Jasmine Broadway from Burlington Township won her first conference title Sunday and shattered both the Rowan’s school record and the meet record for 200 meters at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships at Ramapo College in Mahwah.

Broadway, a Rowan sophomore, ran 24.33 in the 200 trials on Saturday, breaking the school record and meet record set by Pemberton graduate Shailah Williams, who ran 24.36 at the 2015 NJAC meet on the same track in Mahwah.

Broadway came back later Sunday and won the final in 24.46, also under her previous PR. Chidimma Igwe of Rutgers-Newark placed 2nd in 24.60.

That 24.33 will wind up somewhere in the top 10 in NCAA Division 3 once all of the weekend results are updated on the TFRRS database.

Broadway’s previous PR was a 24.76 in her last 200 race in Columbia, S.C., last month. She didn’t break 25 seconds until six weeks ago when she ran 24.85 in a meet in Chester, Pa.

In high school, Broadway’s 200 PR was 25.60 from her win at Central Jersey Group 3 sectionals in June 2021 at Jackson Liberty.

Broadway was 14th at last year’s NJAC Championships in Ewing with a 26.23. So she ran nearly two seconds faster this year. She was 5th in the 200 at the indoor NJAC Meet in February at Ocean Breeze in 25.61.

Rancocas Valley’s Ian Moore ran the 7th-fastest 800 in Monmouth history and PR’d with a 1:50.84 for 2nd place in the Colonial Athletic Association meet at William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va.

Moore finished behind only Dugion Blackman of Hampton, who ran a PR of his own with a 1:47.69 – 3rd-fastest this year by a Jamaican.

Moore’s previous PR was a 1:51.98 in April of 2021 in a meet on his home track in West Long Branch.

Three of the nine-fastest half-milers in Monmouth history are from South Jersey – Stone Caraccio [1:50.83 last year] is No. 6, Moore is No. 7 and Absegami’s Ford Palmer [1:51.01] is No. 9.

Moore ran 1:52.47 in Friday’s trials and was the 7th-fastest qualifier going into the finals.

In the final, he was out in 54.26 and sitting in 4th with a lap to go before closing in 56.58 to pass two William and Mary runners and move up to 2nd.

Lumberton’s Greg Foster missed the meet record by a q1uarter of an inch but settled for his second Ivy League long jump championship, a personal best and a school record.

Foster, a Princeton freshman, was sitting in 3rd place before he leaped 26-1 ¾ on his final attempt at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships at Franklin Field Saturday.

Foster’s best jump through five rounds was a 24-9 ¼ on his second attempt. He trailed Brown juniors Zachary Love and John McNeil, who had both jumped 24-10 ½. But on his final attempt – with a legal wind of 1.4 – he soared well beyond his lifetime best of 25-10 ¾ from an indoor meet in Annapolis in January. His outdoor PR was 25-6 ¼ from his final high school meet for Lawrenceville School – also at Franklin Field. His collegiate outdoor best before Saturday was a 24-9 ¼ in a meet last month in Charlottesville, Va.

Foster broke a 27-year-old school record of 26-0 ¼ set by Ugwunna Ikpeowo at the 1996 IC4As in Fairfax, Va. The meet record and overall Ivy League Heps record is 26-2 set by Yale’s Eugene Profit at 1985 Heps in Cambridge, Mass. Profit went on to play three seasons with the Patriots.

On the 2023 U.S. list, Foster now ranks No. 8, and he’s No. 3 junior (Under 20) in the world, behind Alejandro Parada of Cuba [26-8 ¾] and Asanda Mthembu of South Africa [26-6]. He’s also No. 29 on the all-time U.S. junior list.

Foster’s jump makes him the No. 9 New Jersey alumni all-time and No. 3 by a Burlington County native behind Carl Lewis [29-1] and Matt Rose [26-3 ½].

Indoors, Foster won the Ivy League long jump in Hanover, N.H., with a 25-9 1/2 jump.

29-1 … Carl Lewis [Willingboro], Aug. 30, 1991, Tokyo
27-2 ¼ … Corey Crawford [Indian Hills], May 29, 2021, Chula Vista, Calif.
26-9 ½ … Evans Tobler [Trenton], May 13, 1989, Ponce, Puerto Rico
26-5 ½ … Darius Pemberton [Hackensack], March 22, 1997, Houston
26-3 ½ … Matt Rose [Bordentown], May 4, 1991, Knoxville, Tenn.
26-2 ¾ … Eulace Peacock [Union], July 4, 1935, Lincoln, Neb.
26-1 ¾ … Chris Gillis [Pennsauken], May 12, 2006, Waco, Texas
26-1 ¾ … Norm Tate [East Orange], May 20, 1972, El Paso, Texas
26-1 ¾ … Greg Foster [Lawrenceville School/Lumberton], May 6, Philadelphia
26-1 ¼ … Mike Morrison [Willingboro], May 13, 2006, Fayetteville, Ark.

Has Ajani Dwyer ever run track before?

The MileSplit database says no. Dwyer, a junior at Washington Township, ran some relays for the Minutemen earlier this year, but there’s no record of him ever competing in an major individual meet before Saturday.

If so, one day into his track career, he’s one of the fastest sprinters in South Jersey history.

Dywer won the 100 in 10.73 and the 200 in 21.55 Saturday at the SJTCA Open at Delsea. It was the fastest one-meet double by a South Jersey sprinter in six years, since Pennsauken’s Martin Booker ran 10.67 and 21.47 at the 2017 state Group 3 meet at Northern Burlington. It was the fastest one-meet sprint double by a Gloucester County runner since Kingsway’s Dorian Bryant ran 10.68 and 21.41 at the 2002 state Group 2 meet in Egg Harbor, placing second to Ewing’s Adian Sanderson in the 100 and winning the 200.

He’s only the 11th sprinter in South Jersey history to run that fast for both sprints in his high school career, and he’s in some pretty good company:

10.47, 21.06 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
10.49, 21.53 … Jonathan Taylor [Salem], 2017
10.53, 21.40 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
10.54, 21.52 … Fabian Santiago [Oakrest], 2010, 2012
10.63, 21.46 … Sabli Gonnet [Eastern], 2007
10.65, 21.41 … Dorian Bryant [Kingsway], 2002, 2003
10.67, 21.41 … T.J. Johnson [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2009, 2010
10.67, 21.39 … Martin Booker [Pennsauken], 2017
10.68, 21.06 … Antonio Tarantino [Paul VI], 2017
10.73, 21.55 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2023

Dwyer won the 100 by 3 ½ meters over Cherokee senior Wes Davenport, who PR’d at 11.12. In the 200, he finished three meters clear of Trenton senior Gabriel Truehart who PR’d at 21.92.

Dwyer’s times are both No. 1 this year in South Jersey. He’s No. 4 in the state in the 100 and No. 3 among underclassmen and No. 3 in the 200 and No. 2 among underclassmen.

His 100 time is No. 13 in Glocuester County history, and his 200 is No. 5 and fastest in 17 years, since A.J. Bunton of West Deptford ran 21.53 at the 2006 Meet of Champions in South Plainfield.

His 100 is fastest by a Gloucester County underclassman in 16 years, since Kingsway’s Robert Page ran 10.67 at the 2007 Meet of Champions at South Plainfield and fastest by a Gloucester County underclassman since Todd Dutch – also from Washington Township – ran 21.40 at the 2001 Meet of Champions in Egg Harbor.

Here’s a look at the all-time Gloucester County performance lists:

All-Time Gloucester County 100-Meter Dash List
10.47 … James Brown [Glassboro], 2009
10.53 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
10.55 … Evan Corcoran [Kingsway], 2022
10.60 … Robert Page [Kingsway], 2008
10.60 … Shawney Kersey [Woodbury], 2009
10.60 … Thomas Hampton [Clayton], 2019
10.65 … Dorian Bryant [Kingsway], 2003
10.65 … Mar-quel Davis [Deptford], 2017
10.66 … Bruce Owens [Deptford], 2004
10.70 … R.J. Page [Kingsway], 2008
10.70 … Jared Nicholson [Williamstown], 2016
10.73 … Sean McPherson [Delsea], 2010
10.73 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2023

All-Time Gloucester County 200-Meter Dash List
21.40 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
21.41 … Dorian Bryant [Kingsway], 2002
21.53 … A.J. Bunton [West Deptford], 2006
21.54 … Derek Ward [Kingsway], 1992
21.55 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2023
21.56 … Bruce Owens [Deptford], 2005
21.56 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2011
21.57 … Mar-Quel Davis [Deptford], 2017
21.60 … Juwan Johnson [Glassboro], 2013
21.62 … Evan Corcoran [Kingsway], 2022
21.69 … Robert Page [Kingsway], 2007

Delsea’s shot put army was out in force Thursday night, with four throwers – all underclassmen – throwing at least 51 feet and all four PR’ing at the South Jersey Elite at their home facility.

As far as I can tell, Delsea is the first South Jersey school with four 50-footers in the same year, much less the same meet. Much less all underclassmen!

Their 20 measured throws combined averaged 51-1 ½. And 17 of their 20 throws went 50 feet or farther.

Sophomore Jonathan Harris, a 1st-year throw, PR’d by over two feet at 55-2. He had just PR’d at 53- ½ at Woodbury and never threw over 50 feet outdoors until two weeks ago. He’s the No. 2 sophomore in the state and the top soph in South Jersey in 13 years – since Pleasantville’s Dontaye Rivera threw 56-11 at 2010 states at Egg Harbor. Harris also had throws of 53-38 ½, 51-2 ¾, 50-4 ½ and 54-7 ¼ before finishing with his 55-2.

Junior Greg Masso came into Thursday with a PR of 54-8 from an indoor meet at Cherokee in January and an outdoor PR of 54-6 ½ from Fast Times at Cherokee last month. He threw 55-0 on his final attempt for 2nd place after throws of 51-4 ¾, 52-4, 51-1 ½ and 53-1 ¼.

Junior Tyler Habersham-Agbemenu took 5th with a PR 51-7 ¾, just over his lifetime best of 51-6 from Easterns. His previous outdoor PR was 51-3 ½ at Woodbury. He had four total throws over 50 feet, with a 50-7 ¾, 51-4 ¼ and 50-1 before his PR on his final attempt.

Phelan, also a junior, placed 7th with a 51-1 ¼. He had thrown 50-9 at Cherokee indoors in February and had a previous outdoor PR of 50-0. Phelan also had a 51-0 and a 50-5 ½ for the three-best throws of his life in his series.

Others over 50 feet: Cinnaminson senior Malicah Etienne (54-2 ¾), Rancocas Valley senior Devon Brooks (PR 54-0), Egg Harbor junior Mike Simeon (51-3) and Glassboro junior Damere Lassiter (50-1 ½).

Delsea’s quartet now ranks 7th, 9th, 18th and 21st in New Jersey, and 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 8th in South Jersey.

Among underclassmen, they’re No. 3, No. 4, No. 10 and No. 13 in the state.
and No. 1, 2, 4 and 6 in South Jersey, with Lassiter 3rd [54-2 ½] and Simeon 5th [51-3 ¾].

So Delsea has four underclassmen who’ve thrown 51 feet and every other South Jersey school combined has two.

Delsea’s school record is 61-6 set at the 2013 Tri-County Conference Championships at Delsea by Josh Awotunde, who placed 3rd at the World Championships last year with an all-time world No. 18 73-1 ½ with the 16-pound ball.

Paul VI junior Shaelan McNally ran the fastest 1,600 in New Jersey this year, leading four other girls under 5:06 Thursday night at the South Jersey Elite Invitational at Delsea.

McNally ran a PR 5:01.44, negative’ing 2:34.00 and 2:27.44 and closing in a fast 71.03.

She’s Paul VI’s fastest miler since Dawn Cody ran 4:55.9 hand-timed at the 1982 Meet of Champions at Princeton.

McNally lowered her PR from 5:01.74 at the indoor Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze. Her previous outdoor PR was 5:02.10 at this meet last year.

It was a very fast race up front.

Nine runners came through the 400 in 75.27 or faster and at the 800 all nine were between 2:33.81 and 2:35.04.

On the third lap, McNally, Delsea senior Lillie Wider, Mainland junior Gillian Lovett, Haddonfield junior Ava Thomas and Cherokee sophomore Megan Niglio opened up some room with the rest of the pack, all five running between 76.41 and 77.60.

McNally closed in 71.03 to edge 2nd-place Thomas, who closed in 72.25 and PR’d at 5:04.13. Niglio closed in 73.79 and took 3rd in 5:05.21, and Lovett and Widmer also PR’d, Lovett in 4th with a 5:05.52 off a 74.07 final lap and Widmer in 5:05.95 closing in 75.27.

Also PR’ing: Haddonfield senior Helene Usher [5:12.47], Clearview senior Abigail Kotran [5:14.10], Cherokee freshman Madeline Meder [5:15.82], Vineland sophomore Georgina Chalow [5:16.20] and Haddon Township senior Meghan Lex [5:18.08], who placed 6th through 10th.

The times are No. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 13, 16, 17 and 24. So the race produced 10 of the 24-fastest times in New Jersey so far this year.

Paulsboro senior Jamile Gantt became the first South Jersey high jumper in seven years to clear 6-10 on Thursday night with his win at the South Jersey Elite Invitational at Delsea.

Gantt’s 6-10 clearance is No. 1 in New Jersey this year and best by a South Jersey jumper since Markqueese Bell of Bridgeton cleared 7-0 at the 2016 Cape-Atlantic League Championships in Bridgeton.

Gantt tied the Gloucester County and school record set by Spencer Irvin in 1993 at the Haddonfield Invitational and matched by Delsea’s Josh Butler at 2006 Group 3 sectionals at Buena and Williamstown’s Devin Bradham at Group 4 states at Egg Harbor and Delsea’s Ameer Banks at the South Jersey Invitational at Delsea in 2015.

Gantt won a terrific competition with Mainland senior Mawali Osunniyi. Gantt entered at 5-10 and cleared 5-10, 6-0, 6-2 and 6-4 on his first try and 6-6 on his second. Osunniyi entered at 6-2 and was clean through 6-6.

With the bar at 6-8 – equalling both jumpers’ PR – both cleared on their first attempt. So going up to 6-10, Osunniyi was in the lead thanks to Gantt’s miss at 6-6. Both missed their first two tries, but Gantt got over the bar at 6-10 on his 10th jump of the competition.

He had the bar raised to 6-10 ¼ to take sole possession of the school and county record but missed three tries.

Osunniyi has now cleared 6-8 twice in a row. He won the Woodbury Relays last week at 6-8 on a tiebreaker with Gantt.

Gantt also has an 800 PR of 1:59.30 although he hasn’t run an official one yet this spring.

We’re operating as if this meet continues the lineage of the South Jersey Invitational – same track, same day of the week, same format, different name – and that puts

All-Time South Jersey Elite High Jump List
7-0 … Mike Morrison (Willingboro), 2003
6-10 … Mike Starks (Haddon Heights), 1993
6-10 … Todd Lowber (Delran), 2001
6-10 ……. Morrison, 2001
6-10 … Ameer Banks (Delsea), 2015
6-10 … Jamile Gantt (Paulsboro), 2023
6-8 … Spencer Irvin (Paulsboro), 1995
6-8 … Darryl Gause (Schalick), 2000
6-8 … Raffael Craig (Millville), 1999
6-8 … Dwayne Robinson (Bridgeton), 1992
6-8 … Montez Blair (Timber Creek), 2008
6-8 … Marshall Akins (Egg Harbor Twp.), 2006
6-8 … Ben Mitchell (St. Joe’s-Hammonton), 2015
6-8 … Mawali Osunniyi (Mainland Reg.), 2023

All-Time South Jersey High Jump List
7-4 1/2 ..… Paul Klemic [Mainland Reg.], 2000
7-4 1/4 ..… Robert Jordan [Millville], 1999
7-3 1/4 ..… Mike Morrison [Willingboro], 2003
7-1 ………. Drew Kanz [Seneca], 2009
7-0 1/2 ..… Dwayne Robinson [Bridgeton], 1992
7-0 ………. Marc Holland [Willingboro], 1978
7-0 ………. Reggie Williams [Highland], 1997
7-0 ………. Raffael Craig [Millville], 1999
7-0 ………. Daryl Gause [Schalick], 2000
7-0 …..….. Todd Lowber [Delran], 2001
7-0 …..….. Montez Blair [Timber Creek], 2008
7-0 ………. Markquese Bell [Bridgeton], 2016
6-11 …….. Kerry Vivett [Edgewood], 1985
6-10 1/2 … Terry Ferguson [Cherry Hill West], 1987
6-10 1/2 … Mike Starks [Haddon Heights], 1993
6-10 1/4 … Ed Malone [Gloucester], 1985
6-10 …….. Scott Knecht [Haddonfield], 1979
6-10 …….. Scott Landers [Northern Burlington], 1980
6-10 …….. Paul Tyson [Camden], 1983
6-10 …….. Troy Saunders [Bordentown], 1983
6-10 …….. Pat Collier [Willingboro], 1983
6-10 …….. Damon Julian [Edgewood], 1984
6-10 …….. Spencer Irvin [Paulsboro], 1993
6-10 …….. Jarrett Carr [Pennsauken], 1994
6-10 …….. Jamil Sanders [Bridgeton], 1994
6-10 …….. Willie Hill [Vineland], 1994
6-10 …….. Anthony Butler [Schalick], 1999
6-10 …….. Marshall Akins [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2005
6-10 …….. Justin Oliver [Pennsauken], 2006
6-10 …….. Josh Butler [Delsea], 2006
6-10 …….. Devin Bradham [Williamstown], 2005
6-10 …….. Ameer Banks [Delsea], 2015
6-10 …….. Jamile Gantt [Paulsboro], 2023

Ocean City junior Sophia Curtis, already the top triple jumper in New Jersey, is now also the top intermediate hurdler in New Jersey.

Curtis recorded a dazzling double Thursday night at the South Jersey Elite Invitational at Delsea, winning the 400-meter hurdles in 1:01.50 – a Cape May County record – and winning the triple jump at 40-5, just off the county record of 40-10 ¼ she set last weekend when she was the top American at the 127th annual Penn Relays.

Although Curtis ran 1:00.9 in a dual meet at Egg Harbor last month, this was the first official 400-meter hurdles race of her life, since Delaware still runs the 300 hurdles. Curtis attended Padua Academy in Wilmington until this year.

Keira Phillips of Middle Township set the previous Cape May County record of 1:03.19 at the state Group 4 meet last year at Franklin. Before that it was Rachel Stremme’s 1:03.82 for Ocean City at the 2014 Cape-Atlantic Championships, also at Egg Harbor.

In the triple jump, Curtis fouled on her first attempt before hitting 40-5 on her second with legal wind (+0.1). She added four more very good jumps – 39-7 ¾, 39-5 ¼, 40-1 and 39-10, all with legal wind.

Curtis averaged 39-10 ½ on her five legal jumps.

Rancocas Valley junior Lauren Fadairo PR’d with a 37-0 ¼ for 2nd place. That’s No. 6 in the state and No. 3 in South Jersey. It’s also only nine inches shy of the R.V. school record of 37-9 ¼ set at the 2017 Rowan Open in Glassboro by Ameenah Saalih.

Curtis, in her first year at Ocean City, now holds five Cape May County records: The 400 (57.99), 55-meter hurdles (8.33) and triple jump (41-3 ¼) indoors and the triple jump (40-10 ¼) and intermediates (1:01.50) outdoors. She’s also jumped 17-8 in her only long jump competition at Ocean City. She hasn’t run a 100 hurdles or 400 race outdoors yet and hasn’t long jumped indoors.

All-Time South Jersey 400-Meter Hurdles List
56.83 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2005
59.03 … Tonya Lee [Rancocas Valley], 1988
59.56 … Torie Robinson (Winslow Twp.], 2013
59.66 … Mandie Dulin [Shawnee], 1997
1:00.13 … Arianna Smith [Pennsville], 2019
1:00.16 … Aliya Rae Garozzo [Paul VI], 2018
1:00.1h … Danielle Myricks [Willingboro], 2001
1:00.26 … Helena Leyrer [Buena], 2012
1:00.40 … Diamond McLaughlin [Absegami], 2021
1:00.47 … Shaquanda Meylor [Wilson], 2006
1:00.48 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 2012
1:00.55 … Katrina Sye [Buena], 1997
1:00.58 … Andrea Olsen [Buena], 2013
1:00.67 … Meredith Updike [Cinnaminson], 2019
1:00.69 … Kristina Keegan [Haddonfield], 2003
1:00.73 … Pam Richardson [Edgewood]., 2001
1:00.79 … Courtney Smith [Penns Grove], 2014
1:00.8h … Brittany Caserta [Highland], 2003
1:00.90 … Medea Ashton [Washington Twp.], 1999
1:01.0h … Eusheka Bartley [Highland], 1992
1:01.04 … Tynisha Revels [Camden], 1999
1:01.07 … Amirah Sharpe [Clayton], 2022
1:01.1h … Zonya Cross [Edgewood], 1983
1:01.14 … Brooke Kott [Millville], 2009
1:01.14 … Okechi Ogbuokiri [Willingboro], 1995
1:01.23 … Brianna Snowden [Rancocas Valley], 2019
1:01.25 … Carly Pettipaw [Lenape], 2015
1:01.29 … Morgan Gantt [Winslow Twp.], 2002
1:01.3h … Vernick Smith [Wilson], 1998
1:01.32 … Brittany Preston [Winslow Twp.], 2016
1:01.35 … Thaila Cooper [Kingsway], 2015
1:01.41 … Aliya Rae Garozzo [Paul VI], 2018
1:01.42 … Natalie Edwards [Pleasantville], 1995
1:01.46 … Jewel Ash [Eastern], 2019
1:01.49 … Mary Bohi [Seneca], 2009
1:01.50 … Sophia Curtis [Ocean City], 2023
1:01.54 … Janeya Hammond [Winslow Twp.], 2019
1:01.66 … Asia Davy [Winslow Twp.], 2006
1:01.73 … Joshonda Johnson [Absegami], 2016
1:01.75 … Kristina Keegan [Haddonfield], 2003
1:01.75 … Amanda Radzimski [Washington Twp.], 2002
1:01.83 … Jackie Dim [Washington Twp.], 2008
1:01.7h … Tenille Payne [Edgewood], 2001
1:01.86 … Cassandra Lenkowski [Clearview], 2010
1:01.94 … Brittany Caserta [Highland Reg.], 2003
1:01.99 … Evann Thompson [Lenape], 2012

All-Time South Jersey Triple Jump List
42-2 … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2018
40-10 ¼ … Ashley Edwards [Northern Burlington], 2014
40-10 ¼ … Sophia Curtis [Ocean City], 2023
39-7 ½ … Zenee Gadson [Glassboro], 2012
39-7 ¼ … Shaya Wilkerson [Lenape], 2012
39-6 … Jessica Mills [Deptford], 2005
39-5 ½ … Elizabeth Montague [Cherokee], 2014
39-3 … Genevieve Okoro [Eastern Reg.], 2010
39-2 ¼ … Mariah Hubbard [Absegami Reg.], 2016
38-11 … Rachel Montague [Cherokee], 2008
38-8 … Shameka Marshall [Oakcrest], 2001
38-8 … Javona Ford [Millville], 2010
38-8 … Leah Ellis [Millville], 2021
38-6 … Monet Gist [Atlantic City], 2013
38-5 ½ … Camryn Dirkes [Mainland Reg.], 2022
38-4 … Mariah Stephens [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2021
38-1 … Cidae’a Woods [Winslow Twp.], 2014
38-0 ¼ … Janell Rowe [Sterling], 2017
38-0 ¼ … Nalah Abul-Qasim [Williamstown], 2019
38-0 ¼ … Caleah Allen [Williamstown], 2012

Woodbury junior Peyton Shute ran the fastest time in New Jersey this year and led four other runners under 4:20 Thursday in a wild 1,600 race at the South Jersey Elite at Delsea.

Shute won the race in 4:13.77, with Haddon Heights senior Jack Bolling 2nd in 4:15.12 and Haddonfield senior George Andrus 3rd in 4:15.31. Cinnaminson senior Alex Boyko [4:17.55] and senior teammate Matt McCarron [4:19.54] also went under 4:20. Five others broke 4:25 in a race that produced five of the eight-fastest times in New Jersey this year.

Shute took six other runners through 400 between 65.11 and 65.99 and through 800 between 2:09.00 and 2:10.68 before the race began in earnest.

The five leaders separated from the pack on the third lap, with Shute splitting 62.56, Andrus 62.80, McCarron 63.18, Boyko 63.48 and Bolling 63.87, so going into the gun lap Shute led at 3:11.56, followed by Andrus at 3:12.39, Boyko 3:12.94, McCarron 3:13.20 and Bolling 3:13.61.

Shute closed in 62.22 and 2:04.78, Bolling in 61.52 and 2:05.39, Andrus in 62.93 and 2:05.73 – three South Jersey milers closing in sub-2:06 and breaking 4:16.

Shute lowered his PR from 4:14.89 from last year’s Haddonfield Invitational. Bolling’s PR was 4:19.02 from indoor sectionals at the Bubble, and his previous outdoor PR was 4:24.24 from this meet last year.

Andrus ran 4:10.97 last spring, but this is by far his fastest race since he missed the end of the indoor season.

Boyko’s previous PR was an indoor 4:18.28 at Group 2 states at the Bubble and 4:19.26 outdoors from sectionals last year on the same track, and McCarron lowered his PR a crazy eight seconds from a 4:27.62, also at last year’s sectionals.

Shute moved into the No. 10 spot on a ridiculously fast all-time Gloucester County list – he’s the 11th Gloucester County runner under 4:14, which is nuts for a relatively small county in terms of population.

Gloucester County now has 10 of the 30-fastest times in South Jersey history but accounts for only 16 percent of South Jersey’s population.

All-Time South Jersey 1,600 List
4:08.58 … Kyle Rakitis [Kingsway], 2021
4:10.24y ….. Mike Mantini [Gateway], 1979
4:11.07 … Xavier Fraction [Washington Twp.], 2009
4:11.84 … Tom Cooke [Kingsway], 2012
4:12.08 … Bill Dolan [Clearview], 2014
4:12.5y ….. Dick Caton [Woodbury], 1978
4:13.23 … Justin Branco [Delsea], 2015
4:13.46 … Stone Caraccio [Kingsway], 2019
4:13.4y … Greg Stremmel [Gateway[, 1973
4:13.77 … Peyton Shute [Woodbury], 2023
4:13.83 … Carmen Cavella [Washington Twp.], 2003

We’re operating on the theory that the South Jersey Elite traces its lineage to the South Jersey Invitational, with a girls division added. It has a different name but is really the same meet, so that’s how we’ll move forward in terms of records, lists and stats.

With that in mind, Shute, Bolling and Andrus move into the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 spots on the all-time meet performance list behind Seth Clevenger’s 4:12.92 last year.

4:12.92 … Seth Clevenger (Haddonfield), 2022
4:13.77 … Peyton Shute (Woodbury), 2023
4:15.12 … Jack Bolling (Haddon Heights), 2023
4:15.31 … George Andrus (Haddonfield), 2023
4:15.83 Murad Campbell (Overbrook), 1999
4:16.30 Ishmael Muhammad (Oakcrest), 2014
4:16.52 … Jacob Cobb (West Deptford), 2022
4:16.8 Steve Mazur (Highland), 1992
4:17.12 Bryan Skelly (Washington Twp.), 2000
4:17.34 Chris Martin (Northern Burlington), 2014
4:17.41 … Tyler Schill (Cinnaminson), 2022
4:17.46 …….. Shute, 2022
4:17.55 … Alex Boyko (Cinnaminson), 2023
4:7.73 Justin Branco (Delsea), 2014
4:17.86 Matt Nussbaum (Haddonfield) 2011

Huge hurdles PR for Kingsway graduate Autumn DeMary over the weekend.

DeMary, a senior at Bloomfield, won the 100-meter hurdles at the Lions Invitational in Ewing in 14.38, finishing more than a second ahead of the field in poor conditions but with legal wind at 1.2.

After not recording a collegiate victory until April, DeMary has won three of her last four races and finished 2nd in the other one.

Her previous PR was a 14.55 last spring in the prelims of a meet in Glassboro, but that was wind-aided. Her wind-legal PR before this weekend was 14.59, which she ran twice last spring in consecutive meets in Baltimore and Lakewood.

DeMary’s high school PR was 14.67 in the prelims of the 2019 Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington. She won Tri-County and Gloucester County titles before graduating.

Her first year of outdoor track at Bloomfield was 2021 and she had a best time of 15.17, and she lowered that to 14.55 last year.

No all-time lists or school records – or pretty much anything remotely useful – on Bloomfield’s web site – they don’t even mention Bloomfield going to the TCNJ Invitational (but they do have a preview of the 2021 CACC softball tournament). But presumably the school record in the hurdles is the 13.74 run by Rancocas Valley graduate Jasmine Staten in Baltimore last April. Staten, one of the best hurdlers, sprinters and long jumpers in South Jersey history while attending Lenape, only ran for Bloomfield one year. She ran one race for Holy Family early this indoor season and hasn’t run since, but she’s still on Holy Family’s roster so hopefully she’s back on the track soon.

As for DeMary, she’s ranked No. 1 in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference by nearly a second over Shanell Pusey of Holy Family, who has run 15.24. She’s also ranked 6th in the 200 at 26.39.

The CACC Championships are scheduled for this weekend at Georgian Court in Lakewood. The women’s hurdles trials are Friday and the finals Saturday.

DeMary placed 2nd in the hurdles at the 2021 CACC Championships behind teammate TeSeanna Harris – who attended C.A. Morgan Village Academy of Camden and competed for Camden High – and 3rd last year behind Staten and Harris in a 1-2-3 South Jersey sweep.