From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Four hours after she broke the South Jersey record in the 60-meter hurdles Saturday morning, Winslow sophomore Jasmine Jackson broke it again Saturday afternoon.

Jackson ran 8.34 in the qualifying round at Boston THE TRACK Nationals, breaking the South Jersey record of 8.36 set by Nia Ali of Pleasantville at 2006 Prince Georges Sports and Learning Complex Nationals in Landover, Md.

Later in the day, she blazed an 8.21 in the semifinals, the 3^rd-fastest time in state history and 7^th-fastest in U.S. history by a sophomore. That leads all qualifiers into the final, scheuled for 2:05 p.m. Sunday.

That 8.21 is tied for 21^st-fastest by a U.S. high school hurdler.

Jackson’s time is 11^th-fastest ever by any hurdler from a New Jersey high school and 4^th-fastest among South Jersey athletes. It’s 3^rd-fastest among high school girls this year.

According to the World Athletics database, Jackson’s time is 2^nd-fastest in the world in the 18-and-Under age group – Jackson is 15 – and 6^th-fastest in the 20-and-under division. The only other girl who doesn’t turn 19 before Dec. 31 who’s run this fast is Italy’s Alessia Succio, who ran 8.06 in a meet in Ancona, Italy, last month.

All-Time New Jersey 60-Meter Hurdles
8.10 … Taylor Cox [Union Catholic], 2025
8.17 … Sydney McLoughlin [Union Catholic], 2015
8.21 … Jasmine Jackson [Winslow], Boston, 2026
8.33 … Charmaine Walker [Plainfield], 1997
8.34 … Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp.], 2026
8.36 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], 2006
8.38 … Grace O’Shea [Ramapo], 2019
8.50 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 2012
8.52 … Alethia Jenkins [Pennsauken], 2000
8.52 … Amaya Chadwick [Union Catholic], 2016
8.55 … Abigail Dennis [Old Tappan], 2024
8.59 … Ajanae Thompson [Union Catholic], 2022
8.62 … Lenaami Morton [Camden], 2017
8.64 … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2019
8.67 … Sofia Swindell [Lawrenceville School], 2025
8.67 … Porsche Dobson [Kent Place School], 2003
8.68 … Patti Dziekonska [West Windsor-Plainsboro North], 2014
8.69 … Danielle Delgado [Franklin Twp.], 2013

All-Time New Jersey Alumni List
7.80 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], Albuquerque, 2014
7.95 … Dawn Bowles [Neptune], Atlanta, 1997
8.10 … Charmaine Walker [Plainfield], Fayetteville, 2000
8.10 … Taylor Cox [Union Catholic], Virginia Beach, 2025
8.15 … Tionna Tobias [Winslow Twp.], Albuquerque, 2024
8.16 … Amber Williams [Roxbury], Boston, 2008
8.16 … Raquel Vassell [East Orange], University Park, 2011
8.17 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], New York, 2015
8.19 … Jailya Ash [Eastern], New York, 2024
8.19 … Shameka Marshall [Oakcrest], Boston, 2005
8.21 … Jasmine Jackson [Winslow], Boston, 2026
8.30 … Jasmine Staten [Lenape], Staten Island, 2022
8.30 … Amaya Chadwick [Union Catholic], Geneva, Ohio, 2020

Eastern senior Natalie Dumas smashed her own South Jersey indoor 800 record by 2 ½ seconds Saturday at Armory Nationals in New York.

Dumas ran 2:05.30, 5th-fastest in New Jersey history and broke her own South Jersey record of 2:07.68 set at the Armory a year ago. Dumas set the outdoor state record of 2:00.11 at West Philly Nationals in June.

On Saturday, she finished 2nd to Ellie Barada of Bloomington (Ind.) North, who ran 2:04.32. Barada ran 2:03.95 last spring at Hayward Field and 2:03.02 last month at the Ott Center.

Dumas led through 400 meters at 61.52 to 61.78, but Barada split 31.96 / 30.59 for a 62.55 final 400 while Dumas closed in 32.44 / 31.34 for a 63.78.

Barada is No. 2 on the 2026 U.S. Under-20 list and Dumas moves up to No. 4.

All-Time New Jersey Indoor 800 List
2:02.35 … Paige Sheppard [Union Cathoic], 2026
2:03.98 … Athing Mu [Trenton], 2018
2:04.13 … Ajee’ Wilson [Neptune], 2012
2:04.80 … Reagan Moore [Oak Knoll], 2025
2:05.30 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2026
2:05.62 … Reese Reynolds-Malone [Rumson-Fair Haven], 2026
2:06.02 … Clemmie Lillie [Rumson-Fair Haven], 2025
2:06.0h … Joetta Clark [Columbia], 1980
2:06.90 … Paige Sheppard [Union Catholic], 2025
2:07.08 … Sophia Thompson [Union Catholic], 2026
2:07.24 … Victoria Vanriele [Governor Livingston], 2019
2:07.60 … Janine Davis [Queen of Peace], 2005
2;08.01 … Reese Reynolds Malone [Rumson-Fair Haven], 2025
2:08.54 … Stella Blanchard [Wilberforce School], 2026
2:08.68 … Abigail Robisky [Union Catholic], 2026
2:09.02 … Corrine Myers [Westwood], 2014
2:09.05 … Blaire Bartlett [Lawrenceville School], 2026
2:09.32 … Camryn Wennersten [Ridgewood], 2022
2:09.56 … Megan Tiernan [Washington Twp.], 2010
2:09.60 … Tawana Watkins [Kennedy-Paterson], 2001
2:09.8h … Catherine Pagano [Northern Highlands], 2015

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 800 List
2:05.30 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2026
2:09.56 … Megan Tiernan [Washington Twp.], 2010
2:10.0h … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
2:11.85 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024
2:11.91 … Carly Godfry [Ocean City], 2026
2:12.05 … Sofia Day [Mainland Reg.], 2024
2:12.46 … Monica Olkowski [Cherokee], 1990
2:12.55 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
2:13.51 … Emily Duffey [Lenape], 2011
2:14.12 … Carly Pettipaw [Lenape], 2013
2:14.13 … Carly Godfrey [Ocean City], 2026
2:14.27 … Kelsey Niglio [Cherokee], 2023
2:14.58 … Riley Austin [Haddonfield], 2025
2:14.64 … Bridget Flynn [Ocean City], 2014
2:14.66 … Dylan Hosty [Haddonfield], 2026
2:14.5h … Ruth Lockbaum [Glassboro], 1985
2:14.6h … Michelle DiMuro [Shawnee], 1985
2:14.99 … Kami Joi Hickson [Washington Twp.], 2017

Pennsauken senior Sianni Wynn led all qualifiers in the first round of the 60-meter dash at Boston THE TRACK Nationals Saturday.

Wynn ran 7.34, just off her state-record 7.29 from last year’s Armory Nationals. Wynn’s fastest 60 this year is a 7.30 at the Ott Center.

The semis are scheduled for 10:13 a.m. Sunday, with the final at 1:54 p.m.

Timber Creek’s Nyla Jones earned All-America honors Saturday morning with a 6th-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles at NCAA Division 3 Championships in Birmingham.

Jones, who set a Rowan school record of 8.64 in the trials on Friday, ran 8.67 in the final. This is the 2nd All-America performance for Jones, who was 5th in the 400-meter hurdles this past spring at outdoor Nationals in Geneva, Ohio.

Winslow sophomore Jasmine Jackson took down the South Jersey 60-meter hurdles record Saturday morning at Boston THE TRACK Nationals.

In the qualifying round, Jackson ran 8.34, breaking the South Jersey record of 8.36, set by Nia Ali of Pleasantville at 2006 Prince Georges Sports and Learning Complex Nationals in Landover, Md.

Jackson’s time is 4th-fastest in state history and 3rd-fastest on the MileSplit 2026 performance list.

It’s No. 18 on the world Under-20 list and No. 5 among U.S. hurdlers.

It’s 2nd-fastest by any U.S. sophomore since four-time Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin ran 8.17 at the same meet when it was held at the Armory in 2015.

Jackson was the 2nd-fastest qualifier, behind Canadian Under-20 national team member Kiara Montaque, who ran 8.33.

Jackson races in the semis at 1:43 p.m. The final is scheduled for 2:05 p.m. Sunday.

All-Time New Jersey 60-Meter Hurdles
8.10 … Taylor Cox [Union Catholic], 2025
8.17 … Sydney McLoughlin [Union Catholic], 2015
8.33 … Charmaine Walker [Plainfield], 1997
8.34 … Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp.], 2026
8.36 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], 2006
8.38 … Grace O’Shea [Ramapo], 2019
8.50 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 2012
8.52 … Alethia Jenkins [Pennsauken], 2000
8.52 … Amaya Chadwick [Union Catholic], 2016
8.55 … Abigail Dennis [Old Tappan], 2024
8.59 … Ajanae Thompson [Union Catholic], 2022
8.62 … Lenaami Morton [Camden], 2017
8.64 … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2019
8.67 … Sofia Swindell [Lawrenceville School], 2025
8.67 … Porsche Dobson [Kent Place School], 2003
8.68 … Patti Dziekonska [West Windsor-Plainsboro North], 2014
8.69 … Danielle Delgado [Franklin Twp.], 2013

Delaea senior Hannah Nuhfer threw within 1 ¼ inches of her South Jersey shot put record and earned All-America honors for the 2nd time with a 4th-place finish Friday at Armory Nationals.

Nuhfer threw 47-10 ¾ on her 4th throw, her 2nd-best lifetime throw behind her historic 48-0 at the state Group 3 meet at the Bubble. Nuhfer won West Philly Nationals in the discus last spring with a South Jersey-record throw of 178-9.

On Friday, Nuhfer had four throws over 44 feet, including the 47-10 ¾ and a 45-6 ½ on her 3rd throw.

Jaslene Murray of Aliso Viejo (Calif.) won the event with a throw of 54-2 ¾.

The Winslow girls ran the 5^th-fastest sprint medley in South Jersey history Friday at Boston THE TRACK Nationals.

Winslow placed 8^th out of 74 entries with a time of 4:03.83 with seniors Olivia Okaro and Leeya Joseph running the 200s, junior Cinniya Robinson the 400 and sophomore Amariah Arango the 800.

The Eagles’ previous school record was a 4:06.76 at the Ott Center in December.

Winslow’s time is No. 15 on the all-time New Jersey list.

Okaro and Joseph got the baton through two laps in 50.16 – no 200 splits in a three-turn stagger – and Robinson split 57.58, setting up Arango, who anchord in 2:16.10.

3:54.62 … Union Catholic, 2024
3:57.19 … Columbia, 2014
3:58.46 … Union Catholic, 2019
3:59.04 … Union Catholic, 2026
4:00.33 … Neptune, 2011
4:00.48 … Eastern, 2025
4:01.41 … Willingboro, 2003
4:01.78 … Eastern, 2023
4:03.13 … Sparta, 2010
4:03.14 … Westwood, 2014
4:03.18 … Columbia, 2010
4:03.22 … Columbia, 2013
4:03.57 … Piscataway, 2006
4:03.69 … Pope John, 2007
4:03.75 … Eastern, 2024
4:03.83 … Winslow Twp., 2026
4:03.85 … Hopewell Valley, 2005
4:03.93 … Haddonfield, 2001
4:04.27 … Cherokee, 2022
4:04.36 … Columbia, 1983
4:04.38 … Washington Twp., 2010
4:04.47 … Neptune, 2009
4:04.49 … Hunterdon Central, 2015
4:04.63 … Rumson-Fair Haven, 2025
4:04.81 … Union Catholic, 2017

4:00.48 … Eastern, 2025
4:01.41 … Willingboro, 2003
4:01.78 … Eastern, 2023
4:03.75 … Eastern, 2024
4:03.83 … Winslow Twp., 2026
4:03.93 … Haddonfield, 2001
4:04.27 … Cherokee, 2022
4:04.38 … Washington Twp., 2010
4:08.21 … Lenape, 2015
4:08.60 … Lenape, 2012
4:09.27 … Millville, 2008
4:10.01 … Willingboro, 2004
4:10.17 … Camden, 1995
4:10.18 … Willingboro, 2005
4:10.22 … Lenape, 2016
4:10.36 … Lenape, 2013
4:10.43 … Kingsway, 2013
4:10.51 … Lenape, 2007

Lumberton’s Greg Foster, a Princeton junior, placed 4^th in the long jump Friday at the NCAA Division 1 Championships in Fayetteville. Three inches separated the top four finishers.

Foster popped the 3^rd-biggest jump of his life on his 4^th attempt, sailing 26-8 ¼ but came up a few inches short of becoming the first South Jersey long jumper to win a men’s NCAA title since Carl Lewis in 1981.

Lokesh Sathyanathan of Tarleton State won the competition at 26-11 ¼; Southern Mississippi’s De’Aundre Ward was 2^nd at 26-11 and on his final attempt Tafadzwa Chikomba moved into 3^rd with a 26-9.

Foster had three jumps of at least 26-5 in a monster series, with a 26-7 ¾, 26-5 ½ and the 26-8 ¼ in recording his best finish ever at NCAAs. He placed 7^th with a 25-7 outdoors last year.

Foster matched the best finish ever by a Princeton long jumper at NCAAs. In the 1990 outdoor meet in Durham, N.C., Al Dyer placed 4^th with a 25-10.

Ocean City’s Elaina Styer, a Stockton junior, placed 2^nd in the pentathlon  Friday at the NCAA Division 3 Championships in Birmingham, earning All-America honors with the 13^th-highest score in D-3 history.

Styer scored 3,765 points, finishing just 17 behind winner Serena McNeilly of Center College in Danville, Ky.

Going into the final event, the 800, Styer trailed McNeilly by 166 points but had a PR 21 seconds faster – 2:21.80 to 2:38.81.

Styer then PR’d with a 2:19.96 for 824 points. That meant McReilly needed 659 points in the 800, which equals 2:32.70. She wound up PR’ing by 7 ½ seconds with a 2:31.44 for 675 points and the national title.

Styer had a tremendous day, however, surpassing her PR of 3,747 points from the New Jersey Athletic Conference Meet at the Ott last month.

Styer is Stockton’s 5^th indoor All-America and her 2^nd-place finish is best by a Stockton woman since high jumper Lisa Shepherd placed 2^nd in 2009.

Styer started out with a huge PR in the 60-meter hurdles with an 8.67, shattering her own school record of 8.82 from a meet at the Ott Center earlier this month. That’s also 11^th-fastest in NCAA Division 3 this year, fastest in the competition and worth a whopping 980 points.

She followed that with a clutch 3^rd-attempt clearance at 5-4 ½, giving her 783 points. That clearance was worth 36 more points than 5-3 ¼ would have been.

Then it was off to the shot put and another big PR for Styer with a 35-9 ¼ on her 2^nd throw for 589 points. Her previous shot PR was 34-9 in February in a meet in Utica, N.Y.

Through three events, Styer was sitting at 2,352 points, 23 behind McNeilly.

In the long jump, Styer fouled on her 1^st attempt and went just 16-2 ¼ on her 2^nd before rebounding with a 16-9 ¼ for 589 points on her 3^rd and final jump. That gave her 2,941 point through four events, 166 behind McNeilly, who jumped 18-5 after placing 4^th in the open long jump at 19-0 ¾.

That set up the dramatic 800, where Styer set her 3^rd PR of the day as well as finishing off her second school record of the day.

Haddonfield’s junior Molly Mills, senior Riley Austin, junior Madison Kelsey and freshman Dylan Hosty raced to a national title in the 4-by-mile relay Friday at Armory Nationals.

Haddonfield ran 20:58.00 and won by 50 meters over Niwot (Colo.) High, which was 2^nd in 21:08.02.

At the final handoff, Haddonfield was about 40 meters behind Niwot in 2^nd place. But Hosty caught Niwot’s anchor with about 1,000 meters to go and gapped her with two laps to go, thanks to a 37.61 split followed by a 32.64 final lap.

Mills led off with a 5:15.58 leg, Austin split 5:10.58, Kelsey ran 5:22.01 and Hosty anchored in 5:09.83.

Haddonfield’s time is  11^th-fastest in state history and 3^rd-fastest in South Jersey history behind Haddonfield’s 20:5.03 in 2014 at this meet when it was at the Armory and Cherokee’s 20:56.84 in 2023 when this meet was in Boston.

New Jersey 4xMile Indoor List
20:19.02 … Union Catholic, 2024
20:33.64 … Roxbury, 2008
20:36.41 … Colts Neck, 2007
20:38.43 … Colts Neck, 2006
20:46.30 … Red Bank Regional, 2002
20:51.21 … Pope John XXIII, 2017
20:53.03 … Haddonfield, 2014
20:56.84 … Cherokee, 2023
20:57.64 … Randolph, 2017
20:57.65 … Colts Neck, 2008
20:58.00 … Haddonfield, 2026
20:59.66 … Ridgewood, 2012

South Jersey 4xMile Indoor List
20:53.03 … Haddonfield, 2014
20:56.84 … Cherokee, 2023
20:58.00 … Haddonfield, 2026
21:01.88 … Cherokee, 2025
21:03.64 … Lenape, 2010
21:15.16 … Lenape, 2012
21:18.28 … Lenape, 2008
21:47.10 … Cherokee, 2024
21:54.98 … Lenape, 2006
21:57.98 … Bishop Eustace, 2019
21:58.47 … Highland, 2009