Peyton Shute ran the 3rd-fastest 3,200 in South Jersey history and smashed the Gloucester County record Sunday at the Meet of Champions.

Shute ran 9:05.99 and placed 2nd to Ridgewood junior Luke Pash, who won the race at Ocean Breeze in 8:59.77 – No. 4 in the U.S. this year, according to the MileSplit national database.

The only faster times in South Jersey history were recorded by Haddonfield’s Jonathan Vitez, who ran 8:58.81 to win the 2010 Meet of Champions at the Bubble of all places and Cinnaminson’s Austin Gabay, who ran 9:00.27 to place 3rd in the 2020 Meet of Champs at Ocean Breeze.

Shute’s time is No. 11 nationally this year and breaks the Gloucester County record of 9:12.05 set by Delsea’s Andrew Littlehales at the 2022 Meet of Champions at the Bubble. Shute’s previous indoor PR was 9:13.90. He ran 9:11.11 in May outdoors at Deptford.

By 1,600 meters into the race, Pash, Shute, Cherokee senior Nick Kuenkel and Collingswood senior Elijah Forrest had gapped the rest of the field in the 2nd race in a two-section final. With 600 to go, Pash, Shute and Kuenkel had built a small lead over Forrest, who had a 50-meter lead over the rest of the pack.

Pash used a 31.95-second 14th lap to separate from Shute, and Shute closed in 32.42 on the final lap to nudge ahead of Kuenkel for 2nd.

Pash closed in 2:08.29 for his final 800, 63.09 for his final 400 and 31.06 for his final lap. Shute closed in 2:14.35, 66.84 and 32.42; Kuenkel in 2:16.49, 68.98 and 34.51; and Forrest in 2:19.82, 70.10 and 34.27.

Kuenkel’s time is No. 2 in Burlington County history behind Gabay’s 9:00.27, and Forrest’s time is No. 8 in Camden County history.

Eleven of the first 12 finishers PR’d, including Ocean City senior Matt Hoffman, who placed 10th in 9:20.98 – a Cape May County record.

Shute, Kuenkel and Forrest ran the 3rd-, 6th- and 13th-fastest times ever by South Jersey runners in an indoor Meet of Champions.

Shute, Kuenkel and Forrest are all entered in the two-mile at Boston Nationals this weekend, and Shute is also entered in the mile.

All-Time South Jersey Meet of Champions Performance List
8:58.81 … Jon Vitez [Haddonfield], 2010 [1]
9:00.27 … Austin Gabay [Cinnaminson], 2020 [3]
9:05.99 … Peyton Shute [Woodbury], 2024 [2]
9:08.09…..George Andrus [Haddonfield], 2022 [3]
9:08.42 … Oliver Adler [Cherry Hill East], 2020 [5]
9:08.42 … Nick Kuenkel [Cherokee], 2024 [3]
9:08.89…..Seth Clevenger [Haddonfield], 2022 [4]
9:10.4y … Ken Medlin [Haddon Twp.], 1970 [1]
9:11.7y … Mike Butynes, [Sterling], 1970 [2]
9:11.9y … Johnny Englehardt [Willingboro], 1976 [5]
9:12.05…..Andrew Littlehales [Delsea], 2022 [5]
9:12.20 … Ethan Wechsler [Cherokee], 2020 [7]
9:12.77 … Elijah Forrest [Collingswood], 2024 [4]
9:13.33 … Mike Rankin [Paul VI], 2010 [7]
9:13.93 … Paul Szulewski [Washington Twp.], 2010 [9]

All-Time South Jersey 3,200-Meter Run List
8:58.81 ….. Jonathan Vitez [Haddonfield], 2010
9:00.27 … Austin Gabay [Cinnaminson], 2020
9:05.99 … Peyton Shute [Woodbury], 2024
9:08.09 … George Andrus [Haddonfield], 2022
9:08.42 … Oliver Adler [Cherry Hill East], 2020
9:08.42 … Nick Kuenkel [Cherokee], 2024
9:08.89 … Seth Clevenger [Haddonfield], 2022
9:10.4y ….. Ken Medlin [Haddon Township], 1970
9:11.1y ..… Mike Butynes [Sterling], 1970
9:11.2y ..… Mike Elder [Haddon Twp.], 1974
9:11.86y … Marc Pelerin [Cherokee], 2002
9:11.9y ….. Johnny Englehardt [Willingboro], 1976
9:12.05 … Andrew Littlehales [Delsea], 2022
9:12.20 … Ethan Wechsler [Cherokee], 2020
9:12.77 … Elijah Forrest [Collingswood], 2024
9:13.33 ….. Michael Rankin [Paul VI], 2010
9:13.90 … Peyton Shute [Haddonfield], 2024
9:13.93 ….. Paul Szulewski [Williamstown], 2011
9:14.31 ….. Jimmy Daniels [Sterling], 2013
9:14.70 … Martin Riddell [Haddonfield], 2020
9:15.8y ….. Mike Mantini [Gateway], 1978
9:15.76 … Kevin Pumphrey [Highland], 1986
9:16.09 ….. Aaron Groff [Cherry Hill East], 2016
9:16.7h … Jim Smith [Haddonfield], 1980
9:17.31 … Nick Kuenkel [Cherokee], 2024
9:17.52 ….. Lou Corgliano [Hammonton], 2013
9:17.55 ….. Greg Hughes [Mainland Reg.], 2004
9:17.71 ….. Dave Forward [Shawnee], 2009
9:18.19 … Dennis Fortuna [Triton], 2022
9:18.59 … Kevin Antczak [Mainland Reg.], 2019

Gloucester County Indoor 3,200 Top-10
9:05.99 … Peyton Shute [Woodbury], 2024
9:12.05 … Andrew Littlehales [Delsea], 2022
9:13.93 ….. Paul Szulewski [Williamstown], 2011
9:15.8y ….. Mike Mantini [Gateway], 1978
9:22.0y … Willie Marino [Williamstown], 1976
9:23.34 … Anthony Dentino [Washington Twp.], 2011
9:23.0y … Joe Siedlecki [Williamstown], 1973
9:24.71 … Nick Costello [Delsea], 2012
9:26.02 … Stone Caraccio [Kingsway], 2020
9:27.16 … Sebastien Reed [Pitman], 2020

Burlington County Indoor 3,200 Top-10
9:00.27 … Austin Gabay [Cinnaminson], 2020
9:08.42 … Nick Kuenkel [Cherokee], 2024
9:11.86y … Marc Pelerin [Cherokee], 2002
9:11.9y ….. Johnny Englehardt [Willingboro], 1976
9:12.20 … Ethan Wechsler [Cherokee], 2020
9:17.31 … Nick Kuenkel [Cherokee], 2024
9:17.71 ….. Dave Forward [Shawnee], 2009
9:22.4y … Paul Friedman [Moorestown], 1976
9:24.83 … Keith Krieger [Cherokee], 2003
9:25.83 … Connor Herr [Shawnee], 2012

Camden County Indoor 3,200 Top-10
8:58.81 ….. Jonathan Vitez [Haddonfield], 2010
9:08.09 … George Andrus [Haddonfield], 2022
9:08.42 … Oliver Adler [Cherry Hill East], 2020
9:08.89 … Seth Clevenger [Haddonfield], 2022
9:10.4y ….. Ken Medlin [Haddon Township], 1970
9:11.1y ..… Mike Butynes [Sterling], 1970
9:11.2y ..… Mike Elder [Haddon Twp.], 1974
9:12.77 … Elijah Forrest [Collingswood], 2024
9:13.33 ….. Michael Rankin [Paul VI], 2010
9:13.90 … Peyton Shute [Haddonfield], 2024

All-Time Meet of Champions 3,200-Meter Run List
8:48.28….Marco Langon [Bridgewater-Raritan], 2022 [1]
8:51.94….Jackson Barna [Ridge], 2022 (2]
8:54.22 … Liam Murphy, Allentown, 2019 [1]
8:54.45 … Devin Hart, Point Pleasant Boro, 2019 [2]
8:58.16 …….. Murphy, 2020 [1]
8:58.19 … Jack Jennings [Mendham], 2020 [2]
8:58.81 … Jon Vitez [Haddonfield], 2010 [1]
8:59.77 … Brian Leung, West Windsor South, 2008 [1]
8:59.77 … Luke Pash, Ridgewood, 2024 [1]
9:00.27 … Austin Gabay [Cinnaminson], 2020 [3]
9:00.95 … Jeramy Elkaim [Livingston]. 2010 [2]
9:01.86 … Doug Smith [Gill St. Bernard’], 2008 [2]
9:02.00 … Tom O’Neill [Middletown North], 2013 [1]
9:03.58 … Craig Forys [Colts Neck], 2007 [1]
9:04.7h … Chris Inman [Essex Catholic], 1973 [1]
9:04.8h … Tim Conheeney [Paramus Catholic], 1973 [2]
9:05.80 … Jimmy Wischusen [Union Catholic], 2023 [1]
9:05.6h .. Vince Cartier, [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 1971 [1]
9:05.99 … Peyton Shute [Woodbury], 2024 [2]
9:06.2h … Chris Hallinan [Bernards], 1974 [1]
9:06.11 …….. Hart, 2018 [1]
9:06.58 … Mohamed Khadraoui [Paterson Kennedy], 2004 [1]
9:06.86 … Jackson Braddock [Southern Regional], 2020 [4]
9:07.17 … Tyler Udland [Millburn], 2010 [3]
9:08.09…..George Andrus [Haddonfield], 2022 [3]
9:08.32 … Jordan Brannan [Colts Neck], 2017 [1]
9:08.42 … Oliver Adler [Cherry Hill East], 2020 [5]
9:08.42 … Nick Kuenkel [Cherokee], 2024 [3]
9:08.55 … Sean Poherence [Morris Hills], 2009 [1]
9:08.7h … Carlos Bazo [Essex Catholic], 1972 [1]
9:08.89…..Seth Clevenger [Haddonfield], 2022 [4]
9:09.01 … Nicholas Sullivan [Christian Brothers Academy], 2023 [2]
9:09.44 … Akshay Vadul [Edison], 2023 [3]
9:09.54 … Vidhur Polam [South Brunswick], 2020 [6]
9:09.99 … Avery Keith [Westfield], 2023 [4]

Northern Burlington’s Liliah Gordon ran the 3rd-fastest 3,200 in South Jersey history Sunday at the Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.

Gordon ran 10:26.49 and placed 2nd to Middletown South senior Rosemary Shay, who won by just 5-100ths of a second in 10:26.44 a race that produced two of the six-fastest times in meet history.

The only South Jersey girls to run faster than Gordon indoors are Ocean City’s Brittany Sedberry in 2006 and Cherokee’s Megan Lacy in 2011.

Sedberry ran a then-state-record 10:19.30 for the full two miles at the 2006 Hall of Fame Classic at the Armory, which converts to 10:15.71 for 3,200 meters. Five years later at Armory Nationals on the same track, Lacy ran 10:27.13 for two miles, which converts to 10:23.49 for 3,200 meters.

Gordon’s time is not only the fastest by a South Jersey girl in 13 years, it’s the fastest ever by a South Jersey in state competition – sectionals, states or Meet of Champions. The previous record for a state-affiliated meet was Lacy’s 10:31.06 at the 2012 Meet of Champions at the Bubble.

Gordon’s time is No. 14 in state history and No. 2 on the all-time Burlington County list, behind only Lacy.

Shay and Gordon ran virtually neck and neck almost the entire race, and it was a two-runner race over the last 1,000 meters. Gordon closed in 74.21 and 35.73 but Shay closed in 72.94 and 34.40 and was inches ahead at the finish line. Nobody else was within 50 meters.

Gordon’s previous PR was 10:33.78 from the state Group 3 meet at the Bubble, when she defeated Shay.

The Villanova-bound Shay lowered her PR from 10:39.31, which she ran at the state Group 3 meet behind Gordon.

Cherokee senior Kerry O’Day and Ocean City junior Maeve Smith also both ran well under 11 minutes, O’Day in 8th in 10:51.65 and Smith just behind in 9th in 10:52.82.

All-Time New Jersey Girls Indoor 3,200 Sub-10:45 List
9:53.50y … Angelina Perez [Lakeland], 2022
10:13.17y … Ashley Higginson [Colts Neck], 2007
10:14.97y … Charlotte Bednar [The Lawrenceville School], 2021
10:15.71y … Brittany Sedberry [Ocean City], 2006
10:16.20 … Cate Desousa [Red Bank Catholic], 2023
10:17.40y … Abby Loveys [Randolph], 2019
10:20.91y … Kathleen McCafferty [Oak Knoll School], 2008
10:22.00y … Julia Trethaway [West Morris Central], 2019
10:23.49y … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2011
10:23.56 … Cate Guiney [Middletown South], 1999
10;24.73 … Dana Giordano [Bernards], 2012
10:26.25 … Leanna Johnston [Immaculate Heart Academy], 2023
10;26.44 … Rosemary Shay [Middletown South], 2024
10:26.49 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2024
10;27.25 … Mackenzie Barry [Mendham], 2022
10:27.29y … Melanie Thompson [Voorhees], 2009
10:29.10y … Nicole Vanasse [Pingry School], 2018
10:29.70y … Briana Jackucewicz [Colts Neck], 2008
10:29.90y … Chelsea Ley [Kingsway], 2009]
10:31.98 … Niamh Hayes [Howell], 2017
10:31.9y,h … Anne Letko [North Hunterdon], 1985
10:32.12y … Emma McGill [Voorhees], 2021
10:32.63y … Lillian Murphy [Oak Knoll School], 2022
10:33.41 … Lindsay Hausman [Kent Place School], 2023
10:33.95y … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], 2016
10:34.3y,h … Cathy Feeney [Wayne Valley], 1990
10:35.16y … Colette Richter [Mountain Lakes], 2012
10:35.70 … Julia Guerra [Indian Hills], 2016
10:35.81 … Tilly O’Connor [St. Rose], 2023
10:36.60 … Monal Chokshi [Bridgetwater], 1992
10;36.13 … Emma Zawatski [Freehold Twp.], 2024
10:36.33 … Caroline Kellner [West Windsor-Plainsboro South], 2012
10:36.2y,h … Jodie Bilotta [North Hunterdon], 1987
10:37.24 … Patti Mielski [Ridgewood], 1983
10:37.2y,h … Meg Waldron [Bernards], 1983
10:37.70 … Dana Klein [Gill St. Bernard’s School], 2014
10:38.11 … Megan Venables [Highland], 2011
10:38.1y,h … Tracy Biber [Springfield], 1986
10:38.39 … Monica Hebner [Northern Highlands], 2018
10:38.87 … Amanda Trotter [Red Bank], 2003
10:38.90 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
10:39.04 … Camryn Wennersten [Ridgewood], 2021
10:39.71 … Angelina Rugino [Toms River North], 2009
10:39.74y … Josette Norris [Tenafly], 2013
10:39.88 … Lillie Widmer [Delsea], 2023

All-Time S.J. Girls Indoor 3,200 Sub-11 List
10:15.71 … Brittany Sedberry [Ocean City], 2006
10:23.49y … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2011
10:26.49 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2024
10:29.90y … Chelsea Ley [Kingsway], 2009
10:33.95y … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], 2016
10:38.11 … Megan Venables [Highland], 2011
10:38.90 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
10:39.88 … Lillie Widmer [Delsea], 2023
10:40.03 … Dina Iacone [Washington Twp.], 2012
10:40.80 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2017
10:42.06 … Holly Bischof [Bishop Eustace], 2012
10:42.22 … Theresa Cattuna [Cherry Hill East], 2007
10:43.2y … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1983
10:45.20 … Devon Grisbaum [Ocean City], 2015
10:45.40y … Julianna Catania [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2016
10:46.63 … Erika Kemp [Rancocas Valley], 2013
10:48.28 … Abigail Waddington [Clearview], 2023
10:48.78 … Shelby Cain [Haddonfield], 2014
10:49.12 … Madison Coppolino [Sterling], 2017 [3]
10:49.46 … Alyssa Condell [Timber Creek], 2016
10;51.65 … Kerry O’Day [Cherokee], 2024
10:52.05 … Amanda Goetschius [Delsea], 2007
10:52.53 … Allie Pierontoni [Kingsway], 2020
10:52.82 … Maeve Smith [Ocean City], 2024
10:53.4h … Christin Bettis [Hammonton], 2012
10:53.89y … Sarah Naticchia [Haddonfield], 2020
10:54.31 … Lillie Widmer [Delsea], 2023
10:55.10 … Abigail Waddington [Clearview], 2023
10:55.29y … Ann Klocke [Bishop Eustace], 1996
10:55.58 … Nicole Clifford [Cherokee], 2022
10:57.53 … Michaela Schlemo [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2023
10:57.68y … Ava Thomas [Haddonfield], 2024
10:57.95 … Katy Storti [Bishop Eustace], 2019
10:59.02 … Catherine Van Horn [Triton], 2005
10:59.04 … Maria Ruiz [Williamstown], 2009
10:59.13 … Vickie Ajimoko [Williamstown], 2013
10:59.26 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024
10:59.90 … Aubrey Pierontoni [Kingsway], 2022

All-Time Meet of Champions 3,200 list
10:00.90 … Angelina Perez [Lakeland], 2022 [1]
10:16.20 … Cate DeSousa [Red Bank Catholic], 2023 [1]
10:24.73 … Dana Giordano [Bernards], 2012 [1]
10:26.25 … Leanna Johnston [Immaculate Heart], 2023 [2]
10:26.44 … Rosemary Shay [Middletown South], 2024 [1]
10:26.49 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2024 [2]
10:26.53 … Ashley Higginson [Colts Neck], 2007 [1]
10:27.25 … Mackenzie Barry [Mendham], 2012 [2]
10:31.06 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2012 [3]
10.31.98 … Niamh Hayes [Howell], 2017 [1]
10:32.55 … Julia Threthaway [West Morris], 2019 [1]
10:34.49 … Nicole Vanasse [Pingry School], 2018 [1]
10:35.70 … Julia Guerra [Indian Hills], 2016 [1]
10:35.81 … Tilly O’Connor [St. Rose], 2023 [3]
10:36.13 … Emma Zawatski [Freehold Twp.], 2024 [3]
10:36.48 …….. Perez, 2020 [1]
10:36.74 …….. Higginson, 2006 [1]
10:36.7h … Meg Waldron [Bernards], 1983 [1]
10:37.70 … Dana Klein [Gill St. Bernard], 2014 [1]
10:37.92 … Linsdsay Hausman [Kent Place], 2023 [4]
10:38.20 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2023 [5]
10:38.31 … Megan Venables [Highland], 2011 [1]
10:38.39 … Monica Hebner [Northern Highlands], 2018 [2]
10:38.54 …….. Barry, 2013 [1]
10:38.87 … Amanda Trotter [Red Bank], 2003 [1]
10:38.90 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001 [1]
10:39.39 … Melanie Thompson [Voorhees], 2009 [1]
10:39.71 … Angela Rugino [Toms River North], 2009 [2]
10:39.6h … Anne Marie Letko [North Hunterdon], 1986 [1]
10:39.88 … Lillie Widmer [Delsea], 2023 [6]
10:39.93 …….. Vanasse, 2019 [2]

All-Time Burlington County 3,200 List
10:23.49 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2011
10:26.49 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2024
10:46.63 … Erika Kemp [Rancocas Valley], 2013
10;51.65 … Kerry O’Day [Cherokee], 2024
10:55.58 … Nicole Clifford [Cherokee], 2022
11:00.7y … Deanna Germano (Shawnee), 1986
11:06.32y … Colleen Sunderland (Northern Burlington), 1995
11:08.85 … Nina Bendixen, [Shawnee], 2015
11:09.91 … Liliah Gordon [Northrn Burlington], 2022
11:10.88 … Caitlin Orr [Lenape], 2009

Ocean City senior Sophia Curtis won the triple jump Sunday at the Meet of Champions and she did it in style, recording the six-best jumps of the competition and breaking the previous meet record three times.

Curtis placed 2nd last year to Union Catholic’s Alexandra Bonn, who set a meet record of 39-6 ¼. After a 38-8 ¾ on her 1st attempt Sunday at Ocean Breeze, Curtis broke the meet record with a 40-2 ½ on her 2nd jump. She hit 39-9 on her 3rd and in the finals broke her own meet record with a 40-5 ½. She added a 39-5 ¾ on her 5th jump and finished with her 3rd meet record of the day at 40-9 ¼.

Curtis averaged 39-10 ¾ on her six jumps, so her average jump Sunday exceeded the previous meet record.

Curtis, the outdoor Meet of Champions last spring at 40-7 ½, has a lifetime-best of 41-3 ¼ to place 3rd at Boston Nationals last March. She also jumped 40-10 ¼ to place 2nd at the Penn Relays last April. Sunday’s 40-9 ¼ is her 3rd-best performance ever.

Ocean City’s other indoor Meet of Champions winners were both in the 3,200 – Brittany Sedberry with a 10:44.23 in 2004 and Devon Grisbaum with 10:45.20 in 2015.

Curtis also has indoor PRs of 57.80 in the 400 and 8.33 in the hurdles and outdoor PRs of 17-8 ½ in the long jump, 15.02 in the hurdles, 56.04 in the 400 and 1:00.42 in the intermediates.

Winslow sophomore My’Syiah Brawner and Rancocas Valley senior Lauren Fadairo made it a 1-2-3 South Jersey sweep.

Brawner was 2nd with a 37-8 ¼ on her 3rd attempt, and Fadairo hit 37-6 ¼ on her 4th. Moorestown junior I’Mara Ford and Sterling senior Ayanna Brown also finished among the top eight, Ford with a 36-9 ¾ for 6th and Brown 36-6 ¼ for 8th.

All-Time Meet of Champions Triple Jump List
40-9 ¼ .. Sophia Curtis [Ocean City], 2024 [1]
39-6 ¼ … Alexandra Bonn [Union Catholic], 2023 [1]
38-8 …… Curtis [Ocean City], 2023 [2]
38-2 … Teja Brown [Pope John XXIII], 2020 [1]
37-8 ¼ … Ma’Syiah Brawner [Winslow Twp.], 2024 [2]
37-6 ¼ … Lauren Fadairo [Rancocas Valley], 2024 [3]
37-5 ¾ … Arden Gray [Franklin Twp.], 2024 [4]
37-4 … Olivia Wright [Winslow Twp.], 2020 [2]
37-3 … Tatiana Camilo [Woodbridge], 2024 [5]
37-2 ¾ … Dai’jah Wiggins [Elizabeth], 2020 [3]
37-2 ½ … Alexandra Bonn [Union Catholic], 2022 [1]
36-11 … Amanda Barrett [Lodi], 2022 [2]
36-9 ¾ … I’Mara Ford [Moorestown], 2024 [6]
36-8 ½ … Felicia Quainoo [Union Catholic], 2020 [4]
36-7 ¾ …..… Bonn, 2020 [5]
36-6 ¼ … Ayanna Brown [Sterling], 2024 [7]
36-6 … Kiley Mironenko [Waldwick], 2022 [3]
36-4 ¾ … Chloe Montgomery [Hillsborough], 2024 [9]
36-4 ½ … Sophia Dongaris [Tenafly], 2020 [6]
36-4 ½ … Adannia Agbo [Morris Hills], 2023 [3]
36-4 ½ … Leah Ellis [Millville], 2020 [7]
36-4 … Kristina Tossas [Rancocas Valley], 2020 [8]
36-2 … Ayotunde Folawewo [Toms River North], 2023 [4]
36-1 … Alicia Jones [Mount Olive], 2022 [4]
36-0 ¾ …Talia Ferguson [Hasbrouck Heights], 2020 [8]
36-0 ½ … Emily Turschmann [River Dell], 2022 [5]

For the fourth time in her brilliant career, Alanna Woolfolk is a Meet of Champions winner.

Woolfolk, a senior at Clayton, cleared 5-8 on her 1st attempt to win the high jump Sunday at the 45th annual girls Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.

Woolfolk and Edison junior Ama Boateng were the only competitors over the bar at 5-6, but Boateng had the lead when the bar was raised to 5-8 because Woolkfolk had a miss at 5-4 and Boateng was clean. They both entered at 5-0 and cleared 5-0 and 5-2 on their first attempt and they both cleared 5-6 on their second.

So Woolkfolk had to clear 5-8 just to have a chance to win, and she sailed over the bar on her first try. Boateng missed all three jumps at 5-8.

Woolfolk has now won four Meet of Champions high jump titles – all at different facilities.

Woolfolk won her first Meet of Champions as a freshman at Delsea in the spring of 2021 with a 5-6 clearance in South Plainfield. She won the indoor M-of-C as a Clayton sophomore at the Bubble in March of 2022 and then won last spring with a 5-8 at Franklin.

She’s the first South Jersey girl to win two indoor Meet of Champions high jump titles since Moorestown’s Sandy Tokoto won back-to-back in 1990 and 1991 at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym.

Woolfolk is the 4th Gloucester County girl to win mutiple indoor Meet of Champions titles. Washington Township’s legendary Michelle Rowen won the 3,200 in 1981 and 1,600 in 1982 and 1983, Williamstown’s Dana Burnett won the 400 in 1995 and 1996 and Deptford’s Kiera Lester won the 200 in 2015 and 2016.

She’s also only the 4^th South Jersey girl ever to clear 5-8 at the Meet of Champions. Olympic long jumper Carol Lewis won the 1981 meet at 5-8, Winslow’s Gabrielle Bennett won the 2015 meet at 5-8 and Timber Creek’s Tierra Hooker was 2^nd in 2018 at 5-8.

Winslow sophomore My’Syiah Brawner placed 3rd with a 5-4 clearance (on her 1st attempt), Moorestown junior I’Mara Ford tied for 4th and tied her PR of 5-4 (on her 2nd) and Woolfolk’s junior teammate, Miyana Johnson, cleared 5-2 and tied for 8th.

Brawner and Ford both had very busy and successful days and are two of the most versatile athletes in the state.

Brawner placed 2nd in the long jump at 18-5 and 2nd in the triple jump at 37-8 ¼ in addition to her 3rd in the high jump. She’s also hurdled as fast as 8.45 this year, and she’s the No. 1 sophomore in New Jersey in all four events.

And Ford – competing in the same three events – was 4th in the high jump, 5th with a PR 17-9 ½ in the long jump and 6th with a 36-9 ¾ in the triple jump.

Here’s a look at all 15 South Jersey indoor Meet of Champions high jump winners!

1981 … Carol Lewis [Willingboro], 5-8
1987 … Erin Halpin [Cherry Hill East], 5-6
1990 … Sandy Tokoto [Moorestown], 5-6
1991 … Sandy Tokoto [Moorestown], 5-4
1994 … Shatich Rivers [Moorestown], 5-6
2000 … Patty Dudek [Bordentown], 5-6
2001 … Alison Sheperd [Oakcrest], 5-4
2004 … Marcene Jack [Mainland Reg.], 5-6
2008 … Lindsey Walsh [Lenape], 5-6
2013 … Alicia Terrell [Timber Creek], 5-7
2015 … Gabrielle Bennett [Winslow Twp.], 5-8
2019 … Tierra Hooker [Timber Creek], 5-8
2020 … Bryanna Craig [Millville], 5-6
2022 … Alanna Woolfolk [Clayton], 5-6
2024 … Alanna Woolfolk [Clayton], 5-8

Washington Township senior Yashahya Brown became the 7th South Jersey boy to repeat an indoor Meet of Champions title Sunday when he won the 55-meter hurdles and broke the meet record at Ocean Breeze.

Brown won the highs last year in 7.22, only 3-100ths of a second off the meet-record 7.19 run by Trenton’s Jermaine Collier in the 2012 meet at the Bubble. He ran 7.21 in the trials Sunday before winning the final in 7.18, breaking Collier’s mark by 1-100th of a second.

Brown, U.S. No. 1 with his state-record 7.06 at South Jersey Group 4 sectionals last month at the Bubble, won comfortably by about a meter over Manchester Township senior Joseph Kurak, who PR’d with a 7.30 in the final.

Williamstown senior Alexander Hollimon was 3rd in 7.42, just off his PR of 7.36 from the Bubble in January. Hollimon is No. 3 in Gloucester County history behind Brown and Delsea’s Sultan Tucker, who are both two-time Meet of Champions winners. Hollimon’s 3rd-place finish is best by a Williamstown athlete since high jumper Devon Bradham was 3rd in 2015.

Here’s a look at the six repeat winners from South Jersey in the Meet of Champions’ 55-year history, with the last three repeating in the hurdles:

Albert Newkirk [Camden], 55-Meter Dash, 1996 [6.56], 1997 [6.50]
Royce Reed [Bridgeton], 400-Meter Dash, 1994 [50.06], 1995 [49.92]
Raffael Craig [Millville], High Jump, 1998 [6-6], 1999 [6-10]
Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 55-Meter Hurdles, 1996 [7.36], 1997 [7.44]
Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 55-Meter Hurdles, 2018 [7.35], 2019 [7.22]
Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 55-Meter Hurdles, 2023 [7.22], 2024 [7.18]\

All-Time Meet of Champions Performance List
7.18 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2024
7.19 … Jermaine Collier [Trenton], 2012 [1]
7.21 … Cory Poole [East Orange], 2017 [1]
7.21q …… Brown, 2024 [-]
7.22 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], 2012 [2]
7.22 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Township], 2023 [1]
7.22 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine]. 2019 [1]
7.25q …….. Rhea, 2019
7.25q … Nathaniel Rayan [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 2023 [-]
7.30 …….. Williams, 2012 [-]
7.30 … Brown, 2023 [2]
7.30 …….. Rayan, 2023 [2]
7.30 … Joseph Kurak [Manchester Twp.], 2024 [2]
7.31 … Anthony Vasquez [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2020 [1]
7.34 … Dwight Henry [Irvington], 2020 [2]
7.35 …….. Rhea, 2018 [1]
7.35q …….. Collier, 2012 [-]
7.36 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 1996 [1]
7.36 … Christian Boateng [Old Bridge], 2011 [1]
7.36 … Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], 2023 [3]
7.39 … Isaiah Lewis [Winslow Twp.], 2020 [3]
7.40 … Josh Evans, Irvington 2009 [1]
7.41 … Jeff Porter [Franklin], 2003 [1]
7.41 … Rolston Braithwaite [Trenton], 2009 [2]
7.41 … Geordan Ferguson [Manchester Twp.], 2012 [3]
7.42 … Anthony Acklin, Triton, 2001 [1]
7.42 … Greg Caldwell [West Windsor-Plainsboro North], 2012 [4]
7.42q … Cory Poole [East Orange], 2017 [-]
7.42 … Isaiah Greene [Newark West Side], 2018 [2]
7.42 … Eric Kahana [Freehold Boro], 2012 [5]
7.42 … Jacob Kiyler [Toms River North], 2023 [4]
7.42 … Alexander Hollimon [Williamstown], 2024 [3]
7.43 … George Bland [Penns Grove], 1987 [1]
7.43 … Todd Matthews [Notre Dame], 1998 [1]
7.43 … Andrew Aguilera [Governor Livingston], 2017 [2]
7.43 … Naseem Smith [Deptford], 2019 [2]
7.44 …….. Tucker, 1997 [1]
7.44 … Danyne Brown [Camden], 1999 [1]
7.44 … Obafemi Animashaun [Union Catholic], 2014 [1]
7.44 … Alex Borzelin, Hamilton North, 2015 [1]
7.45 … Tykeen Fulton [Trenton], 2007 [1]
7.45 … Emanuel Mayers [Lakewood], 2007 [2]
7.45 … Kevin Hagamin [Timber Creek], 2014 [2]
7.45q … Terrel Williams [Columbia], 2020 [-]
7.45q …….. Henry, 2020 [-]

All-Time South Jersey Meet of Champions Hurdles Winners
1970 … Jim Robinson [Camden], 7.3
1984 … Georger Barry [Camden], 7.6
1985 … Jon Dickey [Penns Grove], 7.6
1987 … George Bland [Penns Grove], 7.43
1989 … Gerard Reynolds [Willingboro], 7.58
1990 … Mike Anderson [Edgewood], 7.56
1992 … Ed Loges [Shawnee], 7.54
1996 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 7.36
1997 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 7.44
1999 … Danyne Brown [Camden], 7.44
2001 … Anthony Acklin [Triton], 7.42
2002 … Aaron Ross [Clearview], 7.77
2004 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 7.48
2006 … Will Brown [Palmyra], 7.71
2010 … Devon Carter [Washington Twp.], 7.49
2018 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 7.35
2019 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 7.22
2020 … Anthony Vazquez [Egg Harbor Twp.], 7.31
2023 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 7.22
2024 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 7.18

Timber Creek junior Billie Frazier, senior Naylah Jones, senior Chloe Jones and junior Ryan Jennings ran 3:52.06 at Ocean Breeze Sunday to become the first South Jersey school in 13 years to win the indoor Meet of Champions 1,600-meter relay.

Winslow placed 2nd in 3:53.32 and Willingboro 3rd in 3:54.59 in the first 1-2-3 South Jersey sweep in 30 years, since 1994, when Willingboro [4:00.15], Washington Township [4:01.70] and Buena [4:04.44] took the first three spots at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym.

Timber Creek is the first South Jersey school to win a M-of-C 4-by-4 since Washington Township in 2011.

Timber Creek’s time is 7th-fastest in meet history, Winslow’s is 10th-fastest and Willingboro’s is 14th-fastest. Timber Crek’s 3:52.06 is 2nd-fastest ever at the indoor M-of-C by a South Jersey school behind Winslow’s 3:51.49 in 2017.

Winslow and Timber Creek came into the meet No. 1 and 2 in the state with their times at the Millrose Games at the Armory last month. Winslow ran 3:49.50 and Timber Creek 3:49.59.

The relay title is Timber Creek’s first. Timber Creek’s only previous Meet of Champions wins came from high jumpers Alicia Terrell in 2013 and Tierra Hooker in 2019.

Frazier led off with a 59.42 split, Naylah Jones ran 57.45. Chloe Jones 57.44 and Jennings 57.77.

Winslow used Olivia Okaro, Djassi Dean, Skyhe Seamon and freshman Cinniya Robinson. Okaro led off with a 59.13, Dean split 59.28, Seamon 58.07 and Robinson 56.85.

Willingboro is listed with Jaden Murry leading off in 58.35, Nester Wea running58.01, Kaila Speight splitting 1:00.55 and freshman Maya Bolden anchoring in 57.69.

Robinson’s 56.85 was the 2nd-fastest split in the race, behind Rumson-Fair Haven anchor Clemmie Lilley’s 56.39.

Willingboro’s 3:54.59 is the Chimeras’ fastest indoor time in 21 years, since the 2003 quartet of Rhea Mann [58.01], Channel Hamilton [57.12], Halimah Bashir [56.03] and Okechi Ogbuokiri [54.21] set what was then a state-record (and remains a South Jersey record) 3:45.37 at Armory Nationals. Willingboro hadn’t run this fast outdoors since 2010.

Eastern made it four South Jersey schools in the top six with a season-best 3:59.54 for sixth place. Samantha Osei-Kyei [58.73], Lomaria Tengbeh [1:01.19], Eva Sprewell [1:01.72] and Natalie Dumas [57.91] are listed as Eastern’s four runners.

Here’s a look at all the South Jersey winners in Meet of Champions history:
1992 … Willingboro, 4:04.93
1993 … Willingboro, 4:04.20
1994 … Camden, 4:03.99
1999 … Willingboro, 4:10.15
2001 … Willingboro, 4:00.34
2002 … Willingboro, 4:01.33
2003 … Eastern, 3:57.94
2004 … Willingboro, 4:01.90
2009 … Camden, 3:55.08
2011 … Washington Twp., 3:57.96
2024 … Timber Creek, 3:52.06

All-Time Meet of Champions 1,600-Meter Relay Performance List
3:47.27 … Union Catholic, 2016 [1]
3:48.30 … Columbia, 2013 [1]
3:50.32 … Union Catholic, 2015 [1]
3:50.82 … Union Catholic, 2017 [1]
3:51.49 … Winslow, 2017 [2]
3:51.68 … Union Catholic, 2020 [1]
3:52.06 … Timber Creek, 2024 [1]
3:52.16 … Union Catholic, 2023 [1]
3:52.76 … Columbia, 2014 [1]
3:53.32 … Winslow Twp., 2024 [2]
3:53.50 … Columbia, 2010 [1]
3:53.84 … Union Catholic, 2019 [1]
3:54.10 … Piscataway, 2023 [2]
3:54.59 … Willingboro, 2024 [3]
3:54.69 … Eastern, 2023 [3]
3:55.08 … Camden, 2009 [1]
3:55.24 … Montclair, 1998 [1]
3:55.45 … Mount St. Dominic, 2014 [2]
3:55.58 … Union, 2013 [2]
3:55.69 … Southern, 2009 [1]
3:55.73 … Columbia, 1995 [1]
3:55.83 … Paul VI, 2020 [2]
3:56.10 … Union Catholic, 2014 [3]
3:56.38 … Rancocas Valley, 2020 [3]
3:56.64 … Columbia, 2015 [2]
3:56.70 … Rumson-Fair Haven, 2024 [4]
3:56.72 … Columbia, 1996 [1]
3:56.76 … Southern, 2008 [1]
3:56.90 … Union Catholic, 2018 [1]
3:56.92 … Rancocas Valley, 2017 [3]
3:57.04 … Scotch Plains-Fanwood, 2022 [1]
3:57.35 … Columbia, 2012 [1]
3:57.50 … Union, 2014 [4]
3:57.82 … Rancocas Valley, 2019 [2]
3:57.89 … Camden, 1995 [2]
3:57.94 … Eastern, 2003 [1]
3:57.96 … Washington, 2011 [1]
3:58.00 … Willingboro, 2003 [2]
3:58.04 … Franklin, 2020 [4]
3:58.28 … Neptune, 2013 [3]
3:58.33 … Pope John, 2012 [2]
3:58.51 … Millville, 2008 [2]
3:58.70 … Lenape, 2015 [3]
3:58.76 … Ridge, 2020 [5]
3:58.85 … Jackson, 2009 [3]
3:58.88 … Montclair, 2020 [6]
3:58.97 … Camden, 2008 [3]
3:58.98 … Willingboro, 2010 [2]
3:58.98 … Winslow Twp., 2014 [5]
3:59.03 … East Orange, 2007 [1]
3:59.07 … Piscataway, 2024 [5]
3:59.14 … Columbia, 2009 [4]
3:59.54 … Eastern, 2024 [6]

Oakcrest senior Ryan Merlino became South Jersey’s first indoor Meet of Champions pole vault champ in 16 years Sunday at Ocean Breeze with the 2nd-best indoor clearance ever by a South Jersey vaulter.

Merlino cleared 15-6 on his first attempt and won on a tiebreaker over junior Cade Zeolla of West Morris Central of Washington Township, Morris County.

He’s the first South Jersey vaulter to win an indoor Meet of Champions since West Deptford senior Dan Batdorf won the 2008 meet at the Bubble with a 15-6 clearance. The only other winner from South Jersey was Delsea’s John Oberg who won the 2006 meet at Princeton at 14-0.

Although Sunday’s results don’t make sense – they show Merlino and Zeolla both with misses remaining at their last heights – it looks like Merlino was clean at 15-6 and Zeolla cleared it on his 3rd attempt. Zeolla also had misses at 14-0 and 15-0. Merlino didn’t have a miss at any height up through 16 feet.

Merlino’s mark is tied for No. 2 in South Jersey history behind only Delsea’s Marco Morales, who cleared 16-0 at Ocean Breeze at a SJTCA meet in 2020. His twin brother Nico also cleared 15-6 – when he won Group 2 states in 2019 – as did West Deptford’s Dan Batdorf when he won 2008 Easterns at the Armory.

Zeolla came in with a PR of 15-7 ½ from North Jersey 2 Group 2 sectionals at the Bubble last month and Merlino had a PR of 14-6, which he just cleared indoors for the first time last month at South Jersey Group 3 sectionals. He has an outdoor PR of 15-0 from the Atlantic County Championships last May at Stockton University in Galloway Township.

Merlino is the second Meet of Champions winner from Oakcrest. Darnell Charles won the 55-meter dash in 2012.

Merlino’s 15-6 matches the 3rd-best clearance in meet history. Bradley Jelmert of Watchung Hills set the meet-record 16-0 ¼ in 2020, breaking the mark of 16-0 set in 2013 by Craig Hunter of Robbinsville.

Clearview senior Daniel Couse cleared 13-6 and placed 6^th and Cherry Hill East senior Kevin Tishey tied his PR with a 13-0 and placed 9^th.

As for how the event finished, the official results show Merlino missing two attempts at 16-0 and then passing his final attempt, which isn’t that unusual. But they also show Zeolla clearing 15-6 on his 3rd attempt and then passing at 16-0. Which is possible if he felt like he didn’t have a pole to make a safe attempt at 16-0 but would be unusual with a Meet of Champions title on the line for someone who cleared 15-7 1/2 just a few days ago.

All-time S.J. combined indoor/outdoor PV list
16-0 … Bob Green [Haddon Heights], 1992 [o]
16-0 … Marco Morales [Delsea], 2020 [i]
15-7 … Brandon Kurtz [Absegami], 1991 [o]
15-7 … Nico Morales [Delsea Reg.], 2019 [o]
15-6 … Dylan Altland [Kingsway], 2014 [o]
15-6 … Ryan Merlino [Oakcrest], 2024 [i]
15-5 … Mike Davis [Haddonfield], 2004 [o]
15-5 … Devon Purves [Haddonfield], 2006 [o]
15-4 … Jason King [Lenape], 1993 [o]
15-3 ¼ … Dan Lamp [Willingboro], 1977 [o]
15-6 … Dan Batdorf [West Deptford], 2008 [i]
15-0 ¼ … Mike Hulme [Eastern], 2003 [o]

All-Time Meet of Champions Pole Vault List
16-0 ¼ … Bradley Jelmert [Watchung Hills], 2020 [1]
16-0 … Craig Hunter [Robbinsville], 2013 [1]
15-6 … Dan Batdorf, West Deptford 2008 [1]
15-6 … Liam Landau, Passaic Hills, 2019 [1]
15-6 … Bradley Jelmert, Watchung Hills, 2019 [2]
15-6 … Simon Schenk [Princeton], 2019 [3]
15-6 … Marco Morales [Delsea], 2020 [2]
15-6 … Nico Morales [Delsea], 2020 [3]
15-6 … Ryan Merlino [Oakcrest], 2024 [1]
15-6 … Cade Zeolla [West Morris Central], 2024 [2]

Atlantic County Indoor Meet of Champions winners
55-Meter Dash
2012 … Darnell Charles [Oakcrest], 6.46
2015 … Caleb Williams [St. Joe’s-Hammonton], 6.48
800-Meter Run
1998 … Joe Lewis [Pleasantville], 1:56.13
2013 … Isaac Clark [Pleasantville], 1:51.72
2020 … Gabriel Moronta [Pleasantville], 1:52.46
55-Meter Hurdles
2018 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 7.35
2019 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 7.22
2020 … Anthony Vazquez [Egg Harbor Twp.], 7.31
High Jump
2015 … Tyriq Adams [Pleasantville], 6-8
Pole Vault [since 2005]
2024 … Ryan Merlino [Oakcrest], 15-6
Shot Put
1987 … Dave Dixon [Mainland Reg.], 58-3 ½
1,600-Meter Relay
2012 … Oakcrest, 3:20.53
2016 … Egg Harbor Twp., 3:22.75

Pennsauken sophomore Sianni Wynn capped a spectacular record-setting day at the Meet of Champions Sunday at Ocean Breeze with her 2nd win, 2nd meet record and 2nd all-time top-3 New Jersey performance .

Wynn, who won the 55 earlier with the fastest time by a New Jersey girl in 39 years and the fastest ever in a high school-only meet (read about that here), followed up with another historic win in the 200, her 24.00 smashing the meet record by over a third of a second.

Wynn ran 24.00, fastest by a New Jersey sprinter in 40 years, since Wendy Vereen of Trenton ran 23.87 – then the national high school record – at the 1984 TAC Championships at Madison Square Garden. Olympic gold medalist and world intermediate hurdles record holder Sydney McLaughlin ran 24.00 at the 2016 Easterns at the Armory, so Wynn’s time is tied for 2nd-fastest in state history and also tied for fastest ever in a high school race.

Wynn is the second girl in the meet’s 45-year history to double in consecutive years. Giselle Harris of Shabazz High in Newark won the 400 and 800 in 1985 and 1986 (and the 800 also in 1984).

The only other South Jersey girls to double even once at an indoor M-of-C are Willingboro’s Carol Lewis in the high jump and hurdles in 1981, Dana Burnett of Williamstown in the 55 and 400 in 1996 and English Gardner of Eastern won the 55 and 400 in 2007.

Wynn’s time is No. 13 in the U.S. this winter, according to the MileSplit national database, and No. 2 among sophomores.

South Jersey girls swept the top five spots in the race, and the race produced five of the nine-fastest times in meet history.

Timber Creek senior Naylah Jones was 2nd in 24.50, Washington Township senior Dahlia Beasley ran a PR 24.57 for 3rd place and Willingboro junior Nester Wea 24.76 for 4th place. Timber Creek junior Ryan Jennings  placed 5th in 24.84.

Beasley’s time is No. 2 in Gloucester County history and Wea’s is No. 3 in Burlington County history. Jones is already No. 2 in Camden County history behind only Wynn with her 24.15 from last month at Ocean Breeze.

All-Time Meet of Champions Performance List
24.00 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2024 [1]
24.34 … Mariah Fede [Paramus Catholic], 2020 [1]
24.48 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023 [1]
24.50 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024 [2]
24.57 … Dahlia Beasley [Washington Twp.], 2024 [3]
24.72 … Cynthia Boakye [Elizabeth], 2023 [2]
24.76 … Nester Wea [Willingboro], 2024 [4]
24.83 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2020 [2]
24.84 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2024 [5]
24.94 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017 [1]
24.94 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2023 [3]
24.96 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2016 [1]
25.02 … Kiya Lawson [Montclair], 2022 [1]
25.03 … Shauntae Nelson [Piscataway], 2019 [1]
25.05 …….. Princz, 2019 [2]
25.06 … Sierra Latonnel [Union], 2023 [4]

All-Time New Jersey 200-Meter Dash List
23.87 … Wendy Vereen [Trenton], 1984
24.00 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2016
24.00 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2024
24.11 … Athing Mu [Trenton], 2019
24.14 … Melisa Barber [Montclair], 1998
24.15 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
24.16 … Aleah Williams [Montclair], 1997
24.21 … Dominique Booker [Immaculate Conception], 2008
24.24 … Stephanie Saleem [Neptune], 1985
24.34 … Toneisha Friday [Franklin Twp.], 2005
24.34 … Mariah Fede [Paramus Catholic], 2020
24.36 … Abigail Dennis [Old Tappan], 2024
24.37 … Myasia Jacobs [Paramus Catholic], 2010
24.38 … Racquel Vassell [East Orange], 2006
24.38 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2006
24.38 … Kiya Lawson [Montclair], 2022
24.39 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
21.42 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], 2019
24.46 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
24.47 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2024
24.48 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023

All-Time South Jersey 200-Meter Dash List
24.12 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2024
24.15 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
24.38 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2006
24.39 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
21.42 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], 2019
24.46 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
24.47 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2024
24.48 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
24.52 … Cecelia Gerstenbacher [Delsea], 2017
24.57 … Dahlia Beasley [Washington Twp.], 2024
24.61 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 2012
24.61 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
24.76 … Nester Wea [Willingboro], 2024
24.78 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1996
24.83 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2020
24.83 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2014
24.84 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2024
24.87 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2023
24.94 … Shardae Anderson [Paulsboro], 2005
24.96 … Toni Glatz [Delsea], 2017
24.96 … Jackie Dim [Washington Twp.], 2008
24.99 … Aliya Harrison [Sterling], 2018

Burlington City senior Malachi James finished off his historic Meet of Champions sprint double  with a meet-record 200 win on the heels of his record-setting 55-meter dash win earlier in the day.

You can read about that here:

James, who won the 55 in 6.22 – 2nd-fastest in state history – followed that up with a huge meet record 22.28 to win the 200 at Ocean Breeze.

James broke the meet record of 21.68, set in 2020 by Shamali White on the same Ocean Breeze track, by nearly half a second.

Two races, two meet records in the greatest Meet of Champions performance ever by a South Jersey boy.

The race produced the three-fastest times in meet history – the 200 was contested in 2005 and 2006 and then added permanently in 2015 – and seven of the 12-fastest times in meet history.

Southern junior Cole Isaac Cramer, 2nd in the 55, was also 2nd in the 200 and also under the previous meet record with a 21.58. Cramer surpassed two meet records but did not win an event. East Orange junior Jordane Johnson ran 21.67 for 3rd.

James’ time is No. 6 in state history and No. 2 in South Jersey history, just behind the South Jersey record of 21.25 set last month by Washington Township’s Ajani Dwyer, also at Ocean Breeze. Dwyer is currently injured and was unable to run at states or consequently at the Meet of Champions.

The only other South Jersey boys to double at the indoor Meet of Champions are Nick Brown of Bridgeton, who won the 55-meter dash in 6.57 and the 400 in 49.76 at the 1999 meet at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym, and Highland’s Floyd Whitaker, who won the long jump and triple jump with a 23-5 ½ and 46-3 ¼ at Ocean Breeze in 2020.

The only other boy in meet history to double in consecutive years is Mario Heslop of Franklin Township in the 200 and 400 in 2018 and 2019

The fastest previous South Jersey 200 time at a Meet of Champions was Premier Wynn’s winning 21.75 last year.

James lowered his own Burlington County indoor 200 record from 21.58, which he ran last month at Ocean Breeze.

All-Time Meet of Champions Sub-22 List
21.28 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024 [1]
21.58 … Cole Isaac Cramer [Southern Reg.], 2024 [2]
21.67 … Jordane Johnson [East Orange], 2024 [3]
21.68 … Shamali White [Nottingham], 2020 [1]
21.73 … Jaden Marchan [Leonia], 2024 [4]
21.75 … Mario Heslop [Franklin Twp.], 2018 [1]
21.75 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023 [1]
21.76 … Louis Akpadago [Nottingham], 2020 [2]
21.82 …….. Heslop, 2019 [1]
21.82….Greg McQueen [Elizabeth], 2022 [1]
21.90 … Dana Ridley [Nottingham], 2020 [3]
21.94 … Kingston Evans [Union City], 2024 [5]
21.96 … Ryan Johnson [Delbarton], 2024 [6]
21.97 … Julian Conigliaro [Delsea], 2024 [7]

All-Time New Jersey Indoor 200 List
20.90 … Mario Heslop [Franklin Twp.], 2019
21.05 … Shamali Whittle [Nottingham], 2022
21.07 … Xavier Donaldson [Seton Hall Prep], 2023
21.24 … Fitzroy Ledgister [St. Peter’s Prep], 2022
21.25 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024
21.28 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024
21.34 … Adian Sanderson [Ewing], 2004
21.37 … Taylor McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2015
21.48 … Najee Glass [St. Peter’s Prep], 2012
21.51 … Zamir Thomas [Snyder], 2010

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 200 List
21.25 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024
21.28 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024
21.53 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2012
21.62 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
21.71 … Julian Conigliaro [Delsea], 2024
21.75 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
21.82 … Antonio Tarantino [Paul VI], 2018
21.85 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991
21.86 … Antonio Abney [Willingboro], 2007
21.89 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 2004

All-Time South Jersey Indoor Meet of Champions 200 Winners
2015 … Sterling Pierce [Rancocas Valley], 22.20
2017 … Martin Booker Jr. [Pennsauken], 22.21
2023 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], 21.75

Haddonfield Stella Stolarick, Anna Stolarick, Ava Thomas  and Riley Austin ran 9:16.28 and won the 3,200-meter relay Sunday morning at the Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.

Haddonfield’s time is 4th-fastest in meet history – the 4-by-8 was added in 2017 – and 6th-fastest in South Jersey history. According to the MileSplit national database, it’s No. 14 in the U.S.

Haddonfield won by 40 meters over 2nd-place Eastern, which smashed its school record by 12 seconds with a 9:22.33, which is No. 7 in meet history and the fastest non-winning time ever. It’s No. 13 on the all-time South Jersey list and less than a second out of the top 10. Eastern’s previous school record was its 9:34.14 on the same track last month.

For Haddonfield, Stella Stolarick led off with a 2:20.63 split, Anna Stolarick ran 2:19.39, Thomas split 2:18.48 and Austin anchored in 2:17.80.

This was Haddonfield’s 3rd indoor Meet of Champions win since the inception of the girls meet in 1979. Olympian Erin Donohue won the 3,200 in 2001 in 10:38.90 and Briana Gess won the 1,600 in 2017 in 4:59.04.

Eastern’s Theresa Albertson, Samantha Osei-Kyei, Annelise Shack and sophomore Natalie Dumas broke the school record of 9:34.14 justa two weeks ago at Ocean Breeze. Albertson led off with a 2:24.43, Osei-Kyei split 2:14.61 – fastest of any team in the race – and Shack ran 2:26.87 to set up Dumas’s 2:16.44 anchor.

All-Time Meet of Champions 4-by-8 List
9:13.42 … Cherokee, 2022 [1]
9:14.47 … Ridge, 2017 [1]
9:14.49 … Ridge, 2020 [1]
9:16.28 … Haddonfield, 2024 [1]
9:17.78 … Ridge, 2018 [1]
9:18.64 … Ridge, 2019 [1]
9:22.33 … Eastern, 2024 [2]
9:22.93 … Union Catholic, 2020 [2]
9:23.67 … Hillsborough, 2024 [3]
9:28.77 … Union Catholic, 2023 [1]

All-Time South Jersey 4-by-8 List
9:04.66 … Lenape, 2013
9:07.27 … Cherokee, 2022
9:09.71 … Lenape, 2012
9:11.94 … Lenape, 2008
9:12.91 … Haddonfield, 2021
9:16.28 … Haddonfield, 2024
9:19.01 … Lenape, 2011
9:19.35 … Wilson, 2002
9:19.80 … Cherokee, 2023
9:21.38 … Buena, 1999
9:22.18 … Haddonfield, 2020
9:22.30 … Lenape, 2010
9:22.33 … Eastern, 2024
9:23.71 … Lenape, 2009
9:23.85 … Cherokee, 2022
9:24.68 … Seneca, 2017
9:26.65 … Kingsway, 2020
9:26.67 … Lenape, 2007
9:27.22 … Lenape, 2014
9:28.7 ….. Willingboro, 2003
9:28.90 … Haddonfield, 2019