The boys and girls performance lists for this weekend’s 51st annual Meet of Champions are now available!

There could be slight alterations to the lists over the next few hours, since coaches are allowed to update seeds with superior marks from earlier in the season for winners on the state level.

But this is the complete list of accepted athletes for the biggest meet of the year.

The Meet of Champions is scheduled for 2 p.m. at Northern Burlington Regional High School in Mansfield.

Click here to find the complete lists: https://nj.milesplit.com/articles/262749-njsiaa-meet-of-champions-performance-list-wild-cards

Willingboro didn’t just win a state title this weekend, the Chimeras did it in the most dominating fashion imaginable.

The Chimeras won the 13th state title in school history — but first in 16 years — by 43 points, the largest margin ever in Group 1.

A very small but very game Clayton group finished second, the best in school history, with 48 points. More on the Clippers soon.

Willingboro’s 91 points are the second-most in state Group 1 history, behind only Penns Grove’s monster 112 1/2 points in 2013.

For the Boro, the title was a long time coming.

From 1979 through 1994, led by legends such as Carl Lewis, Gerard Reynolds and Lamont Smith, won 10 state titles in a 16-year span.

But the Chimeras won two championships since 1994, both coming in Group 3 during the Mike Morrison Era in 2002 and 2003.

Willingboro’s longest drought without a state title ended Saturday when the Chimeras won that elusive 13th title and their first outdoor championship under coach Martin Booker.

Only CBA and Montclair (21 each) and Glen Ridge (15) have won more state titles than Willingboro. But Glen Ridge hasn’t won one sine 1966 and Montclair has only won two since 1958.

Since Willingboro opened in the fall of 1976, no public school in the state has won more state titles.

In fact, Camden has the second-most with nine, and seven of them were with Booker coaching the Panthers.

Public school NJ titles since 1976
12 … Willingboro
9 … Camden
8 … Asbury Park
8 … Bridgeton
8 … Metuchen
8 … Winslow Twp.
6 … Timber Creek
5 … Plainfield
5 … Woodbury
5 … Bernards
5 … Somerville
5 … Monmouth Regional
5 … Haddonfield

This title was a lot like the others, with Willingboro showing tremendous strength in the sprints, hurdles and throws.

Senior Jayaire King led the way with a monster weekend. We already wrote about his double win on Friday♦♦♦ but King followed that with a third place in the high hurdles with a 14.46 after a PR 14.43 in the trials and then ran a leg on Willingboro’s first-place relay team.

That team, seniors Dinonn Capp, King and Elijah Valme and freshman Jaylen Young, ran 3:21.84 for the win.

He’s only the fifth Willingboro boy to win three gold medals at a state meet. The first four are all absolute legends at the Boro:

♦♦♦ Carl Lewis was the first to triple at a state meet, and he did it as a senior in 1979 (little-known fact that Carl didn’t win a state title until the end of this senior year) when he won the 100-yard dash in 9.9, the 220 in 21.8 and the long jump at 24-5 1/2.

♦♦♦ Gerard Reynolds did it as a junior in Group 3 in 1989. He won the highs in a meet-record 13.8, the intermediates in 54.0 and the long jump in a meet-record 24-3.

♦♦♦ Reynolds did it again in 1990, when he won the Group 4 long jump (24-2 1/2) and intermediates (53.92) and ran on the winning relay team (3:19.24). He didn’t win the 110 highs, although he did win them at the Meet of Champions (along with the long jump).

♦♦♦ Lamont Smith did it in 1991 when he won the Group 4 200 (21.75) and 400 (47.89) and anchored the winning relay team (3:18.0).

♦♦♦ Mike Morrison did it in Group 3 as a junior in 2002 with wins in the high jump (7-0) and long jump (22-11 3/4) and a leg on the winning relay team, which ran 3:15.71.

Senior Emmanuel Lewis III also had a huge day, winning the discus at 160-6 and the shot put at 48-0 for 16 big points. He’s the first state discus champ Willingboro has ever had (although Greg Hardy of Willingboro Kennedy won Group 3 in 1988 with a 155-1 throw and went on to win the Meet of Champions at 169-2).

Juniors Kameron Smith and Nate Robertson went 1-3 in the high jump, Smith at 6-6 and Robertson with a 6-4.

Junior Zaire Clements and Valme both medaled in two sprints, Clements with a fourth in the 100 (11.31) and sixth in the 200 (22.67) and Valme with a fifth in the 200 (22.64) and sixth in the 400 (50.61).

Kevin Peterson PR’d at 14.70 for fourth in the high hurdles and junior Dontavis Wilson took fifth in the pole vault.

The Boro also took second in the 4-by-100 in 43.34, behind Clayton’s 42.25. Young, Clements, Smith and Valme ran for the Chimeras.

 

The Winslow girls have been doing this so routinely and in such dominating fashion it’s easy to just take them for granted.

But the reality is this is one of the greatest track programs in New Jersey history.

Period.

This weekend Winslow became the first public school program in state history to win seven straight state championships, and with athletes like Nylah Perry and Janeya Hammond back for another year the Eagles will certainly be in the mix for an eighth straight title next spring.

Led by the tireless Tionna Tobias along with Perry and Hammond, Winslow piled up 72 points in Group 3 this weekend and finished with a 20-point margin of victory over Ramapo.

Incredibly, only one of Winslow’s seven straight state titles has even been close, and that was the one the Eagles shared with Northern Highlands in 2015. The six others have been by an average of 30 points:

2019: Winslow 72, Ramapo 52
2018: Winslow 73, West Essex 43
2017: Winslow 76, West Essex 38
2016: Winslow 66, Absegami 49
2015: Winslow 62, Northern Highlands 62
2014: Winslow 80, Northern Highlands 31
2013: Winslow 115, Kingsway 87

Winslow is the fourth school to win seven straight state titles. Notre Dame of Lawrenceville won a record eight straight from 1993 to 2000 in Parochial A, Pingry Prep of Bernardsville won seven straight in Parochial B from 2001 through 2007, and Pope John XXIII of Sparta won seven straight from 1984 through 1990 in Parochial B. All are non-publics.

Winslow and Monmouth Regional (Group 3 from 1985-1990) had shared the record for consecutive titles by public school programs until Winslow won this year’s championship. Only Columbia (1994-1998, 2010-2014) has also won five straight.

The next-longest streak by a South Jersey girls program is three by Clearview from 1990 through 1992 in Group 2.

Several have won two in a row:

Seneca – 2009-10 [Group 3]
Williamstown – 1981-82 [Group 2]
Williamstown – 1995-96 [Group 3]
Willingboro – 1980-81 [Group 4]
Woodbury – 1976-77 [Group 1]
Bishop Eustace – 1995-96 [Parochial A]
Camden – 1978-79 [Group 4]
Camden – 2008 [Group 3], 2009 [Group 2]
Delsea – 2010-11 [Group 3
Eastern – 2002-03 [Group 4]
Haddonfield – 1998-99 [Group 1]
Haddonfield – 2014-15 [Group 2]

Winslow is at seven straight and counting, which is just remarkable.

Let’s take a look at how the Eagles won their latest championship!

TIONNA TOBIAS: The senior ran a personal-best 13.99 in the high hurdles and took second to defending Meet of Champions winner Grace O’Shea of Ramapo, who ran 13.82. She also placed second to Wilson’s Dennisha Page in the 100 with a PR 12.19, jumped 18-4 1/2 for second in the long jump to Timber Creek’s Tierra Hooker and placed third in the high jump with a PR-tying 5-4 clearance. That’s 30 points for Tobias!

NYLAH PERRY: Placed second to Page in the 400 with a personal-best 56.23, third behind Page in the 200 in another PR 24.73 and second in the intermediates in 1:02.41, behind O’Shea. She also anchored Winslow’s winning 1,600-meter relay team, which ran 3:50.56. That’s 22 individual points for Perry along with her relay work!

JANEYA HAMMOND: Placed fourth in the intermediates in 1:03.61 and fifth in both the 200 (PR 25.06) and 400 (57.55) and ran the second leg on the 4-by-4. That’s 10 big points plus the relay for Hammond!

Winslow’s 4-by-1 was DQ’d on the sectional level or their team score would have almost certainly been much higher.

The Eagles did get two points in the 3,200-meter relay team, where freshmen Victoria Campbell and Charly Dutton and seniors Nicole Hood and Alexandria Morris ran 9:46.95 for fifth place.

Sophomore Amirah Sharpe and senior Amaya Reed-Clark combined for 44 points and the Paulsboro girls won their first state title in 15 years this weekend at Franklin High.

Sharpe won the 800 for a second straight year with a PR 2:15.84, took second in the intermediates in 1:04.28 and was third in the 400 with a PR 58.15 for 24 huge points.

She’s the first Paulsboro girl to win the same event at states in consecutive years sine LaVon Childress in the shot put in 2010 (39-8 3/4) and 2011 (37-9 1/2).

Reed-Clark became Paulsboro’s first double winner at states since that same 2004 season with PRs of 40-4 1/2 in the shot and 115-5 in the discus.

She’s Paulsboro’s first double winner at states since Shardae Anderson, daughter of Flipper, won the 100 in 12.23 and the 200 in 26.14 at the 2004 state meet at Notre Dame High in Lawrenceville.

Paulsboro outscored second-place Shabazz of Newark 67-47 to win its second title in school history and first title since 2004 when the Red Raiders topped Verona, 58-47 1/3. Their 67 points are the most in Group 1 since 2014, when Penns Grove scored 73.

Paulsboro scored 16 huge points in the two sprint relays.

The Sharpe triplets — sophomores Ariel, Arianna and Amirah — along with senior Anyia Brown ran 3:57.74 to win the 4-by-4.

And Ariel Sharpe, freshmen Aaliyyah Bateman and Kay Robinson along with Brown anchoring ran 50.12 for third in the 4-by-1.

Also for Paulsboro, Anyia Brown placed fourth in the 100 in 12.69, Arianna Sharpe took fifth in the 200 in 25.83 and Ariel Sharpe was sixth in the 100 in 12.92.

As always, South Jersey dominated the state track championships this past weekend at Central Regional and Franklin Township.

Complete results can be found here: https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4bl

We’ll keep posting stories on South Jersey’s remarkable teams and athletes today and throughout the week, but here’s a handy guide to all our posts so far!

Thanks for reading!

Connor Melko wins Parochial A 3,200, runs 9:07: https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4b5

Dennisha Page runs #6 200 in state history to complete remarkable sprint triple: https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4bp

How the Millville and Rancocas Valley girls wound up tied for state Group 4 title after intense two-day battle: https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4bn

How relay depth helped Deptford boys win first state title in school history: https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4bj

2:10 and a state title for Shelby Whetstone! https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4bf

SJ hurdlers Sincere Rhea, Naseem Smith, Sam Aviles put on a wild show at states: https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4bd

Incredible jumps double for Timber Creek junior Tierra Hooker: https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4bb

Would you believe 10:48 from Sarah Naticchia in her fourth lifetime 3,200? https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4b9

Alex Stockton continues remarkable Riverside triple jump tradition with improbable state title: https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4b3

Sarah Naticchia goes 4:55 in fast Group 2 1,600! https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4b1

Jayire King becomes Willingboro’s first double winner at states in 16 years! https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4aX

Dominating race for EHT’s Lauren Princz! https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4aV

Kingsway’s Stone Caraccio runs 4:13!!! https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4aT

Huge 400IH PR for Aliya Rae Garozzo: https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4aR

Another state title for Meredith Updike! https://wp.me/p5uW7L-4aO

Dennisha Page keeps breaking records and making history.

The Woodrow Wilson senior fashioned a dazzling sprint triple this weekend in the state Group 3 meet at Franklin, highlighted by a huge personal-best — and near South Jersey-record — 23.72 in the 200.

On Friday, Page won the 100 in 12.07 and the 400 in 55.66. Both are very fast and were terrific performances. But she saved her truly historic moment for Saturday.

Racing in the Group 3 200, Page ran 23.72, beating second-place Grace O’Shea of Ramapo — the 100 and 400 hurdles winner – by a whopping seven meters

Page’s 23.72 is No. 6 in state history and fastest by a South Jersey girl in 37 years, since legendary Michele Glover of Willingboro, an All-America at Houston, set the South Jersey of 23.69 in 1981.

I know English Gardner’s 23.60 is listed in some places as a South Jersey record, but that mark was achieved in an AAU meet in Dover, Del., during the summer of 2007, and youth track marks have never been eligible for high school record-keeping purposes. Only meets during the high school season or an extension of the high school season, like Golden West, New Balance Nationals or USATF Junior Nationals, are eligible for consideration as high school records.

In any case, Page’s previous PR was a 23.99 at last year’s Meet of Champions, so she lowered her 200 PR more than a quarter of a second.

She’s undefeated this year in the 200 and 400 and has just one loss in the 100 — to Eastern’s Jailya Ash in the 100 at the Camden County meet at Haddon Township last month.

Page has PRs of 11.68 and 54.41 from sectionals. Incredibly, she also PR’d this weekend in the long jump with an 18-3 for fourth place. So she single-handedly scored 34 points, every point Wilson scored.

Only three Group 3 teams in the entire state — Winslow (72), Ramapo (52) and Northern Highlands (35) — scored more points than Page.

Page is only the second girl in state history to run sub-11.70, sub-23.80 and sub-55. Shavon Greaves of Lakewood (11.61, 23.69 54.73 in 2007), a multiple All-America at Penn State, did it in 2007. (If you only consider girls who have run sub-11.0, sub-23.80 and sub-54.50, then Page is the ONLY member of that group!)

Page now ranks No. 6 in South Jersey history in the 100, No. 2 in the 200 and No. 8 in the 400. On the all-time state list, she’s No. 14 in the 100, No. 6 in the 200 and No. 24 in the 400.

One thing Page did not do in that 200 Saturday was break the meet record in the 200. Greaves set it in 2007 when she ran her career-best 23.69.

N.J. ALL-TIME 200-METER DASH LIST
22.96 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2017
22.99 … Wendy Vereen [Trenton], 1983
23.42 … Aleah Williams [Montclair], 1999
23.69 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], 1981
23.69 … Shavon Greaves [Lakewood], 2007
23.72 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2018
23.73 … Myasia Jacobs [Paramus Catholic], 2010
23.85 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
23.87 … Jenna Harris [Franklin Twp.], 2003
23.90 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018
23.90 … Denise Liles [Kingsway], 1984
23.91 … Sydney Hawkins [Phillipsburg], 2018
23.92 … Mikele Barber [Montclair], 1997
23.94 … Melisa Barber [Montclair], 1998
23.95 … Olivia Baker [Columbia], 2013
23.96 … Regina Trotter [Weequahic], 1991
23.96 … Ogechi Nwaneri [Columbia], 2006
24.01 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
24.02 … Georgina Nembhard [Ocean Twp,], 2007
24.04 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
24.05 … Bria Saunders [Parsippany], 2014
24.11 … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
24.12 … Nicole Carmichael [JFK Paterson], 1995
24.12 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], 2006
24.14 … Shauntae Nelson [Piscataway], 2018
24.17 … Dawn Bowles [Neptune], 1998
24.17 … Symone O’Connor [Franklin Twp.], 2006
24.17 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2008
24.18 … Kimberly Lyles [Franklin Twp.], 2001
24.19 … Patti Dunlap [Camden] 1978
24.19 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.]
24.19 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017

ALL-TIME S.J. 200-METER DASH LIST
23.69 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], 1981
23.72 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2018
23.85 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
23.90 … Denise Liles [Kingsway], 1984
23.90 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018
23.99 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2018
24.01 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
24.04 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
24.11 … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
24.12 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], 2006
24.17 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2008
24.19 … Patti Dunlap [Camden] 1978
24.19 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.]
24.19 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
24.21 … Audrey Wilson [Deptford], 2006
24.23 … Nichole Hill [Oakcrest], 1997
24.31 … Morgan Gordon [Rancocas Valley], 2009
24.32 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2015
24.42 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1996
24.43 … Aliya Harrison [Sterling], 2016
24.45 … Cecelia Gerstenbacher [Delsea], 2017
24.46 … Feleesha Dowe [Penns Grove], 2014
24.47 … Nadia Davy [Bridgeton], 1999
24.47 … Aisha Morgan [Schalick], 1998
24.48 … Avionne Sloan [Camden], 2003
24.49 … Annie Johnson [Shawnee], 2012
24.50 … Laia Mortimore [Atlantic City], 1998

Going into the state Group 4 girls meet, you felt like it was a shame that either Rancocas Valley or Millville had to lose.

Two incredible programs, two tremendous coaching staffs, two fantastic track traditions.

Turned out neither did lose.

After an incredible two days going head to head, Millville and Rancocas Valley, the two best public school teams in the state, finished in a first-place tie with 54 points.

Both are state champions. Just how it should be.

Randolph finished with 41 points in what was really a two-way battle for state Group 4 supremacy.

It’s the first Group 4 tie since Washington Township and Trenton shared the 2000 title.

It’s only the seventh tie in any group in state girls track history going back to 1973 and the first ever featuring two South Jersey teams.

Congrats to both teams and both programs. The performances were off the charts. And the respect both programs have for each other is off the charts as well, which makes this deadlock even more special. These are two truly remarkable groups of runners, hurdlers, jumpers and throwers and both deserve to be called state champions.

Key battleground events were the 400 and long jump, the only individual events both schools scored in. They also both scored in the 400- and 1,600-meter relays.

The only events neither scored in — and this speaks volumes for the depth and talent of both programs — were the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 plus the 3,200-meter relay.

Let’s take a detailed look at how Millville and R.V. battled each other for two days over 18 events at Franklin Township High.

100-METER DASH: Millville senior Malea Broome ran 12.29 for sixth place.
Millville 1 point, Rancocas Valley 0 points

200-METER DASH: R.V. sophomore Sheriyah Nutt was only the sixth seed but placed third in 24.87, a big personal-best. Her previous PR was a 25.29 last week at sectionals. Her time is third-fastest by any South Jersey sophomore this spring, behonly only Lauren Princz of Egg Harbor (24.53) and Eastern’s Jailya Ash (24.80). Another RV sprinter, senior Darynn Minus-Vincent, missed medaling by only 5-100ths of a second.
Rancocas Valley 6 points, Millville 0 points

400-METER DASH: Millville freshman Bryanna Craig and R.V.’s Nutt went head-to-head, with both running PRs. Craig was third in 56.30 and Nutt fourth in 56.30. Craig’s previous PR was a 56.52 at the Rowan Open. That 56.30 is fastest this year among all New Jersey freshmen and actually ties the Millville school record of 56.30 set in 2008 by Britney Kott at the Cape Atlantic meet in Atlantic City. Nutt’s previous 400 PR was 57.78, also at the Rowan Open. Nutt’s time is No. 2 among South Jersey sophomores behind Pennsauken’s Jade Pope (56.08 at BCSL meet).
Millville 6 points, Rancocas Valley 4 points

100-METER HURDLES: Broome ran 14.46 for fourth place.
Millville 4 points, Rancocas Valley 0 points

400-METER HURDLES: R.V. senior Brianna Snowden placed second with a huge PR of 1:01.23, No. 17 in South Jersey history and No. 5 in Burlington County history. And fastest by a Burlington County girl in 18 years, since Danielle Myricks ran a hand-timed 1:00.1 for Willingboro in 2001.
Rancocas Valley 8 points, Millville 0 points

400-METER RELAY: Millville and R.V. went 1-3, both under 48! Wow!!! For Millville, senior Brionah Patterson, Broome, junior Ciera Bowman and junior Zaniah Bowman ran 47.53, just missing the meet record of 47.45 set last year by Egg Harbor. That’s a Cumberland County record and No. 12 in South Jersey history. For R.V., Minus-Vincent and Snowden, Nutt and junior Breacain McClenahan ran 47.97, just off their 47.91 from the Penn Relays.
Millville 10 points, Rancocas Valley 6 points

1,600-METER RELAY: Rancocas Valley ran the No. 2 time in New Jersey this year and the fastest of any school in the six state championship 4-by-4s on Saturday. The team of sophomore Alyssa Leak, Snowden, freshman Anabella Chin and Nutt won the race in 3:48.87, which is a school record, No. 17 in South Jersey history and No. 7 in Burlington County history. Millville of course wasn’t far back, taking fourth in 3:52.56. The team of Patterson, Craig, senior Raelynne Miller and senior Malea Broome ran the fastest time by a Cumberland County school since Millville set the county record of 3:50.10 to win states in 2008.
Rancocas Valley 10 points, Millville 4 points

HIGH JUMP: Craig cleared 5-6, an inch over her previous PR, to win on fewer misses over Mahogany Jenkins of Watchung Hills.
Millville 10 points, Rancocas Valley 0 points

LONG JUMP: Huge event for both schools. Rancocas Valley junior Kristina Tossas, only the No. 11 seed, was an upset winner with a massive PR of 18-7 1/2, nearly a foot over her previous PR of 17-8 3/4 from sectionals. That actually moved her past Tonya Lee (18-4 3/4) and into the No. 2 spot in school history, behind only Meet of Champions winner Demya Walker (18-10 1/4 in 1994) and is No. 6 in Burlington County history. (Walker, by the way, was an All-America basketball player at Virginia and played six years in the WNBA. The Meet of Champions was the last track meet of her life). Millville freshman Leah Ellis, who was only the No. 23 seed after a 16-10 1/4 at sectionals, took third in that hot long jump competition at 17-11 1/2, an outdoor PR by more than four inches. And R.V. freshman Anaya Young, who was the No. 17 seed, jumped a PR 17-8 for fifth. What an event for both schools!
Rancocas Valley 12 points, Millville 6 points

TRIPLE JUMP: Tossas added a fifth place with a 36-11, another personal best. She was only the No. 10 seed in the triple, so she scored 12 points despite being seeded No. 10 and 11 in her two events.
Rancocas Valley 2 points, Millville 0 points

SHOT PUT: Junior Tereana Parker threw 39-3 for fourth place, less than a foot off her PR from the Cumberland County meet, and junior Fatimah Owens added a point with a sixth-place finish at 38-8.
Millville 5 points, Rancocas Valley 0 points

DISCUS: Rancocas Valley freshman Ravin Hood PR’d at 117-4 for third place behind two seniors. Hood is the top freshman in the state, and her throw is best by a South Jersey freshman since Jessica Woodard of Cherokee, who went on to become a multiple collegiate All-America, threw 125-4 back in 2010.
Rancocas Valley 6 points, Millville 0 points

JAVELIN: Millville junior Kira Parsons came up huge with a 134-0 throw for second place. That’s No. 4 in Cumberland County history.
Millville 8, Ranocas Valley 0

What a weekend of track!

The 111th annual New Jersey state championships are over, and we’ve got links to all the results:

For complete results from the Group 2, Group 3 and Parochial A meet at Central Regional in Bayville, click HERE.

For complete results from the Group 1, Group 4 and Parochial B meet at Franklin Township High, click HERE.

Deptford’s first state championship was truly a team effort. Naseem Smith won the high hurdles and James Lynch won the pole vault, but the real stars for the Spartans were the relay teams.

The 4-by-4 finished first, the 4-by-1 took second and the 4-by-8 placed sixth for 19 big points.

The Spartans were the only school in Group 3 to medal in all three relays. And they used 10 different runners. Only Khion Smith and Amadu Jalloh ran on more than one of the three scoring relay teams.

Deptford outscored second-place Hopewell Valley 47-40 to win the state Group 3 championship at Central Regional.

Let’s take a look!

1,600-METER RELAY: Seniors Tyrece Brown and Amadu Jalloh, sophomore Steven Rios and senior Khion Smith ran a season-best 3:21.13 to win the 4-by-4.

400-METER RELAY: Juniors Richard Fawkes and Donovan Clement along with Khion Smith and senior Donnie Scott won the 4-by-1 in 42.83.

3,200-METER RELAY: Junior Philip Sedalis, sophomores Julian Rodriguez and Kevin Eli and senior Amadu Jalloh ran 8:12.44 for sixth in the 4-by-8.

We already wrote about Naseem Smith [https://sjtrackblog.com/2019/06/01/sincere-rhea-naseem-smith-sam-aviles-put-on-a-show-in-110-high-hurdles-at-states/], who broke 14 seconds in the highs for the first time.

Lynch matched his personal-best of 15 feet, which he cleared at the South Jersey Invitational. The state title is his first.

Deptford also got points from senior Marcel Washington, how cleared 6-2 for third in the high jump; Khion Smith, who placed sixth in the 100 in 11.14; and sophomore Julian Rodriguez, who cleared a personal-best 13-6 for sixth in the pole vault. His previous PR was 13-0 from the Willingboro relay meet.

This is back-to-back state Group 3 titles for Gloucester County schools. Delsea won Group 3 last year before moving down to Group 1, where it won this year’s title.

This is the first time ever that Gloucester County schools have won two state titles the same year.

Lenape senior Shelby Whetstone moved into the all-time South Jersey top-10 in the 800 with an incredible breakthrough race in the state Group 4 meet at Franklin.

Whetstone, the No. 6 seed after a 2:15.90 at sectionals, ran 2:10.55 to win the race over a loaded field.

She broke the Burlington County record of 2:11.07 set in 2007 by Lenape’s Miya Johnson, who was a teammate of Caitlin Orr, who is now Whetstone’s distance coach.

Whetstone’s previous PR was a 2:14.09 at the Rowan Invitational, so that’s a 3 1/2-second personal-best! She’s undefeated this year at 800 meters.

It looks like Whetstone will be the No. 2 seed in the 800 at the Meet of Champions next weekend at Northern Burlington behind defending champion Victoria Vanriele of Governor Livingston, who was third at nationals last spring in 2:05.99.

Whetstone edged Edison junior Cynthia Boryeskne to the finish line. Boryeskne, the top seed, was second in 2:11.24.

Here time is fastest by any South Jersey half-miler since 2014, when Ocean City’s Rachel Stremme ran 2:09.84.

2:07.33 … Marielle Hall (Haddonfield), 2009
2:08.87 … Erin Donohue (Haddonfield), 2001
2:09.2h … Katrina Sye (Buena), 1999
2:09.50 … Renee Tomlin (Ocean City), 2005
2:09.84 … Rachel Stremme (Ocean City), 2014
2:10.1h … Michelle Rowen (Washington Twp.), 1982
2:10.55 … Shelby Whetstone (Lenape), 2019
2:10.57 … Nijgia Snapp (Oakcrest), 2009
2:10.79 … Krista Ferrara (Vineland), 1991
2:10.9h … Ruth Lockbaum (Glassboro), 1985
2:11.07 … Miya Johnson (Lenape), 2007
2:11.45 … Sydney Coppolino (Sterling), 2017
2:11.56 … Mary Bohi (Seneca), 2009
2:11.80 … Briana Gess (Haddonfield), 2016
2:11.88 … Kayla Martin (Seneca), 2015
2:11.94 … Bridget Flynn (Ocean City), 2014
2:12.04 … Kami Jo Hickson (Washington Twp.), 2017
2:12.0h … Monica Olkowski (Cherokee), 1990
2:12.28 … Rachel Vick (Kingsway), 2017
2:12.61 … Felicia O’Donnell (Delsea), 2009
2:12.63 … Liz Locke (Kingsway), 2010
2:12.77 … Lauren McHale (Ocean City), 1998
2:12.78 … Megan Quimby (Lenape), 2015
2:12.83 … Brooke Kott (Millville), 2008
2:12.85 … Greta Feldman (Haddonfield), 2008
2:12.93 … Carly Pettipaw (Lenape), 2015