Timber Creek’s Naylah Jones opened her senior outdoor season with the 7th-fastest 100 time in South Jersey history.

Jones ran 11.64 at Fast Times at Cherokee High, with junior teammate Ryan Jennings 2nd in 11.93. So far, they’re the only New Jersey girls under 12 seconds. No wind information was recorded.

Jones lowered her from 10.73 from her win at the Meet of Champions at Franklin in June. She ran 6.93 indoors for 55 meters, 7th-fastest in state history, and set a South Jersey 200 record of 24.15 (later broken when Pennsauken’s Sianni Wynn ran 24.00 at the Meet of Champions).

Jones’ 11.64 is fastest by any New Jersey sprinter since Manchester’s Jada Ellis, now at Rutgers, ran 11.57 at the 2021 Meet of Champions at South Plainfield. It’s fastest by a South Jersey girl since Dennisha Page of Woodrow Wilson, now at Tennessee, ran 11.63 in the prelims of the 2019 Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington.

Jennings ran within 1-100th of a second of her PR of 11.92, which she ran at the state Group 3 meet at Delsea, where she placed 2nd to Jones.

Jones’ time is 9th-fastest ever recorded by a South Jersey alumni at 100 meters:

10.74 … English Gardner [Eastern], July 3, 2016, Eugene, Ore. [+1.0]
11.21 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], April 13, 2024, Gainesville, Fla. [+1.2]
11.27 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], April 6, 2024, Knoxville, Tenn. [+1.7]
11.29 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], April 17, 2005, Walnut, Calif. [+0.4]
11.31 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], May 14, 2017, Atlanta [+0.8]
11.32 … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], May 14, 2016, Lincoln, Neb. [+1.6]
11.36 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], May 6, 1984, Houston [+1.7]
11.52 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], May 12, 2018, Knoxville, Tenn. [+0.5]
11.64 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], April 12, 2024, Marlton [NWI]
11.65 … Shardae Anderson [Paulsboro], April 14, 2007, Chapel Hill, N.C. [+1.1]

ALL-TIME NEW JERSEY 100-METER DASH LIST
11.42 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], 1981
11.44 … Myasia Jacobs [Paramus Catholic], 2010
11.49 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
11.50 … Wendy Vereen [Trenton], 1984
11.57 … Patti Dunlap [Camden], 1979
11.57 … M’elisa Barber [Montclair], 1998
11.57 … Jada Ellis [Manchster Twp.], 2021
11.58 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
11.61 … Shavon Greaves [Lakewood], 2007
11.61 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
11.62 … Cathy Cranford [Perth Amboy], 1977
11.63 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2019
11.64 … Olivia Baker [Columbia], 2013
11.64 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
11.65 … Aleah Williams [Montclair], 1999
11.65 … Ogechi Nwaneri [Columbia], 2005
11.66 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2021
11.68 … Regina Trotter [Weequahic], 1991
11.70 … Christina Nwachuku [Kent Place], 2022

ALL-TIME SOUTH JERSEY 100-METER DASH LIST
11.42 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], 1981
11.49 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
11.57 … Patti Dunlap [Camden], 1979
11.58 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
11.61 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
11.63 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2019
11.64 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
11.66 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2021
11.71 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
11.73 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2014
11.77 … Aisha Morgan [Schalick], 1998
11.78 … Shameka Speed [Bridgeton], 2003
11.80 … Famatta Lewis [Woodrow Wilson], 2007

After initially being omitted when the Penn Relays high school shot put field was announced, Hammonton junior Anthony Liakhnovich now appears on the entry list for the world’s oldest and largest annual track meet.

The high school invitational fields for the 125th annual Penn Relays were initially announced on April 9, and Delsea junior was the only South Jersey thrower listed. Glassboro senior Damere Lassiter, who qualified with a 60-1 indoors, chose the discus instead of the shot put.

But the entry list now shows Liakhnovich added at the bottom as a 19th competitor. He’s one of three New Jersey throwers in the event. Joshua Huisman of St. Rose is the top seed with a 67-7 at the indoor Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze, and he went on to place 2nd in both indoor national meets.

Liakhnovich hadn’t thrown 50 feet before the state relays indoors in January. But he threw 56-10 ¼ in a meet at Cherokee in mid-January and then opened the outdoor season with a 59-10 at the Rebel Relays in Howell on April 6 – the first Saturday of the season and the day before the qualifying window closed.

That mark should have easily gotten Liakhnovich into Penn. He added a 61-2 in a dual meet at Oakcrest on Wednesday.

Liakhnovich’s 59-10 ¼ is No. 3 in Atlantic County history, only 18 inches off the county record of 61-4 set by Egg Harbor Township’s Kofi Yamoah at the 2013 South Jersey Invitational at Buena.

The shot put is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on Friday. The Penn Relays runs Thursday, April 18, through Saturday, April 20, at Franklin Field on the University of Pennsylvania campus in West Philadelphia.

All the throws at the Penn Relays are located across the Northeast Corridor railroad tracks on the grass fields alongside the Schuylkill Expressway south of South Street.

Pleasantville’s Nia Ali, one of the fastest hurdlers in world history, continues to focus on the sprints this spring heading into the Olympic Trials and she ran one of the fastest 100-meter dashes ever by a New Jersey high school alum this weekend in Gainesville.

Competing in the Olympic Development 100 at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational at the University of Florida’s Percy Beard Track, Ali ran a lifetime-best 11.21 with a legal 1.2 meters-per-second tailwind. Earlier, she ran the fastest 100-meter hurdles time in the world this year at 12.44 into a 0.8 meters-per-second headwind.

Ali’s 11.21 is 2nd-fastest ever by a South Jersey woman, behind only Olympic gold medalist English Gardcner’s 10.74 in Eugene in 2016. It’s also No. 5 on the all-time New Jersey list.

Her previous 100 PR was an 11.41 last month at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational at Cobb Stadium at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla. That was her first open 100-meter dash on record going back to her days at Pleasantville High School.

Ali’s 11.21 is No. 25 in the world this year and No. 14 among U.S. women. She only placed 9th racing against some of the fastest women in history. Tamari Davis and Melissa Jefferson both ran 10.94, Davis winning in 10.932 over Jefferson’s 10.935. Those are the No. 2 and 3 times in the world this year.

World No. 1 is Tennessee’s Jacious Sears, who ran 10.77 in the college 100 at the same meet. Her teammate, Woodrow Wilson graduate Dennisha Page, ran 11.27 earlier this month in a meet in Knoxville, which Ali bumped from 2nd on the all-time South Jersey list to 3rd.

Ali is now only the 5th woman in world history to run as fast as 11.21 in the 100 and 12.30 in the high hurdles. The only other U.S. woman to achieve that speedy double is Briana McNeal, the 2016 Olympic hurdles champ.

Tobi Amusan, Nigeria [11.10 (2023), 12.12 (2022)]
Ludmila Narozhilenko, Russia [11.04 (1992), 12.26 (1992)]
Briana McNeal, U.S. [11.20 (2019), 12.26 (2013)]
Sally Pearson, Australia [11.14 (2007), 12.28 (2011)]
Nia Ali, U.S. [11.21 (2024), 12.30 (2023)]

10.74 … English Gardner [Eastern], July 3, 2016, Eugene, Ore.
10.95 … Me’Lisa Barber [Montclair], May 20, 2007, Carson, Calif.
11.02 … Mikele Barber [Montclair], July 24, 2007, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
11.18 … Wenda Vereen [Trenton], July 3, 1983, Colorado Springs
11.21 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], April 13, 2024, Gainesville, Fla.
11.27 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], May 13, 2023, Bloomington, Ind.
11.29 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], April 17, 2005, Walnut, Calif.
11.31 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], May 14, 2017, Atlanta
11.32 … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], May 14, 2016, Lincoln, Neb.
11.36 … Michele Glover [Willingboro], May 6, 1984, Houston
11.38 … Sydney Hawkins [Phillipsburg], April 6, 2024, Tampa
11.52 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], May 12, 2018, Knoxville, Tenn. [+0.5]
11.65 … Shardae Anderson [Paulsboro], April 14, 2007, Chapel Hill, N.C. [+1.1]
11.66 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], June 19, 2021, South Plainfield, N.J. [+1.0]

10.74 … English Gardner [Eastern], July 3, 2016, Eugene, Ore.
10.95 … Me’Lisa Barber [Montclair], May 20, 2007, Carson, Calif.
11.02 … Mikele Barber [Montclair], July 24, 2007, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
11.18 … Wenda Vereen [Trenton], July 3, 1983, Colorado Springs
11.21 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], April 13, 2024, Gainesville, Fla.
11.29 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], April 17, 2005, Walnut, Calif.
11.30 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], May 13, 2023, Bloomington, Ind.
11.31 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], May 14, 2017, Atlanta
11.32 … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], May 14, 2016, Lincoln, Neb.

Eight South Jersey distance relays are headed to the 125th annual Penn Relays next week at Franklin Field. The qualifying window closed this past weekend.

The 12-fastest schools from four boys races and four girls races advance to the Championship of America 3,200-Meter Relays. The distance medley is a one-race final.

The Relays is scheduled for next Thursday through Saturday. Here’s the full schedule with entry lists.

Girls Distance Medley
Mainland Regional was No. 1 in the state indoors with its 12:05.28 last month at Armory Nationals. Sophomore Emma Preissman, sophomore Madison Taylor, senior Gillian Lovett and junior Sofia Day are listed as Mainland’s lineup. The girls DMR is scheduled for 5:15 p.m. on Friday.

Boys Small-School 3,200-Meter Relay
Deptford ran 8:20.77 at the indoor Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze to record its Penn Relays qualifier. Expected lineup is junior Lucius Davis, junior Sean Nieves, sophomore Anthony Schilling and senior Abu Jabbie. Deptford is in the first of two small-school races and will run at 9 a.m. on Friday.

Boys Large-School 3,200-Meter Relay 
Cherokee qualified with a 7:53.90 in a meet at Ocean Breeze in February with the lineup of senior Nick Kuenkel, senior Robert Poplau, senior Andrew Free and freshman Ben Realley ran on that 7:53.90 team. Cherokee will run in the first of two large-school races scheduled for 9:20 a.m. Friday.

Girls Small-School 3,200-Meter Relay
Haddonfield’s 9:16.28 won the Meet of Champions and was the No. 2 time in the state indoors. Ava Thomas, Anne Stolarick, Audrey Nattichia and Riley Slootsky are expected to run for Haddonfield, which runs at 9 a.m. Thursday in the first race of the three-day meet.

Girls Large-School 3,200-Meter Relay
Cherokee, Eastern, Washington Township and Winslow Township all qualified with indoor times. Eastern ran 9:22.33 at the Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze, Cherokee ran 9:37.42 at Ocean Breeze in February, Washington Township 9:49.15 at the MoC and Winslow Township 9:59.19 at the state Group 3 Relays at the Bubble.

Likely lineups are junior Megan Niglio, sophomore Maddie Meder, sophomore Alyssa Suriano and senior Kerry O’Day for Cherokee, junior Kaylee Russen, junior Rachael Wilson, sophomore Taylor Stuart and freshman Layla Beasley for Washington Township, freshman Theresa Albertson, senior Regan Bewley, sophomore Natalie Dumas and junior Samantha Osei-Kyei for Eastern, and junior Ava Millner, sophomore Olivia Okaro, freshman Tristan Hughes and freshman Cinniya Robinson for Winslow.

Eastern and Winslow are scheduled to run in the first race, scheduled for 9:23 a.m. Thursday. Cheroke and Washington Township are scheduled to race at 9:34 a.m.

Malachi James opened his 2024 season with one of the fastest sprint doubles in state history.

James, who broke Meet of Champions recores in both the 55 and 200 indoors and placed 2nd in the 200 at Armory Nationals, ran 10.40 for 100 meters and 21.13 for 200 meters Sunday at the USATF New York Youth Challenge Series Opener at Icahn Stadium on Randalls Island in Manhattan.

Both times were wind-legal, with a 1.3 meters-per-second tailwind in the 100 and a 1.6 in the 200.

The only sprinters in New Jersey history who’ve run that fast for both races are Rahway’s Danny Johnson, who ran 10.30 and 20.93 in 2001, and Franklin Township’s Mario Heslop, who ran 10.33 in 2019 and 20.74 in 2018.

Only Johnson did it at the same meet. He won the 100 and 200 at the 2001 Meet of Champions at South Plainfield with 10.30 and 20.93.

James was not pushed in either race. Second-place times were pedestrian 11.45 and 22.63. And he  ran those times without starting blocks.

James’ 100 time is No. 7 in state history and No. 3 in South Jersey history and fastest in 14 years, since Timber Creek’s Damiere Byrd ran 10.36 at South Jersey Group 3 sectionals at Egg Harbor.

His 200 time is tied for No. 7 in state history and also No. 3 in South Jersey history, behind  Olympic gold medalist Dennis Mitchell of Edgewood, who ran 21.06 at the Keebler Prep Championships in Elk Grove, Ill., in 1984, and Paul VI’s Antonio Tarantino, who ran 21.07 at

James’ previous PRs were 10.54 when he won the 2022 Meet of Champions at Franklin as a Willingboro sophomore and 21.28 when won the indoor Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze this past March.

He broke the Burlington County 100-meter dash record of 10.45 set by James Townsend of Holy Cross when he won the 2003 Meet of Champions at South Plainfield. Townsend never ran another race. He already held the Burlington County overall 200 record with that 21.28 indoors, but he officially broke the outdoor record of 21.40 sst by Lenape’s Rob Gary when he won the 100 at the 1998 state Group 4 meet at South Plainfield.

All-Time New Jersey 100-Meter Dash List
10.30 … Danny Johnson [Rahway], 2001 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
10.30 … Fitzroy Ledgister [St. Peter’s Prep], 2022 [4th, New Balance Nationals, Franklin Field, Philadelphia]
10.33 … Mario Heslop [Franklin Twp.], 2019 [1st, Central Jersey Group 4 Sectionals, Howell]
10.35 … Jamar Ervin [Camden], 2000 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
10.36 … Damiere Byrd [Timber Creek], 2010 [1st, South Jersey Group 3 Sectionals, Egg Harbor Twp.]
10.39 … Miles Shuler-Foster [Long Branch], 2010 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
10.40 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024 [1st, USATF New York Youth Challenge Series Opener, Icahn Stadium]
10.43 … Zaire Clemes [Trenton], 2013 [1st, Group 4 States, Egg Harbor Twp.]
10.45 … James Townsend [Holy Cross], 2003 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
10.45 … Mekhi Stafford [Ewing], 2023 [1st, NYC Grand Prix, New York, N.Y.]
10.46 … Adian Sanderson [Ewing], 2003 [1st, Group 3 States, Egg Harbor Twp.]
10.46 … Michael Ray Garvin [Don Bosco], 2005 [3rd, Nike Outdoor Nationals, Greensboro, N.C.]
10.47 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983 [4th, TAC U.S. Juniors, State College, Pa.]
10.47 … James Brown [Glassboro], 2009 [1st, South Jersey Group 1 Sectionals, Egg Harbor Twp.]
10.48 … Shamali Whittle [Nottingham], 2021 [1st (trials), Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
10.48 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024 [1st, Fast Times at Cherokee High, Marlton]
10.49 … Maxwell Booker [Essex Catholic], 2000 [Trials, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
10.49 … Jonathan Taylor [Salem], 2017 [1st, South Jersey Group 1 Sectionals, Egg Harbor Twp.]
10.50 … Dana Ridley [Hamilton North], 2019 [1st, Central Jersey Group 3 Sectionals, Jackson Liberty]
10.50 … Fabian France [Bergen Catholic], 2022 [2nd, Parochial A States, Middletown North]
10.50 … Maxim Rychkov [Robbinsville], 2024 [2nd, Fast Times at Cherokee High, Marlton]

All-Time South Jersey 100-Meter Dash List
10.35 … Jamar Ervin [Camden], 2000
10.36 … Damiere Byrd [Timber Creek], 2010
10.40 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024
10.45 … James Townsend [Holy Cross], 2003
10.47 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
10.47 … James Brown [Glassboro], 2009
10.48 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024
10.49 … Jonathan Taylor [Salem], 2017
10.54 … Fabian Santiago [Oakrest], 2010
10.54 … Malachi James [Willingboro], 2022
10.55 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2002
10.55 … Evan Corcoran [Kingsway], 2022
10.57 … Jamil Benjamin [Cumberland Regional], 2006
10.57 … Geoff Navaro [Absegami], 2008
10.58 … Anthony Miles [Winslow Twp.], 2003
10.58 … James Burrus [Moorestown], 2022
10.60 … Marquis Bonds [Millville], 2007
10.60 … Shawney Kersey [Woodbury], 2009
10.60 … Thomas Hampton [Clayton], 2019

All-Time New Jersey 200-Meter Dash List
20.55 … Shamali Whittle [Nottingham], 2022 [CVC Showdown #3, Hamilton West]
20.74 … Mario Heslop [Franklin], 2018 [1st, Meet of Champions, Northern Burlington]
20.93 … Danny Johnson [Rahway], 2001 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
21.03 … Zamir Thomas [Snyder], 2011 [1st, Meet of Champions, Old Bridge]
21.03 … Dana Ridley [Hamilton North], 2019 [2nd, Meet of Champions, Northern Burlington]
21.06 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1984 [2nd, Keebler Prep, Elk Grove, Ill.]
21.06 … Antonio Tarantino [Paul VI], 2018 [ 4th, New Balance Nationals, Greensboro, N.C.]
21.13 … Jabrill Peppers [Paramus Catholic], 2013 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
21.13 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024 [1st, USATF New York Youth Challenge Series Opener, Icahn Stadium]
21.14 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 2004 [1st, State Group 4, Egg Harbor Twp.]
21.17 … Richie Luzzi-Liggins [St. Peter’s Prep], 2019 [3rd, Meet of Champions, Northern Burlington]
21.22 … Maxwell Booker [Essex Catholic], 2000 [2nd, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
21.23 … Shaquan Brown [Paterson Kennedy], 2005 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
21.23 … Xavier Donaldson [Seton Hall Prep], 2023 [1st, Parochial A, Franklin]
21.25 … Bryant McCombs [Old Bridge], 2005 [1st, Greater Middlex County, South Plainfield]
21.27 … Charles Cox [Monmouth Reg.], 2007 [1st, Monmouth County, Neptune]
21.27 … Nigel Mitchell {Red Bank Reg.], 2019 [1st, Group 3, States, Central Reg.]
21.29 … Zyaire Clemes [Trenton], 2013 [2nd, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
21.29 … Fitzroy Ledgister [St. Peter’s Prep], 2022 [1st, Parochial A States, Middletown North]
21.30 … Ty Adams [Monmouth Reg.], 1993 [21.34 state Group 3, SP]
21.30 … Lamar Grant [Jackson], 1996 [1st, Group 4 States, South Plainfield]
21.30 … Taylor McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2015 [1st, Union County, Plainfield
21.30 … Jahmir Beasely [Sterling], 2019 [4th, Meet of Champions, Northern Burlington]
21.31 … Michael Ray Garvin [Don Bosco], 2005 [2nd, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
21.31 … Clayton Parros [Seton Hall Prep], 2009 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
21.31 … Miles Shuler-Foster [Long Branch], 2011 [2nd, Meet of Champions, Old Bridge]
21.31 … Jessie Ledgister [Montclair], 2021 [1st, North 1 Group 4 Sectionals, Clifton]
21.35 … Kerone Rhoden [Red Bank Reg.], 2007 [2nd, Monmouth County, Neptune]
21.35 … Daniel Duncan [North Plainfield], 2019 [1st, Group 2 States, Central Regional]
21.36 … Isaiah Gill [Plainfield], 2008 [2nd, Group 4 States, Egg Harbor Twp.]
21.39 … Akeem Gauntlett [Abraham Clark], 2008 [1st, Central Jersey Group 2 Sectionals, Monmouth Reg.]
21.39 … Martin Booker [Pennsauken], 2017 [1st, Central Jersey Group 3 Sectionals, Bernards]
21.40 … Rob Gary [Lenape], 1998 [1st, Group 4 States, South Plainfield]
21.40 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001 [2nd, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
21.40 … Jamaad Muse [Timber Creek], 2012 [1st, Camden County, Haddon Township]
21.40 … Joshua Babe [Morris Hills], 2022 [1st, NJAC Large Schools, Morris Hills]
21.40 … Rajahn Dixon [Eastern], 2023 [1st, Camden County Championships, Haddon Township]

All-Time South Jersey 200-Meter Dash List
21.06 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
21.07 … Antonio Tarantino [Paul VI], 2018
21.13 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024
21.14 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 2004
21.30 … Jahmir Beasley [Sterling], 2019
21.39 … Martin Booker Jr. [Pennsauken], 2017
21.40 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991
21.40 … Rob Gary [Lenape], 1998
21.40 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
21.40 … Jamaad Muse [Timber Creek], 2012
21.41 … Dorian Bryant [Kingsway], 2002
21.41 … T.J. Johnson [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2010
21.43 … Barry Cephas [Winslow Twp.], 2008
21.46 … Brondon Jenkins [Delran], 1994
21.46 … Sabli Gonnet [Eastern], 2007
21.47 … Curtis McIntyre [Bridgeton], 1992

James moved into the No. 8 spot on the all-time South Jersey alumni list with the fastest 100 by any South Jersey high school graduate since Damiere Byrd ran his 10.36 at the 2011 Meet of Champions in Old Bridge. His 200 time is No. 15 on the all-time South Jersey list.

All-Time South Jersey Alumni 100-Meter Dash List
9.86 … Carl Lewis [Willingboro], Aug. 25, 1991, Tokyo
9.91 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], Sept. 7, 1996, Milan, Italy
10.27 … Barry Douglas [Willingboro], May 4, 1996, Fairfax, Va.l
10.32 … John Stone [Mainland Reg.], April 15, 2000, Charlotte, N.C.
10.35 … Jamar Ervin [Camden], June 7, 2000, Piscataway, N.J.
10.36 … Damiere Byrd [Timber Creek], June 9, 2011, Old Bridge, N.J.
10.38 … Jamil Benjamin [Cumberland Reg.], May 18, 2007, Coffeyville, Kan.
10.40 … Malachi James [Burlington City], April 14, 2024, New York, N.Y.
10.42 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], May 15, 2005, Columbus, Ohio [1.3]
10.42 … Anwar Moore [Camden], June 11, 2005, Genève (SUI)
10.45 … James Townsend [Holy Cross], June 5, 2003, South Plainfield, N.J. [1.2]

All-Time South Jersey Alumni 200-Meter Dash List
19.75 … Carl Lewis [Willingboro], June 19, 1983, Indianapolis
20.09 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], June 2, 1989, Provo, Utah
20.61… John Stone [Mainland Reg.], May 22, 1999, Atlanta [-0.4]
20.64 … Bruce Owens [Deptford], May 29, 2010, Greensboro, N.C. [1.1]
20.83 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], May 7, 2005, Columbus, Ohio
20.88 … Kevin Holloway [Palmyra], April 21, 1979, Bloomington, Ind.
20.90 … Jack Pierce [Woodbury], May 23, 1984, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
20.91 … Jah’mere Beasley [Sterling], May 26, 2022, Geneva, Ohio [1.9]
20.97 … Matt Rose [Bordentown], May 24, 1987, Villanova, Pa.
21.05 … Robert Hargrove [Vineland], May 25, 2002, St. Paul, Minn. [0.9]
21.07 … Antonio Tarantino [Paul VI], June 17, 2018, Greensboro, N.C.
21.08 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], Aug. 23, 1996, Brussels, Belgium
21.11 … Anwar Moore [Camden], April 15, 2006, Chapel Hill, N.C.
21.12 … Antonio Abney [Willingboro], April 16, 2011, Greensboro, N.C. [1.5]
21.13 … Malachi James [Burlington City], April 14, 2024, New York, N.Y.
21.21 … Damiere Byrd [Timber Creek], May 5, 2012, Clemson, S.C.
21.25 … Barry Douglas [Willingboro], May 6, 2000, Fairfax, Va.
21.25 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], Feb. 5, 2024, Staten Island, N.Y.
21.30 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], April 18, 2015, Baton Rouge, La.

Nice 400 PR Sunday at Bucknell from Michael Mazero, a Cornell sophomore from Mullica Hill and Paul VI.

Mazero ran 47.89 to win the second section of the 400-meter dash at the Bucknell Bison Outdoor Classic at Christy Mathewson Memorial Stadium in Lewisburg, Pa., and his time held up for 5th-fastest overall out of nearly 100 runners in 15 sections.

Mazero’s previous PR was a 48.03 last April in a meet on his home track in Ithaca, N.Y. His 47.89 is No. 10 in the Ivy League so far this year.

Seven of the eight-fastest times came from the first heat. Mazero bumped all but the first four runners in the fast heat.

At Paul VI, Mazero ran 48.52 for 4th place at the 2021 Meet of Champions in South Plainfield.

Jason Nwosu from Delsea continued his assault on the William and Mary record book this weekend with a personal-best in the discus a week after he recorded a PR in the shot and a few weeks after a PR in the hammer.

Competing at the Virginia Grand Prix at the University of Virginia’s Lannigan Field in Charlottesville, Nwosu on Saturday placed 2nd in the discus with a 161-4 on his 3rd throw. His previous PR was a 157-10 last April in a meet at High Point, N.C.

The 161-4 moves him up from No. 11 to No. 8 on the all-time William and Mary performance list.

Nwosu also placed 3rd in the shot put with a 57-0 throw, which is less than a foot from his PR of 57-11 ¾ from last weekend at the Colonial Relays at his home facility in Williamsburg, Va. The 57-11 ¾ ranks 3rd in school history.

He also took 7th in the hammer throw at 179-10, just two feet off his PR of 181-11 from three weeks ago at a meet at Christopher Newport in Newport News, Va. That’s No. 11 in school history.

Nwosu is one inch off the William & Mary all-time top-10 in the hammer. If he throws 182-0, he’ll join Taylor Frenia [60-2 ½, 192-7, 191-11] and [K.J. Cook 57-0, 186-1, 215-8] as only the 3rd thrower ranked in the top-10 in school history in the shot, disc and hammer.

Pleasantville’s Nia Ali ran the fastest 100-meter hurdles time in the world this year Saturday in Gainesville, Fla.

Ali, the 2016 Olympic silver medalist and 2019 world champion, ran 12.44 to win the highs at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational at Percy Beard Track on the University of Florida campus.

That’s her 7th-fastest time ever.

She edged Tonea Marshal, the runner-up to Ali at last year’s U.S. Championships in Eugene. Marshal’s 12.45 is No. 2 in the world this year.

In the trials, Marshal edged Ali, with both timed in 12.47 – Marshall was 12.466 and Ali 12.470. That was the 2nd-fastest time Ali has ever run that wasn’t in a final. She ran 12.43 in the semis at nationals in Eugene last summer.

Ali ranks 9th in world history with her 12.30 in Monaco this past July. That’s also No. 3 in U.S. history

All of Nia Ali’s sub-12.50 100-Meter Hurdles Times
12.30 … Herculis Diamond League [f], Fontvielle, Monaco, July 21, 2023
12.34 … World Championships [f], Doha, Qatar, Oct. 6, 2019 [1st]
12.37 … U.S. Championships, [f], Eugene, Ore., July 8, 2023 [1st]
12.38 … Memorial Kamila Skolimowska Diamond League, Stadion Śląski [f], Chorzów, Poland, July 16, 2023 [3rd]
12.41 … Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix [f], Székesfehérvár, Hungary, July 18, 2023 [2nd]
12.43 … U.S. Championships [sf], Eugene, Ore., July 8, 2023 [—]
12.44 … World Championships [sf], Doha, Qatar, Oct. 6, 2019 [—]
12.44 … Tom Jones Memorial Invitational [f], Gainesville, Fla., April 12, 2024 [1st]
12.47 … Tom Jones Memorial Invitational [sf], Gainesville, Fla., April 12, 2024 [—]
12.48 … U.S. Championships [f], Des Moines, Iowa, June 22, 2013 [3rd]
12.49 … U.S. Championships [sf], Eugene, Ore., June 25, 2022 [—]
12.49 … World Championships [sf], Budapest, Hungary, Aug. 23, 2023 [—]

Big day at the Moorestown Relays for Riverside senior Jamir Brown, who won the 100-meter hurdles in 14.34 and the long jump at 22-0.

Brown’s previous hurdles PR was a 14.66 as a sophomore competing for Delran when he placed 2nd at the state Group 2 meet at Franklin. He missed his long jump PR of 22-0 ¾ from last weekend’s Don Danser Relays at Rancocas Valley by less than an inch.

The 14.34 is fastest by a New Jersey Group 1 hurdler since 2019, when Palmyra’s Sam Aviles ran 14.07 at the Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington.

It’s No. 3 so far this spring in South Jersey, behind Washington Township’s Yashahya Brown [14.12] and Williamstown’s Alexander Hollimon [14.25] from Fast Times at Cherokee on Saturday.

Brown’s 22-0 ¾ from last weekend is the top long jump in South Jersey this year.

Brown was the No. 2 sophomore intermediate hurdler in New Jersey at 54.52 from West Philly Nationals as a Delran sophomore, but he hasn’t run a 400IH since that race nearly two years ago.

Washington Township senior Ajani Dwyer ran the 6th-fastest 100-meter dash in South Jersey history Saturday at Fast Times at Cherokee High.

Dwyer edge Robbinsville’s Maxim Rychkov by 2-100ths of a second, Dwyer in 10:48 and Rychkov in 10.50.

Dwyer was a 1st-time sprinter last spring but only competed in a handful of meets and missed sectionals, states and the Meet of Champions. He ran 10.60 to win the Gloucester County title in Deptford and also had a 200 best of 21.47.

Indoors, he ran a state-record 6.18 for 55 meters and a South Jersey-record 20.25 for 200 meters but again missed the end of the season with an injjury.

Three other sprinters ran sub-11 – Washington Township junior John Santos was 3rd in 10.91, Cherokee senior Ryan Bender 4th in 10.94 and Washington Township senior Yashahya Brown – the state hurdles record holder indoors – was 5th in 10.96.

There was no wind reading taken in his race, so some performance lists may not include his performance.

Dwyer’s time is No. 15 in state history and 1-100th of a second off the Gloucester County record of 10.47 set 15 years ago by Glassboro’s James Brown at the 2009 South Jersey Group 1 sectionals at Egg Harbor Township.

It’s fastest by a South Jersey sprinter in 14 years, since Timber Creek’s Damiere Byrd ran 10.36 at the 2010 South Jersey Group 3 sectionals, also at Egg Harbor Township.

All-Time New Jersey 100-Meter Dash List
10.30 … Danny Johnson [Rahway], 2001 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
10.30 … Fitzroy Ledgister [St. Peter’s Prep], 2022 [4th, New Balance Nationals, Franklin Field, Philadelphia]
10.33 … Mario Heslop [Franklin Twp.], 2019 [1st, Central Jersey Group 4 Sectionals, Howell]
10.35 … Jamar Ervin [Camden], 2000 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
10.36 … Damiere Byrd [Timber Creek], 2010 [1st, South Jersey Group 3 Sectionals, Egg Harbor Twp.]
10.39 … Miles Shuler-Foster [Long Branch], 2010 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
10.43 … Zaire Clemes [Trenton], 2013 [1st, Group 4 States, Egg Harbor Twp.]
10.45 … James Townsend [Holy Cross], 2003 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
10.45 … Mekhi Stafford [Ewing], 2023 [1st, NYC Grand Prix, New York, N.Y.]
10.46 … Adian Sanderson [Ewing], 2003 [1st, Group 3 States, Egg Harbor Twp.]
10.46 … Michael Ray Garvin [Don Bosco], 2005 [3rd, Nike Outdoor Nationals, Greensboro, N.C.]
10.47 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983 [4th, TAC U.S. Juniors, State College, Pa.]
10.47 … James Brown [Glassboro], 2009 [1st, South Jersey Group 1 Sectionals, Egg Harbor Twp.]
10.48 … Shamali Whittle [Nottingham], 2021 [1st (trials), Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
10.48 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024 [1st, Fast Times at Cherokee High, Marlton]
10.49 … Maxwell Booker [Essex Catholic], 2000 [Trials, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
10.49 … Jonathan Taylor [Salem], 2017 [1st, South Jersey Group 1 Sectionals, Egg Harbor Twp.]
10.50 … Dana Ridley [Hamilton North], 2019 [1st, Central Jersey Group 3 Sectionals, Jackson Liberty]
10.50 … Fabian France [Bergen Catholic], 2022 [2nd, Parochial A States, Middletown North]
10.50 … Maxim Rychkov [Robbinsville], 2024 [2nd, Fast Times at Cherokee High, Marlton]

All-Time South Jersey 100-Meter Dash List
10.35 … Jamar Ervin [Camden], 2000
10.36 … Damiere Byrd [Timber Creek], 2010
10.45 … James Townsend [Holy Cross], 2003
10.47 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
10.47 … James Brown [Glassboro], 2009
10.48 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024
10.49 … Jonathan Taylor [Salem], 2017
10.54 … Fabian Santiago [Oakrest], 2010
10.54 … Malachi James [Willingboro], 2022
10.55 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2002
10.55 … Evan Corcoran [Kingsway], 2022
10.57 … Jamil Benjamin [Cumberland Regional], 2006
10.57 … Geoff Navaro [Absegami], 2008
10.58 … Anthony Miles [Winslow Twp.], 2003
10.58 … James Burrus [Moorestown], 2022
10.60 … Marquis Bonds [Millville], 2007
10.60 … Shawney Kersey [Woodbury], 2009
10.60 … Thomas Hampton [Clayton], 2019