In his 4th college intermediate hurdles race, Pennsauken’s Bryce Tucker moved up to No. 8 in Rutgers history.

Tucker placed 3rd in the 400-meter hurdles Saturday at the USC Outdoor Open in Columbia, S.C., with a 51.46. He finished behind Tennessee seniors Rasheeme Griffin [49.58] and Jakwan Hale [49.95], who both raced at NCAAs last year.

Tucker’s previous college PR was a 52.28 in a meet at Princeton last month. His time is No. 4 in the Big Ten – just behind R.V.’s Micah Wood of Rutgers, who ran a lifetime-best 51.14 in March – and No. 1 among underclassmen.

On the TFRRS performance list, he’s the No. 5 freshman in NCAA Division 1. Pennsauken teammate Premier Wynn, now at Norfolk State, is the No. 16 freshman in D-1 with his 52.29 earlier this month in Norfolk.

Tucker is one of four South Jersey alums on the Rutgers all-time list. Delsea’s Aaron Younger is No. 2 [50.65 in 2010], Wood is No. 7 with that 51.14, Lenape’s Steve Swern is No. 7 [51.68 in 2010] and Tucker is No. 8. Tucker knocked Deptford’s Lathan Brown off the top-10. Brown ran 52.16 earlier this month. Also recently knocked off the list was Delran’s Harran Williams [52.19 in 2002]. But six of the top 12 in Rutgers history are from South Jersey.

Tucker’s PR is a 50.96 when he won his 3rd straight Meet of Champions in June in Somerset. That’s No. 5 in New Jersey high school history.

Tucker, Wood and Brown are all entered in the 400-meter hurdles at the 125th annual Penn Relays at Franklin Field.  Wynn is in the field as well. The men’s college intermediates are scheduled for 5:45 p.m. Thursday.

For the 10th time in the last 18 years, the Winslow girls have won a Woodbury Relays team championship.

In a battle of New Jersey’s top two public school teams, Winslow locked up with Timber Creek in Group 3 and emerged with a 54-46 win.

Winslow also won Group 4 in 2003 and 2004 and Group 3 from 2011 through 2015, including a tie with Timber Creek in 2015. Winslow also won Group 3 in 2018, 2019 and 2022. Timber Creek won last year. Either Winslow or Timber Creek has won Group 3 every year since 2011. The meet wasn’t held in 2020 or 2021.

Winslow won the 1,600-meter relay in 3:51.53, the sprint medley in 4:09.10 and the 3,200-meter relay in 9:45.99. All three are No. 2 in New Jersey this year.

The official results list Skyhe Seamon, Olivia Okaro, Ava Millner and Cinniya Robinson [2:19.62 split] as the runners on the 4-by-8, Seamon, Millner, Jahrya Jackson and Ma’Syiah Brawner [2:18.01] on the sprint medley and Seamon, Robinson, Okaro and Dominique Clement on the 4-by-4.

Winslow’s shuttle hurdles team ran 1:05.01 and placed 2nd, withg Clement, Brawner, Sierra Handy and Robinson, the 4-by-2 of Clement, Okaro, Robinson and Seamon ran 1:42.11 and placed 2nd and the 4-by-1, with Clement, Handy, Okaro and Robinson ran 49.12.

Robinson is listed in five events, so obviously the lineups aren’t all correct. If anybody has Winslow’s correct lineups please post them in the comments section.

Mainland’s Madison Taylor, Ava McDole, Emma Preissman and Sofia Day won the distance medley in 12:45.67, No. 5 in New Jersey this year. Ocean City was a close 2nd in 12:48.59, No. 7 in the state.

Timber Creek’s senior Naylah Jones, junior Billie Frazier, junior Ryan Jennings and sophomore Saniyah Puckett swept the sprint relays with a 47.32 in the 400-meter relay and a 1:40.10. Both are fastest in New Jersey among public schools and No. 2 overall.

One-time Cinnaminson athlete Faith Blamon, who hadn’t competed since July of 2022, hit the 2nd-biggest javelin throw of her life Saturday and biggest in seven years in a meet at Rider.

Blamon, who competed at Monmouth through the 2017 season, threw 161-1 competing unattached at the Rider Invitational in Lawrenceville.

That’s the 2nd-best result of her career. She had a 162-7 to win the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships at Rider in 2017.

Series information not available, of course, because why would results include what actually happened in the meet?

Blamon’s last meet was the USATF Club Nationals in West Long Branch in July 2022, where she won with a throw of 144-10.

Blamon is one of 12 South Jersey women to hit 160 feet in the javelin, and she’s 9th on the all-time South Jersey list with her 162-7.

Her 161-1 Saturday isn’t listed on World Athletics 2024 U.S. javelin rankings but should be about No. 32. But who knows how many other marks aren’t listed? The World Athletics rankings, which have always been impeccable, have been riddled with inaccuracies and omissions this year.

A few years ago, a number of South Jersey women were active at a national level, but currently only Millville graduate Leah Howard of Texas Tech and Blamon are throwing in the 160s. Howard, who threw 163-1 as a Millville senior last spring, has a 159-9 so far this spring at a meet in Lubbock, Texas.

All-Time South Jersey Alumni Javelin List
169-9 … Kelly Yanucil [Bordentown], April 29, 2006, Philadelphia
169-3 … Lynlee Phillips [Shawnee], May 5, 2000, Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
168-6 … Brielle Smith [Oakcrest], April 20, 2019, Woodbury, N.J.
168-0 … Maria Jiminez [Vineland], May 13, 2016, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
166-6 … Danielle Steff [Rancocas Valley], April 10, 2021, Lawrenceville, N.J.
166-4 … Megan Sax Vanderweyden [Pennsville], May 11, 2018, Waco, Texas
163-5 … Heather Juhring [Kingsway], March 21, 2015, Winston Salem, N.C.
163-1 … Leah Howard [Millville], April 22, 2023, Woodbury, N.J.
162-7 … Faith Blamon [Cinnaminson], May 6, 2017, Lawrenceville, N.J.
161-7 … Brenna Smith [Haddon Twp.], April 21, 2018, Durham, N.C.
161-1 … Katherine Johnston [Haddonfield], May 14, 2017, University Park, Pa.
160-4 … Alexa Gardner [Hammonton], May 26, 2022, Bloomington, Ind.

Senior Yashahya Brown, junior Jack Schuck and senior Daniel Torres were each part of two winning relay teams as the Washington Township boys won their first outright Woodbury Relays title in 25 years Saturday.

The Minutemen outscored 2nd-place Williamstown by five points, 47-42, with Atlantic County Tech 3rd with 37 points.

Washington Township shared last year’s title with Pennsauken, both with 44 points. Washington’s only previous outright team title at Woodbury came in Group 4 in 1999.

Township won the shuttle hurdles in 1:03.01 with Brown, junior Zachary Kotel, junior Joseph McAndrews and senior Aidan Ellis, the distance medley in 10:39.55 with Schuck, junior Hunter Bostwick, senior Aaron Kolosowsky and Torres [4:28.93 anchor] and the sprint medley with Brown, junior Vince Zacamy, Schuck and Torres [2:00.04 anchor].

Township also placed 2nd in the 3,200-meter relay with Bostwick, senior Patrick Lant, Kolosowsky and freshman Angelo Valentine running 8:27.53 and 6th in the 400-meter relay with Brown, Ellis, junior Javian Turpin and junior John Santos.

Senior Ajani Brown, New Jersey No. 2 in the 100 at 10.48 (behind Malachi James of Burlington), did not compete Saturday.

Williamstown swept the 4-by-2 and 4-by-4 relays, with senior Alexander Hollimon contributing legs to both teams. The 4-by-2 ran 1:30.45 and the 4-by-4 3:27.75. The Braves’ 800-meter relay is No. 7 in the state this year. Senior Harold Hill, sophomore Jasiah Gibbons and freshman Ian Israel Jr. were also on the 4-by-2 and senior Kobinah Amissah, sophomore Dominic Burgo and senior Gordon Pinnick joined Hollimon on the 4-by-4.

Atlantic County Tech won the 400-meter relay in 43.91 with sophomore J’Mar Boyer, junior Mahkel Hall, senior Gavin Caracciolo and junior Yamdry Hernandez and the 4-by-8 with senior Trisdell Scott, junior Thomas Wodazak, senior Shawn Tamanini and senior Trudale Scott.

Sophomore Charlie Owens ran on 1st-place 4-by-4 and 4-by-8 teams and Audubon won its 3rd Woodbury Relays team title in the last five years Saturday.

Audubon outscored Salem by six points, 50-44, to win the Group 2 title. Audubon also won Group 1 in 2018 and 2019. The meet wasn’t held in 2020 and 2021.

Senior Arianna Bittner, sophomore Kylie Tocco and freshman Sophia Rizzo joined Owens on the 4-by-4, which ran 4:08.62, and junior Makenna Ammon, sophomore Riley Fayer and senior Madelin Carter were on the 4-by-8, which ran 10:11.08.

The distance medley featured a nice race between Schalick and Audubon, with Schalick edging Audubon 13:03.37 to 13:06.72. Schalick anchor junior Jordan Hadfield split 5:09.96 and Fayer anchored for Audubon in 5:11.24. Hadfield and Fayer were both medalists in two events at the state indoor Group 1 meet at the Bubble in February.

Freshman Lydia Gravante, freshman Isabella Legatie and Carter ran the first three legs for Audubon on the DMR.

Bitner, junior Elizabeth Butrica, senior Emily Powers and sophomore Micayla Cary ran 1:12.62 to place 4th in the shuttle hurdles, Rizzo, senior Kira Collins, Tocco and sophomore Julianna Laxton ran 51.99 for 4th in the 400-meter relay.

Senior Grace O’Neill ran on both of Schalick’s winning relay teams. The shuttle hurdles ran 1:09.58 with senior Brooke Watt, junior Gabrielle Simonini, O’Neill and senior Katelyn Little, and senior Sophia Longo, senior Ella Shimp, O’Neil and Hadfield ran on the DMR.

Salem won the 800-meter relay in 1:48.04 and sprint medley in 4:14.49, with seniors Karima Davenport-White, Anna Buzby and Rhionna Timmons on both teams. Sophomore Anyzha Williams ran on the 4-by-2 and senior Sairis Jiminez on the sprint med.

Clayton won the 4-by-1 in 50.68 with junior Miyana Johnson, freshman Amor Stevens-Gaines, freshman Jayoni Yates and junior Leila Ortiz.

Senior Rae-Juan Gayle, senior Jackson Murry and sophomore Christopher Scott each ran on two 1st-place relay teams to lead the Willingboro boys to their 1st Woodbury Relays team championship in eight years.

Willingboro outscored 2nd-place Oakcrest 47-27, with Camden and Pleasantville one point behind with 26. It was the Chimeras’ 18th Woodbury Relays title but first since they edged Deptford 45-42 to win the 2016 Group 2 title.

Willingboro also won Group 4 in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, then Group 3 in 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1989, then back in Group 4 1990, 1991 and 1995, then Group 3 in 2002 and Group 2 in 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2016.

Senior Eric Foster, Gayle, Scott and Murry ran 42.70 to win the 400-meter relay. That’s No. 1 in the state this year. Jones, Gayle, Murry and Scott ran 1:30.95 to win the 800-meter relay. And senior Justin Green, junior Christian Bryant, junior Nasier Fields and junior Terrance Wesley won the 4-by-8 in 8:38.08

Willingboro also picked up eight points in the shuttle hurdles, with junior Jamere Brooks, sophomore Terrance Esaw, Foster and junior Somad Iyiola running 1:09.24, and in the 4-by-4, with Gayle, Murry, Fields and Iyiola running 3:26.45. Bryant, Scott, Jones and Green ran 3:49.82 for 6th place in the sprint medley.

Pleasantville’s senior Yusuf Golden, junior Melvin Lewis, junior Jermain Nelson and senior Brandon St. Martin won both the sprint medley in 3:35.71 and 1,600-meter relay in 3:25.09. Pleasantville’s SMR time is No. 5 in the state this year.

Also in Group 2, Oakcrest won the shuttle hurdles in 1:05.05 with seniors Clayton Husta, Armando Velazquez, Asmar Gibbs and Kelvin Urena, and Paul VI was 1st in the distance medley in 11:10.87 with juniors Sean Alemi, Austin Bailey and Christian Napoli and senior Will Mrozinski.

Junior Jonalee Adames, sophomore Leeya Joseph, junior Elyse Simpson and senior Cara Coppolino were all double winners, and the Sterling girls won their 4th Woodbury Relays title Saturday.

Sterling outscored 2nd-place Willingboro 49-29 to win its first Woodbury team title since winning Group 2 in 2017. Sterling also won Division B in 1985 and 1986.

Adames, Simpson and Coppolino all ran on the winning 4-by-8 and distance medley teams. The DMR team ran 13:01.72 and won the race by about 300 meters, and the 4-by-8 ran 10:07.98 and won by about 225 meter. West Deptford was 2nd in both races.

Junior Isabella Patruno was the other 4-by-8 leg and Joseph was the other DMR leg.

Joseph also anchored the winning 800-meter relay team, which ran 1:47.11. Senior Aisha Garcia, senior Ayanna Brown and sophomore Jessiah Gamble also ran on the 4-by-2.

Joseph also ran on the 2nd-place 4-by-4, which ran 4:06.62. Sophomore Jordan Frazier, Simpson and Brown also ran on the 4-by-4.

Sterling placed 3rd in the sprint medley in 4:43.67 with Garcia, Gamble, freshman Olivia Satchell and junior Amber Wilsey.

Frazier, Brown, freshman Shierra Atkins and sophokmore Jordyn Spearman ran 1:19.98 to place 4th in the shuttle hurdles, and Garcia, Joseph, Frazier and Gamble ran 53.24 for 6th in the 400-meter relay.

Willingboro won the 4-by-100 in 49.70 and 4-by-400 in 4:03.42, with freshman Maya Bolden, junior Nester Wea, sophomore Jaden Murray and sophomore Kaila Speight running on both teams.

Cinnaminson won the shuttle hurdles in 1:10.63 with junior Kellyn Coller, sophomore Jordyn Flunder, junior Naa’ilah Munson and sophomore Shiloh Moore, and Paul VI won the sprint medley in 4:27.02 with junior Anna Marie Brown, sophomore Macy Huber, junior Devin Phillips and sophomore Karla Johnson.

Delsea graduate Jason Nwosu continues to climb the William & Mary all-time discus list.

Nwosu, a sophomore, threw a lifetime-best 163-5 Friday at the Wake Forest Invitational in Winston-Salem, N.C. He had just set his PR of 161-4 a week earlier in Charlottesville, Va.

That 163-5 makes Nwosu the No. 8 performer in school history.

Nwosu missed advancing to the final and getting three more throws by 15 inches. He hit the 163-5 on his 1^stthrow and then threw 162-9 on his 2^nd, so he had the two-best throws of his life to open the competition. He fouled on his 3^rd attempt.

Nwosu also threw 55-3 3/4 and placed 6th in the shot put. He hit 55-7 on his 1st attempt before fouling on his next five. He threw his PR of 57-11 1/2 in Williamsburg earlier this month, which is No. 3 in school history.

William & Mary will not be coming to the Penn Relays this week, unfortunately, opting instead for the Virginia High Performance meet in Charlottesville next Sunday.

The discus is one of the very few events that South Jersey hasn’t excelled at with the 4.4-pound international implement.

It looks like Nwosu’s 163-5 is the best throw by a Gloucester County high school alum since Josh Awotunde, also Delsea graduate, threw 191-11 at the 2017 Penn Relays. Awotunde, the 2022 World Championship shot put silver medalist, last threw the discus at the 2018 Penn Relays.

South Jersey has only had six 180-foot throwers, as far as I can tell from my research. If you know of any others, please let me know in the comment section!

205-4… Mike Mielke [Holy Spirit], May 4, 1996
201-6 … Steve Muse [Kennedy], July 2, 1993, Edinburgh, Great Britain
197-10 … Russ Willett [Penns Grove], March 17, 1990, Nassau, Bahamas
191-11 … Josh Awotunde [Delsea], April 29, 2017, Philadelphia
185-2 … John Mooers [Mainland Reg.], April 25, 2019, Philadelphia
181-8 … Adam Hunt [Collingswood], March 18, 2022, Orlando, Fla.

Winslow’s freshman Skyhe Seamon, freshman Cinniya Robinson, sophomore Olivia Okaro and senior Dominique Clement ran the fastest 1,600-meter relay ever by a South Jersey school at the 50th annual Woodbury Relays and shattered the Group 3 meet record.

Seamon, Robinson, Okaro and Clement won the race in 3:51.53, breaking the Group 3 meet record of 3:52.39 set by Winslow’s DeAnn Cross, Torie Robinson, Ashley Oguledo and Stey’ce McNeil at the 2012 meet.

Seamon led off with a 57.27 split, Robinson ran 59.28, Okaro ran 57.49 and Clement anchored in 57.50.

Winslow’s time is No. 2 in New Jersey this year behind a Scotch Plains-based parochial school. It’s Winslow’s fastest time since a 3:50.56 to win the state Group 3 race in 2019 in Bayville with the lineup of Nicole Hood, Janeya Hammond, Rayven Rouse and Nylah Perry.

The only faster time in Woodbury Relays history was run by Columbia in Group 4 in 2013. The team of Cheyenne Tregg, Kenya Gaston, Olivia Baker and Shanika Dessein. Baker is No. 23 in U.S. history at 800 meters with her 1:58.05 in Monaco in 2022.

Timber Creek ran 3:54.01 for 2nd place with – according to the official results – the lineup of senior Naylah Jones [59.78], junior Billie Frazier [57.61], junior Ryan Jennings [59.11] and freshman Taylor Gaines [57.53]. If that order is incorrect please let me know.

Timber Creek’s 3:54.01 is No. 3 in New Jersey this year. Indoors, Timber Creek and Winslow both ran sub-3:50, 3:49.50 for Winslow and 3:49.59 for Timber Creek, both at the Millrose Games in February at the Armory.

Timber Creek had a monster sprint relay day, winning the 4-by-100 in 47.32 (No. 10 in South Jersey) and 4-by-200 in 1:40.10 (No. 6 in South Jersey history) along with its 3:54.01 in the 4-by-4.

Winslow won the Group 3 team title 54-46 over Timber Creek.

Glassboro sophomore Sunsarai Moore extended her New Jersey No. 1 mark five feet Saturday with a 130-4 throw on her final attempt at the 50th annual Woodbury Relays.

Sunsairai won the event by 12 feet over Grace O’Neill of Schalick, who threw 118-2.

Sunsairai’s previous PR was a 125-6 last weekend at the Spartan Relays at Deptford. She threw 118-8 as a freshman.

Her throw is best by a Gloucester County sophomore in 19 years, since Delsea’s Jen Frank threw 130-11 at the state Group 3 championships at Egg Harbor Township.

Moore opened with a 121-4, 126-7 and 119-2 in the trials before finishing with a 120-4 and a foul and then hitting the 130-footer on her final attempt.

All-Time Gloucester County Girls Discus List
172-2 … Jocelyn White [Delsea], 2004
161-1 … Jamine Moton [Delsea], 1997
149-3 … Tara Daniels [Kingsway], 2013
140-6 … Typhanie Bates [Williamstown], 1995
139-7 … Victoria Imbesi [Our Lady of Mercy], 2009
139-5 … Taylor Johnson [Kingsway], 2011
138-11 … Jen Frank [Delsea], 2006
138-3 … Ciara Demarest [Williamstown], 2022
136-7 … Gianni Johnson-Slater [Delsea], 2022
131-5 … Chelsea Cioffi [Pitman], 2010
130-4 … Sunsarai Moore [Glassboro], 2024
130-3 … Maylisa Bluford [Clayton], 2023
130-1 … Catriona Galvin [Pitman], 2022

All-Time South Jersey Girls Discus List
172-2 … Jocelyn White [Delsea], 2004
168-10 … Jessica Woodard [Cherokee], 2013
161-1 … Jamine Moton [Delsea], 1997
153-6 … Tisha Kerrin [Eastern], 1989
153-2 … Sylvia Galarza [Millville], 2004
149-3 … Tara Daniels [Kingsway], 2013
146-5 … Kim Warren [Atlantic City], 2006
143-3 … Mercedes Hicks [Atlantic City], 2006
143-2 … Najeaya Singleton [Vineland], 2017
140-6 … Typhanie Bates [Williamstown], 1995
140-1 … Melinda Boykin[Bridgeton], 1997
140-0 … Geri Riley [Millville], 1987
139-8 … Tomara Carmichael [Palmyra], 2016
139-7 … Victoria Imbesi [Our Lady of Mercy], 2009
139-5 … Taylor Johnson [Kingsway], 2011
139-1 … Erica Davis [Northern Burlington], 2003
138-11 … Jen Frank [Delsea], 2006
138-3 … Ciara Demarest [Williamstown], 2022
137-1 … Melinda Boykin [Bridgeton], 1996
137-0 … Brook-lynn Roberts [Winslow Twp.], 2023
136-11 … Betsy Kennedy [Delran], 2000
136-7 … Gabriel Harris-Davis [Timber Creek], 2016
136-7 … Gianni Johnson-Slater [Delsea], 2022
136-3 … Ashleigh Weems [Millville], 2012
136-3 … Cydney Thomas [Haddon Heights], 2019
136-0 … Cindy Wilks [Bridgeton], 2000
135-4 … Veronica Myricks [Willingboro], 2005
134-11 … Nacole Moore [Bridgeton], 1998
134-10 … Stacy Hinson [Lenape], 1987
134-3 … Katherine Johnson [Haddonfield], 2012
134-0 … Lillian Rivera [Pemberton], 1984
133-4 … Cheyenne Lutek [Schalick], 2012
132-3 … Sylvia Galarza [Millville], 2004
132-2 … Sherreta Butler [Camden], 1996
132-1 … Superia Ryan [Schalick], 2015
131-5 … Chelsea Cioffi [Pitman], 2010
131-4 … Jordan Wallace [Sterling], 2016
130-9 … Michaela Pomatto [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2021
130-6 … Ravin Hood [Rancocas Valley], 2019
130-3 … Prisca Blamon [Cinnaminson], 2017
130-3 … Maylisa Bluford [Clayton], 2023
130-1 …Veronica Myricks [Willingboro], 2005
130-1 … Catriona Galvin [Pitman], 2022