Sophomore Scott Hubbard from Audubon, junior Joshua Cason from Camden County Vo-Tech and sophomore Shane Vostenak from Bishop Eustace won conference titles Monday at Ocean Breeze, helping Rowan University win its 9th consecutive NJAC championship.

Hubbard and Cason, who are both transfers, won their first NJAC titles, and Vostenak won his 2nd.

Rowan piled up a ridiculous 297 points at Ocean Breeze, which is probably a record but nobody keeps track of this stuff so who knows? It’s a lot of points. Rowan scored 252 in 2018 and I’m guessing that was the highest previous total.

There are 17 events in the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships, so the Profs averaged 17 ½ points per event. Including relays, where you can only score 10.

Rowan, ranked 7th in NCAA Division 3, scored at least 16 points in every non-relay track event and at least eight in every event other than the weight throw.

Incredibly, only 13 of those 297 points were scored by seniors – Shamir Love from Bridgeton tied for 2nd in the 60 and and Marquise Young from Sterling placed 3rd in the 60-meter hurdles.

And Rowan scored 297 points without doubling anybody other than short sprinters.

Rowan outscored The College of New Jerey by 184 points, winning by a final margin of 297-113. Stockton placed 3rd with 78 points.

60-METER DASH [19 points]: Senior Shamir Love from Bridgeton, sophomore Evan Corcoran from Kingsway and sophomore Masai Byrd from Rancocas Valley went T2-T2-4, Love and Corcoran splitting 14 points with both in 6.88 and Byrd 6.93.

200-METER DASH [25 points]: Corcoran finished just 4-100ths of a second out of 1st, leading a 2-3-4-5-7 Rowan finish. Corcoran ran 21.98, junior Nana Agyemang from Parsippany was 3rd in 21.99, freshman Eli Hendricks from Penns Grove 4th in 22.01, Byrd 5th in 22.29 and Coleman 7th in 22.53.

400-METER DASH [35 points]: Amara Conte from Ferris High in Jersey City won the race in 48.54, with senior Nicholas Razze from Pitman 2nd in 49.06, junior Samuel Milevoix of Union County Vo-Tech 3rd in 49.49, sophomore Jason Agyemang from North Plainfield 4th in 50.28, junior James Coleman from Audubon 5th in 50.43 and sophomore Jarquil Young from Sterling 7th in 50.85.

800-METER RUN [18 points]: Sophomore Scott Hubbard from Audubon won by nearly three seconds with a big lifetime-best 1:53.78, sophomore Tyler Greene of Ocean City was 3rd in 1:57.60 and freshman Teddy Wilson from Toms River North placed 7th in 2:00.26. Hubbard is a little over a second off the school record of 1:52.63 set by South Brunswick’s Nick Neville at the NJAC meet in 2018.

MILE [16 points]: The Profs went 2-4-6 with Jacob Riley of North Warren 2nd [4:17.88], freshman Johannes Rivera from Bergenfield 4th [4:21.39] and freshman Colin Patterson from Haddon Heights 6th [4:24.91].

3,000-METER RUN [19 points]: Junior Joshua Cason from Camden County Vo-Tech ran 8:45.25 and won by a second, with sophomore Cole Kolodziej from Washington Township 3rd in 8:47.00 and junior Dario Epifania from South Brunswick 6th in 9:02.14.

5,000-METER RUN [26 points]: Sophomore Shane Vostenak from Bishop Eustace (not Pennsauken, as Rowan’s web site says), junior Matthew Conway of Haddon Township and junior Giancarlo Vega from Timber Creek swept the top three spots, Vostenak in 15:03.23, Conway 15:09.50 and Vega 15:13.74. Junior Caleb Clevenger of Haddonfield added two points in 7th place in 15:32.14.

60-METER HURDLES [35 points]: You can read all about this historic race here: https://sjtrackblog.com/2024/02/19/rowan-soph-kwaku-nkrumah-runs-9th-fastest-hurdles-time-in-ncaa-division-3-history-shatters-meet-and-school-records-at-njac-meet/

800-METER RELAY [10 points]: Junior Robert McKinney from Highland, Love, Hendricks and Byrd won the 4-by-2 by more than two seconds with a season-best 1:28.13, which is the 8th-fastest time in NCAA Division 3 history (and the 6th-fastest time in school history) and fastest in Division 3 this year. The Profs set the D-3 record last year with four other sprinters (Corcoran, Conte, Nana Agyemang, Jah’mere Beasley).

1,600-METER RELAY [10 points]: Milevoix, Razze, Corcoran and Coleman ran 3:23.78 and won the 4-by-4 with ease to close out the meet. Milevoix led off with a 49.69 to build a 15-meter lead at the first handoff, and the Profs were never challenged after that.

DISTANCE MEDLEY [8 points]: Freshman Ethan Fletcher from Wall Township, freshman Nicholas Garman from Cedar Crest in Lebanon, Pa., sophomore Ethan Wellborn from Haddonfield and freshman Liam O’Donnell from Cape Henlopen, Del., ran 10:31.59 for 2nd place.

LONG JUMP [18 points]: Nana Agyemang and freshman Damarion Potts from South Brunswick went 1-2, Agyemang jumping 22-9 ½ and Potts 22-6, both on their 3rd attempts.

TRIPLE JUMP [8 points]: Two freshmen from Passaic County Tech – Joshua Justin and Mikahi Johnson – placed 3rd and 7th, Justin with a 45-5 ¼ and Johnson 41-8 ¾.

HIGH JUMP [29 points]: The Profs swept the top four spots with four freshmen – Potts won it at 6-8 ¼, Paulsboro’s Jamile Gantt was 2nd with a 6-7 ¼ clearance, Arrington Rhym of Hamilton West 3rd with a 6-4 and Anthony Lanteigne of Williamstown at 6-2.

POLE VAULT [11 points]: Sophomore Tyler Raimondi of Toms River South, junior Jason Tomaino of Randolph and sophomore Luke Gnospelius of Ridgewood all placed, Rainmondi and Tomaino in 4th and 15th, both at 14-1 ¼, and Gnospelius tied for 6th with a 13-7 ½ clearance.

SHOT PUT [10 points]: Freshman Chris Guerrieri from Cherry Hill West, a JUCO national champ in the shot last year, placed 2nd with a 50-2 throw, and sophomore Josh Caudill from Delsea was 7th with a 45-10 ¾.

WEIGHT THROW [0 points]: The only event Rowan didn’t score at least eight points.

The College of New Jersey won 17 consecutive team titles through 2014 and Rowan has won every title since. There was no meet in 2021.

Sophomore Kwaku Nkrumah turned in one of the greatest performances in the storied history of Glassboro / Rowan University track Monday afternoon, running the 9th-fastest hurdles time in NCAA Division 3 history and shattering the meet and school record at the NJAC Championships.

Nkrumah led a 1-2-3-4-5 Rowan sweep, winning in an eye-popping 7.93 at Ocean Breeze in Staten Island. The previous meet record at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships was 8.03, set by Rowan’s David Benjamin at the 2017 meet, also at Ocean Breeze.

Nkrumah broke the school record of 7.96, set three weeks ago by Rowan junior Marquise Young of Sterling.

His 7.93 is No. 2 in NCAA Division 3 this year, behind all-time D-3 No. 2 Luke Schroeder of Wisconsin-La Crosse, who ran 7.80 earlier this month on his home track.

Rowan’s 1-2-3-4-5 finish was worth 33 points and put the Profs over the 100-point mark after just four events.

Nkrumah graduated in 2022 from Teaneck (where your trusty From the Backstretch correspondant spent his sophomore year on the track team … go Highwaymen!), ran 8.23 and 14.44 over the 39-inch hurdles and was a medalist in the outdoor Meet of Champions.

He ran 8.21 last winter and was 2nd to Young in the conference meet. He won the 110 highs at the outdoor conference meet and then earned All-America honors with a 4th-place finish at NCAA Division 3 Nationals.

Nkrumah lowered his indoor PR from 8.21 to 8.14 in his indoor opener in December – also at Ocean Breezer – and then down to 8.12 late last month at another meet at Ocean Breeze. Then he PR’d with an 8.11 this past weekend – again, at Ocean Breeze.

Also for Rowan in the hurdles, sophomore Jason Agyemang from North Plainfield was 2nd in 8.16, Young 3rd in 8.17, sophomore Michael Lawrence from South Plainfield 4th with a PR 8.35, sophomore Anaias Hughes from Willingboro 5th in 8.39 and freshman Jacob Kiyler of Toms River North 7th after an 8.07 in the prelims.

In only his 2nd college race, Rowan freshman Jacob Kiyler ran the 4th-fastest 60-meter hurdles time in school history.

Kiyler led all qualifiers into the final later today at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships at Ocean Breeze with a mind-blowing 8.07, which is 7th-fastest in NCAA Division 3 this year.

In his only previous college hurdles race, the Toms River North graduate ran 8.20 in the prelims of the Villanova Invitational Jan. 20 on the same track in Staten Island, N.Y. He did not race the final at the Villanova Invite.

So he’s No. 4 in Rowan history but he’s never run a final.

Kiyler had PRs of 7.42 and 13.98 over the 39-inch high school hurdles in high school and also ran 54.49 in the intermediates and long jumped 20-4 ½. He was 2nd in the 55-meter highs at Easterns last year and 4th at the Meet of Champions. Outdoors, he was 4th in the Meet of Champions.

https://milesplit.live/meets/586296/events/2/results/P/M

But 8.07?

The only hurdlers in school history to run faster are three All-Americas – current Rowan junior Marquise Young [7.96 last month], David Benjamin [7.98 in 2017] and Bobby Cooks [8.01 in 2018].

Young is a multiple NCAA Division 3 All-America and is ranked 3rd in D-3 this winter with his school-record 7.96. Benjamin was the NCAA indoor hurdles champ in 2017 and 2nd outdoors. Cooks was 2nd in 2018 NCAAs indoors and 3rd outdoors.

Young ran 8.13 Monday to advance to the hurdles final, and sophomore Anaias Hughes of Willingboro [8.29], sophomore Kwaku Nkrumah of Teaneck [8.25], sophomore Jason Agyemang of North Plainfield [8.39] and sophomore Michael Lawrence of South Plainfield [8.43] also were among the eight-fastest qualifiers and presumably reached the final, although the results don’t indicate who qualified other than the three auto qualifiers.

So presumably, six of the 7-fastest qualifiers are from Rowan.

Agyemang and Nkrumah have both run 8.11 this year and appear to be tied for the No. 5 spot on the all-time Rowan list, although I can’t be positive.

The final is scheduled for 5:25 p.m.

Premier Wynn ran a lifetime-best 47.22 for 400 meters Monday afternoon to lead all qualifiers for the final in the MEAC Championships in Virginia Beach.

Wynn, a Norfolk State freshman from Pennsauken, smashed his indoor PR of 47.43 set earlier this month at Penn State. His high school indoor PR was 48.45, and his previous overall PR was a 47.39 when he won South Jersey Group 3 sectionals last June on his home track.

Wynn and freshman teammate Vincent Bond were the two-fastest qualifiers for the 400 final. Bond ran 47.29 in an earlier heat.

Norfolk State does not list an all-time top-10 on its web site, but according to the TFRRS site Wynn’s 47.22 is fastest by a Norfolk State freshman since at least 2009, as far back as the site goes.

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 400 final is scheduled for 1:40 p.m. Tuesday at the Virginia Beach Sports Center. Wynn also ran 21.50 on Sunday to qualify for the 200 final, which will be at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday. Wynn ran an indoor PR 21.43 last month, also in Virginia Beach. That’s an indoor/outdoor overall PR as well.

State leaders Yashahya Brown of Washington Township, Cartrell Moore of Glassboro, Sianni Wynn of Pennsauken and Alanna Woolfolk of Clayton are among the South Jersey contingent headed to New York Tuesday for the 88th annual Easterns.

The meet is scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m. at the Armory in New York.

Brown, New Jersey No. 1 in the 55-meter hurdles at 7.06, is entered in the hurdles as well as the 200; Moore, the state’s top triple jumper at 46-6 ½, is entered in the hurdles and both horizontal jumps; Wynn, No. 1 in New Jersey with her 55.51 for 400 meters, will race the hurdles as well as the 400; and Woolfolk shoots for her 2nd straight Easterns title in the high jump.

Some 26 South Jersey schools are entered in at least one event at Easterns.

Atlantic County: Absegami, Atlantic County Tech, Egg Harbor Township, Hammonton and Mainland Regional,

Burlington County: Cherokee, Lenape, Rancocas Valley and Willingboro.

Camden County: Bishop Eustace, Cherry Hill East, Cherry Hill West, Haddonfield, Pennsauken, Sterling, Timber Creek and Winslow Township.

Gloucester County: Clayton, Clearview, Delsea, Deptford, Gateway, Glasboro, Kingsway, Washington Township and Williamstown.

Click here for the full entry list: Easterns entry list.

Here’s a look at the most recent South Jersey winner in each Easterns event:

55-METER DASH :Devon Tucker [Sterling], 2015 [6.52]
200-METER DASH: A.J. Dawson [Holy Spirit], 2013 [22.04]
400-METER DASH: Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], 2023 [48.44]
800-METER RUN: Isaac Clark [Pleasantville], 2012 [1:54.34]
MILE RUN: Bill Dolan [Clearview], 2013 [4:21.51]
TWO-MILE RUN: Jonathan Vitez [Haddonfield], 2008 [9:34.38]
55-METER HURDLES Anthony Vazquez [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2020 [7.45]
800-METER RELAY: Rancocas Valley, 2017 [1:29.29]
1,600-METER RELAY: Timber Creek, 2013 [3:22.91]
3,200-METER RELAY: Egg Harbor Twp., 2015 [8:00.39]
DISTANCE MEDLEY: Haddonfield, 2010 [10:10.60]
HIGH JUMP: David Godbolt [Rancocas Valley], 2022 [6-0]
LONG JUMP: Ahmad Fogg [Egg Harbor Twp.], 202 [21-9]
TRIPLE JUMP: Jashad Kersey [Eastern], 2023 [45-11]
POLE VAULT: Dan Batdorf [West Deptford], 2008 [15-6]
SHOT PUT: Jason Nwosu [Delsea], 2022 [61-5]

55-METER DASH:Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023 [7.04]
200-METER DASH: Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017 [24.39]
400-METER DASH: Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023 [56.10]
800-METER RUN: None
MILE RUN: Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017 [4:55.96]
TWO-MILE RUN: Grace Wassell [Highland], 2022 [11:31.62]
55-METER HURDLES: Annabella Chin [Rancocas Valley], 2022 [8.21]
800-METER RELAY:Winslow Twp., 2022 [1:43.58]
1,600-METER RELAY: Washington Twp., 2010 [3:58.85]
3,200-METER RELAY: Haddonfield, 2017 [9:31.92]
DISTANCE MEDLEY: Lenape, 2013 [11:54.63]
HIGH JUMP: Alanna Woolfolk [Clayton], 2023 [5-8]
LONG JUMP: Leah Ellis [Millville], 2018 [19-3]
TRIPLE JUMP: None
POLE VAULT: Danielle O’Reilly [Shawnee], 2004 [12-0]
SHOT PUT: Mercedes Hicks [Atlantic City], 2006 [43-10 ¼]

Cinnaminson’s Austin Gabay ran a 2:53.80 leadoff leg and Duke smashed its school record in the distance medley Saturday in Boston.

Duke ran 9:29.20 at the Boston University DMR Challenge with Gabay on the 1,200, Rodriguez splitting 46.61, Drometer 1:49.50 and anchor Wittstadt 3:59.35.

Gabay ran his 200s in 28.80, 29.02, 29.35, 28.77, 28.33 and 29.55, which means he ran his 400s in 57.82, 58.12 and 57.88 and closed in 1:56.00 for his final 800.

Duke’s previous record was 9:34.39 set at the Alex Wilson Invitational in South Bend, Ind., in March 2010.

Gabay has only run two open races this winter – an 8:01.79 3,000 in Boston in January and a school-record 7:58.94 earlier this month.

Next for Gabay and Duke is the ACC Championships next weekend at the The TRACK in Boston. Duke’s DMR is ranked 5th in the ACC.

Delsea’s shot put crew came up huge once again, leading the Crusaders to their 5th indoor state title and 4th in the last six years.

With 18 points in the shot, Delsea topped Morris Knolls 42 1/3-30 to win the state Group 3 championship at the Bubble Saturday.

Delsea also won state titles in Group 2 in 2011, 2018, 2020 and 2022.

This was a true team championship. Delsea’s weight crew got plenty of help from a sprinter, a distance runner, a vaulter, a jumper and a relay team.

Junior Jonathan Harris won the shot with a 58-11 ¼, senior Greg Masso placed 3rd with a final-throw 55-0 and senior Tyler Habersham-Agbemenu was 5th with a 49-7 ½.

In 2018, Bill Goldsborough placed 2nd in the shot. In 2020, Joe Metzger placed 2nd in the shot. In 2022, Jason Nwosu, Josh Caudill and Masso swept the top three spots. So in those four state title since 2018, the Crusaders have scored 58 points in the shot put.

Sophomore Matthew Littlehales contributed eight big points with a 2nd-place finish in the 1,600 with a personal-best 4:21.71, 2nd-fastest by a New Jersey 10th-grader this year and fastest by a South Jersey sophomore since Ocean City’s Owen Ritti ran 4:20.43 at the 2020 Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze. Littlehales’ previous indoor PR was 4:29.61 last week at sectionals. He ran 4:23.69 last spring as a freshman.

Senior Julian Conigliaro, who didn’t even make sectionals last indoor season, ran a big PR 6.58 for 3rd place in the 55-meter dash. Conigliaro’s previous PR was 6.64, which he ran twice, including in the trials earlier Saturday.

Senior Carlos Reyes cleared 13-0 in the pole vault – an indoor PR and matching his lifetime PR – for 3rd place in the pole vault.

Senior Wayne Adair cleared 6-0 in the high jump, finishing in a 3-way tie for 6th place, which accounts for the one-third of a point in Delsea’s final total.

And Delsea finished things off with a 4th-place finish in the 1,600-meter relay, with seniors Xavier Wyatt, Conigliaro, Dante McGrenehan and Christian Langston running 3:28.66.

Outdoors, Delsea won state titles in Group 3 in 2018 and 2022 and Group 2 in 2019, so overall that’s eight state championships and seven since 2018.

After a long – long – day at the Bubble, South Jersey finished a nearly 12-hour day with 30 state championships.

With the delayed start time of 12:30, the last race of the day – the girls Group 2 1,600-meter relay – didn’t end until just before midnight. |

Easterns are Tuesday and granted Easterns has faded recently and isn’t the meet it used to be, but it’s still on the fast track at the Armory and is still worth a handful of good marks every year. And then it’s off to Ocean Breeze March 3 for the Meet of Champions starting at 10 a.m.

But for now, here’s a look at every state champion from South Jersey this weekend. Congrats to all the winners and everybody else who qualified for the M-of-C or PR’d or did their best. If I omitted anybody, I’m sorry, but it’s 1 a.m. Let me know who’s missing in the comment section and I’ll add them.

Boys
Group 1
Peyton Shute [Woodbury], 1,600-Meter Run [4:17.42]
Peyton Shute [Woodbury], 3,200-Meter Run [9:33.34]
Malachi James [Burlington City], 55-Meter Dash [6.30]

Group 2
*Bennett Wright [Haddonfield], 1,600-Meter Run [4:21.12]
Elijah Forrest [Collingswood], 3,200-Meter Run [9:31.21]
Deptford [Darryl Wayman, Christian Berry, *Sean Nieves, Abu Jabbie], 1,600-Meter Relay [3:30.41]
Ryan Merlino [Oakcrest], Pole Vault [14-6]

Group 3
Winslow Township [*Chukwuemeka Ajaegbulemh, *Dominic Bassey, *Jayden Poteat, Darrell Jackson Jr.], 1,600-Reter Relay [3:26.04]
Daniel Couse [Clearview], Pole Vault [14-0]
*Jonathan Harris [Delsea], Shot Put [58-11 ¼]

Group 4
Yashahya Brown [Washington Township], 55-Meter Hurdles [7.21]
Robert Poplau [Cherokee], 800-Meter Run [1:54.64]
*Trevor Farrell [Kingsway], Pole Vault [13-6]
David Godbolt [Rancocas Valley], High Jump [6-6]

Girls
Group 1
*Leila Ortiz [Clayton], 55-Meter Dash [7.37]
Audubon [Arianna Bittner, Kylie Tocco, Madelin Carter, Alaina Copsetta], 1,600-Meter Relay [4:15.38]
Maylisa Bluford [Clayton], Shot Put [39-2 ¾]
*Emerson Levins [Haddon Twp.], Pole Vault [10-0]
Alanna Woolfolk [Clayton], High Jump [5-8]

Group 2
*Nester Wea [Willingboro], 55-Meter Dash [7.23]
*Rebecca Hoover [Haddonfield], Pole Vault [12-0]

Group 3
**Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 55-Meter Dash [7.04]
**Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 400-Meter Dash [56.38]
*Sofia Day [Mainland Regional], 800-Meter Run [2:16.66]
*Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 3,200-Meter Run [10:33.78]
Winslow Township [**Olivia Okaro, Djassi Dean, ***Skyhe Seamon, ***Cinniya Robinson], 1,600-Meter Relay [3:57.17]
*Hannah Byrd-Leitner [Moorestown], Pole Vault [12-0]

Group 4
**Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 400-Meter dash [57.12]
Eastern [Samantha Osei-Kyei, Lomaria Tengbeh, Eva Sprewell, **Natalie Dumas], 1,600-Meter Relay [4:00.12]

The meet was close. Then they ran the 55-meter dash final. And the meet wasn’t close anymore.

The Willingboro girls put away the state Group 2 meet with a dominating 1-3-4 finish in the 55, turning a 36-34 lead over Haddonfield into a 21-point edge.

Willingboro finished with a 64-48 margin of victory over Rumson-Fair Haven to win its 5th indoor state title but first in 20 years. Haddonfield was a close 3rd with 46 points.

The Willingboro girls also won Group 4 in 1981, Group 2 in 1998 and Group 3 in 2002, 2003 and 2004.

All three Willingboro sprinters PR’d, junior Nester Wea with a 7.23, sophomore Kaila Speight 7.33 and freshman Maya Bolden a 7.34.

And get this: Those times are Willingboro’s fastest in 26 years and No. 3, No. 5 and No. 6 in school history. And they all came in one race. Here’s a look at an all-time Willingboro 55-meter dash top 10 list:

6.73 … Michelle Glover, 1981
7.07 … Magenta Taylor, 1998
7.23 … Nester Wea, 2024
7.26 … Pam Young, 1982
7.33 … Kaila Speight, 2024
7.34 … Maya Bolden, 2024
7.35 … Kia Van Wright, 1992
7.35 … Jordan McCray-Ross, 2017
7.36 … Chanel Hamilton, 2004
7.38 … Aailiyah Courtney, 2012

Wea had her usual huge day, with the 55-meter dash win and 2nd-place finishes in the 400 in 58.76 and the hurdles with a PR 8.43. She also ran the 2nd leg on the 2nd-place 4-by-4.

Speight contributed 3rd-place finishes in the 55 and the 400 with PRs of 7.33 and 58.92 and ran the 3rd leg on the relay, and Bolden anchored the 4-by-4 to go with her 4th-place finish in the dash. Jaden Murry led off the 4-by-4, which ran 4:01.95.

And senior Naa’rah Andrews PR’d at 5-2 in the high jump for 2nd place. That’s an indoor PR and matches her outdoor PR.

The Chimeras are getting close to the 4-minute mark, which they last broke indoors with a 3:59.55 at 2010 Easterns.

The Chimeras also got big points in the shot put from junior Chanel Swain, who threw 37-7 ¼ for 3rd place.

Outdoors, Willingboro has won five state titles – Group 4 in 1980 and 1981, Group 3 in 1999 and 2002 and Group 3 in 2023. So this is their 10th overall state championship.

Without an individual 1st- or 2nd-place, the Timber Creek girls piled up enough points to win their 3rd state title since 2017 Saturday evening at the Bubble.

In a meet that didn’t end until after 11:30 p.m., Timber Creek placed 2nd in the 1,600-meter relay to lock up a 34-30 win over Mount Olive.

There were 10 teams within 10 points going into the 4-by-4. Winslow won with a meet-record 3:57.17, with Timber Creek taking 2nd in 3:57.91.

That lifted Timber Creek from 26 points to 34 and clinched the team title.

Winslow finished 3rd with 29 points, with West Windsor-Plainsboro North [23], Rahway [20], Pennsauken [20], Moorestown [19, Middletown South [18], Ocean City [18] and Morris Hills [17] making it 10 schools between 17 and 34 points.

Timber Creek also won Group 3 indoor state titles in 2017 and 2023. There was no meet held in 2021, so they’ve won three of the last seven state championships in Group 3.

Senior Guerlande Pierre turned in a remarkable triple, scoring in the 55-meter hurdles, shot put and high jump. She placed 3rd in the hurdles in 8.36, 5th in the shot put with a 35-6 and 6th in the high jump at 5-0.

Junior Ryan Jennings ran 7.17 for 4th in the 55 and 58.81 for 5th in the 400, senior Naylah Jones ran 7.13 for 3rd in the 55 and junior Billie Frazier and senior Nyla Jones went 4-6 in the hurdles in 8.58 and 8.74. Jennings, Naylah Jones, Chloe Jones and Frazier are listed as the runners on Timber Creek’s 4-by-4 team.

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