From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Pennsauken junior Sianni Wynn raced to her second state record this month Saturday at the Ott Center.

Wynn ran 7.32 in the 60-meter dash final at the Penn Relays Winter Showcase, breaking the state record of 7.34 set by Paramus Catholic’s Myasia Jacobs at 2011 Armory Nationals in New York.

She broke the South Jersey and Camden County record of 7.47 set this past March by Timber Creek’s Naylah Jones at Boston Nationals.

Wynn set a state 200 record of 23.60 last week on the same track. She approached that Saturday, winning the 200 in 23.62.

Wynn began her day with a 7.49 in the 60 trials, smashing her indoor PR of 7.56 from last March at the Armory. Ten minutes later, she won the 200, and about an hour and a half later she ran that historic 7.32.

Her time is No. 2 in the U.S. this year, according to the MileSplit national database. Lisa Raye of West Warwick (R.I.) High ran 7.24 at the New York International Showcase last weekend at Ocean Breeze.

Timber Creek senior Ryan Jennings was 2nd in 7.48, lowering her PR from 7.53 from Boston in March. Jennings is now No. 6 in state history and No. 3 in South Jersey history.

All-Time New Jersey 60-Meter Dash List
7.32 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2025
7.34 … Myasia Jacobs [Paramus Catholic], 2011
7.45 … Aleah Williams [Montclair], 1997
7.47 … Dominique Booker [Immaculate Conception], 2009
7.47 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
7.48 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2024
7.50 … Melisa Barber [Montclair], 1997
7.53 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2014
7.55 … Ogechi Nwaneri [Chatham], 2008
7.56 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
7.57 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
7.58 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
7.61 … Jenna Harris [Franklin Twp.], 2003
7.61 … Taylor Aska [Union Catholic], 2024
7.62 … Georgina Nembhard [Ocean Twp.], 2007
7.64 … Haisha Bisiolu [Union], 2014
7.66 … Jamie Walker [Haddon Heights], 2007
7.66 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018
7.67 … Sydney Hawkins [Phillipsburg], 2017
7.67 … Dylan Giloley [Washington Twp.], 2024
7.68 … Corbin Raston [East Orange], 2024
7.69 … Racquel Vassell [East Orange], 2005
7.70 … Denesha Ransome [Irvington], 2014
7.70 … Cleopatra Morrison [Long Branch], 2014

All-Time South Jersey 60-Meter Dash List
7.32 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2025
7.47 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
7.48 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2024
7.53 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2014
7.56 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
7.56 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
7.57 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
7.58 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
7.66 … Jamie Walker [Haddon Heights], 2007
7.66 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018
7.67 … Dylan Gilled [Washington Twp.], 2024
7.76 … Emily Carson [Haddonfield], 2013
7.77 … Jaia James [Winslow Twp.], 2022
7.79 … Maya Bolden [Willingboro], 2024

Maryland senior Kami Joi Hickson from Washington Township ran an 800 PR at Penn State Friday and the 2nd-fastest time in Terrapins history.

Hickson ran 2:07.63 at the Penn State National Open in State College, lowering her PR from 2:08.15 from a meet this past April in Azusa, Calif., and dropping her collegiate indoor PR 2:09.51 from a meet this past February in Boston. She did run 2:08.58 at 2019 Armory Nationals

The only faster indoor time in University of Maryland history is 2:06.54 by Julie Sinkovitz from Woodcliff Lake, Bergen Catholic, and Immaculate Heart Academy in Washington Township, Bergen County. So Maryland’s top two indoor half-milers are both from Washington Township in New Jersey – just different ones.

Anyway, Hickson’s time is No. 6 in the Big Ten Conference this year.

Hickson ran 2:12.04 as a freshman at Washington Township and placed 7th in the Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington. She finished her high school career at Neumann Goretti in South Philadelphia.

Every one of these performances from the New York International Showcase over the weekend is worth a separate post, but I’ve been a little busy the last week with my main job. Too bad this can’t be my main job!

So here are capsule summaries on some incredible races, jumps and throws at Ocean Breeze. Sorry if I missed anybody!

Alexander Osayemi, Clayton, 200: Ran a PR 21.83 in the 200. That’s No. 8 in South Jersey history and No. 5 in Gloucester County history, behind Washington Township’s Ajani Dwyer [21.25], Darrell Bush of Woodbury [21.53], Todd Dutch of Washington Township [21.62] and Marquis Taylor of Woodbury [21.82 last month].

Jayden Poteat, Winslow Twp., 400.: Ran an indoor PR 48.90, No. 3 in New Jersey this year, No. 2 in South Jersey and 8th-fastest on the all-time Camden County list. And a Winslow Township school record.

Dominic Bassey, Winslow Twp., 800: Bassey’s 1:54.54 is No. 9 in South Jersey history indoors and broke the Camden County record of 1:55.92 set by Pennsauken’s Bryce Tucker two years ago at Ocean Breeze. Bassey ran 1:52.15 last spring at the state Group 3 meet at Delsea, but his indoor PR was 1:55.33 from last year’s Meet of Champions.

Deptford boys, 800-meter relay: Kareem Brown, Kamari Brown, Xavion Holmes and Neo Clark-Tabb ran 1:31.24, a tad off their 1:30.61 from the Armory in December.

Winslow Twp. boys, 1,600-Meter Relay: Artrill Evans’ 47.36 anchor led Winslow to 2nd place in 3:16.45, behind only Archbishop Carroll of Washington, D.C., which ran 3:15.86. Chukwuemaka Ajaegbulemh [49.84], KaRon Ali [50.17] and Dominic Bassey [49.10] ran the first three legs. Winslow’s time is fastest in New Jersey this year, 5th nationally, No. 8 in state history, No. 4 in South Jersey and less than a second off the South Jersey record of 3:15.78 set by Camden in 2001 with Jade Smith, Maurice Young, Dwight Ruff and John Morris at Easterns at the Armory.

Artrill Evans, Winslow Twp., triple jump: In what appears to be his first meet for Winslow after transferring from Camden, Evans hit a PR of 44-11 ¾. That’s No. 9 on the all-time indoor Camden County list.

Jonathan Harris, Savien Higgs, Delsea, shot put: Harris [57-4] and Higgs [51-6] went 1-2 in the shot put.

Ryan Jennings, Timber Creek, 55, 200: Jennings ran 7.01 and 24.53 in the 55 and 200.

Jasmine Jackson, Winslow Twp., 55 hurdles, 200: Jackson shattered her own South Jersey freshman 55-meter hurdles record with an 8.09, No. 2 in New Jersey this year, No. 21 nationally, No. 1 among U.S. freshmen, No. 14 in South Jersey history and just 7-100ths of a second off the New Jersey freshman record of 8.02 set in 2022 by a runner from a Scotch Plains-based all-star team. Jackson also ran 24.55, No. 9 in South Jersey history, 7th-fastest in New Jersey this year and No. 5 among U.S. freshmen.

Adaiah Arango, Winslow Twp., 400, 800: Arango ran 57.75, joining Jackson [56.59] and Amariah Arango [56.88] as the third Winslow freshman under 58 seconds. They’re the top-three freshmen in New Jersey. She also ran 2:22.09 in her first high school 800

Amariah Arango, Winslow Twp., 400: Her 56.88 makes her the No. 10 freshman in the U.S. this year and No. 2 in New Jersey behind teammate Jasmine Jackson [56.59]

Cinniya Robinson, Winslow Twp., 400: One of eight Winslow girls who’s run sub-60 so far this indoor season, Robinson ran an indoor PR of 57.05.

Olivia Okaro, Winslow Twp., 55, 200, 400, 4×2: Busy day for Okaro, who ran 7.16 in the 55, 25.01 in the 200 and 58.82 in the 400 (and also ran a leg on Winslow’s 1:39.55 4×2).

Olivia Serrano, Pemberton, 400: Junior’s 58.82 is fastest this winter by a Burlington County quarter-miler.

Leeya Joseph, Winslow Twp., 400: Her 58.85 is a lifetime best indoors or outdoors. She’s No. 12 in South Jersey this year.

Jordyn Cato, Winslow Twp., 400: An indoor-outdoor PR 59.11 in the 400 for the Winslow sophomore.

Winslow girls, 800-Meter Relay: Freshman Jasmine Jackson, Olivia Okaro, Skyhe Seamon and Cinniya Robinson ran 1:39.66, 6th-fastest in state history and No. 2 in South Jersey history behind Winslow’s 1:39.55 at 2018 Armory Nationals with Flora Ahiarakwe, Shakira Dancy, Janeya Hammond and Nylah Perry. Their time is No. 9 in the U.S. this year.

Ma’Syiah Brawner, Winslow Twp., long jump, triple jump: Brawner hit a season-best 18-4 ½ in the long jump. She’s already No. 1 in New Jersey this year in the triple with a 39-4 but jumped 38-6 at Ocean Breeze.

Chantina Walker, Long Jump: Walker popped her first lifetime 18-foot jump with an 18-0, a 5 ½-inch PR.

Brook-lynn Roberts, Winslow Twp., shot put: Roberts threw an indoor PR of 39-5 ½. Roberts was a Meet of Champions medalist in the discus last spring and has a PR of 147-7, No. 8 in South Jersey history.

Winslow Township’s Amariah Arango, Jasmine Jackson, Adaiah Arango and Cinniya Robinson put together the 5th-fastest 4-by-4 in state history and the fastest by a South Jersey relay in 22 years Saturday at Ocean Breeze.

Winslow ran 3:46.87 at the New York International Showcase, the 4th-fastest time in the U.S. this year acccording to the MileSplit national database behind three all-star programs.

Freshman Amariah Arango led off in 56.14, freshman Jasmine Jackson split 56.08, freshman Adaiah Arango ran 58.46 and junior Cinniya Robinson anchored in 56.21.

It’s fastest by any New Jersey school since a Scotch Plains-based Central Jersey all-star team ran 3:40.28 at 2016 Armory Nationals.

The only faster time in South Jersey history is Willingboro’s 3:45.37 with Halimah Bashir, Rhea Mann, Channel Hamilton and Okechi Ogbuokiri when they won Armory Nationals in 2003 and set a state record that stood for 10 years.

Winslow’s time is so fast it would rank 11th on the all-time South Jersey outdoor list.
Arango led off with a 56.04 split to give Winslow the lead, Okaro split a nearly identical 56.08, Seamon ran 58.46 and Robinson anchored in 56.21.

Winslow won by 20 meters over Archbishop Carroll of Washington, D.C.., which placed 2nd in 3:49.56.

The Eagles broke the Camden County record of 3:49.07 [converted from a full mile] set by Camden when it won Easterns at Harvard’s Gordon Track in Cambridge, Mass., in 1995. Winslow’s previous fastest time was a 3:49.50 last February at the Millrose Games at the Amory, with Seamon, Okaro, 2024 graduate Djassi Dean and Robinson.

All-Time New Jersey Indoor 4×4 List
3:40.28 … Union Catholic, 2016
3:42.03 … Columbia, 2013
3:45.37 … Willingboro, 2003
3:46.42 … Columbia, 2014
3:46.87 … Winslow Twp., 2025
3:47.03 … Union Catholic, 2015
3:47.31 … Union Catholic, 2019
3:47.59 … Union Catholic, 2024
3:47.95 … Willingboro, 2002
3:48.9h … Plainfield, 1980
3:49.07 … Camden, 1995
3:49.50 … East Orange, 2006
3:49.50 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:49.59 … Timber Creek, 2024
3:49.9h … Plainfield, 1981
3:50.82 … Union Catholic, 2017
3:50.89 … Scotch Plains-Fanwood, 2022
3:50.90 … Winslow Twp., 2005
3:50.8h … Snyder, 1981

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 4×4 List
3:45.37 … Willingboro, 2003
3:46.87 … Winslow Twp., 2025
3:47.95 … Willingboro, 2002
3:49.07 … Camden, 1995
3:49.50 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:49.59 … Timber Creek, 2024
3:50.90 … Winslow Twp., 2025
3:51.49 … Winslow Twp., 2017
3:52.37 … Willingboro, 2000
3:52.55 … Wilson, 2006
3:53.61 … Willingboro, 1998
3:53.81 … Paul VI, 2020
3:53.6h … Willingboro, 1999
3:53.82 … Timber Creek, 2023
3:53.97 … Rancocas Valley, 2019

Northern Burlington senior Liliah Gordon ran the 5th-fastest indoor 1,600 in South Jersey history Saturday and smashed the Burlington County record.

Gordon, racing at the New York International Showcase at Ocean Breeze, ran away from the field and won in 4:52.73, finishing 50 meters clear of the field.

She broke the Burlington County indoor record of 4:53.85 set by Cherokee’s Nicole Clifford at the 2022 state Group 4 Championships at the Bubble. Clifford holds the Burlington County outdoor record with her 4:48.82 from May of 2022 at Icahn Stadium in New York) (converted from a 4:50.50 full mile).

Gordon, a three-time state Group 3 cross country champion, has an outdoor 1,600 PR of 4:51.84 so she was less than a second off that indoors and fairly early in the season. She has shown great range, from 2:17.65 for 800 meters to 17:04.54 for 5,000 meters. Earlier this month, Gordon placed 2nd in the USATF Under-20 cross country championships in Lubbock, Texas.

Her performance Saturday at Ocean Breeze is the fastest indoor 1,600 by a South Jersey runner in eight years, since Kingsway’s Rachel Vick ran 4:52.34. converted from a 4:54.05 full mile at Armory Nationals in 2017.

Her time is No. 3 in New Jersey this year and fastest among runners from public schools. She’s No. 8 nationally, according to the MileSplit U.S. database.

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 1,600 / mile List
4:41.52y … Michelle Rowen [Wash. Twp.], 1983
4:49.46y … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
4:51.60 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2016
4:52.34 … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017
4:52.73 … Lilliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2025
4:52.90 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024
4:53.36 … Lindsey Kane [Washington Twp.], 2014
4:53.85 … Nicole Clifford [Cherokee], 2022
4:54.58 … Celine Mazzi [Delsea], 2014
4:55.04y … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
4:56.1h,y … Ruth Lockbaum [Glassboro], 1985
4:57.12 … Megan Quimby [Lenape], 2015
4:57.72 … Caitlin Orr [Lenape], 2010
4:57.77 … Aubrey Pierontoni [Kingsway], 2022
4:58.48 … Natalia Ocasio [Lenape], 2010
4:58.54 … Kerry O’Day [Cherokee], 2024
4:59.28y … Grace Wassell [Highland], 2022
4:59.29 … Julia Despirito [Shawnee], 2014
4:59.39 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2012

Washington Township senior Ella Karp popped another shot put PR and moved into the No. 5 spot on the all-time Gloucester County indoor list on Thursday night at Cherokee.

Karp won the Cherokee Throwdown #2 with a 42-8 ¾, the top throw in South Jersey this year and No. 3 in New Jersey behind West Philly Nationals champion and U.S. No. 1 Jessica Oji of Livingston [53-6 ¾ at the Armory earlier this month] and Trenton senior Sonjay Baylor-Reeves [43-5 ¾ earlier this month at the Bubble].

Her 42-8 ¾ is No. 15 in South Jersey history. Her previous indoor PR was a 42-4 ½ on Wednesday at the Ott Center. She also had throws of 41-8 ¾ and 41-5 ½ on Wednesday, so her four-best lifetime throws have come since Wednesday.

Karp opened with a 39-9 ½ and 38-8 ¼ before hitting 41-6 on her 3rd throw and the 42-8 ¾ on her 4th and final attempt. Baylor-Reeves finished 2nd at 39-0 ½.

Washington Township has never had a 40-footer indoors or outdoors before. Karp threw 40-3 ¼ last spring.

All-Time South Jersey Indoor Shot Put List
47-5 ¾ … Zyra Thomas [Schalick], 2018
46-1 ½ … Najeaya Singleton [Vineland], 2017
46-1 … Cydney Thomas [Haddon Heights], 2019
45-3 … Nacole Moore [Bridgeton], 2000
44-6 ½ … Sylvia Galarza [Millville], 2004
44-3 ½ … Jocelyn White [Delsea], 2004
44-0 ½ … Melinda Boykin [Bridgeton], 1996
43-11 ¾ … Stephanie Scaramella [Bishop Eustace], 2007
43-10 ¼ … Mercedes Hicks [Atlantic City], 2006
43-10 … Ronetta Hunter [Burlington Twp.], 2015
43-4 ¾ … Jessica Woodard [Cherokee], 2012
43-4 ½ … Victoria Imbesi [Our Lady of Mercy], 2009
43-3 … Janice Rose [Delsea], 2011
42-11 ¼ … Ciara Demarest [Williamstown], 2022
42-8 ¾ … Ella Karp [Washington Twp.], 2025
42-7 ¾ … Typhanie Bates [Williamstown], 1995
42-5 ½ … Genevieve Tybicki [Our Lady of Mercy], 2007
42-4 … Sophia Coleburn [Haddon Heights], 2007
42-3 … Genevieve Rybicki [Our Lady of Mercy], 2009
42-1 … Donovan Bennett [Vineland], 2014
42-0 ½ … Lisa Stuto [Winslow Twp.], 2009
42-0 ¼ … Lola Agabalogun [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
41-10 … Lillian Rivera [Pemberton], 1984
41-9 … Bernadette McGowan [Paul VI], 2016
41-8 … Alijah Caul [Sterling], 2019
41-6 ½ … Dana White [Camden], 2000
41-3 ½ … Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], 2024
41-3 … Kendra Green [Rancocas Valley], 2025
41-3 … Tara Daniels [Kingsway], 2013
41-2 … Ciarra Johnson [Winslow Twp.], 2018
41-0 … Nicole Scott [Willingboro], 1997
40-11 … Alexis Kennedy [Millville], 2012
40-10 … Danea Wint [Vineland], 2015
40-10 … Nyla Noble [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2014
40-9 … Amanda Thompson [Camden], 2001
40-8 ¾ … Emily Hilt [Kingsway], 2017
40-5 ½ … Cameron Daniels [Vineland], 2015
40-4 … Shanna Campbell [Pemberton], 2007
40-3 ½ … Lacole Fields [Camden], 1996
40-2 … Chanel Dwain [Willingboro], 2023
40-1 ¾ … Kelly Staten [Atlantic City], 2001
40-1 ½ … Sophia Colburn [Haddon Heights], 2007
40-1 … Katherine Johnston [Haddonfield], 2012
40-½ … Linda Dougherty [Sterling], 1982

All-Time Gloucester County indoor girls shot put list
44-3 ½ … Jocelyn White [Delsea], 2004
43-4 ½ … Victoria Imbesi [Our Lady of Mercy], 2009
43-3 … Janice Rose [Delsea], 2011
42-11 ¼ … Ciara Demarest [Williamstown], 2022
42-8 ¾ … Ella Karp [Washington Twp.], 2025
42-7 ¾ … Typhanie Bates [Williamstown], 1995
42-5 ½ … Genevieve Rybicki [Our Lady of Mercy], 2007
41-3 ½ … Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], 2024
41-3 … Tara Daniels [Kingsway], 2013
42-11 ¼ … Ciara Demarest [Williamstown], 2022
40-8 ¾ … Emily Hilt [Kingsway], 2017
39-8 ¼ … Karen Johnson [Williamstown], 2006
39-8 … Elisia Lancaster [Delsea], 2016
38-9 ½ … Emma Painter [Clayton], 1981

North Carolina State junior Kevin Antczak from Mainland Regional ran a big mile PR Saturday in Blacksburg.

Antczak placed 2^nd in the Hokie Invitational at Virginia Tech’s Rector Fieldhouse in 4:07.91, finishing just behind Charlotte senior Bryce Anderson, who ran 4:07.62.

Antczak’s previous mile PR was a 4:14.46 on the same track a year ago. Antczak has also run 8:04.87, 14:08.24 and 29:33.01 for the Wolfpack.

Antczak split 62.16, 61.82, 62.41 and 61.52.

Ajani Dwyer, a Penn State freshman from Washington Township, ran the 4th-fastest 200 in NCAA Division 1 Saturday at the Ott Center.

Ott won the 200 at the Penn 10 Elite in 20.65, the fastest time ever recorded indoors by a South Jersey native. The previous fastest was a 20.73 by Edgewood graduate and Olympic gold medalist Dennis Mitchell competing for Florida at the 1988 NCAA Championships in Oklahoma City.

It’s the 2nd-fastest indoor time on record by a New Jersey native, behind only a 20.30 by Olympian Cheickna Traore, who graduated from Innovation High School in Jersey City and competed for Snyder High, also of Jersey City. He began his college career at Ramapo and shattered every Division 3 sprinting record, then did a grad season at Penn State, where he ran 20.30 indoors and won multiple NCAA Division 1 titles.

Including outdoor times, Dwyer’s 20.65 is 9th-fastest in New Jersey history and fastest in 15 years by a South Jersey sprinter, since Deptford’s Bruce Owens from Rutgers ran 20.64 at NCAA East Region Prelims in Greensboro, N.C.

This was Dwyer’s first collegiate 200. His indoor 200 PR was 21.25 from Ocean Breeze this past February. He ran 20.86 at Group 4 Sectionals at Pennsauken last spring, but that was without a wind guage. He never ran a wind-legal 200 outdoors last spring.

Dwyer’s time is No. 3 in Penn State history behind Traore and Terrance Laird of Coatesville, who ran 20.56 at the 2018 Big Ten Championships in Geneva, Ohio. He went on to run 19.81 with legal wind for LSU in the spring of 2021, which is No. 18 in U.S. history, and was an Olympic Trials finalist in the 200.

Dwyer ran unpressed, winning by four meters over senior teammate Damoy Allen, who ran 21.02.

Ahead of Dwyer on the 2025 NCAA list are Kentucky junior Carl Makarawu [20.55 in Lubbock, Texas, last weekend], Auburn senior Makanakaishe Charamba [20.55 in Clemson, S.C., this weekend] and USC junior Max Thomas [20.60 in Lubbock this weekend].

Dwyer on Saturday also ran 6.58 in the 60 prelims and 6.57 in the final, just 2-100ths off his PR of 6.55 from last month, which is also No. 4 in NCAA Division 1.

Vineland senior Georgina Chalow smashed the Cumberland County indoor 1,600 record at the South Jersey Elite with a 5:07.54.

Chalow won a fast race at the Ott Center in West Philly, with four girls running 5:12 or faster and five others under 5:20.

Chalow was out in 2:33.83 and back in 2:33.71, closing in 36.451 for her final lap. She broke the county mark of 5:16.91 set by Millville’s Raelynne Miller at 2019 Group 4 sectionals at the Bubble.

Surprisingly, legendary Vineland middle-distance runner Krista Ferrera never ran an indoor 1,600, opting for the 400-800 double. Cumberland County outdoor record holder Lindsay Bertulis ran 5:04.00 at the 2009 Meet of Champions in South Plainfield but never ran a hot 1,600 or mile indoors.

Chalow ran 5:09.76 last spring at Group 4 sectionals at Pennsauken. Her previous indoor PR was 5:19.50 last month at the Bubble.

Paul VI junior Macy Huber ran a lifetime-best 5:10.07 for 2nd and Mainland junior Emma Preissman was 3rd with a lifetime-best 5:10.29. Cherokee junior Madeline Meder ran 5:12.36, Haddonfield soph Devon Gervasi also had an indoor-outdoor PR with 5:17.05, Cherokee senior Megan Niglio ran 5:17.67, Williamstown junior Sophia Aldridge ran an indoor-outdoor PR at 5:18.19, Ocean City senior Chloe Care ran an indoor PR 5:18.22 and Ocean City freshman Riley Tolson PR’d at 5:19.61, just ahead of Cherokee freshman Erin Healy, 10th in a PR 5:20.83.

The times are No. 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 in South Jersey this year. Chalow’s time is No. 11 in New Jersey this year. Tolson and Healy’s times are No. 2 and 3 among freshmen.

In his second meet in the last year, St. Augustine’s Sincere Rhea, now a senior at Texas Tech, ran a hurdles PR Friday on his home track at the Sports Performance Center in Lubbock, Texas.

Rhea, a national scholastic hurdles champion at St. Augustine and a native of Maurice River Township, Cumberland County, ran 7.72 in the trials of the Red Raider Invite. He ran 7.74 in the final.

His 7.72 breaks his PR of 7.73, which he ran as a University of Miami junior in January 2020, at the Red Raider Open, ironically on the same track.

His time equals 9th-fastest ever by a New Jersey hurdler and 3rd-fastest by a South Jersey hurdler.

World No. 2 Johnny Brackens of USC won the race in 7.56. DeVontae Ford of Texas Tech was 2nd in 7.66. Rhea’s time is No. 31 among U.S. men so far this year.

Rhea began his college career at Penn State and ran 7.76, No. 2 in school history behind Guy Rose of Wayne Hills, who ran 7.69 in 2001. He ran that 7.73 at Miami, No. 3 in school history behind Trenton’s Devin Hill [7.55] and Artie Burns [7.68]. He didn’t race last spring.

I can’t tell you where his 7.72 ranks in Texas Tech history because their top-10 list is a top-10 performances list, not a top-10 performers list, so there are just three hurdlers on it.That’s stupid. Anyway, here’s a look at the al-tiume New Jersey 60-meter hurdles list:

7.46 … Jeff Porter [Franklin Twp.], Feb. 1, 2014, Mondeville, France
7.50 … Renaldo Nehemiah [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], March 10, 1989, Madrid, Spain
7.50 … Anwar Moore [Camden], Feb. 24, 2008, Boston
7.52 … Jack Pierce [Woodbury], Feb. 25, 1995, Fairfax, Va.
7.55 … Devon Hill [Trenton], March 10, 2012, Nampa, Idaho
7.66 … Cory Poole [East Orange], Feb. 14, 2020, Clemson, S.C.
7.69 … Guy Rose [Wayne Hills], Feb. 24, 2001, State College, Pa.
7.71 … Chris Serrao [East Brunswick], Jan. 11, 2025, Philadelphia
7.72 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], Jan. 9, 2015, Houston
7.72 … Jamir Brown [Riverside], Dec. 6, 2024, Staten Island
7.72 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], Jan. 25, 2025, Lubbock, Texas
7.73 … Todd Matthews [Notre Dame], Feb. 17, 2001, Blacksburg, Va.