for Armory Nationals are here.

 

 

 

Widener junior Maria Muzzarelli from Buena is on her way to NCAA Division 3 nationals to compete in the 60-meter dash.

Muzzarelli is the No. 8 seed in the 60 thanks to her school-record and personal-best 7.63 to win the Middle Atlantic Conference Championship final at Alvernia-Flynn PLEX in Reading, Pa., two weeks ago. Her previous PR was a 7.69 in January at a meet at the Armory.In addition to the school record at 60 meters, Muzzarelli is No. 2 in the 200 [25.67]. Outdoors, she’s No. 2 in the 100 [12.09] and 200 [25.17] and No. 4 in the long jump [17-6 ¾] and also ran on the school record 4-by-100, which ran 47.95 in May.

The NCAA Indoor Championships are scheduled to begin Friday at the Virginia Beach Sports Center. Qualifying in the women’s 60 meters is scheduled for 2 p.n. Friday with the final at 3:25 p.m. Saturday.

At Buena, Muzzarelli placed 4th in the 55 at Group 2 states at the Bubble in February 2020 before losing her outdoor season to the COVID shutdown. She was 7th in the 100 as a senior at outdoor states at Pennsauken.

For Rowan, junior Nevaeh Lorjuste from Triton qualified in the 400 [56.82]. Also, the Profs’ 1,600-meter relay team qualified with its 3:49,78 with an expected lineup of sophomore Molly Lodge of Woodstown, junior Jasmine Pope from Pennsauken, senior Kathleen Pederson of Hillsborough and Lorjuste.

Stockton sophomore Kayla Kass from Bayonne is the No. 7 seed in the 800 with her 2:12.32 at the AARTFC meet in Rochester last weekend.

In the men’s meet, Rowan – ranked 8th nationally in NCAA Division 3 – qualified four hurdlers – sophomore Nwaku Nkrumah from Teaneck is the No. 2 seed at 7.93, junior Marquise Young from Sterling is No. 4 seed at 7.96 and freshman Jacob Kiyler from North Plainfield and sophomore Jason Agyemang from Parsippany also qualified with top-20 times across NCAA Division 3.

Freshman Damarion Potts from South Brunswick qualified in both the high jump and long jump, and Amara Conte from Ferris High in Jersey City is seeded 12th in the 400 at 47.80. Junior Nana Agyemang will join Potts in the long jump. And Rowan’s 4-by-4 is No. 2 seed at 3:12.39 with a likely lineup of Jason Agyemang, Young, Nana Agyemang and Conte.

Full men’s field is here.

Full women’s field is here.

Mainland junior Sofia Day ran the 4th-fastest 800 in South Jersey history Sunday at the Meet of Champions, placing 4th in 2:12.05 at Ocean Breeze.

She lowered her own Atlantic County record of 2:13.96 from Ocean Breeze in December and moved into the No. 23 spot on the U.S. scholastic list, one spot behind Paul VI senior Shaelan McNally, who ran 2:11.85 at Ocean Breeze last month.

The race produced six of the 21-fastest times in meet history and the fastest times for every place from 1st through 8th. Day’s time is 13th-fastest in the meet’s 45-year history. The previous-fastest 4th-place time was just last year, when Cherokee’s Kelsey Niglio ran 2:14.27 for 4th place.

Clemmie Lilly of Rumson-Fair Haven won the race in 2:08.30, breaking the meet record of 2:08.81 set in 2018 by Victoria Vanriele of Governor Livingston.

The only faster time Meet of Champions time by a South Jersey runner came 14 years ago, when Megan Tiernan of Washington Township won the 800 in 2:11.53. Tiernan went on to place 2nd at Armory Nationals but never ran outdoor track and never ran in college, opting instead to play lacrosse for Washington Township and then at Temple.

Day will race the 800 at Boston Nationals this weekend.

Haddonfield sophomore Riley Austin and Kingsway senior Kay Wiscount also ran well in the M-of-C 800, Austin in 11th place in 2:18.53 and Wiscount 13th in 2:18.79.

For Wiscount, it’s been quite a breakthrough season. Her 800 PR last winter was 2:33.53 in a meet at the Bubble and this past spring she ran 2:24.98 in a meet at Cherokee. But she’s now PR’d five times this winter  2:23.88 in Collegeville in late January, 2:22.01 at the Bubble two days later, 2:20.61 at sectionals, 2:20.26 at states and now 2:18.79 at Meet of Champs. So she’s dropped her PR more than six seconds in the last six weeks.

All-Time Meet of Champions Performance List
2:08.30 … Clemmie Lilly [Rumson-Fair Haven], 2024 [1]
2:08.81 … Victoria Vanriele [Governor Livingston], 2018 [1]
2:09.18 …….. Vanriele, 2019 [1]
2:09.73 …….. Vanriele, 2020 [1]
2:10.45 … Ajee’ Wilson [Neptune], 2009 [1]
2:10.52 … Corinne Myers [Westwood], 2014 [1]
2:11.08 … Jimmiea King [Union Catholic], 2024 [2]
2:11.13 … Olivia Nickelsen [Toms River North], 2024 3]
2:11.50 … Jasmin Jones [Hackensack], 1987 [1]
2:11.53 … Megan Tiernan [Washington Twp.], 2010 [1]
2:11.82 … Molly McNamara [Red Bank], 2010 [2]
2:11.89 … Catherine Pagano [Northern Highlands], 2015 [1]
2:11.92 … Peyton Hollis [Union Catholic], 2023 [1]
2:11.95 … Kaleigh Gunsiorowski [Union Catholic], 2023 [2]
2:12.05 … Sofia Day [Mainland Reg.], 2024 [4]
2:12.25 … Chelsea Cox [Monmouth], 2009 [2]
2:12.46 … Monica Olkowski [Cherokee], 1990 [1]
2:12.66 … Lilly Shapiro [Colts Neck], 2022 [1]
2:12.91 … Ryan Davi [Pingry School], 2018 [2]
2:12.93 … Katy Trotter [Red Bank], 2003 [1]

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 800 List
2:09.56 … Megan Tiernan [Washington Twp.], 2010
2:10.0h … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
2:11.85 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024
2:12.05 … Sofia Day [Mainland Reg.], 2024
2:12.46 … Monica Olkowski [Cherokee], 1990
2:12.55 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
2:13.51 … Emily Duffey [Lenape], 2011
2:14.12 … Carly Pettipaw [Lenape], 2013
2:14.27 … Kelsey Niglio [Cherokee], 2023
2:14.64 … Bridget Flynn [Ocean City], 2014
2:14.5h … Ruth Lockbaum [Glassboro], 1985
2:14.6h … Michelle DiMuro [Shawnee], 1985
2:14.99 … Kami Joi Hickson [Washington Twp.], 2017
2:15.05 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2015
2:15.06 … Sydney Coppolino [Sterling], 2017
2:15.17 … Britney Kott [Millville], 2008
2:15.18 … Lindey Colflesh [Haddonfield], 2021
2:15.46 … Tara DeBrielle [Overbrook], 2000
2:15.86 … Greta Feldman [Haddonfield], 2009
2:15.89 … Kayla Martin [Seneca], 2016
2:15.90 … Felicia O’Donnell [Delsea], 2009
2:15.99 … Brooke Kott [Millville], 2008

Paul VI senior Shaelan McNally ran the 5th-fastest 1,600 in South Jersey history Sunday at the Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.

McNally placed 3rd in 4:52.90, the 9th-fastest time in meet history and 3rd-fastest ever by a South Jersey girl, behind 1983 winner Michelle Rowen of Washington Township [4:48.5 hand-timed] and Haddonfield’s Briana Gess, who placed 3rd in 2016 in 4:51.60.

McNally negative-split the race, out in 72.68 and 2:28.69 and back in 75.46 and 2:24.22, with a final lap of 32.76.

It’s been quite a stretch for McNally, who never broke five minutes for 1,600 meters indoors or outdoors until Feb. 16, when she ran 4:57.06 at the Parochial A state meet at the Bubble. Before that, he PR was an outdoor 5:01.44 last May in a meet at Delsea. So she’s dropped her PR almost nine seconds in three weeks.

She also ran 2:11.85 late last month at Ocean Breeze Elite, 3rd-fastest in South Jersey history. She’s now one of only nine girls in state history (and one of two from South Jersey) to run sub-2:12 and sub-4:53:

Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001 [2:10.0, 4:49.46y]
Molly McNamara [Red Bank Catholic], 2011 [2:11.82, 4:48.44]
Ajee Wilson [Neptune], 2011 [2:04.13, 4:47.80y]
Catherine Pagano [Northern Highlands], 2015 [2:09.80, 4:48.97]
Lilly Shapiro [Colts Neck], 2022 [2:10.11, 4:43.73y]
Camryn Wennersten [Ridgewood], 2022 [2:09.32, 4:43.96y]
Kaleigh Gunsiorowski [Union Catholic], 2023 [2:11.20, 4:50.69y]
Paige Sheppard [Union Catholic], 2024 [2:09.79, 4:48.13]
Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024 [2:11.85, 4:52.90]

McNally, who’s from Haddon Heights, will race the two-mile at Boston Nationals this weekend. She has a PR of 10:48.08 from outdoor states last spring at Franklin Township. She ran 10:59.26 in a Ocean Breeze in January.

Cherokee senior Kerry O’Day also had a big race, placing 7th with a PR 4:58.54, 6th-fastest in Burlington County history. O’Day, like McNally, never broke 5:00 until last month. She PR’d with a 4:59.23 at states at the Bubble last month before her 4:58.54 on Sunday. Cherokee is entered in the distance medley, 4-by-8 and 4-by-mile at Boston Nationals.

Here’s a look at the fastest 1,600 times in indoor Meet of Champions history:

4:48.13 … Paige Sheppard [Union Catholic], 2024 [1]
4:48.23 … Jill Smith [Southern Regional], 2009 [1]
4:48.5h … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1983 [1]
4:48.95 … Emma Zawatski [Freehold Twp.], 2024 [2]
4:49.53 …… Zawatski, 2023 [1]
4:50.85 … Christina Rancan [West Windsor-Plainsboro South], 2016 [1]
4:51.18 … Ciara Roche [Freehold Twp.], 2016 [2]
4:51.60 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2016 [3]
4;51.71 … Lilly Shapiro [Colts Neck], 2022 [1]
4:52.90 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024 [2:11.85]
4:52.96 … Julia Scrudato [Montgomery], 2023 [2]
4:53.17 … Kylene Cochrane [West Morris Central], 2014 [1]
4:53.36 … Lindsey Kane [Washington Twp.], 2014 [2]
4:53.39 … Christina Allen [River Dell], 2022 [2]
4;53.83 … Cate DeSousa [Red Bank Catholic], 2022 [3]
4:53.98 …….. J. Smith, 2007 [1]
4:54.01 ……. Scrudato, 2024 [4]
4:54.15 … Marin Warner [Holmdel], 2014 [3]
4:54.41 … Molly McNamara [Red Bank Catholic], 2011 [1]
4:54.58 … Celine Mazzi [Delsea], 2014 [4]

All-Time South Jersey Girls Indoor 1,600-Meter List
4:41.52y … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1983
4:49.46y … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
4:51.60 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2016
4:52.34y … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017
4:52.90 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024
4:53.36 … Lindsey Kane [Washington Twp.], 2014
4:53.85 … Nicole Clifford [Cherokee], 2022
4:54.58 … Celine Mazzi [Delsea], 2014
4:55.04y … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
4:55.56y … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2024
4:56.1h,y … Ruth Lockbaum [Glassboro], 1985
4:57.12 … Megan Quimby [Lenape], 2015
4:57.72 … Caitlin Orr [Lenape], 2010
4:57.77y … Aubrey Pierontoni [Kingsway], 2022
4:58.48 … Natalia Ocasio [Lenape], 2010
4:58.54 … Kerry O’Day [Cherokee], 2024
4:59.28y … Grace Wassell [Highland], 2022
4:59.29 … Julia Despirito [Shawnee], 2014
4:59.39 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2012

Winslow senior Darrell Jackson Jr. and seniors Jayden Poteat, Dominic Bassey and Chukwuemeka Ajaegbulemh ran the 6th-fastest 4-by-400 in South Jersey indoor history Sunday at the Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.

Winslow placed 3rd in 3:18.25, the 5th-fastest time in the meet’s 55-year history and 2nd-fastest ever by a South Jersey school. It’s also No. 5 nationally, according to the MileSplit national database.

Jackson Jr. overcame some nagging injuries to post a 51.51 leadoff, Poteat split 49.02 to move the Eagles into 3rd place, Bassey – who broke the Camden County 800 record earlier in the day – followed with a 48.94 split and Ajaegbulemh anchored in 48.79.

The only faster time by a South Jersey school in M-of-C history is Pennsauken’s 3:15.83 meet record from last year. That’s also the only

Winslow broke its own 21-year-old school record of 3:18.46 set in 2003 at the Armory Collegiate Invitational with the team of Reuben McCoy, Dante Freeman, Khaliq Price and Duan Freeman. That was in the same race Vineland ran 3:17.15, which is No. 4 in South Jersey history. That Vineland team consisted of Shannon Sherrer, Marcus Lee, Dale Coleman and Schafer Sherrer.

Toms River North won the race Sunday in 3:17.98 and St. Peter’s Prep was 2nd in 3:18.13. The top three teams in the race are No. 2, No. 3 and No. 5 in the U.S. this year.

Deptford and Timber Creek also ran strong in the 4-by-4 Sunday, Deptford out of the seeded heat, Timber Creek in the previous section.

For Deptford, seniors Darryl Wayman and Christian Berry and sophomores Kareem Brown and David Pearson ran 3:22.51 to place 5th and break a nine-year-old Gloucester County record. Wayman [50.16], Berry [50.92], Brown [50.03] and Pearson [51.41] broke the county record of 3:22.64 that Walter Victor, Anthony Hernandez, Shaquille Dixon and Eric Hill ran at 2015 Armory Nationals.

Timber Creek placed 6th in 3:22.71.Senior Nasir Ali anchored in 48.90 after the first three legs were handled by senior Isiah Marcellus [50.15], junior Kysim Khan [51.41] and senior Robert Wakefield [52.27].

Also, Delsea seniors Xavier Wyatt, Dante McGrenehan and Christian Langston and sophomore Matthew Littlehales ran 3:26.34, the Crusaders’ fastest indoor 4-by-4 since the 2007 team ran 3:25.19 at the M-of-C at the Bubble.

This weekend, Winslow will run a sprint medley at Boston Nationals, and Deptford will run the 4-by-2 and 4-by-4 at Boston Nationals.

All-Time South Jersey 4-by-400 List
3:15.78 … Camden, 2001
3:15.83 … Pennsauken, 2023
3:16.40 … Lenape, 2000
3:17:15 … Vineland, 2003
3:17.26 … Camden, 2000
3:18.25 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:18.45 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017
3:18.46 … Winslow Twp, 2003
3:18.90 … Pleasantville, 2007
3:19.34 … Camden, 2004
3:19.42 … Camden, 2002
3:20.11 … Camden, 1997
3:20.3h … Camden, 1999
3:20.53 … Oakcrest, 2012
3:20.82 … Lenape, 1999
3:20.99 … Paul VI, 2016
3:21.01 … Camden, 2007
3:21.03 … Vineland, 2004
3:21.11 … Buena, 2001
3:21.35 … Camden, 2005
3:21.49 … Pleasantville, 2008
3:21.54 … Camden, 2004
3:21.58 … Pennsauken, 2022
3:21.6y … Edgewood, 1985
3:21.87y … Lenape, 1998
3:21.8h … Vineland, 2002
3:22.11 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2016
3:22.16 … Winslow Twp., 2004
3:22.2y … Edgewood, 1984
3:22.40 … Willingboro, 2007
3:22.51 … Deptford, 2024
3:22.60 … Cherry Hill East, 2012
3:22.64 … Deptford, 2015
3:22.71 … Timber Creek, 2024
3:22.82 … Lenape, 2001
3:22.91 … Timber Creek, 2013
3:22.9h … Willingboro, 2004
3:23.09 … Winslow Twp., 2005
3:23.14y … Camden, 1996
3:23.24 … Winslow Twp., 2008
3:23.2y … Willingboro, 1982
3:23.35 … Washington Twp., 2009
3:23.38 … Timber Creek, 2009
3:23.40 … Cherokee, 2012
3:23.42 … Timber Creek, 2009
3:23.52 … Washington Twp., 2010
3:23.54 … Rancocas Valley, 2016
3:23.54 … Haddonfield, 2017
3:23.58 … Vineland, 2007
3:23.70 … Timber Creek, 2016
3:23.75 … Lenape, 2013
3:23.81 … Winslow Twp., 2009
3:23.98 … Camden, 2003
3:24.03 … Buena, 2000
3:24.07 … Paul VI, 2018

All-Time Camden County List
3:15.78 … Camden, 2001
3:15.83 … Pennsauken, 2023
3:17.26 … Camden, 2000
3:18.25 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:18.46 … Winslow Twp, 2003
3:19.34 … Camden, 2004
3:19.42 … Camden, 2002
3:20.11 … Camden, 1997
3:20.3h … Camden, 1999
3:20.99 … Paul VI, 2016

All-Time Gloucester County List
3:22.51 … Deptford, 2024
3:22.64 … Deptford, 2015
3:22.71 … Timber Creek, 2024
3:22.91 … Timber Creek, 2013
3:23.09 … Winslow Twp., 2005
3:23.14y … Camden, 1996
3:23.24 … Winslow Twp., 2008
3:23.38 … Timber Creek, 2009
3:23.42 … Timber Creek, 2009
3:23.54 … Haddonfield, 2017

All-Time Meet of Champions Performance List
3:15.83 … Pennsauken, 2023 [1]
3:16.72 … Seton Hall Prep, 2023 [2]
3:17.98 … Toms River North, 2024 [1]
3:18.13 … St. Peter’s Prep, 2024 [2]
3:18.25 … Winslow Twp., 2024 [3]
3:18.26 … East Orange, 2017 [1]
3:18.78 … Union Catholic, 2020 [1]
3:19.09 … Union, 2020 [2]
3:19.70 … Union Catholic, 2014 [1]
3:20.53 … Oakcrest, 2012 [1]
3:20.54 … Old Bridge, 2014 [2]
3:20.98 … Jackson Memorial, 2020 [3]
3:21.16 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017 [2]
3:21.19 … Toms River North, 2023 [3]
3:21.53 … Union Catholic, 2024 [4]
3:21.64 … Winslow, 2013 [1]
3:22.18 … Trenton, 2023 [4]
3:22.1h … Seton Hall Prep, 1970 [1]
3:22.42 … Monmouth, 2007 [1]
3:22.44 … Camden, 2001 [1]
3:22.51 … Deptford, 2024 [5]
3:22.3h … Snyder, 1971 [1]
3:22.71 … Timber Creek, 2024 [6]
3:22.87 … Montclair, 2020 [4]
3:22.84 … Christian Brothers, 2012 [2]
3:22.75 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2016 [1]
3:22.96 … Trenton, 2007 [2]
3:23.02 … Rahway, 2009 [1]
3:23.12 … Cherry Hill East, 2012 [3]
3:23.20 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2023 [5]
3:23.31 … Paul VI, 2016 [2]
3:23.31 … Livingston, 2024 [7]
3:23.33 … Westfield, 2024 [8]
3:23.40 … Cherokee, 2012 [4]
3:23.42 … Winslow, 2009 [2]
3:23.47 … Columbia, 2009 [3]
3:23.48 … Christian Brothers, 2013 [2]
3:23.52 … Franklin Twp., 2014 [3]
3:23.58 … Passaic County Tech, 2020 [5]
3:23.62 … Passaic County Tech, 2024 [9]
3:23.63 … Morris Knolls, 2024 [10]
3:23.68 … Ocean Township, 2023 [6]
3:23.78 … Pleasantville, 2007 [3]
3:23.84… Pennsauken, 2022 [1]
3:23.84 … Morris Knolls, 2024 [10]
3:23.84 … West Orange, 2024 [11]
3:24.88 … Piscataway, 2024 [12]
3:23.93….Westfield, 2022 [2]
3:23.96 … Union Catholic, 2012 [5]
3:23.98 … Buena, 2001 [2]
3:24.02 … East Orange, 2018 [1]
3:24.06 … Franklin Twp., 2016 [3]
3:24.29 … Westfield, 2019 [1]
3:24.32 … Winslow, 2008 [1]
3:24.33 … Rancocas Valley, 2017 [3]
3:24.42 … Elizabeth, 2019 [2]
3:24.43 … Winslow, 2003 [1]
3:24.47 … Seton Hall Prep, 2007 [4]
3:24.48 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2019 [3]
3:24.5h … Lincoln, 1969 [1]
3:24.5h … Lenape, 2000 [1]
3:24.88 … Ridge, 2024 [13]

South Jersey Meet of Champions 4-by-4 List
3:15.83 … Pennsauken, 2023 [1]
3:18.25 … Winslow Twp., 2024 [3]
3:20.53 … Oakcrest, 2012 [1]
3:21.16 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017 [2]
3:21.64 … Winslow, 2013 [1]
3:22.44 … Camden, 2001 [1]
3:22.51 … Deptford, 2024 [5]
3:22.71 … Timber Creek, 2024 [6]
3:22.75 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2016 [1]
3:23.12 … Cherry Hill East, 2012 [3]
3:23.31 … Paul VI, 2016 [2]
3:23.40 … Cherokee, 2012 [4]
3:23.42 … Winslow, 2009 [2]
3:23.78 … Pleasantville, 2007 [3]
3:23.84… Pennsauken, 2022 [1]
3:23.98 … Buena, 2001 [2]
3:24.32 … Winslow, 2008 [1]
3:24.33 … Rancocas Valley, 2017 [3]
3:24.43 … Winslow, 2003 [1]
3:24.5h … Lenape, 2000 [1]

Cherokee senior Robert Poplau shattered a 23-year-old Burlington County record Sunday when he placed 3rd in the Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze in 1:53.45.

Poplau broke the hand-timed record of 1:54.8 set by Willingboro’s Marvin Lewis at 2001 Easterns at the Armory. The previous fastest FAT time was Zach McBride’s 1:55.14 a year later, also at Easterns at the Armory. Lewis’s time would convert to about 1:55.04 FAT.

Poplau’s previous PR was a 1:54.64 two weeks ago when he won the state Group 4 title at the Bubble. He ran 1:56.31 last spring. Poplau broke the 25-year-old Cherokee record of 1:56.02 set in 1999 by Dave Sitzer at states last month.

That 1:53.45 is also No. 5 in South Jersey history behind three Pleasantville runners – the Clark twins and Gabriel Moronta – and Kingsway’s Derrell Manhertz.

And it’s also 5th-fastest ever by a South Jersey runner at the Meet of Champions behind the same four half-milers.

Morris Knolls junior Luke Schagelin won the race in 1:51.93 and Passaic County Tech senior Raynier Galvez was 2nd in 1:53.19.

Egg Harbor senior Christopher Manzo placed 6th in 1:54.73, No. 9 in South Jersey history. He had just PR’d at 1:55.74 at the state Group 4 meet. Outdoors he ran 1:55.93 last spring at the Meet of Champions.

Winslow junior Dominic Bassey and Washington Township senior Daniel Torres – both racing out of the unseeded heat – also finished in the top 10 and ran big PRs. They were the top two finishers in the first of two sections.

Bassey smashed the Camden County indoor 800 record of 1:55.92 set by Pennsauken’s Bryce Tucker in a SJTCA meet last winter at Ocean Breeze. He was the No. 2 underclassman overall and lowered his PR from 1:56.66 at last year’s Easterns to 1:55.33 and placed 9th overall, No. 9 in South Jersey history.

Bassey is also the fastest South Jersey underclassman since Moronta ran 1:54.41 at the 2019 Meet of Champions at the Bubble, and he’s the No. 3 underclassman in New Jersey this year.

Torres – in his first indoor season – dropped his PR a whopping 2 ½ seconds from 1:59.15 at a SJTCA meet at the Bubble to 1:56.66 and took 10th overall.

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 800 List
1:51.52 … Jacob Clark [Pleasantville], 2013
1:51.72 … Isaac Clark [Pleasantville], 2013
1:51.80 … Derrell Manhertz [Kingsway], 2013
1:52.46 … Gabriel Moronta [Pleasantville], 2020
1:53.45 … Robert Poplau [Cherokee], 2024
1:53.51 … Alan Laws [Pleasantville], 2007
1:53.68 … Ishmael Muhammad [Oakcrest], 2013
1:54.53 … Stone Caraccio [Kingsway], 2020
1:54.73 … Christopher Manzo [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2024
1:54.80 … Marvin Lewis [Willingboro], 2001
1:54.81 … Bill Dolan [Clearview], 2013
1:54.82 … Xavier Fraction [Washington Twp.], 2009
1:55.00 … Steve Butenewicz [Delsea], 2011
1:55.14 … Shannon Sherrer [Vineland], 2002
1:55.14 … Zach McBride [Lenape], 2002
1:55.16 … Joe Lewis [Pleasantville], 1998
1:55.16 … Tivo Rivera [Kingsway], 2009
1:55.19 … Isaiah Curbelo [Rancocas Valley], 2016
1:55.19 … Jayden Greene [Washington Twp.], 2020
1:55.42 … Kevin Cianfarino [West Deptford], 2014
1:55.33 … Dominic Bassey [Winslow Twp.], 2024
1:55.3h … Tony Uzdavines [Williamstown], 1976
1:55.77 … Carmen Cavella [Washington Twp.], 2004
1:55.84 … Matt Poskus [Cinnaminson], 2007
1:55.92 … Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], 2023
1:55.93 … Derek Gess [Haddonfield], 2017

All-Time Atlantic County Indoor Top-10
1:51.52 … Jacob Clark [Pleasantville], 2013
1:51.72 … Isaac Clark [Pleasantville], 2013
1:52.46 … Gabriel Moronta [Pleasantville], 2020
1:53.51 … Alan Laws [Pleasantville], 2007
1:53.68 … Ishmael Muhammad [Oakcrest], 2013
1:54.73 … Christopher Manzo [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2024
1:55.16 … Joe Lewis [Pleasantville], 1998
1:56.13 … Joe Lewis [Pleasantville], 1998
1:56.43 … Eric Barnes [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2017
1:56.73 … Dan Galeano [Absegami], 2010

All-Time Burlington County Indoor Top-10
1:53.45 … Robert Poplau [Cherokee], 2024
1:54.80 … Marvin Lewis [Willingboro], 2001
1:55.14 … Zach McBride [Lenape], 2002
1:55.19 … Isaiah Curbelo [Rancocas Valley], 2016
1:55.84 … Matt Poskus [Cinnaminson], 2007
1:56.02 … Dave Sitzer [Cherokee], 1999
1:56.2h … Roger Lawyer [Willingboro], 1988
1:56.37 … Ian Waterhouse [Rancocas Valley], 2004
1:56.46 … Jalen Jones [Burlington Twp.], 2017
1:56.52 … Rob Novak [Bordentown], 2005

All-Time Camden County Top-10
1:56.66 … Dominic Bassey [Winslow Twp.], 2024
1:55.92 … Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], 2023
1:55.93 … Derek Gess [Haddonfield], 2017
1:56.49 … Greg Pelose [Haddonfield], 2016
1:56.50 … Brian Laskowski [Bishop Eustace], 2008
1:56.4h … Chris Platt [Haddonfield], 2005
1:56.60 … Andrew Rivielo [Eastern], 2003
1:56.75 … Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], 2020
1:56.87 … Billy Clewell [Camden Catholic], 2022
1:57.50 … Yarayah Hawkins [Highland], 2019

All-Time Meet of Champions 800 List
1:50.90 … Colin Boler [Delbarton], 2023 [1]
1:51.72 … Isaac Clark [Pleasantville], 2013 [1]
1:51.80 … Derrell Manhertz [Kingsway], 2013 [2]
1:51.93 … Luke Schagelin [Morris Knolls], 2024 [1]
1:52.89 …… Schagelin, 2023 [2]
1:52.15 … Jacob Clark [Pleasantville], 2013 [3]
1:52.18 … Rey Rivera [Old Bridge], 2017 [1]
1:52.24 … Allen Eke [Union Catholic], 2012 [1]
1:52.46 … Gabriel Moronta [Pleasantville], 2020 [1]
1:52.67 … A.J. Chavez [West Windsor-Plainsboro-South], 2012 [2]
1:52.70….Charlie Stock [Westfield], 2022 [1]
1:52.76 … Nicholas Medeiros [Old Bridge], 2020 [2]
1:52.81 … Kyle Reers [Delaware Valley], 2020 [3]
1:53.19 … Raynier Galvez [Passaic County Tech], 2024 [2]
1:53.26 … Elijah Brown [Union Catholic], 2020 [4]
1:53.33 … Jared Mason [West Orange], 2012 [3]
1:53.45 … Robert Poplau [Cherokee], 2024 [3]
1:53.68 … Ishmael Muhammad [Oakcrest], 2013 [4]
1:53.72 … Jalen Ridgeway [Toms River North], 2020 [5]
1:53.77 … Dylan Decambre [Bergen County Vo-Tech], 2023 [3]
1:53.83 … Patrick Coyle [Red Bank Catholic], 2024 [4]
1:53.7h … Jean Destine [Elizabeth], 1991 [1]
1:53.90 … James Buser [Mahwah], 2013 [5]
1:53.95 … Joe White [DePaul], 2014 [1]
1:53.95 … Blaik Slavinski [Point Pleasant Boro], 2023 [4[
1:53.98 … Elijah Brown [Union Catholic], 2019 [1]