Iowa’s Tionna Tobias from Winslow records #10 pentathlon mark in NCAA Division 1!!!!!!

Iowa senior Tionna Tobias from Winslow Township recorded the 3rd-highest pentathlon score in Hawkeyes history Friday at a meet in Iowa City.

Tobias scored 4,049 points and won the one-day, five-event test at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational at the Iowa Rec Building.

Tobias’s score is 3rd-highest in Iowa history, behind Jenny Kimbro [4,269 in 2020] and Tria Simmons [4,200 in 2019].

In the first event of the day, Tobias ran 8.37 in the 60-meter hurdles, scoring 1,046 points. She scored 806 in the high jump [5-5 ¼], 577 points in the shot put [35-2], 856 in the long jump [19-9] and 764 in the 800 [2:24.43].

Tobias won by 295 points over teammate Annie Wirth, who scored 3,754.

The high jump and long jump were also held on Friday, and Tobias did not compete in those open events, but she is entered in the hurdles, scheduled for 5:25 p.m. Saturday. Tobias is No. 10 in NCAA Division 1 with her 8.19 from last weekend in Iowa City

Her previous lifetime-best pentathlon score was 3,997 at last year’s Big Ten Championships at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio, where she placed 3rd – 49 points behind Millville’s Bryanna Craig of Purdue.

Tobias’s lifetime best is now three points higher than Craig’s lifetime best. Tobias has a 5,640 lifetime best in the two-day outdoor heptathlon from her win at outdoor Big Tens in Bloomington, Ind., in May. Craig was 2nd in that meet with a PR of 5,460. Craig hasn’t done a multi yet this winter.

Alexis Tepper from Cherry Hill Hill East moves into #7 spot on all-time UMBC list in first collegiate mile race!!!!!!

Alexis Tepper of Cherry Hill East moved into the No. 7 spot in the mile on the all-time University of Maryland Baltimore County performance list in her first collegiate mile race.

Tepper ran 5:02.80 Friday at the Ramapo College Season Opener at the Armory, placing 2nd to Ramapo’s Dale Leonard, who ran 4:57.05.

Tepper was mainly a 400-800 runner in high school and rarely ran the 1,600 or mile. She had a PR of 5:18.72 from a meet two years ago this week at the Bubble. So this is a 16-second PR in her first 1,600 or mile since December of 2022. She ran 2:17.12 in high school but hasn’t run an 800 yet in college.

Delsea’s Hannah Nuhfer pops huge shot put PR and #1 throw in South Jersey this year at Cherokee!!!!!!

Delsea sophomore Hannah Nuhfer joined the 40-foot club Thursday with a 40-8 on her final attempt at the Cherokee Throw Down #1. That’s the best throw in South Jersey this year.

Nuhfer threw 36-5 last spring at the Lenape Invite and then PR’d with a 37-9 ½ last month at a South Jersey Coaches Association meet at the Bubble. She was the No. 4 freshman in the state in 2023 and No. 2 in South Jersey, just behind Hammonton’s Mitra Sampson, who threw 37-9 at Group 3 sectionals at Delsea.

She opened Thursday with a personal-best 38-8 ½ and after a foul and a 35-1 ½ she finished with her 40-8, becoming Delsea’s first 40-foot thrower indoors in 13 years and the No. 9 throw in

Nuhfer led five throwers over 37 feet Thursday, with Clayton senior Maylisa Bluford throwing 38-2 ¾ for 2nd place on her final attempt, Willingboro junior Chanel Swain 3rd with a 37-8 ¼, Washington Township junior Ella Karp 4th with a 37-3 and Sampson 5th with a 37-1 ¾.

Nuhfer’s 40-8 is No. 2 in New Jersey this year, behind only Columbia senior Madison Stevens, who threw 41-5 ½ at the Group 4 state relays on Sunday at the Bubble.

It’s the best mark by a South Jersey sophomore indoors since Najeaya Singleton of Vineland threw 43-3 at the 2016 Meet of Champions at the Bubble.

All-Time South Jersey 40-Foot Indoor Shot Put List
47-5 ¾ … Zyra Thomas [Schalick], 2018
46-1 ½ … Najeaya Singleton [Vineland], 2017
46-1 … Cydney Thomas [Haddon Heights], 2019
45-3 … Nacole Moore [Bridgeton], 2000
44-6 ½ … Sylvia Galarza [Millville], 2004
44-3 ½ … Jocelyn White [Delsea], 2004
44-0 ½ … Melinda Boykin [Bridgeton], 1996
43-11 ¾ … Stephanie Scaramella [Bishop Eustace], 2007
43-10 ¼ … Mercedes Hicks [Atlantic City], 2006
43-10 … Rosetta Hunter [Burlington Twp.], 2015
43-4 ¾ … Jessica Woodard [Cherokee], 2012
43-4 ½ … Victoria Imbesi [Our Lady of Mercy], 2009
43-3 … Janice Rose [Delsea], 2011
42-11 ¼ … Ciara Demarest [Williamstown], 2022
42-7 ¾ … Typhanie Bates [Williamstown], 1995
42-5 ½ … Genevieve Tybicki [Our Lady of Mercy], 2007
42-4 … Sophia Coleburn [Haddon Heights], 2007
42-1 … Donovan Bennett [Vineland], 2014
42-0 ½ … Lisa Stuto [Winslow Twp.], 2009
42-0 ¼ … Lola Agabalogun [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
41-10 … Lillian Rivera [Pemberton], 1984
41-9 … Bernadette McGowan [Paul VI], 2016
41-8 … Alijah Caul [Sterling], 2019
41-6 ½ … Dana White [Camden], 2000
41-3 … Tara Daniels [Kingsway], 2013
41-2 … Ciarra Johnson [Winslow Twp.], 2018
41-0 … Nicole Scott [Willingboro], 1997
40-11 … Alexis Kennedy [Millville], 2012
40-10 … Danea Wint [Vineland], 2015
40-10 … Nyla Noble [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2014
40-9 … Amanda Thompson [Camden], 2001
40-8 ¾ … Emily Hilt [Kingsway], 2017
40-8 … Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], 2024
40-5 ½ … Cameron Daniels [Vineland], 2015
40-4 … Shanna Campbell [Pemberton], 2007
40-3 ½ … Lacole Fields [Camden], 1996
40-2 … Chanel Swain [Willingboro], 2023
40-1 ¾ … Kelly Staten [Atlantic City], 2001
40-1 ½ … Sophia Colburn [Haddon Heights], 2007
40-1 … Katherine Johnston [Haddonfield], 2012
40- ½ … Linda Dougherty [Sterling], 1982

Gloucester County Indoor Shot Put Top-10
44-3 ½ … Jocelyn White [Delsea], 2004
43-4 ½ … Victoria Imbesi [Our Lady of Mercy], 2009
43-3 … Janice Rose [Delsea], 2011
42-11 ¼ … Ciara Demarest [Williamstown], 2022
42-7 ¾ … Typhanie Bates [Williamstown], 1995
42-5 ½ … Genevieve Tybicki [Our Lady of Mercy], 2007
41-3 … Tara Daniels [Kingsway], 2013
40-8 ¾ … Emily Hilt [Kingsway], 2017
40-8 … Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], 2024
39-10 ½ … Giaanni Johnson-Slater [Delsea], 2022

Hammonton’s Anthony Liaknovich bombs 6-foot shot put PR and #8 in Atlantic County history!!!!!!

Anthony Liaknovich threw the shot 51 feet tonight for the first time. And 52 feet. And 53 feet. And 54 feet. And 55 feet. And 56 feet.

Liaknovich, a Hammonton junior, PR’d by more than six feet with a 56-10 ¼ Thursday night at the Cherokee Throw Down #1 in the Cherokee gym in Marlton.

That’s No. 8 in Atlantic County indoor history and just three-quarters of an inch off the school record of 57-0 at a Cherokee Throw Down in 2020.

Liaknovich entered the meet with a PR of 50-6 ¾ from the State Group 3 Relays on Saturday at the Bubble. That was his first lifetime 50-foot throw. He threw 49-11 last June at a meet in New Brunswick.

He popped the 56-10 ¼ on his 1st attempt and added a 50-8 ¼ on his 3rd. He fouled on his 2nd and 4th throws.

It was a big meet all-around, with Bishop Eustace senior Shawn Brady throwing a big PR of 55-6 ½ and Glassboro senior Damere Lassiter 54-7 ½ – and five other throwers surpassing 50 feet: Delsea junior Jon Harris [52-4 ½], Willingboro junior Julian Willians [51-3 ½], Paul VI junior Savien Higgs [51-2 ½], Delsea senior Greg Masso [50-6 ½] and Hammonton junior Christian Medina [50-4 ½].

Liaknovich moved into the No. 2 spot in the state this year, behind 2023 indoor and outdoor Meet of Champions winner Josh Huisman of St. Rose, who threw 63-2 late last month at a meet at Ocean Breeze.

Lassiter is No. 3 on the 2024 New Jersey list at 56-2 ½, Brady is No. 5 with his 55-6 ½ and Harris is No. 6 with a 55-5 ½

That 56-10 ¼ is the top throw this year in Group 3 – Harris is 2nd with that 55-5 ½ over the weekend at states relays – and also the top throw by a New Jersey underclassman. Harris is No. 2 on that list as well.

All-Time Atlantic County Indoor Shot Put List
59-9 … Kofi Yamoah [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
58-10 … James Plummer [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
58-9 ½ … Dave Dixon [Mainland Reg.], 1987
58-4 ½ .. .Curtis Fitzpatrick [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
57-9 ½ … Dontaye Rivera [Pleasantville], 2011
57-9 … Cade Antonucci [Holy Spirit], 2016
56-11 … Nate Karl [Hammonton], 2020
56-10 ¼ … Anthony Liaknovich [Hammonton], 2024
55-3 ½ … Steve Hansen [Holy Spirit], 1982
53-11 … Gabriel Wilkins [Absegami], 2024
53-8 ½ … Darren Wan [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2016

Haddonfield’s Rebecca Hoover moves into all-time South Jersey #5 spot in pole vault!!!!!!

Haddonfield junior Rebecca Hoover cleared a lifetime-best 11-9 in the pole vault Wednesday, the No. 5 mark in South Jersey indoor track history.

Hoover won the vault at the South Jersey Track Coaches Association at the Bubble, surpassing her lifetime-best 11-6, which she had cleared four times this season. Her outdoor PR is 10-6, which she cleared twice last spring.

Moorestown junior Hannah Byrd-Leitner has a 12-6 clearance this season, and Byrd-Leitner and Hoover are No. 3 and No. 5 in South Jersey indoor history.

On the overall indoor-outdoor combined list, they are No. 3 and No. 9 in South Jersey history.

Hoover’s 11-9 is also a Camden County indoor record. The outdoor record is 12-0, which Collingswood’s Fiona Basewitz cleared at the 2021 Meet of Champions at South Plainfield

Byrd-Leitner and Hoover are No. 1 and No. 3 in the state so far this year. Shreya Sathiyan of Morris Hills cleared 12-0 at the State Group 3 Relays Sunday at the Bubble.

All-Time South Jersey Indoor List
13-5 … Danielle O’Reilly [Shawnee], 2004
12-7 … Ashley Preston [Delsea], 2018
12-6 … Hannah Byrd-Leitner [Moorestown], 2024
12-0 … Jessica Kloss [Moorestown], 2004
11-9 … Rebecca Hoover [Haddonfield], 2024
11-6 … Melissa Gale [Millville], 2005
11-6 … Brittney Raffo [Seneca], 2017
11-6 … Lindsey Michie [Northern Burlington], 2019

All-Time South Jersey Overall List
13-5 … Danielle O’Reilly [Shawnee], 2004 [i]
12-7 ½ … Ashley Preston [Delsea], 2018 [o]
12-6 … Hannah Byrd-Leitner [Moorestown], 2024
12-0 … Brittany Raffo [Seneca], 2016 [o]
12-0 … Jessica Kloss [Moorestown], 2004 [i, o]
12-0 … Fiona Basewitz [Collingswood], 2021 [o]
12-0 … Brittney Raffo [Seneca], 2017 [o]
11-10 … Kaitlyn Dermen [Millville], 2014 [o]
11-9 … Rebecca Hoover [Haddonfield], 2024 [i]
11-9 … Julia Greeley [Seneca], 2021 [o]
11-6 … Melissa Gale [Millville], 2005 [i]
11-6 … Lindsey Michie [Northern Burlington], 2019 [i]
11-6 … Abby Boggs [Rancocas Valley], 2021
11-6 … Gabby Vetere [Washington Twp.], 2022
11-6 … Lauren Tauscher [Moorestown], 2009
11-6 … Reese Gebhard [Delsea], 2023
11-6 … Quin Zacamy [Haddon Heights], 2023

Remarkable high jump progression for Willingboro state relays champion Tra’San Adam!!!!!!

There are PRs and then there are PRs. Sometimes you trim a fraction of an inch of a personal best and sometimes it’s a fraction of a second.

And those PRs are terrific. But sometimes you get a personal best that is so mind blowing it defies belief.

And that’s what Willingboro junior Tra’san Adam did at the state relays.

Adam high jumped 5-4 last spring as a sophomore and improved to 5-6 in the indoor opener at the Bubble last month. He got up to 5-9 at the Armory a few days later and two weeks ago at Ocean Breeze he cleared 5-10.

All of which is outstanding progression.

Then on Sunday, at the State Group 2 Relays at the Bubble, Adam recorded one of those crazy PRs, clearing 6-4 and teaming up with junior Zaire Wormley to win the event.

The Bubble results don’t list field series details (psst, hey Bubble, it’s 2024), but Adam presumably cleared 6-0 and 6-2 on the way to 6-4, which means he PR’d three times by a total of half a foot.

Just like that, Adam is tied for No. 4 in the state and No. 2 in South Jersey behind Rancocas Valley senior David Godbolt, who cleared 6-6 at the Armory last month. Highland junior Jayden De Leon and Washington Township senior Carson Thomas have also cleared 6-4 this winter.

Willingboro has quite a history of high jumpers – Mike Morrison is the state indoor record holder at 7-4 ¼ in 2003 and Marc Holland (7-0), Pat Collier (6-10), Nate Robertson, Dijon Thomas, Scott Harrison (6-8), Kameron Smith (6-7) and Isaac Williams, John Sease, Darius Gary, Chris Smith, Pat Collier (6-6) have all cleared 6-6 or better indoors.

And now Adam is a state champion when his PR five weeks ago was 5-4.

Adam is the No. 2 jumper in Group 2 – Liam Paneque of Demarest cleared 6-5 in a meet earlier this month at Ocean Breeze and 6-6 earlier last spring.

In first meet for East Stroudsburg, Jaden Johnson triple jumps #6 mark in school history!!!!!!

In his first meet competing for East Stroudsburg, Timber Creek’s Jaden Johnson recorded the No. 6 triple jump in school history.

Johnson, a transfer from New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, jumped 48-0 ¾ to win the triple jump Saturday at The College of New Jersey Invitational at the Armory.

Johnson’s previous indoor PR was a 47-11 last January at Ocean Breeze. He jumped 48-5 ¼ last spring, but his wind-legal best at NJIT was 48-1 ¼ at a meet in Albany last spring [the mark doesn’t show up in any results because he had a wind-aided 48-4 in the same meet].

So he jumped within 1 ½ inches of his legal PR in his East Stroudsburg debut.

Johnson had a strong series with a 47-10 ¾ opener, 47-4, 47-3 ¼, the 48-0 ¾ winner, a 47-8 and a 46-6 ½ to finish. His average jump was 47-5 ½ – good enough to win the event by nearly a foot.

Johnson had high school PRs of 47-7 ½ outdoors at the 2022 state Group 4 meet at Pennsauken and 46-11 ¾ indoors at Ocean Breeze Nationals in March 2022.

Johnson’s mark is No. 16 so far this year in NCAA Division 2.

Washington Township girls win first state relays title in 25 years!!!!!!

The Washington Township girls won their first state relays title in 25 years Monday at the Bubble in Toms River.

Township outscored Hillsborough 46-29 to win the State Group 4 Relays championship for the first time since 1999, when the team led by Medea Ashton and Anita Brooks edged Jackson 32-28 at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym.

The Minutemaids won the 800-meter relay with junior Alexandria Hetzel and seniors Kayla D’Ottaviano, Dahlia Beasley and Dylan Giloley rnning 1:46.38 and also picked up 10 points in the shot put relay with junior Ella Karp [36-2 ½] and senior Lauren Stanger [33-8] and high jump relay with Beasley [5-4] and junior Ashley Lopez [4-10].

Senior Zarria Oliphant and juniors Meciah Howell, Ella Johnson and Dakota Jones ran 32.60 to place 2nd in the shuttle hurdles, and Beasley, Giloley, D’Ottaviano and freshman Layla Beasley ran 4:08.48 to take 5th in the 1,600-meter relay.

Sophomores Cali Lacovara and Gabrielle Chelnik took 5th in the pole vault relay, Lacovara tying her PR of 10-0 and Chelnik clearing 8-0.

The Cherokee girls ran 9:47.47 to win the 3,200-meter relay with sophomore Madeline Meder, junior Megan Niglio, senior Kerry O’Day and sophomore Alyssa Suriano. Cherokee also took 2nd in the distance medley with Niglio, senior Madison Van Haren, Meder and O’Day running 12:36.14.

Cherokee also placed 3rd in the 4-by-4 with Suriano, senior Alaina Bromley, Niglio and Meder running 3:48.71. The Chiefs finished 4th with 25 points.

Kingsway ran 3:46.35 to win the 4-by-400 with juniors Camryn Stanard, Jonnelle Lewis and Naveya Hall and senior Kay Wiscount.

Eastern won the sprint medley in 4:12.76 with junior Samantha Osei-Kyei, senior Eva Sprewell, junior Johnna Gonter and sophomore Natalie Dumas.

Cherokee’s Nick Kuenkel runs N.J. #1 3,200 at Ocean Breeze!!!!!!

Cherokee senior Nick Kuenkel ran a New Jersey No. 1 9:21.27 for 3,200 meters Monday at the South Jersey Track Coaches Association meet at Ocean Breeze.

Kuenkel ran 9:18.87 at the 2022 outdoor state meet at Franklin Township, but he had never run an indoor 32 so this is an autoatic indoor PR.

It’s also No. 6 in Burlington County indoor history and No. 3 on the all-time Cherokee indoor list, behind Marc Pelerin’s 9:11.86 [converted from 9:15.08 at 2002 Easterns at the Armory] and Ethan Wechsler’s 9:12.20 [at the 2020 Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze].

Kuenkel ran the first mile with junior teammate Liam Tindall. They both came through eight laps in 4:40 before Kuenkel pulled away, closing in 2:18.97. Tindall finished 2nd in a personal-best 9:30.56.

Kuenkel and Tindall are now No. 1 in 2 in New Jersey this year. The Ocean City tandem of senior Matt Hoffman and Ethan Buck also PRd in 3rd and 4th, Hoffman with a 9:32.53 and Buck in 9:47.79. Hoffman moved into New Jersey No. 4. Hoffman’s time is No. 2 in Cape May County history behind Nick Scarangelli, who ran 9:28.03 last year at the Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.

Also for Cherokee, senior Robert Poplau won the 800 by 20 meters in a New Jersey No. 2 1:57.55. Freshman Benjamin Realley finished 3rd in 2:00.82, closing in 59.87 and setting a Burlington County freshman indoor record. He also tied the overall Burlco freshman record of 2:00.82 set in 2017 by Cherokee’s Tyler Jackson at the 2017 Cherokee Night of Racing.

Realley’s time is fastest by a South Jersey freshman since Bryce Tucker ran 1:56.75 at the 2020 Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 3,200 List
8:58.81 ….. Jonathan Vitez [Haddonfield], 2010
9:00.27 … Austin Gabay [Cinnaminson], 2020
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
9:11.86y … 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
9:13.33 ….. Michael Rankin [Paul VI], 2010
9:13.93 ….. Paul Szulewski [Williamstown], 2011
9:14.31 ….. Jimmy Daniels [Sterling], 2013
9:14.51 … Peyton Shute [Woodbury], 2023
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
9:16.7y … Jim Smith [Haddonfield], 1980
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
9:20.33 … Robert Rawls [Triton], 2011
9:21.27 … Nick Kuenkel [Cherokee], 2024
9:21.51 … Salman Khalid [Absegami], 2013
9:22.0y … Willie Marino [Williamstown], 1976
9:22.1y … Marty Ludwikowski [Cherry Hill East], 1975
9:22.4y … Paul Friedman [Moorestown], 1976
9:22.60 … Brian Goldberg [Haddonfield], 2004
9:23.34 … Anthony Dentino [Washington Twp.], 2011
9:23.0y … Joe Siedlecki [Williamstown], 1973
9:23.34 … Steve Maine [Highland Reg.], 2013
9:23.4y … Albert Donawa [Camden], 1990
9:24.19 … Mike Myers [Eastern], 2001
9:24.21 … Owen Long [Haddon Twp.], 2016
9:24.71 … Nick Costello [Delsea], 2012
9:24.83 … Keith Krieger [Cherokee], 2003
9:25.83 … Connor Herr [Shawnee], 2012
9:25.86 … Dan Deichert [Eastern], 2002
9:26.02 … Stone Caraccio [Kingsway], 2020
9:26.06 … Joe Halin [Cherokee], 1999
9:26.43 … Dan Gough [Haddonfield], 1987
9:26.95 … Peter Murray [Shawnee], 2011
9:27.16 … Sebastien Reed [Pitman], 2020
9:27.59 … Joshua Chazin [Eastern], 2016
9:27.66 … Colin Hermack [Lenape], 2023
9:28.03 … Nick Scarangelli [Ocean City], 2023
9:28.30 … Alex Boyko [Cinnaminson], 2023
9:28.51 … Matt Mitchell [Haddon Heights], 2006
9:28.81 … Chase Miller [Cherokee], 2020
9:28.87 … Steve Burkholder [Cherokee], 2010
9:28.99 … Chris Platt [Haddonfield], 2002
9:29.04 … Matt Coffey [Camden Catholic], 2019
9:29.17 … Phil Magee [Atlantic City], 1994
9:29.1y … Urie Ridgeway [Bridgeton], 1989

All-Time Burlington County Indoor 3,200 List
9:00.27 … Austin Gabay [Cinnaminson], 2020
9:11.86y … Marc Pelerin [Cherokee], 2002
9:11.9y ….. Johnny Englehardt [Willingboro], 1976
9:12.20 … Ethan Wechsler [Cherokee], 2020
9:17.71 ….. Dave Forward [Shawnee], 2009
9:21.27 … Nick Kuenkel [Cherokee], 2024
9:22.4y … Paul Friedman [Moorestown], 1976
9:24.83 … Keith Krieger [Cherokee], 2003
9:25.83 … Connor Herr [Shawnee], 2012
9:26.06 … Joe Halin [Cherokee], 1999
9:26.95 … Peter Murray [Shawnee], 2011
9:27.66 … Colin Hermack [Lenape], 2023
9:28.30 … Alex Boyko [Cinnaminson], 2023
9:28.81 … Chase Miller [Cherokee], 2020
9:28.87 … Steve Burkholder [Cherokee], 2010

Skyhe Seamon, Olivia Okaro lead Winslow to 6th straight state relays title in terrific battle with Timber Creek!!!!!!

Freshman Skyhe Seamon and sophomore Olivia Okaro ran on three top-3 teams and the Winslow Township girls won their 8th state relays title and 6th in a row Sunday.

Winslow outscored neighborhood rival Timber Creek 52-42 in the Group 3 competition at the Bubble in Toms River.

Seamon ran on 2nd-place 4-by-200 [1:43.83], sprint medley [4:21.31] and 4-by-400 [4:00.86] and Okaro was on the 4-by-2 and 4-by-4 and 3rd-place 4-by-800 as Winslow won a close battle with neighboring Timber Creek, 52-42.

Winslow’s streak of six straight titles is 3rd-longest in meet history behind a nine-year streak by Hopewell Valley from 2002-2010 – their coach at the time was Mike Hammill from Moorestown – and Union Catholic’s streak of eight straight in Parochial A.

Winslow also won titles in 2011, 2013 and 2015 for a total of nine championships. That’s tied for 4th-most in history behind Willingboro [11], Columbia [10] and Hopewell Valley [10] and tied with Haddonfield.

The other legs on Winslow’s 4-by-200 were Dominique Clement and Djassi Dean. Joining Seamon on the sprint med were Clement, Dean and sophomore Ava Millner. The other 4-by-4 legs were freshmen Cinniya Robinson and Tristan Hughes. Joining Okaro on the 4-by-8 were Millner, Robinson and Hughes.

Winslow won the shuttle hurdles in 31.76 with sophomore Ma’Syiah Brawner, Clement, sophomore Taneyah Picott and senior Sierra Handy.

Brawner cleared 5-4 and teamed with sophomore Chantina Walker to place 3rd in the high jump relay.

Timber Creek won the 4-by-200 in 1:42.69 and 1,600-meter relay in 3:57.96 as well as the shot put and high jump relays. Freshman Amaya Jones, junior Ryan Jennings and seniors Naylah Jones and Chloe Jones ran the 800-meter relay and Naylah Jones, Chloe Jones, freshman Taylor Gaines and Nyla Jones the 1,600-meter relay.

The shot put results are messed up, but senior Guerlande Pierre threw 35-2 ½ and sophomore Nasira Gordon a PR 24-5 ¾ and it looks like they won. Pierre and Gordon also won the high jump relay with Pierre clearing 5-2 and Gordon a personal-best 4-10.

Hammonton sophomore Mitra Sampson also PR’d with a 38-2 ½, the 2nd-best throw of the competition.

Moorestown junior Hannah Byrd-Leitner cleared 12-0 and junior Jaya Stockham 9-6 and the Quaker tandem won the pole vault relay.

Pennsauken ran 1:44.85 and 4:03.16 and placed 3rd in both the 4-by-200 and 4-by-400, with Sianni Wynn, sophomores Olivia Dupree and Sanaya Dupree and junior Ameenah Rodriguez on both teams.

The Mainland Regional girls won both the 4-by-800 and distance medley. We wrote about their fast double here.