It was an incredible day at Northern Burlington for South Jersey athletes, and we’ve only covered the tip of the iceberg on the From the Backstretch blog today.

We’ll have much, much more tomorrow and throughout the week.

But for now, here are links to all our blog posts so far today!

Kingsway’s Rachel Vick wins 1,600 in photo finish! 
Brandon Outlaw wins 400, becomes Moorestown’s first winner in 42 years! 
Camden’s Morton wins high hurdles with #4 time in South Jersey history!
Huge PR gives Delsea’s Burnett triple jump title!
Winslow girls win 4-by-4 with fastest S.J. 4-by-4 in 14 years!
Full results of 2017 Meet of Champions!

The Winslow Township girls raced their way to the fastest time by a South Jersey school in 14 YEARS Saturday night and edged Union Catholic to win the 4-by-400 at the Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington Regional High in Mansfield.

Winslow ran 3:47.41, seventh-fastest in South Jersey history, 17th-fastest in state history and fastest by a South Jersey team in 14 years — since Eastern ran 3:47.16 for third place at the 2003 National Scholastic Championships with the team of Brittany Wright, Jennifer Jackson, Kaliyma Barkley and Jenelle Wilson.

Union Catholic, running without Olympian Sydney McLoughlin, finished second in 3:47.83 in a two-team race. Nobody else was under 3:51. Union Catholic ran 3:38.92 at the Penn Relays in April with McLaughlin in the lineup.

For Winslow, freshman Janeya Hammond led off with a 57.3 and Flora Ahiarakwe followed with a 54.9. After a 58.4 carry by Iyianna Williams, Shakira Dancy anchored in 55.4.

Earlier Saturday, Dancy won her second consecutive 200 title in 24.14 and placed second in the 100 in 12.16. Ahiarakwe ran 56.12 for fifth in the 400. Hammond was also 14th in the 200 as a freshman.

This is the third time the Winslow girls have won the Meet of Champions 4-by-4. They also won it in 2003 and 2004.

In all, the Winslow girls have won 16 gold medals in meet history, fourth-most ever behind Columbia (24), Monmouth Regional (19) and Willingboro (17).

3:35.90 … Union Catholic, 2015
3:38.92 … Union Catholic, 2017
3:40.36 … Columbia, 2013
3:41.03 … Montclair, 1998
3:41.19 … Columbia, 2014
3:42.54 … Columbia, 2010
3:42.59 … Union Catholic, 2016
3:43.3h … Plainfield, 1981
3:44.64 … Willingboro, 2002
3:44.9h … Columbia, 1980
3:45.12 … Trenton, 2001
3:45.41 … Camden, 1995
3:45.67 … Willingboro, 1999
3:46.13 … Willingboro, 2000
3:47.16 … Eastern, 2003
3:47.41 … Willingboro, 2001
3:47.41 … Winslow Twp., 2017
3:47.55 … Camden, 2006
3:47.7h … Columbia, 1982
3:47.7h … Trenton, 1983
3:47.94 … Columbia, 2009

And now here’s a look at the all-time Meet of Champions 4-by-4 list! Winslow’s time is ninth-fastest in meet history and Union Catholic, even without McLaughlin, is 11th-fastest with the second-fastest non-winning time in meet history!

3:42.54 … Columbia, 2010 (1)
3:43.36 … Columbia, 2014 (1)
3:44.20 … Union Catholic, 2015 (1)
3:44.64 … Willingboro, 2002 (1)
3:45.12 … Trenton, 2001 (1)
3:46.68 … Union Catholic, 2016 (1)
3:46.86 … Columbia, 2013 (1)
3:47.41 … Willingboro, 2001 (2)
3:47.41 … Winslow Township, 2017 (1)
3:47.55 … Camden, 2006 (1)
3:47.83 … Union Catholic, 2017 (2)
3:47.94 … Columbia, 2009 (1)
3:48.00 … Woodrow Wilson, 2001 (3)
3:48.17 … Woodrow Wilson, 2006 (2)
3:48.30 … Union Catholic, 2014 (2)
3:48.42 … Piscataway, 2005 (1)
3:48.56 … Piscataway, 2006 (3)
3:48.78 … Lenape, 2014 (3)
3:48.91 … Penns Grove, 2013 (2)
3:49.07 … East Orange, 2007 (1)
3:49.25 … Lenape, 2015 (2)
3:49.28 … Pope John XXIII, 2007 (2)
3:49.28 … Sparta, 2010 (2)
3:49.57 … Southern Regional, 2008 (1)
3:49.70 … Columbia, 1997 (1)
3:49.72 … Willingboro, 1997 (2)
3:49.74 … Southern Regional, 2010 (3)
3:49.93 … Willingboro, 2009 (2)
3:50.04 … Franklin Township, 2005 (2)
3:50.21 … Winslow Township, 2003 (1)
3:50.31 … Eastern, 2002 (2)
3:50.35 … Camden, 2009 (3)
3:50.44 … Winslow Township, 2004 (1)
3:50.46 … Woodrow Wilson, 2005 (3)
3:50.49 … Willingboro, 2010 (4)
3:50.54 … Jackson Memorial, 2009 (4)
3:50.55 … Franklin Township, 2001 (4)
3:50.74 … Washington Township, 1999 (1)
3:50.80 … Sparta, 2011 (1)
3:50.92 … Southern Regional, 2009 (5)
3:51.14 … Southern Regional, 2007 (3)
3:51.18 … Eastern, 2003 (2)
3:51.22 … Camden, 2008 (2)
3:51.28 … Piscataway, 2003 (3)
3:51.43 … Lenape, 2012 (1)
3:51.51 … Woodrow Wilson, 2007 (4)
3:51.55 … Columbia, 2015 (3)
3:51.61 … Willingboro, 2000 (1)
3:51.70 … Camden, 2010 (5)
3:51.87 … Freehold Township, 2011 (2)
3:51.91 … Camden, 2005 (4)
3:51.91 … Rumson-Fair Haven, 2007 (5)
3:51.99 … Northern Highlands (3)

It was another tremendous day for South Jersey athletes at the Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington.

We’ve been posting stories all day about the meet and we’ll continue for the next several days.

But for now, full results from today’s Meet of Champions are now available by clicking here.

Delsea junior Khaliel Burnett shattered the Gloucester County record on his way to winning the triple jump Saturday at the 39th annual Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington Regional High School in Mansfield.

Burnett jumped 48-9 1/2, winning by seven inches over defending champion Dodley Thermitus of Elizabeth, who jumped 48-2 1/2.

Burnett’s previous PR was 47-5 1/2 at the Gloucester County Championships last month at Delsea.

He broke the Gloucester County record of 48-3 1/4 set in 2009 by Glassboro’s Ryan Chance at Group 1 sectionals on his way to the M-of-C title.

In the 18 years since the triple jump was added to the New Jersey state meet series, Delsea is now the only school with two different winners — Josh Butler in 2006 (48-0) and Burnett.

With Burnett, Butler and Tristan Wilson (47-4 in 2014), Delsea is one of only two New Jersey schools with three triple jumpers at 47-4 or farther. The other is Trenton.

ALL-TIME SOUTH JERSEY TRIPLE JUMP LIST
50-  6 3/4 …. Dominique Irons [Haddon Heights], 2013
48-10 1/2 … Larry Russell [Timber Creek], 2015
48-  9 1/2 … Khaliel Burnett [Delsea], 2017
48-  3 1/4 … Ryan Chance [Glassboro], 2009
48-  0 ………. Josh Butler [Delsea], 2006
47-  9 1/4 … Marcus Edghilll [Pemberton], 1981
47-  7 1/2 … Mikhail Micheaux [Eastern], 2014
47-  6 1/2 … Chris Roundtree [Haddon Hts.], 2009
47-  5 1/2 … Khaliel Burnett [Delsea], 2017
47-  5 ……… Steven Brown [Penns Grove], 2009
47-  4 3/4 … Cleo King [Woodbury], 2017
47-  4 ……… Tristan Wilson [Delsea], 2014
47-  3 1/4 … Antwan Dickerson [Pennsauken], 2013
47-  3 ……… Mike Baker [Cherry Hill West], 1976
47-  0 1/4 … Earnest Daniel [Kingsway], 2017

Let’s take a look at the all-time Meet of Champions performance list! Burnett moves into the No. 10 spot in meet history, and Thermitus’s mark is the third-best second-place mark ever, just half an inch off the top non-winning mark. Thermitus won last year at 49-7 1/4.

49-11¾ … Myles Hartsfield, Sayreville, 2014 [1st]
49-11½ … Devin Jones, Boonton, 2010 [1st]
49-11¼ … Eric Bethea, Piscataway, 2015 [1st]
49- 7¼ … Dodley Thermitus, Elizabeth, 2016 [1st]
49- 4¾ … Tiquan Underwood, Notre Dame, 2005 [1st]
49- 4¼ … Chris Phipps, Lodi, 2008 [1st]
48-10 ….. Devon Bond, Trenton, 2007 [1st]
48-10 ….. Dominique Irons, Haddon Heights, 2013 [1st]
48-10 ….. Adam Bergo, Westfield, 2008 [2nd]
48- 9½ … Khaliel Burnett (Delsea Reg.), 2017 [1st]
48- 5½ … Tiquan Underwood, Notre Dame, 2004 [1st]
48- 4 …… Dominique Irons, Haddon Heights, 2011 [1st]
48- 3 …… Barden Adams, West Orange, 2014 [2nd]
48- 2½ … Dodley Termitus (Elizabeth), 2017 [2nd]
48- 2½ … Rolston Braithwaite, Trenton, 2008 [2nd]
48- 2 …… Emeka Eze, Sayreville, 2012 [1st]
48- 1½ … Malik Snead, Hamilton West, 2015 [1st]
48- 0½ … Aaron King, Morris Hills, 2007 [2nd]
48- 0 …… Josh Butler, Delsea, 2006 [1st]
48- 0 …… Dean Uduh, Columbia, 2015 [2nd]
47-11¾ … Greg Hazell, Don Bosco, 2011 [2nd]
47-11 …….Dominique Irons, Haddon Heights 2012 [2nd]
47- 9¼ … Eric Bethea, Piscataway, 2014 [3rd]
47- 7½ … Ryan Chance, Glassboro, 2009 [1st]
47- 7¼ … Vernard Hoover, Hasbrouck Heights, 2004 [2nd]
47- 6 ½ … Chris Rountree, Haddon Heights, 2009 [2nd]

Camden senior Lenaami Morton matched her indoor Meet of Champions hurdles title with an outdoor championship Saturday at the 39th annual M-of-C at Northern Burlington.

Morton out-leaned Union Catholic junior Amaya Chadwick by 2-100ths of a second, with both going under 14 seconds for the first time.

What made the times even more remarkable is that the race was run into a three-meters-per-second wind, very significant for a straight race. With no wind or a legal wind of under 2.0 meters per second, the times would have been dramatically faster

Morton’s previous PR was a 14.04 in the trials earlier Saturday. Before that, her PR was 14.08 in the M-of-C trials last year.

Chadwick’s PR was 14.10 from last year’s state Group 4 meet.

Morton moved into the No. 4 spot on the all-time South Jersey list and Morton and Chadwick moved into the No. 14 and No. 18 spots on the all-time state list:

ALL-TIME S.J. 100-METER HURDLES LIST
13.65 … Nia Ali (Pleasantville), 2006
13.72 … Nichole Hill (Oakcrest), 1997
13.79 … Ste’yce McNeil (Winslow), 2012
13.84 … Lenaami Morton (Camden), 2017
13.85 … Carol Lewis (Willingboro), 1980
13.88 … Zonya Cross (Edgewood), 1983
13.98 … Cidae’a Woods (Winslow), 2014
13.99 … Imani Gilliam (Pennsauken), 2004
14.04 … Jasmine Staten (Lenape), 2016
14.05 … Jasmine Waddell (Kingsway), 2011
14.07 … Sherese Price (Pleasantville), 1998
14.09 … Nichole Belcher (Wilson), 1992
14.17 … Krystal Cantey (Winslow Twp.), 2006
14.17 … Samantha Sharper (Wilson), 2008
14.20 … Alethia Jenkins (Pennsauken), 1999

ALL-TIME N.J. 100-METER HURDLES LIST
13.20 … Dawn Bowles (Neptune), 1985
13.34 … Sydney McLaughlin (Union Catholic), 2014
13.35 … Charmaine Walker (Plainfield), 1997
13.50 … Porscha Dobson (Kent Plaeace), 2003
13.65 … Nia Ali (Pleasantville), 2006
13.67 … Patricia Dziekonska (West Windsor-Plains. North), 2014
13.71 … Lanyka Brown (Metuchen), 1996
13.72 … Nichole Hill (Oakcrest), 1997
13.73 … Kim Turko (North Edison), 1997
13.77 … Amber Williams (Roxbury), 2001
13.78 … Lakeema Lewis (Plainfield), 1998
13.79 … Stey’ce McNeil (Winslow Twp.), 2012
13.82 … Trier Young (Neptune), 2005
13.84 … Lenaami Morton (Camden), 2017
13.85 … Carol Lewis (Willingboro), 1980
13.85 … Danielle Delgado (Franklin Twp.), 2013
13.85 … Sherese Price (Pleasantville), 1998
13.86 … Amaya Chadwick (Union Catholic), 2017
13.88 … Zonya Cross (Edgewood), 1983
13.88 … Amber Williams (Roxbury), 2001
13.89 … Dashona Ransome (Irvington), 2012
13.90 … Kim Henry (Old Bridge), 2003
13.91 … Kayann Richards (Columbia), 2010
13.91 … Samantha Jensen (Central Regional), 2012
13.95 … Selena Lewis (Elizabeth), 1998
13.95 … Morgan Harvey (North Hunterdon), 2013
13.96 … Ashley Adams (Plainfield), 2006
13.98 … Tramaine Shaw (Piscataway), 2004
13.98 … Cidae’a Woods (Winslow Twp.), 2014
13.99 … Imani Gilliam (Pennsauken), 2004

Morton joins Patti Dunlap (100 and 200 in 1979), Loretta Thompson (400 in 1980) and Keisha Williams (100 hurdles in 2015) as the fourth individual from Camden to win an outdoor Meet of Champions title. Camden’s 400-meter relay team (1978) and 4-by-4 (1995, 2006) also recorded first-place finishes.

Here’s a look at the all-time Meet of Champions performance list. This was only the third time two hurdlers have gone under 14 seconds in the same Meet of Champions race. It also happened in 1997 and 2014.

All-Time Meet of Champions 100 Hurdles Performance List
13.33 … Dawn Bowles (Neptune), 1988 (1)
13.47 … Sydney McLaughlin (Union Catholic), 2014 (1)
13.50 … Porscha Dobson (Kent Place), 2003 (1)
13.62 … McLaughlin, 2014 (q)
13.67 … Charmaine Walker (Plainfield), 1997 (1)
13.67 … Patrycja Dziekonska (West Windsor North), 2014 (2)
13.74 … Zonya Cross (Ridgewood), 1983 (1)
13.78 … Nia Ali (Pleasantville), 2006 (1)
13.77 … Nichole Hill (Oakcrest), 1997 (2)
13.77 … Amber Williams (Roxbury), 2001 (1)
13.81 …….. Williams, 2000 (1)
13.84 … Lenaami Morton (Camden), 2017 (1)
13.85 … Sherese Price (Pleasantville), 1998 (1)
13.86 … Amaya Chadwick (Union Catholic), 2017 (2)
13.89 … Dashana Ransome (Irvington), 2012 (1)
13.91 … Kayann Richards (Columbia), 2010 (1)
13.93 … Trier Young (Neptune), 2005 (1)
13.94 … Kim Turko (North Edison), 1997 (3)
13.96 … Danielle Delgado (Franklin Twp.), 2014 (3)
13.98 … Tremaine Shaw (Piscataway), 2004 (1)
13.98 … Cidae’a Woods (Winslow Twp.), 2014 (4)

Moorestown senior Brandon Outlaw ran 47.05 to lead six quarter-milers under 48 seconds and become the Quakers’ first boy to win a Meet of Champions title in 42 years.

Outlaw, seeded No. 1 with a 46.82, became the 11th-fastest 400 runner in Meet of Champions history and the first Moorestown boy to win at the M-of-C since Mike Coffey in the javelin in 1975.

He’s only the fifth South Jersey runner to win the M-of-C 400 in the last 23 years, following Rob Gary of Lenape in 1998, Reuben McCoy of Winslow Township in 2004, Antonio Abney of Willingboro in 2007 and Jamaad Muse of Timber Creek in 2014.

Carteret’s Taj Burgess placed second in 47.22, the second-fastest non-winning time in the meet’s 39-year history! The only faster non-winning time was turned in four years ago by Timber Creek’s Jamaad Muse, who ran 46.67 behind Zyaire Clemes of Trenton, who ran 46.50.

Here’s the all-time Meet of Champions 400-meter dash performance list!

The race was extremely fast, with six under 48 seconds — all seniors.

Outlaw and Burgess were followed by Matawan’s Thomas Kalieta Jr. — the defending champion — (47.69), Egg Harbor Township’s Amir Brock (47.57), Paterson Kennedy’s Alexander Moore (47.83) and South Brunswick’s Harmodio Cruz (47.78).

Outlaw is the fifth Burlington County runner to win the Meet of Champions 400, following Olympian Lamont Smith of Willingboro in 1990 and 1992, Barry Douglas of Willingboro in 1993, Robert Gary of Lenape in 1998 and Antonio Abney of Willingboro in 2007.

Kingsway senior Rachel Vick and North Hunterdon sophomore Elena DiMarcello both ran 4:52.69 in the Meet of Champions 1,600 Saturday, but Vick was awarded with the victory.

Vick becomes the first Gloucester County girl to win the Meet of Champions 1,600 (or mile) in 35 years, since Michelle Rowen of Washington Township won it in 1982.

She joins sprinter Denise Liles (100 in 1984, 100 and 200 in 1986), Janet Morris in the javelin (1991) and Chelsea Ley (3,200 in 2009) as the fourth Kingsway girl to win a Meet of Champions title.

Vick and DiMarcello both finished more than six seconds ahead of the rest of the field.

Camden senior Lenaami Morton lowered her PR from 14.08 to 14.04 in leading all qualifiers into the final of the 100-meter hurdles Saturday at the 39th annual Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington Regional High School in Mansfield.

Morton, who ran 14.08 in the prelims of last year’s Meet of Champions, is bidding to become the second Camden girl in three years to win the M-of-C high hurdles. Keisha Williams won it in 2015.

Morton is undefeated this year in the high hurdles.

Morton moved up from No. 11 to No. 8 in South Jersey history in the 100 highs, and she’s within 5-100ths of a second of becoming the eighth girl in South Jersey history to run sub-14 seconds.

ALL-TIME S.J. 100-METER HURDLES LIST
13.65 … Nia Ali (Pleasantville), 2006
13.72 … Nichole Hill (Oakcrest), 1997
13.79 … Ste’yce McNeil (Winslow), 2012
13.85 … Carol Lewis (Willingboro), 1980
13.88 … Zonya Cross (Edgewood), 1983
13.98 … Cidae’a Woods (Winslow), 2014
13.99 … Imani Gilliam (Pennsauken), 2004
14.04 … Jasmine Staten (Lenape), 2016
14.04 … Lenaami Morton (Camden), 2016
14.05 … Jasmine Waddell (Kingsway), 2011
14.07 … Sherese Price (Pleasantville), 1998
14.09 … Nichole Belcher (Wilson), 1992
14.17 … Krystal Cantey (Winslow Twp.), 2006
14.17 … Samantha Sharper (Wilson), 2008
14.20 … Alethia Jenkins (Pennsauken), 1999

Three of the next four-fastest qualifiers are also from South Jersey — Absegami senior Joshonda Johnson (14.37), Bishop Eustace senior Sarah Jones (14.40) and Pennsville sophomore Arianna Smith (14.64).

Amana Chadwick of Union Catholic is second-fastest at 14.20.

The NJSIAA has finally released the program for Saturday’s 2017 Meet of Champions, scheduled for 2 p.m. at Northern Burlington Regional High School in Mansfield Township.

Included in the program are all-time winners, order of events, lists of entrants and meet records, although unfortunately there are no 2017 performance lists included.

Click here to download the *.pdf: 2017 Meet of Champions Program.

Cherokee graduate Jessica Woodard earned first-team All-Ameria honors for the fourth time in her remarkable career after placing eighth in the shot put at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore.

Woodard threw had five legal throws, all between 54-4 1/2 and 56-6. She reached 56-6 on her third throw of the trials. She finished just 11 inches out of third place in a very close finish.

Woodard was eighth (55-11) and fifth (57-7) at indoor nationals in the shot the last two years and third last year outdoors (58-8).

Woodard, a junior at Oklahoma, competes in the discus Saturday evening.