Willingboro junior Eric Foster completed the 100-110 hurdles double Saturday at the state Group 2 meet at Delsea.

Foster won the 100 with a 10.94, edging Raritan senior Kieran Falzon, who was 2nd in 11.00 and he came back and won the 110-meter hurdles in a PR 14.04, finishing clear of Demarest senior Jack Attali, 2nd in 14.16.

Foster becomes Willingboro’s first junior double winner at states since Mike Morrison won the Group 3 high jump at 7-0 and long jump at 22-11 ¾ at the 2002 meet in South Plainfield. (Malachi James won the 100 and 200 last year as a freshman.)

Foster is also the first Willingboro boy ever – indoors or out – to win both high hurdles and sprint races at the state championships.

Foster was just 1-100th of a second off his 100 PR of 11.93 from sectionals. His previous 110 highs PR was 14.55 at South Jersey Open, also at Delsea, in May.

Another race, another PR, another state title for Pennsauken freshman Sianni Wynn.

Wynn, who won the 100 earlier Saturday in 11.82, won the 400 in a blazing 53.98 Saturday at Franklin Township.

That’s No. 14 in state history and No. 6 in South Jersey history and brings her within a 5th of a second of the state freshman record of 53.78, set by Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin, who ran 53.78 at the 2014 state Parochial A meet at Egg Harbor.

Wynn finished six meters ahead of of Elizabeth senior Cynthia Boakye, who placed 2nd in 54.71.

Wynn also broke the Camden County record of 54.00 set by another Olympic gold medalist, English Gardner of Eastern, at the 2007 Nike Outdoor Nationals in Greensboro, N.C.

All-Time State 400 List
51.87 … Sydney McLoughlin [Union Catholic], 2016
51.98 … Athing Mu [Trenton], 2019
52.46 … Olivia Baker [Columbia], 2014
52.56 … Mikele Barber [Montclair], 1998
52.91 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2009
53.12 … Julia Jackson [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 2022
53.0h … Stephanie Saleem [Neptune], 1985
53.49 … Arianna Sharpe [Clayton], 2022
53.51 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1996
53.60 … Amirah Sharpe [Clayton], 2022
53.64 … Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], 2008
53.66 … Giselle Harris [Shabazz], 1986
53.84 … Drexel Long [Monmouth], 1991
53.97 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken ], 2023

Timber Creek’s Naylah Jones blasted one of the fastest 100-meter dashes in South Jersey history Saturday at the state Group 3 meet at Delsea.

Jones won her 1st state title in 11.75, the 9th-fastest time in South Jersey. She had PR’d with an 11.79 to win the South Jersey Group 3 title last weekend, also at Delsea.

Her time is fastest in New Jersey this year and makes her top seed in the Meet of Champions Wednesday.

Jones’ time is fastest in the state Group 3 meet in 16 years – since Lakewood’s Shavon Greaves, later an All-America sprinter at Penn State, set the meet record of 11.61 in 2007 at South Plainfield.

Sophomore teammate Ryan Jennings placed 2nd in the race with a PR of her own at 11.92 for 18 huge team points in one race.

Timber Creek also won the 400-meter relay in 47.70 with Samiyah Puckett, Jennings, Nyla Jones and Naylah Jones.

All-Time South Jersey List
11.42 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], 1981
11.49 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
11.57 … Patti Dunlap [Camden], 1979
11.58 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
11.61 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
11.63 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2019
11.71 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
11.73 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2014
11.75 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2023
11.77 … Aisha Morgan [Schalick], 1998
11.78 … Shameka Speed [Bridgeton], 2003
11.79 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2023
11.81 … Denise Liles [Kingsway], 1984
11.81 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018
11.81 … Audrey Wilson [Deptford], 2008
11.82 … Annie Johnson [Shawnee], 2012
11.82 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
11.84 … Robin Taylor [Deptford], 1980
11.85 … Dana Burnett [Willamstown], 1996
11.88 … Denis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
11.89 … Cecelia Gerstenbacher [Delsea], 2017
11.91 … Aliya Harrison [Sterling], 2017
11.94 … Emily Carson [Haddonfield], 2013
11.95 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
11.96 … Jamillah Nock [Woodrow Wilson], 2004
11.96 … Jailya Ash [Eastern], 2019
11.98 … Jennifer Jackson [Eastern], 2003
11.98 … Ciera Ismail [Schalick], 2013
11.98 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2014

All-Time New Jersey 100 List
11.42 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], 1981
11.44 … Myasia Jacobs [Paramus Catholic], 2010
11.49 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
11.50 … Wendy Vereen [Trenton], 1984
11.57 … Patti Dunlap [Camden], 1979
11.57 … M’elisa Barber [Montclair], 1998
11.57 … Jada Ellis [Manchester Twp.], 2021
11.58 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
11.61 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
11.61 … Shavon Greaves [Lakewood], 2007
11.62 … Cathy Crawford [Perth Amboy], 1977
11.63 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2019
11.64 … Olivia Baker [Columbia], 2013
11.65 … Aleah Williams [Montclair], 1999
11.65 … Ogechi Nwaneri [Columbia], 2008
11.66 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2019
11.66 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2021
11.68 … Regina Trotter [Weequahic], 1991
11.70 … Lori Dowers [Lawrence], 1979
11.70 … Christiana Nwachuku [Kent Place], 2022
11.71 … Georgina Nembhard [Ocean Twp.], 2007
11.71 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
11.73 … Sydney Hawkins [Phillipsburg], 2018
11.73 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2014
11.74 … Jenna Harris [Franklin Twp.], 2003
11.75 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2023
11.75 … Bria Saunders [Parsippany], 2014
11.78 … Shameka Speed [Bridgeton], 2003

Eastern senior Kadence Dumas blasted a PR 2:13.02 and won a very fast 800 Saturday in the state Group 4 meet at Franklin Township.

Dumas was in 3rd at the bell lap, coming through in 68.87, but she closed in a crazy 64.16 to hold off Toms River North freshman Jessica Abbott, who closed in 64.55 and finished 2nd in 2:13.55.

Scotch Plains-Fanwood senior Jenai Berry [2:13.76], Cherokee senior Kelsey Niglio [2:14.11] and Toms River North junior Olivia Nickelsen [2:14.61] all ran well under 2:15. Last time five half-milers ran sub-2:15 at the state Group 4 meet was 2007.

Dumas’s previous PR was a 2:13.52 at sectionals. She hasn’t lost an 800 race all year, winning at South Jersey Elite, Camden County, Olympic Conference and Group 4 sectionals.

She’s the first girl from Eastern to win any race on the track of 400 meters or longer in over two decades. The last to do it was Jenelle Wilson, who won the 400 in 57.46 in 2002 at Buena.

It was the fastest state Group 4 race since 2007, when Danielle Tauro [2:09.21] and Jill Smith [2:10.35] of Southern Regional, Kim Standridge of Randolph [2:10.81], Lenape’s Miya Johnson [2:11.95] and Clifton’s Susan Martinez [2:14.76] all broke 2:15 at Egg Harbor.

Pennsauken freshman Sianni Wynn opened up a busy day at the state Group 4 track championships with a historic win in the 100-meter dash.

Wynn ran a personal-best 11.82 at Franklin Township, which is 15th-fastest in South Jersey history. Elizabeth senior Cynthia Boakye – who has an 11.78 PR – was 2nd in 11.91.

Although she’s 15th in South Jersey history, Wynn is only 4-100ths of a second outside the all-time top-10.

She’s the first Pennsauken freshman to win a state title in 24 years, since Alethia Jenkins was first in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.35 in 1999 at South Plainfield.

Wynn’s previous PR was 11.91 to win sectionals last weekend. Because the meet was changed from two days to one day, there were no 100 trials.

Indoors, Wynn won Meet of Champions titles in the 55 and 200 and a Group 3 title in the 400.

Washington Township junior Dylan Giloley placed 3rd in 12.20.

Wynn is also scheduled to race the 200 and 400 and 4-by-400 later Saturday.

All-Time South Jersey List
11.42 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], 1981
11.49 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
11.57 … Patti Dunlap [Camden], 1979
11.58 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
11.61 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
11.63 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2019
11.71 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
11.73 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2014
11.77 … Aisha Morgan [Schalick], 1998
11.78 … Shameka Speed [Bridgeton], 2003
11.79 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2023
11.81 … Denise Liles [Kingsway], 1984
11.81 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018
11.81 … Audrey Wilson [Deptford], 2008
11.82 … Annie Johnson [Shawnee], 2012
11.82 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
11.84 … Robin Taylor [Deptford], 1980
11.85 … Dana Burnett [Willamstown], 1996
11.88 … Denis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
11.89 … Cecelia Gerstenbacher [Delsea], 2017
11.91 … Aliya Harrison [Sterling], 2017
11.94 … Emily Carson [Haddonfield], 2013
11.95 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
11.96 … Jamillah Nock [Woodrow Wilson], 2004
11.96 … Jailya Ash [Eastern], 2019
11.98 … Jennifer Jackson [Eastern], 2003
11.98 … Ciera Ismail [Schalick], 2013
11.98 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2014

Two months after first picking up a javelin, Kevin Burr Jr. is a state champion.

Burr Jr. threw 190-7 and won the state Group 4 title at Franklin Township High Saturday. Burr Jr. first threw the javelin at the Deptford Spartan Relays on April 8 and had a PR of 141-9 a month ago.

But he popped a 179-9 at the County Open, 187-7 at the Olympic Conference meet and a PR 193-4 at sectionals before joining Jason Cowden [190-11 in 1999], Robert Marks [183-10] and state record holder Nick Mirabelli [207-10 in 2017 and 218-11 in 2018] as Rancocas Valley’s 4th javelin state champion. Cowden and Mirabelli both went on to win the Meet of Champions.

Burr Jr. fouled on his first attempt, threw 180-ish on his 2nd and down to his final attempt with the curtailed field events, popped the 190-footer on his 3rd throw.

Full results and his seed for the Meet of Champions aren’t yet available.

Thanks to a blistering 61-second final lap, senior Nick Scarangelli became Ocean City’s first outdoor individual state champion in 15 years Saturday morning with a PR win in the 3,200 at the state Group 3 meet at Delsea.

Scarangelli ran 9:20.89, finishing 10 meters ahead of Wayne Valley senior Sean Matthews, who was 2nd in 9:22.85.

He negative split 4:44.78 and 4:36.11.

Scarangelli’s previous PR was a 9:24.12 from South Jersey Elite on the same track last month. Although Ocean City won the Group 3 4-by-800 with Tyler Greene, *Owen Ritti, Brendan Schlatter and Drew Tarr in 2021, Scarangelli is Ocean City’s first individual state champ since Brett Johnson won the 800 in 1:53.49 and the 1,600 in 4:14.55 in 2008 at South Plainfield.

With 800 meters to go, seven runners were separated by two seconds. Scarangelli and Matthews gapped the field on the 7th lap and at the bell, Matthews had a slight lead, thanks to a 68-second lap.

Matthews closed in a fast 63.68 but Scarangelli ran his final lap in 61.43 to lock up his first state title.

Scarangelli won the 3,200 at the indoor state meet at the Bubble in 9:34.61.

Northern Burlington sophomore Liliah Gordon won her first state outdoor track title and ran an outdoor 3,200 PR Saturday morning.

Gordon became the first Northern Burlington girl to win any running event at an outdoor state championship meet in 28 years.

Gordon, edged by Middletown South junior Rosemary Shay in the Central Jersey Group 3 sectionals last week, avenged that loss by beating Shay by 75 meters Saturday in the state Group 3 meet at Delsea.

Gordon won the race in 10:41.81 and Shay was 2nd in 10:56.38. Gordon became Northern Burlington’s first outdoor state champion since Ashley Edwards won the triple jump with a 38-8 in 2015 and the first on the track since Colleen Sunderland won the Group 3 3,200 in 10:58.23 in 1995 at South Plainfield.

Shay and Gordon ran together the first mile, but Gordon pulled away on the 5th lap with a 77.45 lap, building a 15-meter lead.

She had a wild negative split of 5:31.97 for her first 1,600 and 5:09.84 for her second, closing in 2:32.87 and 75.55.

Gordon a state Group 3 3,200 title indoors as a freshman with an 11:06.89 at the Bubble and she won the state Group 3 XC title with an 18:57 at Holmdel in November of 2022.

Her lifetime best over 3,200 meters is 10:38.20 for 5th at Ocean Breeze in March. Saturday’s 10:41.81 is No. 2 in Burlington County outdoor history behind Megan Lacy’s 10:22.03 at the 2012 Meet of Champions at Old Bridge.

Nobody wants a one-day state championship meet. It’s not fair to the athletes, it’s not fair to the coaches, it’s not fair to anybody. But this is the reality, so here we go.

For the first time since 1983 at Rutgers University in Piscataway, the New Jersey state championships will be a one-day affair on Saturday. The NJSIAA turned the two-day meet into a one-day meet – eliminating 100 and hurdles trials and eliminating field event finals – because of concerns about air quality Friday [which was fine mid-afternoon when the meet was scheduled to start]. For the record, NJSIAA baseball, softball and lacrosse state championship tournament games were all played Friday.

But the show must go in, and here’s our link dump with everything you need to follow along from Delsea or Franklin or remotely if you can’t get to either meet.

Any errors or bad links lemme know in the comment section! Good luck everybody!

Updated Time Schedule [still not posted on NJSIAA awful web site]: Click here.

Performance lists
[I edited the NJSIAA’s jumbled mess of performance lists and whittled them down to each group]
Group 1
Group 2 
Group 3
Group 4 
Parochial A
Parochial B 

Live Results
From Delsea [Groups 2, 3 and B]: Click here
From Franklin Township [Groups 1, 4 and A]: Click here

Meet Program
[with all 12,384 pages of ads deleted]: Click here

Meet Records
Click here: Meet records

All-Time Team Champions
Click here: All-time team champions

New Jersey Air Quality chart [it’s fine and the meet could have been run today]: Click here.

Late Thursday afternoon, after the NJSIAA decided to condense the two-day state championships into a one-day meet, the association announced the revised schedule.

The NJSIAA announced on Thursday morning that because of the smoke from the Canadian wildfires, the state championships would go from a two-day meet to a one-day meet.

The biggest change is the elimination of trials in the 100-meter dash and 110-meter hurdles. These will now be run as finals, with seed times determining who runs in the fastest sections.

Also, there will be no finals in field events.

The meets will still begin at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, with Groups 1 and 4 and Parochial A at Franklin High in Somerset and Groups 2 and 3 and Parochial B at Delsea in Franklinville.

Hopefully, “EliteFeats” timing company will be nowhere near either meet.

For complete details, click here.

Order of Events
Girls 3,200-meter run
Boys 3,200-meter run
Girls 100-meter dash
Boys 100-meter dash
Girls 800-meter run
Boys 800-meter run
Girls 400-meter hurdles
Boys 400-meter hurdles
Girls 400-meter relay
Boys 400-meter relay
Girls 100-Meter Hurdles
Boys 100-Meter Hurdles
Girls 3,200-meter relay
Boys 3,200-meter relay
Girls 200-meter dash
Boys 200-meter dash
Girls 1,600-meter run
Boys 1,600-meter run
Girls 1,600-meter relay
Boy 1,600-meter relay