What a day for Delsea senior Khaliel Burnett at the West Chester University Golden Ram Invitational Friday!

Burnett jumped a lifetime-best 23-0 1/2 to win the long jump and nearly PR’d also in the triple jump, winning with a 48-2. His PR is 48-9 1/2, which won the Meet of Champions last year.

Burnett’s marks are both No. 1 in New Jersey this year. There was no wind information listed with the results of the field events.

In the long jump, Burnett won by nearly a foot over Miles Duncan of William Penn, who was second at 22-2. He won the triple by more than two feet over Naheem Moore of Coatesville, who jumped 46-0.

Teammate Tymir Kizee had a heck of a meet, too, jumping a personal-best 43-0 1/2 for third in the triple jump and winning the 110 highs in a near-PR 15.06 despite a 2.6-meters-per-second wind. Kizee ran 15.03 at sectionals last spring.

Back to Burnett.

His 23-0 1/2 is best by a Gloucester County jumper since Woodbury’s Anthony Averett jumped 25-2 1/2 at the 2012 Woodbury Relays [without a wind gauge]. He’s already No. 3 on the all-time South Jersey triple jump list.

How many 23-foot long jumpers have there been in South Jersey history? It’s quite a list!

All-Time South Jersey Long Jump List
26- 8 1/4 … Carl Lewis [Willingboro], 1979
25- 2 …….. Anthony Averett [Woodbury], 2012
25- 0 …….. William Spearman [Woodrow Wilson], 1996
24- 8 1/4 … Gerard Reynolds [Willingboro], 1989
24- 8 ….….. Isaac Samuels [Willingboro-Kennedy], 1983
24-11 1/4 … Anthony Miles [Winslow Twp.], 2002
24- 5 ….….. Mike Morrison [Willingboro], 2003
24- 3 3/4 … Mikhail Micheaux [Eastern], 2013
24- 0 1/2 … Kerry Vivett [Edgewood], 1984
23-11 1/2 … Syteek Farrington [Camden], 2009
23-11 ….….. Preston Beckley [Eastern], 1993
23-11 ….….. Nick Brown [Bridgeton], 1999
23-10 3/4 .. Bob Schuenemann [Collingswood], 1932
23-10 1/4 … Ben Liles [Kingsway], 1992
23-10 …….. Jerry Mathis [Willingboro], 1985
23-10 …….. Steve Harper [Atlantic City], 1993
23- 9 ……… Dave Klemic [Mainland Reg.], 1996
23- 9 ……… Robert Jordan [Millville], 1999
23- 8 1/2 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
23- 8 1/2 … Lamar Sturdivant [Woodbury], 1996
23- 8 1/2 … Sean McPherson [Delsea], 2010
23- 8 ….….. Jamal Powell [Bridgeton], 1991
23- 7 3/4 … Clem Jones [Vineland], 1968
23- 7 1/2 … Matt Rose [Bordentown], 1984
23- 7 1/4 … Reginald Morton [Oakcrest], 2013
23- 6 1/2 … Ed Loges [Shawnee], 1992
23- 6 1/2 … Reggie Riggs [Pennsauken Tech], 1988
23- 6 …….. Tyler Clybourn [Oakcrest], 2016
23- 6 …….. Chris Gillis [Pennsauken], 2000
23- 5 1/2 … Damiere Byrd [Timber Creek], 2011
23- 5 1/2 … John Meekins [Cinnaminson], 1988
23- 5 1/4 … Chris Vasser [Cape May], 1978
23- 4 1/2 … Bo Melton [Cedar Creek], 2016
23- 4 1/2 … Sean Clifton [Edgewood], 1982
23- 3 1/2 … Tracy Hall [Moorestown], 1977
23- 3 1/4 … Stevenson Cajuste [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2008
23- 3 …….. Kimere Brown [Penns Grove], 2014
23- 3 …….. Jon Dickey [Penns Grove], 1985
23- 3 …….. Bill Conover [Collingswood], 1931
23- 3 …….. Lance Sherer [Vineland], 1978
23- 2 1/2 .. Jamar Byrd [Vineland], 2004
23- 2 1/4 .. Terrence Sorrell [Salem], 1988
23- 2 …….. Quasheem Taylor [Bridgeton], 2015
23- 2 …….. Dave Fairchild [Holy Cross], 1983
23 2 ……… Charles Armstead [Schalick], 1986
23- 2 …….. John Stone [Mainland Reg.], 1997
23- 2 …….. Louis Smith [Burlington Twp.], 1997
23- 1 3/4 … Curtis Wright [Edgewood], 1991
23- 1 3/4 … Marv Forchion [Willingboro], 1986
23- 1 3/4 … Andre Faulcon [Glassboro], 2002
23- 1 ……… Roosevelt Dunmore [Vineland], 1991
23- 1 ……… Jamil Sanders [Bridgeton], 1994
23- 1 ……… Daryll Williams [Deptford], 1996
23- 0 3/4 … Gary Melton [Cedar Creek], 2012
23- 0 1/2 … Iverson Clement [Rancocas Valley], 2017
23- 0 1/2 … Khalil Barge [Camden], 2000
23- 0 1/2 … Khaliel Burnett [Delsea], 2018
23- 0 1/2 … Gary Moore [Overbook], 1974
23- 0 1/4 … Brian Winchester [Vineland], 2010
23- 0 …….. Dave Still [Glassboro], 2016
23- 0 …….. Adam Kucinski [Highland], 2002
23- 0 …….. Keith Washington [Woodbury], 1978

Maryland senior Nick Pulli, a West Deptford High graduate, has made huge strides in the hammer throw this spring, and he PR’d on Saturday in a quad meet in Charlottesville, Va.

Pulli threw 174-1, finishing second to U.S. #7 Hilmar Orn Jonsson of the host Cavaliers. It was Pulli’s third straight meet over 170 feet and broke his PR of 173-4, set three weeks ago at a meet on his home track in College Park, Md.

Before this year, Pulli’s hammer PR was 166-0 from the 2016 Maryland Invitational two years ago. He only threw it once last year.

Pulli was a shot and discus Meet of Champions winner at West Deptford, but he has only thrown the discus in one meet in college. He has thrown the 16-pound shot 53 feet but the hammer, an event he never contested in high school, has emerged as his strongest event.

Pulli’s 174-1 moved him into the No. 9 spot on the all-time Maryland hammer throw performance list.

Rancocas Valley graduate Erika Kemp, now a senior at North Carolina State, ran a lifetime-best 4:17.93 for 1,500 meters this past weekend at the Raleigh Relays on the North Carolina State campus.

Kemp placed fifth behind two other Division 1 runners, a post-collegiate and record-setting Division 3 star Emily Richards of Ohio Northern.

Kemp’s time is seventh-fastest in NCAA Division 1 this year and No. 12 among all U.S. Women, according to the IAAF database.

Kemp’s previous PR at 1,500 meters was a 4:18.38 last April at the Charlotte Invitational. Her primary event is the 5,000, in which she has a PR of 15:41.23 from last April and which she’s raced at NCAAs three times.

At R.V., Kemp was the state Group 4 champ at 3,200 meters indoors and outdoors in 2013 and ran as fast as 10:40.95.

Winslow Township grad Torie Robinson ran the fastest 100 of her life over the weekend, clocking a wind-aided 11.16 at the Texas Relays.

Robinson, a senior at Clemson, has a legal-wind PR of 11.31 from last year’s ACC championships at Georgia Tech. She matched that 11.31 in the trials at the Texas Relays.

Every 100 heat and final at this year’s Texas Relays was added by an illegal wind. Robinson’s 11.31 was aided by a 3.4 meters-per-second wind, and her 11.16 in the final was assisted by a 3.7 mps wind. Anything over 2.0 is considered wind-aided and is ineligible for all-time lists or record consideration.

Nonetheless, Robinson’s time equals the eighth-fastest under any conditions in NCAA Division 1 this year, according to the DirectAthletics data base, and is the fastest under any conditions in Clemson history. The official school record is 11.20, set in 2013 by Dezerea Bryant.

Including marks made in legal and wind-aided conditions, Robinson’s time is tied for 17th-fastest in the world this year and eighth-fastest among U.S. women.

Robinson was a Meet of Champions winner in the 55, 100 and intermediate hurdles during her brilliant career at Winslow.

Hammonton graduate Lou Corgliano, now a Maryland senior, PR’d in the steeplechase this weekend, running 9:05.48 at the Florida Relays.

Corgliano placed third behind a post-grad who ran 8:55 and a Florida A&M runner who finished about half a second ahead of him.

Corgliano’s previous steeple PR was a 9:10.55 from the same meet last year. This was his first steeple this spring.

His time is fastest by a Maryland runner since Greg Kelsey ran 8:55.80 at the 2010 NCAA East Regionals in Greensboro, N.C.

Corgliano moved into the all-time Maryland top-10, displacing Rob Bedell, who ran 9:07.93 in 1990.

At Hammonton, Corgliano ran 9:04.94 for 3,200 meters on the track and was a Foot Locker finalist and third in the XC Meet of Champions as as senior in the fall of 2013.

Rowan intermediate hurdlers Chris Mesiano and Anthony Salemo are in midyear form.

Mesiano, a junior from Schalick, ran 53.02 and Salemo, a senior from Ramsey, clocked 53.04 over the weekend at the Danny Curran Invitational at Widener’s track in Chester, Pa.

They were the only runners to break 56 seconds in the meet, and Mesiano’s margin of victory over his teammate and the defending NCAA Division 3 champion was about six inches.

Mesiano’s time was only 13-100ths off his PR of 52.89, set last May at a meet at Swarthmore. Salemo’s PR is 51.06 , set last May when he won the national title at Mount Union in Alliance, Ohio.

Mesiano and Salemo now rank fourth and fifth in NCAA Division 3.

Mesiano and Salemo also ran on the first-place 1,600-meter relay team along with senior Jamil Jackson of Highland and freshman Justin Bishop of Mainland Regional. Their 3:17.43 is the fastest in NCAA Division 3 this year.

Rowan, ranked No. 2 nationally by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, won the team title at the Danny Curran Invitational by a 194-128 score over Cortland State of New York.

Javon Sanders didn’t waste any time destroying his intermediate hurdles PR.

Sanders, a junior at Deptford, ran 56.77 for the 400 intermediates at the Rebel Relays Saturday at Howell High School.

Sanders’ previous PR was a 59.97 at last year’s South Jersey Invitational at Delsea. That was the only time he was under a minute last year.

Indoors, Sanders focused on the high hurdles and was third at Group 3 states at Toms River in 7.79 and had a PR of 7.68 from a SJTCA meet on the same track.

But his 56.77 puts him in an entirely new category. The only faster Deptford intermediate hurdler we found who ran faster as a junior is Shaquille Dixon, who ran 55.97 as a junior in 2014 — but he didn’t break 57 seconds until sectionals. Dixon went on to place second at states in 54.03 as a senior.

Sanders’ 56.77 is the fastest time in New Jersey after the first weekend of competition this spring.

This past winter, Sanders ran the third leg on Deptford’s 800-meter relay team, which ran 1:29.92 at the Ocean Breeze Invitational to tie the Gloucester County record.

Pennsville graduate Megan SaxvanderWeyden is off to a great start to her junior year at Baylor, with the three biggest meets of her career to open the outdoor season.

SaxvanderWeyden opened at the TCU Invitational in Forth Worth with a personal-best 158-7 and then followed that with a 152-10 at the Roadrunner Invitational in San Antonio and then this weekend threw 154-4 at the Texas Relays in Austin.

Coming into the season, SaxvanderWeyden’s PR was a 152-2 from last year’s Michael Johnson Invitational on her home track at Baylor in Waco, Texas.

So she has already surpassed her lifetime PR in all three meets this spring!

SaxvanderWeyden ranks 29th in NCAA Division 1, according to the Direct Athletics database, and 30th among all U.S. women, according to the IAAF database.

At Pennsville, SaxvanderWeyden had a PR of 138-4 from the 2015 Woodbury Relays and threw one inch short of that to win the Meet of Champions.

She has improved every year since her freshman year at Pennsville:

9th – 100-0

10th – 118-1

11th – 134-0

12th – 138-4

Fr – 145-1

So – 152-2

Jr. – 158-7

 

Cherokee graduate Jessica Woodard broke her own Oklahoma school discus record Saturday with a 190-9 at the Home Depot Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays at Mike A. Myers Stadium on the University of Texas campus in Austin.

Woodard’s throw is No. 46 in the world this year and No. 6 among collegians. Her previous PR was 187-5 last weekend in San Diego. Coming into the year her PR was 185-9 at NCAA West Regionals last spring in Austin. Her mark is No. 3 among American women, according to the IAAF data base.

Woodard began her series with a 171-9 throw followed by a 179-9 before her first career 190-foot attempt. She finished with a foul, a 178-9 and a 172-10.

Woodard also won the shot put with a 56-6 1/2. She ranks No. 2 among collegians with her 57-9 from a meet last weekend in San Diego. Her PR is 60-2 3/4 from the Big 12 outdoor championships last year.

Woodard, a Marlton native and former Cherokee High School athlete, is a five-time All-America in the shot put but has never earned All-America status in the discus. Yet.

Pennsauken High graduate Antwan Dickerson, a senior at Houston, opened the season with a wind-aided 25-5 1/4 at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin. That’s No. 14 in NCAA Division 1 in the early going.

Dickerson’s wind-legal PR is a 24-7 3/4 indoors at the Charlie Thomas Invitational last month, and his outdoor wind-legal PR is a 24-6 1/2 back in 2014 as a freshman at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight Invitational at Rice University in Houston. He also had a wind-aided 25-9 1/2 last spring (2.9 meters per second).

Dickerson hit the 25-5 1/4 on his first jump Saturday with a wind of 2.4 meters per second. Anything over 2.0 meters per second is considered wind-aided.

He followed with a 24-7 3/4 (aided by a 3.0 mps wind) and then fouled three times before finishing with a 25-0 aided by a 3.2 mps wind. His only jump with a legal wind was his fifth, his final foul, which had a reading of 0.8 when he took off.

Dickerson had a PR of 23-6 at Pennsauken, ironically achieved at the 2013 Carl Lewis Invitational. Lewis is the school record holder in the long jump at Houston. His indoor PR was 22-11 1/2 at 2013 Easterns.

Dickerson was a state champ and Meet of Champions runner-up in the high jump at Pennsauken and a Meet of Champions and Easterns long jump champ indoors. He also won two sectional titles in the triple jump and a conference title in the high hurdles.