From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Stockton sophomore Keith Holland destroyed his pole vault PR with a 15-7 victory Saturday at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Meet at his home track, Larry James Stadium in Galloway Township.

Holland’s previous PR was 15-0 from last year’s NJAC meet at the College of New Jersey in Ewing. Holland is now only 6 1/4 inches from the school record of 16-1 1/4 set in 2006 by Jake Owens.

Holland led a 1-2-3 sweep for Stockton, with all three vaulters setting PRs.

Holland has competed in the pole vault in four NJAC meets as a collegian and won all four — indoors and outdoors both last year and this year.

On Saturday, he passed the first five heights — 10-6 through 12-5 1/2 — and cleared 12-11 1/2 on his first attempt.

He had a miss at 13-5 1/4 but then cleared 13-11 1/4 on her first try.

The only vaulters over 13-11 1/4 were Holland and teammates Qudratullah Qadiri, a junior decathlete from Ocean Township, and Matthew Carter, a freshman from Oakcrest.

At 14-5 1/4, Carter cleared on his first attempt, beating his PR of 14-1 1/4 from a meet at Widener last month, to take the lead, Holland cleared on his second try and Qadiri on his third.

That Stockton trio moved up to 14-11, where Qadiri took the lead by clearing on his second, shattering his personal-best of 14-9. Holland cleared on his third, and Carter went out, leaving Holland and Qadiri moving onto 15-7.

Holland skied over the bar on his first try and Qadiri missed three attempts, giving Holland the win and giving Stockton a sweep of the top three spots.

Holland had the bar moved up to 15-9 3/4 but after 10 attempts at lower heights he took three misses.

Qadri had set his pole vault PR of 14-9 as part of a decathlon last spring.

Carter’s high school PR was a 13-6 at last year’s South Jersey Invitational. Qadiri’s scholastic PR was 14-0, which he did twice in the spring of 2016, at the East Coat Relays at Randolph and the Central Jersey Group 3 sectionals at Northern Burlington.

After five of 21 events, Stockton led Rowan 48-45 in men’s team scoring.

The girls 400 at the Rowan Invitational Friday night was ridiculous.

Winslow Township senior Nylah Perry won the race in 56.38, leading three girls under 57 seconds, seven under 58 seconds, 15 under 59 seconds and a whopping EIGHTEEN girls under a minute.

Perry, Millville freshman Bryanna Craig and Paul VI junior Aliya Rae Garozzo ran the No. 2, 3 and 4 times in the state this year, with Craig second in 56.62 and Garozzo third in 56.88.

In the latest New Jersey MileSplit 400 rankings, 21 of the 24-fastest times in the state this year came from this race.

Let’s take a look at the 14 South Jersey girls who broke 59 seconds:

1st, *Nylah Perry, Winslow Township, 56.38
Perry ran within half a second of her PR of 55.97, which she ran as a freshman at the Meet of Champions while attending Cherry Hill East. Perry’s 56.38 is No. 1 by a South Jersey girl this year and No. 2 in New Jersey behind Kaira Brown of Kent Place School in Summit, the indoor Meet of Champions winner, who ran 55.38 in a meet in Potomac, Md., last month. Her time is fastest at Rowan since Faleesha Dowe of Penns Grove won the 2013 race in 56.25.

2nd, ***Bryanna Craig, Millville, 56.52
Craig’s previous PR was a 58.14 indoors at Ocean Breeze back in December. Craig, who excels in virtually every event, had never run a competitive 400 as a high schooler outdoors. Her time is No. 1 among New Jersey freshmen this year and third-fastest ever by a Cumberland County quarter-miler, behind Nadia Davy of Bridgeton, who ran 54.70 at the 1999 Meet of Champions, and Britney Mott of Millville, who ran 56.30 in 2009.

3rd, *Aliya Rae Garozzo, Paul VI, 56.88
Garozzo, third in the Meet of Champions last year in the Intermediates, can also run a pretty good flat 400. Her previous PR was 58.42 at states last year, and the 56.88 is a school record.

4th, Maya Drayton, Cherry Hill East, 57.42
Drayton, the first senior across the finish line, ran just under her PR of 57.81 from states last year. Her time is second-fastest by a Cherry Hill East sprinter, behind only Perry.

5th, *Janeya Hammond, Winslow Twp., 57.59
Hammond focuses on the intermediates as well and rarely runs the flat 400 outdoors. Her previous PR was a 58.60 from indoor sectionals.

6th, **Sheriyah Nutt, Rancocas Valley, 57.78
Nutt recorded a big PR, lowering her previous personal best of 58.94 from states last spring. Her time is second-fastest this year by a South Jersey sophomore, behind only Absegami’s Diamond McLaughlin, who ran 57.63 at the Lenape Invite last month.

8th, **Neveah Lorjuste, Triton, 58.13
Lorjuste hasn’t run many high school 400s, so the 58.13 was a big PR over a 1:01.85 that she ran at sectionals last spring. Looks like a Triton school record, but we’re not positive of that, so if you have the Triton school record and it’s faster than 58.13 please let us know!

9th, Brianna Snowden, Rancocas Valley, 58.24
The second Red Devil across the line, Snowden also recorded a big PR. Her previous best time was a 59.04 at Easterns indoors at the Armory in February. Her outdoor PR was 59.56 from sectionals last spring.

10th, **Diamond McLaughlin, Absegami, 58.28
McLaughlin came up a bit short of her 400 PR of 57.63 from Lenape, but she did PR in the 200 with a 26.23.

11th, **Maya Harper, Pleasantville, 58.43
Another quarter-miler with a PR on the fast Rowan track in Glassboro. Harper lowered her PR from 59.26, which she ran indoors at the Hispanic Games at the Armory. Her time is fastest by a Pleasantville girl since Lordess Shabazz ran 58.11 back in 2009.

12th, Autumn DeMary, Kingsway, 58.44
How much has DeMary improved? She placed 60th in this meet last year in 1:04.66. This year she placed 12th and ran more than six seconds faster! DeMary’s previous 400 PR was a 1:01.99 at a meet in the Jersey City Armory of all places in February of 2018. DeMary is now the fastest Kingsway girl since Thaila Cooper — who now runs for Maryland — ran 56.24 as a sophomore in 2013.

13th, *Amanda Demko, Shawnee, 58.66
Demko didn’t run track last spring, so you have to go back two years for her previous PR of 59.43 from the Olympic Conference Championships. Her time is fastest by a Shawnee girl since the amazing Annie Johnson ran 56.42 at states in the spring of 2011 — her first year of outdoor track after playing varsity softball for two years.

14th, *Blair Daniel, Paul VI, 58.82
This race is the king of PRs. Daniel came in with a PR of 1:02.14 from indoor states at the Bennett Center. That came down 3 1/2 seconds.

15th, **Anne Rutledge, Egg Harbor Twp., 58.85
Another fast sophomore with a huge breakthrough. Rutledge had a previous PR of 1:00.03 from sectionals last spring.

Delran graduate Madeleine Tattory, a College of New Jersey senior, lapped the field — and lapped most of the field twice — in winning the 10,000-meter run Saturday morning at the New Jersey Athletic Conference championships.

Tattory ran a personal-best 37:38.96, and teammate Emma Bean of Mainland Regional was second. Tattory’s previous PR was a 38:02.95 last month in a meet at Princeton.

The conference title is Tattory’s third. She won the 10,000 at the 2017 outdoor meet and the 5,000 at the 2019 indoor championships.

Tattory had PRs of 5:13.16 for 1,600 meters and 11:33.49 for 3,200 meters at Delran.

On Saturday, Tattory led from wire to wire. She had built a 14-second lead just one lap into the 25-lap race and led the field by over a minute by the sixth lap.

Tattory ran 82.9 for her first lap and 88.50 for her second, then settled into a steady pace that saw her run between 89.3 and 91.5 for 18 consecutive laps.

Check out her splits:
400: 1:22.82
800: 1:28.50 / 2:51.32
1200: 1:29.77 / 4:21.08
1600: 1:29.52 / 5:50.60
2000: 1:29.30 / 7:19.90
2400: 1:30.08 / 8:49.97
2800: 1:29.74 / 10:19.70
3200: 1:30.04 / 11:49.74
3600: 1:30.08 / 13:19.81
4000: 1:29.31 / 14:49.12
4400: 1:30.80 / 16:19.91
4800: 1:31.32 / 17:51.22
5200: 1:30.51 / 19:21.72
5600: 1:31.02 / 20:52.74
6000: 1:31.08 / 22:23.81
6400: 1:30.99 / 23:54.80
6800: 1:31.27 / 25:26.07
7200: 1:31.31 / 26:57.37
7600: 1:31.18 / 28:28.55
8000: 1:31.46 / 30:00.00
8400: 1:32.27 / 31:32.26
8800: 1:31.97 / 33:04.23
9200: 1:31.12 / 34:35.35 —>
9600: 1:33.07 / 36:08.41 —>
10000: 1:30.55 / 37:38.96 —>

Lenape senior Shelby Whetstone moved into the No. 1 spot on the 2019 South Jersey 800-meter run list Friday night when she won the two-lapper at the Rowan Invitational in a personal-best 2:14.09.

Whetstone lowered her PR from 2:14.92 at states last year. Her time is fastest at the Rowan Open since Bridget Flynn of Ocean City ran 2:13.95 in the 2014 race.

Millville senior Raelynne Miller led Whetstone, Highland senior Nia Holden and Haddonfield sophomore Lindsay Colflesh through 400 meters, with Miller coming through in 65.3, Whetstone in 65.6 and Colflesh and Holden in 65.9.

But Whetstone closed strong, with a 68.6 second lap to win by 15 meters over Holden, who ran 2:16.87. Colflesh (2:17.72) and Paulsboro soph Amirah Sharpe (2:19.92) were also under 2:20, and Haddonfield soph Olivia Stoner and Miller both ran 2:20 and change in a very fast race.

Whetstone’s time is No. 3 in New Jersey this year behind Victoria Vanriele of Governor Livingston High in Berkeley Heights, who ran 2:09.36 at Mt. SAC, and Leena Morant of Union Catholic in Scotch Plains, who ran 2:11.88 at Arcadia. Vanriele and Morant went 1-2 last spring in the Meet of Champions 800.

The last Lenape girl to win the 800 at the Rowan Invite was Miya Johnson in 2005.

Whetstone’s time is No. 9 in Burlington County history and No. 5 in Lenape history. Lenape has had seven girls run under 2:15 indoors or out.

Here’s the updated all-time Burlington County list:
2:11.07 … Miya Johnson (Lenape), 2007
2:11.56 … Mary Bohi (Seneca), 2009
2:11.88 … Kayla Martin (Seneca), 2015
2:12.09 … Monica Olkowski (Cherokee), 1990
2:12.78 … Megan Quimby (Lenape), 2015
2:12.93 … Carly Pettipaw (Lenape), 2015
2:13.38 … Julia Despirito (Shawnee), 2014
2:13.51i … Emily Duffey (Lenape), 2011
2:14.09 … Shelby Whetstone (Lenape), 2019
2:14.12 … Carly Pettipaw (Lenape), 2013
2:14.3h … Becky Wells (Moorestown), 1987
2:14.48 … Okechi Ogbuokiri (Willingboro), 2003
2:14.6h … Chris Danks (Shawnee), 1987
2:14.70 … Kelly Victory (Lenape), 2000
2:14.76 … *Kari Vigerstol (Holy Cross), 1994
2:14.91 … Renee Passalaqua (Rancocas Valley), 2003
2:15.00 … Sydny Warner (Seneca), 2018

Bishop Eustace senior Conor Melko moved into the all-time South Jersey 3,200 top-20 Friday evening with a fourth place in the Holmdel Night of 3200s at Bob Roggy Stadium.

Melko ran 9:06.52, placing fourth in a field loaded with some of the best two-milers in New Jersey and nearby states.

Melko led four South Jersey runners who ran 9:16 or faster. He lowered his former PR of 9:31.56 by more than 20 seconds.

Talk about negative splits – Melko was out in 4:39 and came back in 4:27!!!

His time is No. 17 in South Jersey history and eighth-fastest in the last 30 years.

Senior Sean Dolan of Hopewell Valley, the New Balance Nationals mile champion, won in 9:02.66, with junior Liam Murphy of Allentown, a Foot Locker XC finalist and Meet of Champions indoor 3,200 winner, second in 9:04.43 and Jack Stanley of Mendham, the XC and indoor 1,600 Meet of Champions runner-up, third in 9:05.76.

Here’s a look at the four South Jersey runners in the top group:

Bishop Eustace senior Conor Melko, 4th, 9:06.52
Incredibly, according to the MileSplit database Melko had only contested two previous 3,200’s in his life (not including dual meets). He had a 9:31.56 in an indoor meet at the Bennett Center, then won the Parochial B race this past winter in 10:30.49 basically just running for team points as Eustace won the team championship. As far as we can tell, this was the first competitive outdoor 3,200 or two-mile of Melko’s track career.

Cherokee junior Ethan Wechsler, 7th, 9:10.90
Wechsler dropped his PR from 9:16.66 from the Cherokee Night of Racing two weeks ago. He gives Cherokee three runners at 9:10 or faster. His time is sixth-fastest in Burlington County history and fastest since Shawn Wilson, also of Cherokee, ran 9:04.05 in 2013.

Cinnaminson junior Austin Gabay, 12th, 9:15.13
Gabay is a 4:17 miler and ran 16:10 at Holmdel but had never run a big-time 3,200. His fastest in a major race was a 9:42.62 at states last year, so this was a  nearly 30-second PR. Gabay’s time is No. 12 in Burlington County history and fourth-fastest in Cinnaminson history.

Kingsway junior Stone Caraccio, 14th, 9:16.39
Caraccio lowered his PR from 9:28.50 from a Holmdel Night of 3200s last May. His time is fastest by a Gloucester County two-miler since 2011, when Paul Szulewski of Williamstown (9:11.88) and Anthony Dentino of Washington Township (9:41.31) both ran faster in the Meet of Champions.

ALL-TIME S.J. COMBINED INDOOR/OUTDOOR 3,200 LIST
8:55.61y ….. Murad Campbell (Overbrook), 1999
8:58.81i ….. Jon Vitez (Haddonfield), 2010
8:59.55y ….. Mike Butynes (Sterling), 1972
8:59.75y ….. Jason DeJoseph (Paul VI), 1987
9:00.25y ….. Jim Smith (Haddonfield), 1980
9:00.30 ……. Jimmy Daniels (Sterling), 2013
9:01.84y ….. Mike Mantini (Gateway), 1979
9:02.03y ….. Marc Pelerin (Cherokee), 2002
9:02.92 ……. Luke Petela (Haddon Twp.), 2015
9:03.03y ….. Jerry Andrews (Highland), 1979
9:03.63y ….. Ed Blakeley (Haddon Twp.), 1975
9:03.9h ……. Mike Elder (Haddon Twp.), 1979
9:04.05 ……. Shawn Wilson (Cherokee), 2013
9:04.94 ……. Louis Corgiano (Hammonton), 2014
9:05.98 ……. Steve Maine (Highland), 2014
9:06.11y ….. Greg Stremmel (Gateway), 1974
9:06.52 ……. Connor Melko (Bishop Eustace), 2019
9:06.70 ……. Joshua Clark (Highland), 2016
9:07.03 ……. Greg Hughes (Mainland), 2004
9:07.11 ……. Ron Faith (Paul VI), 1985
9:07.2y ……. Kevin Pumphrey (Highland),  1986
9:07.42 ……. Aaron Groff (Cherry Hill East), 2016
9:07.7y ……. Marty Ludwikowski (Cherry Hill West), 1975

Interesting that six of the top seven on the Burlco list and eight of the top 12 are from either Cinnaminson or Cherokee.

ALL-TIME BURLINGTON COUNTY 3,200 LIST
9:02.03y ….. Marc Pelerin (Cherokee), 2002
9:04.05 ……. Shawn Wilson (Cherokee), 2013
9:08.22 … Jon Anderson (Cinnaminson), 2004
9:09.27 … *David Forward (Shawnee), 2009
9:09.80 … Todd Campbell (Cinnaminson), 2009
9:10.90 … *Ethan Wechsler (Cherokee), 2019
9:11.32 … Michael Ungvarsky (Cinnaminson), 2017
9:11.8y … Henry Englehardt (Willingboro), 1976
9:12.1y … Mark Strucko (Rancocas Valley), 1978
9:12.60 … Michael Bowden (Northern Burlington), 2009
9:15.08 … Nick Falk (Cherokee), 2017
9:15.13 … *Austin Gabay (Cinnaminson), 2019

The all-time Gloucester County list may be missing a name or two. Please let us know of any omissions or corrections in the comment section. Thanks!
ALL-TIME GLOUCESTER COUNTY 3,200 LIST
9:01.9h … Mike Mantini (Gateway), 1979
9:06.2h … Greg Stremmel (Gateway), 1974
9:11.88 … Paul Szulewski (Williamstown), 2011
9:14.31 … Anthony Dentino (Washington Twp.), 2011
9:16.39 … Stone Caraccio (Kingsway), 2019

Haddonfield junior Martin Riddell didn’t race Friday night, but he has run 9:12.43 this year. So that makes five South Jersey two-milers — four of them juniors — already at sub-9:17 or faster.

Clayton senior Thomas Hampton put together one heck of a sprint double Thursday night at the 28th annual South Jersey Invitational, running personal-bests of 10.75 in the 100 and 21.82 in the 200 at Delsea.

Hampton’s 200 time is No. 1 in the state this year, and his 100 time is No. 3, behind Rahmir Johnson of Bergen Catholic, who ran 21.64, and Nigel Mitchel of Red Bank, who ran 21.65.

Hampton is the first winner from Clayton in meet history, and he’s actually the first sprinter to sweep the 100 and 200 at the S.J.I. since Sterling Pierce of Rancocas Valley in 2015.

Hampton ran the 10.75 in the 100 trials and 10.83 in the final.

Surprisingly, only eight sprinters have won both the 100 and 200 in meet history. Here’s what that list looks like:

2019: Thomas Hampton (Clayton), 10.75q, 21.82
2015: Sterling Pierce (Rancocas Valley) 11.21, 22.27
2012: Fabian Santiago (Oakcrest) 10.68, 21.54
2007: Chris Church (Millville) 11.00, 22.26
2004: Sherron Bullock (Camden) 11.10, 22.21
1999: Tim Athill (Pleasantville) 10.9, 22.46
1996: Kevin Doughty (Oakcrest) 10.6, 21.9
1994: Dennis Sturdivant (Vineland) 10.4, 21.5

Hampton’s previous 100 PR was 10.87 from the trials of the S.J.I. last year. He went on to win the South Jersey Group 1 title and the 55-meter dash at indoor states. His previous 200 PR of 22.10 was also set at this meet last year.

Hampton is only the fourth sprinter to run both sub-10.80 and sub 21.90 in meet history. Here’s that full list:

Fabian Santiago, Oakcrest: 10.67 in 2011, 21.54 in 2012
Dennis Sturdivant, Vineland: 10.4h, 21.5h in 1994
Jeremy Cooper, Kingsway: 10.64, 21.7h in 1997
Thomas Hampton, Clayton: 10.75, 21.82 in 2019

Hampton is also only the fifth sprinter in Gloucester County history to run as fast as 10.75 and 21.82.

The others are Washington Township’s Todd Dutch (10.53 and 21.40 in 2001), Kingsway’s Robert Page (10.53 and 21.69 in 2008), Woodbury’s Shawney Kersey (10.60 in 2009 and 21.72 in 2007), Kingsway’s Dorian Bryant (10.65 in 2003 and 21.41 in 2002) and Deptford’s Bruce Owens (10.66 in 2004 and 21.56 in 2005).

Let’s take a look at the all-time Gloucester County lists for both the 100- and 200-meter dashes:

ALL-TIME GLOUCESTER COUNTY 100-METER LIST
10.44h .. Bill Gaines [Clearview], 1966
10.47 … James Brown [Glassboro], 2009
10.53 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
10.60 … Robert Page [Kingsway], 2008
10.60 … Shawney Kersey [Woodbury], 2009
10.4h … Flipper Anderson [Paulsboro], 1983
10.65 … Dorian Bryant [Kingsway], 2003
10.66 … Bruce Owens [Deptford], 2004
10.70 … Jared Nicholas [Williamstown], 2016
10.73 … Sean McPherson [Delsea], 2010
10.75 … Thomas Hampton [Clayton], 2019

ALL-TIME GLOUCESTER COUNTY 200-METER LIST
21.40 … Todd Dutch (Washington Twp.), 2001
21.41 … Dorian Bryant (Kingsway), 2002
21.53 … A.J. Bunton (West Deptford), 2006
21.54 … Derek Ward (Kingsway), 1992
21.56 … Bruce Owens (Deptford), 2005
21.56 … Darrell Bush (Woodbury), 2011
21.57 … Mar-Quel Davis (Deptford), 2017
21.60 … Juwan Johnson (Glassboro), 2013
21.69 … Robert Page (Kingsway), 2007
21.72 … Shai Mumford (West Deptford), 2014
21.72 … Shawney Kersey (Woodbury), 2007
21.82 … Thomas Hampton (Clayton), 2019

St. Augustine senior Sincere Rhea won the 110-meter high hurdles at the 28th annual South Jersey Invitational at Delsea Thursday night with a 13.98 in the final, just ahead of Deptford’s Naseem Smith, who gave him a heck of a race in the final.

What we’re going to focus on first is what Rhea did in the trials.

Rhea ran a personal-best and meet-record 13.68 in the trials, No. 9 in state history and No. 4 in South Jersey history. He lowered his PR and Atlantic County record from 13.74, which he ran at last year’s Meet of Champions.

Rhea, the indoor national champion, broke the meet FAT record of 13.91, set in 1997 by Delsea’s Sultan Tucker. Dwight Ruff of Camden ran 13.5 in 2001 (don’t ask why they were using hand times AFTER they started using FAT times).

We’ll get into Smith’s tremendous final later — his time is No. 4 in Gloucester County history — but for now we’ll focus on Rhea, who is only the third hurdler in meet history to win consecutive titles. Tucker won in 1994 and 1995 and Willingboro’s Isaac Williams won in 2011 and 2012.

Rhea’s time is No. 4 in the U.S. this year, according to the MileSplit database, behind Jamar Marshall of St. Mary’s High in Stockton, Calif. (13.56), Eli Morris of Jefferson High in Georgia (13.63) and Warren Williams of West High in Tracy, Calif. (13.63).

Rhea is now South Jersey’s fastest high hurdler in 20 years, since Danye Brown set the state record of 13.43 in 1999.

Let’s get into some list action:

ALL-TIME N.J. 110 HURDLES LIST
13.43 … Danye Brown [Camden], 1999
13.46 … Cory Poole [East Orange Campus], 2017
13.52 … Todd Matthews [Notre Dame], 1998
13.59 … Gerard Reynolds [Willingboro], 1990
13.62 … Christopher Stephens [Plainfield], 2001
13.66 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 1997
13.66 … Emmanuel Deux [Linden], 2001
13.67 … Jermaine Collier [Trenton], 2012
13.68 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
13.70 … Chris Alexander [Christian Brothers], 2015

ALL-TIME S.J. 110 HURDLES LIST
13.43 … Danye Brown [Camden], 1999
13.59 … Gerard Reynolds [Willingboro], 1990
13.66 … Sultan Tucker [Delsea], 1997
13.68 … Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
13.73 … Kevin Hagamin [Timber Creek], 2014
13.74 … Dwight Ruff [Camden], 2001
13.75 … Rashad Baker [Wilson], 2000
13.76 … Nate Harley [Pleasantville], 1996
13.76 … Isaac Williams [Willingboro], 2012
13.77 … Anthony Acklin [Triton], 2001
13.81 … Scot McCray [Camden], 1997
13.81 … Jeff Young [Wilson], 1999
13.90 … Edwin Alston [Winslow Twp.], 2015
13.92 … Enrique Llanos [Wilson], 1999
13.94 … Hal Lathan [Egg Harbor Twp,], 2009
13.95 … Kevin White [Haddon Heights], 1992
13.96 … Devon Carter [Washington Twp.], 2010
13.97 … Will Brown [Palmyra], 2006
13.97 … Syteek Farrington [Camden], 2010
13.99 … Herb Reid [Lenape], 2000

ALL-TIME S.J.I. 110HH WINNERS
2019: Sincere Rhea (St. Augustine) 13.98
2018: Sincere Rhea (St. Augustine) 14.14
2017: Jamil Adams (Winslow Twp.) 14.83
2016: Tyler Garland (Deptford) 14.40
2015: Chais Hill (Highland) 14.62
2014: Kevin Hagamin (Timber Creek) 14.14
2013: Corsen Harter (Haddon Twp.) 14.50
2012: Isaac Williams (Willingboro) 14.25
2011: Isaac Williams (Willingboro) 14.38
2010: Syteek Farrington (Camden) 14.39
2009: Kevon Brown (West Deptford) 14.68
2008: Stevenson Cajuste (Egg Harbor) 14.71
2007: Jusson Boyd (Willingboro) 14.61
2006: Will Brown (Palmyra) 14.34
2005: Not held
2004: Marcos Edghill (Pemberton) 14.85
2003: Ed Young (Wildwood Catholic) 14.1
2002: Matt Dahms (Haddonfield) 14.08
2001: Dwight Ruff (Camden) 13.5
2000: Rashad Baker (Wilson) 14.31
1999: Danyne Brown (Camden) 14.02
1998: Anwar Moore (Camden) 14.5
1997: Sultan Tucker (Delsea) 13.91
1996: Mike Brown (Lenape) 14.3
1995: Sultan Tucker (Delsea) 13.6
1994: Sultan Tucker (Delsea) 14.1
1993: Robert Allen (Buena) 14.3
1992: Ed Loges (Shawnee) 13.9

And here’s the all-time South Jersey Invitational performance list:
ALL-TIME S.J.I. 110HH FAT LIST
13.68 Sincere Rhea [St. Augustine], 2019
13.91 Sultan Tucker (Delsea), 1997
13.98 Scot McRay (Camden), 1997
13.98 Rhea, 2019
14.02 Danyne Brown (Camden), 1999
14.05q Naseem Smith (Deptford), 2019
14.05q Will Brown (Palmyra), 2006
14.05q Isaac Williams (Willingboro), 2012
14.08 Matt Dahms (Haddonfield), 2002
14.10 Smith, 2019
14.14 Kevin Hagamin (Timber Creek), 2014
14.14 Sincere Rhea (St. Augustine), 2018
14.20q Rhea, 2018
14.25 Williams, 2012
14.27 Tymir Kizee (Delsea), 2018
14.31 Rashad Baker (Wilson), 2000
14.31 Chais Hill (Highland), 2014
14.32 Naseem Smith (Deptford), 2018
14.33 Shai Mumford (West Deptford), 2014
14.34 Brown, 2006
14.37q Williams, 2011
14.37q Syid Evans-White (Oakcrest), 2012
14.38 Williams, 2011
14.39 Syteek Farrington (Camden), 2010

ALL-TIME S.J.I. 110HH HAND-TIMED LIST
13.5 Dwight Ruff (Camden), 2001
13.6 Sultan Tucker (Delsea), 1995
13.9 Ed Loges (Shawnee), 1992
13.9 Anthony Acklin (Triton), 2001
14.0 Vince Rawlins (Eastern), 1992
14.1 Ed Young (Wildwood Catholic), 2003
14.1 Tucker, 1994
14.1 Fleming (Egg Harbor Twp.), 1994
14.2h Briggs (Camden), 1994
14.2 Azim Smith (Millville), 2001
14.3 Mike Brown (Lenape), 1996
14.3 Robert Allen (Buena), 1993
14.5 Anwar Moore (Camden), 1998
14.5 Mike Nash (Lenape), 1994

Pleasantville junior Gabriel Moronta, third in the Meet of Champions 800 indoors, finally made his outdoor debut, and it was a good one.

Moronta won the 800 at the 28th annual South Jersey Invitational in 1:55.00, an outdoor PR and just off his overall PR of 1:54.41 from last the indoor M-of-C at the Bennett Center in February.

Moronta’s time is No. 1 in South Jersey this year and No. 3 by any New Jersey half-miler. It makes him the No. 2 junior in New Jersey, behind only Union Catholic’s Elijah Brown, who ran 1:53.94 in California early last month.

That’s also fastest by a Pleasantville runner since Larry Ramirez ran 1:54.98 at states in 2009. Before that it was the Clark twins, Isaac (1:49.27) and Jacob (1:50.30) in 2013.

Moronta is the first Pleasantville runner to win the SJI 800 since Isaac Clark ran 1:54.18 in 2012.

His time is 10th-fastest in meet history and fastest since 2013, when Clearview’s Bill Dolan ran 1:54.14. Here’s a look at every sub-1:56.00 time in meet history

ALL-TIME S.J. INVITE 800 LIST
1:53.2h Fred Sharpe (Paulsboro), 1997
1:53.2h Rob Novak (Bordentown), 2005
1:53.95 Ben Potts (Haddonfield), 2011
1:53.98 LeQuan James (Vineland), 2013
1:54.14 William Dolan (Clearview), 2013
1:54.18 Isaac Clark (Pleasantville), 2012
1:54.22 Murad Campbell (Overbrook), 1998
1:54.54 Jacob Clark (Pleasantville), 2012
1:54.92 Rob Novak (Bordentown), 2004
1:55.00 Gabriel Moronta (Pleasantville), 2019
1:55.03 Tivo Rivera (Kingsway), 2011
1:55.13 Kevin Cianfarini (West Deptford), 2014
1:55.13 Derek Gess (Haddonfield), 2018
1:54.9 Rondell Braxton (Highland), 1992
1:54.9 Mark Davis (Highland), 1996
1:55.15 Wayne Riley (Willingboro), 1997
1:55.20 Joe Lewis (Pleasantville), 1998
1:55.25 Ishmael Muhammad (Oakcrest), 2013
1:55.3 Jaja Fisher (Cherokee), 1993
1:55.3 John Keevey (Cinnaminson), 1992
1:55.53 Aaron Johnson (Oakcrest), 2009
1:55.55 Ryan Garvin (Lenape), 2008
1:55.5 Marc Pelerin (Cherokee), 2001
1:55.7 Nelson Cresson (Delsea), 1995
1:55.81 Robert Edwards (Bridgeton), 2002
1:55.97 Ford Palmer (Absegami), 2008

And here’s a look at all the 800 winners in meet history:

ALL-TIME S.J. INVITE 800 WINNERS
2019: Gabriel Moronta (Pleasantville) 1:55.00
2018: Derek Gess (Haddonfield) 1:55.13
2017: Derek Gess (Haddonfield) 1:56.79
2016: Jacob Tyndale (Rancocas Valley) 1:56.61
2015: Eric Barnes (Egg Harbor Twp.) 1:55.86
2014: Kevin Cianfarini (West Deptford) 1:55.13
2013: LeQuan James (Vineland) 1:53.98
2012: Isaac Clark (Pleasantville) 1:54.18
2011: Ben Potts (Haddonfield) 1:53.95
2010: Daniel Galeano (Absegami) 1:57.94
2009: Aaron Johnson (Oakcrest) 1:55.53
2008: Ryan Garvin (Lenape) 1:55.55
2007: Ford Palmer (Absegami) 1:58.57
2006: Casey Pinckney (Camden) 1:58.47
2005: Rob Novak (Bordentown) 1:53.2
2004: Rob Novak (Bordentown) 1:54.92
2003: Jon Anderson (Cinnaminson) 1:57.4
2002: Robert Edwards (Bridgeton) 1:55.81
2001: Marc Pelerin (Cherokee) 1:55.5
2000: James Holden (Bridgeton) 1:56.14
1999: Marvin Sewell (Pennsauken) 1:58.72
1998: Murad Campbell (Overbrook) 1:54.22
1997: Fred Sharpe (Paulsboro) 1:53.2
1996: Mark Davis (Highland) 1:54.9
1995: Nelson Cresson (Delsea) 1:55.7
1994: Nick Cavalarro (Paul VI) 1:57.1
1993: Jaja Fisher (Cherokee) 1:55.3
1992: Rondell Braxton (Highland) 1:54.9

Highland sophomore Floyd Whitaker moved into the all-time South Jersey triple jump top-10 Thursday evening with a meet-record 47-6 1/2 at the 28th annual South Jersey Invitational at Delsea.

Whitaker’s mark, No. 1 in New Jersey this year, is also the best by any New Jersey sophomore in eight years, since Dominique Irons of Haddon Heights set the state sophomore record of 48-4 at the 2011 Meet of Champions.

Whitaker’s previous PR was a 45-10 3/4 from last year’s New Balance Nationals.

Whitaker broke the meet record of 46-11 3/4, set in 2009 by Camden’s Wayne Walls. The triple jump has been held at the South Jersey Invitational since 2008.
 
Here’s a look at the best marks in meet history:
47-6 1/2 … Floyd Whitaker (Highland)
46-11 ¾ … Wayne Walls (Camden), 2009
45-11 … Tarik Robinson (Penns Grove), 2016
45-11 … Keon Grady (Delsea), 2018
45- 9 ¾ … Julian Talley (Winslow Twp.), 2007
45- 8 … LaDarrell Thomas (Woodstown), 2013
45- 5 … Rhodnei Spence (WWP), 2007
45- 4 ½ … Greg Francois (Holy Cross), 2006
45- 2 ¾ … Dexter Jules (Highland), 2004
45- 2 ½ … Ryan Chance (Glassboro), 2009
44-11 … Dominique Irons (Haddon Heights), 2012
44- 8 ¾ … Keven Kevelier (Collingswood), 2018
44- 8 ¼ … Raimundo Leach (Oakcrest), 2007
44- 3 ½ … Will Arthur (Haddon Heights), 2012

And the all-time South Jersey list:

ALL-TIME SOUTH JERSEY TRIPLE JUMP LIST
50-  9 1/4 … Khaliel Burnett [Delsea], 2018
50-  6 3/4 …. Dominique Irons [Haddon Heights], 2013
48-10 1/2 … Larry Russell [Timber Creek], 2015
48-  3 1/4 … Ryan Chance [Glassboro], 2009
48-  0 ………. Josh Butler [Delsea], 2006
47-  9 1/4 … Marcus Edghilll [Pemberton], 1981
47-  7 1/2 … Mikhail Micheaux [Eastern], 2014
47-  6 1/2 … Chris Roundtree [Haddon Hts.], 2009
47-  6 1/2 … Floyd Whitaker [Highland], 2019
47-  5 1/2 … Khaliel Burnett [Delsea], 2017
47-  5 ……… Steven Brown [Penns Grove], 2009
47-  4 3/4 … Cheo King [Woodbury], 2017
47- 4 1/2 … Zakiyy Williams [Rancocas Valley], 2017
47-  4 ……… Tristan Wilson [Delsea], 2014
47-  3 1/4 … Antwan Dickerson [Pennsauken], 2013
47-  3 ……… Mike Baker [Cherry Hill West], 1976
47-  0 1/4 … Earnest Daniel [Kingsway], 2017

We haven’t heard much from Williamstown High graduate Gabrielle Farquharson lately.

Farquharson won numerous state sprint and long jump titles at Williamstown and was an All-America sprinter at Rutgers, graduated in 2016 after winning Big 10 titles in the 100 and 200 and reaching NCAAs in the 100, 200 and long jump.

But she’s competed only sporadically since, competing in the Olympic Trials in 2016, indoor and outdoor nationals in 2017 and outdoor nationals last spring.

Farquharson re-emerged at the Penn Relays this past weekend and ran for Team U.S.A. in the U.S. vs. the World 400- and 1,600-meter relays.

Farquharson ran the third leg on both relay teams, joining Destinee Brown, Robin Reynolds and Asha Ruth on the 4-by-100 and Kaylin Whitney, Deonca Bookman and Kendall Baisden on the 4-by-400.

The 400-meter relay team placed fourth in 44.60, and the 1,600-meter relay team placed fifth in 3:36.11, with Farquharson splitting 54.49.