It’s been a crazy couple months of astounding improvement for Eastern senior Tavion Corbett-Collier, who placed second in both horizontal jumps at the state Group 4 meet at Franklin Township.

Corbett-Collier jumped 22-7 1/4 to take second in the long jump, coming within 2.75 inches of his PR of 22-10, set at Delsea last month. He jumped a PR 46-5 1/2  for second in the triple jump.

Piscataway senior Kaelen Mitchell won the long jump at 23-11 1/2 and Mount Olive junior A.J. McKay won the triple jump with a 47-0.

Corbett-Collier goes into Saturday’s Meet of Champions at South Plainfield as the No. 5 seed in the triple jump and No. 7 seed in the long jump.

Corbett-Collier also ran 11.21 in the 100 on Friday and could race the dash at the M-of-C if he chooses.

He’ll be joined in the triple jump Saturday by junior teammate Aaron Brooks, who placed fifth at states at 44-0 and also qualified in the 110 highs with a 14.99 for third at states.

Eastern’s last medalist at the Meet of Champions was Peter Flacco, who took fifth in the javelin in 2015. 

Corbett-Collier came into the season with a lifetime triple jump PR of 41-0, set in the spring of 2019 when he won the Olympic Conference title at Washington Township.

He then proceeded to set five PRs – 41-5 1/4 in a dual meet against Washington Township, 42-11 in a Delsea field event meet, 43-2 1/2 at the Olympic Conference meet, 46-2 at sectionals and 46-5 1/2 at states.

So he’s added 3 feet, 3 inches to his PR just since June 3!

Corbett-Collier now ranks No. 28 in South Jersey history in the triple jump and No. 2 in school history, behind Mikhail Micheaux’s 47-7 1/2 at the 2014 Hall of Fame Relays in Maple Shade.

Before this month, Corbett-Collier long jump PR was a 20-11 at the Bubble in Toms River during the 2020 indoor season, and his outdoor PR was a 20-3 from the 2019 South Jersey Invitational.

His first 21-foot jump was on April 17 in a meet in Edison, and his first 22-foot jump was May 19 in that dual meet against Washington Township. So he’s hit 21, 22 and 23 feet for the first time in the span of 55 days!

Holy Spirit senior Julia Bannan had a huge weekend, with a first, a second and a third and two PRs at the state Parochial B championships at Neptune.

Bannan won the discus by 32 feet with a throw of 126-8, a two-foot PR and No. 4 in Atlantic County history, and she also placed second in the javelin with a 104-1, a five-foot PR, and third in the shot put at 34-7, just off her PR of 35-8 3/4 from a dual meet last month.

That’s 24 points just from Bannan, enough to place ninth in the final team standings by herself.

The discus title was the second in a row for Bannan, who won the 2019 state title as a sophomore with a 112-3 and then had two wait two years to defend her championship.

Her 126-8 was only six feet off the meet record of 132-6 set in 2009 by Victoria Imbessi of Our Lady of Mercy in Franklin Township, Gloucester County.

It’s also the No. 4 mark in the state this year and makes her the No. 2 seed going into the Meet of Champions, just one inch behind Julietta Ambartsoumian of Northern Valley in Demarest.

Here’s a look at everyone who threw 120 feet at the various state meets this past weekend:

126-9 … Julietta Ambartsoumian [Northern Valley-Demarest], 1st, Group 2
126-8 … Julia Bannan [Holy Spirit], 1st, Parochial B
124-1 … Destiny Fields [Camden County Vo-Tech Sicklerville], 1st, Group 3
123-0 … Bryanna Wilson [Donovan Catholic], 1st, Parochial A
122-9 … Brynn Madonna [Northern Highlands], 2nd, Group 3
121-10 … Carly Cambria [Ridge], 1st, Group 4
121-1 … Michaela Pomatto [Egg Harbor Township], 2nd, Group 4

And here’s a look at the top five in Atlantic County history:

146-5 … Kim Warren [Atlantic City], 2006
143-3 … Mercedes Hicks [Atlantic City], 2006
129-4 … Michaela Pomatto [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2019
126-8 … Julia Bannan [Holy Spirit], 2021
124-4 … Christina Donall [Mainland Reg.], 2013

Holy Spirit also placed fourth in the 1,600-meter relay with the team of senior Taylor Magill, junior Vanessa DeJean, junior Makayla McLaughlin and junior Paige Snyder running 4:25.10.

Floyd Whitaker became the first double state champion in Highland history this weekend as part of a monster performance that saw him medal in four events.

Whitaker, a Highland senior, scored enough points on his own to place fifth in the team standings at the state Group 3 meet at Pennsauken.

Whitaker won the triple jump Friday with a 47-0 1/4 jump and then won the long jump Saturday with a PR 23-6 1/2. He also placed fifth in the 400-meter intermediates and second in the high jump on Friday for 30 total points.

Overall, Highland placed fifth in Group 3 with 37 points.

These are Whitaker’s first outdoor state group titles, although he doubled at the 2020 indoor Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze (and Easterns) in the two horizontal jumps and won the 2019 outdoor Meet of Champions after placing second at states (3/4 of an inch behind Hamilton West’s Richmond Sasha).

Whitaker’s previous long jump PR was a 23-0 1/2 at Ocean Breeze, and his outdoor PR was a 22-11 3/4 in a meet last month at Delsea.

The 23-6 1/2 makes him the No. 2 seed behind Piscataway’s Kaelen Mitchell (23-11 1/2) at Saturday’s Meet of Champions at South Plainfield. He’s the No. 3 seed in the triple jump (Sincere Robinson of Newark Tech 47-10 1/2, Rashawn Markman of Waldwick 47-10 1/2), although he has the best PR in the field at 50-2 1/2 from the 2019 Meet of Champions.

With his 23-6 1/2, Whitaker moved up to No. 18 in South Jersey history. It’s the best jump by a South Jersey long jumper since 2013, when Eastern’s Mikhail Micheaux hit 24-3 3/4 and Reggie Morrton of Oakcrest jumped 23-7 1/4.

He’s already No. 3 in the triple jump behind only Delsea’s Khaliel Burnett (50-9 1/4 in 2018) and Dominique Irons of Haddon Heights (50-6 3/4 in 2013).

The only other jumper in state history to go at least 23-6 in the long jump and 50 feet in the triple jump is Chris Phipps of Lodi, who jumped 23-6 1/4 and 50-5 in 2008 and later became an All-America at Nebraska. 

Highland also got points at states from its 400- and 1,600-meter relay teams. In the 4-by-1, junior Freddi Alford, senior Robert McKinney, junior Omar Smith and sophomore Michael Arequin ran 43.92 for fourth, and sophomores Gavin Gallo, Anthony Imperatore and Cole Knoedler joined senior Cole Wassell to take sixth in the 4-by-8 in 8:17.02.

McKinney also placed fifth in the 100 in 11.24.

Another huge weekend for South Jersey, which almost always holds its own and more at the state track championships.

In all, South Jersey athletes won 78 state titles Friday and Saturday, with Group 1 leading the way. Incredibly, South Jersey runners won all 10 boys Group 1 races and seven of the 10 girls races. That’s 17 of 20 track races in Group 1 that belong to South Jersey.

Here’s a look at the whole list. We’ll get the Meet of Champions qualifier list as soon as we get it (if we get it!) from the NJISIAA.

BOYS
Group 1
***Malachi James [Willingboro], 100-Meter Dash [10.98]
***Malachi James [Willingboro], 200-Meter Dash [22.27]
*Dallas Hohney [Glassboro], 400-Meter Dash [49.39]
Brady Shute [Woodbury], 800-Meter Run [1:54.58]
Brady Shute [Woodbury], 1,600-Meter Run [4:22.24]
Brady Shute [Woodbury], 800-Meter Run [9:20.99]
Ja’Von Solomon [Woodbury], 110-Meter Hurdles [14.99]
Bobby Arnold III [Salem], 400-Meter Hurdles [55.58]
Ter’Meir Hill [Clayton], Long Jump [22-11]
Glenn Ferguson [Willingboro], Pole Vault [12-6]
*C.J. Johnson [Willingboro], Shot Put [55-0 1/4]
Clayton [Dominck Bishop, Giorgio Bruno, Justin Gibson, *Justin Pessoa], 400-Meter Relay [43.54]
Audubon [Tyler Wilson, Tyler Karolinski, *Aaryn Myers, *Connor Bilotta], 1,600-Meter Relay [3:26.40]
Audubon [*Clifford Gilmore, *Scott Hubbard, *Makaio Kelii, Zachary Williams], 3,200-Meter Relay [8:11.97]

Group 2
Josh Forrest [Collingswood], 1,600-Meter Run [4:15.61]
Josh Forrest [Collingswood], 3,200-Meter Run [9:20.49]
Joe Metzger [Delsea], Shot Put [58-4 1/4]
Haddonfield [*Tobias Janssen, Sean Eisenhower, *Seth Clevenger, Caleb Clevenger], 3,200-Meter Relay [8:11.24]

Group 3
**Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], 400-Meter Hurdles [52.68]
Skyler Salay [Burlington Twp.], High Jump [6-4]
Floyd Whitaker [Highland], Long Jump [23-6 1/2]
Floyd Whitaker [Highland], Triple Jump [47-0 1/4]
Deptford [JOhn Adams, **Lathan Brown, Steven Rios, *Miles Williams], 400-Meter Relay [42.74]
Pennsauken [**Ejani Shakir, **Kahlil Ali, **Premier Wynn, **Bryce Tucker], 1,600-Meter Relay [3:18.36]
Ocean City [Tyler Greene, *Owen Ritti, Brendan Schlatter, Drew Tarr], 3,200-Meter Relay [8:00.37]

Group 4
Ahmad Brock [Egg Harbor Twp.], 100-Meter Dash [10.92]
*Kyle Rakitis [Kingsway], 1,600-Meter Run [4:12.63]
*Dillon Page [Cherry Hill East], High Jump [6-4]
Rancocas Valley [*Masai Byrd, *Herbert Quarterman, James McGhee, Isaiah Arzu], 400-Meter Relay [42.08]

Parochial A
*Michael Mazero [Paul VI], 400-Meter Dash [48.95]
Paul VI [Matthew Jenkins, *Matthew Mazero, *Cameron Serafinelli, *Michael Mazero], 400-Meter Relay [43.03]

Parochial B
*Elijah Steward [Holy Spirit], 400-Meter Dash [49.62]
*Elijah Steward [Holy Spirit], Long Jump [22-4 1/2]
Holy Spirit [***Luke Halburner, Devin Lee, *Michael Weaver, *Elijah Steward], 400-Meter Relay [44.72]
Holy Spirit [Devin Lee, ***Luke Halburner, **Jayden Llanos, *Elijah Steward], 1,600-Meter Relay [3:31.18]

GIRLS
Group 1
Arianna Sharpe [Clayton], 100-Meter Dash [12.44]
Arianna Sharpe [Clayton], 200-Meter dash [25.31]
Amirah Sharpe [Clayton], 400-Meter Dash [55.99]
Balkis Iyiola [Willingboro], 100-Meter Hurdles [15.08]
Amirah Sharpe [Clayton], 400-Meter Hurdles [1:02.22]
Kara Knorr [Woodstown], Shot Put [38-0]
Clayton [**Rayael Marshall, **Erica Thomas, **Kelsey Thomas, **Ciera Smith], 400-Meter Relay [51.34]
Clayton [Ariel Sharpe, Arianna Sharpe, **Kelsey Thomas, Amirah Sharpe], 1,600-Meter Relay [3:56.67]

Group 2
Sarah Naticchia [Haddonfield], 1,600-Meter Run [4:54.25]
***Alanna Woolfolk [Delsea], High Jump [5-6]
Fiona Basewitz [Collingswood], Pole Vault [11-4]
Delsea [Olivia Carter, Aalliya Fox, *Emily Hill, ***Alanna Woolfolk], 400-Meter Relay [49.12]
Haddonfield [Allison Colflesh, Lindsay Colflesh, ***Ava Peifer, Olivia Stoner], 1,600-Meter Relay [4:00.38]

Group 3
Nevaeh Lorjuste [Triton], 200-Meter Dash [25.51]
Shevell Higgs [Winslow Twp.], 100-Meter Hurdles [15.12]
Diamond McLaughlin [Absegami], 400-Meter Hurdles [1:01.38]
Tatina Carr [Timber Creek], High Jump [5-4]
Destiny Fields [Camden County Vo-Tech], Discus [124-1]

Group 4
Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 100-Meter Dash [11.92]
Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 200-Meter Dash [24.23]
Jailya Ash [Eastern], 100-Meter Hurdles [14.10]
*Leah Ellis [Millville], Long Jump [18-4 3/4]
Mariah Stephens [Egg Harbor Twp.], Triple Jump [38-4]
Egg Harbor Township [**Jayda Green, Anne Rutledge, Mariah Stephens, Lauren Princz], 400-Meter Relay [47.79]

Parochial A
None

Parochial B
**Arianna Cane [Bishop Eustace], 1,600-Meter Run [5:31.81]
Julia Bannan [Holy Spirit], Discus [126-8]

Lauren Princz has won tons of individual honors. She’s won state titles and Meet of Champions titles, she’s broken county records, she’s received all-state honors.

She’s done it all. The one thing that eluded Princz during her brilliant career at Egg Harbor Township was a state team title, and on Saturday she got that as well.

Princz earned three gold medals and led the Eagles to the state Group 4 championship, the first state championship in the program’s history.

Seniors Mariah Stephens, Michaela Pomatto and Anne Rutledge also came up huge for EHT, as did sophomore Jayda Green.

The Penn State-bound Princz out-raced some of the state’s best sprinters in the 100 and 200. She ran 11.92 to beat Eastern’s Jailya Ash in the 100 and then ran 24.23 to topple Julia Jackson of Scotch Plains in the 200. Princz also anchored EHT’s winning 400-meter relay team, which ran a blistering 47.79.

Princz hasn’t lost a 100 this year and has lost at 200 meters only once, in an open meet.

EHT outscored second-place Scotch Plains-Fanwood 56-41, with West Orange third with 37 points.

Egg Harbor becomes the first Atlantic County school to win a state girls title since Buena won Group 2 in 2011. The other Atlantic County state champs are Pleasantville in Group 2 in 1995 and Oakcrest in Group 3 in 1997.  

EHT placed third in 2018 and fifth in 2019 and would have been a threat last year, but the state meet was wiped out by the COVID shutdown. 

But the Eagles got the job this done, with Princz leading the way and getting a ton of help from her teammates.

MARIAH STEPHENS, SENIOR: Tremendous performance by Stephens, who jumped a personal-best 38-4 to win the triple jump by four inches over Tiara Wilson of West Orange. Stephens also reached the finals of the 100-meter hurdles. Stephens moved up to No. 13 in South Jersey history. Stephens also ran on the winning 4-by-1.

MICHAELA POMATTO, SENIOR: Pomatto popped a 121-1 on her first throw to take second in the discus for eight big points. 

ANNE RUTLEDGE, SENIOR: Rutledge continued her outstanding season, running 1:03.16 for third place in the 400-meter intermediates and 58.33 for fifth place in the 400. Rutledge was the South Jersey Group 4 champ in both races, setting PRs of 57.21 and 1:02.94. Rutledge also ran the second leg on EHT’s winning 400-meter relay team.

JAYDA GREEN, SOPHOMORE: Green joined Princz, Stephens and Rutledge on the 4-by-1, which posted the No. 23 time in South Jersey history and No. 2 in Atlantic County history, behind only an EHT team from 2018 that ran 47.25 at the Meet of Champions. Jadyn Laramore, Siani Magruder and Ajae Alvarez-Tyler joined Princz on that team.

The future looks incredible for the young Pennsauken track team. The present is pretty darn good as well.

With all but one of their points coming from freshmen and sophomores, Pennsauken won its second title in six years this weekend, piling up 61 points in the state Group 3 championships on its home track.

Pennsauken outscored Morris Hills 61-48, with Colts Neck (44) third. Pennsauken only previous state title came in Group 3 in 2016 at Northern Burlington.

It’s believed that Pennsauken is the first school ever to win a state title at its home facility. If it ever happened before, it was more than 50 years ago.

Sophomore Bryce Tucker picked up a 1st, a 2nd and a 3rd and anchored a winning relay, so he had a hand in 34 of Pennsauken’s 61 points.

But this was definitely a team effort.

Let’s take a look at how Pennsauken made it happen!

100-METER DASH [6 points]

Freshman Elijah Jennings ran 11.09 for third after an 11.24 in the trials.

200-METER DASH [4 points]

Sophomore Ejani Shakir ran 22.08 for fourth place into a 1.9 meters-per-second wind. 

400-METER DASH [9 points]

Tucker ran a personal-best 48.64 and placed second. His previous PR was 48.89. His time is fastest by a South Jersey sophomore since Moorestown’s Brandon Outlaw ran 48.52 at the 2015 Meet of Champions.

800-METER RUN [6 points]

Tucker, seeded 6th in the 800, ran 1:56.31 for third place.

400-METER HURDLES [16 points] 

Tucker ran a U.S. #5 52.68, shattering the South Jersey sophomore class record and winning by more than 2 1/2 seconds. Sophomore Premier Wynn was third in 56.51. For more on Tucker’s 400IH performance, click here.

400-METER RELAY [8 points]

Pennsauken ran a season-best 42.81 for second to Deptford’s 42.74. Jennings, Shakir, sophomore Kahlil Ali and Wynn ran for the Indians.

1,600-METER RELAY [10 points]

Shakir, Ali, Wynn and Tucker locked up the team title with a 3:18.36 win, turning the tables on Deptford, which took second in 3:18.50. Shakir (49.79), Wynn (48.96) and Tucker (47.14!!!) all split sub-50. It was Pennsauken’s fastest 4-by-4 since the 2016 team ran 3:17.74 at the Woodbury Relays.

TRIPLE JUMP [1 point]

Ali placed sixth with a 42-2, tying his personal best that he set last sectionals. 

JAVELIN [1 point]

The lone point from a Pennsauken athlete who isn’t a freshman or sophomore came from senior Chris Weaver in the javelin. Weaver, the No. 13 seed, placed sixth with a PR throw of 152-2. He had never thrown 140 until sectionals.

It was a historic weekend for Clayton High School’s track program, which swept the Group 1 state championships at Pennsauken.

The boys, led by senior TerMeir Hill, outscored Willingboro 59-44, leading a 1-2-3-4 South Jersey sweep, with Woodbury third with 42 points and Audubon fourth with 39.

And the girls, led by quad winner Amirah Sharpe and her twin sisters, piled up 89 points – all on the track – nearly doubling up second-place Shore Regional, which finished with 48 points.

This is the first time in New Jersey track history that a school’s boys and girls programs both won their first state titles on the same day.

Clayton is the 14th South Jersey school to record a boys and girls state championship sweep since the inception of the girls meet in 1973.

Here’s a look at those teams:

Group 1
1976 – Woodbury
1977 – Woodbury
1991 – Haddon Heights
2013 – Penns Grove
2014 – Penns Grove
Group 2
1997 – Bridgeton
2002 – Bridgeton
2015 – Haddonfield
Group 3
2002 – Willingboro
Group 4
1981 – Willingboro
Parochial A
None
Parochial B
1995 – Bishop Eustace
1996 – Bishop Eustace
2008 – Holy Cross

Clayson is the first Gloucester County school to sweep both state titles in 44 years, since Woodbury recorded a Group 1 sweep in 1977.

What an incredible performance by both teams!

Let’s take a look how they did it!

TERMEIR HILL, Senior: Hill scored 21 points in his four individual events. He hit 22-11 on his third long jump attempt to earn the state title and also placed second to Willingboro freshman Malachi James with an 11.16 in the 100, ran fifth in the 200 in 22.87 and leaped 42-9 1/4 for sixth in the triple jump.

JUSTIN GIBSON, Senior: Took third in the 200 in 22.62 and also contributed a leg on Clayton’s winning 400-meter relay team, which ran 43.54, and 3rd-place 1,600-meter relay team, which ran 3:28.38.

GIORGIO BRUNO, Senior: Bruno, who never broke 59 seconds until sectionals, ran a personal-best 57.17 for fifth place and also ran the second leg on Clayton’s winning 400-meter relay team, which ran 43.54, and the second leg on the 3rd-place 1,600-meter relay team, which ran 3:28.38.

MARQUES HALL, Junior: Hall threw a personal-best 49-8 1/4 on his first attempt and then watched that hold up for the 3rd-best discus throw of the competition.

SHANE THOMPSON, Junior: Continued his remarkable development with his second PR in a week. Thompson had a discus PR of 109-1 going into sectionals but threw 136-8 for the win and extended that to 143-0 – also on his first attempt – for second place on Friday.

DOMINCK BISHOP, Senior: Ran legs on the winning 4-by-100 and also on the 3rd-place 1,600-meter relay team, which ran 3:28.38.

JUSTIN GIBSON, Senior: Ran 22.62 for third in the 200 and also ran legs on both relay teams. Had the fastest 400 split at 51.1.

JUSTIN PESSOA, Junior: Anchored Clayton’s winning 400-meter relay team, which ran 43.54.

KAMERON MILLER, Sophomore: Anchored the Clippers’ 3rd-place 4-by-4, which ran 3:28.38.

What about the Clayton girls?

Just a dominating performance by the Sharpe sisters and their supporting cast! Two years after leading Paulsboro to the state Group 1 title, they did it again for a different Gloucester County school!

AMIRAH SHARPE, Senior: Won the 200 in 25.31, the 400 in 55.99 and the 400 intermediates in 1:02.22 and anchored the winning 4-by-4 to finish off her monster quad triumph.

ARIANNA SHARPE, Senior: Won the 100 in 12.51 and placed second in the 200 in 25.87 and the 400 in 56.58. Also ran the second leg on the 4-by-4, which won in 3:56.67.

ARIEL SHARPE, Senior: Placed fourth in the 400 with 58.88 and sixth in the 200 in 26.81 and led off the winning 1,600-meter relay, which ran 3:56.67.

RAYAEL MARSHALL, Sophomore: Ran 16.20 for second to Willingboro’s Balkis Iyiola in the 100-meter hurdles and also led off Clayton’s winning 400-meter relay team, which ran 51.34.

ERICA THOMAS, Sophomore: Ran the second leg on the winning 4-by-100 team.

KELSEY THOMAS, Sophomore: Ran the third leg on both winning relay teams.

CIERA SMITH, Sophomore: Anchored the winning 4-by-100.

(We apologize if any of the relay names are wrong. We’re going off the official results, but they aren’t always correct! Please let us know in the comments section and we’ll update immediately. Thanks!)

Haddonfield’s Allison Colflesh, Lindsay Colflesh, Ava Peifer and Olivia Stoner won the 1,600-meter relay to put an exclamation point on a tremendous weekend and clinch Haddonfield’s eighth state title and first since 2015.

Haddonfield’s 4-by-4 ran 4:00.38, edging Holmdel, which was second in 4:01.47. All are seniors except Peifer, who’s a freshman.

The win gave Haddonfield 70 points and a three-point margin of victory over Northern Valley of Demarest, which finished with 67 points in a two-team race. No other school finished with more than 43 points.

Haddonfield’s ace distance team had a monster weekend, scoring 62 of Haddonfield’s 70 points.

In the 800 Saturday afternoon, Allison Colflesh, Lindsay Colflesh and Stoner all ran 2:15-point, placing second, third and fourth behind Amanda Mircovich of River Dell, who ran 2:12.53.

In the 1,600, Sarah Naticchia and Allison Colflesh finished 1-2, both running sub-4:55, with Stoner PR’ing in seventh at 5:04.80.

And in the 3,200 Saturday morning, Naticchia placed second in 10:42.67 behind a meet-record 10:20.25 by Lakeland’s Angelina Perez.

Haddonfield’s 4-by-8 team of junior Jess Goode, sophomore Thea Spellmeyer, freshman Anne Earp and senior Payton Weiner placed second in 9:42.42 for eight more big points.

Including the 4-by-4 and two points from Lindsay Colflesh in the 400 (58.58) that’s 64 points in five events from Haddonfield’s distance team.  

Haddonfield got six huge points in the intermediate hurdles from sophomore Grace Malcarney, who ran a PR 1:05.92 and placed third. Malcarney’s previous PR was a 1:06.64 and she was the No. 9 seed coming into states after a 1:08.77 at sectionals.

The Haddonfield girls won Group 1 state titles in 1998 and 1999 and have won Group 2 in 2001, 2004, 2012, 2014 and 2015. They lost a possible state championship last year but they sure made up for it this year!

Lauren Princz won her second state title of the weekend – and ninth of her career – Saturday when she ran 24.23 in the 200 at the state Group 4 meet.

Princz led three sprinters under 25 seconds, with Julia Jackson of Scotch Plains-Fanwood second in 24.49 and Azariah Graham third in 24.74. On Friday, Princz ran 11.92 to win the 100-meter dash.

With three events to go at Franklin Township High School, Egg Harbor led West Orange and Scotch Plains Fanwood, 48-31, with Westfield and Union a point back with 30 points. Egg Harbor has never won a girls state title.

Here’s a look at all of Princz’s state titles since she was a freshman at EHT. And remember she had an entire season wiped out!

2018 Outdoors
24.00, 200-meter dash, Group 4
23.90, 200-meter dash, Meet of Champs
2019 Indoors
7.13, 55-meter dash, Group 4
2019 Outdoors
11.95, 100-meter dash, Group 4
24.53, 200-meter dash, Group 4
2020 Indoors
7.12, 55-meter dash, Group 4
7.07, 55-meter dash, Meet of Champions
2021 Outdoors
11.92, 100-meter dash, Group 4
24.23, 200-meter dash, Group 4

Brady Shute finished a historic triple Saturday, running a lifetime-best and winning the 800 after also winning the 1,600 and 3,200 at the state Group 1 meet.

He’s the first to triple the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 in Group 1 in 22 years and the first South Jersey distance runner ever to triple the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 at states in any group.

Shute ran a PR 1:54.58 to out-race top-seeded Nathan Armstrong of Pompton Lakes in at Pennsauken to finish off the triple. Armstrong was second in 1:55.95.

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Shute and Armstrong came through the 400 together, but Shute closed in 56.70 to Armstrong’s 58.00 to win by seven meters.

On Friday, Shute won the 1,600 in 4:22.24 and on Saturday morning he won the 3,200 in a personal-best 9:20.99.

The last to triple the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 in Group 1 was Brad Becker of Spotswood, who ran 1:58.10, 4:22.72 and 9:39.70 for the sweep in 1999 at South Plainfield.

Shute is also the first South Jersey boy to triple at states in any events since Maple Shade’s Kenneth Karcher won the 200, 400 and intermediate hurdles in Group 1 in 2017.

Shute’s previous 800 PR was 1:55.26 at Haddonfield Distance Night and his previous 3,200 PR was 9:21.93 at Cherokee Distance Night. His 1,600 PR is 4:18.07 from the Haddonfield Invitational.