Cinnaminson graduate Malicah Etienne, a freshman at Georgian Court, hit a huge shot put PR with the 16-pound ball Friday at the Fastrack National Invitational at Ocean Breeze. It was only his 3rd college meet.

Etienne popped a 53-9 ¼ on his final attempt and placed 2nd to Columbia’s Obiora Okeke, who threw 58-0 ¼.

That’s No. 3 in school history behind current teammate Ryan Roger from Toms River North [54-9 ½ in 2020] and current Georgian Court junior Robbie Babson of Toms River South [54-8 ¼ last year]. It’s the best throw by a Georgian Court freshman.

Etienne’s PR coming into the meet was 50-7 ¼ from a meet last month at the same facility in Staten Island. He surpassed that with a 50-11 on his 3rd attempt before the nearly 3-foot PR on his final attempt, which moved him up from 7th place to 2nd.

That 53-9 ¼ is No. 2 in the East Coast Conference this year behind teammate Robbie Babson, who threw 53-10 ½ last month in a meet in Lancaster, Pa.

Etienne threw 55-11 at the Meet of Champions last spring with the 12-pound shot, so he’s definitely taken to the heavier college implement. He also threw 177-4 in the discus last spring.

Georgian Court coach Mike Murawski was a state high jump champion at Holy Cross and is the Duquesne school record holder in the decathlon [6,140 points] and high jump [6-8 ¼].

How dominant were the Haddonfield girls Saturday in the South Jersey Group 2 sectional meet?

Haddonfield had 22 entries, and 19 of them scored. And 12 of the medalists placed first or second. That’s six 1sts, six 2nds, three 3rds, two 4ths and two 6ths.

Haddofield scored a meet-record 136 points and won its record 12th indoor sectional title and 5th in a row, a streak interupted when indoor sectionals weren’t held in 2021. Sterling placed 2nd with 54 points.

Indoor sectionals were first held in 2008, and Haddonfield won Group 1 in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016 and has now won Group 2 in 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

The 136 points are the most ever in any indoor South Jersey sectional or any Group 2 sectional state-wide. Haddonfield set the previous South Jersey standard with 130 1/3 points in Group 1 in 2009. The previous South Jersey Group 2 record was Delsea’s 111 in 2014. The most points previously in any Group 2 meet is Hopewell Valley’s 133 in Central Jersey in 2009. Only Bernards – with 138 points in Central Jersey Group 1 in 2010 – has scored more points in an indoor sectional.

The Bulldogs scored in every event and placed either 1st or 2nd in nine of 10 events. They piled up 68 of a possible 72 in the 800, 1,600 and 3,200.

And that’s all with the rules changing this year and not allowing schools three entrants in every event.

Senior Ava Thomas won the 1,600 in 5:05.66 and the 3,200 in 11:25.89, junior Audrey Adams PR’d at 8.85 to win the 55-meter hurdles and also was 2nd in the high jump at 4-10, sophomore Riley Austin PR’d at 2:20.01 to win the 800 and was 2nd in the 1,600 in 5:24.80, senior Chloe Kamp won the 55 in a PR 7.36 and was 2nd in the 400 in 1:00.58, and junior Rebecca Hoover cleared 11-9 to win the pole vault.

Senior Anna Stolarick was 2nd in the 800 in 2:20.71 and 3rd in the 1,600 in 5:26.89, junior Nicolette Pinkerton ran a PR 9.26 for 3rd in the hurdles, senior Stella Stolarick PR’d with a 2:21.33 for 4th in the 800, freshman Devon Gervasi ran a PR 11:53.84 in her second high school 3,200 for 2nd place and sophomore Katherine Asher was just behind her in 4th in 11:57.45.

In the field, senior Mia Bompensa cleared 10-6 for the first time indoors or outdoors and placed 3rd in the pole vault, and junior Maeve Hurley cleared 4-8 for 6th place in the high jump.

Stella Stolarick, Anna Stolarick, senior Penny Davis and Adams finished things off with a 2nd-place in the 4-by-4 in 4:13.70, just behind Sterling.

Pemberton sophomore Olivia Serrano won the 400 in 1:00.42, Sterling junior Isabella Patruno matched her PR clearing 5-0 to win the high jump and ran a leg on the winning 4-by-4 team, and Eastside senior Yamilet Basarte-Cruz – in her first season of indoor track – threw 37-5 ¾ to win the shot put.

Sterling senior Ayanna Brown, junior Leeya Joseph, Patruno and junior Elyse Simpson ran 4:13.00 to win the relay.

Sophomore Matthew Littlehales placed 2nd in the 3,200 and 4th in the 1,600 and scored 12 points for Delsea as the Crusaders won their 7th indoor sectional title Friday at the Bubble.

Littlehales ran 9:40.15 in the 3,200 and 4:29.81 in the 1,600, and Delsea outscored Winslow Township 56-42 to win the South Jersey Group 3 championship. Highland [35], Hammonton [32 ½], Timber Creek [28] and Ocean City [26] made it six school in a 30-point range.

Delsea won South Jersey Group 2 sectional titles in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018 and 2020. This was the Crusaders’ 1st Group 3 crown.

State-wide, only Rahwah and Willingboro – with eight each – have won more sectional championships than Delsea since the inception of the indoor sectional meets in 2008. Matawan, Morris Hills and Haddonfield have also won seven. Haddonfield won its 7th on Friday.

Delsea scored 35 of its 56 points in the three field events.

Delsea picked up 15 points in the shot put, with junior Jonathan Harris winning with a meet-record 58-1 ¾ throw, senior Greg Masso taking 4th in 50-8 ½ and senior Tyler Habersham-Agbemenu picking up a point in 6th place with a 49-6. Harris smashed the meet record of 57-3 1/2 set in 2016 by Toms River East’s Dan Gilligan.

And in the pole vault, Delsea added 16 points, with senior Carlos Reyes and sophomore Mason Murray both clearing 12-6 for 2nd and 3rd and junior Henry Cifaloglio matching his PR 12-0 for 5th place.

Senior Julian Conigliaro placed 3rd in the 55-meter dash in 6.65 and senior Wayne Adair cleared 5-10 and tied for 4th in the high jump

Sophomore Quincy Matthews lowered his PR from 8.23 to 8.13 and placed 5th in the 55-meter hurdles for two big points.

Delsea also got a point in the 4-by-4, with Xavier Wyatt, Conigliaro, Quincy Matthews and Christian Langston taking 6th in 3:37.07.

Other winners were Hammonton senior Aaron Mull in a photo finish in the 55 with Pennsauken senior Elijah Jennings, who both ran 6.51, Winslow junior Jayden Poteat in the 400 [51.56], Winslow junior Dominic Bassey in the 800 [1:59.47], Highland junior distance runners Cortland Webb in the 1,600 [4:25.04] and Mason Wassell in the 3,200 [PR 9:36.61], Clearview senior Daniel Couse in the pole vault [13-6], Highland junior Jayden De Leon in the high jump [6-2].

Winslow’s 4-by-4, with junior Chukwuemeka Ajaegbulemh, Bassey, Poteat and senior Darrell Jackson Jr., who ran 3:27.70.

Senior Guerlande Pierre ran the fastest hurdles time by a South Jersey girl this year, leading a 1-2-3 sweep as Timber Creek roared to its third indoor sectional title and second in a row.

Pierre ran a lifetime-best 8.31 over the 55-meter highs, senior Nyla Jones was 2nd with a PR 8.49 and junior Billie Frazier took 3rd in a PR of her own at 8.53.

That’s 24 points in one event for the Chargers, who sprinted to an 70-52 win over Mainland Regional to win the South Jersey Group 3 title at the Bubble.

Pierre’s previous PR was 8.34 earlier this week at Ocean Breeze, Jones’ was 8.54 earlier this month at Ocean Breeze and Frazier’s was 8.56 last month at the Bubble.

That trio of Timber Creek hurdlers is now No. 1, No. 6 and No. 7 in South Jersey. Pierre’s 8.31 is 6th-fastest this year in New Jersey.

The versatile Pierre, a future heptathlete no doubt, also placed 3rd in the high jump at 5-2 and took 4th in the shot put with a 37-1 ½.

We’ll have more on the ridiculously fast 55-meter dash tomorrow, but it was a doozy – Timber Creek went 1-2 with junior Ryan Jennings edging senior teammate and New Jersey No. 1 Naylah Jones, with both timed in 7.00 and going under the previous meet record of 7.06, set last year by Pennsauken’s Sianni Wynn, who was 3rd in 7.07. Chloe Jones ran 7.47 and placed 6th.

Jennings, Naylah Jones, Chloe Jones and Frazier finished off the evening with a record-setting win in the 1,600-meter relay. Timber Creek’s 3:57.25 broke the meet record of 3:58.18 set by Winslow’s Iyianna Williams, Flora Ahiarakwe, Janeya Hammond and Shakira Dancy. Winslow also dipped under four minutes with a 3:58.35.

Jennings and Chloe Jones went 3-6 in the 400 for Timber Creek, Jennings in 58.05 and Jones in 59.73.

Wynn won the 400 in 56.93, and Ocean City senior Sophia Curtis placed second and lowered her own Cape May County indoor 400 record of 57.99 from her win in last year’s Group 3 state meet to 57.80.

Moorestown junior Hannah Byrd-Leitner cleared 12-0 on her 1st attempt and broke the meet record of 11-0 set last year by Emerson Dirk of Toms River East.

Mainland junior Sofia Day doubled the 800 [2:20.12] and 1,600 [5:11.50], Winslow sophomore Ma’Syiah Brawner won the high jump at 5-4 on fewer misses vs. Moorestown junior I’mara Ford and Ocean City junior Maeve Smith ran 11:10.38 to win the 3,200.

Payton Falkenstein, an East Stroudsburg freshman from Burlington Township, is off to a fast start with one of the school’s fastest times in the last decade in her first lifetime track 5,000.

Falkenstein ran 18:22.72 at the Riverhawk Invitational in Boston. Freshman teammate Brianna Hennett, an NCAA Division 2 XC qualifier this past fall, ran 17:45.96 in the same race.

Those are East Stroudsburg’s two fastest indoor 5,000 times since 2014, when Kim Wernerspach ran 18:05.85 at the Armory, and they’re the two-fastest freshman 5,000 times on record since 2011, which is as far back as the Track and Field Results Reporting System [TFRRS] web site goes.

Falkenstein didn’t run any track 5,000s in high school, but her 3,200 PR was 11:54.28, which is an average of 5:57 per mile, and her 5,000 averaged 5:55 per mile. So she ran faster for 25 laps indoors in her college 5,000 debut than eight laps outdoors.

Falkenstein ranks 10^th in the PSAC in the 5,000 and 4^th among freshmen.

8 years             Willis: 1 INT, 2.6 sacks, 2.0 FF, 1.5 fumble recoveries per year

13 years

The NJSIAA sectional program is a disgrace. How do issue a “meet program” that doesn’t even have meet records?

What are we doing here?

The NJSIAA programs never offered very much but they’ve always at the bare minimum included meet records. No more.

If I were in charge, every state program would include performance lists, all-time winners, all-time team champions and all kinds of cool stuff (as well as correct spelling, but that’s another issue). But you’ve got to list meet records.

Not the NJSIAA.

So as a public service to the South Jersey track community, here’s the only place in the world you’ll find accurate, up-to-date indoor South Jersey sectional meet records. With names spelled correctly. And in a readable format with no random lines all over the place and a modern typeface that doesn’t date back to 1953.

I included records from last weekend’s Group 1 and 4 sectionals and will update with Friday’s Group 2 and 3 meets. Best of all, if there are mistakes, I will correct them immediately. Just let me know.

Boys
Group 1
55-METER DASH
6.31 … Malachi James, Burlington City, 2024
400-METER DASH
49.83 … Alexander Osayemi, Clayton, 2024
800-METER RUN
1:57.36 … Jacob Clark, Pleasantville, 2013
1,600-METER RUN
4:18.15 … Luke Petela, Haddon Township, 2015
3,200-METER RUN
9:34.34 … Jonathan Vitez, Haddonfield, 2009
55-METER HURDLES
7.72 … Corsen Harter, Haddon Township, 2013
1,600-METER RELAY
3:35.09 … Willingboro, 2022
HIGH JUMP
6-8 … Tariq Adams, Pleasantville, 2015
POLE VAULT
14-6 … Michael Rivard, Haddonfield, 2010
SHOT PUT
55-11 ½ Damere Lassiter, Glassboro, 2024

Group 2
55-METER DASH
6.49 … Malachi Melton, Cedar Creek, 2019
6.49 … Corey Thomas, Oakcrest, 2023
400-METER DASH
49.70 … Gabriel Moronta, Pleasantville, 2020
800-METER RUN
1:57.29 … Gabriel Moronta, Pleasantville, 2020
1,600-METER RUN
4:17.72 … George Andrus, Haddonfield, 2023
3,200-METER RUN
9:18.41 … Seth Clevenger, Haddonfield, 2022
55-METER HURDLES
7.46 … Naseem Smith, Deptford, 2019
1,600-METER RELAY
3:25.91 … Haddonfield, 2017
HIGH JUMP
6-6 … Timothy Miller, Pinelands Regional, 2015
6-6 … Isaiah Davenport, Pleasantville, 2023
POLE VAULT
15-8 … Marco Morales, Delsea, 2020
SHOT PUT
68-11 … Braheme Days, Bridgeton, 2012

Group 3
55-METER DASH
6.39 … Damiere Byrd, Timber Creek, 2009
400-METER DASH
49.79 … Jamaad Muse, Timber Creek, 2014
800-METER RUN
1:58.79 … Miles Schoedler, Ocean City, 2011
1:58.79 … Nuriddin Wise, Highland, 2018
1,600-METER RUN
4:17.72 … Miles Schoedler, Ocean City, 2011
3,200-METER RUN
9:26.71 … Robert Rawls, Triton, 2011
55-METER HURDLES
7.59 … Kevin Hegamin, Timber Creek, 2014
1,600-METER RELAY
3:23.70 … Timber Creek, 2016
HIGH JUMP
6-6 … Larry Russell, Timber Creek, 2015
POLE VAULT
15-1 … Dylan Altland, Kingsway, 2014
SHOT PUT
57-3 ½ … Dan Gilligan, Toms River East, 2016

Group 4
55-METER DASH
6.35 … Ajani Dwyer, Washington Township, 2024
400-METER DASH
48.97 … Semaj Willis, Egg Harbor Township, 2020
800-METER RUN
1:57.09 … Stone Caraccio, Kingsway, 2020
1,600-METER RUN
4:20.73 … Joe Kotran, Toms River North, 2010
3,200-METER RUN
9:16.76 … Oliver Adler, Cherry Hill East, 2020
1,600-METER RELAY
3:22.63 … Egg Harbor Township, 2017
55-METER HURDLES
7.06 … Yashahya Brown, Washington Township, 2024
HIGH JUMP
6-8 … Devin Bradham, Williamstown, 2015
POLE VAULT
14-7 … Brian Banks, Eastern, 2011
SHOT PUT
58-5 ½ … Kofi Yamoah, Egg Harbor Township, 2013

Girls
Group 1
55-METER DASH
7.23 … Emily Carson, Haddonfield, 2013
400-METER DASH
57.65 … Faleesha Dowe, Penns Grove, 2014
800-METER RUN
2:19.92 … Greta Feldman, Haddonfield, 2009
1,600-METER RUN
5:03.25 … Brianna Gess, Haddonfield, 2016
3,200-METER RUN
11:15.72 … Shelby Cain, Haddonfield, 2013
55-METER HURDLES
8.52 … Andrea Olsen, Buena, 2013
1,600-METER RELAY
4:05.46 … Penns Grove, 2014
HIGH JUMP
5-5 … Alanna Woolfolk, Clayton, 2023, 2024
POLE VAULT
11-0 … Sarah Parr, Audubon, 2010
SHOT PUT
46-1 … Cydney Thomas, Haddon Heights, 2019

Group 2
55-METER DASH
7.14 … Audrey Wilson, Deptford, 2009
400-METER DASH
57.76 … Kiara Lester, Deptford, 2016
800-METER RUN
2:17.83 … Felicia O’Donnell, Delsea, 2011
1,600-METER RUN
5:00.27 … Briana Gess, Haddonfield, 2017
3,200-METER RUN
10:47.31 … Megan Venables, Highland, 2011
55-METER HURDLES
8.20 … Lenaami Morton, Camden, 2017
1,600-METER RELAY
4:04.07 … Camden, 2009
HIGH JUMP
5-8 … Madison Cappuccio, Barnegat, 2020
POLE VAULT
12-6 … Ashley Preston, Delsea, 2018
SHOT PUT
43-0 … Janice Rose, Delsea, 2011

Group 3
55-METER DASH
7.06 … Sianni Wynn, Pennsauken, 2023
400-METER DASH
56.29 … Michelle Brown, Seneca, 2010
800-METER RUN
2:16.68 … Grace Wassell, Highland, 2022
2:16.68 … Lily Oliver, Toms River South, 2022
1,600-METER RUN
5:00.60 … Danielle Leavitt, Lacey Townshp, 2014
3,200-METER RUN
10:47.06 … Alyssa Aldridge, Mainland Regional, 2016
55-METER HURDLES
8.04 … Ste’yce McNeil, Winslow Township, 2012
1,600-METER RELAY
3:58.18 … Winslow Township, 2017
HIGH JUMP
5-8 … Gabrielle Bennett, Winslow Township, 2015
POLE VAULT
11-0 … Emerson Dirk, Toms River East, 2023
SHOT PUT
41-7 ¼ … Ronetta Hunter, Burlington Township, 2015

Group 4
55-METER DASH
7.08 … English Gardner, Eastern, 2010
7.08 … Bria Mack, Williamstown, 2017
400-METER DASH
56.02 … Nijgia Snapp, Oakcrest, 2009
800-METER RUN
2:11.07 … Jillian Smith, Southern Regional, 2008
1,600-METER RUN
4:58.69 … Nicole Clifford, Cherokee, 2022
3,200-METER RUN
10:44.28 … Megan Lacy, Cherokee, 2012
55-METER HURDLES
8.09 … Claudine Smith, Atlantic City, 2019
1,600-METER RELAY
3:58.05 … Washington Township, 2011
HIGH JUMP
5-6 … Lindsey Walsh, Lenape, 2008
5-6 … Kelsey Evancho, Lenape, 2010, 2011
POLE VAULT
11-1 … Kaitlyn Derman, Millville, 2014
SHOT PUT
44-9 ¾ … Najeaya Singleton, Vineland, 2017

Isabelle Deal left Ursinus with two school records and now she has her first at Rowan.

Deal, a Washington Township graduate, set Ursinus records of 42-6 ¾ in the indoor shot put and 144-10 in the javelin and was a three-time All-America in the javelin during her three years in Collegeville.

At the Seamus McElligott Invitational, Deal popped an indoor PR of 42-9 ¾ on her 5th throw, breaking the school record of 42-8 set by Pemberton graduate Kyanna Hawkins-Deravin at the 2015 New Year Invitational at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym (also on her 5th throw).

The running events were held at Haverford but the throwing events were held at Widener University in Chester.

Deal had the four-best throws of the meet – she had throws of 40-6 ½, 40-11 ¾ and 41-4 ¾ in addition to her winning 42-6 ¾.

Deal’s outdoor PR is a 43-4 ½ from last year’s Centennial Conference Championships at her home track. She actually doesn’t have the Ursinus outdoor shot record. That’s 45-1 ¾ by Rachelle Pecovsky in 1994 (although I’ve searched everywhere trying to find that performance and I can’t. It wasn’t at the conference meet, it wasn’t at NCAAs, it wasn’t at Penn Relays. I’m starting to wonder if it really happened because I can’t find any other meet that she even threw 42 feet. I’ll keep looking!)

Deal’s 42-9 ¾ is No. 1 in the NJAC this year by 5 ½ inches over Kerri McCarthy of TCNJ and Allentown High in Monmouth County. It’s No. 31 in NCAA Division 3 this year.

Last month, Rowan competed in the Collegeville Classic and Deal threw 42-0 ¾ and finished first in the shot at her former school.

Rowan’s outdoor school record is 43-2 by Angela Solomon at the 1991 New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships at The College of New Jersey in Ewing.

Deptford graduate Naseem Smith, a Syracuse senior, ran a hurdles PR this weekend, dipping below eight seconds in the 60-meter highs for the first time.

Smith had run 8.09 0r faster 14 different times and sub 8.05 eight times: 8.00, 8.00, 8.01, 8.01, 8.01, 8.02, 8.04, 8.04, 8.06, 8.06, 8.08, 8.08, 8.09 and 8.09.

But that elusive sub-8 finally came at the Crimson Elite 2024 at Harvard’s Gordon Track and Tennis Center in Cambridge, Mass., with a 7.96 in the prelims. In the same race, teammate Isaiah Lewis – a senior from Winslow Township – ran 8.01, just 1-100th of a second off his PR.

Syracuse junior Anthony Vazquez from Egg Harbor Township wasn’t in this race but has run 7.91 this winter. Counting Miami’s Sincere Rhea from St. Augustine, who ran 7.76 earlier this month, South Jersey has four of the top 14 hurdlers in the ACC.

Smith PR”d outdoors with a 14.02 in the prelims of the ACC Championships in Raleigh before placing 6th in the final, the second time he’s medaled at the conference meet.

Here’s our best attempt at an all-time South Jersey sub-8 list:

7.50 … Anwar Moore [Camden], Feb. 24, 2008, Boston
7.52 … Jack Pierce [Woodbury], Feb. 25, 1995, Fairfax, Va.
7.72 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], Jan. 9, 2015, Houston
7.76 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], Feb. 28, 2020, Geneva, Ohio
7.86 … Tyler Garland [Deptford], Feb. 29, 2020, South Bend, Ind.
7.87 … Devon Carter [Washington Twp.], Feb. 28, 2014, Clemson, S.C.
7.89 … Paul Klemic [Mainland Reg.], Feb. 23, 2003, Boston
7.90 … Jalen Walker [Burlington Twp.], March 8, 2015, Boston
7.91 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], Feb. 12, 2005, Ames, Iowa
7.92 … Greg Foster [Lawrenceville Prep / Lumberton], Feb. 10, 2023, New York
7.94 … Jusson Boyd [Willingboro], Feb. 26, 2012, Winston-Salem, N.C.
7.94 … Edwin Alston [Winslow Twp.], Feb. 18, 2017, New York
7.94 … Jusson Boyd [Willingboro], Feb. 26, 2012, Winston-Salem, N.C.
7.96 … Naseem Smith [Deptford], Feb. 2, 2024, Cambridge, Mass.
7.97 … Chais Hill [Highland], Feb. 26, 2016, Geneva, Ohio

There was a pretty fast 400 at Ocean Breeze Monday night, with six South Jersey runners breaking 60 seconds in three different sections and four of them PR’ing.

Let’s take a look!

1) ***Cinniya Robinson, Winslow Twp.: Led the way with a PR 57.89 in her 3rd high school 400. Her previous PR was a 58.94 on the same track in December. Her time is No. 4 in South Jersey this year and fastest by a Winslow freshman since Krystal Cantey ran 57.75 at the 2003 Meet of Champions at Jadwin Gym. It’s also fastest by a public school 9th-grader this year and No. 2 in New Jersey Group 3, behind Pennsauken sophomore Sianni Wynn, who ran 55.51 at Ocean Breeze in December. Wonder if she’s related to former Winslow star Torie Robinson!

2) Chloe Jones, Timber Creek: Ran a season-best 57.92 for 2nd place. Jones ran 56.05 outdoors last spring when she placed 3rd at the state Group 3 meet at Delsea. Her time is No. 5 in South Jersey this year and No. 3 in New Jersey Group 3.

3) **Olivia Okaro, Winslow Twp.: Okaro, who PR’d at 7.15 for the 55 last month, took 3rd in 58.36, lowering her PR for the second race in a row. She ran 58.63 in her last 400 back in December, also at Ocean Breeze.

4) *Nester Wea, Willingboro: An indoor PR of 58.49 for the versatile Wea, who won four sectional sprint and hurdles titles last spring and three state titles. She’s run 56.05 outdoors, but her previous indoor PR was 59.38 two weeks ago at the Bubble.

5) ***Maya Bolden, Willingboro: Another fast freshman, Bolden PR’d with a 58.94, her first time under 60 seconds (or 59 seconds). Fastest Burlington County freshman since Rancocas Valley’s Anabella Chin ran 58.84 at 2019 Easterns at the Armory.

6) **Kaila Speight, Willingboro: The Chimeras’ third girl under 60 seconds with a lifetime-best 59.67, Wea, Bolden and Speight are ranked 3rd, 4th and 7th in the state Group 2 rankings. This was also Speight’s first time under 60. Boro hasn’t broken 4:00 in an indoor 4×4 since they won the 2010 Meet of Champions in 3:58.33. But with these three legs adding up to 2:57.10 – and junior Sunny Oyibo running an early 1:01.65 – this could be the year.

In all, 18 South Jersey girls have already broken 60 seconds this winter, most since 2020, when there were 19. And we still have half of sectionals, states, Meet of Champions and Easterns to go. Of those 18, four are from Winslow, three from Willingboro, two from Timber Creek, Washington Township and Eastern and one each from Pennsauken, Ocean City, Clayton, Pemberton and Williamstown.

Here’s all of them!

55.51 … ***Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], Ocean Breeze
57.34 … Dylan Giloley [Washington Twp.], Armory
57.73 … **Natalie Dumas [Eastern], Bubble
57.89 … ***Cinniya Robinson [Winslow Twp.], Ocean Breeze
57.92 … Chloe Jones [Timber Creek], Ocean Breeze
57.95 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], Bubble
58.02 … Sophia Curtis [Ocean City], Bubble
58.10 … *Samantha Osei-Kyei [Eastern], Bubble
58.36 … **Olivia Okaro [Winslow Twp.], Ocean Breeze
58.43 … *Leila Ortiz [Clayton], Ocean Breeze
58.49 … *Nester Wea [Willingboro], Ocean Breeze
58.59 … Dahlia Beasley [Washington Twp.], Armory
58.94 … ***Maya Bolden [Willingboro], Ocean Breeze
59.23 … **Olivia Serrano [Pemberton], Ocean Breeze
59.50 … Paige Franklin [Williamstown], Bubble
59.53 … Djassi Dean [Winslow Twp.], Ocean Breeze
59.67 … **Kaila Speight [Willingboro], Ocean Breeze
59.69 … Dominique Clement [Winslow Twp.], Ocean Breeze

*** – freshman
** – sophomore
* – junior

Senior Nick Kuenkel split 1:55.24 and senior Robert Poplau 1:54.29 and Cherokee ran the 11th-fastest indoor 3,200-meter relay in South Jersey history Monday night at Ocean Breeze.

Freshman Ben Realley and seniors Andrew Free, Kuenkel and Poplau ran 7:53.90 to win the 4-by-8 at the South Jersey Track Coaches Association meet. Cherokee won by 50 meters over Chatham, which placed 2nd in 8:03.06.

Cherokee’s time is No. 1 in New Jersey this year and No. 5 in the U.S., according to the MileSplit national database. It’s the Chiefs’ fastest indoor time since they placed 2nd at Armory Nationals in 2012 with Colin Merrigan, Drew Viscidy, Ross Staudt and Shawn Wilson. It’s 5th-fastest on the all-time Burlington County list and fastest in 12 years.

Really split 1:59.96 on the lead-off leg, and Free ran 2:04.42, which is two seconds faster than his open 800 PR. Kuenkel moved Cherokee into a dead heat with Chatham at the third handoff, and Poplau ran away from the field with the fastest split of the day.

Cherokee’s performance is a virtual lock to qualify the Chiefs for the 128th annual Penn Relays the last weekend of April at Franklin Field.

Washington Township placed 3rd in 8:12.28 with Aaron Kolosowsky splitting 1:59.44 on the second leg. That was the fastest second leg in the race.

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 4-by-800 List
7:43.64 … Cherokee, 2012
7:45.55 … Pleasantville, 2013
7:47.50 … Kingsway, 2020
7:48.92 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017
7:51.45 … Washington Twp., 2009
7:51.78 … Cherokee, 2000
7:52.76 … Kingsway, 2020
7:52.77 … Pleasantville, 2006
7:52.95 … Willingboro, 2003
7:53.64 … Willingboro, 2002
7:53.90 … Cherokee, 2024
7:54.76 … Pleasantville, 2007
7:55.40 … Washington Twp., 2008
7:55.44 … Haddonfield, 2010
7:57.28 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
7:57.29 … Oakrest, 2009
7;57.56 … Haddonfield, 2019
7:58.08 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2016
7:58.5h … Willingboro, 1983
7:59.05 … Pleasantville, 2015
7:59.51 … Pleasantville, 2012
7:59.84 … Kingsway, 2014
7:59.91 … Kingsway, 2013

All-Time Burlington County Indoor 4-by-800 List
7:43.64 … Cherokee, 2012
7:51.78 … Cherokee, 2000
7:52.95 … Willingboro, 2003
7:53.64 … Willingboro, 2002
7:53.90 … Cherokee, 2024
7:57.28 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
7:58.5h … Willingboro, 1983
8:02.47 … Cherokee, 2011
8:03.77 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
8:04.1h … Rancocas Valley, 2015
8:06.58 … Cherokee, 2009
8:07.5h … Shawnee, 2000
8:07.93 … Seneca, 2013
8:08.4h … Cherokee, 1998
8:09.6y … Willingboro
8:10.22 … Lenape, 2000