Michelle Glover has held the South Jersey 55-meter dash record for 39 years and it’s hard to imagine it will ever be broken.

Glover was a senior at Willingboro when she was invited to race some of the greatest sprinters in the world in the Dallas Times Herald Games at Reunion Arena on Jan. 31, 1981. 

Although Glover’s performance in Dallas was over-shadowed by Willingboro teammate Carol Lewis, who set an American indoor long jump record that night, Glover placed second in the 60-yard-dash to Alice Brown, who set a world record of 6.62.

Glover’s performance was so fast it earned her a No. 7 ranking that year among all U.S. women sprinters, behind such names as Florence Griffith Joyner, Evelyn Ashford and Chandra Cheeseborough.

Glover’s performance – 6.73 for 60 yards, converted to 6.75 for 55 meters – remains No. 6 in world history on the all-time under-20 list and No. 38 ever by a U.S. woman.

It was No. 2 in U.S. high school history at the time and to this day is still No. 7 in U.S. high school history.

The closest any New Jersey girl has gotten to Glover’s state record is 6.79 by Trenton’s Wendy Vereen, who ran 6.79 in 1984. The only South Jersey girl to run within a fifth of a second of Glover is Olympic gold medalist English Gardner of Eastern, who ran 6.95 in 2008. 

Incredible that Glover and Patti Dunlap are still No. 1 and No. 2 on this list with marks from four decades ago. But they are the only marks from that early on the entire top-50!

All-Time S.J. Girls 55-Meter Dash Top-50

6.75y … Michelle Glover [Willingboro], 1981
6.90y … Patti Dunlap [Camden], 1979
6.91 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2010
6.95 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
6.95 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2014
6.95 … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
6.98 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2020
7.00 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
7.00 … Iyanli Kollock [Our Lady of Mercy], 2017
7.01 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
7.05 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1996
7.06 … Jailya Ash [Eastern], 2019
7.07 … Aliya Harrison [Sterling], 2018
7.07 … Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2019
7.07 … Annie Johnson [Shawnee], 2012
7.07 … Audrey Wilson [Deptford], 2009
7.07 … Magenta Taylor [Willingboro], 1999
7.07 … Angela Clyburn [Egg Harbor Twp.], 1991
7.09 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 2012
7.09 … Emily Carson [Haddonfield], 2013
7.11 … Jamie Walker [Haddon Hts.], 2006
7.12 … Asante Johnson [Camden], 2009
7.14 … Shonda Burroughs [Vineland], 1999
7.17 … Nia Lawrence [Pemberton], 2013
7.17 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2014
7.17 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2006
7.18 … Sherese Price [Pleasantville], 1997
7.19 … Latoya Benson [Washington Twp.], 2001
7.19 … Adia Starnes [Timber Creek], 2017
7.20 … Medina Salaam [Camden], 1994
7.20 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], 2006
7.20 … Fametta Lewis [Wilson], 2007
7.20 … Tacquaya Tobias [Our Lady of Mercy], 2010
7.20 … Cidae’a Woods [Winslow Twp.], 2013
7.20 … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], 2011
7.21 … Artrelia Turner [Woodrow Wilson], 1986
7.21 … Shardae Anderson [Paulsboro], 2005
7.21 … Aaliyah Vandergrift [Paul VI], 2019
7.22 … Janeya Hammond [Winslow Twp.], 2020
7.22 … Ajae Alvarez-Tyler [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018
7.23 … Ivy Foster [Haddon Heights], 1992
7.23 … Tionna Tobias [Winslow Twp.], 2019
7.24 … Malea Broome [Millville], 2019
7.26 … Pam Young [Willingboro], 1982
7.26 … Latoya Carmichael [Woodrow Wilson], 2001
7.26 … Jewel Ash [Eastern], 2020
7.26 … Donjai Upshaw [Highland], 2017
7.26 … Shameka Speed [Bridgeton], 2003
7.26 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2008
7.27 … Tiaja Hampton [Clayton], 2018

 

Before we start Part 4 of our all-time South Jersey top-50 lists, let’s re-cap the indoor boys lists, which finished yesterday.

As always, please forward all corrections and additions to me in the comment section!

55-Meter Dash
200-Meter Dash
400-Meter Dash
800-Meter Run
1,600-Meter Run
3,200-Meter Run
300, 500, 600, 1,000, 1,500, 3000
55-Meter Hurdles
High Jump
Long Jump
Triple Jump
Pole Vault
Shot Put
800-Meter Relay
1,600-Meter Relay
3,200-Meter Relay
Sprint Medley
Distance Medley
Shuttle Hurdles

Also: The complete set of boys and girls all-time South Jersey outdoor top-50 lists.

Once track starts up again – hopefully in December – we will update all these lists in real-time so we have an accurate set of constantly updated all-time South Jersey performance lists.

Starting tomorrow we’ll start the all-time girls indoor top-50 lists with the 55-meter dash.

And when the girls indoor lists are finished? Something even bigger and better starts up! I have a few other cool projects coming up also!

It’s been nearly half a century since Craig Grant, Bob Seeberger, Bob Jackson and Jim Kanz of Paul VI first established the South Jersey shuttle hurdles record.

Incredibly, they’re still in the all-time top-10 in South Jersey history.

Pau VI got started during the winter of 1971-1972 with a 30.5 in the Catholic Track Conference Championships at West Point, N.Y., two days before Christmas of 1971.

The same group then ran 30.3 to win the Parochial A race at the state relays at the Jersey City Armory. 

Five weeks later, a special shuttle hurdles match race was held at Princeton during the IC4A Championships, and Metuchen set a national shuttle hurdles record of 29.0. Rahway ran 29.3 and Paul VI 29.6 to break its own South Jersey record.

Six years later, at the 1978 State Relays at Jadwin, Camden ran 29.6 to break Paul VI’s South Jersey record:

 

Camden’s mark stood for 21 years until cross-town rival Wilson ran 29.5 in 1999. Winslow’s 29.72 fully automatic in 2004 equalled Wilson’s mark, and Deptford ended any debate about the S.J. mark with a ridiculous 29.45 last year.

I’m never quite sure if I should combine hand times and FAT times in these lists. It depends on the event. For something like the 55, you have to have separate lists. For the 3,200 you can just combine them into one. The shuttle hurdles is somewhere in the middle. So what I did was put together three lists: 1) Combined all-time top-50 list with hand times not converted but placed where they would be if they were converted, 2) FAT all-time top-50 list and 3) hand-timed all-time top-50 list.

This is the last boys indoor top-50. We’ll start the girls indoor list next!

All-Time S.J. indoor boys 240-meter shuttle hurdles list

Overall
29.45 … Deptford, 2019
29.72 … Winslow Twp., 2004
29.74 … Egg Harbor, 2009
29.5h … Woodrow Wilson, 1999
29.6h … Camden, 1978
29.7h … Paul VI, 1972
29.8h … Willingboro, 1982
29.9h … Moorestown, 1975
30.0h … Willingboro, 1978
30.07 … Oakcrest, 2012

30.18 … Winslow Twp., 2020
30.22 … Camden, 2009
30.26 … Winslow Twp., 2003
30.41 … Camden, 1996
30.42 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2020
30.3h … Willingboro, 1990
30.47 … Willingboro, 2012
30.52 … Washington Twp., 2012
30.3h … Camden, 1999
30.62 … Lenape, 1997

30.63 … Camden, 2001
30.64 … Seneca, 2012
30.4h … Camden, 1979
30.4h … Camden, 1997
30.4h … Eastern, 1998
30.5h … Moorestown, 1976
30.5h … Overbrook, 1977
30.5h … Willingboro, 1989
30.5h … Lenape, 1996
30.5h … Camden, 2000

30.67 … Willingboro, 2007
30.6h … Edgewood, 1974
30.6h … Willingboro, 1983
30.6h … Willingboro, 1992
30.81 … Willingboro, 2016
30.7h … Eastern, 1992
30.90 … Winslow Twp. 2015
30.92 … Seneca, 2006
30.8h … Moorestown, 1974
30.8h … Camden, 1977

30.8h … Lenape, 1995
30.94 … Deptford, 2018
30.96 … Woodrow Wilson, 1998
31.04 … Highland, 2015
30.9h … Willingboro, 1986
31.05 … Willingboro, 2004
31.05 … Oakcrest, 2011
31.09 … Willingboro, 2003
31.0h … Willingboro, 1977
31.16 … Mainland Reg., 2016

FAT times
29.45 … Deptford, 2019
29.72 … Winslow Twp., 2004
29.74 … Egg Harbor, 2009
30.07 … Oakcrest, 2012
30.18 … Winslow Twp., 2020
30.22 … Camden, 2009
30.26 … Winslow Twp., 2003
30.41 … Camden, 1996
30.42 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2020
30.47 … Willingboro, 2012
30.52 … Washington Twp., 2012
30.62 … Lenape, 1997
30.63 … Camden, 2001
30.64 … Seneca, 2012
30.67 … Willingboro, 2007
30.81 … Willingboro, 2016
30.90 … Winslow Twp. 2015
30.92 … Seneca, 2006
30.94 … Deptford, 2018
30.96 … Woodrow Wilson, 1998
31.04 … Highland, 2015
31.05 … Willingboro, 2004
31.05 … Oakcrest, 2011
31.09 … Willingboro, 2003
31.16 … Mainland Reg., 2016
31.19 … Willingboro, 2015
31.20 … Palmyra, 2015
31.21 … Willingboro, 2017
31.23 … Willingboro, 2011
31.29 … Pleasantville, 1998
31.29 … Delsea Reg., 2010
31.31 … Camden, 2018
31.32 … Bridgeton, 1997
31.35 … Haddonfield, 2014
31.36 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
31.37 … Highland, 2014
31.39 … Bridgeton, 2006
31.40 … Bridgeton, 1995
31.40 … Rancocas Valley, 1998
31.42 … Winslow Twp., 2016
31.43 … Deptford, 2015
31.44 … Lenape, 1999
31.44 … Winslow Twp., 2013
31.44 … Deptford, 2016
31.50 … Willingboro, 2014
31.55 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2012
31.59 … Seneca, 2009
31.60 … Pennsauken, 1998
31.64 … Edgewood, 2000
31.64 … Camden, 2004
31.64 … Delsea Reg., 2009

Hand times
29.5h … Woodrow Wilson, 1999
29.6h … Camden, 1978
29.7h … Paul VI, 1972
29.8h … Willingboro, 1982
29.9h … Moorestown, 1975
30.0h … Willingboro, 1978
30.3h … Willingboro, 1990
30.3h … Camden, 1999
30.4h … Camden, 1979
30.4h … Camden, 1997
30.4h … Eastern, 1998
30.5h … Moorestown, 1976
30.5h … Overbrook, 1977
30.5h … Willingboro, 1989
30.5h … Lenape, 1996
30.5h … Camden, 2000
30.6h … Edgewood, 1974
30.6h … Willingboro, 1983
30.6h … Willingboro, 1992
30.7h … Eastern, 1992
30.8h … Moorestown, 1974
30.8h … Camden, 1977
30.8h … Lenape, 1995
30.9h … Willingboro, 1986
31.0h … Willingboro, 1977
31.1h … Penns Grove, 1983
31.1h … Rancocas Valley, 1991
31.1h … Willingboro, 1993
31.2h … Edgewood, 1977
31.2h … Edgewood, 1979
31.2h … Willingboro, 1979
31.2h … Willingboro, 1981
31.2h … Bridgeton, 1991
31.3h … Deptford, 1979
31.3h … Willingboro, 1984
31.3h … Cumberland Reg., 1985
31.3h … Willingboro, 1992
31.3h … Shawnee, 1992
31.3h … Pleasantville, 1994
31.3h … Pleasantville, 1996
31.3h … Triton, 2001
31.4h … Edgewood, 1978
31.4h … Shawnee, 1990
31.5h … Woodbury, 1978
31.5h … Shawnee, 1991
31.5h … Pleasantville, 1999
31.5h … Pennsauken, 2000
31.5h … Clearview, 2005
31.6h … Woodbury, 1979
31.6h … Penns Grove, 1985
31.6h … Willingboro, 1985
31.6h … Moorestown, 1988
31.6h … Bridgeton, 1990
31.6h … Woodrow Wilson, 1993
31.6h … Lenape, 2000

Williamstown set a South Jersey indoor DMR record at the 1974 Easterns.

It took more than a quarter of a century for someone to take that record down.

A few days ago, we wrote about Williamstown’s South Jersey sprint medley records from the 1970s. Click here for that story.

Here’s the story of a Williamstown mark from the 1970s that lasted a lot longer!

First, the 1974 Williamstown team of Tim Leyden on the 3/4-mile, Tony Uzdavines on the quarter, Butch Flanigan running the half and Bob Marino anchoring set a South Jersey indoor DMR record of 10:37.7 at the combined Group 1 and 2 state relays at Jadwin.

What was the previous S.J. record? It’s never mentioned in the articles about Williamstown’s performance, and I couldn’t find any South Jersey performances under 10:45 before 1974. So I don’t know.

A few weeks later, on the same track at Easterns, Williamstown hooked up with distance powerhouses St. Benedict’s of Newark and St. Joe’s of Metuchen in an epic battle that resulted in 3 of the 5-fastest times in state history.

St. Anthony’s of Queens won in 10:22.6, with Williamstown 2nd in 10:25.8 and St. Joe’s 3rd in 10:26.8. The only faster times in state history at the time were recorded in 1973 by Essex Catholic’s Kevin McNeil, Bernie Molinski, Mark Pilsbury and Chris Inman and Lawrenceville runners with the last names Woods, Scott and Missy – can’t find their first names anywhere – and anchor Merrell Noden,. who both ran a national-record 10:16.4 in a match race at Lawrenceville in 1973. Noden became a legendary sports writer at Sports Illustrated before losing his battle with cancer at the way-too-young age of 59 in 2015.

That Williamstown 10:25.8 – converted in many places to 10:21.8 but correctly here from 2 1/2 miles to 10:22.2 for 4,000 meters – remained the South Jersey record an incredible 27 years, until Cherokee finally went faster in 2001.

Cherokee hooked up with CBA at Easterns in a classic race that saw CBA run 10:16.07 and Cherokee 10:16.32. Jeff Peterson [3:10.9], Paul Cawley [51.6], Eric Reulbach [1:57.1] and Nat Glackin [4:16.5] ran for CBA and Josh Joseph [3:07.2], Sean Meyers [50.9], Kevin Hurley [2:01.8] and Marc Pelerin [4:16.3] for Cherokee.

Haddonfield  just missed Cherokee’s record with a 10:16.80 to win nationals the next winter, but Cherokee’s 10:16.32 stood as the S.J. record until 2010, when Haddonfield ran 10:09.78 with Colin Baker, Jordan Harris, Ben Potts and Jonathan Vitez winning nationals.

Incredibly, Williamstown’s performance from 1974 still stands as the No. 9 mark in South Jersey history 46 years later. It also remains the Gloucester County record, although Kingsway ran within six seconds of it at the Marine Corps Classic in December at the Armory.

Here’s the all-time South Jersey boys indoor DMR list. And I added every sub-11 time I could find below. So this list goes about 140 deep.

All-Time S.J. boys indoor DMR Top-50

10:09.78 … Haddonfield, 2010
10:12.42 … Haddonfield, 2016
10:16.32 … Cherokee, 2002
10:16.60 … Haddonfield, 2002
10:17.97 … Ocean City, 2011
10:19.24 … Haddonfield, 2009
10:21.11 … Haddonfield, 2011
10:21.38 … Haddon Township, 2015
10:22.2y … Williamstown, 1974
10:22.85 … Eastern, 2016
10:23.52 … Haddonfield, 2015
10:23.54 … Haddonfield, 2003
10:28.30 … Kingsway, 2020
10:28.59 … Cherokee, 2020
10:29.39 … Bishop Eustace, 2013
10:29.9y … Cherry Hill East, 1975
10:31.88 … Kingsway, 2014
10:32.79 … Eastern, 2002
10:33.0h … Eastern, 2003
10:34.11 … Camden Catholic, 2019
10:34.34 … Haddonfield, 2019
10:35.06 … Haddonfield, 2014
10:35.65 … Washington Twp., 2011
10:35.68 … Pleasantville, 2013
10:35.83 … Cherokee, 2018
10:35.93 … Cherokee, 2012
10:36.0h … Washington Twp., 2008
10:36.32 … Pitman, 2019
10:36.77 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2015
10:36.79 … Cherry Hill East, 2015
10:37.06 … Cherokee
10:37.28 … Bishop Eustace, 2002
10:37.43 … Kingsway, 2013
10:37.48 … West Deptford, 2014
10:38.53 … Kingsway, 2019
10:38.89 … Canden Catholic, 2018
10:39.27 … Cherry Hill East, 2016
10:39.87 … Haddon Heights, 2009
10:40.12 … Bishop Eustace, 2019
10:40.23 … Haddonfield, 2018
10:40.37 … Haddon Twp., 2016
10:40.9h … Cherokee, 2011
10:41.75 … Shawnee, 2000
10:41.7y … Willingboro, 1983
10:42.44 … Highland, 2014
10:42.76 … Shawnee, 1998
10:42.33 … Ocean City, 2010
10:42.60 … Rancocas Valley, 2015
10:43.19 … Pleasantville, 2012

Every other team under 11 minutes

10:43.82 … Cherokee, 2006
10:44.17 … Washington Twp., 2000
10:44.39 … Haddonfield, 2020
10:44.63 … Shawnee, 1997
10:45.2h … Cherokee, 2005
10:45.36 … Mainland Reg., 2004
10:46.28 … Timber Creek, 2014
10:46.32 … Haddon Twp., 2014
10:46.34 … Bishop Eustace, 2009
10:46.44 … Eastern, 2015
10:46.4y … Willingboro, 1990
10:46.60 … Washington Twp., 2009
10:47.0h … Shawnee, 1993
10:47.12 … Delsea, 2012
10:47.31 … Delsea, 2013
10:47.2y … Shawnee, 1985
10:47.49 … Clearview, 2015
10:47.60 … Bishop Eustace, 2017
10:47.74 … Eastern, 2001
10:47.90 … Washington Twp., 2013
10:47.96 … Kingsway, 2017
10:48.21 … Shawnee, 2011
10:48.49 … Pleasantville, 2015
10:48.68 … Delsea, 2018
10:48.7h … Kingsway, 2005
10:49.1h … Shawnee, 1992
10:49.59 … Camden Catholic, 2014
10;49.6h … Washington Twp., 2008
10:50.04 … Cherokee, 2002
10:50.14 … Delsea, 2020
10:50.25 … Lenape, 2018
10:50.40 … Haddonfield, 2008
10:50.63 … Oakcrest, 2014
10;50.66 … Eastern, 2008
10:50.76 … Lenape, 2012
10:50.96 … Highland, 2012
10:51.0y … Rancocas Valley, 1991
10:51.21 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
10:51.67 … Highland, 1996
10:51.81 … Highland, 2008
10:51.83 … Highland, 1998
10:52.10 … Highland, 2009
10:52.10 … Cherry Hill East, 2013
10:52.15 … Rancocas Valley, 2014
10:52.36 … Cherokee, 2013
10:52.64 … St. Augustine, 2010
10:52.76 … Absegami, 2013
10:52.91 … Haddonfield, 2018
10:52.98 … Seneca, 2012
10:53.0y … Shawnee, 1986
10:53.30 … Cinnaminson, 2018
10:53.31 … Sterling, 2013
10:53.2y … Haddon Twp., 1989
10:53.3h … Woodrow Wilson, 1993
10:53.48 … Delsea, 2017
10;53.61 … Bishop Eustace, 2003
10:53.5y … Gateway, 1978
10:53.5y … Highland, 1991
10:53.68 … Highland, 2018
10:54.09 … Clearview, 2014
10:54.1y … Millville, 1979
10:54.52 … Cherry Hill East, 2014
10:55.00 … Ocean City, 2014
10:55.1h … Bishop Eustace, 2000
10:55.28 … Seneca, 2011
10:55.2y … Eastern, 1990
10:55.4y … Haddonfield, 1987
10:55.56 … Willingboro, 2003
10:55.5y … Washington Twp., 1978
10:55.67 … Kingsway, 2011
10:55.88 … Ocean City, 2003
10:55.8y … Cherokee, 1989
10:55.88 … Haddonfield, 2012
10:55.94 … Kingsway, 2017
10:56.00 … Camden Catholic, 2018
10:56.0y … Shawnee, 1991
10:56.55 … Buena, 2004
10:56.56 … Shawnee, 2001
10:56.66 … Eastern, 2009
10:56.96 … Camden Catholic, 2017
10:57.13 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
10:57.64 … Bishop Eustace, 2014
10:57.68 … Williamstown, 2013
10:57.80 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2014
10:57.83 … Clearview, 2012
10:58.07 … Washington Twp., 2010
10:58.11 … Eastern, 2000
10:58.20 … Delsea, 2015
10:58.78 … Timber Creek, 2013
10:58.81 … Bishop Eustace, 2018
10:58.92 … Mainland Reg., 1995
10:59.06 … Cinnaminson, 2003
10:59.11 … Pleasantville, 2019
10:59.19 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
10:59.71 … Delsea, 2016
10:59.77 … Ocean City, 2020

For three straight years in the mid-1970s, the South Jersey sprint medley record was broken at the state relays, twice by Williamstown, once by Willingboro.

Going into 1975, no South Jersey sprint medley team had run faster than 3:42.

The 1975 New Jersey Track Annual, the first one with an all-time indoor list, only shows one South Jersey time, and that’s Williamstown’s 3:41.7, which won the 1975 state relays combined Group 1 and 2 title.

That was Tony Uzdavines running the 400, Manny Small and Wally Cook on the 200s and Bob Marino anchoring.

With only Uzdavines back in 1976, Williamstown returned to Jadwin and broke its own record, winning what was then just a Group 2 race in 3:41.6 with Andre Allen, Bob Jones, Howie Williams and Tony Uzdavines.

A year later, the record fell again on the same track when Willingboro’s Eric Rucker [50.4], Kevin Streater, Yone Dewberry and Bob Hardy [2:02.9] ran 3:40.2 to place third in Group 4 behind Trenton [3:34.9] and Snyder [3:37.2].

Here’s how the record evolved from there:

3:37.0y … Willingboro [Darryll Coleman, Rodney “Rocket” Stockett, Jeff Bradford, Vance Watson], 1983 [1st place, Group 4 state relays, Jadwin]
3:35.0 ….. Edgewood [Dardanius Coleman, Rich Rudd, Leroy Smith, Ron Adams 1:58.3], 1986 [1st place, Group 4 state relays, Jadwin]
3:30.45 … Lenape [Ian Moore, LaMarr Watkins, Marquice, Zach McBride], 2001 [3rd place, National Scholastic Championships, Armory]
3:27.60 … Vineland [Dale Coleman, Marcus Lee, Schafer Sherrer, Shannon Sherrer], 2003 [1st place, New Balance Games, Armory]

Vineland’s 3:27.60 has stood as the South Jersey record for 17 years now and was the state record for nine years, until both St. Benedict’s [3:25.88] and Pascack Valley [3:27.11] ran faster at 2012 nationals. Union Catholic has since run 3:26.16 at 2014 nationals.

Here’s the all-time list!

All-Time boys S.J. indoor sprint medley top-50

3:27.60 … Vineland, 2003
3:29.07 … Washington Twp., 2009
3:30.01 … Cherokee, 2002
3:30.45 … Lenape, 2001
3:31.73 … Vineland, 2004
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
3:39.0y … 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
3:39.73 … Pleasantville, 2017
3:39.75 … Delsea, 2011
3:39.75 … Pleasantville, 2018
3:39.80 … Willingboro, 2003
3:39.7y … Camden, 1978

Back in the early prehistoric days of track and field – when I was running in high school – nobody ran the 440 or 880 indoors.

It was all about the 300, 600 and 1,000. You’d go to Millrose at the Garden and it was amazing to watch middle-distance legends like Don Paige, Fred Sowerby and hammer each other at these unique distances.

NJSIAA meets have always stuck to the usual outdoor distances, and it appears that most indoor meets that South Jersey schools generally went to in the 1960s and 1970s – at Jadwin, Widener or the Philly Convention Center – ran the 440, 880 and mile instead.

The one exception is Easterns, which had a 1,000-yard from 1934 through 1993 and a 300 and 600 from 1966 through 1993. 

South Jersey schools only sporadically raced at Easterns for most of that period, so there just aren’t many marks at these retired distances for South Jersey athletes.

I can’t do top-50 lists for these events because there were just so few top performances over the years. But I tried to put together short lists of the top times I could find. Included are en route marks for the 1,500 and 3,000 in the rare cases they were recorded.

As always, corrections and additions are welcome! Please forward them in the comment section!

300 Yards
30.85 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991
31.8h … Kevin Overton [West Deptford], 1981
31.90 … Scott Jones [Willingboro], 1992
32.29 … Charles Simpson [Lenape], 1992
32.3h … Jeff Bradford [Wiillingboro], 1983
32.41 … Curtis McIntyre [Bridgeton], 1991
32.53 … Mike London [Edgewood], 1990
32.7h … Carl Lewis [Willingboro], 1979
32.7h … Kenny Fussell [Camden], 1995
33.0h … Scott McCray [Camden], 1996
33.2h … Carl Tanksley [Washington Twp.], 1979
33.4h … Otis Marcus [Camden], 1995
33.5h … Randy Smith [Camden], 1979
33.5h … Floyd Ingalls [Camden], 1996

300 Meters
33.79 … Jade Smith [Camden], 2002
33.94 … Amir Brock [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2017
34.04 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 198
34.25 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], 2001
34.83 … Royce Reed [Bridgeton], 1995
35.08 … Alex Reber [Cherry Hill East], 2011
35.08 … Antonio Tarantino [Paul VI], 2017
35.14 … Dennis Davis [Edgewood], 1999
35.15 … Ahmad Brown [Holy Spirit], 2020
35.19 … Jade Smith [Camden], 1999
35.38 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2018
35.42 … Alex Dessoye [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2016
35.45 … Terrell Lane [Highland], 2009
35.45 … Tarence Walker [Pleasantville], 2016
35.47 … Zach Murray [Haddonfield], 2019
35.55 … Elias Rivera [Millville], 2020
35.67 … Curtis McIntyre [Bridgeton], 1992
35.86 … Zion Fearon [Clearview], 2019
35.97 … Brian Brown [Paul VI], 2017

500 Meters
1:04.89 … Gabriel Moronta [Pleasantville], 2020
1:05.3h … Sean Scott [Willingboro], 1988
1:06.1h … John Morris [Camden], 1999
1:06.14 … Sean Brown [Camden], 1998
1:07.23 … Quentin Bundy [Pleasantville], 2017
1:08.0h … Lavarr Edwards [Woodrow Wilson], 1992
1:08.1h … Steve Butenewicz [Delsea], 2010
1:08.5h … Bruce Johnson [Woodrow Wilson], 1992
1:08.2h … Alex Reber [Cherry Hill East], 2010
1:08.62 … Greg Arnett [Woodrow Wilson], 1996
1:08.81 … Rayshawn Rucker [Woodrow Wilson], 1994
1:08.85 … Daine Chang [Woodrow Wilson], 1996
1:09.35 … Matt Martino [Paul VI], 2019

600 Yards
1:13.65 … Carl Tanksley [Washington Twp.], 1980
1:13.9h … William Mobley [Eastern], 1990
1:14.1h … Bob Carroll [Camden], 1984
1:14.5h … Tony Uzdavines [Williamstown], 1976
1:14.6h … Sean Scott [Willingboro], 1988
1:15.8h … Cal Gunning [Cherry Hill West], 1979
1:16.0h … Stan Bullock [Pemberton], 1979

600 Meters
1:19.6h … Rob Novak [Bordentown], 2005
1:20.71 … Keith Griffith [Florence], 2010
1:20.90 … Gabriel Moronta [Pleasantville], 2020
1:21.13 … Shannon Sherrer [Vineland], 2003
1:21.20 … Isaac Clark [Pleasantville], 2012
1:21.76 … Alan Laws [Pleasantville], 2007
1:23.34 … Marcus Phillips [Cherry Hill East], 2011
1:23.56 … Tyler Davidson [Willingboro], 2016
1:23.79 … Duke Mack [Pleasantville], 2007
1:23.85 … Micah Wood [Rancocas Valley], 2019
1:24.02 … Dontae Guest [Camden], 2019
1:24.09 … Aidin Hendriks [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2016
1:24.1h … Wayne Riley [Willingboro], 1997
1:24.26 … Michael Szwed [Delsea], 2017
1:24.56 … Ayo Owudunni [Highland], 2002
1:24.79 … Eric Barnes [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2016
1:24.89 … Zaon Bryant [Millville], 2020
1:24.91 … Joshua DeJesus [Rancocas Valley], 2015
1:25.56 … Lamont Edwards [Woodrow Wilson], 1999
1:25.5h … Sean Watson [Willingboro], 1996

1,000 Yards
2:13.7h … Tony Uzdavines [Williamstown], 1976
2:15.9h … Vance Watson [Willingboro], 1983
2:16.4h … Rich Caton [Woodbury], 1978
2:16.7h … Merrill Pratt [Palmyra], 1954
2:18.31 … Roger Lawyer [Willingboro], 1987
2:20.5h … Bob Forberger [Camden Catholic], 1990

1,000 Meters
2:27.71 … Jacob Clark [Pleasantville], 2012
2:30.81 … Andrew Riviello [Eastern], 2003
2:31.20 … Roger Lawyer [Willingboro], 1988
2:31.28 … Connor Melko [Bishop Eustace], 2019
2:31.90 … Duke Mack [Pleasantville], 2007
2:31.9h … Rich Caton [Woodbury], 1979
2:32.79 … Larry Ramirez [Pleasantville], 2009
2:33.27 … Nate Miller [Highland], 1999
2:33.5h … Roger Lawyer [Willingboro], 1988
2:34.02 … Alex Best [Pleasantville], 2007
2:34.05 … Isaiah Curbelo [Rancocas Valley], 2015
2:34.16 … Xavier Fraction [Washington Twp.], 2007
2:34.68 … Ian Moore [Rancocas Valley], 2019
2:34.95 … Michael Keebler [Holy Spirit], 2007
2:34.96 … Nick Pschunder [Eastern], 2015
2:35.14 … Joe Forrest [Pleasantville], 2002
2:35.24 … Andre Riviello [Eastern], 2002
2:35.81 … Jacob Tyndale [Rancocas Valley], 2017

1,500 Meters
3:55.75er … Greg Pelose [Haddonfield], 2016
3:56.30er … Luke Petela [Haddon Twp.], 2015
3:58.77er … Stone Caraccio [Kingsway], 2020
4:00.02er … Bill Dolan [Clearview], 2014
4:01.0h … Al Harden [Millville], 1979
4:02.08er … Derek Gess [Haddonfield], 2018
4:03.5h … Bill Stewart [Cherry Hill East], 1984
4:04.2h … Jason DiJoseph [Paul VI], 1989
4:05.0h … Albert Donawa [Camden], 1990

3,000 Meters
8:21.8h … Jason DiJoseph [Paul VI], 1989
8:47.31 … Martin Riddell [Haddonfield], 2020
8:48.1h … Jim Smith [Haddonfield], 1980
8:51.42 … Dan Dough [Haddonfield], 1987
8:52.4h … Doug Atkinson [Rancocas Valley], 1980
8:57.7h … Bruce Miller [Cherry Hill East], 1981
8:59.8h … Mike Robertson [Holy Cross], 1993

Who was the first South Jersey team to break 8 minutes indoors in the 3,200-meter relay?

Depends.

How can it depend? Either you’re under 8:00 or you’re not!

Here’s how:

Going into the 1983 indoor season, the South Jersey record in the two-mile relay was 8:05.8, which Woodbury ran at the Princeton Relays at Jadwin Gym on Feb. 6, 1977.

Bill Pendleton [2:02.7], Don Bland [2:02.7], John Carter [2:02.1] set up amazing sophomore anchor Rich Caton [1:55.7] and the Thundering Herd took fourth in an incredible race at the Princeton Relays at Jadwin Gym, behind St. Joe’s of Metuchen [8:05.4], Essex Catholic [8:05.4] and Power Memorial of New York [8:05.7].

Woodbury’s 8:05.8 stood as the South Jersey record for six years, until Willingboro – with Herb Gordon, Eric Moore, Jeff Bradford and Vance Watson – ran 8:01.2 at the Group 4 state relays, also at Jadwin, in a hot race with Plainfield [8:03.2].

(By the way … has anybody else noticed that the last three events we’ve talked about Lenape’s 4-by-200 and 4-by-400 state records in 2000 and Willingboro’s South Jersey 4-by-800 record in 1983 all had legendary coach Fred Rucker in common?)

On the list below, Willingboro’s 8:01.2 shows up as 7:58.5 after being converted to a 4-by-800. Of course Willingboro went on to win the 4-by-800 at Penn a few months later, as well as the DMR.

So they didn’t technically go under 8 minutes, but they kind of did.

The first South Jersey school to actually run under 8:00?

Well, that 8:01.2 was the South Jersey record for 17 years!

Finally, at the 2000 Easterns – what a meet that was for South Jersey! – Cherokee ran 7:51.78 with Josh Joseph, Mike Caputi, Marc Pelerin and Dave Sitzer, outrunning Phillips Exeter [7:54.44] and Central of Philly [7:55.19], Sitzer anchoring in 1:54.8.

So not only did they go under 8 minutes, they went more than EIGHT SECONDS under.

That remained the South Jersey record for nine years, when Washington Township’s Greg Krause, Tim Carey, Brian Keane and Xavier Fraction ran 7:51.45 and won the National Scholastic Championships at the Armory.

Three years later, another Cherokee quartet – – Colin Merrigan, Drew Viscidy, Ross Staudt and Shawn Wilson – lowered the S.J. mark 3 1/2 seconds to its current 7:43.64 at Nationals.

All-Time S.J. Boys Indoor 4-by-800 Top-50

7:43.64 … Cherokee, 2012
7:45.55 … Pleasantville, 2013
7:47.50 … Kingsway, 2020
7:48.92 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017
7:51.45 … Washington Twp., 2009
7:51.78 … Cherokee, 2000
7:52.76 … Kingsway, 2020
7:52.77 … Pleasantville, 2006
7:52.95 … Willingboro, 2003
7:53.64 … Willingboro, 2002
7:54.76 … Pleasantville, 2007
7:55.40 … Washington Twp., 2008
7:55.44 … Haddonfield, 2010
7:57.28 … Rancocas Valley, 2018
7:57.29 … Oakrest, 2009
7;57.56 … Haddonfield, 2019
7:58.08 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2016
7:58.5h … Willingboro, 1983
7:59.05 … Pleasantville, 2015
7:59.51 … Pleasantville, 2012
7:59.84 … Kingsway, 2014
7:59.91 … Kingsway, 2013
8:01.32 … Kingsway, 2015
8:01.64 … Haddonfield, 2018
8:02.39 … Bridgeton, 2001
8:02.47 … Cherokee, 2011
8:02.49 … Washington Twp., 2000
8:02.62 … Mainland Reg., 2004
8:02.67 … Washington Twp., 1999
8:03.0y … Woodbury, 1977
8:03.58 … Pleasantville, 2009
8:03.11 … Kingsway, 2018
8:03.77 … Rancocas Valley, 2019
8:04.1h … Rancocas Valley, 2015
8:04.50 … Haddonfield, 2009
8:05.49 … Delsea, 2010
8:06.58 … Cherokee, 2009
8:06.7h … Haddonfield, 2015
8:06.91 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2018
8:07.5h … Shawnee, 2000
8:07.93 … Seneca, 2013
8:08.4h … Cherokee, 1998
8:08.53 … Edgewood, 1985
8:08.7y … Edgewood, 1984
8:08.95 … Highland, 2014
8:08.92 … Kingsway, 2009
8:09.37 … Woodrow Wilson, 1993
8:09.6y … Willingboro
8:10.10 … Kingsway, 2010
8:10.1y … Williamstown, 1977
8:10.22 … Lenape, 2000

You knew it was going to be fast.

They had both already run sub-3:20 racing each other in January at the Hispanic Games at the Armory – 3:18.91 for Lenape and 3:19.49 for Camden. Those times were already No. 1 and No. 3 in state history.

Then they went 1-2 at the Meet of Champions, 3:24.5 for Lenape and 3:25.4 for Camden on the slow, flat track at Jadwin Gym.

Then they both ran hot in the 4-by-2 at Easterns, Lenape winning with a state-record 1:28.46 and Camden clocking 1:30.55 in the trials.

They met for the final time at the National Scholastic Championships at the Armory, with Herb Reid, Luis Tomlinson, Ian Moore and Mohamad Kanu racing for Lenape and Maurice Young, William Davis, James Williams and Jade Smith for Camden.

Not surprisingly, they finished 1-2 in the country, Lenape in 3:16.40 and Camden just behind in 3:17.26.

Coming into the season, the South Jersey record was 3:20.11 set in 1997 by Camden’s Corey Alston, Floyd Ingalls, Albert Newkirk and Sean Brown at nationals in Boston and the state record was 3:19.01 set by Metuchen in 1997 in the same race.

Lenape lowered the South Jersey record by nearly FOUR SECONDS and shaved more than 2 1/2 seconds off the state record. And Camden ran nearly two seconds faster than the previous state record.

To this day – two decades later – those two times are No. 2 and 4 in South Jersey history and No. 4 and 7 in state history.

Incredibly, no South Jersey school has run under 3:18 in 17 years and only Egg Harbor – with a 3:18.45 at nationals in 2017 – has run under 3:20 since 2004.

But 20 years ago, in one race, Lenape and Camden put on a show that will never be forgotten.

All-Time South Jersey Boys Indoor 4-by-400 Top 50

3:15.78 … Camden, 2001
3:16.40 … Lenape, 2000
3:17:15 … Vineland, 2003
3:17.26 … Camden, 2000
3:18.46 … Winslow Twp, 2003
3:18.45 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017
3:18.90 … Pleasantville, 2007
3:19.34 … Camden, 2004
3:19.42 … Camden, 2002
3:20.11 … Camden, 1997
3:20.3h … Camden, 1999
3:20.53 … Oakcrest, 2012
3:20.82 … Lenape, 1999
3:20.99 … Paul VI, 2016
3:21.01 … Camden, 2007
3:21.03 … Vineland, 2004
3:21.11 … Buena, 2001
3:21.35 … Camden, 2005
3:21.49 … Pleasantville, 2008
3:21.54 … Camden, 2004
3:21.6y … Edgewood, 1985
3:21.87y … Lenape, 1998
3:21.8h … Vineland, 2002
3:22.11 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2016
3:22.16 … Winslow Twp., 2004
3:22.2y … Edgewood, 1984
3:22.40 … Willingboro, 2007
3:22.60 … Cherry Hill East, 2012
3:22.64 … Deptford, 2015
3:22.82 … Lenape, 2001
3:22.91 … Timber Creek, 2013
3:22.9h … Willingboro, 2004
3:23.09 … Winslow Twp., 2005
3:23.14y … Camden, 1996
3:23.24 … Winslow Twp., 2008
3:23.2y … Willingboro, 1982
3:23.35 … Washington Twp., 2009
3:23.38 … Timber Creek, 2009
3:23.40 … Cherokee, 2012
3:23.42 … Timber Creek, 2009
3:23.52 … Washington Twp., 2010
3:23.54 … Rancocas Valley, 2016
3:23.54 … Haddonfield, 2017
3:23.58 … Vineland, 2007
3:23.70 … Timber Creek, 2016
3:23.75 … Lenape, 2013
3:23.81 … Winslow Twp., 2009
3:23.98 … Camden, 2003
3:24.03 … Buena, 2000
3:24.07 … Paul VI, 2018

They broke the state record. Then an hour later they did it again.

At one remarkable meet, the 2000 Lenape boys – Herb Reid, Ian Moore, Luis Tomlinson and Mohamad Kanu – broke the state record in the 800-meter relay twice by a total of more than a second.

It was at Easterns at the Armory, and when the night began the South Jersey 4-by-200 record was Camden’s 1:29.57 from 1997 and the state record was 1:29.38 from 1989.

First, Lenape ran 1:29.05 in the second of six semifinals. Camden ran 1:30.55 in the first heat, and Gratz was just behind Lenape in their semifinal with a 1:29.17.

That set up a wild final, with Lenape running 1:28.46 and beating Gratz by a second. Camden had stick problems, was never in the race and finished well back.

Kanu had already won the 400 in a state-record 48.36, so he was part of three state-record teams in one night

Note the reference to Wilson’s Rashad Baker winning the hurdles. It was Baker whose interception of Jeff Garcia eight years later clinched the Raiders’ upset win over the Buccaneers on the last day of the 2008 season, which gave the Eagles a chance to make the playoffs with a win over the Cowboys.  

As you can see from these results from the Bergen Record, that was an incredible night for South Jersey:

Lenape’s 1:28.46 broke the meet record of 1:29.4 (converted from yards) set in 1974 by DeWitt Clinton.

In a high school 4-by-200 held in conjunction with 2002 U.S. nationals at the Armory, Camden broke Lenape’s South Jersey and state record when Maurice Young, Michael Levinson, Sherron Bullock and Jade Smith ran 1:28.45. 

Two years later, Camden and Vineland both went under the state record at the Coca Cola National Track and Field Hall of Fame Classic at the Armory.

Camden won in 1:27.35 with Dwayne Lewis, Bullock, Carl Smith and Alonzo Brown and Vineland second in 1:27.60 with Jamar Byrd, Darren Ford, Bryce Bartley and Marcus Lee. Winslow was third in 1:30.41.

Three days later at Easterns, Camden lowered the record to the current 1:26.90 with the same lineup (although the results show Brown running third and Smith anchoring). Vineland was second but ran 1:28.18 – slower than at Coca Cola.

To this day, the 2004 Camden and Vineland teams rank No. 1 and No. 3 in state history. Union Catholic dipped in between them with its winning 1:27.04 at New Balance Nationals at the Armory in 2014.

That stretch from 2000 through 2007 produced all seven sub-1:29 indoor times in South Jersey history.

Here’s a look at the all-time South Jersey 800-meter relay progression, with 4-by-220 times converted:

1:33.7y … Camden, 1975
1:33.0y … Overbrook, 1976
1:32.6y … Kennedy, 1978
1:31.8y … Willingboro, 1982
1:30.7y … Willingboro, 1988
1:30.51 … Woodrow Wilson, 1993
1:29.57 … Camden, 1997
1:28.46 … Lenape, 2000
1:26.90 … Camden, 2004

 

All-Time South Jersey Boys Indoor 4-by-200 Top-50

1:26.90 … Camden, 2004
1:27.60 … Vineland, 2004
1:28.0h … Edgewood, 2001
1:28.45 … Camden, 2002
1:28.46 … Lenape, 2000
1:28.48 … Camden, 2007
1:28.91 … Camden, 2000
1:29.06 … Oakcrest, 2012
1:29.17 … Camden, 2001
1:29.29 … Rancocas Valley, 2017

1:29.52 … Vineland, 2003
1:29.57 … Camden, 1997
1:29.61 … Camden, 1999
1:29.72 … Timber Creek, 2013
1:29.74 … Pennsauken, 2016
1:29.87 … Timber Creek, 2016
1:29.92 … Deptford, 2017
1:29.92 … Deptford, 2018
1:29.97 … Pleasantville, 2008
1:30.06 … Buena, 2001

1:30.08 … Camden, 2006
1:30.09 … Camden, 2018
1:30.12 … Delsea, 2007
1:30.16 … Camden, 2005
1:30.20 … Edgewood, 2000
1:30.36 … Winslow Twp., 2003
1:30.38 … Winslow Twp., 2008
1:30.40 … Delsea, 2009
1:30.42 … Vineland, 2002
1:30.47 … Vineland, 2005

1:30.51 … Woodrow Wilson, 1993
1:30.51 … Woodrow Wilson, 1996
1:30.60 … Delsea, 2008
1:30.62 … Winslow Twp., 2005
1:30.63 … Eastern, 2002
1:30.63 … Willingboro, 2007
1:30.71 … Winslow Twp., 2004
1:30.7y … Willingboro, 1988
1:30.87 … Woodrow Wilson, 1995
1:30.89 … Vineland, 2001

1:30.97 … Vineland, 2008
1:31.07 … Willingboro, 1995
1:31.19 … Vineland, 2007
1:31.29 … Willingboro, 2005
1:31.36 … Willingboro, 2006
1:31.44 … Woodrow Wilson, 2006
1:31.4 … Lenape, 1998
1:31.75 … Winslow Twp., 2006
1:31.76 … West Deptford, 2006
1:31.7y … Willingboro, 1990

Mount Laurel native and Haddonfield graduate Marielle Hall PR’d in the 3,000 Friday while helping pace teammate Shelby Houlihan to the American record in the 5,000.

Hall came through 3,000 meters in 8:48.72 before dropping out of the Bowerman Track Club Intrasquad race at Jesuit High School in Portland, Ore.

Although the race was only for Bowerman Track Club runners, it was held with approved officials and timing equipment, so all the times are expected to count in all-time rankings. When FAT timing is used for en route marks, they generally also count on all-time lists.

Through 3,000 meters, Elise Cranny [8:47.89], Courtney Frerichs [8:47.90], Houlihan [8:48.14], Karissa Schweizer [8:48.37], Gwen Jorgensen [8:48.48], Hall and Colleen Quigley [8:48.93] were all within about a second of each other.

Hall, Quigley and Jorgensen dropped out right after the 3,000-meter mark. Houlihan went on to run 14:23.92 for the full 5,000 meters and Schweizer ran 14:26.34.

Houlihan broke her own U.S. record of 14:34.45 set two years ago in Heusden, the Netherlands, and her time is No. 12 in history. Schweizer’s performance is No. 2 in U.S. history and No. 14 all-time.

Frerichs and Cranny also finished. Hall ran all her full laps between 69.4 and 70.8.

Hall’s previous lifetime best at 3,000 meters was an 8:54.48 at Cork Ireland on July 8, 2014. Her last 3,000 was a 9:20.62 in Luzern on July 9, 2018.

Hall, who ran 15:30.86 for 5,000 meters on the same track on June 30, appears to be No. 2 now on the all-time New Jersey alumni list at 3,000 meters, behind only Julie Culley of North Hunterdon, who ran 8:45.57 on July 20, 2012, in Monaco.

Hall, 28, graduated from Haddonfield High School in 2010. She was a three-time All-America at Texas and made the U.S. Olympic team in the 10,000 in 2016.

The only other race was a men’s 5,000, and Canadian Moh Ahmed ran 12:47.20, No. 10 all-time and a North American continental record.