Malachi James ran within 11-100ths of a second of the state record and easily advanced to the semifinals of the 60-meter dash Saturday morning at Armory Nationals in New York.

James, running with a Willingboro affiliation, ran 6.81 and was the 4th-fastest qualifier behind three juniores – Cordial Vann of Heritage high in Frisco, Texas [6.73], Jayden Finley of North Richland Hills, Texas [6.79] and Southern Regional’s Cole Isaac Cramer (6.81). Cramer technically was a faster qualifier than James when their times were compared down to a thousandth of a second – 6.805 to 6.809.

The 30-fastest runners advanced to the semifinals, scheduled for 10:43 a.m. Sunday. The final is scheduled for 12:39 p.m. Sunday.

James is already 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.

Washington Township senior Ajani Dwyer, who ran all-time New Jersey No. 4 6.76 at the Millrose Games in February at the Armory, hasn’t raced since because of injuries. He was entered in the 60 at Boston Nationals but did not race in the qualifying heats on Saturday morning at the Reggie Lewis Center in Brighton, Mass.

Dwyer and James are No. 1 and 2 in state history in the 55, Dwyer with 6.18 in the Millrose Trials and James with 6.22 to win the Meet of Champions and break the meet record.

On Saturday, James came through 55 meters in 6.35.

6.70 … Damiere Byrd [Timber Creek], 2011
6.70 … Mario Heslop [Franklin twp.], 2019
6.71 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024
6.75 … Fitzroy Ledgister [St. Peter’s Prep], 2022
6.76 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024
6.77 … Fabian France [Bergen Catholic], 2022
6.78 … Joe Dawkins [Hackensack], 1995
6.83 … Jamar Ervin [Camden], 2001
6.86 … Maxwell Booker [Essex Catholic], 2001
6.86 … Louis Akpadago [Nottingham], 2020
6.87 … Chris Church [Millville], 2007
6.89 … Mike Fields [Roselle], 1995
6.89 … Mekhi Stafford [Ewing], 2023
6.91 … Samuel Thomas [Northern Burlington], 2023
6.93 … A.J. Bunton [West Deptford], 2006
6.95 … Bruce Black [Hamilton], 2006
6.99 … Brayshul Tuten [Paulsboro], 2021
6.99 … Jack Ahart [Kinnelon], 2023
6.99 … Chris Ross [Walkill Valley], 2023
6.99 … Cole Isaac Cramer [Southern Regional], 2023

Washington Township senior Yashahya Brown didn’t wait for the finals or even the semifinals. Brown PR’d in the 60-meter hurdles  in the qualifying rounds Saturday morning at Boston Nationals at the Reggie Lewis Center in Brighton, Mass.

Brown won the 14th of 31 heats (yes, 31 heats) in 7.77, 4th-fastest in state history and 3-100ths of a second faster than his time at Boston Nationals last year.

Brown is 2nd-fastest going into the semifinals, behind Bradley Franklin of Thompson High in Alabaster, Ala., who ran 7.76 in the first heat. Franklin, Brown and Dai’vontay Young of Dunbar High in Dayton, Ohio, who ran 7.78, were the only qualifiers under 7.88.

The top 24 in Saturday’s morning heats advance to the semis, and Brown wasn’t the only Gloucester County hurdler to advance. Williamstown senior Alexander Hollimon, who ran 7.97 to win the seventh heat, was the 11th-fastest qualifier.

That’s No. 10 in South Jersey history and trails only Delsea’s Sultan Tucker and Brown on the all-time Gloucester County list. Hollimon was New Jersey No. 3 this year in the 55 hurdles at 7.36 and placed 3rd in the Meet of Champions.

The semis are scheduled for 5:10 p.m. later Saturday at the Reggie Lewis Center with the final at 2:36 p.m. Sunday at The TRACK.

(note that the Williamstown hurdler is listed as “Alexander Hollimom” throughout the entries and results, but I’m pretty sure his last name is actually “Hollimon.” If this is incorrect, can someone from the Williamstown program let me know! Thanks!)

ALL-TIME N.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
7.77 … 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
7.73 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 1997
7.77 … 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

 

For the second year in a row, Eastern has run the fastest distance medley in New Jersey. And the Vikings did it with a 75 percent new lineup.

Johnna Gonter, Eva Sprewell, Natalie Dumas and junior Samantha Osei-Kyei placed 5th at Armory Nationals in New York Friday evening, just two seconds behind winner Scarsdale of New York, which ran 4:03.75.

Last year, at a postseason meet in Virginia Beach, Eastern ran 4:01.78 with Johnay Stilley, Lomaria Tengbeh, Dumas and older sister Kadence Dumas, who now runs for Delaware.

Those times are No. 2 and No. 6 in South Jersey history and tbe two-fastest times in Camden County history.

Gonter and Sprewell ran their 200s in a combined 53.49, Dumas split 56.81 and Osei-Kyei anchored in 2:15.69.

All-Time South Jersey Sprint Medley List
4:01.41 … Willingboro, 2003
4:01.78 … Eastern, 2023
4:03.93 … Haddonfield, 2001
4:04.27 … Cherokee, 2022
4:04.38 … Washington Twp., 2010
4:05.98 … Eastern, 2024
4:08.21 … Lenape, 2015
4:08.60 … Lenape, 2012
4:09.27 … Millville, 2008
4:10.01 … Willingboro, 2004
4:10.17 … Camden, 1995
4:10.18 … Willingboro, 2005
4:10.22 … Lenape, 2016
4:10.36 … Lenape, 2013
4:10.43 … Kingsway, 2013
4:10.51 … Lenape, 2007

All-Time South Jersey Sprint Medley List
3:57.19 … Columbia, 2014
3:58.46 … Union Catholic, 2019
4:00.33 … Neptune, 2011
4:01.41 … Willingboro, 2003
4:01.78 … Eastern, 2023
4:03.13 … Sparta, 2010
4:03.14 … Westwood, 2014
4:03.18 … Columbia, 2010
4:03.22 … Columbia, 2013
4:03.57 … Piscataway, 2006
4:03.69 … Pope John, 2007
4:03.85 … Hopewell Valley, 2005
4:03.93 … Haddonfield, 2001
4:04.27 … Cherokee, 2022
4:04.36 … Columbia, 1983
4:04.38 … Washington Twp., 2010
4:04.47 … Neptune, 2009
4:04.49 … Hunterdon Central, 2015
4:04.81 … Union Catholic, 2017
4:05.83 … Union Catholic, 2016
4:05.98 … Eastern, 2024

The Mainland Regional and Haddonfield girls ran the two-fastest distance medleys by New Jersey schools this year Friday evening at Boston Nationals.

Mainland and Haddonfield both earned All-America honors, Mainland with a 4th-place finish in 12:05.28 and Haddonfield in 6th with a 12:10.59.

The times are No. 12 and No. 14 in South Jersey history.

Mainland broke the Atlantic County record of 12:11.47 set by Egg Harbor Township at the 2020 Easterns at the Armory. Haddonfield’s time is 6th-fastest in Camden County history, behind four other Haddonfield performances and one by Sterling.

For Mainland, senior Gillian Lovett led off with 3:45.24 leg for 1,200 meters, sophomore Madison Taylor ran the 400 in in 60.68, sophomore Emma Preissman split 2:24.81 to set up junior Sophia Day, whose blazing 4:54.55 moved the Mustangs from 8th place to 4th.

Sophomore Riley Aastin led off for Haddonfield in 3:46.02, senior Stella Stolarick split 1:00.20, senior Anna Stolarick ran 2:22.24 and senior Ava Thomas anchored in 5:02.14.

Dillard High of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., won the race in 11:49.08.

All-Time South Jersey Indoor DMR List
11:43.94 … Haddonfield, 2014
11:54.63 … Lenape, 2013
11:55.90 … Lenape, 2012
11:57.91 … Cherokee, 2022
11:57.64 … Haddonfield, 2017
11:58.92 … Lenape, 2010
12:02.51 … Ocean City, 2014
12:03.40 … Haddonfield, 2015
12:04.45 … Haddonfield, 2009
12:04.62 … Sterling, 2017
12:04.9h … Lenape, 2015
12:05.28 … Mainland Regional, 2024
12:10.07 … Cherokee, 2023
12:10.59 … Haddonfield, 2024
12:11.47 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2020
12:12.22 … Ocean City, 2005
12:13.46 … Washington Twp., 2011
12:14.48 … Haddonfield, 2013
12:15.60 … Lenape, 2014
12:16.71 … Highland, 2004
12:16.72 … Cherokee, 2024
12:17.11 … Kingsway, 2017
12:17.40 … Lenape, 2017
12:19.53 … Clearview, 2023
12:19.81 … Lenape, 2009

Winslow Township placed 4th in the sprint medley championship at Armory Nationals Friday evening with the 8th-fastest time in South Jersey history.

Junior Jayden Poteat, Senior Darrell Jackson Jr., junior Chukwuemeka Ajaegbulemh and junior Dominic Bassey earned All-America honors as the Eagles ran 3:32.11. The only faster time in Camden County history is Pennsauken’s 3:29.31 at Boston Nationals last year.

Winslow broke a 21-year-old school record of 3:36.58 set by Shonn Greene, Albert Harris, Dante Freeman and Duan Freeman at the state Group 4 Relays at Jadwin Gym.

Newburgh High of Orange County, N.Y., won the race in 3:30.58.

Winslow’s time is fastest by a New Jersey school this year.

All-Time South Jersey Indoor Sprint Medley List
3:27.60 … Vineland, 2003
3:29.07 … Washington Twp., 2009
3:29.31 … Pennsauken, 2023
3:30.01 … Cherokee, 2002
3:30.35 … Kingsway, 2022
3:30.45 … Lenape, 2001
3:31.73 … Vineland, 2004
3:32.11 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:32.36 … Rancocas Valley, 2016
3:32.90 … Washington Twp., 2010
3:33.22 … Pleasantville, 2012
3:33.99 … Pleasantville, 2007
3:34.12 … Absegami, 2010
3:34.52 … Pleasantville, 2002 [3:34.64?]
3:34.86 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
3:34.88 … Vineland, 2002
3:34.96 … Bordentown, 2005
3:35.0 ….. Edgewood, 1986
3:35.76 … Vineland, 2013
3:35.86 … Rancocas Valley, 2015
3:36.39 … Cherokee, 2010
3:36.58 … Winslow Twp., 2003
3:37.0y … Willingboro, 1983
3:37.19 … Absegami, 2008
3:37.20 … Vineland, 2012
3:37.55 … Oakcrest, 2012
3:37.66 … Haddonfield, 2016
3:37.68 … Kingsway, 2014
3:37.72 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017
3:37.73 … Timber Creek, 2014
3:37.86 … Absegami, 2009
3:38.2y … Shawnee, 1992
3:38.40 … Haddonfield, 2017
3:38.42 … Cherokee, 2012
3:38.58 … Oakcrest, 2014
3:38.60 … Washington Twp., 2008
3:38.67 … Vineland, 2008
3:38.86 … Willingboro, 2001
3:38.88 … Delsea, 2019
3:38.93 … Deptford, 2019
3:39.01 … Willingboro, 1997
3:39.03 … Winslow Twp., 2004
3:39.05 … Kingsway, 2024
3:39.06 … Washington Twp., 2020
3:39.0y … Willingboro, 1977
3:39.0h … Rancocas Valley, 2013
3:39.16 … Vineland, 2007
3:39.27 … Pleasantville, 2010
3:39.28 … Cherokee, 2014
3:39.3y … Lenape, 1992
3:39.45 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2015
3:39.50 … Kingsway, 2020
3:39.73 … Pleasantville, 2017
3:39.75 … Delsea, 2011
3:39.75 … Pleasantville, 2018
3:39.80 … Willingboro, 2003
3:39.7y … Camden, 1978

All-Time Camden County Indoor Sprint Medley List
3:29.31 … Pennsauken, 2023
3:32.11 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:35.0h ….. Edgewood, 1986
3:36.58 … Winslow Twp., 2003
3:37.66 … Haddonfield, 2016
3:37.73 … Timber Creek, 2014
3:38.40 … Haddonfield, 2017
3:39.03 … Winslow Twp., 2004
3:39.7y … Camden, 1978

Three South Jersey women – junior Molly Lodge from Woodstown, junior Jasmine Pope from Pennsauken and junior Nevaeh Lorjuste from Triton – were part of Rowan’s school-record 1,600-meter relay team that posted the 2nd-fastest qualifying time for the final at the NCAA Division 3 Championships Friday.

Rowan ran 3:50.08 at the Virginia Beach Sports Center, second only to Colby College’s 4-by-4, which ran a season-best 3:49.47. Rowan had run 3:49.78 last week at the AARTFC Championships in Rochester, N.Y.

Their time Friday is No. 20 on the all-time NCAA Division 3 performance list.

Lodge led off with a 57.55 split, and Pope ran a 57.79 second leg. Kathleen Pedersen, a senior from Hillsborough, ran third and split 57.86, and Lorjuste anchored in 56.88.

Rowan’s previous school record was 3:50.39 in the final of last year’s NCAA Division 3 meet in Birmingham, Ala. Lodge, Burlington Township’s Jasmine Broadway, Lorjuste and Pedersen ran on that team.

The final is scheduled for 6:20 p.m. on Saturday.

Willingboro’s Maya Bolden placed 3rd in the freshman 60-meter dash Friday at the Boston Nationals.

Bolden ran 7.86 in the trials earlier in the day and was the 5th-fastest qualifier, but in the final she finished in a virtual tie for 2nd place with Caitlyn Ly of Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass. Both were timed in 7.79, but Ly officially placed 2nd when their times were broken down by 1,000ths of a second – Ly in 7.784 and Bolden in 7.790.

That’s the fastest time by a New Jersey freshman this year, and although the meet’s timekeepers did not post en route times for 55 meters, the standard conversion for 7.79 is 7.26 for 55 meters, which is also fastest this year by a New Jersey freshman. Bolden’s 55 PR is 7.34 from the state Group 2 meet at the Bubble.

 

Cherry Hill East ran the fastest distance medley by a South Jersey school this year Friday afternoon at Boston Nationals, placing 9th overall in 10:32.09.

This is insane because last I checked it’s 2024 and live results have provided names and splits for at least a decade, but the official results do not list splits or relay members. But here we are. Shame on whoever is doing the timing for this meet. That’s just embarrassing.

Anyway, the heat sheets show senior Raine Guidarelli on the 1,200, junior Ashraf Maklache on the 400, junior Brandon Lyons running the 800 and junior Brody Bogos anchoring.

If anybody out there knows whether that’s correct or has splits, please let me know in the comment section and I’ll update this.

Junior Brandon Lyons led off with a 3:15-ish for the 1,200, junior Ashraf Maklache ran 51-ish in the 400, soph Alvin Lin split 2:01.92 and junior Brody Bogos anchored in 4:22.96

The  time is Cherry Hill East’s fastest indoors in 48 years, since the 1975 team ran a 2 ½-mile DMR in 10:33.5 at the Group state relays at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym with the team of Terry Morgan, Bill Galbraith, Jack Kruse and Marty Ludwikowski. That converts to 10:29.9 for the current 4,000-meter race.

Cherry Hill East’s time is No. 12 on the all-time Camden County indoor DMR list and fastest since 2016, when Haddonfield ran 10:12.42 at 2016 Armory Nationals (which is the current Boston Nationals and not the current Armory Nationals) and Eastern ran 10:22.85 at Easterns at the Armory.

All-Time Camden County Indoor DMR List
10:09.78 … Haddonfield, 2010
10:12.42 … Haddonfield, 2016
10:16.60 … Haddonfield, 2002
10:19.24 … Haddonfield, 2009
10:21.11 … Haddonfield, 2011
10:21.38 … Haddon Township, 2015
10:22.85 … Eastern, 2016
10:23.52 … Haddonfield, 2015
10:23.54 … Haddonfield, 2003
10:29.39 … Bishop Eustace, 2013
10:29.9y … Cherry Hill East, 1975
10:32.09 … Cherry Hill East, 2024
10:32.79 … Eastern, 2002
10:33.0h … Eastern, 2003
10:34.11 … Camden Catholic, 2019

Kingsway’s Ryan Duffy won the freshman 800 Friday at Boston Indoor Nationals at the Reggie Lewis Center.

Duffy ran 1:59.72 , winning by three meters over Isaiah Davis of Homewood (Ala.) High. Davis was 2nd in 2:00.15.

Duffy ran slightly faster at Group 4 sectionals – 1:59.63 – which is the 2nd-fastest indoor 800 ever by a South Jersey freshman, behind Bryce Tucker’s 1:56.75 in 2020 at the Meet of Champions.

In his first year of indoor track, Duffy also ran a 4:33.67 full mile and 9:55.03 in the 3,200. He was No. 3 among New Jersey freshman in the mile/1,600 and No. 4 in the 3,200.

Cherokee’s Benjamin Realley was No. 2 among New Jersey freshman this year in the 800 at 1:59.75, No. 2 in the 1,600 with a 4:28.75 and No. 2 in the 3,200 at 9:49.67.

Realley placed 9th in the 800 Friday in Boston in 2:02.40.

Pennsauken sophomore Sianni Wynn, New Jersey’s fastest quarter-miler, advanced to the finals of the 400 at Armory Nationals Friday morning.

Wynn ran 55.87, the 6th-fastest qualifying time and advanced to the final, which is scheduled for 5:34 p.m. Saturday.

Wynn raced in the sixth and final semifinal and only five girls were under 56 in the first five races and eight advance to the final, so Wynn knew going into the race exactly what she needed to get through to the final.

Wynn is New Jersey No. 1 this season with a 55.51 from a meet back in December at Ocean Breeze. That’s 6th-fastest in South Jersey history. She ran 53.97 last spring, No. 14 in state history. She hasn’t lost a 400 since last year’s nationals.

Wynn is also entered in the 60-meter dash and the 200-meter dash. The 200 prelims are scheduled for 2:59 p.m. Saturday with the final at 2:44 p.m. Sunday, and the 60 trials are scheduled for 10:31 a.m. Sunday with the final at 12:33 p.m.

Wynn is coming off a Meet of Champions where she set meet records of 6.81 and 24.00 for 55 and 200 meters.