Late Thursday afternoon, after the NJSIAA decided to condense the two-day state championships into a one-day meet, the association announced the revised schedule.

The NJSIAA announced on Thursday morning that because of the smoke from the Canadian wildfires, the state championships would go from a two-day meet to a one-day meet.

The biggest change is the elimination of trials in the 100-meter dash and 110-meter hurdles. These will now be run as finals, with seed times determining who runs in the fastest sections.

Also, there will be no finals in field events.

The meets will still begin at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, with Groups 1 and 4 and Parochial A at Franklin High in Somerset and Groups 2 and 3 and Parochial B at Delsea in Franklinville.

Hopefully, “EliteFeats” timing company will be nowhere near either meet.

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Order of Events
Girls 3,200-meter run
Boys 3,200-meter run
Girls 100-meter dash
Boys 100-meter dash
Girls 800-meter run
Boys 800-meter run
Girls 400-meter hurdles
Boys 400-meter hurdles
Girls 400-meter relay
Boys 400-meter relay
Girls 100-Meter Hurdles
Boys 100-Meter Hurdles
Girls 3,200-meter relay
Boys 3,200-meter relay
Girls 200-meter dash
Boys 200-meter dash
Girls 1,600-meter run
Boys 1,600-meter run
Girls 1,600-meter relay
Boy 1,600-meter relay

Palmyra junior Abdulazeez Iyiola turned in one of the fastest 400 hurdles races in South Jersey Group 1 sectional history Friday.

Iyiola won the race in a big personal-best 54.57 and won by half a second over Glassboro junior Cartrell Moore, who ran 54.97. They’re the top-two seeds for the state Group 1 meet this weekend at Franklin.

Iyiola’s time is fastest in South Jersey Group 1 since Chris Mesiano of Schalick – who went on to become a multiple All-America at Rowan – ran 54.08 in 2015. Since the inception of fully automatic timing at sectionals in 2003, Mesiano and Iyiola have the two-fastest SJ-1 intermediate hurdles times.

There have been some fast hand times in Group 1: Martin Booker – now the Willingboro coach – ran 53.6 for Camden in 1981, Camden’s DiAndre Chandler ran 53.1 in 1986; Paulsboro legend Fred Sharpe 53.0 in 1997; and Burlington City’s Bryan Smith 54.3 in 2001

Iyiola is No. 4 in South Jersey behind the two Pennsauken boys – Bryce Tucker [51.40] and Premier Wynn [52.68] – as well as Deptford’s Lathan Brown [53.67].

He’s the top underclassman in New Jersey and No. 3 state-wide. He and Moore are the only Group 1 hurdlers in the state who’ve gone under 55. And he’s the fastest junior in South Jersey Group 1 since Schalick’s Matt Kates ran 54.15 at the 2007 South Jersey Invitational at Buena.

The last Palmyra intermediate hurdler to win a sectional title was All-America Will Brown, who ran 54.8 in 2005 and 55.65 in 2006. Before that Matt Moore, who ran 55.6 in 1988.

Brown set the Palmyra school record of 53.71 at the state Group 1 meet at Egg Harbor. He set the school record in the highs at 13.97 placing 3rd at Nike Outdoor Nationals in Greensboro, N.C.

Iyiola didn’t break a minute last year as a sophomore in his first year in the intermediates. This past indoor season, he did run 51.82 and placed 3rd in the flat 400 at Group 1 states at the Bubble. He started out this spring with a PR 57.59 at the Moorestown Invitational and then dropped to 56.45 at the South Jersey Elite at Delsea before his breakthrough race this past weekend.

At sectionals, Iyiola also placed 5th in both the flat 400 and the 110 highs in 50.95 and 16.66. He’s run as fast as 49.85 and 16.04 so far this spring.

You think Willingboro and you think sprinters and hurdlers, and the Boro has had plenty of them. But Willingboro has a little bit of a tradition of pole vaulters as well, and Jackson Murry is the latest addition.

Murry won the South Jersey Group 2 meet with a personal-best 14-0 clearance, becoming the first Willingboro vaulter to clear 14 feet in 34 years.

The only vaulters to go higher in any group on sectional weekend are two Group 4 seniors – Damian Scouloukas of Hunterdon Central in North 2 and Ridgewood’s Liam O’Meara in North 1.

Murry shares the No. 1 seed in the Group 2 state meet at Delsea with Leonard Izzo of Rumson-Fair Haven, who cleared 14-0 to win Central Jersey Group 2 at Jackson Liberty.

Murry is Willingboro’s first 14-footer since Ricky Clemmons cleared 15-0 to win the 1989 state Group 3 title at South Plainfield over Hamilton East’s Darrin Miglione, who had cleared 14-6 on fewer misses.

Danny Lamp cleared 15-3 ½ at the 1977 East Coast Relays in Elizabeth and Marv Forchion 14-6 at the 1986 state Group 3 meet in Piscataway (he was also 3rd in the long jump at 21-8). Forchion went on to win the Meet of Champions, also at 14-6.

Murry, a junior, is Willlingboro’s 2nd sectional pole vault champ in the last three years. Glenn Ferguson won Central Jersey Group 1 two years ago at 12-0. Murray wasn’t pole vaulting yet, but he did place in the 200 in that meet.

Murry first picked up the pole vault last year as a sophomore and quickly cleared 11-0 by his 6th meet. He led a 1-2 Willingboro pole vault finish at sectionals with Byron Gary and got 2nd at indoor states at the Bubble with a 12-0 clearance.

He improved to 13-0 last spring and won the County Open and placed 5th at states and then got up to 13-6 at the Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.

On Friday, he cleared 12-0 on his 2nd attempt, 12-6 and 13-0 on his 1st and 13-6 and 14-0 on his 3rd. He actually would have placed 4th on misses if he didn’t clear 14-0.

Haddonfield senior Alex Hurly [13-6], Cinnaminson soph Ed Frey [13-6], West Deptford junior [Ray Senatore] and Haddon Heights senior Adam Furlong [12-6] also advanced to states.

Murry is tied for No. 2 junior in New Jersey, behind Oakcrest’s Ryan Merlino, a 15-foot vaulter who unfortunately is injured and wasn’t able to compete at sectionals.

The versatile Murry also found time this weekend to place 6th in the 400 in 51.74. He also ran the 3rd leg on Willingboro’s 4th-place 400-meter relay team and anchored the Chimeras’ 4th-place 4-by-4 with a 50.23 split.

Premier Wynn keeps getting faster, and after a hot race at sectionals he’s now 12th-fastest in South Jersey history.

Wynn, half of Pennsauken’s unprecedented 1-2 sprinting-hurdling combo with Bryce Tucker, won the South Jersey Group 4 race Saturday on his home track in 47.39.

That’s the 2nd-fastest FAT time ever run at any South Jersey sectional, 1-100th of a second behind Reuben McCoy’s 47.38 for Winslow in Group 4 in 2004.

The only other sub-48-second FAT 400s at sectionals have been recorded by Woodbury’s Darrell Bush [47.41 in Group 1 in 2011] and Alex Reber of Cherry Hill East [47.96 in Group 4 in 2004].

The South Jersey Group 4 meet record is 46.4 run by Edgewood Olympic gold medalist Dennis Mitchell at the 1984 meet at Buena – at the time the fastest time ever run by a New Jersey quarter-miler in a high school meet.

The fastest FAT time run at sectionals by a South Jersey athlete is 46.82 by Moorestown’s Brandon Outlaw at the 2017 Central Jersey Group 3 meet at Bernards.

Wynn won the sectional race over a fast Rajahn Dixon from Eastern, who was 2nd in 48.05, with Tucker 3rd in 49.37. Also under 50 were New Jersey’s two-fastest freshmen – Julian Coppage-Seepersaud of R.V. [49.38] and Pennsauken’s KaRon Ali [49.39] – as well as Washington Township senior Kanye Mills [49.45] and Egg Harbor junior Christopher Manzo [49.85].

The South Jersey Group 4 race produced six of the top-11 seeds in the state meet this weekend at Franklin. Wynn and Dixon are No. 1 and 2.

Overall, Wynn is No. 2 in New Jersey this year behind Seton Hall Prep’s Xavier Donaldson, who ran 47.13 last month in a meet in Newark.

Indoors, Pennsauken and Seton Hall Prep locked up in a historic 4-by-4 battle at the Meet of Champions, Pennsauken winning with the 11th-fastest time in U.S. history over a Seton Hall Prep team that had run the 9th-fastest time in U.S. history a few weeks earlier, with Wynn and Donaldson going head-to-head on the 3rd leg.

Wynn won the South Jersey Group 3 400 last year in 48.24. He also placed 3rd in the intermediates at sectionals in 53.82, was 2nd to Dixon in the 200 and ran on Pennsauken’s winning 4-by-1.

Wynn plans to run for Norfolk State next year.

All-Time South Jersey 400 List
46.02 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1984
46.62 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991
46.66 … Antonio Abney [Willingboro], 2007
46.67 … Jamaad Muse [Timber Creek], 2014
46.77 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 2004
46.82 … Brandon Outlaw [Moorestown], 2017
46.95 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2012
47.03 … Royce Reed [Bridgeton], 1994
47.0h … Darron Outler [Lenape], 1984
47.0h … Ron Hillian [Eastern], 2002
47.30 … Rob Gary [Lenape], 1998
47.39 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
47.1h … Brian Bennett [Edgewood], 1985
47.1h … Barry Douglas [Willingboro], 1993
47.2h … Levin Handy [Vineland], 1969
47.44 … Amir Brock [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2017
47.2h … Curtis Mcintyre [Bridgeton], 1992

All-Time New Jersey 400 top-100
45.71 … Clayton Parros [Seton Hall Prep], 2009 [2nd, Great Southwest, Albuquerque, N.M.]
46.02 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1984 [1st, International Prep Invitational, Elmhurst, Ill.]
46.28 … Zyaire Clemes [Trenton], 2013 [3rd, New Balance Nationals, Greensboro, N.C.]
46.34 … Ray Williams [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 2002 [2nd, adidas Outdoor Championships, Raleigh, N.C.]
46.43 … Najee Glass [St. Peter’s], 2011 [1st, Meet of Champions, Carl Sandburg Middle School, Old Bridge]
46.4y … Ron Freeman [Jefferson], 1965 [1st, C.J. Group 4, Union]
46.62 … Gary Satterwhite [Rahway], 1985 [2nd, International Prep Invitational, Elmhurst, Ill.]
46.62 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
46.67 … Jamaad Muse [Timber Creek], 2014 [2nd, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
46.68 … Lance Wigfall [East Orange], 2003 [1st, Group 4 States, Egg Harbor Twp.]
46.73 … Mario Heslop [Franklin Twp.], 2018 [1st, Group 4 States, Franklin]
46.77 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 2004 [1st, Group 4 States, Egg Harbor Twp.]
46.81 … Andrew Valmon [Manchester Twp.], 1983 [2nd, Jumbo Elliott, Villanova]
46.81 … Taylor McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2014 [7th, USATF Junior Nationals, Eugene, Ore.]
46.82 … Brandon Outlaw [Moorestown], 2017 [1st, C.J. Group 3, Bernards]
46.84 … Kevin Lyles [Franklin], 1991 [2nd, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
46.84 … Mario Heslop [Franklin], 2017 [1st, Group 4 States, Franklin]
46.87 … Ty Adams [Monmouth Reg.], 1993 [2nd, Keebler Invitational, Elmhurst, Ill.]
46.88 … Shaquan Brown [JFK Paterson], 2005 [3rd, Nike Outdoor Nationals, Greensboro, N.C.]
46.90 … Antonio Abney [Willingboro], 2007 [5th, Nike Outdoor Nationals, Greensboro, N.C.]
46.8h … Darrell Jeffress [Trenton], 1978 [2nd, International Prep Invitational, Elmhurst, Ill.]
46.94 … Bryant McCombs [Old Bridge], 2005 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
46.95 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2012 [2nd, Meet of Champions, Old Bridge]
46.95 … Charles Cox [Monmouth Reg.], 2007 [1st, C.J. Group 3 Sectionals, Monmouth Reg.]
46.98 … Adian Sanderson [Ewing], 2003 [1st, Group 3 States, Egg Harbor Twp.]
47.03 … Royce Reed [Bridgeton], 1994 [4th, American Airlines National Scholastic, Raleigh, N.C.]
46.9h … Tony Valentine [Plainfield], 1983 [2nd, Group 4 States, Rutgers Stadium]
47.13 … Xavier Donaldson [Seton Hall Prep], 2023 [1st, Super Essex County, Newark]
47.16 … Isaiah Gill [Plainfield], 2008 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
47.18 … Walt McCall [Hackensack], 1988 [3rd, International Prep Invitational, Elmhurst, Ill.]
47.19 … Tyrone Ross [Metuchen], 1997 [6th, National Scholastic Outdoors, Raleigh, N.C.]
47.21 … Jermaine Griffith [Nottingham], 2013 [3rd, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
47.22 … Taj Burgess [Carteret], 2017 [2nd, Meet of Champions, Northern Burlington]
47.1h … Harold Rollins [Lakewood], 1985 [1st, S.J. Group 3, Buena Reg.]
47.1h … Darron Outler [Lenape], 1984 [2nd, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
47.30 … Rob Gary [Lenape], 1998 [1st, Group 4 States, South Plainfield]
47.33 … Joey Mendel [Wayne Hills], 1999 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
47.2y … Duval Moore [Asbury Park], 1965 [2nd, C.J. Group 4, Union]
47.2y … Joe Bryant [Englewood], 1966 [1st, Group 3 States, Rutgers Stadium]
47.2h … Walt James [East Orange], 1980 [1st, N.J. Section 2, Group 4, Elizabeth]
47.2h … Brian Bennett [Edgewood], 1985 [1st, S.J. Group 4, Buena]
47.39 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023 [1st, S.J. Group 3, Pennsauken]
47.3y … Fred Brown [Weequahic], 1972 [1st, N.J. Section 2 Group 3, Elizabeth]
47.3y … Levin Handy [Vineland], 1969 [1st, Group 4 States, Highland Park
47.4y … Bill Butler [East Orange], 1972 [2nd, N.J. Section 2 Group 3, Elizabeth]
47.3h … Charles Pennington [Plainfield], 1984 [1st, Plainfield Invitational, Hub Stine Field, Plainfield]
47.3h … Keith Barker [Weequahic], 1992 [1st, N.J. Section 2 Group 3, Morristown]
47.3h … Curtis Mcintyre [Bridgeton], 1992 [unknown]
47.44 … Amir Brock [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2017 [2nd, Group 4 States, Egg Harbor Twp.]
47.46 … Kevin Sembrat [Roxbury], 2018 [1st, Group 3 States, Central Reg.]
47.48 … Hakim Johnson [Toms River South], 1998 [2nd, Group 4 States, South Plainfield]
47.48 … Ron Hillian [Eastern], 2002 [3rd, Meet of Champions, South Brunswick]
47.49 … Nadale Buntin [J.P. Stevens], 2018 [1st, Greater Middlsex County, Carl Sandburg Middle School, Old Bridge]
47.53 … Thomas Kalieta Jr. [Matawan], 2016 [2nd, Group 2 States, Northern Burlington]
47.4h … Jack Armour [Lincoln], 1980 [found 47.9, Union County meet]
47.4h … John Marshall [Plainfield], 1981 [1st, Group 4 States, Rutgers Stadium]
47.4h … Will Hamilton [Elizabeth], 1984 [unknown]
47.4h … Ken Moore [Overbrook], 1984 [4th, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
47.4h … Brandy Wells [Montclair], 1984 [1st, Essex-Union, site unknown]
47.4h … Glenwood Jackson [East Orange], 1984 [unknown]
47.4h … Chuck Carter [Eastern], 1985 [1st, Camden County, Haddon Twp.]
47.4h … John Grimsley [Newark West Side], 1989 [1st, N.J. Section 2 Group 4 Sectionals, Morristown]
47.4h … Charlz Hester [Toms River South], 1998 [1st, S.J. Group 3, Egg Harbor Twp.]
47.57 … Nakia Fenner [Newark East Side], 1994 [unknown]
47.58 … Clayton Gravesande [Franklin Twp.], 2010 [1st, N.J. Section 2 Group 4 Sectionals, Ridge]
47.59 … Jade Smith [Camden], 2002 [4th, Meet of Champions, South Brunswick]
47.60 … Jordan Jimerson [Union Catholic], 2013 [2nd, World Youth, Edwardsville, Ill.]
47.62 … Barry Douglas [Willingboro], 1993 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
47.63 … Jessie Legister [Montclair], 2021 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
47.64 … Keith Griffith [Florence], 2010 [4th, Princeton Elite, Princeton]
47.5h … Jim Adams [Hanover Park], 1980 [unknown]
47.65 … Leonard Robbins [East Brunswick], 2011 [1st, C.J. Group 4 Sectionals, Hillsborough]
47.65 … Jaden Marchan [Leonia], 2023 Bergen County Championships, Old Tappan]
47.67 … Alex Moore [JFK-Iselin], 2017 [2nd, Group 3 States, Northern Burlington]
47.67 … Cashieve Blair [Irvington], 2022 [1st, N.J. Group 4 Sectionals, Ridge]
47.68 … Nick Brown [Bridgeton], 1999 [2nd, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
47.68 … Keith Taylor [Elizabeth], 2003 [2nd, adidas Outdoor Nationals, Raleigh, N.C.]
47.68 … Cory Poole [East Orange], 2017 [3rd, Group 4 States, Egg Harbor Twp.]
47.69 … Colin Winslow [Sayreville], 2013 [2nd, Group 4 States, Egg Harbor Twp.]
47.73 … David Fields [Monmouth Reg.], 1989 [1st, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
47.6h … Keith Davis [Lincoln], 1970 [2nd, Easterns, Randall’s Island]
47.6h … Mike Penniston [Neptune], 1976 [unknown]
47.6h … George Cooper [Newark Central], 1983 [3rd, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
47.6h … Steve Brown [McCorristin], 1983 [1st, Easterns, Randall’s Island]
47.6h … Rob Totten [Peddie], 1997 [unknown]
47.6h … Devon Matthews [Pleasantville], 1999 [2nd, S.J. Group 2 Sectionals, Buena Reg.]
47.75 … Ian Arcia [Montclair], 1994 [unknown]
47.76 … Carl Smith [Camden], 2005 [2nd, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
47.78 … Harmodio Cruz [South Brunswick], 2017 [4th, Group 4 States, Egg Harbor Twp.]
47.78 … Nick Givan [Union Catholic], 2022 [1st, Parochial A, Middletown North]
47.79 … Duan Freeman [Winslow Twp.], 2003 [2nd, Group 4 States, Egg Harbor Twp.]
47.80 … Allan Lukenheimer [Old Bridge], 2007 [1st, C.J. Group 4 Sectionals, Hillsborough]
47.82 … Shamali Whittle [Hamilton North], 2022 [1st, Mercer Coaches Classic, West Windsor-Plainsboro North]
47.83 … Antraye Miles [Winslow Twp.], 2003 [3rd, Group 4 States, Egg Harbor Twp.]
47.7h … Elliott Johnson [Ewing], 1981 [1st, Meet of Champions]
47.7h … Tyrone Elijah [Barringer], 1983 [4th, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
47.7h … Barry Solomon [Asbury Park], 1984 [1st, Shore Conference, Brick]
47.7h … Maurice Gibbs [Vailsburg], 1986 [unknown]
47.84 … Garrett Kroner [Indian Hills], 2006 [3rd, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
47.85 … Jason Bass [Morristown], 1990 [2nd, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
47.8h … Hardge Davis [Montclair], 1966 [1st, State Federation Championships, Highland Park]
47.88 … Shawney Kersey [Woodbury], 2009 [1st, Group 1 States, South Plainfield]
47.88 … Damiere Byrd [Timber Creek], 2011 [1st, Group 3 States, South Plainfield]
47.88 … Mike Andre [Ocean Township], 2012 [1st, C.J. Group 3 Sectionals, Monmouth Regional]
47.89 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019 [1st, Meet of Champions, Northern Burlington]
47.89 … Damon Merkerson [St. Mary’s-Rutherford], 2007 [4th, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]
47.89 … Corey Wright [Neptune], 2006 [4th, Meet of Champions, South Plainfield]

Not many schools have a javelin tradition like Rancocas Valley.

Going back to Drew Forbes, who threw the old javelin 221-7 back in 1978, No. 7 in South Jersey history with the old jav; South Jersey Group 4 winner Gary Forsythe, who threw 196-4 in 1996; Meet of Champions winner Jason Cowden, who threw 202-8 in 1999; and more recently 2018 Meet of Champions winner Nick Mirabelli, who holds the South Jersey record of 227-10 and went on to throw 236-6 and earn a top-20 U.S. ranking; and Robert Marks, who threw 191-6 in 2016 and won the state Group 4 title.

Time to add Kevin Burr Jr.’s name to R.V. javelin lore.

Burr Jr., who hadn’t thrown 142 feet until two weeks ago, popped his 5th straight PR Friday, winning the South Jersey Group 4 javelin with a 193-4 throw, 2nd-best in New Jersey this year, No. 14 in South Jersey history with the new jav [since 2003] and No. 5 in Burlington County history with the new jav.

Burr Jr. is the top seed in the Group 4 meet at Franklin Township High this weekend by 23 feet over Braden Paulmenn of South Brunswick.

According to his MileSplit page, this is Burr Jr.’s first year of outdoor track. MileSplit shows him running a 55 and a 200 indoors as a freshman and then not competing again until April 8 at the Deptford Spartan Relays, where he threw 132-1 and placed 8th in what appears to be his first-ever javelin competition.

Two weeks later, he thres 141-9 and placed 7th at the Blue Devil Classic at Westfield, but between the Blue Devil Classic on April 22 and the Burlington County Open on May 13 at Northern Burlington, something happened.

He got really good.

He won the County Open with a 179-9 throw – a 38-foot PR – and then improved to 187-7 at the Olympic Conference Championships across the street from R.V. at the Gertrude C. Folwell Elementary School field.

Which led to sectionals and a 26-foot win over Lenape junior Miles Acchione, who’s the 3rd seed at states this weekend.

Burr Jr.’s full series isn’t available [thanks for nothing, “EliteFeats”], but his 193-4 was best of all 16 sectional meets over the weekend. He’s No. 2 overall in the state behind George Kalkanas of Mahwah, who threw 195-6 at a meet at River Dell in April. He won North Group 2 Friday at Vernon with a throw of 187-3.

All-Time South Jersey 190-Foot Club
[with new javelin, which went into use in 2003]
227-10 … Nick Mirabelli [Rancocas Valley], 2017
224-10 … Curtis Thompson [Florence], 2014
220-11 … Cade Antonucci [Holy Spirit], 2016
216- 6 … Chris Mirabelli [Holy Cross], 2014
212- 2 … Alexander Georgia [Timber Creek], 2017
209- 4 … Steve Jernee [Ocean City], 2017
203- 6 … Stephen Benigno [Cherry Hill East], 2014
201- 1 … Sean Biehn [Burlington City], 2006
200- 8 … Cade Antonucci [Holy Spirit], 2016
199-10 … Kobe Roberts [Mainland Reg.], 2018
196- 9 … Terrence Smith [Oakcrest], 2016
195-11 … Joshua Moore [Middle Twp.], 2017
194-5 … Austin Hudak [Hammonton], 2021
193-4 … Kevin Burr Jr. [Rancocas Valley], 2023
192- 6 … Matt Rafferty [Northern Burlington], 2012
192- 6 … Chris Reider [Eastern], 2010
192- 3 … Shane McDevitt [Cinnaminson], 2014
192- 1 … Nick Cando [Eastern], 2004
191- 6 … Robert Marks [Rancocas Valley], 2016
191- 5 … Andrew Pierce [Cumberland Reg.], 2009
190- 0 … Andrew Forbes [Williamstown], 2011
190- 2 … Ian Meneswisch [Highland], 2003

Before sectionals, Riley Fayer’s entire track career consisted of a 3,200 at the Camden County Championships, a 1,600 at the Haddonfield Invitational and an 800 at Haddonfield Distance Night.

On Friday – 11 days after her first lifetime 800 – she became a sectional champ.

Fayer, a freshman at Audubon, not only won the South Jersey Group 1 800 in 2:19.44, she earned the No. 1 seed in the state Group 1 meet. The top four seeds are all out of the South Jersey Group 1 race, with Haddon Township senior Sara Weideman [2:21.47], Woodstown senior Katelyn Deal [2:21.74] and Salem junior Anna Buzby [2:22.06] also in the mix.

Fayer is the 3rd Audubon girl to win a South Jersey Group 1 title at 800 meters in the last decade. Molly Furlong won in 2:18.51 in 2014 and Alexis Staib in 2017 in 2:20.30.

Fayer didn’t run indoors – she played hoops for the Green Wave – so other than possible dual meets, her first lifetime track meet was the Camden County Championships at Haddon Township, where she ran 11:14.40 and placed 3rd behind Haddonfield’s Ava Thomas and Helene Usher.

She ran 5:18.93 in her 1,600 debut May 17 at Haddonfield, placing 4th behind Meghan Lex of Haddon Township, Haddonfield’s Riley Slootsky and Bishop Eustace’s Elena Cicchini.

And then on May 22 came her first-ever 800 back at Haddonfield and she took 5th, behind two girls from Wilberforce School in Princeton, West Deptford soph Talia Thomasson and Holy Cross junior Sara Sherlock.

That’s it.

Three races and then off to Group 1 sectionals at Pennsauken, where she won the 800; ran 5:13.29 for 2nd in the 1,600, just behind Lex, who ran 5:12.95; and took 2nd to Schalick sophomore Jordan Hadfield in the 3,200 with 11:39.22.

She scored 26 of 4th-place Audubon’s 53 points in SJ-1.

At the state Group 1 meet this weekend at Franklin High, Fayer will be the top seed in the 800, No. 2 in the 1,600 – behind Lex obviously – and No. 5 seed in the 3,200 with her 11:37.91.

Egg Harbort senior Ahmad Fogg long jumped 23-3 ¾ Friday. But nobody knows it.

Fogg was credited with a win in the South Jersey Group 4 long jump with 23-0 ¾ but his actual winning jump was 23-3 ¾. Fogg was victim of the shaky field event scoring that affected several events at Pennsauken and was robbed of three inches.

But whatever his official jump is listed as, Fogg moved into the No. 6 spot in Atlantic County history and broke the school record of 23-3 ¼ set by Stevenson Cajuste set when he won the 2008 Meet of Champions at South Plainfield, and he’s now only 6 ¼ inches off the county mark of 23-10 set by Steve Harper of Atlantic City at the 1993 Group 4 sectionals in Bridgeton. Harper that day also won the 100 in 10.6 and the 200 in 21.9 and finished 2nd in the 400 to Willingboro’s Barry Douglas in 48.7.

Fogg’s 23-3 ¾ is best by an Atlantic County long jumper in seven years and No. 1 in South Jersey and makes him No. 1 seed in the state Group 4 meet at Franklin High, although there are five other jumpers at 22-6 or better.

Fogg won South Jersey Group 4 last year with a 22-0 ¾ and he’s the first repeat long jump winner in South Jersey Group 4 since Rob Whitfield of Toms River South in 2009 and 2010 and the first from a South Jersey school since Anthony Miles of Winslow in 2002 and 2003.

He also placed 2nd in the triple jump at sectionals with a 45-4 ½, which makes him the No 5 seed at states. His PR is 46-9 from the Atlantic County Championships at Stockton. Senior teammate Jamil Wilkins, a 1st-year jumper, is No. 2 seed in the triple jump with his PR 46-5 win at sectionals. Fogg and Wilkins are No. 3 and 5 in Atlantic County history in the triple.

ALL-TIME ATLANTIC COUNTY LONG JUMP LIST
23-10 …….. Steve Harper [Atlantic City], 1993
23-9 ……… Dave Klemic [Mainland Reg.], 1996
23-7 ¼ … Reginald Morton [Oakcrest], 2013
23-6 …….. Tyler Clybourn [Oakcrest], 2016
23-4 ½ … Bo Melton [Cedar Creek], 2016
23-3 ¾ … Ahmad Fogg [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2023
23-3 ¼ … Stevenson Cajuste [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2008
23-0 ¾ … Gary Melton [Cedar Creek], 2012
22-9 ½ … Justyce Pollitt [St. Augustine], 2013
22-8 ¾ … Ray Wilson [Pleasantville], 2007

ALL-TIME ATLANTIC COUNTY TRIPLE JUMP LIST
48-1 ½ … Mubeen Momodu [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2019
45-2 ½ … Ahmad Brock [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2021
46-9 … Ahmad Fogg [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2023
46-6 ¾ … Mawali Osunniyi [Mainland Reg.], 2023
46-5 … Jamil Wilkins [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2023
46-2 ½ … Darnell Charles [Oakcrest], 2011
45-11 ¾ … Jayden Britt [Oakcrest], 2016
45-11 ¾ … Stevenson Cajuste [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2008
45-10 … Ladarrell Dixon [Oakcrest], 2013
45-7 … Ishmael Muhammad [Oakcrest], 2013

ALL-TIME S.J. 23-FOOT CLUB
26-8 ¼ … Carl Lewis [Willingboro], 1979
25-2 …….. Anthony Averett [Woodbury], 2012
25-1 ½ … Gerard Reynolds [Willingboro], 1990
25-0 …….. William Spearman [Woodrow Wilson], 1996
24-8 ….….. Isaac Samuels [Willingboro-Kennedy], 1983
24-11 ¼ … Anthony Miles [Winslow Twp.], 2002
24-5 ….….. Mike Morrison [Willingboro], 2003
24-3 ¾ … Mikhail Micheaux [Eastern], 2013
24-1 ½ … Mike Boone [Burlington City], 1990
24-0 ½ … Kerry Vivett [Edgewood], 1984
23-11 ½ … Syteek Farrington [Camden], 2009
23-11 ….….. Preston Beckley [Eastern], 1993
23-11 ….….. Nick Brown [Bridgeton], 1999
23-10 ¾ .. Bob Schuenemann [Collingswood], 1932
23-10 ¼ … Ben Liles [Kingsway], 1992
23-10 …….. Jerry Mathis [Willingboro], 1985
23-10 …….. Steve Harper [Atlantic City], 1993
23-9 ……… Dave Klemic [Mainland Reg.], 1996
23-9 ……… Robert Jordan [Millville], 1999
23-8 ½ … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
23-8 ½ … Bill Mobley [Eastern], 1990
23-8 ½ … Lamar Sturdivant [Woodbury], 1996
23-8 ½ … Sean McPherson [Delsea], 2010
23-8 ….….. Jamal Powell [Bridgeton], 1991
23-7 ¾ … Clem Jones [Vineland], 1968
23-7 ½ … Matt Rose [Bordentown], 1984
23-7 ¼ … Reginald Morton [Oakcrest], 2013
23-6 ¾ … Jamal Powell [Bridgeton], 1990
23-6 ½ … Ed Loges [Shawnee], 1992
23-6 ½ … Reggie Riggs [Pennsauken Tech], 1988
23-6 ½ … Ter’Mier Hill [Clayton], 2021
23-6 ½ … Floyd Whitaker [Highland], 2021
23-6 ¼ … Jamal Heard [Bridgeton], 1990
23-6 …….. Tyler Clybourn [Oakcrest], 2016
23-6 …….. Chris Gillis [Pennsauken], 2000
23-6 …….. Antwan Dickerson [Pennsauken], 2013
23-5 ½ … Damiere Byrd [Timber Creek], 2011
23-5 ½ … John Meekins [Cinnaminson], 1988
23-5 ¼ … Chris Vasser [Cape May], 1978
23-5 ¼ … Dorian Evans [Timber Creek], 2008
23-4 ¾ … Chace Pearson [Timber Creek], 2022
23-4 ½ … Bo Melton [Cedar Creek], 2016
23-4 ½ … Sean Clifton [Edgewood], 1982
23-4 ½ … Ben Mitchell [St. Joe’s], 2015
23-3 ¾ … Eddie Walker [Woodbury], 1990
23-3 ½ … Tracy Hall [Moorestown], 1977
23-3 ¼ … Stevenson Cajuste [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2008
23-3 …….. Kimere Brown [Penns Grove], 2014
23-3 …….. Jon Dickey [Penns Grove], 1985
23-3 …….. Bill Conover [Collingswood], 1931
23-3 …….. Lance Sherer [Vineland], 1978
23-2 ½ .. Jamar Byrd [Vineland], 2004
23-2 ¼.. Terrence Sorrell [Salem], 1988
23-2 … Quasheem Taylor [Bridgeton], 2015
23-1 ¾ … Rakim Coyle [Wildwood Catholic], 2018
23-1 ¼ … Kwinten Ives [Palmyra], 2022
23-1 … Tai Matlock [Rancocas Valley], 2019
23-0 ¾ … Ahmad Fogg [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2023
23-0 ¾ … Gary Melton [Cedar Creek], 2012
23-0 ½ … Khaliel Burnett [Delsea], 2018
23-0 ½ … Iverson Clement [Rancocas Valley], 2017
23-0 ¼ … Brian Winchester [Vineland], 2010
23-0 … Adam Kucinski [Highland], 2002
23-0 … Dave Still [Glassboro], 2016
23-0 … Marcus Chambers [Clayton], 2017

Here are the official performance lists for the six state championship meets this weekend.

Groups 1 and 4 and Parochial A are at Franklin High in Somerset, and Groups 2 and 3 and Parochial B are at Delsea Regional in Franklin Township. So please don’t go to the wrong Franklin!

Action begins at 2:30 p.m. Friday and 10:30 a.m. Saturday.

Click the link for the *.pdfs!

Delsea performance lists.

Franklin performance lists.

Sophomore Nester Wea this weekend became the 12th South Jersey girl – and first from Willingboro – to win four individual events at a sectional meet.

Wea joined two legends – Tonya Lee of Rancocas Valley in 1986 and Erin Donohue of Haddonfield in 1999 – as the 3rd South Jersey sophomore to win an individual sectional quad.

At the South Jersey Group 2 meet, Wea won the 100 in 12.09, the 200 in 25.52, the 400 in 58.05 and the 100-meter hurdles in 16.03, single-handedly outscoring all but three teams in South Jersey Group 2.

Haddonfield won the team title with 154 points, Willingboro was 2nd with 102 and Sterling 3rd with 94 points.

Wea PR’d in the 100, 400 and high hurdles. She came into the meet at Pennsauken with PRs of 12.27, 24.99, 58.83 and 16.43.

She’s the first girl to pull off an individual quad win in South Jersey Group 2 in 21 years.

This is Wea’s first year of outdoor track. She competed indoors as a freshman but not outdoors. Her first major outdoor meet of her life was May 6 at the South Jersey Open at Cherokee. A month later she was a quadruple sectional winner.

Willingboro has had seven triple individual winners at sectionals. Here’s a look at that group:

Kenady Wilson [C.J. Group 1, 2019]: High jump, long jump, triple jump
Vanessa Arientyl [S.J. Group 2, 2010]: 100 hurdles, 400 hurdles, long jump
Brittnee Bynoe [C.J. Group 3, 2005]: 800, 1,600, 400 hurdles
Okechi Ogbuokiri [S.J. Group 3, 2003]: 200, 400, 800
Shakirah Rutherford [S.J. Group 3, 1999]: 200, 400, intermediates
Kim Hargrove [S.J. Group 4, 1996]: 100, 200, high jump
Carol Lewis [S.J. Group 4, 1981]: 100 hurdles, high jump, long jump

Here’s a look at all the quad winners in South Jersey history! We had to go through piles of results to come up with this list and there very well could be some missing. If you notice any South Jersey girls missing who won four individual events in the same sectional meet, please let us know in the comment section with all the pertinent details.

Remember, the NJSIAA didn’t allow athletes to compete in four individual events until the mid-1980s so someone like Carol Lewis never had the opportunity to record a quad win.

Tonya Lee [Rancocas Valley, S.J. Group 3, 1986]: 100HH [14.5], 400IH [1:02.2], LJ [17-7 ½], HJ [5-4]

Euride McCormick [Paulsboro, S.J. Group 1, 1987]: 100HH [15.3], 400IH [1:05.7], LJ [16-8], HJ [5-2]

Dana Burnett [Williamstown, S.J. Group 3, 1996]: 100 [11.6], 200 [24.2], 400 [54.4], LJ [17-10 ½]

Nichole Hill [Oakcrest, S.J. Group 3, 1997]: 100 [12.0], 200 [24.6], 100HH [13.9], LJ [17-6]

Kristina Matthews [Bordentown, S.J. Group 1, 1998]: 100HH [15.2], 400IH [1:06.2], HJ [5-4, LJ [18-6 ¼]

Erin Donahue [Haddonfield, S.J. Group 1, 1999]: 800 [2:16.7], 1,600 [5:00.0], 3,200 [10:43.2], Jav [133-1]

Erin Donahue [Haddonfield, S.J. Group 2, 2000]: 800 [2:12.8], 1,600 [4:49.8], 3,200 [10:28.6], Jav [141-7]

Shameka Speed [Bridgeton, S.J. Group 2, 2002]: 100 [12.1], 200 [24.7], 400 [57.5], LJ [18-6 ½]

Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp., S.J., Group 4, 2004] 200 [25.10], 400 [55.73], 100HH [14.33], 400IH [1:00.12]

Rajeanna Marigna [Palmyra, S.J. Group 1, 2008]:100 [12.34], 200 [25.44], 400 [58.06], 100HH [16.11]

Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp., S.J. Group 4, 2013]: 100 [12.18], 200 [25.08], 100HH [14.29], 400IH [1:04.39]

Amirah Sharpe [Clayton, S.J. Group 1, 2021]: 200 [25.37], 400 [56.24], 800 [2:20.54], 400IH [1:04.20]

Nester Wea [Willingboro, S.J. Group 2 2023]: 100 [12.09], 200 [25.52], 400 [58.05], 100HH [16.03]

Willingboro competes at the state Group 2 meet at Delsea this weekend. Wea is No. 1 seed in the 100 and 200, No. 2 in the 400 and No. 8 in the high hurdles.

It was the greatest discus competition in New Jersey sectional history, and it happened Saturday afternoon at Pennsauken.

Glassboro junior Damere Lassiter and Penns Grove senior Janier Armstead became the first duo in New Jersey sectional track history to both throw 180 feet in the same competition.

Full series aren’t available – thanks for nothing, “EliteFeats” – but Lassiter won the South Jersey Group 1 meet with a throw of 184-8, and Armstead was 2nd with a 183-4.

Both were well beyond the previous South Jersey Group 1 meet record of 171-8 set by Pennsville’s John Clark at the 2007 meet at Egg Harbor and they are the 2nd- and 3rd-best throws ever in any Group 1 sectional behind a 187-8 throw by Giovanni Gutierrez of Saddle Brook in the 2017 North 1 Group 1 meet at Randolph.

The best previous 2nd-place performance behind a 180-foot winning throw in state sectional history came in 1995 at West Deptford. Overbrook’s Ron Dayne, who five years later would be the 11th pick in the NFL draft, won the discus at 187-4 and Jackson’s Jay Ziemack was 2nd with a 171-7.

Lassiter and Armstead popped the two-best throws ever by South Jersey Group 1 athletes and they’re No. 3 and 4 in the state this year, behind Southern’s Fabian Gonzalez [203-2 at Penn] and Bergen Catholic’s Ben Shue [200-10 in a meet at Demarest last month].

The only New Jersey Group 1 throwers in at least 20 years to throw farther than Lasster and Armstead are Hopatcong’s Phil Smith [189-4 at the 2005 state Group 1 meet at Egg Harbor] and Gutierrez in 2017.

Lassiter’s 184-8 is No. 12 in South Jersey history, best ever by a Group 1 thrower and No. 2 in Gloucester County history, behind Delsea’s Josh Awotunde, the World Championships bronze medalist last year, who threw 192-5 at the state Group 3 meet at South Plainfield, and Deptford’s Ken Manhana, who threw a then-South Jersey-record 185-5 at the 1976 Gloucester County Championships at Woodbury. Armstead is No. 15 in South Jersey history and No. 2 in Salem County history, behind school record holder Russ Willett, who threw 185-10 at the 1985 Bridgeton Relays.

They are No. 8 and 12 in South Jersey sectional history in any group:

198-0 … Ron Dayne [Overbrook], 1995 [Group 4]
187-4 … Ron Dayne [Overbrook], 1994 [Group 4]
186-7 … Dan Gilligan [Toms River East], 2016 [Group 3]
185-11 … John Mooers [Middle Twp.], 2015 [Group 2]
185-9 … Fabian Gonzalez [Southern Reg.], 2022 [Group 4]
185-6 … James Plummer [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013 [Group 4]
185-0 … Braheme Days Jr. [Bridgeton], 2013 [Group 2]
184-8 … Damere Lassiter [Glassboro], 2023 [Group 1]
184-5 … Ray Wilks [Bridgeton], 1995 [Group 3]
184-3 … Kamron Kobolak [Cinnaminson], 2018 [Group 2]
183-6 … Todd Stueber [Toms River South], 2017 [Group 3]
183-4 … Janier Armstead [Penns Grove], 2023 [Group 1]
182-0 … Fabian Gonzalez [Southern Reg.], 2021 [Group 4]
180-0 … Kevin Benson [Toms River North], 2015 [Group 4]

Lassiter, whose best throw last year was 149-5, had a PR of 159-7 going into sectionals from the Delsea Crusader Field Meet a week earlier. Armstea’’s best was a 177-3 from the Woodbury Relays, where he finished 2nd to Southern’s Gonzalez.

Lassiter is the top underclassman in South Jersey since Days [190-3] and Awotunde [186-9] in 2012. His 184-8 appears to be the best throw ever by a Group 1 junior in New Jersey.

Here’s an updated look at the all-time South Jersey 180-foot list:

216-11 … Ron Dayne [Overbrook], 1996
199- 6 … Braheme Days Jr. [Bridgeton], 2013
197- 0 … James Plummer [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
192- 5 … Josh Awotunde [Delsea], 2013
191-11 … Franklin Simms [St. Augustine], 2022
189- 7 … Ray Wilks [Bridgeton], 1995
185-11 … John Mooers [Middle Twp.], 2015
185-10 … Russ Willett [Penns Grove], 1985
185- 7 … Matt Huckabee [Timber Creek], 2010
185- 6 … Kamron Kobolak [Cinnaminson], 2018
185- 5 … Ken Manahan [Deptford], 1976
184-8 … Damere Lassiter [Glassboro], 2023
184- 4 … Adam Hunt [Collingswood], 2017
183-9 … Jason Nwosu [Delsea], 2022
183-4 … Janier Armstead [Penns Grove], 2023
181-10 … Jason Winrow [Cumberland Reg.], 1989
180- 3 … Howard Clark [Pennsauken], 1998