It’s been more than two decades since Eastern had a half-miler run sub-1:57, but senior Brandon Lamon ended that streak with a 1:56.85 at Ocean Breeze and followed that up with a 2nd-place finish in the state Group 4 meet at the Bubble Saturday.

Lamon, who had never even placed at a sectional meet, ran 1:58.10 at states and took 2nd to Tahj Wilson of Toms River North, who ran 1:57.60.

Lamon is Eastern’s fastest 800 runner since Andrew Riviello set the school record of 1:56.60 at the 2003 Meet of Champions at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym. Lamon bumped Michael Twist for the No. 2 all-time spot at Eastern. Twist ran 1:57.64 at 2013 Easterns at the Armory.

Nicholas Pschunder set Eastern’s outdoor record of 1:53.79 when he place 4th at the 1990 Meet of Champions in South Plainfield. Lamon ran 2:00.42 last spring at Cherokee but didn’t compete at sectionals.

Looks like Eastern is not entered in Easterns at the Armory on Wednesday, but Lamon will race at the Meet of Champions on Sunday at Ocean Breeze. He goes into the 800 as the No. 9 seed:

1:55.83 … Keandre Kelly [Union Catohlic], 1st, Parochial B
1:56.06 … Ciaran Brosnan [Union Catholic], 2nd, Parochial B
1:57.04 … Connor Polen [Newark Academy], 3rd, Parochial B
1:57.43 … *Quintin Clemons [Union Catholic], 4th, Parochial B
1:57.60 … *Tahj Wilson [Toms River North], 1st , Group 4
1:56.67 … **Liam Angley [St. Peter’s Prep], 1st, Parochial A
1:57.62 … Josh Crawford [Woodstown], 1st, Group 1
1:58.07 … *Brady McHugh [Shore Regional], 2nd, Group 1
1:58.10 … Brandon Lamon [Eastern], 2nd, Group 4
1:58.25 … Seven Garcia [Hackensack], 3rd, Group 4
1:58.35 … Ryan Foley [Mount Olive], 1st, Group 3
1:58.53 … Brady Byrne [Chatham], 2nd, Group 3
1:58.68 … Ronald Ciaccia [Old Bridge], 4th, Group 4
1:58.78 … *Nikos Davlouros [Westfield], 5th, Group 4
1:58.87 … Karson Chew [Woodstown], 3rd, Group 1

Cherokee graduate Fejiro Akiri, a senior at Rutgers-Newark, won her 1st conference title Saturday after four prior podium finishes.

Akiri threw 51-0 ¼ on her final attempt to win the weight by three inches over TCNJ’s Allison Lavin.

Akiri previously placed 3rd in the shot at the 2022 indoor meet, 4th in the shot outdoors in 2022, didn’t compete in 2023 or 2024, then took 3rd in the shot and 4th in the weight indoors in 2025, 2nd in the shot and 3rd in the hammer outdoors in 2025.

Akiri threw within 10 inches of her weight PR of 51-11 ¼ from a meet last March in Ithaca, N.Y. She also has PRs of a school-record 42-11 ½ in the shot, a school-record 150-0 in the hammer and 114-5 in the discus.

She also placed 5th in the shot at the conference meet with a season-best 38-6.

Rowan sophomore Nyla Jones from Timber Creek won her 3^rd straight NJAC hurdles title Friday .

Jones ran 8.87 to win the 60-meter hurdles at the Ott Center. Jones is No. 9 in NCAA Division 3 with her 8.69 at Widener in February. That was 1-100^th of a second off the Rowan indoor record of 8.68 set by Aspen McMillan at 2019 Division 3 Nationals in Roxbury, Mass.

Her 8.87 was off her PR but is still tied for 2^nd-fastest in meet history behind only McMillan’s 8.77 in 2019 and tied with McMillan’s 8.87 in 2018. McMillan set the meet record of 8.76 in the 2019 trials.

Jones won the 60 highs last year in 8.95 at the Ott and she won both the 100-meter highs in 14.85 and the 400-meter intermediates with a school-record 1:00.42 last spring in Ewing. She went on to earn All-America honors with a 5^th-place in the 400IH at the NCAA Division 3 Championships in Geneva, Ohio.

Jones also placed 2^nd in the 200 Friday with a PR 25.11 and ran on Rowan’s 2^nd-place 800-meter relay team, which ran a school-record 1:40.65. Sophomore Paige Franklin of Williamstown, sophomore Ava Reilly of Toms River East and sophomore Amari Pinkett from Egg Harbor township also ran on the 4-by-2.

The Rowan women won the NJAC team title for the first time since 2017.

Rowan’s Seth Clevenger from Haddonfield smashed the NJAC mile record Friday with a solo 4:02.08 at the Ott Center.

Clevenger, No. 4 in NCAA Division 3 history with his 3:59.41 in Boston on Feb. 6, broke the New Jersey Athletic Conference meet record of 4:10.18 set by Ramapo’s Jeremy Hernandez at the 2018 meet at Ocean Breeze.

Clevenger broke away from the pack on the fourth lap and came through the half in 2:02.20. He then reeled off his last four 200s in 30.32, 29.97, 30.20 and 29.41, closing in 1:59.90 and 59.61.  He won by 50 meters.

In addition to his No. 4 all-time ranking in D-3 in the mile, Clevenger is No. 3 in the 3,000 with his 7:54.87 at the Armory in January and has the D-3 record at 3,000 meters with 13:32.09 in Boston in February.

Cherry Hill East sophomore Addison Weiss raced into the all-time South Jersey top-20 in the indoor 3,200 Saturday at the Bubble.

Weiss placed 3^rd in the Group 4 3,200 in 10:47.46, which makes her 14^th-fastest in the state this year, 2^nd-fastest in South Jersey behind Julia Flanagan of Holy Cross and 2^nd-fastest sophomore behind Amelia Pattwell of Middletown South, who ran 10:33.33 in the state Group 3 meet.

This was Weiss’s 1^st race ever under 11 minutes. Her previous PR was 11:03.97 at the Ott Center in January, so this was about a 16-second PR. Weiss didn’t run indoors as a freshman and never ran anything over 800 meters outdoors. So this was only her 3^rd lifetime 3,200, and it’s No. 6 all-time in Camden County.

Weiss is only a little more than five seconds off the school record of 10:42.22 set in 2007 by Theresa Cattuna at the 2007 state Group 4 meet at the Bubble, where she placed 2^nd to Ashley Higginson of Colts Neck. Cattuna set the Cherry Hill East outdoor record of 10:34.79 at the 2007 Meet of Champions in South Plainfield, where she was 3^rd behind Higginson and Nicol Traynor of Ridge.

Weiss also ran a lifetime-best 5:05.12 for 6th in the 1,600.

Kingsway junior Aubrey Bishop also ran under 11 for the first time, placing 4^th at states in 10:55.85. That’s 7^th-fastest all-time indoors in Gloucester County.

There are now six South Jersey girls under 11 minutes, the most ever in one indoor season. In addition to Flanagan [10:38.95], Weiss and Bishop, Ocean City sophomore Riley Tolson [10:49.99], Audubon senior Riley Fayer [10:57.28] and Paul VI senior Giovanna Mantuano [10:59.61] have also run under 11 minutes.

Weiss goes into the Meet of Champions a week from Sunday at Ocean Breeze as the No. 12 seed.

Meet of Champions 3,200 Top Seeds
10:19.56 … Allison Lee, West Windsor-Plainsboro North [1^st, Group 3]
10:33.33 … **Amelia Pattwell, Middletown South [2^nd, Group 3]
10:33.56… *Cayleigh Kaiser, Union Catholic [1^st, Parochial A]
10:35.44 … *Katherine Keating, Ridgewood [1^st, Group 4]
10:36.32 … Lexie Mizzone, Voorhees [1^st, Group 2]
10:39.08 … Cali Buxbaum, Wall [2^nd, Group 2]
10:39.94 … Amelia Szep, Middletown North [3^rd, Group 3]
10:40.25 … *Alexandra Klein, Shore Regional [1^st, Group 1]
10:40.40 … Molly Domurat, Hunterdon Central [2^nd, Group 4]
10:43.91 … *Kaitlyn Hathaway, Rumson-Fair Haven [3^rd, Group 2]
10:45.24 … ***Jennifer Friedman, Ridge [4^th, Group 3]
10:47.46 … **Addison Weiss, Cherry Hill East [3^rd, Group 4]
10:48.20 … Kajol Karra, Princeton [5^th, Group 3]
10:49.99 … **Riley Tolson, Ocean City [6^th, Group 3]

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 3,200-Meter List
10:13.41 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlimgton], 2025
10:15.71 … Brittany Sedberry [Ocean City], 2006
10:23.49y … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2011
10:29.90y … Chelsea Ley [Kingsway], 2009
10:33.95y … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], 2016
10:38.11 … Megan Venables [Highland], 2011
10:38.90 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
10:38.95 … Julia Flanagan [Holy Cross], 2026
10:40.03 … Dina Iacone [Washington Twp.], 2012
10:40.80 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2017
10:42.06 … Holly Bischof [Bishop Eustace], 2012
10:42.22 … Theresa Cattuna [Cherry Hill East], 2007
10:43.2y … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1983
10:45.20 … Devon Grisbaum [Ocean City], 2015
10:45.40y … Julianna Catania [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2016
10:46.63 … Erika Kemp [Rancocas Valley], 2013
10:47.46 … Addison Weiss [Cherry Hill East], 2026
10:48.28 … Abby Waddington [Clearview], 2023
10:48.78 … Shelby Cain [Haddonfield], 2014
10:49.12 … Madison Coppolino [Sterling], 2017
10:49.46 … Alyssa Condell [Timber Creek], 2016
10:49.99 … Riley Tolson [Ocean City], 2026
10:51.65 … Kerry O’Day [Cherokee], 2024
10:52.05 … Amanda Goetschius [Delsea], 2007
10:52.53 … Allie Pierontoni [Kingsway], 2020
10:52.82 … Maeve Smith [Ocean City], 2024
10:53.4h … Christin Bettis [Hammonton], 2012
10:53.89y … Sarah Naticchia [Haddonfield], 2020
10:55.29y … Ann Klocke [Bishop Eustace], 1996
10:55.58 … Nicole Clifford [Cherokee], 2022
10:55.85 … Aubrey Bishop [Kingsway], 2026
10:56.66 … Jordan Hatfield [Schalick], 2025
10:57.28 … Riley Fayer [Audubon], 2026
10:57.53 … Michaela Schlemo [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2023
10:57.68y … Ava Thomas [Haddonfield], 2024
10:57.95 … Katy Storti [Bishop Eustace], 2019
10:59.02 … Catherine Van Horn [Triton], 2005
10:59.04 … Maria Ruiz [Williamstown], 2009
10:59.13 … Vickie Ajimoko [Williamstown], 2013
10:59.26 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024

Eastern senior Natalie Dumas won her 10^th and 11^th state titles Saturday, doubling the 400 and 800 at the state Group 4 meet at the Bubble.

Dumas, a triple national champion in the 400, 800 and intermediate hurdles at West Philly Nationals last spring, ran 55.96 in the 400 and 2:17.68 in the 800. She also anchored Eastern’s 3^rd-place 1,600-meter relay, which ran 4:05.52.

Those 26 points earned Eastern 2^nd place, just four points behind state champion Hunterdon Central.

Dumas will be the No. 2 seed at Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze behind Pennsauken senior Sianni Wynn, who ran 55.24 to win the state Group 3 title. But Wynn is expected to go 55-200 at the Meet of Champions, a double she’s won in each of the last three years.

In the 800, we won’t get the showdown we’d love to see with Paige Sheppard, because she only ran the 1,600 at states.

Dumas has run 53.68 and 2:07.73 indoors and 51.14 and 2:00.11 outdoors.

Joining Dumas Saturday on Eastern’s 3^rd-place 4-by-4 were Adriana Marella, Poetry Anderson and Knoelle Whittle.

Also in Group 4, Atlantic County Tech senior Brianna Growalt won the 55-meter hurdles in 8.10.

The Rancocas Valley tandem of senior La’el Yates and sophomore Isabella Santamaria finished 2^nd and 3^rd in the pole vault, Yates clearing 11-0 and Santamaria 10-6.

Williamstown junior Timia Williams placed 4^th in the hurdles in 8.40 and Williamstown senior Brynn Greenwood was 5^th in the pole vault at 10-0.

Cherry Hill East sophomore Addison Weiss ran 10:47.46 for 3^rd in the 3,200 and 5:05.12 for 6^th in the 1,600. More on her hot 3,200 later! Kingsway junior Aubrey Bishop also broke 11 minutes in that race, 4^th in 10:55.85.

Kingsway ran 4:06.10 for 4^th in the 4-by-4, with senior Savannah Aulich, junior Norah Brown, sophomore Noemi Haller and junior Kenya Nobles.

Cherokee senior Sofia Recinto ran 2:19.27 for 2^nd in the 800 and Cherry Hill East junior Ryleigh Budsock ran 2:21.96 for 6^th.

Pennsauken senior Sianni Wynn destroyed her own state record in the 200 Saturday at the Ott Center with one of the fastest times in U.S. scholastic history.

Wynn won the 200 at the CIRCUIT Philly in 23.17, the 13^th-fastest time ever run by a U.S. high school girl. She broke her state record of 23.31 that he ran at the Meet of Champions last March at Ocean Breeze.

Her time is 7^th-fastest ever run by a New Jerey sprinter and not far from the South Jersey indoor alumni record of 23.12 set by Wilson’s Dennisha Page competing for South Carolina in February 2024 in Albuquerque, N. Mex.

She’s also now No. 21 among U.S. women this year and No. 2 among U.S. Women in the Under-20 age group. She’s now No. 25 on the all-time U.S. Under-20 list. She doesn’t turn 18 until April.

Wynn is the South Jersey outdoor state record holder with her 23.05 last June at West Philly Nationals, fastest by a New Jerey girl since 1983.

All-time U.S. indoor 200 list
22.33 … Adaejah Hodge [Monteverde (Fla.) Academy], 2023
22.64 … Elise Cooper [McDonogh School, Owings Mills, Md.], 2025
22.81… Dana Wilson [Greensboro, N.C.], 2025
22.89 … Mia Brahe-Pedersen [Lake Oswego, Ore.], 2023
22.91 … Shawnti Jackson [Granville (N.C.) South], 2023
22.89 … Mia Maxwell [Humble, Texas], 2026
22.97 … Biana Knight [Ridgeland, Miss.], 2007
22.97 … Mariah Maxwell [Humble, Texas], 2026
23.00 … Lisa Raye [West Warwick, R.I.], 2025
23.05 … Melanie Doggett [Landmark Christian, Fairburn, Ga.], 2026
23.08 … Madison Whyte [Heritage, Newport News, Va.], 2023
23.14 … Allyson Felix [Heritage Christian, Northridge, Calif.], 2003
23.17 … Sianni Wynn [Pennauken], 2026
23.21 … Skylar Brazzell [Northwest Nelson, Trophy Club, Texas], 2025
23.22 … Sanya Richards-Ross [St. Thomas Aquinas, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.], 2002
23.22 … Ashton Purvis [St. Elizabeth, Oakland, Calif.], 2010
23.23 … Lauren Rain Williams [Oaks Christian, Westlake Village, Calif.,], 2016
23.24 … Tamari Davis [Oak Hall, Gainesville, Fla.], 2019
23.24 … Sydney Sutton [Bullis School, Potomac, Md.], 2025
23.30 … Dasia Reed [Monteverde (Fla.) Academy], 2025

New Jersey Indoor Alumni List
22.68 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], March 9, 2018, College Station, Texas
22.98 … Shavon Greaves [Lakewood], Feb. 28, 2010, University Park, Pa.
23.06 … Mikele Barber [Montclair], March 10, 2000, Fayetteville, Ark.
23.07 … Wendy Vereen [Trenton], March 13, 1993, Toronto
23.08 … Me’Lisa Barber [Montclair], Feb. 23, 2002, Fayetteville, Ark.
23.12 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], Feb. 2, 2024, Albuquerque, N. Mex.
23.17 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], Feb. 28, 2026, Philadelphia
23.26 … Dominique Booker [Immaculate Conception], Jan. 29, 2011, University Park, Pa.
23.31 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], March 2, 2025, Staten Island, N.Y.
23.34 … English Gardner [Eastern], Feb. 10, 2012, Albuquerque, N. Mex.
23.49 … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], March 11, 2016, Birmingham, Ala.], 2022

Williamstown senior Jasiah Williams won his 1^st state title and equalled the 10^th-fastest 55-meter hurdles time in state history Saturday at the state Group 4 meet at the Bubble in Toms River.

Williams lowered his PR from 7.43 at South Jersey Group 4 Sectionals to 7.41 in the prelims, then blazed a 7.29 in the final, winning by a full 20-100ths of a second over North Brunswick senior Elvin Marte Feliz, 2^ndin 7.49.

That’s the fastest time in the state this year and makes Gibbons the No. 1 seed going into the Meet of Champions next month at Ocean Breeze.

Williams became Williamstown’s 1^st indoor state champion since Devin Bradham won the high jump in 2015 and first ever on the track.

That 7.29 is tied for 6^th-fastest in South Jesey history and 3^rd on the all-time Gloucester County list, behind national scholastic champions Yashaya Brown of Washington Township in 2024 and Sincere Rhea of St. Augustine in 2019.

He also broke the school record of 7.36 set two years ago by Alexander Hollimon two years ago at the Bubble. Hollimon is now at South Carolina State and has run 8.05 over the 42-inch college hurdles over 60 meters.

All-Time New Jersey Hurdles List
7.06 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2024
7.07 … Cory Poole [East Orange Campus], 2017
7.10 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
7.14 … Nathaniel Rayan [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 2014
7.18 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 1996
7.19 … Jermaine Collier [Trenton], 2012
7.22 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], 2001
7.22 … Issac Williams [Willingboro], 2012
7.27 … Dwight Henry [Irvington], 2020
7.29 … Nate Harley [Pleasantville], 1996
7.29 … Danyne Brown [Camden], 1999
7.29 … Will Brown [Palmyra], 2006
7.29 … Chris Serrao [East Brunswick], 2022
7.29 … Jasiah Gibbons [Williamstown], 2026

All-Time South Jersey Hurdles List
7.06 … Yashahya Brown [Washington Twp.], 2024
7.10 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
7.18 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 1996
7.22 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], 2001
7.22 … Issac Williams [Willingboro], 2012
7.29 … Nate Harley [Pleasantville], 1996
7.29 … Danyne Brown [Camden], 1999
7.29 … Will Brown [Palmyra], 2006
7.29 … Jasiah Gibbons [Williamstown], 2026
7.31 … Anthony Vazquez [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2020
7.32 … Jon Dickey [Penns Grove], 1985
7.34 … Chais Hill [Highland], 2015
7.35 … Gerard Reynolds [Willingboro], 1990
7.36 … Alexander Hollimon [Williamstown], 2024
7.39 … Rashad Baker [Wilson], 2000
7.39 … Isaiah Lewis [Winslow Twp.], 2020

Cherokee’s Jessica Woodard placed 4^th in the shot put Saturday at USATF Nationals at Ocean Breeze, her 12^th consecutive top-8 finish at a national championship meet.

Woodard threw 59-0 ¼ on her 3^rd attempt and finished just a foot and a half off the podium.

Since 2017, Woodard has competed at Nationals 14 times and finished 3^rd three times, 4^th twice, 5^th twice, 6^th twice, 7^th three times, 8^th once and 9^th once.

Here’s a look at Woodard’s year-by-year performance at U.S. Nationals going back to her first meet in 2017:

2026 Indoors [New York], 4^th, 59-0 ¼
2025 Outdoors [Eugene], 5^th, 62-8
2025 Indoors, Did not compete
2024 Outdoors [Eugene], 7th, 60-3
2024 Indoors [Albuquerque], 4th, 60-11 ¼
2023 Outdoors [Eugene], 5th 60-3 ¼
2023 Indoors [Albuquerque], 3rd, 57-11 ½
2022 Outdoors [Eugene], 3rd, 63-7 ¾
2022 Indoors [Spokane], 3rd, 61-4 ¼
2021 Outdoors [Eugene], 7th, 57-11 ¾
2021 Indoors [cancelled]
2020 Outdoors [cancelled]
2020 Indoors [Albuquerque], 6th, 57-10 ¾
2019 Outdoors [Des Moines], 6th, 57-10 ¾
2019 Indoors [New York], 7th, 57-11 ½
2018 Outdoors [Des Moines], 9th, 58-0 ¾
2018 Indoors: Did not compete
2017 Outdoors [Sacramento], 8th, 57-5 ½

Winslow’s Tionna Tobias uncorked her 2nd-longest long jump ever Saturday and placed 4th at the USATF Championships at the Armory.

Tobias jumped a season-best 21-1 ¼ on each of her first two attempts before fouling three times and then closing with a 21-5 ½ on her final attempt to improve from 5th to 4th.

Her previous indoor PR was a 21-0 ¼ in Albuquerque in February 2024. Her only superior jump is her 22-9 ¼ at the Holloway Pro Classic at Percy Beard Track in Gainesville in July 2024.

Tobias came into the meet ranked 19th among U.S. women, so a 4th-place finish is huge for the former Iowa Hawkeye.