From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Rowan senior Marquis Young from Sterling blazed the 14th-fastest hurdles time in NCAA Division 3 history Sunday at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships in Galloway Township.

Young was one of six Rowan winners from South Jersey who helped the Profs win their 9th consecutive NJAC Championship and 22nd overall since the inception of the conference in 1984.

Young led a 1-2-3-4 Rowan sweep with a lifetime-best 14.01 with a legal 0.8 meters-per-second tailwind. His previous best was a 14.27 in a meet at Widener University in Chester, Pa., in March.

That 14.01 is the fastest wind-legal time this year in Division 3. Dontre Sinegal of McMurry University of Abilene, Texas, ran 13.87 at the David Noble Relays in San Angelo, Texas, last month, but his performance was aided by an unallowed 3.3 meters-per-second tailwind. Sinegal’s best legal time this year is 14.10 in March in a meet at Seguin, Texas.

Young’s time, achieved in cold and rainy conditions, ties the 2nd-fastest in Rowan history. Garry Moore ran a then-meet-record 13.90 in the qualifying rounds at 1982 NCAA Division 3 Nationals in Naperville, Ill. That stood as the meet record until Shannon Flowers of Lincoln (Pa.) ran 13.86 in 1993 in Berea, Ohio, and went on to win the final in 13.99 after winning the 1981 final in 13.96 in Cleveland.

Stanley Moore ran 14.01 to win the 1983 NCAA Division 3 title, also in Naperville. Both Garry and Stanley Moore ran for Overbrook.

For the Profs, Jason Agyemang [14.17], Kwaku Nkrymah of Teaneck [14.18] and Willingboro’s Anaias Hughes [14.50] ran 2nd, 3rd and 4th, and Michael Lawrence was 6th [14.97]. All five Rowan hurdlers PR’d in the race.

On the 2024 NCAA Division 3 list – which for some reason includes wind-aided marks – Young is 2nd, Agyemang is 5th and Nkrumah 6th.

Young also placed 2nd in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles at the NJAC Championships in 53.58.

Rowan scored 368 points and beat 2nd-place The College of New Jersey by 222 points. The Profs were ranked 8th in the most recent USTFCCCA rankings, which were compiled before the conference meet.

Other Rowan winners from South Jersey: Sophomore Scott Hubbard from Audubon won the 1,500 [3:55.68], junior Joshua Cason from Camden County Technical Schools Gloucester Township campus won the 5,000 [14:58.38], junior Matthew Conway from Haddon Township won the 10,000 [31:07.51], Nicholas Razze from Pitman won the 400-meter hurdles [53.51] and junior Caleb Clevenger from Haddonfield was 1st in the 3,000 steeplechase [9:43.91].

The Profs won the 400-meter relay in 41.17 with freshman Eli Hendricks of Penns Grove, Bridgeton’s Shamar Love and Highland’s Robert McKinney in the lineup and the 1,600-meter relay in 3:19.07 with Razze and Sterling’s Jarquil Young in the lineup.

 

Kingsway’s Kylie Anicic won two more conference titles over the weekend, giving her 16 championships in 16 tries while running for Edinboro. And 18-for-18 including a couple relay legs.

Racing at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships at Lehigh in Bethlehem, Pa., Anicic won the 1,500 in 4:29.02 and the 10,000 in 35:12.53.

She won both races easily, finishing 30 meters ahead of 2nd-place Anna Igims of Slippery Rock in the 1,500 and running unpressed in the 10,000, lapping the entire field and winning by about a lap and a half over Isabella Myles of Seton Hill of Greensburg, Pa.

Here’s a look at Anicic’s remarkable record of perfection in the PSAC since transferring from Towson:

2022 Indoor at Edinboro
Mile [4:58.38]
3,000 [9:59.46]
5,000 [17:12.88]
DMR [12:03.57]

2022 Outdoor at Millersville
1,500 [4:37.92]
5,000 [17:21.02]
10,000 [36:46.38]

2022 Cross Country at Mansfield
6K [21:09.3]

2023 Indoor at Bucknell
Mile [5:02.72]
3,000 [10:06.49]
5,000 [17:34.83]
DMR [12:05.77]

2023 Outdoor at Slippery Rock
1,500 [4:33.88]
5,000 [17:20.57]
10,000 [35:48.85]

2023 Cross Country at Bloomsburg
6K [21:37.2]

2024 Outdoor at Lehigh
1,500 [4:29.02]
10,000 [35:12.53]

Anicic, a native of Mickleton, East Greenwich Township, in Gloucester County, has PRs of 4:25.00 for 1,500 meters, 4:54.93 for the mile, 9:27.55 for 3,000 meters, 16:14.07 for 5,000 and 33:25.55 for the 10,000.

She goes into the NCAA Division 2 Championships ranked 9th in the 5,000 with that 16:14.07 last month at the Brian Clay Invitational at Azusa [Calif.] Pacific.

Division 2 Nationals are scheduled for May 23-25 at Welch Stadium at Emporia State in Kansas.

Washington Township grad Isabelle Deal shattered her own Rowan shot put record Sunday as part of a double win at the NJAC Championships.

Deal, a Rowan junior, won the shot with a 45-8, breaking her own school record of 43-3 ¾ from two weeks ago in Lawrenceville, and also won the javelin at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships at Stockton University in Galloway Township

Her 45-8 is No. 15 in NCAA Division 3 this year.

Deal actually had five throws beyond 43-3 ¾,  and she averaged 43-11 ¾ on her six attempts, so her average throw actually would have broken Rowan’s school record. She had the six-best throws of the competition.

Although Deal’s previous school record was 43-3 ¾, her previous PR was 43-4 ½ from last May as a junior at Ursinus at the Centennial Conference Championships in Collegeville, Pa.

(For the record, Rowan’s web site says Deal broke “a 23-year mark of 13.16,” which translated to English seems to mean she broke a record of 13.16 meters – which is 43-2  good ol’ feet and inches –  23 years ago. However, that former record of 43-2 was actually set in 1991 – that was 33 years ago, not 23 years ago – and here in the U.S. we don’t use metric distances. Only on Rowan’s web site, which is filled with numbers that nobody has any clue what they mean. And, oh, Deal actually broke that record two weeks ago, but apparently nobody knew about it. For the record, that 1991 mark of 43-2 that wasn’t the Rowan record was thrown by Angela Solomon (who went to Overbrook and set a South Jersey record of 43-6 ¾ at the 1989 Meet of Champions)].

Deal opened her series with her first school record at 43-11 and after a 42-6 ½ popped the 45-8. She threw 42-7 ¾ on her 4th attempt before finishing with a 44-5 ¼ and a 44-7 ¼.

Here’s a look at all the known 45-foot throwers from South Jersey:

62-3 ½ … Jessica Woodard [Cherokee], May 20, 2021, Tucson, Ariz.
58-6 ¼ … Jamine Moton [Delsea], May 13, 2001, Clemson, S.C.
50-5 … Victoria Imbesi [Our Lady of Mercy], May 6, 2012, Philadelphia
49-11 … Shamere Rothmiller [Glassboro], May 26, 2012, Jacksonville, Fla.
49-10i … Tara Daniels [Kingsway], Feb. 6, 2016, Boston
49-2 ¼ … Sylvia Galarza [Millville], April 26, 2007, Philadelphia
48-7 … Melinda Boykin [Bridgeton], May 19, 2001, Princeton
47-11 … Teyana Ames [Atlantic County Tech], April 27, Philadelphia
47-10 ¾ …….. Daniels, March 26, 2016, Orlando, Fla.
46-8 ¼ … Janiece Rose [Delsea], May 15, 2015, Muncie, Ind.
46-5 … Ronetta Hunter [Burlington Twp.], April 20, 2019, Durham, N.C.
45-9 ½ … Genevieve Rybicki [Our Lady of Mercy], May 6, 2012, Amherst, Mass.
45-8 ½ … Prisca Blamon [Cinnaminson], Feb. 20, 2022, New York
45-8 … Isabella Deal [Washington Township], May 5, 2024, Galloway Township, N.J.

Deal won the javelin by over 15 feet with a 133-9 throw. Her PR is 155-0 for Ursinus last spring at the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference Championships in Selinsgrove, Pa.

She also scored in the hammer throw with a 134-8 for 7th place. Her previous hammer PR was a 133-1 in a meet in March in Atlanta.

Remarkable record-setting day for Penn junior Aliya Garozzo of Paul VI, who won the 100- and 400-meter hurdles Sunday at the Ivy League Championsghips with PRs in both races and a school record in one. She also anchored Penn’s winning 1,600-meter relay team.

She’s only the fifth woman in the nearly half a century history of the Ivy League Championships to sweep the two hurdles races and the first woman since Harvard’s Autumne Franklin in 2016. She’s the first Penn woman to win both.

Garozzo won the 100-meter highs in 13.59, finishing 2 ½ meters ahead of Harvard junior Izzy Goudros, who ran 13.92, Her previous PR was 13.65 at a home meet at Franklin Field last month. She ran 13.52 in the trials, but it was aided by a 2.5 meters-per-second wind. Her 13.59 was run with an allowable 0.2 mps tailwind.

Garoszo’s 13.59 moves her into the No. 3 spot all-time in Penn track history, and it’s 7th-fastest ever by a South Jersey high school graduate (see list below). It’s also 10th-fastest in meet history and fastest sinc 2018.

Interestingly, Garozzo didn’t run the high hurdles for Penn until last year. Her first collegiate 100-meter hurdles race was in March of 2023 at Penn. She ran 14.12, won Heps indoors at 8.37 and then picked up where she left off indoors, with that 13.65 in her first race. She hasn’t lost a high hurdles race the entire spring.

In the intermediates, Garozzo blasted a 56.34, shattering her own school record of 57.22 by nearly a full second. Harvard sophomore Chloe Fair, the winner last year, also PR’d in 2nd in 56.86. That time will put her somewhere within the top-20 American women this year once all of this weekend’s results are compiled.

Garozzo’s 56.34 is fastest by any Ivy League runner in seven years, since Harvard’s Jade Miller ran 56.17 at NCAA Division 1 East Prelims in Lexington, Ky., in May 2017. It’s 2nd-fastest in meet history, behind only 2016 winner Franklin, who ran 55.87 It’s also 4th-fastest ever by an Ivy League runner in any meet.

It’s also 4th -fastest ever by New Jersey native.

Sydney McLaughlin of Union Catholic, the Olympic gold medalist, set the world record of 50.68 at the World Championships in Eugene, Ore., in July 2022; Tonya Lee of Rancocas Valley, an Olympic Trials finalist in 1996, ran 55.78 in Walnut, Calif., in April 1996; and Winslow Township’s Krystal Cantey ran 56.21 in May 2007 in Gainesville, Fla.

Garozzo also anchored Penn’s winning 1,600-meter relay team with a 52.88 split. Morayo Kassim, Jocelyn Niemiec and Amelia Kristen ran the first three legs. Penn ran 3:38.92. The Quakers set an Ivy League record of 3:29.29 at the Penn Relays.

In addition to Franklin, the only other hurdlers to win both races the same year in the meet’s 46-year history are Princeton’s Sally Anderson in 1981, Brown’s Susan Smith in 1991, 1992 an d 1993, Harvard’s Brenda Taylor in 1999 and Columbia’s Kyra Caldwell in 2010

Penn edged Princeton 184 ½-184 to win the team title.

All-Time New Jersey 400-Meter Hurdles list
50.68 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], July 22, 2022, Eugene, Ore.
55.78 … Tonya Lee [Rancocas Valley], April 21, 1996, Walnut, Calif.
56.21 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], May 26, 2007, Gainesville, Fla.
56.34 … Aliya Garozzo [Paul VI], May 5, 2024, Princeton, N.J.
56.87 … Evann Thompson [Lenape], May 30, 2014, Jacksonville, Fla.
56.91 … Angela Lee [Franklin Twp,.], May 24, 1998, Fairfax, Va.
57.14 … Leslie Njoku [McNair Academic], June 8, 2011, Des Moines, Iowa
57.16 … Jewel Ash [Eastern], May 9, 2022, High Point, N.C.
57.31 … Danielle Myricks [Willingboro], May 19, 2002, Columbia, Mo.
57.84 … Arianna Smith [Pennsville], May 6, 2023, Philadelphia

All-Time South Jersey 100-Meter Hurdles List
12.34 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], Oct. 6, 2019, Doha, Qatar
13.11 … Tionna Tobias [Winslow], May 25, 2023, Bloomington, Ind.
13.28 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow], May 15, 2015, Starkville, Miss.
13.30 … Shameka Marshall [Oakcrest], May 28, 2005, New York
13.36 … Samantha Sharper [Wilson], May 12, 2013, Houston
13.57 … Jailya Ash [Eastern], May 12, 2023, Villanova, Pa.
13.59 … Aliya Garozzo [Paul VI], May 5, Princeton, N.J.
13.61 … Sherese Price [Pleasantville], May 4, 2002, Storrs, Ct.
13.64 … Magenta Taylor [Willingboro], March 24, 2001, Houston
13.71 … Imani Gilliam [Pennsauken], May 17, 2008, Princeton

For the first time in 30 years, the winner of the Broad Street run is an American. And a former Parochial A star from Burlington County.

Moorestown native and Camden Catholic graduate Kevin McDonnell was first across the line Sunday morning in the 43rd annual 10-mile race from Central High School at Broad and Fisher in North Philadelphia to the Navy Yard in South Philly.

McDonnell ran 47:33, 9th-fastest time in the world this year for a 10-mile road course and 6th-fastest by an American.

He’s the first American winner since Holy Cross and Wake Forest graduate Eric Lorenz and Willingboro native ran 49:21 on a similarly cold, rainy day in 1994.

McDonnell’s time is 3rd-fastest ever by a New Jersey native and fastest by a South Runner. The previous South Jersey record over 10 miles is 4:19 by Cherry Hill West and Glassboro State graduate Jack Kruse, who ran 48:19 in Washington, D.C., in 1983.

McDonnell came through three miles in 14:15, five miles in 23:45 and seven miles in 33:11, so he was basically on almost exactly 4:45 per mile pace the entire race.

McDonnell’s previous 10-mile PR was a 49:50 when he placed 12th in the 2022 Broad Street Run.

Kruse won Broad Street in 1981, 1982, 1983 and 1985. His one-second win in 1982 over Lee Edmunds from Lewisburg High and Bucknell was one of the closest finishers in race history.

McDonnell has PRs of 8:14.40 for 3,000 meters, 14:03.52 for 5,000 meters, 29:16.01 for 10,000, 1:07.26 for the half marathon and 2:17.22 for the marathon. He warmed up for the 10-miler with a 14:08.74 at Payton Jordan at Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif., two weeks ago.

McDonnell won by about 50 meters over Zack Holden, who ran 47:45 for 2nd place. Holden is a 2018 graduate of James Madison and placed 37th at the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in February in Orlando in 2:17.50.

All-Time New Jersey 10-Mile Road Performance List
46:51 … Ed Moran [Notre Dame], 2011, St. Paul, Minn.
47:25 … Joe LeMay [Ridgewood], 1995, Washington, D.C.
47:49 … Mike Mykytok [Bound Brook], 1997, Far Hills, N.J.
47:33 … Kevin McDonnell [Camden Catholic], Philadelphia, 2024
48:19 … Jack Kruse [Cherry Hill West], Washington, D.C., 1983

McDonnell is a 2013 graduate of St. Joe’s, where he ran 29:16.01 and 14:03.52 and placed 10th in the NCAA Championships at 10,000 meters in 2013 in Eugene.

Hammonton junior Anthony Liakhnovich bombed one of the biggest shot put heaves in South Jersey history Saturday and smashed the Atlantic County record at the South Jersey Open.

Competing in cold, rainy conditions at Delsea, Liakhnovich only managed one decent throw, but his 3rd and final attempt sailed 62-10, the 9th-best throw in South Jersey history.

Liakhnovich broke the Atlantic County record of 61-4 set by Egg Harbor Township’s Kofi Yamoah at the same meet in 2013, when it was held at Buena. Liakhnovich fouled on his first attempt, and his 2nd was recorded at 44-1 before the final-attempt heave.

It’s been a remarkable rise for Liakhnovich, whose PR last spring as a sophomore was 48-9 ¾ when he placed 7th at South Jersey Group 3 Sectionals, also at Delsea. He hit 50 feet for the first time in his indoor opener at the Bubble in January and then jumped to 56-10 ¼ at the Cherokee Throw Down #1 four days later.

This spring, he opened with a PR again, throwing 59-10 at the Rebel Relays in Howell. That remained his PR until Saturday.

So he’s improved his PR more than 12 feet in the last 4 ½ months.

Liakhnovich is now No. 3 in New Jersey in the shot, behind St. Rose senior Joshua Huisman [64-8 ½], the national indoor runner-up, and Bergen Catholic junior Benjamin Shue [63-11 ¼], 3rd at indoor nationals and a USATF Under-20 finalist.

He’s the top underclassman in South Jersey since Bridgeton’s Braheme Days Jr. won the 2012 Penn Relays at 68-8 ½ and believed to be the No. 3 junior in South Jersey history behind Days and Overbrook’s Ron Dayne in 1994 [63-10]

He’s improved similarly in the discus, from 136-10 last spring at the Cape Atlantic Conference Meet at Bridgeton to a 167-5 opener at Woodbury last month and then a 178-0 last weekend at the Delsea Crusader Field Meet. It looks like the discus was cancelled Saturday before the seeded flight had a chance to throw.

All-Time South Jersey Shot Put List
68-8 ½ … Braheme Days Jr. [Bridgeton] 2012
64-10 ½ … Jon Kalnas [Paulsboro], 1997
64-6 ¼ … Ron Dayne [Overbook], 1996
64-5 … Ray Wilks [Bridgeton], 1995
64-4 ¼ … Chris Robinson [Penns Grove], 1990
63-2 ½ … Jason Nwosu [Delsea], 2022
63-0 … Lou Gordon [Bridgeton], 1995
62-10 ¼ … Nick Pulli [West Deptford], 2014
62-10 … Anthony Liakhnovich [Hammonton], 2024
61-11 ¾ … Kamron Kobolak [Cinnaminson], 2018
61-10 ½ … Harry Dilks [Pitman], 1971
61-6 … Josh Awotunde [Delsea], 2013
61-4 ½ … Bubba Green [Millville], 1976
61-4 … Kofi Yamoah [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
61-2 ½ … Matthew Huckabee, [Timber Creek], 2010
60-11 ½ … Ryan Knight [Delsea], 1996
60-11 ……. Lucciano Pizarro [Cherokee], 2019
60-9 ½ … Jonathan Harris [Delsea], 2024
60-7 1/2 … Ell Ash [Willingboro], 2004
60-6 ½ … Tati White [Willingboro], 1994
60-5 ¼ … Chris Bolden [Edgewood], 1990
60-3 … Dontaye Rivera [Pleasantville], 2012
60-1 … Bill Banks [Wilson], 1973

All-Time Atlantic County List
62-10 … Anthony Liakhnovich [Hammonton], 2024 [X, 44-1, 62-10]
61-4 … Kofi Yamoah [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
60-3 … Dontaye Rivera [Pleasantville], 2012
59-6 … Dave Dixon [Mainland Reg.], 1987
59-5 ¼ … Cade Antonucci [Holy Spirit], 2017
58-0 … Steve Hanson [Holy Spirit], 1982
58-0 … James Plummer [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013

Egg Harbor Township’s Mariah Stephens, a junior at Rider, won the long jump with a personal-best performance and recorded the top qualifying marks in both the 100-meter high hurdles and the 100-meter dash Saturday at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Confertence Championships in Lawrenceville.

Stephens jumped a wind-legal 19-4 to win the long jump, adding 2 ¾ inches to her PR of 19-1 ¼ from the indoor MAAC Championships in February. That’s No. 3 in Rider history.

She led all 100 qualifiers with her 12.13, dropping significantly from her PR of 12.25, and also led all qulifiers in the 100 hurdles trial at 14.23. She’s No. 2 in Rider history in the high hurdles and No. 4 in the 100.

On Sunday, Stephens will compete in the triple jump final at noon, the hurdles final at 12:30 p.m. and the 100 final at 1:15 p.m.

Woodbury senior Peyton Shute destroyed the 16-year-old South Jersey record in the mile Friday night in New York.

Shute ran 4:08.28 and placed 5th in the mile at Trials of Miles at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island in Manhattan.

He broke the South Jersey record of 4:08.51 set by Ocean City’s Brett Johnson in West Long Branch in 2008 and broke the Gloucester County record of 4:10.09 set by Kingsway’s Kyle Rakitis at Outdoor Nationals in Eugene, Ore., in June 2021.

Shute’s previous mile PR was a 4:11.45 at Boston Indoor Nationals in March. His 4:08.28 converts to 4:06.84 for the more commonly run high school distance of 1,600 meters. There were no 1,600-meter splits taken, but 4:06.84 is also faster than the South Jersey 1,600 record of 4:08.58 set by Rakitis at South Jersey Group 4 sectionals at Washington Township in 2021.

Shute’s time is No. 15 in state history. Full list below.

In a field with some of the fastest milers in the country, Shute was out in 62.76 but ran 60.82 on his 2nd lap to come through the half in 2:03.57. He split 61.74 on his 3rd lap to come through in 3:05.31 and then closed in 62.98. Martin Barco of Martinsville (Ind.) High won the race in 4:02.94.

Cherokee senior Robert Poplau closed in 62.46 to run 4:13.08 and break a 22-year-old Burlington County record. Cherokee’s Marc Pelerin ran 4:13.33 at the 2002 adidas Outdoor Championships in Raleigh, N.C. Poplau’s time is No. 9 in South Jersey history.

All-Time New Jersey Mile List
3:59.8h … Marty Liquori [Ess ex Catholic], 1967
4:03.29 … Edward Cheserek [St. Benedict’s Prep], 2013
4:03.49 … Robby Andrews [Manalapan], 2009
4:05.01 … Sean Dolan [Hopewell Valley], 2019
4:05.91 … Marco Langon [Bridgwater-Raritan], 2022
4:05.59 … Ben Malone [Pascack Valley], 2013
4:07.00 … Jackson Barna [Ridge], 2022
4:07.07 … Jim Nielsen [Bernards], 1984
4:07.66 … Joe Rosa [West Windsor-Plainsboro North], 2011
4:07.68 … Jackson Braddock [Southern Regional], 2021
4:07.70 … Jim Rosa [West Windsor-Plainsboro North], 2011
4:08.07 … Pat Schellberg, Delbarton, 2010
4:08.1h … John Carlotti [Bernards], 1983
4:08.1h … Roger Jones [Ramsey], 1977
4:08.28 … Peyton Shute [Woodbury], 2024
4:08.51 … Brett Johnson [Ocean City], 2008
4:08.67 … Seth Clevenger [Haddonfield], 2022
4:09.90 … Jimmy Wischusen [Union Catholic], 2022
4:08.74 … Chris Marco [Toms River South], 2012
4:08.79 … Craig Forys [Colts Neck], 2007
4:09.2h … Steve O’Connell [Millburn], 1976
4:09.3h … Kevin Byrne [Paramus Catholic], 1977
4:09.36 … Steve Schadler [Bergenfield], 1984
4:09.55 … Liam Tansey [Morris Hills], 2009
4:09.72 … Stephen Lewandowski [Mountain Lakes], 2012
4:09.80 … Matt Mitchell [CBA], 1988
4:09.90 … Jimmy Wischusen [Union Catholic], 2022
4:09.95 … Collin Boler [Delbarton], 2022
4:09.98 … Chris Lear [Pingry], 1992
4:10.09 … Kyle Rakitis [Kingsway], 2021
4:10.24 … Drew Maher [Shore Regional], 2018
4:10.1h … Mike Keogh [Essex Catholic], 1970
4:10.40 … Drake Anzano [CBA], 2016
4:10.2h … Mike Elder [Haddon Township], 1973
4:10.46 … Steve Slattery [Mouny Olive], 1998
4:10.9h … J.J. Clark [Columbia], 1982

All-Time South Jersey Mile List
4:08.28 … Peyton Shute [Woodbury], 2024
4:08.51y … Brett Johnson [Ocean City], 2008
4:08.67 … Seth Clevenger [Haddonfield], 2022
4:10.09 … Kyle Rakitis [Kingsway], 2021
4:10.2h … Mike Elder [Haddon Township], 1973
4:11.80 … John Richardson [Ocean City], 2003
4:11.7h … Mike Mantini [Gateway], 1979
4:12.99 … Jimmy Wyner [Mainland Regional], 2004
4:13.08 … Robert Poplau [Cherokee], 2024
4:13.5h … Al Harden [Millville], 1978
4:13.33 … Marc Pelerin [Cherokee], 2002
4:13.52 … Murad Campbell [Overbrook], 1999
4:13.7h … Ed Blakeley [Haddon Township], 1975
4:13.9h … Rich Caton [Woodbury], 1978
4:14.74 … Greg Pelose [Haddonfield], 2015
4:15.93 … George Andrus [Haddonfield], 2022
4:16.2h … Ed McGowan [Highland], 1972
4:17.86 … Carmen Cavella [Washington Twp.], 2004
4:18.11 … Nick Kuenkel [Cherokee], 2024

(Note that I maintain separate 1,600 and mile lists because they are separate events. The Burlington County 1,600 record is 4:11.15 by Lenape’s Ryan Garvin at the 2009 Meet of Champions at South Plainfield. Poplau’s 4:13.08 converts to 4:11.61 for 1,600 meters. But while you can convert mile times to 1,600 times, you can’t convert up. In other words, you can’t credit a runner for running a distance he didn’t run. So Garvin continues to be considered the Burlington County 1,600 record and Poplau is considered the county record holder in the mile. If we converted all mile times to 1,600, we would lose the rich history of track’s greatest event. So we will always keep separate lists!)

Winslow junior Brook-Lynn Roberts [discus]: https://sjtrackblog.com/2024/05/03/winslows-brook-lynn-roberts-uncorks-7-discus-throw-in-south-jersey-history-at-s-j-elite/

Moorestown senior Rece Englehart [long jump, triple jump]: https://sjtrackblog.com/2024/05/02/moorestowns-rece-englehart-records-historic-horizontal-jumps-double-at-s-j-elite/

Timber Creek junior Ryan Jennings [200]: https://sjtrackblog.com/2024/05/02/ryan-jennings-sprints-to-10th-fastest-200-in-state-history-at-s-j-elite/

Washington Township senior Ajani Dwyer [200]: https://sjtrackblog.com/2024/05/02/ajani-again-after-historic-100-ajani-dwyer-runs-all-time-s-j-5-200/

Paul VI senior Shaelan McNally [1,600]: https://sjtrackblog.com/2024/05/02/shaelan-mcnally-runs-4th-fastest-1600-in-south-jersey-history-at-s-j-elite/

Eastern sophomore Natalie Dumas [400IH]: https://sjtrackblog.com/2024/05/02/easterns-natalie-dumas-runs-3rd-fastest-400-hurdles-time-in-state-history-by-a-sophomore/

Washington Township senior Ajani Dwyer [100]: https://sjtrackblog.com/2024/05/02/ajani-dwyer-runs-6th-fastest-100-in-state-history-in-south-jersey-elite-qualifying-rounds/

Washington Township senior Yashahya Brown [110HH]: https://sjtrackblog.com/2024/05/02/yashahya-brown-runs-4th-fastest-110-hurdles-time-in-state-history-in-trials-at-south-jersey-elite/

Absegami junior Jaidah Garrett [LJ, TJ, 100]: https://sjtrackblog.com/2024/05/03/absegamis-jaidah-garrett-leaps-to-historic-jumps-double-at-south-jersey-elite/

Absegami junior Jaidah Garrett popped three ridiculous PRs Thursday night at South Jersey Elite at Delsea, winning the long jump and joined a very small group of horizontal jumpers at 18-9 ¼, placing 2nd to Sophia Curtis in the triple jump at 38-6 and running 12.36, the 3rd-fastest time in the 100 trials.

Garrett’s previous PRs were 17-10 ¾, 35-8 and 12.42 – all from last year’s South Jersey Group 3 sectionals at Delsea.

Garrett became only the 6th girl in South Jersey history to jump both 18-6 and 38-6. The others are Oakcrest’s Shameka Marshall in 2001 [18-10 ¾, 38-8], Northern Burlington’s Ashley Edwards in 2015 [18-9 ¼, 40-10 ¼], Atlantic City’s Claudine Smith [18-7, 42-2] and Winslow’s Ma’Syiah Brawner both this year [18-10 ¾] and last year [39-5 ½].

In the long jump, Garrett had only three legal attempts, but she surpassed 18 feet on all three – 18-3 ¾ opener, 18-9 ¼ on her 2nd and 18-5 ½ on her 3rd. Moorestown junior I’mara Ford PR’d for 2nd place with a 17-11 on her 2nd jump.

Her 18-9 ¼ is No. 5 in Atlantic County history and the best jump ever by an Atlantic County junior. Smith, now at Rutgers, hit 18-7 at 2018 South Jersey Group 4 sectionals at Washington Township. She’s No. 2 in New Jersey this year, behind Brawner, who jumped 18-10 ¾ at Woodbury last month. She did not jump Thursday.

In the triple jump, Curtis won with a 39-5 on her 3rd jump, but Garrett had two jumps over 38 feet – 38-6 on her first and 38-3 on her 2nd. That 38-6 is No. 10 in South Jersey history and No. 5 in Atlantic County history. It’s No. 2 in New Jersey this year.

In the 100, Garrett placed 3rd in the final in 12.52. Her 12.36 in the trials is No. 4 in New Jersey this year, behind Timber Creek senior Naylah Jones [11.64], Pennsauken sophomore Sianni Wynn [11.65] and Timber Creek junior Ryan Jennings [11.93]. She didn’t quite make the all-time Atlantic County top-10, but she is No. 13 and just 5-100ths outside the all-time top-10.

All-Time South Jersey Long Jump List
21-7 ¾ …… Carol Lewis [Willingboro], 1980
20-0 ½ ….. Teneacia Smith [Cherry Hill East], 1992
19-11 ½ … Kathy Rankins [Haddon Heights], 1980
19-11 ½ …. Tionna Tobias [Winslow Twp.], 2018
19-9 ¼ ….. Cidae’a Woods [Winslow Twp.], 2013
19-7 ½ ….. Helen Wilks [Bridgeton], 1993
19-4 ¾ …… Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], 2011
19-4 ………. Emily Carson [Haddonfield], 2012
19-2 ¾ …….Asia Young [Holy Spirit], 2016
19-2 ½ ….…Gabrielle Bennett [Winslow Twp.], 2015
19-2 ………. Tierra Hooker [Timber Creek], 2018
19-2 ………. Robin Taylor [Deptford], 1980
19-1 ……….. Nena Moore [Cherry Hill West], 1995
19-1 ………. Yvonne Wolef [Middle Twp.], 2012
19-0 ¼ …… Jasmine Staten [Lenape], 2016
18-11 ½ … Tisifenee Taylor [Woodbury], 2002
18-11 ¾ … Shaytika Bryant [Bridgeton], 1995
18-11 ……… Vashti Hannah [Cumberland Reg.], 2015
18-10 ¾ … Shameeka Marshall [Oakcrest], 2001
18-10 ½ … Karissa Watson [Williamstown], 2019
18-10 ¼ … Anna Stewart [Glassboro], 1977
18-10 ¼ … Demya Walker [Rancocas Valley], 1984
18-10 …….. Shana Williams [Bridgeton], 1989
18-10 ¾ … Ma’Syiah Brawner [Winslow Twp.], 2024
18-9 ½ … Frances Bundy [Pleasantville], 1999
18-9 ¼ … Ashley Edwards [Northern Burlington], 2015
18-9 ¼ … Jaidah Garrett [Absegami], 2024
18-9 …….. Shameka Speed [Bridgeton], 2002
18-8 ¾ … Tacqyaya Tobias [Our Lady of Mercy], 2011
18-8 ½ … Rachel Armstead [Millville], 2015
18-8 ½ … Tina Walls [Williamstown], 1982
18-8 ½ … Jessica Bryant [Cherry Hill East], 2016
18-7 ½ … Sable Loper [Woodrow Wilson], 2005
18-7 …….. Jamie Walker [Haddon Heights], 2007
18-7 …….. Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2018
18-6 ¾ … Artrelia Turner [Woodrow Wilson], 1986
18-6 ¾ … Leah Ellis [Millville], 2021
18-6 ½ … Kristina Matthews [Bordentown], 1998
18-6 ½ … Tina Johnson [Burlington Twp.], 1996
18-6 … Emma Crozier-Carole [Mainland Reg.], 2023
18-5 ¾ … Javona Ford [Millville], 2010
18-5 ¾ … Sydnee Pierce [Rancocas Valley], 2010
18-5 ¾ … Janiyah Davis-Hines [Timber Creek], 2016
18-5 ¼ … Bryanna Craig [Millville], 2019
18-5 … Elaina Styer [Ocean City], 2023
18-4 ½ … Tonya Lee [Rancocas Valley], 1988
18-4 ¼ … Kierston Johnson [Oakcrest], 2017
18-3 ¾ … Faith Nichols [Bridgeton], 1997
18-3 ¼ … Frances Bundy [Pleasantville], 1999
18-3 …… Felicia Graham [Oakcrest], 1990
18-3 …… Serifat Juniat ??? [Camden Catholic], 2007
18-3 …… Lindzey Mosely [Cumberland Reg.], 2015
18-3 …… Brittany Clybourn [Oakcrest], 2006
18-3 …… Dennisha Page [Woodrow Wilson], 2019
18-2 ¾ … Tanisha Jarrett [Cumberland Reg.], 1989
18-2 ½ … Beth Johnson [Cinnaminson], 1983
18-2 ½ … Sonja Bennett [Edgewood], 1985
18-2 ½ … Brianna McGrath [Winslow Twp.], 2012
18-2 ½ … Sabrina Burrell [Delsea Reg.], 2012
18-2 …… Maria Muse [Willingboro], 1979
18-2 …… Jessica [West Deptford], 2005
18-2 …… Jaye Pollard [Penns Grove], 2014
18-2 …… Sophia Gresham [Ocean City], 2018
18-1 ¾ … Kerri Hobbs [Lenape], 1986
18-1 ¾ … Dahlia Beasley [Washington Twp.], 2023
18-1 ½ … Angel Roots [Kingsway], 1985
18-1 ½ … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2014
18-1 ¼ … Dawn Harris [Paul VI], 1989
18-1 …… Samantha Sweeney [Cherokee], 1999
18-1 …… Jasmin Jones [Kingsway], 2015
18-0 ¾ … Shaya Wilkerson [Lenape], 2010
18-0 ¾ … Ty Horne [Northern Burlington Reg,], 2016
18-0 ½ … Annie Taft [Bishop Eustace], 2004
18-0 ½ … Siani Smith [Burlington Twp.], 2018
18-0 ½ … Janell Rowe [Sterling], 2017
18-0 ¼ … Shaquonda Meylor [Woodrow Wilson], 2006
18-0 …… Lynn Pike [Pemberton], 1985
18-0 …… Maya Yiadon [Glassboro], 1994
18-0 …… Shonda Burroughs [Vineland], 1999
18-0 …… Cheryl Scott [Paul VI], 2002
18-0 …… Shanavia Thomas [Willingboro], 2009

All-Time Atlantic County Long Jump List
19-2 ¾ …….Asia Young [Holy Spirit], 2016
19-1 ………. Yvonne Wolef [Middle Twp.], 2012
18-10 ¾ … Shameeka Marshall [Oakcrest], 2001
18-9 ½ … Frances Bundy [Pleasantville], 1999
18-9 ¼ … Jaidah Garrett [Absegami], 2024
18-7 …….. Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2018
18-4 ¼ … Kierston Johnson [Oakcrest], 2017
18-3 ¼ … Frances Bundy [Pleasantville], 1999
18-3 …… Felicia Graham [Oakcrest], 1990
18-3 …… Brittany Clybourn [Oakcrest], 2006

All-Time South Jersey Triple Jump List
42-2 … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2018
40-10 ¼ … Ashley Edwards [Northern Burlington], 2014
40-10 ¼ … Sophia Curtis [Ocean City], 2023
39-7 ½ … Zenee Gadson [Glassboro], 2012
39-7 ¼ … Shaya Wilkerson [Lenape], 2012
39-6 … Jessica Mills [Deptford], 2005
39-5 ½ … Elizabeth Montague [Cherokee], 2014
39-5 ½ … Ma’Syiah Brawner [Winslow Twp.], 2023
39-3 … Genevieve Okoro [Eastern Reg.], 2010
39-2 ¼ … Mariah Hubbard [Absegami Reg.], 2016
38-11 … Rachel Montague [Cherokee], 2008
38-8 … Shameka Marshall [Oakcrest], 2001
38-8 … Javona Ford [Millville], 2010
38-8 … Leah Ellis [Millville], 2021
38-6 … Monet Gist [Atlantic City], 2013
38-6 … Jaidah Garrett [Absegami], 2024
38-5 ½ … Camryn Dykes [Mainland Reg.], 2022
38-4 … Mariah Stephens [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2021
38-1 ¼ … I’Mara Ford [Moorestown], 2023
38-1 … Cidae’a Woods [Winslow Twp.], 2014
38-0 ¼ … Janell Rowe [Sterling], 2017
38-0 ¼ … Nalah Abul-Qasim [Williamstown], 2019
38-0 ¼ … Caleah Allen [Williamstown], 2012
37-10 ¾ … Vashti Hannah [Cumberland Reg.], 2015
36-10 ¼ … She’quell Higgs [Winslow Twp.], 2013
37-9 ¼ … Ameenah Saalih [Rancocas Valley], 2017
37-9 …… Kiera Steward [Highland], 2010
37-8 …… Akayla Leak [Burlington Twp.], 2019
37-7 ¼ … Alex Romanelli [Absegami], 2009
37-7 ¼ … Erin Clark [Rancocas Valley], 2010
37-7 ¼ … Kyla Edwards [Oakcrest], 2018
37-6 ¾ … Shaquanda Gainey [Camden], 2009
37-6 ½ … Alexa DiGregorio [Woodstown], 2012
37-6 ½ … Nia Hinds [Burlington Twp.], 2016
37-6 …… Ariel Woodard-Stephens [Northern Burlington], 2008
37-6 …… Gabrielle Bennett [Winslow Twp.], 2015
37-5 ¾ … Chastiney Pearson [Timber Creek], 2019
37-5 ½ … Milagros Robinson [Riverside], 2014
37-5 …… Jewel Brown [Clayton], 2011
37-4 ½ … Della Sartore [Glassboro], 2008
37-4 …… Kiah Walton [Burlington Twp.], 2013
37-4 …… Hailey Holmes [Millville], 2018
37-2 …… Jasmin Jones [Kingsway], 2016
37-2 …… Shamyra Brown [Oakcrest], 2006
37-1 ¾ … Tabatha Haskins [Shawnee], 2005
37-1 …… Taliya Rogers [Rancocas Valley], 2015
37-0 ¾ … Ihunna Amugo [Timber Creek], 2015
37-0 …… Patrice Farquharson [Maple Shade], 2011
36-11 ½ … Alisha Fox [Gloucester], 2014
36-11 ½ … Chinwe Nnadi [Penns Grove], 2013
36-11 …… Kristina Tossas [Rancocas Valley], 2019
36-10 ¼ … Neyshka Garcia Perez [Absegami], 2017
36-10 … Lauren Kilson [Clearview], 2006
36-10 … Yvonne Wolef [Middle Twp.], 2010
36-10 … Alexia Lee [Millville], 2016
36-9 ¾ … Samantha Hunger [Sterling], 2006
36-9 ½ … Anaya Young [Rancocas Valley], 2019
36-9 ½ … Abena Asare [Eastern Reg.], 2013

All-Time Atlantic County Triple Jump List
42-2 … Claudine Smith [Atlantic City], 2018
39-2 ¼ … Mariah Hubbard [Absegami Reg.], 2016
38-8 … Shameka Marshall [Oakcrest], 2001
38-6 … Monet Gist [Atlantic City], 2013
38-6 … Jaidah Garrett [Absegami], 2024
38-5 ½ … Camryn Dirkes [Mainland Reg.], 2022
38-4 … Mariah Stephens [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2021
37-7 ¼ … Alex Romanelli [Absegami], 2009
37-7 ¼ … Kyla Edwards [Oakcrest], 2018
37-2 …… Shamyra Brown [Oakcrest], 2006

All-Time Atlantic County 100-Meter Dash List
11.81 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018
11.98 … Royanah Farmer [Oakcrest], 2023
12.08 … Angie Clybourn [Egg Harbor Twp.], 1991
12.10 … Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], 2008
12.19 … Therese Price [Pleasantville], 1998
12.22 … Nichole Hill [Oakcrest], 1997
12.22 … Ayanna Garrett [Egg Harbor Twp., 2015
12.24 … Rebekah Clark [Pleasantville], 2017
12.29 … Joslynn Whaley [Atlantic County Tech], 2019
12.30 … Nabiya Garrett [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
12.31 … Amalinally Pemberton [Atlantic County Tech], 2023
12.33 … Ariyana Wilkes [Holy Spirit], 2016
12.36 … Hannah Ross [Absegami], 2023
12.36 … Jaidah Garrett [Absegami], 2024