YASHAHYA BROWN TAKES 2ND IN HURDLES AT BOSTON NATIONALS WITH #16 TIME IN U.S. HISTORY!!!!!!!!

Washington Township senior Yashahya Brown ran one of the fastest times in U.S. history and placed 2nd in the 60-meter hurdles Sunday afternoon at Boston Nationals at the TRACK.

Brown ran 7.65 and finished just 4-100ths of a second behind Bradley Franklin of Thompson High in Alabaster, Ala.

His time is 16th-fastest in U.S. history. Franklin’s 7.65 is 9th-fastest.

Brown, the New Jersey state record holder in the 55 hurdles with his 7.06 at South Jersey Group sectionals at the Bubble, ran just 2-100ths of a second off the state record in the 60 hurdles held by Cory Poole of East Orange, who ran 7.63 at 2017 Armory Nationals (which is the same meet as this year’s Boston Nationals).

He broke the hallowed Gloucester County record of 7.73 set in 1997 by Delsea’s Sultan Tucker at 1997 Nationals at the Reggie Lewis Center in Brighton, Mass. – where Brown ran Saturday in the trials. At the time, Tucker’s 7.73 was No. 4 in U.S. history.

Brown earned All-America honors twice Sunday, first leading Washington Township to a 6th-place finish in the shuttle hurdles and then in the championship hurdles.

It’s been a remarkable season for Brown, who ran 7.80 last year and placed 7th at nationals at 60 meters and ran 7.22 and won the Meet of Champions at 55 meters.

This year, he lowered his 55 hurdles time to 7.06, 7th-fastest in U.S. history, smashed the Meet of Champions record with a 7.18 and even ran 6.44 in the flat 55-meter dash, 8th-fastest in New Jersey this year.

Outdoors, Brown will chase the South Jersey 110-meter hurdles record of 13.40, set last year by Nathaniel Rayan of Scotch Plains-Fanwood at USATF Under-20 Championships in Eugene. It was Rayan that Brown beat to win last year’s indoor Meet of Champions.

The South Jersey 110-meter hurdles record is Sincere Rhea’s 13.51 at 2019 Greensboro Nationals. Tucker set the Gloucester County record of 13.66 when he won the 1997 Meet of Champions at South Plainfield. Brown’s PR in the 110 highs is 13.82 from last year’s West Philly Nationals.

ALL-TIME U.S. 60-METER HURDLES LIST
7.40 … Trey Cunningham [Winfield (Ala.) City.], 2017
7.53 … Grant Holloway [Grassfield, Chesapeake, Va.], 2016
7.57 … Donovan Robertson [Midpark, Brea, Ohio], 2016
7.59 … Ayden Owens [North Allegheny, Wexford, Pa.], 2018
7.59 … Abdoul Sy Savane [Parkview, Lilburn Ga.], 2023
7.59 … Chad Zallow [JFK, Warren, Ohio], 2015
7.60 … Wayne Davis [Southeast, Raleigh, N.C.], 2009
7.61 … Kurt Powdar [Oscar Smith, Chesapeake, Va.], 2019
7.61 … Bradley Franklin [Thompson, Alabaster, Ala.], 2024
7.62 … Ricky Harris [Centerville, Clifton, Va.]. 2000
7.62 … Terrance Trammell [Southwest Dekalb, Decatur, Ga.], 1997
7.62 … Deworski Odom [Overbrook, Philadelphia], 1995
7.63 … Cory Poole [East Orange], 2017
7.64 … Damon Thomas [Northeast, Oakland Park, Fla.], 2017
7.64 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine, Buena Vista Township], 2019
7.65 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2024
7.66 … Braxton Canady [Paxon School for Advanced Studies, Jacksonville, Fla.], 2016
7.66 … Eric Edwards [Langham Creek, Houston], 2018
7.67 … Michael Hancock [George Washington, Denver], 2008
7.68 … Thavius Nelson [Troup County, LaGrange, Ga.], 1996
7.69 … Marcus Krah [Hillside, Durham, N.C.], 2016

ALL-TIME N.J. 60-METER HURDLES LIST
7.63 … Cory Poole [East Orange Campus], 2017
7.64 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
7.65 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2024
7.73 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 1997
7.74 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2024
7.79 … Nathaniel Rayan [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 2023
7.85 … Chris Serrao [East Brunswick], 2022
7.87 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], 2002
7.88 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
7.90 … Corey Nelms [Neptune], 2006
7.90 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], 2012
7.94 … Anthony Acklin [Triton], 2001
7.94 … Ihmir Marsette [Weequahic], 2017
7.94 … Akeem Lindo [East Orange Campus], 2017

ALL-TIME S.J. 60-METER HURDLES LIST
7.64 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
7.65 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2024
7.73 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 1997
7.74 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2023
7.87 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], 2002
7.88 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
7.90 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], 2012
7.94 … Anthony Acklin [Triton], 2001
7.95 … Herb Reid [Lenape], 2000
7.96 … Danyne Brown. [Camden], 1999
7.97 … Alexander Hollimom [Williamstown], 2024

MALACHI JAMES RACES TO 2ND PLACE IN 60-METER DASH AT ARMORY NATIONALS!!!!!!!!

Malachi James came within 3-100ths of a second of winning his first national title Sunday but earned All-America honors with a 2nd-place finish in the 60-meter dash at Armory  Nationals in New York.

James ran 6.79 and finished just behind Cordial Vann of Heritage High in Frisco, Texas., who ran 6.76.

James, Cole Isaac Cramer of Southern Regional and Demare Dezeurn of Alemany High in Mission Hills, Calif., were all timed in 6.79, but James got 2nd on a comparison of times broken down to thousands of a second. James ran 6.781, Cramer 6.785 and Dezeurn 6.789.

James’ performance caps a brilliant season that saw him bounce back after missing nearly a year of action with injuries. He ran 6.71 for 60 meters at Ocean Breeze – No. 3 in state history – and 6.22 in the 55, a Meet of Champions record and No. 2 in state history. He also broke the M-of-C record in the 200 with his 21.28, No. 6 in state history.

James is up next in the 200-meter dash final at 2:53 p.m.

Peyton Shute blasts 2nd-fastest mile in South Jersey history at Boston Nationals!!!!!!

Woodbury senior Peyton Shute ran the 2nd-fastest mile in South Jersey history Sunday morning at Boston Nationals at the TRACK.

Shute ran 4:11.45, just missing the South Jersey record of 4:11.42 set by Ocean City’s Miles Schoedler at the Brooks PR Invitational in Seattle in February 2011.

https://flashresults.com/2024_Meets/Indoor/03-07_NBIN/205-1-08.htm

Shute’s time is No. 17 in state history and 2nd-fastest ever by a Group 1 runner, behind only Drew Maher’s 4:11.10 for Shore Regional at 2018 Armory Nationals (which was the same meet as this year’s Boston Nationals).

Shute was out in 61.87 and 2:04.78 and came through three-quarters of a mile in 3:07.65. He was 2nd in his heat to Colin Eckerman of Webb School of Knoxville, Tenn., who ran 4:08.84 and wound up 8th.

Clay Shively of Trinity Academy in Wichita won the rae in 4:00.47, breaking the meet record of 4:02.25 set last year by Jackson Heidesch of Dowling Catholic in Des Moines, Iowa. Shively’s time is 8th-fastest indoors in high school history.

High School All-Time Indoor Top 10s — Boys

Shute broke the Gloucester County indoor record of 4:12.79 set by Kingsway’s Kyle Rakitis at 2022 Ocean Breeze Nationals (which is now Armory Nationals).

Shute’s previous PR was 4:13.36 last month at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational also in Boston but at Boston University. He ran 4:12.13 outdoors last spring at West Philly Nationals.

All-Time New Jersey Indoor Mile List
4:02.21 … Edward Cheserek [St. Benedict’s] 2013
4:04.05 … Collin Boler [Delbarton], 2023
4:04.60 … Marco Langon [Bridgewater-Raritan], 2022
4:06.60 … Vince Cartier [Scotch Plains], 1972
4:06.93 … Jackson Barna [Ridge], 2022
4:07.22 … Shane Brosnan [Union Catholic], 2022
4:08.0 ….. Kevin Byne [Paramus Catholic], 1977
4:09.55 … Sean Dolan [Hopewell Valley], 2019
4:10.14 … Colin Daly [River Dell], 2016
4:10.19 … William Daly [River Dell], 2016
4:10.43 … Chris Marco [Toms River South] 2013
4:10.64 … Brandon Tubby [Hillsborough], 2016
4:11.10 … Drew Maher [Shore Regional], 2018
4:11.3 ….. Joe Savage [Roselle Cath.], 1970
4:11.3 ….. John Carlotti [Bernards], 1983
4:11.42 … Miles Schoedler [Ocean City], 2011
4:11.45 … Peyton Shute [Woodbury], 2024
4:12.29 … Rob Napolitano [Red Bank Catholic], 2013
4:12.31 … Robby Andrews [Manalapan], 2009
4:12.43 … Pat Schellberg [Delbarton], 2010
4:12.49 … Brett Johnson [Ocean City], 2009
4:12.63 … Ben Malone [Pascack Valley], 2013
4:12.69 … Matt Mitchell [CBA], 1988
4:12.79 … Kyle Rakitis [Kingsway], 2022
4:13.11 … Brian Boler [Delbarton], 2023
4:13.2 ….. Marty Liquori [Essex Cath.], 1967
4:13.36 … Luke Petela [Haddon Twp.], 2015
4:13.36 … Myles Plummer [Union Catholic], 2022
4:13.40 … Greg Pelose [Haddonfield], 2016
4:13.66 … Chris Romero [Voorhees], 2018
4:13.73 … Michah Lawson [Rahwah], 2024
4:13.88 … Jim Rosa [West Windsor North], 2011
4:13.92 … Luke Schagelin [Morris Knolls], 2024
4:13.95 … D.J. Thornton [Union Cath.], 2010
4:14.31 … Bob Keino [Ridgewood], 1994
4:14.31 … Bryan Scotland [St. Benedict’s], 2005
4:14.4 ….. Roger Jones [Ramsey], 1977
4:14.60 … Devin Hart [Point Pleasant Boro], 2019
4:14.6 ….. Chris Elliot [Ramapo], 1970
4:14.7 ….. Fred Geiger [Roselle Cath.], 1970
4:14.7 ….. Bryan Spoonire [Asbury Park], 1991
4:14.9 ….. Harry Kronick [Franklin Twp.], 1972
4:14.9 ….. Chris Inman [Essex Cath.], 1972
4:14.92 … Steve Schadler [Bergenfield], 1984

All-Tine South Jersey Indoor Mile List
4:11.42 … Miles Schoedler [Ocean City], 2011
4:11.45 … Peyton Shute [Woodbury], 2024
4:12.49 … Brett Johnson [Ocean City], 2009
4:12.79 … Kyle Rakitis [Kingsway], 2022
4:13.36 … Luke Petela [Haddon Twp.], 2015
4:13.40 … Greg Pelose [Haddonfield], 2016
4:15.16 … Marc Pelerin [Cherokee], 2002
4:15.35 … Stone Caraccio [Kingsway], 2020
4:15.5 … Marty Ludwikowski [Cherry Hill West], 1975
4:16.01 … Chris Platt [Haddonfield], 2003

Malachi James cruises into 60-meter dash final at New York Nationals!!!!!!

Malachi James advanced to the 60-meter dash final at New York Nationals with a 6.82 in Sunday morning’s semifinals at the Armory.

James is No. 3 in state history with his 6.71 at the Ocean Breeze Invitational in February. Timber Creek’s Damere Byrd and Franklin Township’s Mario Heslop share the state record of 6.70, Byrd in 2011 and Heslop in 2019.

The five-fastest qualifiers all ran between 6.77 and 6.82, with Cordial Vann of Heritage High in Frisco, Texas, leading the way with that 6.77. Southern Regional’s Cole Isaac Cramer, who was 2nd to James in the Meet of Champions 55, was 2nd-fastest qualifier at 6.79.

The 60 final is scheduled for 12:39 p.m., and then James will race in the 200-meter dash final at 2:53 p.m.

 

Winslow’s Tionna Tobias earns All-America honors for Iowa in long jump at NCAA Championships!!!!!!

Tiona Tobias earned 2nd-team All-America honors in the long jump Saturday with her performance at NCAA Division 1 Nationals in Boston.

Tobias, a Winslow graduate native who’s a senior at Iowa, jumped 20-9, only 3 ½ inches off her lifetime-best 21-0 ½ from last month at a meet in Albuquerque.

She was the No. 15 seed going into the competition, so she jumped well above her seeding.

Tobias came close to also qualifying in both the 60-meter hurdles (she was 26th at 8.17) and pentathlon (she was 24th at 4,049 points). She reached NCAAs last spring in the heptathlon after scoring 5,640 points to win the Big Ten title.

Tobias only got in three legal jumps but they were all outstanding – the 20-9 was on her 1st attempt, then she went 20-8 on her 2nd and 20-7 on her 4th.

Outdoors, Tobias has PRs of 13.11 in the 100-meter hurdles, 20-9 ¼ in the long jump (with a 20-2 ¼ wind-legal PR) and 5-7 ¼ in the high jump as well as her 5,640 in the heptathlon.

Iowa is scheduled to open its outdoor season Friday at the Southern Florida Alumni Invitational in Tampa.

Paul VI’s Aliya Garozzo earns All-America honors after anchoring Penn’s 4×4 at NCAAs!!!!!!

Aliya Garozzo earned 2nd-team All-America honors Saturday with her anchor leg on Penn’s 1,600-meter relay team at NCAA Division 1 nationals in Boston.

Garozzo, a Sicklerville native who attended Paul VI, ran 52.65, and Penn placed 9th in 3:31.82 at the TRACK.

Penn had run an Ivy League-record 3:29.86 last month in a meet at Clemson but ran Saturday with a substitute leg because one of the regulars was injured.

According to the history page on Penn’s women’s track web site, this is the first time the Quakers have ever qualified for the 4-by-4 at indoor nationals, although it looks like nobody has bothered updating the site since 2020. Nice job by Penn’s sports information department. Maybe they’ll get around to it one of these years!

In any case, Garozzo’s specialty outdoors is the 400-meter hurdles, and she ranks 5th in Penn history at 59.76 when she placed 2nd at the 2022 Ivy League Championships in New Haven. She’s won Ivy League titles at 500 meters in 2023 and in the 60-meter hurdles last month.

Penn’s outdoor opener is March 23 in the Penn Challenge at Franklin Field.

Liliah Gordon runs 6th-fastest 5,000 in New Jersey history at Armory Nationals!!!!!!

Northern Burlington junior Liliah Gordon ran the 6th-fastest indoor 5,000-meter time in state history Saturday night at Armory Nationals in New York.

Gordon ran 17:02.44 – fastest by any New Jersey runner in six years – in an insanely paced race that saw Gordon go through 1,600 meters in 5:07 and 3,200 meters in 10:43 – a time that only five New Jersey girls ran this year and only 23 South Jersey girls have ever run. Gordon’s two-mile PR was 10:41 until two weeks ago and she came through the 32 only two seconds slower!

Gordon ran 17:26.55 last year and placed 3rd. She ran 24 seconds faster this year and placed 7th.

Gordon became the first New Jersey girl ever to run 10:26, 4:57 and 17:02 indoors. Cherokee’s Megan Lacy, Sarah DiSanza of High Point and Charlotte Bednar of Lawrenceville School did it either outdoors or a combination of indoors and outdoors.

Elizabeth Leachman, a sophomore at Champion High in Boerne, Texas, won the race in 15:28.90 and broke the national high school record of 15:37.12 set in 2018 by Katelyn Tuohy of North Rockland High in Thiells, N.Y., in a meet in Lynchburg, Va. Leachman’s time makes her the No. 18 U.S. woman this year – of any age – and No. 3 under-20 runner in the world.

Gordon’s time is No. 3 in South Jersey history, behind Cherokee’s Megan Lacy, who ran 16:49.00 at 2012 Armory Nationals, and Olympian Marielle Hall of Haddonfield, who ran 16:55.69 at 2010 Armory Nationals.

She’s New Jersey’s fastest in an indoor 5,000 since Monica Hebner of Northern Highlands ran 16:53.91 at 2018 Armory Nationals.

The South Jersey outdoor 5,000 record is 16:50.75 by Lacy at the 2011 Larry Ellis Invitational at Princeton and nobody else has run under 17:07, so Gordon’s time makes her the 3rd-fastest South Jersey girl indoors or outdoors.

This winter, Gordon ran 10:26.49 for 3,200 meters and placed 2nd in the Meet of Champions and also 4:57.28 for a full mile, 9th-fastest in South Jersey history.

Including indoor and outdoor times, Gordon’s time is 11th-fastest in state history. The combined list is below.

All-Time New Jersey Sub-18 5,000-Meter List
16:43.02 … Briana Jackucewicz [Colts Neck], 2009
16:49.00 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2012
16:53.91 … Monica Hebner [Northern Highlands], 2018
16:55.69 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
16:57.99 … Mackenzie Barry [Mendham], 2013
17:02.44 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2024
17:02.78 … Sarah DiSanza [High Point Reg.], 2013
17:03.79 … Chelsea Ley [Kingsway], 2008
17:09.31 … Isabel Hebner [Northern Highlands], 2018
17:12.38 … Holly Bischof [Bishop Eustace], 2012
17:18.03 … Dina Iacone [Washington Twp.], 2012
17:20.33 … Emily O’Day [Boonton], 2023
17:22.84 … Megan Venables [Highland], 2010
17:24.43 … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], 2016
17:24.89 … Amy Van Alstine [Midland Park], 2003
17:26.55 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2023
17:31.96 … Lara Shegoski [Montgomery], 2014
17:34.69 … Lindsay Van Alstine [Hawthorne], 2003
17:43.27 … Laura Vigilante [Mendham], 2009
17:45.45 … Kerry Dyke [Mount St. Mary], 2013
17:47.78 … Devon Grisbaum [Ocean City], 2015
17:51.73 … Brennan Sharkey [West Morris Central], 2014
17:53.77 … Jillian Prentice [Montgomery], 2009
17:56.13 … Samantha Ragenklint [Monmouth Reg.], 2019

New Jersey Indoor-Outdoor Combined 5,000 List
15:52.10 … Charlotte Bednar [The Lawrenceville School [o]
16:34.66 … Alexa Westley [Warren Hills], 2019 [o]
16:38.51 … Ashley Higginson [Colts Neck], 2007 [o]
16:43.02 … Briana Jackucewicz [Colts Neck], 2009 [i]
16:45.86 … Megan Curham [Villa Walsh], 2013 [o]
16:49.00 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2012 [i]
16:53.91 … Monica Hebner [Northern Highlands], 2018 [i]
16:55.69 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010 [i]
16:57.99 … Mackenzie Barry [Mendham], 2013 [i]
16:58.19 … Carleen Jeffers [Ridgewood], 2015 [o]
17:02.44 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2024 [i]
17:02.78 … Sarah DiSanza [High Point Reg.], 2013 [i]
17:03.13 … Grace Dwyer [Nottingham], 2013 [o]
17:03.79 … Chelsea Ley [Kingsway], 2008 [i]

Woodstown’s Molly Lodge, Pennsauken’s Jasmine Pope, Triton’s Nevaeh Lorjuste earn All-America honors after Rowan’s record-setting 4×4 at Division 3 Nationals!!!!!!

Woodstown’s Molly Lodge, Pennsauken’s Jasmine Pope and Triton’s Nevaeh Lorjuste earned All-America honors Saturday with a record-setting 1,600-meter relay performance for Rowan at NCAA Division 3 Nationals in Virginia Beach.

Rowan ran 3:48.64, breaking a week-old school record and placing 5th in the fastest Division 3 relay ever run.

Rochester won out of the first section in 3:45.21, 4th-fastest in Division 3 history and only 33-100ths of a second off the record of 3:44.84 that Rochester set last year.

Rowan, racing in the 2nd section, broke its school record of 3:49.78 set last week at the AARTC Championships in Rochester.

Only 12 schools in Division 3 history have run faster than Rowan, including Rochester, 2nd-place Washington University [3:46.44], Williams [3:48.06] and Colby [3:48.64]. Rowan finished 8-1,000ths of a second behind Colby [3:48.631 to 3:48.639].

Lodge led off in 57.53, Pope split 58.23, Kathleen Pedersen of Hillsborough ran 57.16 and Lorjuste anchored in a lifetime-best 55.74.

This is the first time Rowan has earned All-America honors in a relay since 2012, when the distance medley team – with Jena Peacock of Our Lady of Mercy and Vanessa Wright of Haddonfield in the lineup – placed 7th in 11:55.14 in Grinnell, Iowa.

Click to access WITF_All-Americans.pdf

Another PR for Yashahya Brown as he easily advances to 60-meter hurdles final at Boston Nationals!!!!!!

Yashahya Brown lowered his 60-meter hurdles time to 7.74 Saturday afternoon and advanced to the finals at Boston Nationals at the Reggie Lewis Center in Brighton, Mass.

Brown, a Washington Township senior, is still No. 4 in state history and No. 3 in South Jersey history but now only 11-100ths of a second from the state record of 7.63, set by East Orange’s Cory Poole in 2017, and only 1-10th of a second from the South Jersey record of 7.64, set by St. Augustine’s Sincere Rhea in 2019.

Brown had run 7.77 in the qualifying heats earlier Saturday. The final is scheduled for 2:36 p.m. Sunday across town at the TRACK in Boston.

In the semis, Brown won the first of three semifinals to earn a large-Q – an automatic qualifier to the final. The first two finishers in each heat plus the next two-fastest times advanced.

Brown’s time was 3rd-fastest in the semis. Bradley Franklin of Thompson High in Alabaster, Ala., led all qualifiers in 7.66, and Dai’vontay Young of Dunbar High in Dayton, Ohio, ran 7.72.

ALL-TIME S.J. 60-METER HURDLES LIST
7.64 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
7.73 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 1997
7.74 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2023
7.87 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], 2002
7.88 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
7.90 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], 2012
7.94 … Anthony Acklin [Triton], 2001
7.95 … Herb Reid [Lenape], 2000
7.96 … Danyne Brown. [Camden], 1999
7.97 … Alexander Hollimom [Williamstown], 2024

ALL-TIME S.J. 60-METER HURDLES LIST
7.63 … Cory Poole [East Orange Campus], 2017
7.64 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
7.73 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 1997
7.74 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2024
7.79 … Nathaniel Rayan [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 2023
7.85 … Chris Serrao [East Brunswick], 2022
7.87 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], 2002
7.88 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
7.90 … Corey Nelms [Neptune], 2006
7.90 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], 2012
7.94 … Anthony Acklin [Triton], 2001
7.94 … Ihmir Marsette [Weequahic], 2017
7.94 … Akeem Lindo [East Orange Campus], 2017

Naylah Jones, Ryan Jennings run monster 60s in Boston, #3 and #6 in state history!!!!!!!

Timber Creek senior Naylah Jones shattered the South Jersey 60-meter dash record Saturday in qualifying at Boston Nationals.

Jones ran 7.47, which breaks the South Jersey record of 7.53 set by Winslow Township’s Torie Robinson at 2014 Armory Nationals (which is the same meet as Boston Nationals currently is).

Timber Creek junior Ryan Jennings ran 7.53, which tied the former record and now equals No. 2 in South Jersey history and No.

Jones is the 5th-fastest qualifier of over 100 runners and Jennings is 13th-fastest.

Jones’ time is tied for No. 3 in state history and fastest in 13 years, since Paramus Catholic’s Myasia Jacobs ran 7.34 at 2011 Armory Nationals. The only other girl to run faster is Montclair’s Aleah Williams in 1997 at 1997 Boston Nationals at the same Reggie Lewis Center facility that Jones and Jennings raced at Saturday.

Timber Creek becomes only the second school with two girls at 7.60 or faster. Williams’ Montclair teammate Melisa Barber ran 7.50 in 1997.

Results unfortunately don’t show en route times for 55 meters, but Jones would have been well under 7.00 seconds and Jennings should have been under as well.

The semis are scheduled for 4:59 p.m. Saturday. Jennings will be in Lane 2 in the 1st of three semifinal races and Jones is in Lane 5 in the 3rd semi. The top two in each race plus the next-two-fastest times will advance to the final at 2:20 p.m. Sunday across town at the TRACK.

N.J. ALL-TIME 60-METER DASH LIST
7.34 … Myasia Jacobs [Paramus Catholic], 2011
7.45 … Aleah Williams [Montclair], 1997
7.47 … Dominique Booker [Immaculate Conception], 2009
7.47 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
7.50 … Melisa Barber [Montclair], 1997
7.53 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2014
7.53 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2024
7.55 … Ogechi Nwaneri [Chatham], 2008
7.56 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
7.56 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
7.57 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
7.58 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
7.61 … Jenna Harris [Franklin Twp.], 2003
7.62 … Georgina Nembhard [Ocean Twp.], 2007
7.64 … Haisha Bisiolu [Union], 2014
7.66 … Jamie Walker [Haddon Heights], 2007
7.66 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018
7.67 … Sydney Hawkins [Phillipsburg], 2017
7.69 … Racquel Vassell [East Orange], 2005
7.70 … Denesha Ransome [Irvington], 2014
7.70 … Cleopatra Morrison [Long Branch], 2014

S.J. ALL-TIME 60-METER DASH LIST
7.47 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
7.53 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2014
7.53 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2024
7.56 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
7.56 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
7.57 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
7.58 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
7.66 … Jamie Walker [Haddon Heights], 2007
7.66 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018
7.76 … Emily Carson [Haddonfield], 2013