Mainland Regional sophomore Sofia Day, in her 6th lifetime 800, ran the 7th-fastest time in South Jerey history Saturday at Boston Indoor Nationals in Brighton, Mass.

Day won the third section of the 800 in 2:14.25, passing another New Jersey half-miler, Clemmie Lilley of Rumson-Fair Haven, on the final lap. Lilley finished in 2:14.62.

Day closed in 32.34 for her final 200 and 15.84 for her final 100!

She broke her own Atlantic County record of 2:15.59 from her win at Group 3 states last month at the Bubble.

The Atlantic County record before this year was 2:18.10 by Nijgia Snapp of Oakcrest at 2008 South Jerey Group 4 sectionals at the Bubble. Day broke that four times – 2:17.76 in her first-ever 800 at Ocean Breeze in January, 2:17.71 at sectionals, 2:15.59 at states and now 2:14.25.

Day’s time is fastest by a South Jersey girl in the 800 in 10 years, since Carly Pettipaw of Lenape ran 2:14.12 at the 2013 Group 4 state meet, also at the Bubble. Cherokee senior Kelsey Niglio ran 2:14.27 last weekend at the Meet of Champions at the Bubble.

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 800 List
2:09.56 … Megan Tiernan [Washington Twp.], 2010
2:10.0h … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
2:12.46 … Monica Olkowski [Cherokee], 1990
2:12.55 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
2:13.51 … Emily Duffey [Lenape], 2011
2:14.12 … Carly Pettipaw [Lenape], 2013
2:14.25 … Sofia Day [Mainland Regional], 2023
2;14.27 … Kelsey Niglio [Cherokee], 2023
2:14.5h … Ruth Lockbaum [Glassboro], 1985
2:14.6h … Michelle DiMuro [Shawnee], 1985
2:14.64 … Bridget Flynn [Ocean City], 2014
2:14.99 … Kami Joi Hickson [Washington Twp.], 2017
2:15.05 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2015
2:15.06 … Sydney Coppolino [Sterling], 2017
2:15.17 … Britney Kott [Millville], 2008
2:15.31 … Lindsay Colflesh [Haddonfield], 2020
2:15.46 … Tara DeBrielle [Overbrook], 2000
2:15.86 … Greta Feldman [Haddonfield], 2009
2:15.89 … Kayla Martin [Seneca], 2016
2:15.90 … Felicia O’Donnell [Delsea], 2009
2:15.99 … Brooke Kott [Millville], 2008
2:15.36 … Rachel Stremme [Ocean City], 2014
2:16.60 … Gabbi Kirsch [Williamstown], 2015
2:16.63 … Lindsay Thomas [Winslow Twp.], 2003
2:16.68 … Grace Wassell [Highland], 2022
2:16.71 … Lindsey Kane [Washington Twp.], 2015
2:16.82 … Mary Bohi [Seneca], 2009
2:16.84 … Celine Mazzi [Delsea], 2014
2:16.85 … Megan Quimby [Lenape], 2017
2:16.88 … Shelby Whetstone [Lenape], 2019
2:16.93 … Julia Despirito [Shawnee], 2014
2:16.95 … Patrice Rowe [Willingboro], 2010
2:17.00 … Sarah Naticchia [Haddonfield], 2020

Ocean City junior Sophia Curtis shattered the South Jersey indoor triple jump record Saturday three times Saturday on her way to 3rd place and All-America honors at Boston Indoor Nationals in Brighton, Mass.

In a monster series in which her average jump would have been the 8th-best jump in state history, Curtis finished her series with a massive 41-3 1/4, a mark second in New Jersey history only to Mount Olive’s legendary Katurah Orji, a two-time Olympian, the current U.S. outdoor record holder and former U.S. indoor record holder. Orji jumped 44-2 at 2014 Armory Nationals.

After a 38-3 ¼ opener and a PR 39-5 ¾ on her second attempt, Curtis leaped 40-2 on her third attempt of the trials, smashing the South Jersey record of 40-1 ½ set by Atlantic City’s Claudine Smith at this meet in 2019 when it was held at the Armory.

She popped a 39-11 ¼ on her 4th jump, her first attempt of the finals, before breaking her own South Jersey record with a monster 40-9 jump on her fifth attempt. She destroyed that mark with a 41-3 1/4 on her final attempt of the competition.

That moved her briefly into 2nd place before India Alix of Klein High in Spring, Texas, hit 41-7 3/4 on her final jump to take the lead. Moments later, Juliette Laracuente-Huebner of Marengo (Ohio) Highland bumped Alix into 2nd with a 42-0 1/2.

Incredible competition, and Curtis was in the middle of it with the five-best jumps of her life and the three-best jumps in South Jersey indoor history.

Curtis averaged 39-11 1/2 on her six jumps, and her average was more than a foot beyond her previous PR and only a couple inches off the previous South Jersey record. Her 41-3 ¼ would have ranked 7th among South Jersey boys this year.

Curtis also broke the state junior class record of 41-0 1/4 set by Orji at 2013 Armory Nationals. The previous South Jersey junior class mark was Curtis’s own 38-8.

Her 41-3 ¼ is No. 2 in South Jersey history indoors or out, behind only Smith’s 42-2 at the 2019 outdoor Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington.

It looks like Curtis’s mark will put her at No. 8 on the U.S. Under-20 list. It also makes her the No. 58 American woman, according to the World Athletics rankings.

What a historic performance! One of the greatest in South Jersey track history!

Curtis came into the meet with an indoor PR of 38-8 from her 2nd-place finish at the Meet of Champions last Sunday at Ocean Breeze and a lifetime best of 38-8 ¾ as a sophomore at Padua Academy in Wilmington from the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association Meet of Champions this past May at Salesianum School in Wilmington. This is Curtis’s first season competing for Ocean City.

Earlier this year, Curtis broke Cape May County records with 57.99 in the 400 and 8.33 in the 55-meter hurdles.

All-Time New Jersey Indoor Triple Jump List
44-2 … Keturah Orji [Mount Olive], 2014
41-3 ¼ … Sophia Curtis [Ocean City], 2023
40-11 … Stephanie McIntyre [South Brunswick], 2007
40-9 ¾ … Carlene Cummings [Englewood], 1998
40-4 … Domonique Panton [Freehold Twp.], 2015
40-3 … Iana Amsterdam [Newark Tech], 2013
40-1 ½ … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2019
39-10 ½ … Jen McDermott [Ridgewood], 1989
39-9 … Bryanna Grant [Cranford], 2012
39-7 ¾ … Adefunke Sonaike [Montgomery], 2012
39-6 ¾ … Ebony Young [Hillsborough], 2009
39-6 ½ … Kelly Burke [Cranford], 2010
39-6 ¼ … Alexandra Bonn [Union Catholic], 2023
39-5 … Ada Unachukwu [Marlboro], 2009
39-3 … Consandria Walker [Hackensack], 2004
39-2 ¼ … Sharon Allen [Paterson East Side], 1987
39-1 ¾ … Ellie Ewere [Hillsborough], 2011
39-1 ¼ … Tiffany Bautista [Paramus Catholic], 2018
39-1 … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2018
39-1 … Kaitlin Salisbury [Hawthorne], 2016
39-0 ½ … Bonnie Fosam [Robbinsville], 2017

All-Time South Jersey Indoor Triple Jump List
41-3 ¼ … Sophia Curtis [Ocean City], 2023
40-1 ½ … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2019
38-4 … She’quell Higgs [Winslow Twp.], 2013
38-0 ½ … Shaya Wilkerson [Lenape], 2012
37-10 … Cidae’a Woods [Winslow Twp.], 2013
37-7 … Elizabeth Montague [Cherokee], 2014
37-4 … Olivia Wright [Winslow Twp.], 2020
37-2 ½ … Kristina Tossas [Rancocas Valley], 2020
37-1 … Ashley Edwards [Northern Burlington], 2015
36-9 ¼ … Jasmin Jones [Kingsway], 2016
36-8 ½ … Leah Ellis [Millville], 2019
36-6 ½ … Maryn Hess [Winslow Twp.], 2017
36-6 ½ … Janell Rowe [Sterling], 2016
36-6 … Javona Ford [Millville], 2010
36-5 … Shevell Higgs [Winslow Twp.], 2020
36-4 … Rachel Montague [Cherokee], 2008
36-2 ¾ … Kiah Walton [Burlington Twp.], 2014
36-1 ½ … Chastiney Pearson [Timber Creek], 2020
36-0 ½ … Taliya Rogers [Rancocas Valley], 2016
36-0 ½ … Keyanna Meade [Burlington Twp.]. 2018

All-Time New Jersey Combined 40-Foot List
44-11 … Keturah Orji [Mount Olive], 2014 [o]
42-2 ¾ … Carlene Cummings [Englewood], 1998 [o]
42-2 … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2018 [o]
41-7 ½ … Mahogany Jenkins [Watchung Hills], 2019 [o]
41-3 ¼ … Sophia Curtis [Ocean City], 2023 [i]
41-3  … Stephanie McIntyre [South Brunswick], 2007 [i]
40-10 ¼ … Ashley Edwards [Northern Burlington], 2014 [o]
40-9 ½ … Iana Amsterdam [Newark Tech], 2013 [o]
40-7 ¾ … Kayla Richardson [Columbia], 2013 [o]
40-7 … Shanale Herber [Paterson Kennedy], 2015 [o]
40-7 … Faith Bethea [Snyder], 2022 [o]
40-6 ¾ … Tiffany Bautista [Paramus Catholic], 2018
40-6 ¼ … Essence Mayers [Lakewood], 2011 [o]
40-6 … Jordan Fields [Columbia], 2016 [o]
40-5 … Nnenna Ibe [North Brunswick], 2015 [o]
40-4 ½ … Adefunke Sonaike [Montgomery], 2011
40-4 … Domonique Panton [Freehold Twp.], 2015 [i]
40-3 ¼ …Ebony Young [Hillsborough], 2009 [o]
40-1 ¼ … Kaitlin Salisbury [Hawthorne], 2016 [o]
40-0 … Ebony Young [Hillsborough], 2008 [o]
40-0 … Ada Unachukwu [Marlboro], 2008 [o]
40-0 … Bonvie Fosam [Robbinsville], 2017 [o]

The Winslow Township and Washington Township girls finished 2nd and 3rd in the shuttle hurdles championship race Saturday at Boston Nationals, earning All-America status for all eight hurdles from the two teams.

Senior Janelle Marshall, freshman Ma’Syiah Browner, junior Sierra Handy and senior Kamryn Holness ran 35.09 for 2nd place for Winslow in the 240-meter race, and junior Zarria Olphant and sophomores Ella Johnson, Dakota Jones and Meciah Howell ran 35.16 for 3rd place for Washington Township.

Union Catholic won the race in 33.50, and Point Pleasant Borough was 4th in 35.46 for a 1-2-3-4 New Jersey sweep.

Washington Township junior Yashaya Brown ran the 4th-fastest 60-meter hurdles time in state history Saturday in the prelims at Boston Nationals in Brighton, Mass.

Brown posted the 3rd-fastest time with his 7.80 in the 2nd of seven qualifying rounds. That’s No. 3 in the U.S. this year and fastest by an underclassman.

It’s also 2nd-fastest in state (or Gloucester County) history by a junior, behind Delsea’s Sultan Tucker’s 7.76 in the finals at 1996 Nationals across town at the Reggie Lewis Center.

Sincere Rhea of St. Augustine set the South Jersey record of 7.64 in the prelims at Armory Nationals (the same meet) in 2019. East Orange’s Cory Poole set the state record of 7.63 at Armory Nationals in 2017.

Brown had only run one previous race over the 60-meter hurdles and ran 8.89 at Ocean Breeze Nationals (different meet) last year.

The semis are scheduled for 9:25 a.m. Sunday and the final is scheduled for 12:26 p.m. Sunday.

ALL-TIME N.J. 60-METER HURDLES LIST
7.63 … Cory Poole [East Orange Campus], 2017
7.64 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
7.73 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 1997
7.80 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2023
7.85 … Chris Serrao [East Brunswick], 2022
7.87 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], 2002
7.88 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
7.90 … Corey Nelms [Neptune], 2006
7.90 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], 2012
7.94 … Anthony Acklin [Triton], 2001
7.94 … Ihmir Marsette [Weequahic], 2017
7.94 … Akeem Lindo [East Orange Campus], 2017
7.95 … Herb Reid [Lenape], 2000
7.95 … Ron Jules [Toms River East], 2003
7.96 … Todd Matthews [Notre Dame], 1998
7.96 … Danyne Brown. [Camden], 1999
7.96 … Joshua Evans [Irvington], 2009
7.96 … Andrew Aguilera [Governor Livingston], 2017
7.97 … Jermaine Collier [Trenton], 2011
7.99 … Zach Ghizzone [Union Catholic], 2013
7.99 … Chais Hill [Highland], 2015
7.99 … Naseem Smith [Deptford], 2019

Cherokee’s Megan Niglio, Madison Van Haren, Kelsey Niglio and Kerry O’Day ran the 12th-fastest distance medley in South Jersey history Friday night in Boston.

Cherokee won its section in 12:10.07, a time that held up for 10th-best overall Friday at Boston Nationals in Brighton, Mass. The Lady Chiefs ran unpressed and won their race by about 80 meters.

Sophomore Megan Niglio led off for Cherokee with a 3:45.02 split for 1,200 meters, and junior Madison Van Haren ran 58.94 for her 400 leg. Senior Kelsey Niglio ran 2:16.20 on the 800, and junior Kerry O’Day anchored in 5:09.56.

Cherokee now has the two-fastest times by South Jersey schools over the last six indoor seasons – 11:57.21 last year at Ocean Breeze Nationals (which is the same meet as this year’s Armory Nationals) and this 12:10.07.

The time is No. 6 in Burlington County history, behind Lenape in 2013, 2012, 2010 and 2015 and last year’s Cherokee team. Lenape and Cherokee are responsible for the nine-fastest indoor DMRs in Burlington County history.

Despite being ranked No. 7 nationally coming into the meet, Cherokee was not placed in the 11-team fast heat, where the Chiefs would have had the opportunity to race against other schools and not just the clock.

Next big DMR for this group will be on Day 2 of the 127th annual Penn Relays, late Friday afternoon on April 28 at Franklin Field.

All-Time South Jersey Indoor DMR List
11:43.94 … Haddonfield, 2014
11:54.63 … Lenape, 2013
11:55.90 … Lenape, 2012
11:57.21 … Cherokee, 2022
11:57.64 … Haddonfield, 2017
11:58.92 … Lenape, 2010
12:02.51 … Ocean City, 2014
12:03.40 … Haddonfield, 2015
12:04.45 … Haddonfield, 2009
12:04.62 … Sterling, 2017
12:04.9h … Lenape, 2015
12:10.07 … Cherokee, 2023
12:11.47 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2020
12:12.22 … Ocean City, 2005
12:13.46 … Washington Twp., 2011
12:14.48 … Haddonfield, 2013
12:15.60 … Lenape, 2014
12:16.71 … Highland, 2004
12:17.11 … Kingsway, 2017
12:17.40 … Lenape, 2017
12:19.53 … Clearview, 2023
12:19.81 … Lenape, 2009

Cinnaminson senior Matt McCarron, junior Joseph Saint Elien and seniors Derek Coceano and Alex Boyko placed 7th in the distance medley at New York Nationals Friday with the 9th-fastest time in South Jersey history.

McCarron led off with a 3:11.29 split for the 1,200, Saint Elien ran 51.34 for the 400, Coceano covered the 800 leg in 1:58.89 and Boyko anchored in 4:20.29.

That’s fastest by a South Jerey school in seven years, since Haddonfield ran 10:12.42 at 2016 Armory Nationals (the same meet as this year’s Boston Nationals).

It’s fastest by a Burlington County DMR in 21 years, since Cherokee ran 10:16.32 at 2002 Easterns at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym with the team of Josh Joseph [3:07.2], Sean Meyers [50.9], Kevin Hurley [2:01.8] and Marc Pelerin [4:16.3]. That stood as the South Jersey record for eight years.

Cinnaminson’s previous-best time was a 10:42.61 at the Group 2 state relays in January at the Bubble. Before this year, their school record was 10:50.55 last year at the state relays.

In the same race, Haddon Heights ran 10:35.94 for 9th place. Colin Patterson led off in 3:13.40, Matthew Iuvara split 51.59 for the 400, Jonathan Hastings ran the 800 in 2:05.25 and Jack Bolling anchored in 4:25.71.

Heights broke its school record of 10:39.87 from 2009 at 2009 Boston Nationals (which was a different meet than this one and held at a different track in Boston).

All-Time South Jersey Indoor DMR List
10:09.78 … Haddonfield, 2010
10:12.42 … Haddonfield, 2016
10:16.32 … Cherokee, 2002
10:16.60 … Haddonfield, 2002
10:17.97 … Ocean City, 2011
10:19.24 … Haddonfield, 2009
10:21.11 … Haddonfield, 2011
10:21.38 … Haddon Township, 2015
10:21.80 … Cinnaminson, 2023
10:22.2y … Williamstown, 1974
10:22.85 … Eastern, 2016
10:23.52 … Haddonfield, 2015
10:23.54 … Haddonfield, 2003
10:28.30 … Kingsway, 2020
10:28.59 … Cherokee, 2020
10:29.39 … Bishop Eustace, 2013
10:29.9y … Cherry Hill East, 1975
10:31.88 … Kingsway, 2014
10:32.79 … Eastern, 2002
10:33.0h … Eastern, 2003
10:34.11 … Camden Catholic, 2019
10:34.34 … Haddonfield, 2019
10:34.34 … Washington Twp., 2023
10:35.06 … Haddonfield, 2014
10:35.65 … Washington Twp., 2011
10:35.68 … Pleasantville, 2013
10:35.83 … Cherokee, 2018
10:35.93 … Cherokee, 2012
10:35.94 … Haddon Heights, 2023
10:36.0h … Washington Twp., 2008
10:36.32 … Pitman, 2019
10:36.77 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2015
10:36.79 … Cherry Hill East, 2015

All-Time Burlington County Sub-11 Indoor DMR List
10:16.32 … Cherokee, 2002
10:21.80 … Cinnaminson, 2023
10:28.59 … Cherokee, 2020
10:35.83 … Cherokee, 2018
10:35.93 … Cherokee, 2012
10:37.06 … Cherokee, 2019
10:40.9h … Cherokee, 2011
10:41.75 … Shawnee, 2000
10:41.7y … Willingboro, 1983
10:42.76 … Shawnee, 1998
10:42.60 … Rancocas Valley, 2015
10:42.61 … Cinnaminson, 2023
10:43.82 … Cherokee, 2006
10:44.63 … Shawnee, 1997
10:45.2H … Cherokee, 2005
10:46.4Y … Willingboro, 1990
10:47.0H … Shawnee, 1993
10:47.2Y … Shawnee, 1985
10:48.21 … Shawnee, 2011
10:49.1H … Shawnee, 1992
10:49.59 … Lenape, 2023
10:50.04 … Cherokee, 2002
10:50.25 … Lenape, 2018
10:50.55 … Cinnaminson, 2022
10:50.76 … Lenape, 2012
10:51.0Y … Rancocas Valley, 1991
10:51.21 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
10:52.15 … Rancocas Valley, 2014
10:52.36 … Cherokee, 2013
10:52.98 … Seneca, 2012
10:53.0Y … Shawnee, 1986
10:53.30 … Cinnaminson, 2018
10:55.28 … Seneca, 2011
10:55.56 … Willingboro, 2003
10:55.8Y … Cherokee, 1989
10:56.0Y … Shawnee, 1991
10:56.56 … Shawnee, 2001
10:57.13 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
10:59.06 … Cinnaminson, 2003
10:59.19 … Rancocas Valley, 2017

An hour after running the 7th-fastest 800-meter relay in South Jersey history and fastest in 16 years, Pennsauken ran the 3rd-fastest sprint medley in the S.J. record book and fastest in 14 years.

Juniors Elijah Jennings and Bronze Whitmore and senior Premier Wynn and Bryce Tucker won the 7th of 10 heats in 3:29.31, and that time held up for 2nd place overall. Whitmore, Jennings and Wynn also ran on Pennsauken’s 4-by-2 team earlier in the afternoon.

Pennsauken’s time is No. 14 in state history.

That’s fastest by a South Jersey school since Washington Township ran 3:29.07 to win the 2009 National Scholastic Championships at the Armory. The only other faster time in South Jersey history is Vineland’s 3:27.60 with the team of Dale Coleman, Marcus Lee, Schafer Sherrer and Shannon Sherrer at the 2003 New Balance Games at the Armory. That stood as the state record for nine years.

Jennings and Whitmore came through in 45.61 for their 200 legs, and Wynn ran 48.52 for his 400 leg. Tucker anchored in 1:55.18.

Because its fastest time coming into the meet was a 3:37.65, Pennsauken was seeded in the 7th of 10 sections, which means it raced against schools it was clearly faster than.

Pennsauken won its section by more than 2 ½ seconds. The winning times in the next two sections were slower, but Seton Hall Prep of West Orange – which Pennsauken edged to win the Meet of Champions 4-by-4 on Sunday – ran faster in the final section, winning in 3:27.42.

Pennsauken’s previous school record for an indoor sprint med was 3:37.65 in January at the Bubble to win the Group 3 State Relays. Outdoors, Pennsauken has run 3:30.60 at the Willingboro Relays in 2010.

All-Time State Sprint Medley List
3:25.88 … St. Benedict’s, 2012
3:26.16 … Union Catholic, 2014
3:27.11 … Pascack Valley, 2012
3:27.42 … Seton Hall Prep, 2023
3:27.60 … Vineland, 2003
3:28.49 … Westfield, 2022
3:28.59 … Notre Dame, 2007
3:28.99 … East Orange, 2018
3:29.01 … Pope John XXIII, 2013
3:29.03 … Christian Brothers, 2013
3:29.07 … West Orange, 2012
3:29.07 … Washington Twp., 2009
3:29.31 … St. Benedict’s, 2005
3:29.31 … Pennsauken, 2023
3:29.6y … St. Benedict’s, 1971

All-Time South Jersey Sprint Medley List
3:27.60 … Vineland, 2003
3:29.07 … Washington Twp., 2009
3:29.31 … Pennsauken, 2023
3:30.01 … Cherokee, 2002
3:30.35 … Kingsway, 2022
3:30.45 … Lenape, 2001
3:31.73 … Vineland, 2004
3:32.36 … Rancocas Valley, 2016
3:32.90 … Washington Twp., 2010

Pennsauken ran the fastest 800-meter relay by a South Jersey school in 16 years Friday at Boston Nationals.

The team of freshman KaRon Ali, junior Bronze Whitmore, junior Elijah Jennings and senior Premier Wynn ran 1:28.77 and placed 11th in a loaded field at The Track at New Balance in Brighton, Mass.

That’s fastest by a South Jersey school since Camden ran 1:28.48 at the 2007 Hispanic Games at the Armory.

It’s also No. 7 in South Jersey history and No. 18 in state history.

Despite running one of the fastest times in state history, Pennsauken missed advancing to the final by 10-100ths of a second.

All-Time New Jersey 4×200 List
1:26.90 … Camden, 2004
1:27.04 … Union Catholic, 2014
1:27.60 … Vineland, 2004
1:27.80 … Union Catholic, 2013
1:27.80 … East Orange, 2017
1:27.89 … Nottingham, 2020
1:28.0h … Edgewood, 2001
1:28.35 … Union Catholic, 2008
1:28.35 … Trenton, 2008
1:28.45 … Camden, 2002
1:28.46 … Lenape, 2000
1:28.46 … Trenton, 2012
1:28.48 … Camden, 2007
1:28.62 … Plainfield, 2001
1:28.73 … Trenton, 2008
1:28.74 … Elizabeth, 2019
1:28.76 … East Orange, 2018
1:28.77 … Pennsauken, 2023
1:28.77 … The Lawrenceville School, 2011
1:28.81 … Franklin Twp., 2016
1:28.85 … West Orange, 2012
1:28.87 … Toms River North, 2023
1:28.91 … Camden, 2000
1:28.7h … Trenton, 2003
1:28.95 … Irvington, 2006

All-Time South Jersey 4×200 List
1:26.90 … Camden, 2004
1:27.60 … Vineland, 2004
1:28.0h … Edgewood, 2001
1:28.45 … Camden, 2002
1:28.46 … Lenape, 2000
1:28.48 … Camden, 2007
1:28.77 … Pennsauken, 2023
1:28.91 … Camden, 2000
1:29.06 … Oakcrest, 2012
1:29.17 … Camden, 2001
1:29.29 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
1:29.52 … Vineland, 2003
1:29.57 … Camden, 1997
1:29.61 … Camden, 1999
1:29.72 … Timber Creek, 2013
1:29.74 … Pennsauken, 2016
1:29.80 … Deptford, 2023
1:29.81 … Pennsauken, 2022
1:29.87 … Timber Creek, 2016
1:29.92 … Deptford, 2017
1:29.92 … Deptford, 2018
1:29.97 … Pleasantville, 2008

We have our first outdoor result of the year!

Delsea graduate Jake Nwosu, a sophomore at Army West Point, threw 164-9 and placed 5th in the discus at the Beach Opener 2023 at Jack Rose Track in Long Beach, Calif.

Nwosu only got off two legal throws – a 162-2 on his 1st attempt and the 164-9 on his 4th – but still missed his PR by less than four feet. Nwosu has a lifetime best of 168-8 from the West Point Twilight last April.

Nwosu did PR in the hammer throw with a 163-3 for 11th place. His previous PR was a 157-4 from the Lehigh Invite in Bethlehem last April.

Despite losing his senior year to COVID, Nwosu threw 173-3 at Delsea when he won Group 2 sectionals at Delesea in 2019 on his way to the state Group 2 title.

Before we get started with nationals, one last note from the Meet of Champions.

Three South Jersey girls finished in the top 12 and all three ran PRs.

Thanks to a 34.69 final lap, Paul VI junior Shaelan McNally placed 7th in 5:01.74, Cherokee sophomore Megan Niglio finished just behind her in 9th with a 5:03.21 and her teammate, junior Kerry O’Day, ran 5:04.01 for 12th.

McNally’s previous indoor PR was a 5:05.60 from the Bubble last month and her overall PR was 5:02.10 from the South Jersey Elite at Delsea in May.

Niglio had an indoor and overall PR of 5:08.16 from last year’s state Group 4 meet at the Bubble, and her fastest time this year had been a 5:08.56, also at states.

And O’Day PR’d for the second meet in a row, breaking her lifetime best indoors or out of 5:07.07 from states last month. Her PR before that was a 5:11.30 last May at Holmdel.

They now rank 21st, 26th and 31st on the all-time South Jersey list. Niglio and O’Day are the 4th and 5th Cherokee girtls to break 5:05 indoors.

Interestingly, the two-fastest indoor Paul VI milers in school history are returning in 2023. Macy Huber ran 5:12.76 at states, making her the No. 1 freshman in South Jersey (and No. 3 in the state).

Paul VI’s outdoor school record for 1,600 meters remains Dawn Cody’s 4:55.9 when she placed 2nd to Michelle Rowen of Washington Township at the 1982 Meet of Champions at Princeton’s Palmer Stadium.

McNally, Niglio and O’Day will all racing this weekend. In Boston, Niglio and O’Day are both on Cherokee’s 4-mile relay team and 3,200-meter relay team. McNally will be in New York racing the 5,000.

Here’s a look at every South Jersey girl who’s run sub-5:05 indoors:

4:41.52y … Michelle Rowen [Wash. Twp.], 1983
4:49.46y … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
4:51.60 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2016
4:53.36 … Lindsey Kane [Washington Twp.], 2014
4:53.85 … Nicole Clifford [Cherokee], 2022
4:54.58 … Celine Mazzi [Delsea], 2014
4:55.04y … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
4:56.1h,y … Ruth Lockbaum [Glassboro], 1985
4:57.12 … Megan Quimby [Lenape], 2015
4:57.72 … Caitlin Orr [Lenape], 2010
4:58.48 … Natalia Ocasio [Lenape], 2010
4:59.29 … Julia Despirito [Shawnee], 2014
4:59.39 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2012
5:00.17 … Aubrey Pierontoni [Kingsway], 2022
5:00.39 … Lisa Burkholder, 2004
5:00.78y … Monica Olkowski [Cherokee], 1990
5:00.81 … Vickie Ajimoko [Williamstown], 2014
5:01.96 … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017
5:01.96 … Grace Wassell [Highland], 2022
5:01.21 … Julianna Catania [Egg Harbor], 2016
5:01.74 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2023
5:01.86 … Kristen Niedrach [Shawnee], 2012
5:02.21 … Shelby Cain [Haddonfield], 2014
5:02.83 … Felicia O’Donnell [Delsea], 2011
5:02.92 … Allie Pierontoni [Kingsway], 2020
5:03.21 … Megan Niglio [Cherokee], 2023
5:03.50 … Bridget Flynn [Ocean City], 2014
5:03.81 … Maria Ruiz [Williamstown], 2009
5:03.82 … Allison Colflesh [Haddonfield], 2020
5:03.97 … Camille Franklin [Lenape], 2014
5:04.01 … Kerry O’Day [Cherokee], 2023
5:04.13 … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], 2017
5:04.24 … Sarah Naticchia [Haddonfield], 2020
5:04.48 … Kara Bonner [Shawnee], 2016
5:04.54 … Mia Spinella [Haddonfield], 2010
5:04.69 … Alyssa Condell [Timber Creek], 2017