From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

This is my best attempt at a list of the South Jersey girls who are top-10 seeds at public school states this coming weekend, with Group 1 and 4 in Somerset and Group 2 and 3 in South Plainfield on Friday and Saturday.

I took the MileSplit group performance lists, which includes marks from prelims in the 100, 200 and high hurdles, and to re-seeded so only marks from finals were considerfed.

Errors and omissions are possible. At some point the NJSIAA will issue an official list, but they won’t send it to me because they’re too busy adding more typos to their “meet program,” so I’ll see it when you guys see it.  Who knows when that will be.

As always, if you see a mistake or omission please let me know ASAP in the comment section!  For the boys list, click here.

Looks like South Jersey has a top-10 seed in 70 of 72 events – all but the Group 2 1,600 and 3,200.

Group 1
100-METER DASH
1. Miyana Johnson [Clayton], 12.40
2. Leila Ortiz [Clayton], 12.42w
3. Sydney Greenidge [Riverside], 12.51w
4. Denirah Jones [Woodbury], 12.58
8. *Kachar Woods [Woodbury], 12.83

200-METER DASH
2. Leila Ortiz [Clayton], 12.39
1. Sydney Greenidge [Riverside], 12.38
3. Miyana Johnson [Clayton], 12.40
4. Denirah Jones [Woodbury], 12.58
10. *Mirly Saintsulne [Woodbury], 26.43

400-METER DASH
1. Leila Ortiz [Clayton], 56.39
2. Crystal Benito [Maple Shade], 56.69
8. **Reagan Maher [Haddon Twp.], 59.61
9. *Kylie Tocco [Audubon], 59.85

800-METER RUN
2. *Riley Fayer [Audubon], 2:17.09
4. Jordan Hadfield [Schalick], 2:18.67
5. Crystal Benito [Maple Shade], 2:18.87

1,.600-METER RUN
4. Jordan Hadfield [Schalick], 5:04.83
5. *Riley Fayer [Audubon], 5:09.40
10. Macie McCracken [Wildwood], 5:21.40

3,200-METER RUN
3. Jordan Hadfield [Schalick], 11:16.14

100-METER HURDLES
2. **Ciani Floyd [Maple Shade], 15.93
4. *Zoe Saunders [Florence], 16.13
5. Brooklyn Brown [Camden], 16.36
6. Alli Kamulda [Haddon Twp.], 16.47

400-METER HURDLES
3. *Emily Madden [Buena], 1:07.74
4. *Casey Birdwell [Haddon Twp.], 1:08.18
6. *Ayana Miller [Woodbury], 1:08.41
10. *Zoe Saunders [Florence], 1:09.21

400-METER RELAY
1. Woodbury, 49.70
6. Schalick, 50.87
8. Audubon, 51.12
9. Riverside, 51.61
10. Clayton, 52.05

1,600-METER RELAY
1. Haddon Township, 4:06.29
2. Clayton, 4:06.72
3. Audubon, 4:10.81
4. Maple Shade, 4:12.38
6. Schalick, 4:14.06
10. Florence, 4:15.44

3,200-METER RELAY
1. Audubon, 9:55.24
4. Woodstown, 10:04.31

LONG JUMP
2. Denirah Jones [Woodbury], 17-4 ½
7. **Nyima Burley [Burlington City], 16-7 ½
9. *Phoebe Alward [Schalick], 16-6

TRIPLE JUMP
1. **Nyima Burley [Burlington City], 35-9
T2. Jessica McGary [Haddon Twp.], 35-8 ½
10. *Marissa DeValerio [Audubon], 34-11

HIGH JUMP
T2. *Kami Casiano [Woodstown], 5-2
T2. **Adrienne Torres [Florence], 5-2
T5. *Casey Birdwell [Haddon Twp.], 5-0
T10. *Marissa DeValerio [Audubon], 4-10
T10. Elizabeth Butrica [Audubon], 4-10
T10. Alli Kamulda [Haddon Twp.], 4-10
T10. ***Navaeh Robinson [Schalick], 4-10
T10. ***Kamiah Langston [Gateway], 4-10
T10. Miyana Johnson [Clayton], 4-10

POLE VAULT
1. Megan Morris [Pennsville], 10-6
T2. Emersen Levins [Haddon Twp.], 10-0
T2. Elizabeth Butrica [Audubon], 10-0
T8. **Gabrielle Eobbi [Woodbury], 8-6

SHOT PUT
1. Antonia Federici [Woodbury], 38-4
2. Rainelle Blocker [Clayton], 37-8 ¼
3. *Sunsarai Moore [Glassboro], 36-11
4. *Lania Williams [Maple Shade], 34-3

DISCUS
1. *Sunsarai Moore [Glassboro], 137-1
4. **Virginia Tarasevich [Glassboro], 116-9
5. Rainelle Blocker [Clayton], 114-7
6. **Ravin Shaw [Maple Shade], 111-0
7. ***Destinee Williams [Clayton], 110-10
9. **Sebrina Bradford [Schalick], 106-10

JAVELIN
3. Rainelle Blocker [Clayton], 114-7
5. Maddie Kamulda [Haddon Twp.], 108-8
7. Allyson Green [Schalick], 105-1
10. **Dasoni Scott [Paulsboro], 100-8

Group 2
100-METER DASH
1. Nester Wea [Willingboro], 11.76
3. Jayla Criss [Haddon Heights], 12.12w
5. **Maya Bolden [Willingboro], 12.25
T7. Daizhae Brown [Cedar Creek], 12.35
10. *Kaila Speight [Willingboro], 12.39

200-METER DASH
1. Nester Wea [Willingboro], 24.16
5. *Kaila Speight [Willingboro], 24.96
6. **Maya Bolden [Willingboro], 25.10

400-METER DASH
1. Nester Wea [Willingboro], 54.09
7. *Olivia Serrano [Pemberton], 57.63
9. **Maya Bolden [Willingboro], 57.93

800-METER RUN
10. Kellyn Coller [Cinnaminson], 2:17.51

1,600-METER RUN
None.

3,200-METER RUN
None.

100-METER HURDLES
1. Nester Wea [Willingboro], 14.51
2. ***Isabella Alvarez [Pleasantville], 14.55
3. **Trinity Brapoh [Willingboro], 14.64
8. *Aaliyah Robinson [Willingboro], 15.15

400-METER HURDLES
9. Sunny Oyibo [Willingboro], 1:06.25

400-METER RELAY
1. Willingboro, 48.32
10. Haddonfield, 50.09

1,600-METER RELAY
1. Willingboro, 3:56.78
9. Haddonfield, 4:05.55

3,200-METER RELAY
6. Haddonfield, 9:58.86

LONG JUMP
6. ***Isabella Alvarez [Pleasantville], 17-11 ¾
9. Daizhae Brown [Cedar Creek], 17-10 ½

TRIPLE JUMP
1. Daizhae Brown [Cedar Creek], 37-1 ½

HIGH JUMP
1. *Egypt Bolan [Lindenwold], 5-8
3. *Phallen Still [Collingswood], 5-6
4. ***Isabella Alvarez [Pleasantville], 5-4
T5. Isabella Patruno [Sterling], 5-2
T7. Maeve Hurly [Haddonfield], 5-0
T7. Essence Still [Middle Twp.], 5-0

POLE VAULT
1. Rebecca Hoover [Haddonfield], 10-6
T3. Nina Fisicaro [Haddonfield], 9-6

SHOT PUT
1. ***Isabella Alvarez [Pleasantville], 39-1 ¾

DISCUS
T3. Raylyn Hardy [Bordentown], 116-11
10. Ashe DeWalt [Sterling], 105-7

JAVELIN
3. **Allison Nagle [Middle Twp.], 109-7
4. Camilla Revaitis [Sterling], 109-3
7. Catalina Santiago [Gloucester City], 105-0

Group 3
100-METER DASH
1. Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 11.32w
2. *Olivia Okaro [Winslow Twp.], 11.87w
3. **Addison Barnes [Shawnee], 12.10w
4. Jaidah Garrett [Absegami], 12.18w
6. *Leeya Joseph [Winslow Twp.], 12.29w
7. **Ella Miller [Ocean City], 12.31w

200-METER DASH
1. Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 23.81
2. ***Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp.], 24.31
3. *Olivia Okaro [Winslow Twp.], 24.66
4. Jaidah Garrett [Absegami], 24.69
6. **Skhye Seamon [Winslow Twp.], 24.91
7. **Ella Miller [Ocean City], 25.20

400-METER DASH
1. **Cinniya Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 56.24
2. **Skhye Seamon [Winslow Twp.], 56.46
4. *Olivia Okaro [Winslow Twp.], 56.91
5. *Laila Fairweather [Burlington Twp.], 57.12

800-METER RUN
3. ***Hope Edwards [Moorestown], 2:14.39
4. **Carly Godfrey [Ocean City], 2:14.43
6. ***Peyton Derer [Moorestown], 2:14.83
7. Ava Millner [Winslow Twp.], 2:15.77
9. *Samia Ghazaz [Absegami], 2:17.13
10. *Madison Taylor [Mainland Reg.], 2:17.44

1,600-METER RUN
1. Maeve Smith [Ocean City], 4:58.68
2. Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 4:58.72
4. **Carly Godfrey [Ocean City], 5:04.33
5. ***Peyton Derer [Moorestown], 5:05.38
6. *Emma Preissman [Mainland Reg.], 5:07.75

3,200-METER RUN
1. Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 10:28.74
5. Maeve Smith [Ocean City], 11:05.30

100-METER HURDLES
1. ***Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp.], 13.76w
3. *Ma’Syiah Brawner [Winslow Twp.], 14.46w
5. Hannah Byrd-Leitner [Moorestown], 14.87w
7. **Camryn Demorat [Mainland Reg.], 14.96w
8. Sonae Sims [Burlington Twp.], 15.02

400-METER HURDLES
2. ***Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp.], 1:02.46
3. Billie Frazier [Timber Creek], 1:02.91
6. **Cinniya Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 1:04.04
9. **Tristan Hughes [Winslow Twp.], 1:04.64

400-METER RELAY
1. Winslow Twp., 48.06
T8. Ocean City, 49.68
T8. Northern Burlington, 49.68
10. Burlington Twp., 49.73

1,600-METER RELAY
1. Winslow Twp., 3:54.56
6. Moorestown 4:01.67
10. Shawnee, 4:04.26

3,200-METER RELAY
1. Winslow Twp., 9:17.50
2. Ocean City, 9:19.84
3. Mooreatown 9:40.26
8. Shawnee, 9:48.66
9. Northern Burlington, 9:49.91
10. Cherry Hill West, 9:54.66

LONG JUMP
1. Jaidah Garrett [Absegami], 19-3 ½
2. *Ma’Syiah Brawner [Winslow Twp.], 19-0 ½
5. *Leeya Joseph [Winslow Twp.], 18-6
8. Sakiyah Horsley [Shawnee], 17-11

TRIPLE JUMP
1. *Ma’Syiah Brawner [Winslow Twp.], 39-10w
3. **Brooklyn Ezekiel [Cherry Hill West], 38-6 ½
6. Jaidah Garrett [Absegami], 36-4 ½

HIGH JUMP
T1. I’Mara Ford [Moorestown], 5-4
T1. *Ma’Syiah Brawner [Winslow Twp.], 5-4
T3. *Callie Duff [Ocean City], 5-2
T7. **Ava Salita [Hammonton], 5-0
T7. **Allie Thompson [Mainland Reg.], 5-0
T7. *Jaidah Dooley [Ocean City], 5-0
T7. Aryanna Perez [Mainland Reg.], 5-0
T7. Paige Bachowski [Camden County Tech], 5-0

POLE VAULT
1. Hannah Byrd-Leitner [Moorestown], 12-0
T7. **Gianna Shea [Mainland Reg.], 10-0

SHOT PUT
1. *Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], 47-9
4. Brook-lynn Roberts [Winslow Twp.], 40-2 ¼
6. *Mitra Sampson [Hammonton], 38-7 ¼

DISCUS
1. *Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], 157-6
2. Brook-lynn Roberts [Winslow Twp.], 146-9
7. *Mitra Sampson [Hammonton], 123-3

JAVELIN
1. Josephine Buxton [Absegami], 130-8
5. *Gianna Floyd [Northern Burlington], 117-1
7. Sophia O’Shaughnessy [Cherry Hill West], 109-11

Group 4
100-METER DASH
1. *Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 11.61
T7. ***Nia’Leila Cuascot [Washington Twp.], 12.40
T7. Jonnelle Lewis [Kingsway], 12.40

200-METER DASH
1. *Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 23.86w
2. Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 24.02w
T8. *Sanaya Dupree [Pennsauken], 25.26

400-METER DASH
1. Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 51.87
2. *Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 53.20
4. ***Noemi Haller [Kingsway], 55.87
7. Samantha Osei-Kyei [Eastern], 56.33
8. *Sanaya Dupree [Pennsauken], 56.60
10. *Rhyann Roseboro [Rancocas Valley], 57.77

800-METER RUN
2. *Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2:14.30
3. *Alyssa Suriano [Cherokee], 2:14.75
4. *Sofia Recinto [Cherokee], 2:14.97
5. Ashlynn Newton [Vineland], 2:15.50
6. Georgina Chalow [Vineland], 2:15.61
8. Samantha Osei-Kyei [Eastern], 2:16.85

1,600-METER RUN
1. *Alyssa Suriano [Cherokee], 5:05.52
4. Georgina Chalow [Vineland], 5:06.16
6. Megan Niglio [Cherokee], 5:07.97

3,200-METER RUN
7. *Alyssa Suriano [Cherokee], 11:01.63

100-METER HURDLES
1. **Brianna Growalt [Atlantic County Tech], 14.22w
2. *Olivia Dupree [Pennsauken], 14.24w
3. Cecilia King [Rancocas Valley], 14.32w
4. Dakota Jones [Washington Twp.], 14.41w
8. Nina Watts [Millville], 14.83w

400-METER HURDLES
1. *Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 58.37
3. Cecilia King [Rancocas Valley], 1:01.12

400-METER RELAY
1. Pennsauken, 47.03
2. Rancocas Valley, 47.87
3. Kingsway, 47.99

1,600-METER RELAY
1. Kingsway, 3:56.85
6. Eastern, 4:00.97
8. Rancocas Valley, 4:02.57

3,200-METER RELAY
4. Cherokee, 9:39.57
6. Vineland, 9:44.23
10. Cherry Hill East, 9:51.01

LONG JUMP
3. **Brianna Growalt [Atlantic County Tech], 17-11 ½

TRIPLE JUMP
7. Milla Pihlava [Williamstown], 36-4

HIGH JUMP
T1. Addison Inge [Williamstown], 5-6

POLE VAULT
T3. La’el Yates [Rancocas Valley], 10-6
T7. *Cali Lacavora [Washington Twp.], 10-0
T7. *Brynn Greenwood [Williamstown], 10-0
T7. Addison Wright [Cherokee], 10-0

SHOT PUT
2. Ella Karp [Washington Twp.], 42-0 ½
8. Kendra Green [Rancocas Valley], 37-10

DISCUS
4. Ella Karp [Washington Twp.], 133-6
10. Kendra Green [Rancocas Valley], 117-6

JAVELIN
3. *Addison Lore [Cherokee], 116-6
6. Ashlyn Warker [Atlantic County Tech], 114-9
7. Shila Austin [Millville], 114-4

Here’s my best attempt at a list of the South Jersey boys who are top-10 seeds at public school states this coming weekend with Group 1 and 4 in Somerset and Group 2 and 3 in South Plainfield on Friday and Saturday.

This is not an official list. I used the MileSplit group performance lists as a guide, but they include marks from prelims in the 100, 200 and high hurdles in their list, so I had to re-seed this events when there were prelim marks listed.

Errors and omissions are possible. At some point the NJSIAA will issue an official list, but they won’t send it to me because they’re too busy adding more typos to their “meet program,” so I’ll see it when you guys see it.  Who knows when that will be.

As always, if you see a mistake or omission please let me know ASAP in the comment section! For the girls list, click here.

Looks like South Jersey has a top-10 seed in 68 of 72 events – all but the Group 3 1,600 and 3,200 and Group 4 intermediate hurdles and 1,600-meter relay.

Judging from the number of events that are jammed with South Jersey athletes at the top, it’s going to be quite a weekend at states for South Jersey!

BOYS
Group 1
100-METER DASH
2. *Jaiden Steele [Camden], 10.72
3. *Donte Davis [Burlington City], 10.74
4. Malachi Streeter [Paulsboro], 10.99
6. Marquis Taylor [Woodbury], 11.04
7. Colin McGlinn [Pennsville], 11.07
8. **Ka’Ron Ceasar [Penns Grove], 11.08
9. Barone VanKline [Florence], 11.10

200-METER DASH
1. Alexander Osayemi [Clayton], 21.67w
2. *Jaiden Steele [Camden], 22.06w
3. **Xavier Sabb [Glassboro], 22.07w
T4. **David Stewart [Schalick], 22.18w
7. Marquis Taylor [Woodbury], 11.04
8. Zaeshawn Mills [Schalick], 22.52w
9. Colin McGlinn [Pennsville], 22.54w

400-METER DASH&lt[/strong?
1. Alexander Osayemi [Clayton], 46.91
2. *Joshua Crawford [Woodstown], 49.01
T8. Benji Contrino [Gatway Reg.], 49.99

800-METER RUN
1. *Joshua Crawford [Woodstown], 1:53.59
2. Cole Lucas [Woodstown], 1:54.87
8. *Nathanial Martinez [Gateway Reg.], 1:59.14
9. *Elijah Young [Woodbury], 1:59.76
10. *Karson Chew [Woodstown], 1:59.92

1,600-METER RUN
1. Ty Blackman [Glassboro], 4:27.73
3. ***Joe Saicic [Glassboro], 4:30.09
8. Cole Lucas [Woodstown], 4:34.08
10. *Shaun Maloney [Haddon Twp.], 4:35.03

3,200-METER RUN
3. Ty Blackman [Glassboro], 9:47.48
8. ***Joe Saicic [Glassboro], 9:52.38

110-METER HURDLES
5. Andres Santiago [Haddon Twp.], 14.92
6. ***Mehki Parker [Glassboro], 15.08
7. Jasuan Solomon [Woodbury], 15.15
9. **Jaleel Dickerson-Dempsey, 15.50

400-METER HURDLES
1. Alexander Osayemi [Clayton], 53.14
2. **David Stewart [Schalick], 54.22
3. ***Mehki Parker [Glassboro], 55.47
5. Andres Santiago [Haddon Twp.], 55.99
6. *Bryan Garlic [Penns Grove], 56.09
7. *Chase Robinson [Camden], 56.15

400-METER RELAY
1. Schalick, 42.34
2. Camden, 42.74
3. Glassboro, 42.97
4. Burlington City, 43.00
5. Clayton, 43.15
7. Woodbury, 43.99
8. Pennsville, 44.07

1,600-METER RELAY
1. Woodstown, 3:26.84
2. Camden, 3:27.36
3. Gateway, 3:27.77
4. Audubon, 3:28.10
5. Penns Grove, 3:28.42

3,200-METER RELAY
2. Woodstown, 8:20.34
3. Glassboro, 8:24.15
8. Woodbury, 8:29.67

LONG JUMP
1. Anthony Parker [Salem], 23-2w
3. ***Alez Adeleye [Glassboro], 21-9 ¾w
T6. *Wasi Muhammad [Camden], 21-0 ¾w

TRIPLE JUMP
2. **David Stewart [Schalick], 45-4 ¼
3. ***Mehki Parker [Glassboro], 44-9 ¼
4. ***Moses Robles [Glassboro], 44-5 ½

HIGH JUMP
1. Jaleel Latimore [Palmyra], 6-4
T2. **Xavier Sabb [Glassboro], 6-2
T2. *Amari Sabb [Glassboro], 6-2
T8. ***Moses Robles [Glassboro], 6-0

POLE VAULT
2. Jacob George [Haddon Twp.], 14-0
T5. Jack Mazzoni [Buena], 12-0
T5. Daniel Adams [Glassboro], 12-0
T5. *Salvatore Longo [Schalick], 12-0
T5. Sharvil Patel [Maple Shade], 12-0
T10. **Bobby McIlvaine [Haddon Twp.], 11-6

SHOT PUT
9. Sam Adams [Palmyra], 46-3 ¼

DISCUS
7. *Ethan McClean [Schalick], 139-6
8. Sam Adams [Palmyra], 138-8
10. Kyle Williams [Glassboro], 135-1

JAVELIN
3. Connor Ayars [Pennsville], 161-1
5. Breyson McCracken [Audubon], 155-6
10. Nyzier Wynder [Schalick], 147-11

Group 2
100-METER DASH
6. Bright John [Sterling], 10.94
7. *Kani Golden [Haddon Heights], 10.95
T8. Kai Richards [Haddonfield], 10.97

200-METER DASH
2. *Kani Golden [Haddon Heights], 22.04w
3. Jermain Nelson [Pleasantville], 22.08
8. *Brody Phillips [Seneca], 22.30
9. Daniel Furlong [Haddon Heights], 22.33
10. Kai Richards [Haddonfield], 22.38

400-METER DASH
2. Jermain Nelson [Pleasantville], 48.65
**3. John Froehlich [Overbrook], 48.96
7. *Christopher Jones [Willingboro], 49.44
9. *Isaiah Shockley [Pemberton], 49.50

800-METER RUN
5. *Isaiah Shockley [Pemberton], 1:55.85
7. Bennett Wright [Haddonfield], 1:56.14

1,600-METER RUN
4. Bennett Wright [Haddonfield], 4:26.47
6. *Benjamin Andrus [Haddonfield] 4:26.75

3,200-METER RUN
5. *Luke Andressen [Haddonfield], 9:37.87
7. *Jacob Wickersham [Cinnaminson], 9:38.96
8. *Ryan Gibson [Haddonfield], 9:39.36

110-METER HURDLES
5. Ege Gunaydin [Delran], 14.72
T9. *Kani Golden [Haddon Heights], 14.99
T9. Jamere Brooks [Willingboro], 14.99

400-METER HURDLES
4. Kadon Harris [Gloucester City], 56.30
7. Ege Gunaydin [Delran], 57.34

400-METER RELAY
3. Haddon Heights, 43.29

1,600-METER RELAY
2. Pleasantville, 3:22.35
4. Willingboro, 3:24.35
10. Lindenwold, 3:28.23

3,200-METER RELAY
2. Haddonfield, 8:06.32
4. Gloucester City, 8:11.71
5. Hadddon Heights, 8:12.09

LONG JUMP
3. *Christopher Jones [Willingboro], 22-3
8. Bright John [Sterling], 21-3
10. Evan Hendrickson [Cedar Creek], 21-2 ½

TRIPLE JUMP
5. Ryan James [Gloucester City], 44-3 ¼w

HIGH JUMP
T2. Ryan James [Gloucester City], 6-4
T5. Jermain Nelson [Pleasantville], 6-2
T9. Kadon Harris [Gloucester City], 6-0

POLE VAULT
2. *Max Frey [Cinnaminson], 14-0
T3. Brant Nichols [Haddonfield], 13-6
T3. Ed Frey [Haddonfield], 13-6
T5. Evan Hendrickson [Cedar Creek], 13-0
T9. Kabir Speight [Willingboro], 12-6
T9. Jackson Rider [Delran], 12-6

SHOT PUT
4. Victor Meira [Cinnaminson], 53-0 ½
6. Justin Banks [Willingboro], 51-7

DISCUS
2. Mande Pettiford [Cedar Creek], 168-2
6. Victor Meira [Cinnaminson], 145-2
9. *Jack Day [Seneca], 141-1

JAVELIN
2. *Colin Smith [Seneca], 169-9
3. Dylan Husband [Delran], 169-1
6. **Samir Walker [Willingboro], 160-1
T8. Jason White [Haddon Heights], 159-0
T8. Daniel Mease [West Deptford], 159-0

Group 3
100-METER DASH
1. *Nyqir Helton [Winslow Twp.], 10.68w
3. *Quayd Hendrix [Burlington Twp.], 10.72
T4. Jake Edwards [Hammonton], 10.76w
T4. Robert Null [Shawnee], 10.76w
6. Thomas Cusack [Shawnee], 10.78w
8. *Karon Ali [Winslow Twp.], 10.85w
9. Neo Clark-Tabb [Deptford], 10.84w

200-METER DASH
1. Jake Edwards [Hammonton], 21.75
3. *Karon Ali [Winslow Twp.], 21.89
5. Neo Clark-Tabb [Deptford], 21.96
6. Matthew Niedbalski [Clearview], 21.98
7. *Jacoby James [Winslow Twp.], 22.01
8. *Quayd Hendrix [Burlington Twp.], 22.03
10. *Solomon Wesley [Burlington Twp.], 22.1

400-METER DASH
1. Jake Edwards [Hammonton], 48.32
2. Matthew Niedbalski [Clearview], 48.52
3. *Karon Ali [Winslow Twp.], 48.77
4. Dominic Bassey [Winslow Twp.], 49.07
6. Steven Niedbalski [Clearview], 49.30
7. *Kareem Brown [Deptford], 49.43
8. Nicholas Micklewright [Shawnee], 49.45
10. *Solomon Wesley [Burlington Twp.], 49.52

800-METER RUN
3. Dominic Bassey [Winslow Twp.], 1:5491
8. *Matthew Littlehales [Delsea], 1:56.17

1,600-METER RUN
None.

3,200-METER RUN
None.

110-METER HURDLES
2. Ryan Sanchez [Deptford], 14.31
6. *Jayden Lyons [Timber Creek], 14.80
7. *Quincy Matthews [Delsea], 14.91
9. Josiah Williams [Mainland Reg.], 14.94

400-METER HURDLES
1. Dominic Bassey [Winslow Twp.], 54.61
2. *Kareem Brown [Deptford], 55.04

400-METER RELAY
1. Winslow Township, 42.42
3. Deptford, 42.59
4. Burlington Twp., 42.61
6. Timber Creek, 42.74
9. Mainland Regional, 43.01

1,600-METER RELAY
1. Clearview, 3:21.52
2. Deptford, 3:21.53
3. Winslow Twp., 3:22.79
4. Burlington Twp., 3:24.01
7. Shawnee, 3:26.44
9. Timber Creek, 3:26.50

3,200-METER RELAY
4. Delsea, 8:08.00
5. Winslow Twp., 8:09.36

LONG JUMP
6. *Zyaire Rothmiller-McIntosh [Winslow Twp.], 22-0 ½w
7. **Dallas Rowell [Mainland Reg.], 21-10 ½w
10. Josiah Williams [Mainland Reg.], 21-5 ½

TRIPLE JUMP
1. Josiah Williams [Mainland Reg.], 46-5w
2. Artrill Evans [Winslow Twp.], 46-1 ½w
4. Ezra Williams-Thomas [Moorestown], 45-5w
10. *Gavin Seaver [Clearview], 43-10

HIGH JUMP
3. Jayden DeLeon [Highland], 6-6
T10. ***Devin Perry [Timber Creek], 6-0
T10. **Jabari Woodard [Camden County Tech], 6-0
T10. *Charles Barbour [Camden County Tech], 6-0
T10. Colin Kummings [Mainland Reg.], 6-0

POLE VAULT
1. Marcus Hood [Deptford], 15-6
T3. Henry Cifaloglio [Delsea], 15-0
4. Ethan Plut [Moorestown], 14-6
5. Mason Henry [Deptford], 13-6
T6. Tiburcio Torres [Deptford], 13-0

SHOT PUT
1. Jonathan Harris [Delsea], 58-11 ¾
2. Jayson Ross [Timber Creek], 57-5 ¾
3. Anthony Liakhnovich [Hammonton], 55-11
5. Christian Medina [Hammonton], 54-4 ¼
6. Malachi Brown [Winslow Twp.], 51-5
8. Lionelray Rodgriguez [Cumberland Reg.], 50-11

DISCUS
1. Anthony Liakhnovich [Hammonton], 183-2
4. Jonathan Harris [Delsea], 163-3
5. Malachi Brown [Winslow Twp.], 157-3
6. Jayson Ross [Timber Creek], 157-2
9. Zion Josia Brokenbrough [Highland Reg.], 152-8

JAVELIN
1. Dylan Fitzpatrick [Burlington Twp.], 188-1
2. Kristopher Jackson [Winslow Twp.], 168-8
3. *Richard Pierce [Cumberland Reg.], 166-5
4. Anthony Barber [Burlington Twp.], 165-8
5. *Matt Muits [Mainland Reg.], 162-7
6. Elijah Thompson [Highland], 161-9
7. *Gavin Taylor [Ocean City], 160-8
8. Jimmy Reardom [Delsea], 159-7
9. Savien Higgs [Delsea], 157-4

Group 4
100-METER DASH
3. M.J. Lincoln [Lenape], 10.91
9. ***Davis Walker [Cherokee], 11.04

200-METER DASH
9. **Dan Israel [Williamstown], 22.23

400-METER DASH
10. Asaisas Johnson [Millville], 49.51

800-METER RUN
5. Brandon Lyons [Cherry Hill East], 1:54.85

1,600-METER RUN
6. Brody Bogos [Cherry Hill East], 4:21.91
8. **Benjamin Realley [Cherokee], 4:22.80
10. ***Jack Tindall [Cherokee], 4:24.81

3,200-METER RUN
6. Brody Bogos [Cherry Hill East], 9:28.73
9. ***Jack Tindall [Cherokee], 9:32.49

110-METER HURDLES
T6. *Jasiah Gibbons [Williamstown], 14.46

400-METER HURDLES
None.

400-METER RELAY
3. Lenape, 42.40
5. Millville, 42.59
T9. Williamstown, 42.92

1,600-METER RELAY
None

3,200-METER RELAY
9. Cherokee, 8:10.66

LONG JUMP
8. Zamir Chance [Bridgeton], 21-11w
9. *Daniel Rivers-King [Rancocas Valley], 21-9 ¼w

TRIPLE JUMP
1. Zamir Chance [Bridgeton], 48-3
4. Adris Lewis [Rancocas Valley], 45-10 ¼
8. Bryant Nelson [Millville], 44-0w

HIGH JUMP
T3. Bryant Nelson [Millville], 6-4
T8. *Jaylen Day [Atlantic City], 6-2

POLE VAULT
T3. Trevor Farrell [Kingsway], 13-0
T8. Tobin Horwath [Cherokee], 12-6
T8. Brodie Greenwood [Williamstown], 12-6
T8. Jayden Sansary Ramirez [Cherry Hill East], 12-6
T8. Cole Allen [Williamstown], 12-6

SHOT PUT
4. Jayron Lewis [Williamstown], 53-4 ¼

DISCUS
1. Jamal Wallace [Millville], 171-9
2. Jayron Lewis [Williamstown], 154-6

JAVELIN
3. *Wayne Farmer [Williamstown], 162-5
4. **Kristofer Oesterle [Rancocas Valley], 161-11
7. *Alex Lineburger [Kingsway], 158-6
10. *Karlens Borgart [Williamstown], 149-10

Josh Awotunde unloaded his best shot put of the year Saturday at the at the University of Arizona’s Roy P. Drachman Stadium in Tucson.

Awotunde, a Delsea graduate, won the USTF Throws Fest with a toss of 70-2 ½ on his 1st attempt of the competition.

That’s his best throw since a 71-5 ¼ at the U.S. Olympic Trials last June. Awotunde only had two legal throws in his series, the 70-2 ½  on his 1st attempt and a 69-3 ½ on his 5th.

Awotunde’s throw is No. 11 in the world this year and No. 5 among U.S. throwers.

Awotunde is No. 22 in world history and No. 12 among Americans with his 73-1 ½ for 3^rd place at the 2002 World Championships in Eugene, where he placed 3^rd.

All-Time Josh Awotunde 70-Foot Throws
73-1 ½ … World Championships, Eugene, Ore., July 17, 2022 [5th throw] [3rd]
72-11 ½ … World Championships, Eugene, Ore., July 17, 2022 [1st throw] [—]
72-10 ¾ … World Championships, Eugene, Ore., July 17, 2022 [6th throw] [—]
72-6 ¼ … U.S. Championships, Eugene, Ore., July 9, 2023 [4th throw] [2nd]
71-3 ½ … Memorial Borisa Hanžekovića, Fountains, Zagreb [N/A/] [3rd]
71-2 ¼ … World Championships, Eugene, Ore., July 17, 2022 [2nd throw] [—]
72-2 … Meeting Città di Padova, Stadio Colbachini, Padovad, Poland, Sept. 5, 2021 [N/A] [place]
71-8 … U.S. Olympic Trials, Eugene, Ore., June 18, 2021 [6th throw] (5th place]
71-5  ¼ … U.S. Olympic Trials, Eugene, Ore., June 22, 2024 [[5th place]
71-2 ¼ … World Athletics Indoors, Belgrade, Serbia, March 19, 2022 [3rd throw] (5th)
71-2 ¼ … Gyulai István Memorial, Székesfehérvár, Hungary, July 6, 2021 [4th throw] (3rd)
71-1 ½ … Golden Games, Walnut, Calif., May 9, 2021 [6th throw] [2nd place]
70-11 ¾ … World Athletics Indoors, Belgrade, Serbia, March 19, 2022 [5th throw] [2nd]
70-11 ½ … USATF Golden Games, Walnut, Calif., April 16, 2022 [5th throw) [2nd]
70-10 ¾ … USATF Golden Games, Walnut, Calif., April 16, 2022 [4th throw) [—]
70-10 ¾ … Silesia Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, Stadion Śląski, Chorzów, Poland, July 16, 2023 [5th]
70-7 ½ … Prefontaine Classic, Eugene, Ore., May 25, 2024 [3rd throw] [4th ]
70-7 … U.S. Championships, Eugene, Ore., June 27, 2022 [3rd throw] [3rd]
70-6 ½ … Gyulai István Memorial, Székesfehérvár, Hungary, July 6, 2021 [6th throw] [—]
70-6 ¼ … American Track League, Louisville, Ky., Feb. 12, 2022 [3rd throw] [1st]
70-3 ½ … USATF Golden Games, Walnut, Calif., April 16, 2022 [3rd throw] [—]
70-2 ½ … American Track League, Louisville, Ky., Feb. 12, 2022 [1st throw] [—]
70-2 ½ … Prefontaine Classic, Eugene, Ore., May 25, 2024 [5th throw] [—]
70-2 ½ … USATF Throws Fest, Tucson, Ariz., May 24, 2025 [1st throw] [1st]
70-2 ¼ … USATF L.A. Grand Prix, Los Angeles, May 18, 2024 [1st throw] [4th]
70-1 ¾ … USATF L.A. Grand Prix, Los Angeles, May 18, 2024 [2nd throw] [-]
70-0 ½ … Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, Stadion Śląski, Chorzów [N/A] [3rd]
70-0 ¼ … USATF Golden Games, Walnut, Calif., April 16, 2022 [2nd throw] [—]
70-0 ¼ … World Athletics Indoors, Belgrade, Serbia, March 19, 2022 [2nd throw] [—]

Rowan freshman Nyla Jones from Timber Creek placed 5^th and earned All-America honors in the 400-meter hurdles Saturday at the NCAA Division 3 Championships in Geneva, Ohio.

Jones ran 1:01.46 and finished as the top freshman in the race. It’s the best finish by a Rowan woman at nationals in the 400 hurdles in 32 years, since Laiton Roberts from Oakcrest placed 3^rd in 1993 with a time of 1:02.75 in Berea, Ohio.

Jones, who set an New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships meet record and Rowan school record of 1:00.42 earlier this month in Ewing, ran 1:02.36 in the Thursday’s semifinals and went into the final as the No. 9 seed, which put her in challenging Lane 1.

But she wound up running more than half a second faster in the final, finishing ahead of four runners who ran faster in the prelims.

Jones is also 5^th in Rowan history with her 14.27 in the 100-meter highs, which she ran with legal wind in the prelims at the NJAC meet before winning the final in 14.35.

Freshman Jamir Brown from Riverside, 2^nd to teammate Jason Agyemang at indoor nationals, won the 110-meter hurdles Saturday at the NCAA Division 3 Nationals in Geneva, Ohio, this time with Agyemang 2^nd.

Brown ran 13.75 and Agyemang 13.82, finishing half a hurdle length ahead of the rest of the field.

It’s Rowan’s 2^nd straight 1-2 finish at outdoor nationals. Last year, Kwaku Nkrumah won the race in 13.77 and Agyemang was 2^nd at 13.80. Nkrumah did not finish the race Thursday in the semis.

Another Rowan hurdler, junior Anaias Hughes from Willingboro, also earned All-America honors with a 7^th-place finish in 14.71.

With the 20 points in the hurdles, Rowan finished with 44 ½ points, their most in 41 years, and placed 3^rd , equalling their best team finish since 1984.

Riverside’s Brown joins Leon Devero of Linden [14.42 in 1980], Garry Moore of Overbrook [13.96 in 1981, 13.99 in 1982], Overbrook’s Stanley Moore [14.01 in 1983], Bob Beamon of Paulsboro [14.40 in 1984] and Nkrumah last year as Rowan’s 7^th NCAA Division 3 hurdles champion

The last three times a school went 1-2 in the highs and had a 3^rd medalist were Glassboro State in 1982 and Rowan in 2024 and 2025.

This is the 4^th time Rowan has had three medalists in the same event at Nationals.

In 1981 in Cleveland, Gary Moore [Overbrook], Leon Devero [Linden] and Clayton Davis [Atlantic City] went 1-4-5 in the 110-meter hurdles, in 1984, Don Deckert [Oakcrest], Bob Rimkis  [Washington Twp.] and Lennie Hernandez [Memorial-West New York] went 1-2-6 in the steeplechase and last year Nkrumah [Teaneck], Agyemang [North Plainfield] and Marquise Young [Sterling] went 1-2-5 in the 110 hurdles.

(No thanks to Rowan’s track web site on this one. They list All-America picks year by year but not their place or performance. It’s called sports INFORMATION. How about providing some? It would take an hour to update the entire list.)

Rowan’s 3^rd-place finish wasn’t solidifed until the final event of the three-day meet. When Wisconsin Oshkosh would have moved into 3^rd place with a top-three finish but placed 6^th .

Rowan’s 3^rd-place finish matches their best since they won their 5^th straight title in 1984. They’ve now placed in the top five five straight years and they’ve been 3^rd four times the last seven times the meet has been contested.

The Profs went into the meet ranked 6^th in Division 3 behind Wisconsin La Crosse, Wisconsin Eau Claire, Wisconsin Oshkosh, Lynchburg and Bethel (Minn.). La Crosse [84 points] and Eau Claire [56] finished 1^st and 2^nd but Rowan beat three teams ranked ahead of them – Oshkosh [5^th with 39], Lynchburg [7^th with 25] and Bethel [6^th with 35]

Rowan year-by-year team place and scoring
2023: 39 points [t3^rd]
1974: None
1975: None
1976: tie 33^rd [6]
1977: tie 39^th [6]
1978: 2^nd [35]
1979: 2^nd [44]
1980: 1^st [61]
1981: 1^st [58]
1982: 1^st [119]
1983: 1^st [97]
1984: 1^st [114]
1985: 8^th [27]
1986: tie 35^th [6]
1987: tie 37^th [8]
1988: tie 39^th [7]
1989: tie 30^th [9]
1990: 20^th [15]
1991: 11^th [25]
1992: 20^th [14]
1993: tie 12^th [16]
1994: tie 52^nd [4]
1995: 21^st [10]
1996: 9^th [17]
1997: tie 8^th [25]
1998: tie 5^th [35]
1999: 16^th [16]
2000: 49^th [5]
2001: tie 42^nd [6]
2002: tie 40^th [6]
2003: tie 43^rd [6]
2004: None
2005: 33^rd [7 ½]
2006: tie 66^th [1]
2007: tie 42^nd [5]
2008: tie 69^th [2]
2009: tie 29^th [10]
2010: tie 17^th [14]
2011: tie 12^th [18]
2012: 8^th [23]
2013: tie 31^st [8]
2014: None
2015: tie 43^rd [6]
2016: tie 18^th [15]
2017: tie 7^th [23]
2018: 3^rd [27]
2019: tie 40^th [7]
2020: Not held
2021: 4^th [41]
2022: tie 5^th [30]
2023: tie 3^rd [39]
2024: tie 3^rd [43]
2025: 3^rd [44 ½]

All-TIme Rowan NCAA Division 3 Hurdles Medalists
1980: Leon Devero, 1st, 14.42
1980: Clayton Davis, 6th, 14.90
1981: Garry Moore, 1st, 13.96
1981: Leon Devero, 4th, 14.22
1981: Clayton Davis, 5th, 14.40
1982: Garry Moore, 1st, 13.99
1982: Robert Beamon, 2nd, 14.22
1983: Stanley Moore, 1st, 14.01
1983: Anthony Abicca, 3rd, 14.69
1984: Robert (Beamon) Abdullah, 1st, 14.40
1985: Jason Mouring, 3rd, 14.39
1986: Jason Mouring, 6th, 14.68
1987: Jason Mouring, 3rd, 14.54
1996: Linval Lewis, 5th, 14.64
2015: Dave Benjamin, 3rd, 14.00w
2017: Dave Benjamin, 2nd, 14.19
2018: Bobby Cooks, 3rd, 14.24
2019: Tyrone Garland, 3rd, 14.40
2023: Nkrumah Kwaku, 4th, 14.25
2024: Nkrumah Kwaku, 1st, 13.77
2024: Jason Agyemang, 2nd, 13.80
2024: Marquise Young, 5th, 14.21
2025: Jamir Brown, 1^st,. 13.75
2025: Jason Agyemang, 2^nd, 13.82
2025: Anais Hughes, 7^th, 14.71

All-Time Rowan National Champions
1978: Mark Kelly, high jump, 6-11 ¾
1978: Mike Juskus, javelin, 222-8
1980: Tavo Rivera, 800, 1:49.54
1980: Leon Devero, 110 hurdles, 14.42
1980: Derick Adamson, 3,000 steeplechase, 9:01.37
1980: Mike Juskus, javelin, 258-5
1981: Willie Richardson, 800, 1:51.12
1981: Mike Juskus, javelin, 248-8
1981: Garry Moore, 110 hurdles, 13.96
1982: Willie Lawson, 800, 1:50.29
1982: Garry Moore, 110 hurdles, 13.99
1983: Stanley Moore, 110 hurdles, 14.01
1983: Stanley Moore, 400 hurdles, 52.39
1984: Don Deckert, 3,000 steeplechase, 9:00.13
1984: Ron Deckert, 5,000-meter run, 14:13.46
1984: Robert Abdullah, 110 hurdles [co], 14.40
1984: 1,600-Meter Relay [R. Moore, Abdullah, Lambing, Stone], 3:12.40
1985: 1,600-Meter Relay [Adams, R. Moore, Thomas, Lawson], 3:11.57
1992: Mike Boone, javelin, 219-4
1997: Rich Dixon, 400, 47.33
1997: William Cruz, 400 hurdles, 51.67
1998: Rich Dixon, 400, 47.58
1998: Ed Colleton, javelin, 210-4
2011: 1,600-Meter Relay [Maxwell, Purdue, Ejaz, Rooks], 3:11.45
2012: 1,600-Meter Relay [Maxwell, Purdue, Ejaz, Rooks], 3:10.56
2017: Anthony Salemo, 400 hurdles, 51.06
2021: Ahmir Johnson, triple jump, 49-7
2021: 1,600-Meter Relay [Conte, Barbieri, Bishop, Terry], 3:11.81
2024: Kwaku Nkrumah, 110 hurdles, 13.77
2025: Jamir Brown, 110 hurdles, 13.77

Rowan’s all-South Jersey all-star 400-meter relay team earned All-America honors for a 3^rd straight year Saturday with a 2nd-place at NCAA Division 3 Nationals in Geneva, Ohio, and the 4^th-fastest time in NCAA Division 3 history.

Senior Shamar Love of Bridgeton, senior Robert McKinney of Highland, junior Eli Hendricks of Penns Grove and junior Evan Corcoran of Kingsway ran 39.72 after a 39.97 in the trials on Thursday at SPIRE Institute.

Wisconsin La Crosse won the race in 39.66, finishing just 6-100ths of a second ahead of Rowan. Their time is 2^nd-fastest in D-3 history behind only their 39.53 last week on their home track.

Rowan’s time is fastest ever by a school other than Wisconsin La Crosse.

Rowan went into the final as the No. 2 seed at 39.97 from Thursday’s trials. That at the time was a school record and 11^th-fastest in Division 3 history. In the final, they cut another quarter second from that time, missing the national record by 21-100ths of a second.

Their time is No. 32 among U.S. 4-by-1 teams on the World Athletics database.

All-Time NCAA Division 3 400-Meter Relay List
39.53 … Wisconsin La Crosse, 2025 [La Crosse, Wisc.]
39.66 … Wisconsin La Crosse, 2025 [Geneva, Ohio]
39.72 … Wisconsin La Crosse, 2024 [Rock Island, Ill.]
39,.72 … Rowan, 2025 [Geneva, Ohio]
39.77 … Wisconsin La Crosse, 2025 [Geneva, Ohio]
39.81 … Wisconsin Oshkosh, 2025 [Oshkosh, Wisc.]
39.82 … Wisconsin La Crosse, 2024 [Myrtle Beach, S.C.]
39.86 … Wisconsin La Crosse, 2023 [Rochester, N.Y.]
39.87 … Wisconsin La Crosse, 2025 [Oshkosh, Wisc.]
39.92 … Wisconsin La Crosse, 2024 [Myrtle Beach, S.C.]
39.95 … Jersey City State, 2006 [Philadelphia]
39.96 … Wisconsin La Crosse, 2023 [Rochester, N.Y.]
39.97 … Rowan, 2025 [Geneva, Ohio]

This is the 9^th time Rowan has earned All-America honors in the 4-by-1 and the 5^th time in the last 10 years. The 2^nd-place finish matches their best ever in a 4-by-1. The 2023 team of Nana Agyemang, Jah’mere Beasley, Donovan Clement and Julian Pratt ran 40.14 and placed 2^nd in Rochester.

1994     7^th [42.10]
2001     3^rd [40.98 [40.88 in trials]
2002     3^rd [41.06]
2003     3^rd [40.83]
2016     4^th [40.92]
2017     4^th [41.18]
2023     2^nd [40.14]
2024     5^th [40.68]
2025     2^nd [39.72]

Rowan freshman Nyla Jones from Timber Creek will race in the 400-meter hurdles final at NCAA Division 3 Championships Saturday.

Jones, who set an NJAC record of 1:00.42 earlier this month in Ewing, ran 1:02.36 in the semifinals. The final is scheduled for 3:25 p.m. Saturday at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.

Jones is bidding to become Rowan’s first All-America in the 400 hurdles in 32 years, since Laiton Roberts from Oakcrest placed 3^rd with a 1:025.57 at 1993 Nationals at Baldwin-Wallace University in Berea, Ohio.

Jones is one of only two freshmen in the 400 hurdles final. She’ll be in Lane 1.

Paulsboro’s Jamile Gantt, a sophomore at Rowan, earned All-America honors for the second straight year Friday with a 3^rd-place finish and personal best in the high jump at the NCAA Division 3 National Championships in Geneva, Ohio.

Gantt came into the meet with a PR of 6-9 ¾ from last year’s NCAA D-3 Championships in Myrtle Beach, S.C. He tied that on his first attempt Friday before clearing 6-11 on his 3^rd and final try.

He’s now 3^rd in school history, behind only Eastern’s Jeffrey Jon Tucker, who cleared 7-2 ¼ at the 2018 Penn Relays, and Kelly with his 6-11 ¾.

Gantt is the first Rowan high jumper to earn All-America honors in consecutive years since Princeton High graduate Peter Sharpless, who was 5^th in 1983 at 6-10 ¼ and 5^th again in 1984 at 6-11.

Gantt was clean at 6-4 ¾, 6-6 ¾, 6-8 ¾ and 6-9 ¾ before his successful clearance at 6-11.

Gantt’s finish matches the best by a Rowan or Glassboro State high jumper at nationals in 47 years, since Mark Kelly, a graduate of Audubon who won the 1978 Division 3 title at 6-11 ¾ Two other Rowan jumpers have placed 3^rd at nationals – Tucker in 2016 and Harrison Escoffery from Hackensack in 2018.

Rowan freshman Noah Wampole cleared 6-8 3/4 and finished in a four-way tie for 6th place for 1 1/2 team points for the Profs. His PR is 6-9 from a meet in Glassboro last month. Wampole, from Radnor High in Delaware County, had a high school PR of 6-6.

This is the first time Rowan / Glassboro has had two All-America high jumpers the same year.

Another Rowan jumper, sophomore Arrington Rhys from Hamilton West, cleared 6-6 3/4 and tied for 13th. He just PR’d at 6-9 last weekend in Baltimore.

Top-seeded Jackson Biley, an MIT junior, cleared 7-0 ¼ on his 2^nd attempt to tie his PR and win the national title, and senior Christian Pfeiffer of Baldwin-Wallace cleared 7-0 ¼ on his 2^nd attempt to set a PR and place 2^nd.  Both missed three tries at 7-1 1/2. Biley won based on fewer misses at 6-11.

Gantt’s 6-11 is 2^nd-best ever by a Gloucester County alum, behind only Williamstown’s Devin Bradham, who cleared 7-1 ½ in 2019.

It was a mixed bag for Hurdle U in the 110-meter hurdles semifinals Friday at the NCAA Division 3 Championships in Geneva, Ohio.

Junior Jason Agyemang and freshman Jamir Brown won their heats and advanced to the final as the two-fastest qualifiers, but junior Kwaku Nkrumah, the defending champion, didn’t finish the race and won’t advance to the final.

Brown, Agyemang and Nkrumah are ranked 1^st, 3^rd and 4^th on the all-time NCAA Division 3 performance list at 13.60, 13.74 and 13.77.

Agyemang ran 13.93 in the first heat and Brown – the Division 3 record holder at 13.60 – ran 14.00 to win the 2^nd heat. They were the two-fastest in the trials.

Another Rowan hurdler, junior Anaias Hughes from Willingboro, ran 14.34 in the 1^st heat and advanced to the final as the No. 7 seed. That’s only 5-100ths of a second off his PR of 14.29.

So Rowan has three of the top-seven seeds in the final without the defending national champion.

The final is scheduled for 1:50 p.m. Saturday at SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio.

Is there an event Natalie Dumas can’t run?

Dumas, who so far this year has run 12.23 for 100 meters, 24.02 for 200, 51.87 for 400, 2:13.37 in the 800 and 58.37 in the intermediates, became South Jersey’s fastest miler Thursday night.

Dumas, a junior at Eastern, ran 4:55.66 in her first outdoor 1,600 ever at the 1,600 Night at the Nest at Allentown.

That’s 7^th-fastest in New Jersey this year, 18^th-fastest in South Jersey history and No. 7 on the all-time Camden County list.

Dumas was out in 69.34 and came through 800 in 2:28.78 and 1,200 in 3:45.63 before closing in 70.02.

Nobody in state history has ever run as fast as Dumas in every event from 200 meters to the 1,600.

She goes into the state Group 4 meet in Somerset with the fastest times out of all sectionals in the 400 and intermediates, 3^rd-fastest in the 200 and 8^th-fastest in the 800.

Dumas has run a couple indoor 1,600s with a PR of 5:05.92 at Ocean Breeze this past February.

All-Time South Jersey Sub-5 List
4:41.16 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2000
4:41.5y … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1982
4:45.91 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024
4:45.97 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2014
4:48.73y … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
4:48.82y … Nicole Clifford [Cherokee], 2022
4:49.11 … Renee Tomlin [Ocean City], 2005
4:49.26 … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017
4:51.43 … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], 2017
4:51.84 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2024
4:52.95 … Caitlin Orr [Lenape], 2009
4:54.25 … Sarah Naticchia [Haddonfield], 2021
4:54.71 … Megan Hartman [Ocean City], 1994
4:54.76 … Allison Colflesh [Haddonfield], 2021
4:54.88 … Bridget Flynn [Holy Spirit], 2012
4:55.41 … Brittany Sedberry [Ocean City], 2004
4:55.45 … Julianna Catania [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2016
4:55.66 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2012
4:55.66 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2025
4:55.70 … Dina Iacone [Washington Twp.], 2012
4:55.90 … Sarah Naticchia [Haddonfield], 2019