South Jersey is represented in both hurdles and dash finals later tonight at Easterns … here are the details after the semis!!!

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Here’s the latest on South Jersey athletes from Easterns at the Armory following the trials and semis in the boys and girls 55-meter dash and 55-meter hurdles!

Boys 55-meter dash
Trey Henry of Egg Harbor Township reached the finals with a personal-best 6.58 in the trials after a 6.60 in the trials. Henry will line up in lane 1 later tonight in the final.

Boys 55-meter hurdles
St. Augustine’s Sincere Rhea led all qualifiers into the finals with a 7.31 in the semis, only 2-100ths of a second off his PR. Palmyra’s Sam Aviles also advanced to the final with a 7.51 in the semis. Rhea ran 7.51 in the trials and Aviles 7.54. In the final, Rhea will be in lane 4 with Aviles racing in lane 2.

Girls 55-meter dash
South Jersey girls snared three of the four-fastest qualifying spots and advanced four to the eight-lane final. Dennisha Page of Woodrow Wilson (7.18 after a 7.12 in the trials), Lauren Princz of Egg Harbor (7.19 after a 7.15 in the trials), Jailya Ash of Eastern (7.23) and Millville’s Malea Broome (huge PR 7.33) will all race in the final. Toshel Goffe of Paul Robeson is the No. 1 seed with a 7.12, followed by Page, Princz and Ash. Princz, Goffe, Page and Ash will line up in lanes 3 through 6, with Broome in lane 8.

Girls 55-meter hurdles
Three South Jersey girls reached the final, with Winslow Township’s Tionna Tobias running a huge PR 8.07 in the semis and qualifying No. 2 behind Grace O’Shea of Ramapo, who ran 7.77 in the trials, No. 4 in meet history. Atlantic City’s Claudine Smith ran 8.25 and Cinnaminson’s Meredith Updike earned the final lane by 1-100th of a second with a 8.39 in the semis. Tobias and Smith race next to each other in tonight’s final with Tobias in lane 5 and Smith in lane 6. Updike is in lane 8.

Here are the all-time South Jersey best performances at Easterns!!!!!

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Ever wondered what have been the best marks ever set by South Jersey athletes at Easterns?
Yeah, me too.
So I went deep into the archives and came up with a list that goes back to the mid-1970s but also with a mark as recent as last year’s meet.
Most surprising is that no South Jersey girl has ever broken 11 minutes in the two-mile at Easterns, even though some very good ones have run it.
As always, corrections and omissions are welcome in the comments section!
All-Time Easterns South Jersey bests
BOYS
55-METER DASH
6.31 … Dennis Mitchell (Edgewood), 1983
200-METER DASH
21.53 … Darrell Bush (Woodbury), 2012
300-YARD DASH
30.85 … Lamont Smith (Willingboro), 1991
400-METER DASH
48.36 … Mohammad Kanu (Lenape), 2000
600-YARD RUN
1:13.65 … Carl Tanksley (Washington Twp.), 1980
800-METER RUN 
1:53.21 … Alan Laws (Pleasantville), 2007
1,000-YARD RUN
2:13.7 … Tony Uzdavines (Williamstown), 1976
ONE-MILE RUN
4:18.21 … David Forward (Shawnee), 2009
TWO-MILE RUN
9:15.06 … Marc Pelerin (Cherokee), 2002
55-METER HURDLES
7.23 … Sultan Tucker (Delsea), 1996
HIGH JUMP
7-2 … Mike Morrison (Willingboro), 2003
POLE VAULT
15-6 … Dan Batdorf (West Deptford), 2008
LONG JUMP
25-5½ … Carl Lewis (Willingboro), 1979
TRIPLE JUMP
49-1 … Khaliel Burnett (Delsea), 2018
SHOT PUT
70-8 … Braheme Days (Bridgeton), 2012
800-METER RELAY
1:26.90 … Camden, 2004
1,600-METER RELAY
3:15.78 … Camden, 2001
3,200-METER RELAY
7:45.55 … Pleasantville, 2013
DISTANCE MEDLEY
10:10.60 … Haddonfield, 2010

 

GIRLS
55-METER DASH
6.5h … Michelle Glover (Willingboro), 1980
6.91 … English Gardner (Eastern), 2010
200-METER DASH
24.38 … Krystal Cantey (Winslow), 2006
300-METER DASH
36.83 … Ivy Foster Haddon Heights, 1991
400-METER DASH
54.91 … Nijgia Snapp (Oakcrest), 2008
600-YARD RUN
1:31.67 … Tynesha Revels (Camden), 1993
800-METER RUN
2:15.06 … Sydney Coppolino (Sterling), 2017
1,000-YARD RUN
2:34.63 … Monica Olkowski (Cherokee), 1990
ONE-MILE RUN
4:43.1 … Michelle Rowen (Washington Twp.), 1983
TWO-MILE RUN
11:05.44 …  Ann Clocke, Bishop Eustace,  1996
60-YARD HURDLES
7.89 … Nia Ali (Pleasantville), 2006
HIGH JUMP
5-6 … Abby Campbell (Shawnee), 2002
5-6 … Patty Dudek (Bordentown), 2000
5-6 … Shatich Rivers (Moorestown), 1993
5-6 … Erin Halpin (Cherry Hill West), 1987
5-6 … Lindsey Walsh (Lenape), 2007
5-6 … Alicia Terrell (Timber Creek), 2013
5-6 … Tierra Hooker (Timber Creek), 2017
POLE VAULT
13-0 … Danielle O’Reilly (Shawnee), 2004
LONG JUMP
20-6¼ … Carol Lewis (Willingboro), 1980
TRIPLE JUMP
38-0½ … Shaya Wilkerson (Lenape), 2012
SHOT PUT
43-10¼ … Mercedes Hicks (Atlantic City), 2006
800-METER RELAY
1:40.77 … Moorestown, 2000
1,600-METER RELAY
3:49.07 … Camden, 1995
3,200-METER RELAY
9:11.37 … Lenape, 2012
DISTANCE MEDLEY
11:54.63 … Lenape, 2013

AND THE GIRLS ALL-TIME EASTERNS TOP-10 PERFORMANCE LIST!!!!!

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The girls Easterns started in 1980 in Boston before eventually merging with the boys meet at the Armory.
As promised … the all-time Easterns girls top-10! Some great names on here too!
For the boys list, click here!
GIRLS
55-METER DASH
6.5+ … Michelle Glover (Willingboro), 1980
6.84 … Myasia Jacobs (Paramus Catholic), 2011
6.91 … Lynne Layne (New Rochelle), 2006
6.91 … English Gardner (Eastern), 2010
6.93 … Brenesha Thompson (Medger Evers), 2015
6.94 … Halie Hazzard (St. Anthony, N.Y.), 2016
6.95 … Denise Mitchell (Edgewood), 1983
6.97 … Jenna Harris (Franklin), 2003
6.97 … Toshel Goffe (Paul Robeson, N.Y), 2018
6.98 … Virgil Hodge (Washington Irving, N.Y.), 2003
200-METER DASH
23.77 … Whitney Fountain (Chris. Columbus, N.Y.), 2009
24.00 … Sydney McLaughlin (Union Catholic), 2016
24.02 … Darius Symone (New Rochelle, N.Y.), 2014
24.19 … Tiandra Ponteen (Washington Irving, N.Y.), 2001
24.21 … Dominique Booker (Immaculate Conception), 2008
24.25 … Kyle Plante (Colonie, N.Y.), 2010
24.32 … Quashira McIntosh (Hope, R.I.)
24.34 … Toneisha Friday (Franklin Twp.), 2005
24.38 … Krystal Cantey (Winslow), 2006
24.38 … Raquel Vassell (East Orange), 2006
400-METER DASH
54.40 … Zola Golden (Arlington, N.Y.), 2014
54.87 … Neisha Bernard-Thomas (Tilden, N.Y.), 2000
54.91 … Nijgia Snapp (Oakcrest), 2008
54.98 … Tawana Watkins (Paterson Kennedy), 2002
55.14 … Okechi Ogbuokiri (Willingboro), 2003
55.23 … Dominique Blake (Harry S Truman, N.Y.), 2004
55.25 … Elizabeth Mott (New Rochelle, N.Y.), 2008
55.27 … Paris Peoples (Cardozo), 2016
55.32 … Amber Allen (Passaic County Vo-Tech), 2008
55.42 … Jennifer Edobi (Union), 2014
800-METER RUN
2:09.27 … Janine Davis (Queen of Peace), 2005
2:09.94 … Brittany Sheffey (Bellport, N.Y.), 2005
2:10.61 … Olicia Williams (St. Anthony’s, N.Y.), 2011
2:11.16 … Alaine Tate (Bayside, N.Y.), 2010
2:11.26 … Brianna Welch (North Shore, N.Y.), 2007
2:11.35 … Ellen Dougherty (Riverhead, N.Y.), 2004
2:11.37 … Kristin Reese (Carmel, N.Y.), 2008
2:11.80 … Kameron McIntosh (Suffern, N.Y.), 2013
2:11.85 … Jessica Gelibert (Bay Shore, N.Y.), 2012
2:11.86 … Erica Johnson (Bayview Academy, N.Y.), 2013
ONE-MILE RUN
4:43.1+ … Michelle Rowen (Washington Twp.), 1983
4:45.09 … Ceci Hopp (Greenwich, Ct.), 1981
4:50.11 … Maddy Berkson (Classical, R.I.), 2014
4:52.31 … Eileen Ellig (Rutland, Vt.), 1985
4:52.36 … Shola Lynch (Hunter, N.Y.), 1986
4:52.37 … Patty Weigand (Conestoga, N.Y.), 1986
4:52.55 … Nnena Lynch (Hunter, N.Y.), 1987
4:53.36 … Lisa Welch (Peabody, Mass.), 1981
4:54.73 … Erin Donohue (Haddonfield), 2001
4:55.96 … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017
TWO-MILE RUN
10:22.29 … Leslie Welch (Peabody, Mass.), 1981
10:28.20 … Aisling Cuffe (Cornwall, N.Y.), 2010
10:32.73 … Katie McCafferty (Oak Knoll School), 2008
10:34.26 … Christine Crowley (Wellesley, Mass.), 1986
10:35.66 … Anne Letko (North Hunterdon), 1986
10:36.63 … Bella Burda (Arlington, N.Y.), 2014
10:38.0+ … Cathy Feeney (Wayne Valley), 1990
10:40.01 … Jodie Bilotta (North Hunterdon), 1987
10:40.6+ … Molly Murray (Plymouth Whitemarsh), 1981
10:40.8+ … Patti Mileski (Ridgewood), 1983
60-YARD HURDLES
7.66 … Sydney McLaughlin (Union Catholic), 2015
7.71 … Charmaine Walker (Plainfield), 1997
7.76 … Lindsay Rowe (Benjamin Cardoza, N.Y.), 2007
7.82 … Dawn Bowles (Neptune), 1988
7.88 … Alyssa Sandy (Paul Robeson, N.Y.), 2016
7.89 … Nia Ali (Pleasantville), 2006
7.89 … Ste’cye McNeil (Winslow), 2012
7.91 … Lindsay Rowe (Benjamin Cardoza, N.Y.), 2007
7.92 … Shenea Dawkins (New Rochelle), 2002
7.93 … Allison Williams (Brentwood, N.Y.), 1989
7.93 … Wendy Vereen (Trenton), 1983
HIGH JUMP
5-11 … Emily Kianka (Hopewell Valley), 2010
5-10 … Deb Vento (Freehold Boro), 2003
5-10 … Lacey Shuman (Maryvale Prep), 2010
5-9 … Tatiana Smolin (Randolph), 1985
5-9 … Shauna Byfield (Manhasset, N.Y.), 2000
5-8 … Tish Edwards (Mater Dei), 1980
5-8 … Shelley Mitchell (Lakewood), 1988
5-8 … Tammy Peeples (Weston, Mass.), 1991
5-8 … Stacy Grant (South Shore, N.Y.), 1995
5-8 … Kathy Kilar (North Edison), 1996
5-8 … Michelle June (Meade, Md.), 1997
5-8 … Jessica Taibe (Hunterdon Central), 2000
5-8 … Lauren Biscardi (Shoreham Wading, N.Y.)
5-8 … Carin Knight (New Rochelle, N.Y.)
5-8 … Lataya Dixon (J.P. Stevens), 2007
5-8 … Sarah Palmer (Schuylerville), 2010
5-8 … Kyaira Wright-Harmon (Franklin), 2012
5-8 … Noel Jancewicz (Robbinsville), 2012
5-8 … Megan McCloskey (Germantown Academy), 2013
5-8 … Kate Gulbrandsen (Lawrenceville), 2014
5-8 … My Khiyah Williams (Banneker, N.Y.), 2017
5-8 … Jenna Rogers (Rutherford), 2018
POLE VAULT
13-0 ¾ … Abby Norwillo (Pittston Area, Pa.), 2018
13-0 … Danielle O’Reilly (Shawnee), 2004
13-0 … Megan Clark (Jamesville DeWitt, N.Y.), 2011
12-6 … Michelle Rubinitti (No. Valley-Demarest), 2016
12-6 … Kaeli Thompson (Warwick Valley, N.Y.), 2018
12-6 … Francesca Porambo (Bernards), 2018
12-0 … Lindsay Rosales (Washingtonville, N.Y.), 2003
12-0 … Jessica Kloss (Moorestown), 2004
12-0 … Julianne Toto (Middletown South), 2005
12-0 … Stephanie Duffy (Washingtonville, N.Y.), 2007
12-0 … Michelle Quimby (Shenendehowa, N.Y.), 2009
12-0 … Nicole Pompei (Hanover Park), 2009
12-0 … Kayula Polcai (Ridgewood), 2010
12-0 … Chelsea Hartigan (Ramapo), 2010
12-0 … Catherine Shih (Bernards), 2010
12-0 … Kayla Polcai (Ridgewood), 2011
12-0 … Dana Schweiger (Toms River North), 2011
12-0 … Carissa Leonard (Lakeland-Panus, N.Y.), 2011
12-0 … Chelsea Vaughan (Southern Regional), 2012
12-0 … Jenna Calandro (Newtown, N.Y.), 2014
12-0 … Nicole Macco (Matawan), 2014
12-0 … Tedi Demaria (Bethlehem Central, Pa.), 2016
12-0 … Julia Dannenbaum (Pingry), 2016
12-0 … Caroline Danndnbaum (Pingry), 2018
12-0 … Victoria Atkinson (Scranton, Pa.), 2018
12-0 … Melissa Purcell (Pascack Valley), 2018
12-0 … Kristin Lubeskie (Monroe-Woodbury, N.Y.), 2018
LONG JUMP
20-8 … Keturah Orji (Mount Olive), 2014
20-7 ¾ … Sydney McLaughlin (Union Catholic), 2017
20-6 ¼ … Carol Lewis (Willingboro), 1980
19-11 ½ … Noelle Graham (Taft, N.Y.), 1998
19-8 ¼ … Tionna Tobias (Winslow Twp.), 2018
19-8 … Cidae’a Woods (Winslow Twp.), 2013
19-7 ¾ … Adja Sackor (Worcester Tech., Mass.), 2016
19-7 ½ … Keyon Soley (Uniondale, N.Y.), 1998
19-7 ½ … Lynn Layne (New Rochelle, N.Y.), 2006
19-5 ½ … Claire Connor (Rahway), 1984
19-5 ½ … Jennifer Clayton (Suffern, N.Y.), 2009
TRIPLE JUMP
43-11 ½ … Keturah Orji (Mount Olive), 2014
40-11 … Stephanie McIntyre (South Brunswick), 2007
40-8 ½ … Gabriela Baiter (Elwood-John Glenn, N.Y.), 2007
40-6 … Carlene Cummings (Englewood), 1998
39-9 ¼ … Kirsten Fields (Mount Vernon, N.Y.), 2005
39-9 … Bryanna Grant (Cranford), 2012
39-7 ¾ … Adefunke Sonaike (Montgomery), 2012
39-7 ¼ … Iana Amsterdam (Essex County Vo-Tech), 2011
39-6 ¾ … Ebony Young (Hillsborough), 2009
39-5 … Shenae Dawkins (New Rochelle), 2002
SHOT PUT
57-5 ½ … Alyssa Wilson (Donovan Catholic), 2017
51-8 … Nickolette Dunbar (Whippany Park), 2016
50-2 … Shelby Bigsby (Montclair), 2018
49-10 … Jessica Molina (Westwood), 2016
47-8 ½ … Danielle Notarfrancesco (Jackson Liberty), 2016
47-4 ¾ … Vanessa Stewart (North Babylon, N.Y.), 2010
46-9 … Jackie Hudgins (Hightstown), 2001
46-6 … Theresa Picciallo (Immaculate Heart), 2011
46-1 ½ … Amarys Berry (Hackensack), 2016
45-11 ¼ … Nicole Sims (Plainfield), 1991
800-METER RELAY
1:38.40 … Paul Robeson, N.Y., 2016
1:39.27 … Middle College/Medger Evers, N.Y., 2011
1:39.29 … Union Catholic, 2016
1:39.41 … Uniondale, N.Y., 2007
1:39.59 … Uniondale, N.Y., 2007
1:39.75 … Winslow Twp., 2018
1:39.86 … Paul Robeson, N.Y., 2001
1:39.94 … Hempstead, N.Y., 2007
1:40.22 … Medgar Evers, 2015
1:40.37 … Washington Irving, N.Y., 2001
1,600-METER RELAY
3:46.80 … Columbia, 2013
3:47.03 … Union Catholic, 2015
3:48.7+ … Plainfield, 1980
3:49.07 … Camden, 1995
3:49.19 … Boys and Girls, 2007
3:49.27 … Willingboro, 2003
3:49.74 … Plainfield, 1981
3:50.55 … Snyder, 1981
3:51.30 … Tilden, N.Y., 1987
3:52.31 … Simon Gratz, Pa., 1998
3,200-METER RELAY
9:05.40 … Columbia, 2014
9:06.94 … Pope John XXIII, 2007
9:11.22 … Upper Perkiomen, Pa., 1982
9:11.37 … Lenape, 2012
9:11.94 … Lenape, 2008
9:12.67 … Bay Shore, N.Y., 1996
9:13.0+ … Notre Dame, N.Y., 1987
9:13.30 … Southern Regional, 2009
9:13.82 … Freehold Township, 2013
9:13.96 … Boys and Girls, N.Y., 2001
DISTANCE MEDLEY
11:48.61 … Southern Regional, 2009
11:49.59 … Warwick Valley, N.Y., 2008
11:49.62 … Southern Regional, 2007
11:50.86 … Boys and Girls, Brooklyn, N.Y., 2002
11:51.54 … Red Bank Regional, 2002
11:51.28 … Shenendehowa, N.Y., 2009
11:52.9+ … Red Bank Regional, 2003
11:53.54 … Bernards, 1983
11:54.63 … Lenape, 2013
11:55.32 … Red Bank Catholic, 2012
+ – hand-timed

 

IT’S THE ALL-TIME EASTERNS BOYS PERFORMANCE LIST!!!!!

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Here’s the all-time Easterns top-10 performance list, with marks going back to 1975. That’s 44 years ago!
There’s some great names on this list! As always, please leave a comment in the comment section if there are any errors or omissions and I will correct it.
I didn’t include events that are no longer run — the 300, 600, 1,000, sprint medley and mile walk — but if anybody is interested in seeing any of those just leave a message!
Enjoy the meet tonight! For the girls list, click here!
BOYS
55-METER DASH
6.26 … Mario Heslop (Franklin Twp.), 2018
6.29 … Terrell Wilks (Hames Hillhouse, N.Y.0, 2007
6.31 … Luis Morales (Oxon Hill, Md.), 1982
6.31 … Dennis Mitchell (Edgewood), 1983
6.31 … Reginald Dixon (Plainfield), 2007
6.31 … Jermaine Brown (Medger Evers, N.Y.), 2009
6.32 … Maxwell Booker (Essex Catholic), 2001
6.34 … Darren Walker (Meade, Md.), 1980
6.34 … Barney Borromeo (Nashua, Md.), 1986
6.34 … Jamar Ervin (Camden), 2001
200-METER DASH
21.09 … Mario Heslop (Franklin Twp.), 2018
21.31 … Michael Blake (Mt. Vernon, N.Y.), 2011
21.34 … Adian Sanderson (Ewing), 2004
21.37 … Rai Benjamin (Mount Vernon, N.Y.), 2015
21.37 … Taylor McLaughlin (Union Catholic), 2015
21.50 … Mike Abelard (Ramapo, N.Y.), 2008
21.53 … Darrell Bush (Woodbury), 2012
21.61 … Terrell Wilks (Hillhouse, N.Y.), 2007
21.62 … Todd Dutch (Washington Twp.), 2002
21.63 … Brian Bucknor (St. Benedict’s), 2008
400-METER DASH 
47.13 … Zyaire Clemes (Trenton), 2014
47.20 … Lance Wigfall (East Orange Campus), 2003
47.30 … Taylor McLaughlin (Union Catholic), 2014
47.31 … Rai Benjamin (Mt. Vernon, N.Y.), 2014
47.45 … Ray Williams (Scotch Plains), 2002
47.54 … Najee Glass (St. Peter’s-Jersey City), 2011
47.69 … Kedar Inico (Campus Magnet, N.Y.), 2001
47.71 … Melville Rogers (Transit Tech, N.Y.), 2002
47.75 … Shaquan Brown (JFK Paterson), 2005
47.76 … Adian Sanderson (Ewing), 2004
800-METER RUN
1:51.98 … Paul Joyce (Clarkstown South, N.Y.), 2000
1:52.11 … Edward Cheserek (St. Benedict’s), 2013
1:52.12 … Gabriel McLaren (Freeport, N.Y.), 2003
1:52.47 … Brian Scotland (St. Benedict’s), 2005
1:52.65 … Sean Tully (Syosset, N.Y.), 2005
1:52.76 … Jason Apwah (Roxbury), 2007
1:52.86 … Greg Gomez (Franklin), 2004
1:53.22 … Ken Sinkovitz (Bergen Catholic), 2003
1:53.27 … James Buser (Mahwah), 2014
1:53.44 … Justin Romaniuk (Suffern, N.Y.), 2000
ONE-MILE RUN
4:11.6+ … Blair Mancini (North Penn, Pa.), 1981
4:11.8+ … Brian Pettinghill (Chevarus, Portland, Maine), 1981
4:12.31 … Robby Andrews (Manalapan), 2009
4:13.2+ … John Tuttle (Alfred-Almond, N.Y.), 1977
4:13.71 … John Trautman (Monroe-Woodbury, N.Y.), 1986
4:13.8+ … Dan Predmore (Fairport, N.Y.), 1976
4:13.8+… Bill Ledder (Bishop O’Connell, Va.), 1976
4:13.8+ … Tom Camien (Sewanhaka, N.Y.), 1977
4:13.9+ … Jim Tyler (Norwood, N.Y.), 1981
4:14.13 … Chip Marsala (New Dorp, N.Y.), 1983
TWO-MILE RUN
8:54.82 … Edward Cheserek (St. Benedict’s), 2012
9:01.1+ … Alberto Salazar (Wayland, Mass.), 1976
9:02.40 … Edward Cheserek (St. Benedict’s), 2011
9:03.65 … Brian Dalpiaz (Sayville, N.Y.), 2002
9:04.17 … Charles Alexander (St. Christopher, N.Y.), 1982
9:07.85 … Steve Murdock (Shenendehowa, N.Y.), 2007
9:07.87 … Kris Hardt (Whitman, Md.), 1984
9:08.32 … Jim Rosa (West Windsor-Plainsboro, North)
9:09.0+ … Steve Ferri (O’Connell, Va.), 1977
9:09.1+ … Chris Hallinan (Bernards), 1976
55-METER HURDLES
7.17 … Rodney Wilson (Bartrum, Pa.), 1979
7.23 … Sultan Tucker (Delsea), 1996
7.27 … Patrick Mann (Gar-Field, Va.), 1984
7.28 … Calvin Holmes (Denbeigh, Va.), 1984
7.29 … Anthony Acklin (Triton), 2001
7.29 … Nate Harley (Pleasantville), 1996
7.29 … Will Brown (Palmyra), 2006
7.30 … James Purvis (Brentwood, N.Y.), 1984
7.31 … Danyne Brown (Camden), 1999
7.32 … Dwayne Allen (Harrisburg, Pa.), 1980
HIGH JUMP
7-3 … Greg Gonsalves (Falmouth, Mass.), 1981
7-2 ¼ … Milt Goode (Monmouth), 1979
7-2 … Eric Taylor-Perry (Montclair), 1990
7-2 … Mike Morrison (Willingboro), 2003
7-1 ½ … Tim Walker (Rogers, R.I.), 1975
7-0 … Rudy Reavis (New Rochelle, N.Y.), 1975
7-0 … Desmond DaCosta (Overbrook, Pa.), 1980
7-0 … Eldred Williams (Music-Art, N.Y.), 1981
7-0 … Terrence Ferguson (Cherry Hill West), 1987
7-0 … Tommy Thompson (St. John Baptist), 1993
7-0 … Adam Bergo (Westfield), 2008
POLE VAULT
16-6 … Jordan Yamoah (Arlington, N.Y.), 2011
16-3 ¼ .. Adam Sarafian (Ocean Twp.), 2004
15-10 … Bill Hartley (Southern Ocean), 1976
15-6 … Vince Reilly (St. Joseph-Metuchen), 1977
15-6 … Don Heyburn (Cranford), 1980
15-6 … Eric Richard (Bridgewater East), 1981
15-6 … Chris Lockett (Woodbridge, Va.), 1986
15-6 … Gavin McMahon (Fordham Prep, N.Y.), 2003
15-6 … Brian Duggan (Monsignor Farrell, N.Y.), 2005
15-6 … Casey DeCesare (Irvington, N.Y.), 2005
15-6 … Dan Batdorf (West Deptford), 2008
15-6 … Darwin Gibbons (Caravel Academy, Del.), 2009
15-6 … Greg Gallagher (Iona Prep, N.Y.), 2012
15-6 … Craig Hunter (Robbinsville), 2013
15-6 … Matt Fay (Iona Prep), 2015
15-6 … Chris Rough (Westhill, Ct.), 2015
15-6 … Derek Dibona (Warwick Valley), 2015
15-6 … Ryan Herrera-Murphy (Iona Prep), 2015
15-6 … Nick Marino (Hatboro Horsham), 2017
15-6 … Colin Duignan (Fordham Prep, N.Y.), 2017
15-6 … Charles Crispi (Monsignor Farrell, N.Y.), 2018
LONG JUMP
26-0 ¾ … Dion Bentley (Penn Hills, Pa.), 1989
25-7 ¾ … Marvin Ford (Uniondale, N.Y.), 1993
25-5 ½ … Carl Lewis (Willingboro), 1979
25-3 ¾ … Eric Metcalf (O’Connell, Va.), 1985
24-10 ½ … Ron Dickerson (State College, Pa.), 1989
24-6 ¾ … Gerard Reynolds (Willingboro), 1990
24-2 … Jason Grimes (Overbrook, Pa.), 1977
24-1 ½ … Boris Goins (Cardozo, Wash., D.C.), 1985
24-0 ¼ … Isaac Samuels (Kennedy), 1983
24-0 ¼ … Justest Nance (Blair Academt), 2016
TRIPLE JUMP
51-6 … Ronel Forde (Shaker, N.Y.), 2016
49-9 … Gary Jones (Webster Schroeder, N.Y.), 2006
49-6 ½ … Craig Halyard (Ridgewood), 1989
49-6 ½ … Eric Bethea (Piscataway), 2015
49-5 ¼ … Dodley Thermitus (Elizabeth), 2017
49-1 ¼ … Erik Clinton (Hope, R.I.), 1993
49-1 … Khaliel Burnett (Delsea), 2018
48-9 ½ … Sanya Owolabi (Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.), 1977
48-9 ¼ … Steve Crouse (Colonie, N.Y.), 2008
48-6 ¾ .. Shawn Tittley (Seneca Valley, N.Y.), 1983
SHOT PUT
71-3 ¼ … Nick Vena (Morristown), 2011
70-8 … Braheme Days (Bridgeton), 2012
66-2 … Glenn DiGiorgio (Bayonne), 2002
64-8 … Steve Adams (St. Joseph-Montville), 1970
64-7 ¾ … Dan Krueger (Bayside, Va.), 1978
64-5 ¼ … Bruce Heide (Dayton), 1975
64-2 ½ … Jim Gilligan (Toms River East), 1984
64-1 ½ … Kevin DiGiorgio (Bayonne), 1997
63-10 ½ … Jordan West (Rahwah), 2017
63-6 ½ … Aaron Echternacht (Hopewell Valley), 1991
800-METER RELAY
1:26.90 … Camden, 2004
1:28.05 … Campus Magnet, N.Y., 2001
1:28.18 … Vineland, 2004
1:28.35 … Trenton. 2008
1:28.35 … Union Catholic. 2008
1:28.46 … Lenape, 2000
1:28.82 … Camden, 2002
1:28.77 … Lawrenceville School, N.J., 2011
1:28.77 … Mt. Vernon, N.Y., 2011
1:28.85 … West Orange, 2012
1,600-METER RELAY
3:15.78 … Camden, 2001
3:16.5? … Vineland, 2003
3:17.0? … Trenton, 2003
3:18.90 … Pleasantville, 2007
3:19.0+ … Boys and Girls, N.Y., 1977
3:19.1+ … Asbury Park, 1978
3:19.2+ … Fairmont Heights, Md., 1979
3:19.3+ … Chester, Pa., 1981
3:19.3? … Winslow, 2003
3:19.36 … Seton Hall Prep, 2005
3:19.5+ … Ben Franklin, Pa., 1976
3:19.51 … New Rochelle, N.Y., 1984
3:19.61 … Camden, 2002
3,200-METER RELAY
7:45.55 … Pleasantville, N.J., 2013
7:47.00 … Pope John XXIII, 2012
7:47.81 … Morris Catholic, 2009
7:47.84 … Cherokee, 2012
7:48.26 … Northport, N.Y. 2018
7:48.6+ … Roselle Catholic, 1970
7:49.4+ … Maria Regina, N.Y., 1975
7:49.89 … South Brunswick, 2014
7:49.96 … Old Bridge, 2017
7:50.68 … Warwick Valley, N.Y., 2012
DISTANCE MEDLEY
10:07.21 … West Windsor-Plainsboro North, 2009
10:10.23. … Fordham Prep, N.Y., 2016
10:10.60 … Haddonfield, 2010
10:10.70 … St. Benedict’s, 2012
10:11.5+ … T.C. Williams, Va., 1979
10:12.1+ … Archbishop Ryan, Pa., 1976
10:13.0+ … Paramus Catholic, 1977
10:13.60 … West Windsor-Plainsboro South, 2013
10:14.02 … Chaminade, N.Y.
10:14.31 … Haddonfield, 2016
KEY
+ – hand-timed
? – unknown timing irregularity

 

Lindsey Michie wins state pole vault title to become Northern Burlington’s first indoor state champion!!!!!

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step0001-2For the first time in the program’s history, a Northern Burlington girl has won an indoor state title.

Senior Lindsey Michie PR’d with an 11-6 clearance Saturday to win the state Group 3 title at the Bennett Center in Toms River.

Her previous PR was 11-2 at the same facility. Coming into the season, she had an outdoor PR of 11-0 and an indoor PR of 10-6.

Michie’s mark equals No. 4 in South Jersey history indoors and matches the best by a Burlington County girl since 2004, when Shawnee’s Danielle O’Reilly set what was then a national indoor record of 13-5 at the Armory and Moorestown’s Jessica Kloss cleared 12-0.

ALL-TIME S.J. INDOOR POLE VAULT LIST
13-5 … Danielle O’Reilly [Shawnee], 2004
12-7 … Ashley Preston [Delsea], 2018
12-0 … Jessica Kloss [Moorestown], 2004
11-6 … Melissa Gale [Millville], 2005
11-6 … Brittney Raffo [Seneca], 2017
11-6 … Lindsey Michie [Northern Burlington], 2019
11-1 … Kaitlyn Derman [Millville], 2014
11-0 1/4 … Jennifer Scott [Haddonfield], 2019
11-0 … Kristin Weigel [Pennsville], 2009
11-0 … Allyson Brooks [Moorestown], 2008
11-0 … Lori Stratton [Sterling], 2017
11-0 … Alexandra Elder [Moorestown], 2012

The 11-6 makes Michie No. 6 in the state this year and she’s tied for No. 3 seed at next weekend’s Meet of Champions. For the full list of seeds, click here.

Michie is Northern’s first indoor state champion ever, although the Greyhounds have had several outdoor state champs, most recently triple jumpers Ariel Woodard-Stephens in 2008 and Ashley Edwards in 2015.

Others include Camille Williams in the 400 (1989), Neko Moore in the long jump (1993), Colleen Sunderland in the 3,200 (1994, 1995), and Erica Davis in the discus (2003).

Absegami grad Mariah Hubbard soars to triple jump PR and MAAC title as Monmouth wins 6th straight championship!

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Mariah Hubbard, an Absegami graduate now a junior at Monmouth, won the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference triple jump title Sunday after three straight second-place finishes!

Hubbard jumped a personal-best 39-9 3/4 to win her second conference title by more than a foot over teammate Patrice Baston, who jumped 38-7 3/4. Boston also won the long jump and was named Field Event Athlete of the Meet.

In all, the Galloway Township native recorded three personal-bests in the meet at Ocean Breeze in Staten Island, N.Y., helping Monmouth win its sixth consecutive women’s title.

Hubbard hit the winning leap on her first attempt, but she also had a 39-8 and a 39-3 1/2 in her series, so she had the three-best jumps of the entire competition. Her fourth-best jump matched Baston’s 38-7 3/4, which was her only legal jump of the competition.

The 39-9 3/4 broke Hubbard’s previous indoor PR of 39-4, which she set two years ago as a freshman at the same meet. She’s No. 2 in Monmouth history behind Ashley McKinnon, who jumped 40-4 3/4 last year.

Hubbard won the MAAC triple jump title indoors as a freshman in 2017 and then placed second outdoors as a freshman and second both indoors and outdoors as a sophomore before reclaiming the title on Sunday.

Hubbard also placed third in the long jump with an 18-4 1/2 effort and took sixth in the high hurdles with a personal-best 9.01 in the final.

At Absegami, Hubbard was a state champ and Meet of Champions medalist in the triple jump and sectional champ in the high jump.

Monmouth outscored second-place Rider 187 1/2-133, with Manhattan third (117 1/2).

Acceptances announced for 85th annual Eastern States Championships at the Armory!!!!

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The Easterns meet that we now know traces its lineage to the old AAU national high school championships first held at the old Madison Square Garden at 50th Street and 8th Avenue back in 1934.

That meet remained at the Garden until 1965, when it moved to the old 168th Street Armory in Washington Heights. It stayed there until 1972, run first by the New York Catholic High School Athletic Association and later by the Staten Island Coaches Association.

In 1973, a conflict of dates caused the meet to be cancelled and that placed the future of the meet in peril.

But the New Jersey Catholic Track Conference stepped in and took over, moving the meet to Princeton University‘s Jadwin Gym. The Easterns, as the meet was now known, soon became the most competitive indoor high school track meet in the nation.

In 1980, the girls Easterns debuted in Boston and continued there until 1996, when it merged with the boys meet. Now under the jurisdiction of the Bergen County Track Coaches Association, it was held for one more year at Princeton before moving back into the newly refurbished 168th Street Armory in 1998.

The meet has remained at the Armory for two decades now and on Tuesday enjoys its 85th running.

I’ll be posting all-time top-10 performance lists tomorrow, but click here for the final approved 2019 Easterns entries!