There were just too many impressive performances over the weekend at Meet of Champions and New Balance Nationals to write about everybody. Wish I could!

So here’s a look at 10 athletes (actually 12) whose performances you may have missed that I didn’t want to go unnoticed.

If you or your athlete had a great weekend and isn’t listed and, I’m really sorry. I do the best I can to highlight a variety of performances in various events from athletes at different schools of all sizes, and it’s just not always possible to include everybody. Please let me know of any outstanding performances I haven’t mentioned and I’ll do my best to get to them at some point.

This is a boys list. A similar girls list will be posted tomorrow morning!

Dominic Bassey, Winslow Twp.
Bassey PR’d with a 2:01.87 for 8th place in the freshman 800. That wound up No. 2 among New Jersey freshmen, behind only Arya Garg of Parsippany, who ran 2:00.93 at North 2 Group 2 sectionals at Randolph. Bassey’s previous PR was a 2:02.92 at the Olympic Conference Meet at Washington Township. Bassey also ran 53.28 for 400 meters.

A.J. Brooks, Eastern
The Monmouth-bound Brooks capped a terrific season with a 2nd-place in the 110 hurdles at the Meet of Champions. Brooks lowered his PR to 14.19, fastest by a Camden County hurdler since Winslow’s Edwin Alston ran 13.90 to win the Meet of Champions in 2015. Brooks, the state champ in the highs indoors, also long jumped 21-0 ¾ at sectionals.

Alex Constantinou, St. Augustine
Constantinou, a senior high jumper, didn’t compete very often this spring but finished strong, even though he did not compete at states. Constantinou cleared 6-4 at the Cape Atlantic League Championships at Bridgeton and then 6-3 ½ for 4th in the Rising Stars division at Nationals. His PR last year was 5-6.

Evan Corcoran, Kingsway
Corcoran never broke 11.56 or 23.34 last spring, but this is why you keep working hard and stick with it. This year, Corcoran was one of New Jersey’s top sprinters. After winning state Group 4 titles in the 100 and 200 (10.71, PR 21.62) he placed 3rd in the 100 at the Meet of Champions in 10.71 and then a day later ran a 47.91 anchor as Kingsway ran a season-best 3:25.19 (their fastest since 2013) in the 4-by-4 at New Balance Nationals. Senior Jeffrey Heineman, junior Mathias Alexander and sohpomore Benny Liles III also ran on the 4-by-4. Corcoran will join the outstanding Rowan program next year.

Rece Englehardt, Moorestown
Heck of a sophomore season for Englehardt, who also starts for Moorestown’s football and basketball teams. He finished his season by placing 7th in the triple jump at Meet of Champions with a 44-9 ¾ and then won the Rising Stars competition at New Balance with a PR 45-3 ½, a Burlington County sophomore class record. Englehardt also long jumped 22-2 ¾ and high jumped 6-0 so could be a decathlete in the making. He finished the season as the No. 1 sophomore in New Jersey in both horizontal jumps

Scott Hubbard, Audubon
Big weekend for Hubbard, who placed 3rd in the 1,600 at the Meet of Champions in 4:19.79 and then ran 1:56.52 for 12th in the Rising Stars 800 at New Balance Nationals. Hubbard leaves Audubon with PRs of 1:56.15 and 4:17.54 from his double win at the state Group 1 meet.

Jaden Johnson, Chace Pearson, Timber Creek
Terrific back-to-back performances from both Timber Creek horizontal jumpers. Johnson, who took 3rd in the Meet of Champions triple jump at 46-0 ½ and 8th at nationals with a 46-10. Johnson leaves Timber Creek No. 10 in South Jersey history in the triple jump with his 47-7 ½ to win the state Group 3 title at Pennsauken. Johnson also high jumped 6-4 and long jumped 20-2 ½ this year and even medaled in the javelin at the Camden County Championships. As for Pearson, he took 2nd in the long jump at Meet of Champions at 22-6 ¾ and 8th at Nationals with a 22-9. He graduates with PRs 23-4 ¾ in the long jump, 45-4 in the triple jump and 14.86 in the 110 highs.

Jason Nwosu, Delsea
Nwosu finished his brilliant career in style, taking 2nd at the Meet of Champions shot put with a 62-7 ¾ and then followed that up with a 63-0 for 3rd place and All-America honors at New Balance Nationals, only 2 ½ inches off his PR from his win at states. Nwosu finishes No. 6 in South Jersey history in the shot and No. 12 in the discus.

Connor Wright, Hammonton
Another one who competed at both Franklin High and Franklin Field. Wright placed 6th in the long jump at Meet of Champions at 21-7 ¾ on Saturday and then jumped 22-1 ¾ for 12th in the Rising Stars division at nationals on Sunday. Wright leaves Hammonton with school records of 22-2 ¼ and 45-1 ¾.

Premier Wynn, Pennsauken / Jamir Brown, Delran
We’ll put Wynn and Brown together since they went 1-2 in the Rising Stars intermediate hurdles at New Balance Nationals, and both had outstanding seasons. Wynn, a junior, won the 400IH in 54.43 and Brown was 2nd with a PR 54.52. At the MoC, Wynn was 3rd in the 400, and at New Balance he also anchored Pennsauken’s 8th-place 800-meter relay team, which ran 1:28.28. He finished with PRs of 47.86 from his win at Group 3 states and 54.28 from 2nd place at Meet of Champions. As for Brown, he finished as the No. 2 sophomore in New Jersey in the intermediates (by 16-100ths of a second) and No. 2 in the highs with his 14.66 from his 2nd-place finish at states. In addition to his 2nd in the Rising Stars 400IH, he placed 5th in the Rising Stars 110HH in 14.87.

The amazing Sharpe sisters finished their high school careers with a 3rd-place finish and All-America honors in the 1,600-meter relay at New Balance Nationals.

Arianna, Ariel and Amirah Sharpe – along with freshman Kelsey Thomas – ran 3:46.37 and finished behind only Bullis School of Potomac, Md. [3:40.73] and Paul Robeson of Brooklyn [3:45.41].

Not all the splits are listed on the New Balance Nationals results site, but Amirah Sharpe anchored in 53.31.

Amirah Sharpe also placed 3rd in the 400 hurdles in 1:00.41, which is No. 9 in South Jersey history and broke the Gloucester County record of 1:00.90 set in 1999 by Medea Ashton of Washington Township when she placed 5th at Foot Locker Nationals in Raleigh, N.C., in 1999. Her previous 400IH PR was 1:01.07 from the South Jersey Elite in May at Delsea.

Arianna and Amirah Sharpe also placed 4th and 7th in the 400 in 54.36 and 54.55 and 12th and 13th in the 200 in 24.52 and 24.60, Ariel Sharpe took 14th in the Rising Stars 400 in 58.90

The 4-by-4 performance capped a remarkable season for Clayton, which won its second straight state Group 1 title after the Sharpe sisters led Paulsboro to the state Group 1 title in 2019. The meet wasn’t held in 2020.

At Penn, Clayton ran 3:44.67, No. 3 in South Jersey history, No. 12 in state historyand fastest by a South Jersey school since Willingboro ran 3:44.64 in 2002.

Greg Foster won his 2nd national title of the weekend and 5th of his remarkable high school track career Sunday at the New Balance Nationals.

Foster, a Lumberton native and senior at Lawrenceville School, uncorked a final-jump personal-best 25-6 ¼ to win the long jump at Franklin Field.

That’s the best long jump mark by a New Jersey schoolboy in 43 years and No. 2 in state history, behind only eight-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis of Willingboro, who jumped 26-8 ¼ at the Pan American Games trials in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1979.

On Friday, Foster broke the state record in winning the triple jump with a 51-0 ¾. Indoors, he won the long jump at 25-4 ½, the triple jump with a 49-9 ¼ and the 60-meter hurdles in 7.43 at Ocean Breeze Nationals.

Foster improved on each of his jumps Sunday. There is no wind reading listed for his winning jump.

He opened with a 23-3 ½, jumped 23-10 ¼ on his second attempt and 24-2 ½ on his third. He surpassed 25 feet on each of his last three jumps, hitting 25-0 ½ on his 4th, 25-4 ¾ on his 5th and 25-6 ¼ on his 6th. Foster averaged 24-6 ½ on his six jumps.

His winning jump ranks Foster 11th in the world in the Under-20 division and No. 4 among Americans. He’s No. 19 in the triple jump and No. 5 among Americans.

Foster needed to PR just to win the event. Alexander Smith of Hilliard- Darby High of Hilliard, Ohio, who won Armory Nationals indoors, PR’d at 25-3 ½ on his 4th jump, temporarily taking the lead. Foster responded with the two-best jumps of the competition, and Smith’s best on his two final jumps was a 24-1 ¾.

Although Foster had jumped 25-4 ½ indoors, his outdoor PR before Sunday was 24-11 from his win at Penn Relays in April. So his four-best lifetime outdoor jumps have come at Franlin Field, where it’s notoriously difficult to jump far.

Foster is entered in both the long jump and triple jump at USATF Under 20 Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., later this week. The long jump is scheduled for 1:15 p.m. Friday and the triple jump at 3:25 p.m. Saturday.

All-Time New Jersey Long Jump List
26-8 1/4 … Carl Lewis [Willingboro], 1979
25-6 ¼ … Greg Foster [Lawrenceville School], 2022
25-2 ½ … Anthony Averett [Woodbury], 2013
25-0 ½ … Corey Crawford [Indian Hills], 2010
25-0 … Justes Nance [Blair Academy], 2015
25-0 … William Spearmon [Woodrow Wilson], 1996
24-11 ½ … Renaldo Nehemiah [Scotch Plains], 1977
24-11 ½ … Anthony Miles [Winslow Twp.], 2002
24-11 … Darius Pemberton [Hackensack], 1993
24-8 ½ … Gerard Reynolds [Willingboro], 1989
24-8 … Isaac Samuels [Willingboro-Kennedy], 1983

A day after winning the Meet of Champions 3,200, Haddonfield senior Seth Clevenger ran one of the fastest miles in New Jersey history.

Despite not being assigned to the fast heat, Clevenger placed 6th out of 59 of the top runners in the country in the mile, earning All-America honors at the New Balance Nationals at Franklin Field.

His time of 4:08.67 is No. 2 in South Jersey history and No. 16 in New Jersey history.

Clevenger broke the 49-year-old Camden County record of 4:10.2 set in 1973 by Haddon Township’s Mike Elder at the 1973 Delaware Valley Meet of Champions – also at Franklin Field. Elder placed 2nd to Eric Beam of Springfield (Delaware County) High, who ran 4:09.5.

The Iowa State signee won the 4th of five mile sections Sunday, leading four runners under 4:10, including New Jersey rivals Jimmy Wischusen, a sophomore at Union Catholic in Scotch Plains, and Collin Boler, a junior at Delbarton in Morristown.

That group then waited half an hour until the seeded heat raced to see where they times held up. Gary Martin of Archbishop Wood in Warminster, the fastest high school-only miler in history, won in 4:03.57, but Clevenger, Wischusen and Boler‘s timers held up 6th, 9th and 10th in the country.

Clevenger just missed the South Jersey mile record of 4:08.51 set in 2008 by Ocean City’s Brett Johnson at the USATF New Jersey Championships at Monmouth University in West Long Branch. Because the mark was set before the end of the New Jersey season, it’s recognized as the South Jersey record.

Clevenger split 61.46, 63.18, 62.88 and 61.16.

On Saturday, Clevenger ran 9:07.10 to win the Meet of Champions 3,200. He PR’d this year at 9:03.65 at the Camden County Championships at Haddon Township.

He’s now No. 2 in South Jersey history in the mile and No. 10 in the two-mile.

Clevenger’s previous PR was a 4:09.34 for 1,600 meters last month at the Haddonfield Invitational. That is equivalent to a 4:10.79 full mile, so Sunday’s race was more than a two-second PR.

Clevenger finished the season unbeaten at 1,600 meters against all New Jersey runners.

Bridgewater-Raritan’s Villanova-bound Marco Langon, whose 4:05.91 earlier this month is No. 6 in New Jersey history, placed 25th in 4:13.54.

All-Time New Jersey Mile List
3:59.8h … Marty Liquori [Essex Catholic], 1967
4:03.29 … Edward Cheserek [St. Benedict’s Prep], 2013
4:03.49 … Robby Andrews [Manalapan], 2009
4:05.01 … Sean Dolan [Hopewell Valley], 2019
4:05.91 … Marco Langon [Bridgwater-Raritan], 2022
4:05.69 … Ben Malone [Pascack Valley], 2013
4:07.00 … Jackson Barna [Ridge], 2022
4:07.07 … Jim Nielsen [Bernards], 1984
4:07.66 … Joe Rosa [West Windsor-Plainsboro North], 2011
4:07.68c … Jackson Braddock [Southern Regional], 2021
4:07.70 … Jim Rosa [West Windsor-Plainsboro North], 2011
4:08.07 … Pat Schellberg, Delbarton, 2010
4:08.10 … John Carlotti [Bernards], 1983
4:08.1h … Roger Jones [Ramsey], 1977
4:08.51 … Brett Johnson [Ocean City], 2008
4:08.67 … Seth Clevenger [Haddonfield], 2022
4:09.90 … Jimmy Wischusen [Union Catholic], 2022
4:08.74c … Chris Marco [Toms River South], 2012
4:08.79c … Craig Forys [Colts Neck], 2007
4:09.2h … Steve O’Connell [Millburn], 1976
4:09.3h … Kevin Byrne [Paramus Catholic], 1977
4:09.36 … Steve Schadler [Bergenfield], 1984
4:09.55c … Liam Tansey [Morris Hills], 2009
4:09.72 … Stephen Lewandowski [Mountain Lakes], 2012
4:09.80 … Matt Mitchell [CBA], 1988
4:09.90 … Jimmy Wischusen [Union Catholic], 2022
4:09.95 … Collin Boler [Delbarton], 2022
4:09.98 … Chris Lear [Pingry], 1992
4:10.02 … Kyle Rakitis [Kingsway], 2021
4:10.24 … Drew Maher [Shore Regional], 2018
4:10.40 … Drake Anzano [CBA], 2016

Kingsway senior Kyle Rakitis, who won his second straight 1,600 at the Meet of Champions on Saturday, was registered to race the mile Sunday but scratched. He finishes his scholastic career with a PR of 4:10.02 from last year’s Meet of Champions. That’s No. 3 in South Jersey history.

Hammonton senior Austin Hudak finished his track career by earning All-America honors in the javelin Sunday.

Hudak threw a lifetime-best 194-4 at the New Balance Nationals at Franklin Field. His previous PR was 194-0 at the state Group 3 meet at Pennsauken. He took 2nd at the Meet of Champions Saturday with a 184-11 throw at Franklin High.

Hudak improved on his all-time South Jersey No. 12 ranking and No. 2 mark in Atlantic County history behind Cade Antonucci of Holy Spirit, who threw 220-11 in 2016.

On Sunday, Hudak opened with a 191-8 throw before popping his 194-4. After a 179-7 he advanced to the finals, where he threw 179-1, 181-4 and 184-8.

All-Time South Jersey Javelin List
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
199-10 … Kobe Roberts [Mainland Reg.], 2018
196- 9 … Terrence Smith [Oakcrest], 2016
195-11 … Joshua Moore [Middle Twp.], 2017
194- 4 … Austin Hudak [Hammonton], 2022
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

Paul VI seniors Isaiah Shafer, Cameron Serafinelli, Matthew Mazero and Michael Mazero earned All-America honors Saturday night with a 4th-place finish in the Super Sprint Medley at New Balance Nationals.

Shafter and Serafinelli ran the 100s, Matthew Mazero the 200 and Michael Mazero the 400 for PVI, which ran 1:33.35 and finished less than a second behind winner Stow-Munroe Falls High of Stow, Ohio, which ran 1:32.38.

The official results site does not show splits.

Paul VI had run 1:32.67 last week at Cherokee, and that is No. 8 in South Jersey history.

Bergen Catholic is No. 1 in New Jersey in the super sprint med with its 1:32.26 at Cherokee, where it edged PVI. But Paul VI turned the tables on the Oradell school Saturday night. Bergen Catholic placed 7th in 1:33.82.

Here’s the all-time South Jersey Super Sprint med list:

1:30.09 … Willingboro, 2007
1:31.05 … Camden, 2005
1:31.22 … Cherry Hill East, 2012
1:31.48 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
1:31.66 … Willingboro, 2006
1:31.90 … Delsea, 2007
1:32.26 … Deptford, 2018
1:32.67 … Paul VI, 2022
1:32.98 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2015
1:33.06 … Washington Twp., 2010
1:33.09 … St. Augustine, 2019
1:32.23 … Winslow Twp., 2004
1:33.24 … Deptford, 2019
1:33.29 … Cherokee, 2008
1:33.35 … Moorestown, 2016
1:33.43 … Timber Creek, 2013
1:33.44 … Winslow Twp., 2008
1:33.54 … Oakcrest, 2012
1:33.66 … Timber Creek, 2009
1:33.67 … Camden, 2009
1:33.68 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2010
1:33.68 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
1:33.79 … Moorestown, 2015
1:33.81 … Camden, 2007
1:33.89 … Delsea, 2014
1:33.92 … Camden, 20014
1:33.95 … Camden, 2019
1:33.97 … Winslow Twp., 2003

A day after helping Cherokee win the Meet of Champions 3,200-meter relay, Megan Niglio became New Jersey’s fastest freshman miler.

Niglio finished a terrific freshman year by placing 5th in the Freshman Mile at the New Balance Nationals Saturday morning at Franklin Field in a personal-best 5:07.39, fastest by a New Jersey 9th-grader this year by more than seven seconds.

Her time over a full mile converts to 5:05.61 for 1,600 meters, which is fastest by a South Jersey freshman in seven years, since Mainland Regional’s Alyssa Aldridge ran 5:06.13 at 2015 Group 4 sectionals at Central Regional in Bayville.

It’s fastest by a Burlington County freshman since Natalia Ocasio and Amanda Restivo of Lenape ran 5:01.02 and 5:05.42 in 2010.

She becomes Cherokee’s fastest freshman since Lisa Burkholder ran 5:01.94 to win the freshman mile at 2003 adidas Nationals in Raleigh, N.C.

Niglio was out in 75.40, then split 78.23 and 78.31 before closing in 76.46. Olivia Cieslak of Haverford High won the race in 5:01.70.

Her previous PR was 5:08.16 for 1,600 meters at the indoor state Group 4 meet at the Bubble. Her outdoor PR had been 5:13.31 at the Burlington County Open.

Niglio is the 3rd Cherokee girl to run sub-5:10 this year. Nicole Clifford ran 4:48.82 in New York and older sister Kelsey Niglio ran 5:09.08 at Holmdel.

The Cherokee girls capped a tremendous year by winning the 3,200-meter relay Saturday at the Meet of Champions at Franklin High, the first MoC relay title in school history.

Junior Kelsey Niglio, sophomore Kerry O’Day, freshman Megan Niglio and senior Nicole Clifford ran 9:25.70 in windy, difficult conditions and won by over 100 meters, the largest victory margin in meet history.

Jessica Woodard won three shot put titles and a discus title between 2011 and 2013 and Kaela Schrier won the javelin in 2016, but this is Cherokee’s first Meet of Champions title on the track in 32 years – since Monica Olkowski won her second straight 800 in 1990.

Kelsey Niglio gave Cherokee a 30-meter lead just 400 meters into her 2:16.29 leadoff leg and the race was pretty much over at that point.

Cherokee is the third South Jersey school to win the girls 4-by-800 at a Meet of Champions since the event was added to the state program in 2010. Lenape won in 2011 and Haddonfield last year.

With an entirely different lineup, Haddonfield placed 2nd this year in 9:42.72.

Cherokee’s 17.02-second margin of victory is the largest in meet history. In 2018, Ridge beat Westfield by 14.65 serconds.

As for Haddonfield, two days after placing both 4th and 6th in the 4-mile relay at New Balance Nationals at Franklin Field, the Bulldogs placed 2nd to Cherokee with Riley Slootsky, Thea Spellmeyer, Sarah Fetter and Audrey Naticchia.

When Haddonfield won last year in 9:10.24, their lineup was Allison Colflesh, Payton Weiner, Olivia Stoner and Linday Colflesh.

Cherry Hill East made it a 1-2-3 South Jersey sweep in 3rd place with a 9:43.98. Alexis Tepper, Michelle Barry, Madison McNiff and Kiley Walsh ran for the Cougars.

Cherokee had an outdoor-best 9:17.77 from its 4th-place finish at Penn Relays. The Chiefs ran 9:07.27 indoors when they placed 4th at Armory Nationals.

The win gave Cherokee a sweep of the two 3,200-meter relays. The Cherokee boys won earlier Saturday in 7:54.34.

This is the first time a South Jersey school has swept any Meet of Champions relay since Willingboro won the boys and girls 1,600-meter relay in 2006.

The win finished off an unprecedented season in XC and indoor and outdoor track for Cherokee, coached year-round by 1989 Burlington County Open 800 winner Mark Jarvis.

In cross country, Cherokee this year won South Jersey and state Group 4 titles, the Meet of Champions and the Nike Regional.

Indoors, Cherokee placed 2nd in the country in the 3,200-meter relay with the No. 2 time in South Jersey history and No. 11 time in state history, took 2nd in the sprint medley with the No. 3 time in South Jersey history and ran 2nd in the distance medley with the No. 5 time in South Jersey history. The Chiefs also won the Group 4 state relays indoors.

Outdoors, Cherokee traveled to Eugene, Ore., and won the sprint medley and placed 7th in the distance medley at the Oregon Relays with 4:04.69 (No. 12 in South Jersey history) and 12:07.43 (No. 11 in South Jersey history). The Chiefs won their 4-by-8 race at Penn and went on to place 4th in the Championship of America. Cherokee also placed 2nd to Rancocas Valley in the S.J.-4 sectional and a best-ever 2nd to Scotch Plains-Fanwood in the state Group 4 meet.

All in all, one of the greatest three-season performances in state history and it ended fittingly with a Meet of Champions title.

Kingsway senior Ryan Allen won the 3,000-meter racewalk Saturday at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in Eugene, Ore.

Allen covered 3,000 meters in 13:45.62, winning by 10 meters over Clayton Stoil of Langley High in McLean, Va., who was second in 13:48.69.

Stoil led for the first four laps before Allen built a four-second lead on the 5th lap. His lead grew to just over eight seconds with two laps to go. Stoil trimmed five seconds off Allen’s lead over the last two laps, but Allen crossed the line first.

The national title is the 5th of Allen’s high school career.

He won the one-mile racewalk at the adidas Indoor Nationals in Virginia Beach in February of 2021, the 3,000 walk at Outdoor Nationals at Hayward Field in Eugene last June and the one-mile events the same weekend in March at both the Ocean Breeze and Armory nationals in New York.

Allen’s 13:45.62 shattered his PR of 14:28.87, which he recorded last year at Hayward Field. He’ll be back at Hayward Field next week for the 10,000-meter event at USATF Under-20 Championships. Stoil is also entered.

Allen also ran for Kingsway. He placed 13th at Group 4 sectionals in XC this past fall and 4th in the Tri-County Championships. This spring, he PR’d at 3,200 meters in 9:54.15 for 12th at sectionals.

Allen’s older brother Sam, who was a freshman this year at Cornell, placed 6th at the U.S. Olympic Trials at 20,000 meters last June in Springfield, Ore. He represented the U.S. at the World Athletics Race Walking Championships in February in Muscat, Oman. You can read his account of that experience here.

He barely got into the Meet of Champions. Now he’s one of the best in South Jersey history.

It’s been an interesting week for St. Augustine senior Franklin Simms, who was the No. 21 seed in the discus for the Meet of Champions and is now No. 5 in South Jersey history.

Simms began the day with a PR of 167-6 from winning the Cape-Atlantic Meet last month at Bridgeton, but after throwing 151-7 and placing 4th at the Parochial A meet at Middletown North, he only advanced to the M-of-C as a wild-card.

All he did Saturday was throw 191-11 – a 24-foot PR – and place 3rd with the best throw by a South Jersey athlete in nine years.

Yes, it was very windy at Franklin High, and yes, the wind certainly aided the field, most of whom posted huge PRs. When seven guys throw 183 feet or better, that’s not normal. The last seven Meet of Champions that were contested, the winning throw was below 190 feet. On Saturday, you had to throw 190 just to get 3rd.

The meet produced three of the top-20 throws in state history.

Discus marks aren’t wind-aided, and Simms will go down as the No. 5 thrower in South Jersey history and No. 20 in state history.

His 191-11 makes him the No. 11 thrower in the 53-year history of the Meet of Champions and No. 3 in South Jersey history.

Simms, who is planning to play football next year for Wagner, posted the No. 2 throw in Atlantic County history, behind James Plummer’s 197-0 at Nationals in Greensboro in 2013.

It’s the best mark ever recorded by a non-public thrower at the Meet of Champions and the No. 2 mark ever recorded by a non-public thrower in New Jersey in any meet, behind Ben Shue, a freshman at Bergen Catholic in Oradell and the national freshman record holder at 198-5 from last weekend’s state Parochial A meet.

Shue did not compete at the Meet of Champions, opting instead for New Balance Nationals at Franklin Field, where he placed 2nd with a 193-10.

Incredibly, the timing company the NJSIAA used for the Meet of Champions does not list field event series (or splits) in its results, so Simms’ series is not available.

All-Time State Discus List
218- 4 … Sam Mattis [East Brunswick], 2010
216-11 … Ron Dayne [Overbrook], 1996
213- 4 … Glenn DiGiorgio [Bayonne], 2002
209- 9 … Adam Kuehl [Monmouth Regional], 2002
204- 8 … Yemi Ayeni [South Brunswick], 2005
203- 6 … Jordan West [Rahway], 2017
202- 0 … Terrence Glover [Hamilton West], 1999
200- 1 … Gabe Gonzalez [Elizabeth], 2002
199- 6 … Braheme Days Jr. [Bridgeton], 2013
199- 3 … Mike Columbus [Scotch Plains], 1974
198- 5 … Ben Shue [Bergen Catholic], 2022
197- 0 … James Plummer [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
196- 5 … Daniel Mikay [Northern Valley-Demarest], 2022
196- 2 … Ron Klotzer [Union], 1974
194- 3 … Joe Licata [Southern Regional], 2022
193-10 … Phil Hartung [Columbia], 1979
192- 8 … Russ Frame [Union], 1969
192- 5 … Josh Awotunde [Delsea], 2013
191-11 … Mike Gregorowicz [Bloomfield], 2000
191-11 … Franklin Simms [St. Augustine], 2022

All-Time South Jersey Discus 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- 4 … Adam Hunt [Collingswood], 2017
183- 9 … Jason Nwosu [Delsea], 2022
181-10 … Jason Winrow [Cumberland Reg.], 1989
180- 3 … Howard Clark [Pennsauken], 1998

All-Time Meet of Champions Performance List
215-3 … Ron Dayne [Overbook], 1996
207-2 … Sam Mattis [East Brunswick], 2011
206-0 …..….. Mattis, 2012
205-4 … Glenn DiGiorgio [Bayonne], 2001
201-0 …..….. Dayne, 1995
199-6 … Braheme Days Jr. [Bridgeton], 2013
197-6 … Terrence Glover [Hamilton], 1999
197-4 … Adam Kuehl [Monmouth], 2002
197-0 …..….. G. DiGiorgio, 2002
196-5 … Daniel Mikay [Northern Valley Demarest], 2022
194-3 … Joe Licata [Southern Regional], 2022
193-8 … Gabe Gonzalez [Elizabeth], 2002
192-9 …..….. Days Jr., 2011
192-8 … Russ Frame [Union], 1969
191-11 … Franklin Simms [St. Augustine], 2022
191-6 …..….. Kuehl] 2002
191-5 … Mike Columbus [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 1974
190-9 … Yemi Ayeni [South Brunswick], 2005
190-2 … Jordan West [Rahway], 2016