Over the next 48 hours, we’ll take a look at every South Jersey team that won a sectional title. We start with Cinnaminson boys.
The Cinnaminson boys’ first sectional title in 14 years was a true team effort.
Cinnaminson scored six or more points in a remarkable nine events on its way to 86 total points and a 24-point victory over Willingboro.
The sectional title was Cinnaminson’s fourth but first since 2003, when the Pirates outscored Haddonfield 89-82 for the win at Buena.
The Pirates also won in 1990 and 1992, all in South Jersey Group 2. Since 1985, only Pleasantville (seven) and Bridgeton (six) have won more SJ-2 team titles than Cinnaminson.
Cinnaminson got off to a strong early start with 24 points in the shot put, thanks to a sweep by Kamron Kobolak, Mateus Medeiros and Frank Stepnowski.
The Pirates’ only other win came in the 3,200-meter relay, won by the team of Max Adams, Justin Arnold and Michael and Tommy Ungvarsky – a soph, two juniors and a senior.
But Cinnaminson got second-place finishes from Steven Liu in the triple jump (43-7 3/4), Patrick Bearint in the high jump (6-4) and Ungvarsky in the 3,200 (9:40.02) and thirds from Ungvarsky in the 1,600 (4:23.16), Stepnowski in both the discus (141-6) and javelin (163-1) and James Wood in the pole vault (12-6).
The Pirates also got a fifth and sixth from Justin Arnold and Austin Gabay in the 3,200 (9:50.17, 9:51.01) and a sixth from Christian Neuman in the pole vault (12-6).
Rowan junior Anthony Salemo ran a personal-best and school-record 51.06 to win the 400-meter hurdles Saturday at the NCAA Division 3 national championships in Geneva, Ohio.
Salemo, a graduate of Ramsey High School, became the 26th national champion in the history of the Glassboro State / Rowan men’s track program but the first individual champion in 19 years.
Rowan won the 1,600-meter relay at NCAA Division 3 nationals in 2011 at Ohio Wesleyan in Delaware, Ohio, and 2012 at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in Claremont, Calif., but the Profs’ last NCAA individual champions were Rich Dixon in the 400 and Ed Colleton in the javelin in 1998 at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn.
Dixon, who graduated from Dover High in Delaware, is now a sergeant in the Evesham Township police department. He was a two-sport star at what was then Glassboro State, starring for both Dan Gilmore’s soccer team and Bill Fritz’s track team. Colleton was a graduate of Matawan High.
Salemo entered the meet as the No. 1 seed with a PR of 51.33 that he set at a last-chance meet in Oneonta, N.Y., last week.
Salemo broke the Rowan school record of 51.25 set in 2012 by Absegami graduate Demetrius Rooks.
In Thursday’s trials, Salemo ran 52.22 to earn the No. 1 seed and lane 5 in Saturday’s final at the SPIRE Institute.
He ran away from the field in the final, finishing nearly a second ahead of second-place Peter Girardi of St. John Fisher, who ran 52.00.
Salemo is Rowan’s third NCAA Division 3 champion in the intermediates, following Stanley Moore from Overbook High, who ran 52.39 in 1983 (and also won the 110 highs that year), and William Cruz from Penns Grove, who ran 51.67 in 1997.
Only five runners have had a faster winning time at NCAA Division 3 nationals. Overall, Salemo’s time is 13th-fastest in meet history, and he is the 10th-fastest performer in meet history.
49.59 … Edwin Moses [Morehouse], 1977 [1st]
50.09 … Derek Toshner [Wisconsin La Crosse], 2004 [1st]
50.36 … Luke Campbell [Salisbury], 2014 [1st]
50.52 …….. Campbell, 2016 [1st]
50.57 …….. Campbell, 2015 [1st]
50.86 … David Voland [Augustana], 2015 [2nd]
50.88 … Peter Girardi [St. John Fisher], 2016 [2nd]
50.88 …….. Poland, 2014 [2nd]
50.92 … Alex Gill [Anderson], 2004 [2nd]
51.00 … Kevin Cunningham [McMurray], 2011 [1st]
51.00 … David Jackson [Cal State Stanislaus], 1980 [1st]
51.03 … Tyler Mettille [Mount Union], 2014 [3rd]
51.06 … Anthony Salemo [Rowan], 2017 [1st]
51.13 …….. Cunningham, 2012
Rowan finished seventh in team scoring with 23 points, its highest finish since the 1998 team placed fifth with 35 points.
Martin Booker Jr. took a massive chunk out of his 200 PR on Saturday, ripping up the Bernards High School track in 21.39 — No. 4 in South Jersey history and fastest in seven years.
Booker broke the Central Jersey Group 3 meet record of 21.4, set hand-timed by Clark Waddell of Franklin Township in 1983.
His previous PR was 21.72, when he was second at last year’s Meet of Champions.
Booker led four sprinters under 22 seconds. Tyson Cousar of Ewing, Marvin Morgan of Neptune and Brandon Outlaw of Moorestown were next across the line in 21.70, 21.75 and 21.89.
Booker avenged a rare loss at 100 meters on Friday, when Morgan ran 10.62 and Booker was second in 10.76 – which is a PR.
One note about the all-time South Jersey 200-meter list: At the South Jersey Group 4 race in 2012, the first three runners across the line ran times that none of them had ever approached and none approached again. It’s clear there was some sort of timing irregularity with that race, so in the all-time list we’ve included the fastest legal times where applicable for those three runners, and they are listed in a separate list with questionable timing.
That said, here’s the updated all-time South Jersey list, with Booker the fastest by a South Jersey sprinter since T.J. Johnson of Egg Harbor Township ran 21.30 in 2010.
21.06 … Dennis Mitchell (Edgewood), 1984
21.14 … Reuben McCoy (Winslow Twp.), 2004
21.30 … T.J. Johnson (Egg Harbor Twp.), 2010
21.39 … Martin Booker Jr. (Pennsauken), 2017
21.40 … Rob Gary (Lenape), 1998
21.40 … Todd Dutch (Washington Twp.), 2001
21.40 … Jamaad Muse (Timber Creek), 2012
21.41 … Dorian Bryant (Kingsway), 2002
21.43 … Barry Cephas (Winslow Twp.), 2008
21.46 … Brondon Jenkins (Delran), 1994
21.46 … Sabli Gonnet (Eastern), 2007
21.47 … Curtis McIntyre (Bridgeton), 1992
21.51 … Reuben McCoy (Winslow Twp.), 2004
21.52 … Fabian Santiago (Oakcrest), 2012
21.53 … Robert Hargrove (Vineland), 1996
21.53 … A.J. Bunton (West Deptford), 2006
21.53 … Jonathan Taylor (Salem), 2017
21.54 … Derek Ward (Kingsway), 1992
21.55 … Anthony Maturano (Hammonton), 2015
21.56 … Ron Hillian (Eastern), 2002
21.56 … Bruce Owens (Deptford), 2005
21.56 … Darrell Bush (Woodbury), 2011
21.57 … Mar-Quel Davis (Deptford), 2017
21.58 … Antray Miles (Winslow Twp.), 2003
21.59 … John Stone (Mainland Reg.), 1997
21.60 … Juwan Johnson (Glassboro), 2013
Race with Questionable Timing
21.00q … Fabian Santiago (Oakcrest), 2012
21.24q … Jamaad Muse (Timber Creek), 2012
21.38q … Reginald Morton (Oakcrest), 2012
Camden senior Lenaami Morton won the South Jersey Group 2 100-meter hurdles final Saturday with a season-best 14.15, fastest by any South Jersey hurdler this year.
Morton, the indoor Meet of Champions winner in the 55 hurdles, has run faster once but never in a final. She ran 14.08 in last year’s Meet of Champions prelims.
Morton is No. 11 in South Jersey history with that 14.08, but considering she ran solo on Saturday and will be pushed later in the season, it’s realistic for her to make a run at becoming the eighth sub-14 hurdler in South Jersey history.
Morton ran only 8-100ths off the meet record of 14.07 set in 2006 by Pleasantville’s Nia Ali, the two-time world indoor champion and Olympic silver medalist.
All-Time South Jersey 100-Meter Hurdles List
13.65 … Nia Ali (Pleasantville), 2006
13.72 … Nichole Hill (Oakcrest), 1997
13.79 … Ste’yce McNeil (Winslow), 2012
13.85 … Carol Lewis (Willingboro), 1980
13.88 … Zonya Cross (Edgewood), 1983
13.98 … Cidae’a Woods (Winslow), 2014
13.99 … Imani Gilliam (Pennsauken), 2004
14.04 … Jasmine Staten (Lenape), 2016
14.05 … Jasmine Waddell (Kingsway), 2011
14.07 … Sherese Price (Pleasantville), 1998
14.08 … Lenaami Morton (Camden), 2016
14.09 … Nichole Belcher (Wilson), 1992
14.17 … Krystal Cantey (Winslow Twp.), 2006
14.17 … Samantha Sharper (Wilson), 2008
14.20 … Alethia Jenkins (Pennsauken), 1999
Sophomore Te’seanna Harris placed second Saturday for Camden in 15.35, whose previous PR according to the Milesplit data base was 17.18 at the Camden County meet. That’s quite an improvement for Harris!
On Friday, we wrote about Eastern freshman Jewel Ash, who won the South Jersey Group 4 400-meter dash in 56.23.
What we didn’t have a chance to mention was the rest of the race, which was ridiculously fast in every spot.
Ash didn’t break the meet record — that belongs to Oakcrest’s Nijgia Snapp, who ran 54.9 hand-timed in 2009.
But the next nine runners across the line ran the fastest time for place in the history of the South Jersey Group 4 girls 400-meter dash!
So this race had the fastest second-place time ever, the fastest third-place time ever … all the way down to 10th place!
Let’s take a look at Friday’s race and the previous fastest times by place (keep in mind that Nance, Hickson and Allen all ran their times out of an “unseeded” heat, the sixth of seven 400 sections):
2017 Race Fastest Ever By Place
1) Jewel Ash [Eastern], 56.23 Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], 54.9, 2009
2) Nylah Perry [Cherry Hill East], 56.48 Chelsea Cox [Southern], 56.59, 2010
3) Shelby Whetstone [Lenape], 56.62 Carrie Vuong [C.H. East], 57.70, 2010
4) Shannon Lambert [Lenape] 56.87 Thalia Cooper [Kingsway], 57.98, 2014
5) Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley] 57.14 Latasha Taylor [Willingboro], 57.8, 1997
6) Sydney Nance [Rancocas Valley] 57.99 Saudia Saleem [Edgewood], 58.3, 1999
7) Ajax Alvarez, Ajae [Egg Harbor] 58.11 Melanie Edwards [Eastern], 58.80, 2014
8) Brianna King [Cherokee] 58.33 Michelle Simmons [Southern], 59.20, 2012
9) Kami Joi Hickson [Wash. Twp.] 58.63 Mikaela Hammel [Southern], 59.25, 2012
10) Danielle Allen [Cherry Hill East] 59.24 Carly Pettipaw [Lenape], 59.46, 2012
There was a ridiculous bunch of super-fast 100-meter dash times in the various South Jersey girls meets Friday, and the activity left South Jersey sprinters ranked in the No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 5 spots on the 2017 New Jersey list going into states.
It starts with Williamstown senior Bria Mack, who ran a New Jersey #1 11.65 in the trials of the South Jersey Group 4 meet at Egg Harbor. Mack’s previous PR was 11.68 from the finals of sectionals last year, which she won on the way to winning the Meet of Champions.
Mack went on to win the final with a slower time, but the 11.65 stands as the No. 11 time in state history and No. 5 in South Jersey history. It’s fastest by any New Jersey sprinter since Olivia Baker ran 11.64 in 2014 and fastest by a South Jersey girl since Olympic gold medalist English Gardner of Eastern ran 11.56 to place second behind Myasia Jacobs in the 2010 Meet of Champions.
In the South Jersey Group 3 meet at Delsea, Winslow junior Shakira Dancy also PR’d in the trials with an 11.71. That broke her previous PR of 11.89 from the finals of the Olympic Conference meet earlier this month at Washington Township. Dancy then won the final in 11.75.
Dancy’s time is No. 16 in state history and No. 6 in South Jersey history. It also breaks the school record of 11.73 set in 2014 by Torie Robinson, who now runs for Clemson.
Delsea senior Cecelia Gerstenbacher, the state Group 3 champ at 55 meters indoors, chased Dancy to the finish line in the Group 3 race and crossed the line in 11.89. Her PR coming into the meet was 12.05 from the Gloucester County meet at Delsea, but she PR’d twice Friday, first with an 11.90 in the trials.
The fourth South Jersey girl under 12 seconds Friday was junior Aliya Harrison of Sterling, who won the Group 2 100 at Delsea in 11.91. Harrison’s previous PR was a 12.22 from winning Group 2 states last year at Northern Burlington, so she lowered her time by a whopping 31-100ths of a second.
Gerstenbacher and Harrison now rank No. 17 and No. 18 on the all-time South Jersey list.
Four girls, four sub-12’s, four PRs!
Mack, Dancy and Gerstenbacher were the three-fastest girls from all the various sectionals Friday, according to NJ.milesplit’s merge, and Harrison was fifth.
The only other girl in New Jersey under 12 seconds was Amaya Chadwick of Union Catholic, who ran 11.90 to win the Parochial A race at Egg Harbor. Chadwick, the high hurdles runner-up at last year’s M-of-C, has a PR of 11.83 from the Union County meet earlier this month at Governor Livingston in Berkeley Heights.
Let’s take a look at the up-dated all-time state list! We put together a list of every girl in state history that’s broken 12 seconds fully automatic! Please list any corrections, additions and omissions in the comments section!
ALL-TIME NEW JERSEY 100-METER DASH LIST
11.42 Michele Glover (Willingboro), 1981
11.44 Myasia Jacobs (Paramus Catholic), 2010
11.49 English Gardner (Eastern), 2008
11.50 Wendy Vereen (Trenton), 1984
11.57 Patti Dunlap (Camden), 1979
11.57 M’elisa Barber (Montclair), 1998
11.61 Shavon Greaves (Lakewood), 2007
11.61 Amandi Rhett (Moorestown), 2000
11.62 Cathy (Cranford (Perth Amboy), 1977
11.64 Olivia Baker (Columbia), 2013
11.65 Aleah Williams (Montclair), 1999
11.65 Bria Mack (Williamstown), 2017
11.65 Ogechi Nwaneri (Columbia), 2005
11.68 Regina Trotter (Weequahic), 1991
11.70 Lori Dowers (Lawrenceville), 1979
11.71 Georgina Nembhard (Ocean Twp.), 2007
11.71 Shakira Dancy (Winslow Twp.), 2017
11.73 Torie Robinson (Winslow Twp.), 2014
11.74 Jenna Harris (Franklin Twp.), 2003
11.75 Bria Saunders (Parsippany), 2014
11.77 Aisha Morgan (Schalick), 1998
11.78 Shameka Speed (Bridgeton), 2003
11.80 Nicole Carmichael (Patterson Kennedy), 1995
11.80 Dominique Booker (Immaculate Conception), 2010
11.81 Denise Liles (Kingsway), 1984
11.81 Audrey (Wilson (Deptford), 2008
11.81 Haisha Bisiolu (Union), 2013
11.82 Amandi Rhett (Moorestown), 1999
11.82 Annie Johnson (Shawnee), 2012
11.83 Kaitlin Salisbury (Hawthorne), 2016
11.83 Amaya Chadwick (Union Catholic), 2017
11.84 Robin Taylor (Deptford), 1980
11.85 Dana Burnett Willamstown), 1996
11.86 Tylia Gillon (Jackson Memorial), 2008
11.87 Inshallah Saunders (Plainfield), 1993
11.87 Porshe Giddings (East (Orange), 2007
11.87 Jordan Simmons (Bishop Ahr), 2010
11.88 Denise Mitchell (Edgewood), 1983
11.89 Jasmine Carter (Columbia), 2010
11.89 Madeline Soto (University), 2014
11.89 Cecelia Gerstenbacher (Delsea), 2017
11.91 Darriea Pigott (West Orange), 1995
11.91 Kaitlyn Davis (North Brunswick), 2012
11.91 Chanel Smith (Piscataway), 2014
11.91 Aliya Harrison (Sterling), 2017
11.92 Gloria Jackson (Montclair), 1979
11.94 Tiffany Weatherford (Newark Science), 2000
11.94 Emily Carson (Haddonfield), 2013
11.94 Kimberly Lyles (Franklin Twp.), 2001
11.94 Sydney Hawkins (Phillipsburg), 2017
11.94 Katie DiFrancesco (St. John Vianney), 2017
11.95 Aliyah Taylor (Rancocas Valley), 2017
11.95 Danielle Beniulis (Jefferson Twp.), 2014
11.95 Melissa Harris (Neptune), 1998
11.96 Jamillah Nock (Wilson), 2004
11.96 Julia Rizio (Montville), 2011
11.96 Camille Campbell (Carteret), 2000
11.97 Carlene Cummings Engelwood), 1996
11.97 Iana Amsterdam (Newark Tech), 2013
11.97 Carlene Cummings (Dwight Morros), 1996
11.98 Staci Jordan (Orange), 1992
11.98 Symone O’Connor (Franklin Twp.), 2007
11.98 Kiara Lester (Deptford), 2014
11.98 Ciera Ismail (Schalick), 2013
11.99 La’Shonda Carter (Rahway), 2005
11.99 Ada Unachukwu (Marlboro), 2008
ALL-TIME SOUTH JERSEY 100-METER DASH LIST
11.42 Michele Glover (Willingboro), 1981
11.49 English Gardner (Eastern), 2008
11.57 Patti Dunlap (Camden), 1979
11.61 Amandi Rhett (Moorestown), 2000
11.65 Bria Mack (Williamstown), 2017
11.71 Shakira Dancy (Winslow Twp.), 2017
11.73 Torie Robinson (Winslow Twp.), 2014
11.77 Aisha Morgan (Schalick), 1998
11.78 Shameka Speed (Bridgeton), 2003
11.81 Denise Liles (Kingsway), 1984
11.81 Audrey (Wilson (Deptford), 2008
11.82 Amandi Rhett (Moorestown), 1999
11.82 Annie Johnson (Shawnee), 2012
11.84 Robin Taylor (Deptford), 1980
11.85 Dana Burnett (Willamstown), 1996
11.88 Denis Mitchell (Edgewood), 1983
11.89 Cecelia Gerstenbacher (Delsea), 2017
11.91 Aliya Harrison (Sterling), 2017
11.94 Emily Carson (Haddonfield), 2013
11.95 Aliyah Taylor (Rancocas Valley), 2017
11.96 Jamillah Nock (Woodrow Wilson), 2004
11.98 Kiara Lester (Deptford), 2014
11.98 Ciera Ismail (Schalick), 2013
Including Rancocas Valley’s Aliyah Taylor, who ran 11.95 earlier this year but has been hurt since Penn Relays, that’s a ridiculous FIVE South Jersey girls who’ve broken 12 seconds this year.
The most in any previous year was three in 2013, when Robinson (11.91), Haddonfield’s Emily Carson (11.94) and Ciera Ismail of Schalick (11.98) all went under.
But for example, from 1985 through 1994, NO South Jersey girls ran faster than 12 seconds. From 1985 through 2006, a span of 22 years, only six did. On Friday, four did.
Also, from 1982 through 2016 — a span of 35 years — only Gardner and Amandi Rhett ran 11.72 or faster. On Friday, Mack and Dancy both did it.
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Kingsway senior Rachel Vick ran away with the South Jersey Group 4 1,600 Friday afternoon, lowering her PR a whopping seven seconds in the process.
Vick, who entered the race at Egg Harbor with a PR of 4:59.78 from this year’s Gloucester County meet at Delsea. She ran 4:52.88, so that’s a 6.9-second improvement in one race!
Vick led four runners under 5:05 and ran away from Niamh Hayes of Howell, who also went sub-5, finishing second in 4:59.69, some 35 meters back. Hayes was the indoor Meter of Champions 3,200 champ with a sensational 10:31.98.
But on Friday, Vick got the better of Hayes, recording the fastest time by a Gloucester County runner since legendary Michelle Rowen of Washington Township ran 4:43.16 for a full mile indoors at Easterns in Boston in 1983 (she ran 4:41.5 hand-timed in 1982 outdoors).
Vick’s time is No. 6 in South Jersey history and third-fastest ever by a girl from a school other than Haddonfield.
Vick broke Rowen’s meet record of 4:53.4, set in 1983.
All-Time South Jersey 1,600 Performance List
4:41.16 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2000
4:41.52i,y … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1982
4:45.97 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2014
4:48.73 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
4:49.11 … Renee Tomlin [Ocean City], 2005
4:52.88 … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017
4:52.95 … Caitlin Orr [Lenape], 2009
4:54.71 … Megan Hartman [Ocean City], 194
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
4:55.70 … Dina Iacone [Washington Twp.], 2012
4:55.83 … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], 2016
4:55.95 … Keely Maguire [Triton], 2007
4:55.9h … Dawn Cody [Paul VI], 1982
Where does Vick rank in state history? This is an incredible list!
Let’s take a look!
All-Time New Jersey 1,600 Performance List
4:37.45 … Danielle Tauro [Southern Reg.], 2006
4:41.16 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2000
4:41.61 … Josette Norris [Tenafly], 2013
4:41.52i,y … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1982
4:42.1h,y … Doreen Ennis [Nutley], 1973
4:43.92 … Ajee’ Wilson [Neptune], 2010
4:44.90 … Molly McNamara [Red Bank Catholic], 2011
4:45.36 … Liz Lansing [Randolph], 2013
4:45.57 … Claudia DiSomma [Sparta], 2010
4:45.97 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2014
4:46.28 … Melanie Thompson [Voorhees], 2009
4:46.32 … Sarah Disanza [High Point Reg.], 2013
4:46.4h … Margaret Scutro [Ridgewood], 1985
4:46.87 … Jill Smith [Southern Reg.], 2007
4:46.95 … Ariann Neutts [Roxbury], 2009
4:47.71 … Ashley Higginson [Colts Neck], 2007
4:47.7h,y … Jodi Bilotta [North Hunterdon], 1987
4:47.90 … Ciara Roche [Freehold Twp.], 2016
4:48.23 … Christina Cancan [West Windsor-Plainsboro South], 2016
4:48.48 … Kylene Cochrane [West Morris Central], 2014
4:48.62 … Katy Trotter [Red Bank], 2003
4:48.73 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
4:48.82 … Catherine Pagano [Northern Highlands], 2014
4:49.11 … Renee Tomlin [Ocean City], 2005
4:49.7h … Karen Ahern [Bernards], 1985
4:49.88 … Marin Warner [Holmdel], 2014
4:50.0h,y … Christine Engel [Mount Olive], 1992
4:51.38 … Grace Dwyer [Nottingham], 2014
4:51.54 … Joelle Amaral [Randolph], 2011
4:51.56 … Julia Guerra [Indian Hills], 2015
4:51.5h,y … Joetta Clark [Columbia], 1978
4:51.63 … Stephanie Snyder [Randolph], 1992
4:51.86 … Amanda Trotter [Red Bank], 2003
4:51.89 … Laura Quintana [Bernards], 2013
4:51.7h,y … Meg Waldron [Bernards], 1983
4:51.99 … Dana Giordano [Bernards], 2012
4:52.1h,y … Janet Smith [North Edison], 1984
4:52.41 … Kaitlyn Mooney [Southern Reg.], 2016
4:52.44 … Emily Bushey [Vernon Twp.], 2013
4:52.46 … Jenn Ennis [Roxbury], 2006
4:52.65 … Lindsay Gallo [Howell], 2000
4:52.74 … Eve Glasergreen [North Hunterdon], 2015
4:52.7h … Stacy Bilotta [North Hunterdon], 1984
4:52.88 … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017
4:52.95 … Caitlin Orr [Lenape], 2009
Trivia question: Which runner on the above all-time New Jersey state list introduced me to legendary drummer Freddy Berman, who plays in Amos Lee’s band, earlier this month?
Salem’s Jonathan Taylor, the defending Meet of Champions winner, lowered his 100 PR from 10.55 to 10.49 Friday at the South Jersey Group 1 meet at Egg Harbor Township and moved into the No. 7 spot on the all-time South Jersey list.
Taylor ran his previous PR of 10.55 at last year’s South Jersey Group 1 meet. He missed the meet record of 10.47, set in 2009 by James Brown of Glassboro, by just 2-100ths of a second.
His time is fastest by any South Jersey sprinter in seven years, since Damiere Byrd of Timber Creek ran 10.36 in 2010.
All-Time South Jersey 100-Meter Dash List
10.35 … Jamar Ervin [Camden], 2000
10.36 … Damiere Byrd [Timber Creek], 2010
10.44h .. Bill Gaines [Clearview], 1966
10.44h .. Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1983
10.45 … James Townsend [Holy Cross], 2003
10.47 … James Brown [Glassboro], 2009
10.49 … Jonathan Taylor [Salem], 2017
10.53 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
10.54 … Fabian Santiago [Oakrest], 2010
10.55 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2002
10.57 … Jamil Benjamin [Cumberland Regional], 2006
10.57 … Geoff Navaro [Absegami], 2008
10.58 … Anthony Miles [Winslow Twp.], 2003
10.60 … Robert Page [Kingsway], 2008
10.60 … Marquis Bonds [Millville], 2007
10.60 … Shawney Kersey [Woodbury], 2009
10.62 … Kashif Moore [Burlington Twp.], 2007
10.63 … John Stone [Mainland Reg.], 1997
10.63 … Sabli Gonnet [Eastern], 2007
10.64 … Jeremy Cooper [Mainland Reg.], 1997
10.64h … Israel Cook [Cumberland Reg.], 1981
10.64h … Mike Parker [Salem], 1981
10.64h … Flipper Anderson [Paulsboro], 1983
10.64h … Chuck Carter [Eastern], 1985
10.65 … Dominique Irons [Haddon Heights], 2013
10.65 … Rocco Orville [St. Joe’s-Hammonton], 2015
10.65 … Dorian Bryant [Kingsway], 2003
10.66 … Bobby Orro [Pemberton], 1993
10.66 … Bruce Owens [Deptford], 2004
10.67 … Antraye Miles [Winslow Twp.], 2003
10.67 … T.J. Johnson [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2009
10.67 … Kashif Miller [Haddon Heights], 2014
10.68 … Marquis Bonds [Bridgeton], 2007
10.69 … Robert Darby [Pennsauken], 2006
10.69 … Darnell Charles [Oakcrest], 2012
10.71 … Albert Newkirk [Camden], 1997
10.72 … Reggie Morton [Oakcrest], 2012
10.72 … Sterling Pierce [Rancocas Valley], 2015
10.73 … Franklin Dallas [Woodrow Wilson], 1986
10.73 … Sean McPherson [Delsea}, 2010
10.74 … Adonis Jennings [Timber Creek], 2014
10.74 … Brian Reagan [Cherry Hill East], 2012
10.74h … Carl Lewis [Willingboro], 1979
10.74h … Clem Leslie [Vineland], 1981
10.74h … Kevin Jones [Pleasantville], 1982
10.74h … Tony Jones [Edgewood], 1982
10.74h … Carl Brown [Eastern], 1983
10.74h … Kenny Reynolds [Willingboro], 1986
10.74h … Don Brooks [Pleasantville], 1988
Taylor is the first Salem boy to repeat a sectional win since high jumper Dwayne Robinson won the Group 2 high jump in 1989 and 1990.
