The super sprint medley was still in its relative infancy when Willingboro ran 1:30.09 at the 2007 adidas Outdoor Nationals in Greensboro.

These days, the super sprint medley – legs of 100, 100, 200 and 400 meters, or exactly half the conventional sprint medley – is held in most major meets.

But Boro’s 1:30.09 remains a state record 13 years after the Chimeras ran it.

The team of Anthony Coleman and Marco Biersinger on the 100s, Antonio Abney on the 200 and Jusson Boyd on the 400 broke the state record of 1:30.11. DeMatha Catholic of Hyattsville, Md., was second in 1:30.42.

Today, 13 years later, Willingboro’s time is No. 11 in meet history and No. 17 in U.S. history.

Willingboro that day broke the state record of 1:30.11 set in 2003 by Ewing at the same meet and broke its own South Jersey mark of 1:30.87 set earlier in the year at the Eastern Regional Relay Classic at Carl Lewis Stadium. That had broken the South Jersey record of 1:31.05 set in 2005 by Camden at NON.

Even though the super sprint med is more prevalent than ever these days, nobody in South Jersey has come within a second of Willingboro’s 1:30.09 since. The fastest anybody has run since is Cherry Hill East’s 1:31.22 at nationals in 2012.

The closest any team state-wide has come to challenging Boro’s record is Pope John XXIII of Sparta, which ran 1:30.84 at nationals in 2010.

What’s amazing is that Boro coach Gerald Richardson used Abney – the Meet of Champions 400 winner – on the 200 instead of the 400 because he was running two other 400s at nationals, and three would have been too much. Boyd still ran 47-low and got the win, but with those splits reversed the Chimeras might have gone under 1:30.

All-Time S.J. Super Sprint Medley Top-50 List

1:30.09 … Willingboro, 2007
1:31.05 … Camden, 2005
1:31.22 … Cherry Hill East, 2012
1:31.48 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
1:31.66 … Willingboro, 2006
1:31.90 … Delsea, 2007
1:32.26 … Deptford, 2018
1:32.98 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2015
1:33.06 … Washington Twp., 2010
1:33.09 … St. Augustine, 2019
1:32.23 … Winslow Twp., 2004
1:33.24 … Deptford, 2019
1:33.29 … Cherokee, 2008
1:33.35 … Moorestown, 2016
1:33.43 … Timber Creek, 2013
1:33.44 … Winslow Twp., 2008
1:33.54 … Oakcrest, 2012
1:33.66 … Timber Creek, 2009
1:33.67 … Camden, 2009
1:33.68 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2010
1:33.68 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
1:33.79 … Moorestown, 2015
1:33.81 … Camden, 2007
1:33.89 … Delsea, 2014
1:33.92 … Camden, 20014
1:33.95 … Camden, 2019
1:33.97 … Winslow Twp., 2003
1:34.05 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2016
1:34.11 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2009
1:34.13 … St. Augustine, 2018
1:34.14 … Willingboro, 2019
1:34.32 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2014
1:34.36 … Paul VI, 2017
1:34.39 … Burlington Twp., 2010
1:34.43 … Vineland, 2008
1:34.44 … Bordentown, 2007
1:34:51 … Rancocas Valley, 2016
1:34.89 … Burlington Twp., 2011
1:34.78 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2019
1:34.79 … Rancocas Valley, 2014
1:34.83 … St. Augutine, 2018
1:34.83 … Deptford, 2019
1:34.88 … Haddon Heights, 2011
1:34.89 … Wilson, 2007
1:34.94 … Cherokee, 2018
1:34.98 … Absegami, 2012
1:35.00 … Northern Burlington, 2016
1:35.05 … Cumberland Reg., 2010
1:35.08 … West Deptford, 2011
1:35.16 … Burlington Twp., 2019
1:35.25 … Rancocas Valley, 2009

It was one of the most remarkable performances in South Jersey track history.

And it happened 53 years ago.

It was June 1, 1967, and Deptford was entered in the two-mile relay at the old Delaware Valley Meet of Champions at Franklin Field.

Coach Jim Hawkins’ Deptford middle-distance squad was on a roll that year. The Spartans – in only he school’s seventh year of existence – had won the two-mile relay at the Kiwanis Relays at William Tenant in a meet-record 8:10.6 and then gone to the Long Branch Relays and set a meet record of 8:01.3.

Then they went to the Northeastern Meet of Champions at Highland Park and set another meet record and South Jersey record of 7:54.0, breaking the meet record of 7:58.4 set a year earlier by Essex Catholic.

At the Penn Relays, the same quarter – Wayne Jenkins, Tom Williams, Jerry Clark and Irv Jenkins – won the South Jersey mile relay in 3:22.8, breaking the meet record of 3:24.3 set in 1963 by Haddon Heights.

Same four guys won S.J. mile relay at Penn in 3:22.8, broke record of 3:24.3 set in 1963 by Haddon Heights.

So Deptford was undefeated going into the Delaware Valley M-of-C and chasing not only their own South Jersey record of 7:54.0 – that converts to a 7:51.2 for a 3,200-meter relay – but the meet record of 7:52.1, set a year earlier by Malvern.

Wayne Jenkins led off with a huge 1:56.9 split, Williams ran 1:57.4, Clark came through in 1:58.8 and Irv Jenkins anchored in 1:56.1

Deptford had run 7:49.0, won the race, broke the meet record and shattered the South Jersey record.

At the time, that was the only South Jersey performance in the all-time New Jersey two-mile relay top-50 (according to my 1968 New Jersey Track Annual).

Here’s the story from the June 2, 1967, Courier-Post:

Deptford’s performance stood as the South Jersey record for 16 years until Willingboro won the 1983 Penn Relays in 7:40.99 on the same track as part of their Penn Relays 4-by-800-DMR double.

It was another 20 years until another South Jersey school ran faster.

To this day, more than half a century after Deptford turned in that miraculous performance, it remains No.7 in South Jersey history!

That’s truly incredible!

Here’s the full all-time South Jersey boys outdoor 3,200-meter relay top-50 performance list!

All-Time S.J. 3,200-Meter Relay Top 50

7:40.43 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017
7:40.71 … Pleasantville, 2013
7:40.99 … Willingboro, 1983
7:43.57 … Haddonfield, 2015
7:44.25 … Willingboro, 2003
7:46.28 … Delsea, 2018
7:46.2h … Deptford, 1967
7:47.27 … Egg Harbor, 2016
7:47.66 … Kingsway, 2011
7:47.96 … Haddonfield, 2016
7:47.9h … Willingboro, 1982
7:48.16 … Kingsway, 2013
7:48.25 … Vineland, 2012
7:48.3h … Woodbury, 1977
7:48.70 … Rancocas Valley, 2016
7:48.92 … Highland, 2018
7:49.34 … Cherokee, 2000
7:49.67 … Washington Twp., 2009
7:49.72 … Haddonfield, 2019
7:49.85 … Cherokee, 2012
7:49.95 … Delsea, 2018
7:49.9h … Willingboro, 1978
7:50.1h … Camden, 1977
7:50.26 … Ocean City, 2003
7:50.3h … Willingboro,
7:50.87 … Haddonfield, 2014
7:51.07 … Washington Twp., 2008
7:51.09 … Mainland Reg., 2004
7:51.52 … Vineland, 2010
7:52.53 … Willingboro, 2002
7:52.60 … Cherokee, 2011
7:52.66 … Cherokee, 1998
7:52.75 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2018
7:52.7h … Willingboro, 1978
7:52.90 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
7:53.03 … Bishop Eustace, 1997
7:53.44 … Shawnee, 1991
7:53.99 … Highland, 1991
7:54.16 … Woodrow Wilson, 2011
7:54.5h … Paul VI, 1991
7:54.74 … Paul VI, 1990
7:54.78 … Highland, 2017
7:54.94 … Kingsway, 2014
7:55.0h … Edgewood, 1984
7:55.19 … Pleasantville, 2012
7:55.53 … Delsea, 2017
7:55.63 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
7:55.67 … Rancocas Valley, 2014
7:56.30 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
7:56.36 … Ocean City, 2017
7:56.5h … Vineland, 1966

The New Balance Nationals have tentatively rescheduled the postponed 2020 meet for mid-July, meet officials announced Sunday.

The meet, originally scheduled for June 18-21, is now scheduled for July 16-19. The meet is held annually at Belk Stadium at North Carolina AT&T in Greensboro, N.C.

Meet officials acknowledged it may be impossible to hold the meet on the new dates but said they are “cautiously optimistic.”

“Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have moved the 2020 New Balance Nationals Outdoor to the new dates of Thursday-Sunday, July 16-19,” meet officials said on the meet web site.” These are tentative dates and depend totally on the guidance of national, state and local governments.  We will continue to post updates as further definitive information is available (hopefully next 2-4 weeks).  We continue to be cautiously optimistic we can host the meet on the new scheduled dates and wish everyone good health and safety in the meantime.”

The outdoor high school nationals go back to 1993, when the meet was first held in Raleigh, N.C. It moved  to Greensboro in 2006.

Think about how fast 3:09.91 is for a high school 4-by-4. That’s an average of 47.5, which is nuts.

It’s been 19 years now since Camden set the state 1,600-meter relay record at adidas Outdoor Nationals in Raleigh, N.C., with the team of Maurice Young, Dwight Ruff, Jade Smith and John Morris blowing away the field.

And it’s not only a state record but No. 16 on the all-time U.S. list and fastest ever run by a school outside Texas or California.

Because it didn’t happen in South Jersey the local papers barely mentioned it.

Here’s the only mention I found using the Newspapers.com database, and it’s from a story in the Home News, a New Brunswick paper:

Young led off with a 48.4 out of the hole, Ruff split 46.4 (he won the USATF Junior National intermediates title in Richmond – two hours away – the night before), Jade Smith split 47.8 and Morris anchored with a 47.3.

But the Panthers broke the state record of 3:11.2 set by the Edgewood team of Chris Bennett, Keith Gloster, Brian Bennett and Dennis Mitchell in 1984 at the old Delaware Valley Meet of Champions at Franklin Field.

Willlingboro, which had edged Camden at the Meet of Champions [3:12.44 to 3:12.57, with Edgewood third at 3:13.85] was second in 3:13.82.

As you can see, that period from 1999 through 2003 was a remarkable one for the 4-by-4 in South Jersey, with 13 of the top-24 times coming during that five-year stretch!

For the sake of comparison, only one performance on this list comes from the last 10 years, Egg Harbor’s crazy 3:13.08 on its home track at the 2017 Meet of Champions.

3:09.91 … Camden, 2001
3:10.47 … Winslow Twp., 2003
3:11.24 … Willingboro, 2003
3:11.2h … Edgewood, 1984
3:12.14 … Edgewood, 1985
3:12.17 … Winslow Twp., 2002
3:12.27 … Winslow Twp., 2002
3:12.44 … Willingboro, 2001
3:13.08 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017
3:13.50 … Camden, 2005
3:13.58 … Camden, 2004
3:13.71 … Winslow Twp., 2004
3:13.78 … Camden, 2000
3:13.85 … Edgewood, 2001
3:14.06 … Lenape, 2000
3:14.12 … Edgewood, 1983
3:14.2h … Willingboro, 1982
3:14.58 … Camden, 1999
3:14.79 … Willingboro, 2007
3:14.95 … Vineland, 2002
3:14.99 … Woodrow Wilson, 1996
3:15.00 … Lenape, 2000
3:15.04 … Willingboro, 2002
3:15.29 … Eastern, 2002
3:15.31 … Willingboro, 2007
3:15.34 … Camden, 1997
3:15.41 … Vineland, 2003
3:15.5h … Woodrow Wilson, 1984
3:15.65 … Lenape, 1996
3:15.77 … Absegami, 2008
3:15.79 … Willingboro, 2006
3:16.08 … Camden, 2007
3:16.13 … Winslow Twp., 2008
3:16.33 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
3:16.3h … Camden, 2002
3:16.46 … Camden, 2004
3:16.47 … Vineland, 2003
3:16.53 … Paul VI, 2016
3:16.57 … Cherry Hill East, 2016
3:16.61 … Oakcrest, 2011
3:16.65 … Timber Creek, 2003
3:16.6h … Willingboro, 1988
3:16.76 … Willingboro, 1993
3:16.9h … Camden, 1981
3:16.9h … Camden, 1986
3:17.10 … Winslow Twp., 2005
3:17.32 … Cherry Hill East, 2010
3:17.57 … Pleasantville, 1996
3:17.65 … Willingboro, 2018
3:17.69 … Timber Creek, 2014

Think about how fast 1:24.49 is. That’s an average of about 21.1 per split for an 800-meter relay. And that’s crazy.

That’s what Winslow ran at adidas Outdoor Nationals in Raleigh in 2003, and 17 years later it remains not only the South Jersey record but the state record.

At the time it was No. 7 in U.S. history and today, all these years later, it’s still somewhere around No. 35.

Reuben McCoy, Anthony Miles, Albert Harris and Antraye Miles won the race and broke the South Jersey record of 1:26.05, set by Camden in 2000 at what was then called Foot Locker Outdoor Nationals in Raleigh, by more than a second and a half.

The previous state record was 1:26.0, set in 1973 – 30 years earlier – by the Somerville team of Ricky Jones, Ray Hoagland, Gary Hall and Neville Plummer at the New Jersey Relays at Williams Field in Elizabeth. (Hall – who was mainly a high jumper – replaced Collen Plummer, who was suspended for the meet by coach Joe Figliolino for a minor violation of team rules. Plummer pulled his hammy at the end of the race and didn’t run again that year.)

Camden ran 1:24.90 a year later at adidas Outdoor Nationals in Raleigh, but since then nobody in South Jersey has run within two seconds of Winslow’s time. And the fastest time any New Jersey school has run the last 15 years is a 1:26.59 by East Orange at a meet in Newark in 2018.

Because the race wasn’t held in New Jersey, there wasn’t anybody to write about this incredible accomplishment. This is all the Courier-Post had the next day:

But 17 years later, Winslow’s 1:24.49 stands untouched and largely unchallenged. One of the greatest records in state history.

Here is the full all-time South Jersey 800-meter relay top-50:

1:24.49 … Winslow Twp., 2003
1:24.90 … Camden, 2004
1:26.05 … Camden, 2000
1:26.68 … Camden, 1997
1:27.38 … Paul VI, 2016
1:27.52 … Woodrow Wilson, 1996
1:27.66 … Oakcrest, 2011
1:27.68 … Pennsauken, 2016
1:27.69 … Oakcrest, 2012
1:27.74 … Pleasantville, 1994
1:27.75 … Willingboro, 2007
1:27.80 … Pleasantville, 1999
1:27.84 … Winslow Twp., 2002
1:27.90 … Winslow Twp., 2008
1:27.96 … Williamstown, 2015
1:27.98 … Camden, 2002
1:28.01 … Camden, 1999
1:28.02 … Edgewood, 2000
1:27.9 ….. Edgewood, 1985
1:27.9 ….. Winslow Twp., 2008
1:28.23 … Rancocas Valley, 2015
1:28.0h … Willingboro, 1979
1:28.0h … Edgewood, 1984
1:28.0h … Edgewood, 1985
1:28.0h … Camden, 2001
1:28.0h … Winslow Twp., 2004
1:28.29 … Cherry Hill East, 2012
1:28.35 … Timber Creek, 2014
1:28.37 … Camden, 2005
1:28.38 … Paul VI, 2018
1:28.40 … Cherokee, 2008
1:28.42 … Pennsauken, 2005
1:28.2h … Cumberland Regional, 1981
1:28.44 … Lenape, 1996
1:28.47 … Pennsauken
1:28.52 … Timber Creek, 2013
1:28.57 … Deptford, 2017
1:28.62 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017
1:28.62 … Delsea, 2010
1:28.64 … Rancocas Valley, 2014
1:28.4h … Woodrow Wilson, 1986
1:28.4h … Edgewood, 2001
1:28.65 … Camden, 2000
1:28.79 … Willingboro, 1999
1:28.82 … Buena, 2000
1:28.6h … Willingboro, 1982
1:28.6h … Willingboro, 1990
1:28.6h … Vineland, 2002
1:28.90 … Delsea, 2008
1:28.7h … Willingboro, 1977
1:28.7h … Edgewood, 1982
1:28.7h … Edgewood, 1982
1:28.96 … Deptford, 2015
1:28.96 … Egg Harbor Twp.,2015

You might notice a trend here. Camden ran 41.62 or faster every year from 2000 through 2004, which is amazing considering the entire program turns over every four years. But the Panthers kept running hot 400-meter relays every year.

Those Camden teams own three of the top four times in South Jersey history, four of the top eight and five of the top 11. In all, there are 11 Camden performances on the list. Edgewood / Winslow is next with eight, Deptford has six and Pennsauken four. Kennedy – which closed in 1989 – has three!

Think about that sort of sprint relay dominance. Camden ran 41.62 or faster five times during a five-year stretch. And every other South Jersey school in history ran that fast only six times combined.

All-Time South Jersey 400-Meter Relay List

40.92 … Winslow, 2003
41.09 … Camden, 2000
41.25 … Camden, 2004
41.25 … Camden, 2001
41.45 … Timber Creek, 2014
41.47 … Deptford, 2018
41.50 … Timber Creek, 2013
41.54 … Camden, 2002
41.57 … Pennsauken, 2017
41.55 … Deptford, 2017
41.62 … Camden, 2003
41.64 … Winslow Twp., 2004
41.69 … Willingboro, 1982
41.71 … Edgewood, 2000
41.71 … Salem, 2017
41.72 … Deptford, 2018
41.80 … Oakcrest, 2012
41.83 … Camden, 1997
41.83 … Oakcrest, 2011
41.83 … Camden, 1997
41.7h … Camden, 1996
41.7h … Edgewood, 2001
41.85 … Pennsauken, 2016
41.86 … Pennsauken, 2017
41.7h … Camden, 1996
41.7h … Edgewood, 2001
41.96 … Paul VI, 2018
42.01 … Deptford, 2019
41.9h … Pleasantville, 1994
42.03 … Rancocas Valley, 2015
42.05 … Camden, 2007
42.05 … Pennsauken, 2015
42.05 … Bridgeton, 2018
42.07 … Kennedy, 1982
42.07 … Edgewood, 1983
42.07 … Camden, 2005
42.07 … Salem, 2016
42.12 … Edgewood, 1984
42.12 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
42.12 … Pleasantville, 1999
42.12 … Deptford, 2016
42.0h … Kennedy, 1980???
42.15 … Woodrow Wilson, 1992
42.15 … Delsea, 2019
42.17 … Deptford, 2013
42.22 … Timber Creek, 2016
42.23 … Delsea, 2019
42.24 … Willingboro, 1988
42.1h … Edgewood, 1983
42.25 … Clayton, 2019

The new javelin has been in use for 17 years now, and only nine South Jersey throwers have reached 200 feet during that span and only another 11 have hit 190 feet.

Compare that to the old javelin list, which we posted yesterday. Obviously the old javelin was in use much longer, from the dawn of New Jersey track in the 1930s through 2002. But 31 South Jersey throwers hit 210 feet or farther with the old implement.

The 50th spot on the old-jav list is 202-8. The 50th spot on the new-jav list is 182-11. So it’s a very different event this days.

The new javelin weighs the same as the old javelin – about two pounds. The changes were minor. The center of gravity was moved forward just a few inches and the tail is flattened out a bit. But the new javs look the same and throwers will tell you they feel the same. They just come down to Earth about 10 percent faster.

Which tells you how remarkable guys like Nick and Chris Mirabelli, Curtis Thompson and Cade Antonucci are. They were all among the top-20 American javelin throwers in 2019 — Thompson was No. 3 — and will all be among the best in the country when competition begins again.

Without further ado, here’s the all-time

227-10 … Nick Mirabelli [Rancocas Valley], 2017
224-10 … Curtis Thompson [Florence], 2014
220-11 … Cade Antonucci [Holy Spirit], 2016
216- 6 … Chris Mirabelli (Holy Cross), 2014
212- 2 … Alexander Georgia [Timber Creek], 2017
209- 4 … Steve Jernee (Ocean City), 2017
203- 6 … Stephen Benigno (Cherry Hill East), 2014
201- 1 … Sean Biehn (Burlington City), 2006
200- 8 … Cade Antonucci (Holy Spirit), 2016
199-10 … Kobe Roberts [Mainland Reg.], 2018
196- 9 … Terrence Smith [Oakcrest], 2016
195-11 … Joshua Moore [Middle Twp.], 2017
192- 6 … Matt Rafferty (Northern Burlington), 2012
192- 6 … Chris Reider (Eastern), 2010
192- 3 … Shane McDevitt (Cinnaminson), 2014
192- 1 … Nick Cando [Eastern], 2004
191- 6 … Robert Marks (Rancocas Valley), 2016
191- 5 … Andrew Pierce (Cumberland Reg.), 2009
190- 0 … Andrew Forbes (Williamstown), 2011
190- 2 … Ian Meneswisch (Highland), 2003
189-11 … Tom Carr (Eastern), 2012
189- 8 … Alex Christ (Gloucester Catholic), 2010
189- 4 … John Zimmatore (Bishop Eustace), 2007
189- 4 … Craig Scarpa (Vineland), 2003
188- 3 … Felix Roman (Pennsauken), 2007
188- 2 … Edward Evans (Timber Creek), 2008
188- 2 … Luke Pease (Haddonfield), 2014
187-11 … Javier Garcia (Pleasantville), 2009
187- 11 … Jose Ramos (Vineland), 2008
187- 8 … Jerry Fusco (Holy Cross), 2016
187- 6 … Dan Frame (Triton), 2002
187- 6 … Lane Owens [Ocean City], 2019
187- 0 … Jeremy Wilbur (Moorestown), 2013
186-11 … Brian Owens (Woodstown), 2008
185- 3 … Kevin Mosley (Glassboro), 2003
184- 1 … Russ Steater [Delsea], 2005
183- 5 … Kyle Wright [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2004
183- 4 … Kent Carpenter [Pennsauken], 2005
183- 2 … Alex Garcia [Pleasantville], 2009
182-11 … Yvanda Rigby [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018
182- 3 … Joe Kelly [Pitman], 2011
182- 2 … Scott DiCresenzo [Haddon Twp.], 2008
181- 6 … Tim VanLiew [Deptford], 2008
181- 5 … Matt Poulton [Glassboro], 2009
181- 3 … Matthew Dash [Willingboro], 2011
181-10 … Geff Giancaterino [Triton], 2019
181- 8 … Tony DeFeo [Oakcrest], 2003
180- 9 … Peter Flacco [Eastern], 2015
180- 8 … Pat Casey [St. Joe’s-Hammonton], 2011
182-11 … Kevin Glover [Gateway], 2005

One unfortunate byproduct of the javelin change in 2003 was that it orphaned so many historic javelin marks.

With one rule change, decades of track and field history was erased.

High schools in New Jersey and across the country changed javelins after the 2002 season, going to the college implement, which has a different center of gravity that reduces distances.

Tomorrow, we’ll post the South Jersey “new” javelin all-time top-50, the current list, but today I want to give credit to all the early javelin greats – especially the guys from the 1960s and 1970s that track and field has forgotten.

Even though the “old” javelin was in use through the 2002 season, this list is packed with old marks.

The entire top 10 is from 1966 through 1986, and half of the top 50 marks – exactly 25 – are from the 1960s or 1970s. Another 17 are from the 1980s and six are from the first half of the 1990s, so if my math is correct there are only two marks from 1996 through 2002.

I welcome corrections and additions. Just use the comment section to send me details!

Tomorrow it’s the new javelin top-50 and then we’ll get started on relays!

All-Time South Jersey Old Javelin Performance List

229-1 … Vince Labosky [Holy Cross], 1986
226-11 … Dave Reiss [Haddon Heights], 1966
224-9 … Eric Schoenboen [Holy Cross], 1985
222-9 … Greg Geraci [Vineland], 1969
222-1 … Ron Thompson [Collingswood], 1968
221-11 … Frank Delape [Paul VI], 1972
221-7 … Drew Forbes [Rancocas Valley], 1978
220-8… Fred DePalma [Penns Grove], 1969
219-5 … Mike Tamaccio [Holy Cross], 1982
219-4 … Charles Gibson [Haddon Heights], 1966
219-2 … Gil Winters [Willingboro], 1990
218-3 … Royce Reed [Bridgeton], 1995
217-9 … Bob Barnett [Triton], 1976
216-10 … Ron Fazio [Willingboro], 1980
216-4 … Dwayne Clark [Willingboro], 1978
215-9 … Jim Stites [Millville], 1970
215-8 … Dick May [Haddon Heights], 1962
215-4 … Gene Andrews [Vineland], 1965
215-1 … John MacNeill [Kennedy], 1977
214-7 … Mike Coffey [Moorestown], 1975
214-5 … Jerry Vitellli [Holy Cross], 1987
214-1 … Wayne Martin [Haddon Twp.], 1989
213-8 … Cornelius Cruz [Oakcrest], 1994
213-5 … Wayne McDonnell [Haddon Heights], 1970
213-5 … Steve Muchowski [Florence], 1986
212-7 … Curt Turner [Cinnaminson], 1971
212-1 … Rick Brokenbaugh [Penns Grove], 1988
211-9 … Jason LaBarbera [Shawnee], 1993
211-6 … Frank Powers [Pennsville], 1989
211-5 … Mike Chapman [Paul VI], 1970
211-4 … Tony Griggs [Kennedy], 1978
210-10 … Keith Dougherty [Paul VI], 1989
209-7 … Luke Fisher [Shawnee], 1987
209-5 … Mike Findley [Willingboro], 1993
208-10 … John Poulton [Triton], 1976
208-10 … Gordon Bierchenk [Pennsauken], 1979
208-5 … Ken Fields [Woodstown], 1989
206-2 … Michael Applegate [Audubon], 1977
206-0 … Mike Rapposelli [Pennsauken], 1978
205-9 … Clark Leen [Palmyra], 1977
205-3 … Dave Wirth [Pennsauken], 1979
205-2 … Julian Holmes [Kingsway], 1988
204-4 … Kyle Foster [Moorestown], 1982
204-1 … Dave Gindhart [Kingsway], 1970
203-8 … Mike Herron [Absegami], 1983
203-7 … Erik Dare [Holy Cross], 1998
203-6 … Frank DePhilippo [Cinnaminson], 1970
203-2 … Bill Denby [Willingboro], 1984
203-2 … Mike Galenda [Northern Burlington], 1990
203-0 … Corey Mosley [Camden], 1988
202-8 … Jason Cowden [Rancocas Valley], 1999

Check out the discus all-time top-50 list. How many former NFL players can you find?

There’s at least five – including a Heisman Trophy winner – who at least made it into an NFL training camp or were on a practice squad and a few who spent significant time in the league. Who can name all five? Maybe there are more … if you find six or more, you’ll get an all-time South Jersey top-50 performance list t-shirt (if there were such a thing).

Tomorrow we’ll continue with the old javelin and then on Thursday the new javelin!

As always, please don’t tweet corrections or omissions because I won’t see them. Send them to me in the comment section and I’ll get ’em corrected ASAP.

ALL-TIME SOUTH JERSEY DISCUS LIST

216-11 … Ron Dayne [Overbrook], 1996
199- 6 … Braheme Days Jr. [Bridgeton], 2013
197- 0 … James Plummer [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
192- 5 … Josh Awotunde [Delsea], 2013
189- 7 … Ray Wilks [Bridgeton], 1995
185-11 … John Mooers [Middle Twp.], 2015
185-10 … Russ Willett [Penns Grove], 1985
185- 7 … Matt Huckabee [Timber Creek], 2010
185- 6 … Kamron Kobolak [Cinnaminson], 2018
185- 5 … Ken Manahan [Deptford], 1976
184- 4 … Adam Hunt [Collingswood], 2017
181-10 … Jason Winrow [Cumberland Reg.], 1989
180- 3 … Howard Clark [Pennsauken], 1998
179-11 … Nick Pulli [West Deptford], 2014
179-11 … Will Cioffi [Pitman], 2013
178- 0 … Jim Stites [Millville], 1970
174- 9 … John Ridinger [West Deptford], 1982
173-10 … Mark Rifkin [Cherry Hill West], 1978
175- 7 … John Clark [Pennsville], 2007
174-11 … Rich Lewis [Williamstown], 1985
174- 6 … Josh Dillard [Lindenwold], 2005
174- 4 … Dennis Norman [Cherokee], 1997
174- 3 … Alex Lewis [Delran], 2000
173- 6 … Ryan Knight [Delsea], 1996
173- 3 … Jake Nwosu [Delsea], 2019
173- 2 … Darren Wan [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2016
172- 1 … Derek Frazier [Williamstown], 1978
171-10 … Steve Muse [Kennedy], 1984
171- 6 … Rashaun Graves [Willingboro], 2013
171- 4 … Jon Kalnas [Paulsboro], 1998
170-10 … John McNeil [Kennedy], 1976
170- 4 … Kurtis Johnson [Burlington Twp.], 1987
170- 0 … Anthony Robertson [Penns Grove], 2014
169-10 … Julian Giovinetti [Haddon Twp.], 2016
169- 8 … Ell Ash [Willingboro], 2004
169- 7 … Chuck Spinner [Willingboro], 1979
169 – 2 … Greg Hardy [Willingboro], 1988
169- 1 … Cade Antonucci [Holy Spirit], 2017
169- 0 … Brian Glenn [Eastern], 1968
168- 9 … John Purvis [Winslow Twp.], 2019
168- 3 … Tom VonReichbauer [Moorestown], 2000
168- 3 … Nate Karl [Hammonton], 2019
168- 1 … Bill Goldsborough [Delsea], 2018
167- 9 … Steve Hague [Buena], 2007
167- 6 … Gil Winters [Willingboro], 1990
167- 1 … Aaron Baie [Deptford], 2013
167- 0 … Donte Diggs [Paulsboro], 1996
166-10 … Connor Wade [Haddon Twp.], 2013
167- 3 … Warren DeShields [Bridgeton], 1991

I had been trying for years to find information about former South Jersey shot put record holder Harry Dilts.

But none of the usual search methods turned anything up. It seemed like he didn’t even exist!

I finally realized on Sunday that’s because his name is actually … Harry Dilks. At some point it was entered incorrectly into some all-time lists, and since I was in 5th grade when he threw, I had no idea I was perpetuating the error for years.

Honestly, when you’re going through tiny 6-point type in old newspapers clippings, that “k” can look like a “t.”

Dilks placed second in the 1971 Meet of Champions at Highland Park with a throw of 61-10 1/2. That broke the existing South Jersey record of 58-8 1/2, set in 1965 by Bob Baylor. Dilks placed second at the M-of-C behind Rudy Guevara of Essex Catholic, who bombed a 65-1, still No. 11 in Meet of Champions history. Overall, Guevara is still No. 11 in state history at 66-4.

Dilks remains No. 9 in South Jersey history. He held the South Jersey record for 19 years, until Chris Robinson of Penns Grove threw 64-4 1/4 at the 1990 Meet of Champions.

The record then changed hands three years in a row [Ray Wilks 64-5 in 1995, Ron Dayne 64-6 1/4 in 1996, Jon Kalnas 64-10 1/2]. Kalnas held it for 15 years until Braheme Days Jr. heaved a massive 68-8 1/2 when he won the 2012 Penn Relays, and that’s still No. 3 in state history.

Dilks these days lives in West Hurley, N.Y., near Poughkeepsie, and works as a paramedic in nearby Rhinebeck, N.Y.

One more note about the shot: Bridgeton has six guys on this list and a seventh (Tavaris Wright) missed by a couple inches. No other school has more than three! Paulsboro, Cinnaminson, Delsea, Willingboro and Pennsauken have three each.

Bridgeton also has three of the seven 63-footers in South Jersey history!

Now that we’ve learned way too much about the South Jersey shot put history, here’s the all-time South Jersey outdoor shot put list! Errors and omissions, hit me up in the comment section!

S.J. ALL-TIME TOP-50 OUTDOOR SHOT PUT LIST

68-8 ½ … Braheme Days Jr. [Bridgeton] 2012
64-10 ½ … Jon Kalnas [Paulsboro], 1997
64-6 ¼ … Ron Dayne [Overbook], 1996
64-5 … Ray Wilks [Bridgeton], 1995
64-4 ¼ … Chris Robinson [Penns Grove], 1990
62-10 ¼ … Nick Pulli [West Deptford], 2014
63-0 … Lou Gordon [Bridgeton], 1995
61-11 ¾ … Kamron Kobolak [Cinnaminson], 2018
61-10 ½ … Harry Dilks [Pitman], 1971
61-6 … Josh Awotunde [Delsea], 2013
61-4 ½ … Bubba Green [Millville], 1976
61-4 … Kofi Yamoah [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
61-2 ½ … Matthew Huckabee, [Timber Creek], 2010
60-11 ½ … Ryan Knight [Delsea], 1996
60-11 ……. Lucciano Pizarro [Cherokee], 2019
60-7 1/2 … Ell Ash [Willingboro], 2004
60-6 ½ … Tati White [Willingboro], 1994
60-5 ¼ … Chris Bolden [Edgewood], 1990
60-3 … Dontaye Rivera [Pleasantville], 2012
60-1 … Bill Banks [Wilson], 1973
59-10 ½ … Mike Gorczynski [Cherry Hill East], 1977
59-8 ½ … Jim Casson [Paul VI], 1975
59-7 ¾ … Chris Pressley [Woodbury], 2003
59-7 … Russ Willett [Penns Grove], 1986
59-6 … Dave Dixon [Mainland Reg.], 1987
59-5 ¼ … Cade Antonucci [Holy Spirit], 2017
58-11 ½ … Howard Clark [Pennsauken], 1998
58-9 ½ … Michael Daniels [Highland Reg.], 2007
59-3 … Kwabena Keene [Washington Twp.], 2008
58-8 ½ … Bob Baylor [Paulsboro], 1965
58-7 … Duane Sanders [Cinnaminson], 2003
58-6 ½ … Dean Van Ness [Riverside], 1970
58-1 ½ … John Clark [Pennsville], 2007
58-1 … Keith Hinson [Pennsauken], 1979
58-0 ½ … Bill Goldsborough [Delsea Reg.], 2018
58-0 … Steve Hanson [Holy Spirit], 1982
58-0 … Shamsiddan Little [Paulsboro], 2013
58-0 … James Plummer [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
57-10 … Mike Stockley [Ocean City], 1990
57-7 ¾ … Quanzell Lambert [Timber Creek], 2012
57-6 ¼ … Terrin Walker [Bridgeton], 1996
57-5 ½ … Matt Klaus [Haddon Twp.], 1994
57-5 ¼ … Ryan Addlesberger [Cinnaminson], 2015
57-4 ¼ … Gary Roskoski [Cherokee], 1999
57-1 ½ … Kareem McKenzie [Willingboro], 1997
57-1 ¼ … Warren DeShields [Bridgeton], 1991
57-1 … Rich Lewis [Williamstown], 1985
57-0 ½ … Anthony Witter [Bridgeton], 2002
56-11 … Joe Carmichael [Pennsauken], 2009
56-10 … John Purvis [Winslow Twp.], 2019
56-9 ¾ … Jordan Watts [Moorestown], 2003