From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Jacob Tyndale stepped to the starting line at the South Jersey Invitational the proud owner of an 800 PR of 2:02.02.

The Rancocas Valley sophomore had broken 2:00 hand-timed in a dual meet against Willingboro, but his official PR was that 2:02.02 from indoor Group 4 sectionals at the Bennett Center in February.

Two minutes later …

Two minutes later, Tyndale had a PR of 1:56.61, he had a win in one of South Jersey’s biggest meets, he had a No. 2 ranking among all New Jersey half-milers, he had a No. 1 ranking in New Jersey and he had established himself as one of the favorites in the South Jersey Group 4 800 field.

Tyndale’s PR coming into the spring season was 2:17.78 from the Toms River Freshman meet last February at the Bennett Center.

But he out-ran a quality field at Delsea to win a South Jersey Invitational race that included  eight runners under two minutes, 12 under 2:01 and 17 under 2:02.

Tyndale out-raced junior Jake Dinnerman of Haddon Township by about 12 meters. Dinnerman finished second in 1:58.01, with Schalick senior Samuel Gerstenbacher [1:58.05], Absegami senior Bobby Maguire [1:58.42] and Haddon Township junior Jacob Howley [1:58.96] also under 1:59.

It’s time for some lists:

Let’s take a look at all the 800 winners in SJI history. Some pretty big names on this list!

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

Tyndale is the second straight sophomore to win the SJI 800. Eric Barnes of Egg Harbor was a sop last year.

Tyndale is the fastest Burlington County sophomore at 800 meters since future sub-4 miler Rob Novak of Westampton Tech via Bordentown ran 1:54.95 at the 2003 Meet of Champions. Two years later, Novak was national 800 champ and anchored Bordentown to a national title in the sprint medley.

He’s fast, but he’s not RV’s fastest half-miler. Isaiah Curbello has a PR of 1:55.81 from when he won his second straight Burlco title last spring. There’s also Joshua DeJesus, who has a PR of 1:57.71 from last year’s County Open (and has run 4:18.64).

Not surprisingly, with three sub-1:58 legs, Rancocas Valley should have a pretty good 4-by-8. They haven’t run one loaded yet, but mid-7:40s isn’t unrealistic for this group in good conditions if they keep getting better and get pushed.

One final list: Here’s the all-time South Jersey Invitational top-25, or everybody who’s ever run 1:56-flat or faster in the meet’s 23-year history:

1:53.2 … Fred Sharpe (Paulsboro), 1997
1:53.2 … 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
1:54.9 … Rondell Braxton (Highland), 1992
1:54.9 … Mark Davis (Highland), 1996
1:54.92 … Rob Novak (Bordentown), 2004
1:55.03 … Tivo Rivera (Kingsway), 2011
1:55.13 … Kevin Cianfarini (West Deptford), 2014
1:55.15 … 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
1:56.0 … Zach McBride (Lenape), 2001

Alyssa Aldridge continues to climb her way up through the all-time South Jersey 3,200-meter list.

After her 10:41.57 at the Rowan Invitational Friday night, the Mainland Regional sophomore is No. 16 in South Jersey history but only six seconds from the top 10.

The full list, with every South Jersey that’s ever run 10:45 or faster, is below.

Aldridge lowered her PR from 10:42.40, when she was third at the indoor Meet of Champions at the Toms River Bubble, to 10:41.57. Her previous outdoor PR was 10:58.99 from last year’s Cape Atlantic meet, where she was second to Devin Grisbaum of Ocean City.

On Friday, Aldridge ran solo pretty much the whole race. She led Julianna Catania of Egg Harbor by 20 meters after just two laps and then ran her third through seventh laps between 81 and 83 before closing in 76.

Catania also broke 11 minutes, finishing second in 10:59.81, an outdoor PR, although she has run 10:49.79 indoors.

Here are splits for Aldridge and Catania, as listed in Tomahawk’s official results.

             Aldridge                        Catania
400   74.45 / 74.45             75.51 / 75.51
800   79.85 / 2:34.30         83.13 / 2:38.64
1200    81.89 / 3:56.19       84.58 / 4:03.21
1600    82.19 / 5:18.38       85.84 / 5:29.04
2000    81.19 / 6:39.56       85.09 / 6:54.12
2400    83.10 / 8:02.66      86.20 / 8:20.32
2800    82.14 / 9:24.80      82.85 / 9:43.17
3200    76.78 / 10:41.57     76.64 / 10:59.81

Timber Creek junior Alyssa Condell, another sub-10:50 two-miler indoors, placed third with a season-best 11:05.71.

Aldridge, Catania and Condell now rank 1-3-4 in New Jersey this year and 1-2-3 in South Jersey.

Here is the all-time South Jersey list, with every girl that’s run 10:45 or faster. Incredible that 16 of the 20 performances have been achieved since 2005 and eight of the 20 since 2012.

• 10:12.8 ….. Michelle Rowen (Washington Twp.), 1983
• 10:19.31 … Chelsea Ley (Kingsway), 2009
• 10:22.02 … Megan Lacy (Cherokee), 2012
• 10:28.6 ….. Erin Donohue (Haddonfield), 2001
• 10:30.57 … Dina Iacone (Washington Twp.), 2012
• 10:32.4 ….. Mindy Rowand (Sterling), 1985
• 10:33.22 … Holly Bischof (Bishop Eustace), 2012
• 10:33.25 … Megan Venables (Highland), 2011
• 10:34.79 … Theresa Cattuna (Cherry Hill East), 2007
• 10:35.59 … Amanda Goetschius (Delsea), 2007
• 10:37.47 … Meghan McGlinchey (West Depford), 2009
• 10:37.53 … Vanessa Wright (Haddonfield), 2005
• 10:39.15 … Devon Grisbaum (Ocean City), 2015
• 10:40.24 … Katie Van Horn (Triton), 2005
• 10:40.95 … Erika Kemp (Rancocas Valley), 2013
• 10:41.57 … Alyssa Aldridge (Mainland Reg.), 2016
• 10:42.22 … Jenn Rawls (Highland), 2009
• 10:43.3 ….. Deanna Germano (Shawnee), 1985
• 10:44.23 … Brittany Sedberry (Ocean City), 2004
• 10:45.12 … Brianna Gess (Haddonfield), 2014

Aldridge on Friday broke the meet record of 10:52.9 set in 1980 by Paul VI’s Dawn Cody.

Going into the South Jersey Invitational, Jonathan Taylor’s 100-meter dash PR was 11.15. Not bad. Especially for a sophomore. Taylor ran that last spring in the trials of the South Jersey Group 1 at Egg Harbor, then ran 11.21 for fifth in the final.

Unfortunately, that was the end of Taylor’s season. He false started at states and that 11.15 stood as his PR coming into this season. Certainly, 11.15 isn’t too shabby for a sophomore. Taylor was the No. 9 soph at 100 meters in New Jersey last year and No. 5 among South Jersey sprinters.

Then came Thursday night and a performance that made you say … “WHAT?????”

Taylor ran a massive PR of 10.79 in the trials at the South Jersey Invitational — a PR by .36 of a second — and then won the final in 10.73, which means in the span of an hour on the Delsea track, the Salem junior lowered his PR from 11.15 to 10.73.

Or nearly half a second.

That just doesn’t happen.

For the record, the Salem County record is a hand-timed 10.4 set in 1981 by Mike Parker. That converts to a 10.64 with FAT timing. Taylor has the FAT record.

Incredibly, his time in the final made him the No. 6 performer in the history of a meet that’s 24 years old and has featured most of the top South Jersey sprinters of the last quarter century.

Here’s the South Jersey Invitational all-time 100-meter dash performance list, including hand-timed marks converted to fat

100-METER DASH
10.57 … Damiere Byrd (Timber Creek) 2010
10.61 …….. Byrd, 2011
10.62q …… Byrd, 2011
10.64 … Jeremy Cooper (Kingsway), 1997
10.64h … Dennis Sturdivant (Vineland), 1994
10.67 … Fabian Santiago (Oakcrest), 2011
10.68 …….. Santiago, 2012
10.71 … Albert Newkirk (Camden), 1997
10.73 … Jonathan Taylor (Salem), 2016
10.74h … Steve Harper (Atlantic City), 1993
10.74h … Bobby Orro (Pemberton), 1994
10.74h … Ansel Martin (Buena), 1994
10.74h, q .. Rodney Jenkins (Pemberton), 1994
10.75 … Jamaal Harris (Palmyra), 2002
10.77q …….. Santiago, 2012
10.78 … Jamil Benjamin (Cumberland Reg.), 2006
10.79 …….. Santiago, 2010
10.79q …….. Taylor, 2016
10.80 … Darnell Charles (Oakcrest), 2012
10.81 … Anthony Averett (Woodbury), 2012

And here’s a list of all the 100 winners in meet history, going back to the meet’s inception at Eastern Regional in 1993:

100-METER DASH
2016: Jonathan Taylor (Salem), 10.73
2015: Sterling Pierce (Rancocas Valley), 11.21
2014: Kashif Miller (Haddon Heights), 10.82
2013: Curtis Fitzpatrick (Egg Harbor Twp.), 10.94
2012: Fabian Santiago (Oakcrest), 10.68
2011: Damiere Byrd (Timber Creek), 10.61
2010: Damiere Byrd (Timber Creek), 10.57
2009: Shawney Kersey (Woodbury), 10.95
2008: Geoff Navarro (Absegami), 11.10
2007: Chris Church (Millville), 11.00
2006: Jamil Benjamin (Cumberland), 10.78
2005: Not Held
2004: Sherron Bullock (Camden), 11.10
2003: James Townsend (Holy Cross), 10.6
2003: James Townsend (Holy Cross), 10.6
2002: Jamaal Harris (Palmyra), 10.75
2001: James Townsend (Holy Cross), 10.9
2000: Purvis Coley (Pemberton), 11.08
1999: Tim Athill (Pleasantville), 10.9
1998: Marc Maccario (Sterling), 11.36
1997: Jeremy Cooper (Kingsway), 10.64
1996: Kevin Doughty (Oakcrest), 10.6
1995: Jeremy Cooper (Kingsway), 10.8
1994: Dennis Sturdivant (Vineland), 10.4
1993: Steve Harper (Atlantic City), 10.5
1992: Curt McIntyre (Bridgeton), 10.6

Taylor is the first Salem winner in meet history. Where does he stack up against the best sprinters in South Jersey history? We were hoping you would ask!

Here’s the all-time South Jersey list:

100-METER DASH
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
10.53 … 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
10.73 … Jonathan Taylor [Salem], 2016
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

I have a hunch we’ll be editing that last list fairly often when Jonathan Taylor steps on the track!

What a day for Holy Spirit junior Cade Antonucci, who nearly became the first athlete in 13 years to TRIPLE at the South Jersey Invitational.

Antonucci came within inches of a rare throws triple, recorded two personal bests and nearly a third and posted the top shot put mark in South Jersey this year during a busy run at the 24th annual South Jersey Invitational at Delsea.

Let’s take a detailed look at Antonucci’s historic day:

SHOT PUT: Extended his PR from 55-1 3/4 at the Woodbury Relays to 56-11, best by an Atlantic County athlete since James Plummer of Egg Harbor threw 58-0 at states three years ago. It’s also No. 1 in South Jersey this year and No. 6 in New Jersey, No. 2 by an underclassman. His throw is also No. 10 in meet history. Antonucci won by over a foot from Jaehlan Joyner of Burlington Township, whose 55-9 was a crazy five-foot PR of his own.

DISCUS: Threw 158-2, a season-best by more than 10 feet and a PR by over four feet from his 154-0 at this meet last year. Adam Hunt of Collingswood, another junior, threw 158-11 to win for a second straight year. Antonucci’s throw is No. 4 in South Jersey this year and No. 2 by a Parochial B thrower, behind only Andrew Huisman of St. Rose in Belmar, who threw 161-8 at the Big Blue Classic on Staten Island last month.

JAVELIN: Won by five inches over Robert Marks of Rancocas Valley  — 184-8 to 184-3. His PR is 187-9 from this year’s Bridgeton Relays, so he missed that by only three feet. He moved into the No. 12 spot in meet history. Marks (190-4 at Woodbury) rank No. 1 and 2 in South Jersey this year and No. 1 and 3 statewide. Antonucci’s 187-9 at Bridgeton is the best by an Atlantic County thrower in eight years, since Javier Garcia of Pleasantville threw 187-11 at Group 2 states in 2009.

The only athlete to record a triple in South Jersey Open history is legendary Mike Morrison of Willingboro. In 2003, he won the 200 in 21.8, the 400 in 48.4 and the high jump at 7-0. Of course he could have won the long jump if he wanted to.

The last athlete to win the javelin at the SJI and also win another event was Royce Reed some 21 years ago. The amazing Reed won the javelin in 1995 with a 207-1 and also the 400 at 48.4. He came within 2-100ths of a second of tripling, running 10.89 in the 100 behind a 10.87 by Jeremy Cooper of Kingsway.

Here’s a look at everybody who’s thrown 56 feet in meet history:

Shot Put
62-10 ¾ … Ron Dayne (Overbrook), 1996
61- 7 ¼ … Braheme Days Jr. (Bridgeton), 2011
61- 4 ….. Kofi Yamoah (Egg Harbor Twp.), 2013
61- 1 ¾ … Ray Wilks (Bridgeton), 1995
61- 1 ………. Dayne, 1995
59-10 ¾ … Jon Kalnas (Paulsboro), 1998
59- 3 ¼ … Matthew Huckabee (Timber Creek), 2010
58-10 ………. Wilks, 1994
58- 2 ….. Josh Awotunde (Delsea), 2013
57- 3 ½ … Dontaye Rivera (Pleasantville), 2012
57- 1 ¼ … Ell Ash (Willingboro), 2004
56-11 ….. Cade Antonucci (Holy Spirit), 2016
56-10 ….. Nick Pulli (Delsea), 2012
56- 7 ¼ … Ryan Addlesberger (Cinnaminson), 2015
56- 6 ….. Kofi Yamoah (Egg Harbor Twp.), 2012

And the 180-foot javelin list:

Javelin
216- 6 … Chris Mirabelli (Holy Cross), 2014
216- 5 … Curtis Thompson (Florence), 2014
207- 1 … Royce Reed (Bridgeton), 1995
194- 1 … Stephen Benigno (Cherry Hill East), 2014
190-11 … Jon Griffin (Bridgeton), 1993
189-11 … Ian Meneswisch (Highland), 2003
187-11 … Carnelius Cruz (Oakcrest), 1994
187-10 … Mark Peterson (Delsea), 1996
187- 2 … John Zimmatore (Bishop Eustace), 2007
187- 6 … Dan Frame (Triton), 2002
185- 1 … Brent Tyson (Highland), 2000
184- 8 … Cade Antonucci (Holy Spirit), 2016
184- 3 … Robert Marks (Rancocas Valley), 2016
183- 9 … Jason Cowden (Rancocas Valley), 1999
183- 7 … Brian Kennedy (Eastern), 1992
183- 5 … Jose Ramos (Vineland), 2008
183- 4 … Griffin (Bridgeton), 1992
183- 2 … Mike Harte (Bishop Eustace), 1997
182- 8 …….. Mirabelli (Holy Cross), 2012
182- 1 … Mike Roberts (Kingsway), 2001
181-11 …….. Reed, 1994
181-10 … Randy Sayers (Pennsville), 2000
181- 4 … Tony DeFeo (Oakcrest), 2004
181- 0 … Atkinson (Cinnaminson), 1992
180- 1 … Tony Butch (Maple Shade), 2002

Antonucci is a ways down on the all-time meet discus list, but, hey, we have it, so we’ll post it. It’s incredible to see somebody make the all-time top-25 in three events in one meet!

Discus
185- 7 … Matthew Huckabee (Timber Creek), 2010
185- 5 … Ron Dayne (Overbrook), 1996
182- 6 … Ray Wilks (Bridgeton), 1995
181- 0 … Josh Awotunde (Delsea), 2013
178-10 …….. Wilks, 1994
178-10 … Braheeme Days Jr. (Bridgeton), 2011
177- 5 … James Plummer (Egg Harbor Twp.) 2013
174- 4 … Dennis Norman (Cherokee), 1997
170- 7 …….. Awotunde, 2012
168- 0 …….. Plummer, 2012
166-11 … Nick Pulli (West Deptford), 2014
165-10 …….. Pulli, 2013
165-10 … Anthony Robertson (Penns Grove), 2014
164-10 … Ray Stinsman (Lenape), 2010
164- 7 …….. Huckabee, 2009
164- 4 … John Clark (Pennsville), 2007
164- 1 … Terrin Walker (Bridgeton), 1997
162- 8 …….. Wilks, 1993
162- 6 … Howard Clarke (Pennsauken), 1998
161- 0 … Alex Lewis (Delran), 2000
160- 0 …….. Dayne, 1995
159-11 … Russell Eaddy (Overbrook), 2001
159-10 …….. Wilks, 1992
159- 0 … Bryson (Highland), 1992
159- 0 … Will Cioffi (Pitman), 2013
158-11 … Adam Hunt (Collingswood), 2016
158- 8 …….. Hunt, 2015
158- 4 … Bodine (Bridgeton), 1994
158- 2 … Cade Antonucci (Holy Spirit), 2016
158- 1 … Anthony Witter (Bridgeton), 2002

 

Vineland sophomore Najeaya Singleton registered not just one but two impressive breakthroughs at the West Deptford Relays, posting new South Jersey #1 marks and PRs in both the shot put and the discus.

Which is her best event?

We’ll let time sort that one out. Right now, she’s pretty deadly in both.

Singleton won the shot at West Deptford with a 43-10 1/2, adding nine inches to her PR of 43-1 1/2 from Woodbury. But her huge breakthrough came in the discus, where she threw 139-8, a nearly 16-foot PR from her 123-11 at the Rowland Relays.

Singleton moved into the No. 2 spot in New Jersey in the discus and No. 5 in the shot. She is No. 7 nationally among sophomores in the discus and No. 3 nationally in the shot.

With her historic double, Singleton became only the second girl in South Jersey history to reach 43 and 139 by the end of her sophomore year. The first was Jessica Woodard of Cherokee, who threw 44-9 and 142-5 as a 10th-grader in 2011 and is now an All-America at Oklahoma.

Now check out where Singleton ranks on both all-time lists. It’s pretty amazing, considering she’s only halfway through her sophomore season:

SHOT PUT
47-1 1/4 … Jessica Woodard (Cherokee), 2013
46-4 ……… Janiece Rose (Delsea), 2011
46-1 1/2 … Nacole Moore (Bridgeton), 2000
45-7 1/2 … Ronetta Hunter (Burlington Twp.), 2015
45-5 ……… Sylvia Galarza (Millville), 2004
44-9 ……… Kim Warren (Atlantic City), 2006
44-9 ……… Lola Agabalogun (Egg Harbor), 2013
44-5 1/4 …. Melinda Boykin (Bridgeton), 1998
44-5 ……… Jamine Moton (Delsea), 1997
44-4 1/4 …. Dana White (Camden), 2000
44-3 1/2i …. Jocelyn White (Delsea), 2004
44-2 1/2 …. Typhanie Bates (Williamstown), 1995
44-0 3/4 …. Mercedes Hicks (Atlantic City), 2006
43-10 1/2 … Najeaya Singleton (Vineland), 2016
43-9 1/2 …. Jude Misko (Cherry Hill East), 2015
43-8 3/4 …. Janet Morris (Kingsway), 1991
43-7 …..… Shamire Rothmiller (Glassboro), 2008
43-6 3/4 … Angela Solomon (Overbook), 1989
43-6 3/4 … Talita Silva (Bridgeton), 2003
43- 4 1/2 … Rose Perry (Riveride), 2003
43- 2 1/2 … Lacole Fields (Camden), 1996

DISCUS
172- 2 … Jocelyn White (Delsea), 2004
168-10 … Jessica Woodard (Cherokee), 2013
161- 1 … Jamine Moton (Delsea), 1997
153- 2 … Sylvia Galarza (Millville), 2004
149- 3 … Tara Daniels (Kingsway) 2013
146- 5 … Kim Warren (Atlantic City), 2006
143- 6 … Tisha Kerrin (Eastern), 1989
143- 3 … Mercedes Hicks (Atlantic City), 2006
140- 6 … Typhanie Bates (Williamstown), 1995
140- 1 … Melinda Holm (Bridgeton), 1997
140- 0 … Geri Rilley (Millville), 1987
139- 8 … Najeaya Singleton (Vineland), 2016
139- 5 … Taylor Johnson (Kingsway), 2011
139- 1 … Erica Davis (Northern Burlington), 2003
138-11 … Jen Frank (Delsea), 2006
137- 1 … Melinda Boykin (Bridgeton), 1998
136-11 … Betsy Kennedy (Delran), 2000
136- 3 … Ashleigh Weems (Millville), 2013
136- 2 … Erica Davis (Northern Burlington), 2003
136- 0 … Cindy Wilks (Bridgeton), 2000
135- 4 … Veronica Myricks (Willingboro), 2005

So she’s No. 14 on the all-time South Jersey shot put list and No. 12 on the all-time S.J discus list. She’s already one of only seven girls to throw at least 43-6 and 139, and she’s really just getting started.

Singleton will throw at the Rowan Invitational this weekend in Glassboro.

The amazing Gabrielle Farquharson keeps getting faster, and as long as she keeps getting faster, we’re going to keep writing about her!

The former Williamstown High School star, now a high-flying senior at Rutgers, won the Penn Relays college 100-meter dash in a personal-best 11.36, breaking her own school record of 11.39 that she set in March at a meet in Tampa.

She’s the first Rutgers woman to win the 100 at Penn and the first South Jersey native to win the event as well, although Trenton’s Wenda Vereen won it for Morgan State in 1988.

“It feels great to win,” she said. “I knew I was going to be in the mix, but winning, of course, was a goal. Knowing the people I was going against, it was a little nerve-racking.”

Farquharson, running into a 1.0-meters-per-second headwind, won by a whopping 18-100ths of a second over Shimayra Williams of UTech in Kingston, Jamaica.

Her time places her No. 55 on the IAAF world list and No. 30 on this year’s U.S. list.

“I knew I needed a clean start,” she said. “I’m working on my start a little bit more, so I knew if I had a clean start I would definitely be in the mix from the beginning and I would put up a fight.”

Farquharson also teamed up with Phyllis Gordon, Alayna Famble and Bria Saunders, anchoring Rutgers’ 800-meter relay team, which placed third in the Championship of America in 1:34.37.

That ranks the Scarlet Knights No. 13 in the world and No. 8 among all-American college teams in the non-NCAA event.

Farquharson focused on sprints at Penn and didn’t long jump, but the versatile Monroe Township native is ranked No. 7 in NCAA Division 1 with a 21-5 1/2 last month in Tallahassee.

It’s been 33 years since a South Jersey school ran a faster distance medley than Haddonfield did at the Penn Relays.

Haddonfield placed fifth in a ridiculously fast race with a dazzling 10:10.62, No. 2 in South Jersey history and fastest since Willingboro ran its then-national-record 10:00.9 to win Penn in 1983.

This year’s Penn race featured six schools at 10:12 or under, and Haddonfield was in the middle of everything.

Derek Gess led off with a 3:10.84 for 1,200, Luke Colehower followed with a 50.06 400, and Autin Stoner set up anchor Greg Pelose with a 1:55.59 for the 800. Pelose anchored in 4:14.13.

To make things even more impressive, Gess and Colehower are freshmen, and Stoner is racing after missing most of the indoor season with a stress fracture of his femur.

Loudon Valley of Purcellville, Va., and La Salle Academy of Providence, R.I., both crossed the line in 10:00.01, but Loudon Valley got the win when times were measured down to 1-1,000th of a second — 10:00.003 to 10:00.004.

Haddonfield broke its school record of 10:16.14, set in 2000 by Colin Baker, Matthew Nussbaum, Ben Potts and Jonathan Vitez at New Balance Nationals.

The Bulldogs’ time is No. 7 in the U.S. this year and No. 2 in New Jersey, behind only River Dell, which ran 10:10.36 behind the Daly twins at Penn, finishing just ahead of Haddonfield.

Let’s take a look at the update all-time South Jersey list:

• 10:00.9 … Willingboro, 1983
• 10:10.62 … Haddonfield, 2016
• 10:10.74 … Washington Twp., 2000
• 10:10.6 … Haddon Township, 1973
• 10:16.11 … Cherokee, 2001
• 10:16.14 … Haddonfield, 2010
• 10:16.29 … Highland, 1991
• 10:18.74 … Shawnee, 1991
• 10:19.11 … Washington Twp., 2009
• 10:19.47 … Cherokee, 2012
• 10:19.67 … Haddon Twp., 2015 [Penn]
• 10:19.90 … Cherry Hill East, 2016
• 10:20.11 … Haddonfield, 2002
• 10:20.92 … Rancocas Valley, 2015
• 10:20.98 … Northern Burlington, 2014
• 10:21.78 … Cherokee, 1998
• 10:22.9 ….. Paul VI, 1988
• 10:23.1y … Holy Cross, 1972

As if running 10:10 wasn’t enough, the same quartet came back to place third in the South Jersey small-school 4-by-4 in a school-record 3:24.27.

Pretty good day’s work!

Big day for the Moorestown sprinters at their relay meet Saturday on their home track with a New Jersey No. 1 time in the 800-meter sprint medley and a New Jersey No. 2 and South Jersey No. 1 time in the full sprint med.

The Quakers ran 1:33.35 to win the 800 sprint medley and 3:31.66 to win the full 1,600-meter sprint med.

Kevin Fox, Skyler Clark, Brandon Outlaw and Melvin Sheppard ran on the 3:31.66 team, with Clark, Zion Howard, Outlaw and Sheppard on the 1:33 team.

As you can see Moorestown’s time in the 800 sprint medley is 10th-fastest in South Jersey history and a school record. It’s No. 4 in Burlington County history and fastest by a Burlco school since Cherokee’s 1:33.29 eight years ago at Nike Outdoor Nationals.

• 1:30.09 … Willingboro, 2007
• 1:31.05 … Camden, 2005
• 1:31.22 … Cherry Hill East, 2012
• 1:31.66 … Willingboro, 2006
• 1:31.90 … Delsea, 2007
• 1:32.98 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2015
• 1:33.06 … Washington Twp., 2010
• 1:33.29 … Cherokee, 2008
• 1:33.35 … Moorestown, 2016
• 1:33.43 … Timber Creek, 2013
• 1:33.44 … Winslow Twp., 2008
• 1:33.54 … Oakcrest, 2012
• 1:33.66 … Timber Creek, 2009
• 1:33.67 … Camden, 2009
• 1:33.68 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2010
• 1:33.81 … Camden, 2007
• 1:33.89 … Delsea, 2014
• 1:33.92 … Camden, 20014
• 1:33.97 … Winslow Twp., 2003

Moorestown’s full SMR didn’t make the all-time South Jersey top-10 — it’s almost impossible to make that list this early in the season without tremendous competition — but the Quakers did break a 41-year-old school record by nearly four seconds.

The only faster time by a New Jersey school this year is Ridgewood’s 3:29.80 earlier this month at a relay meet in Oradel.

The two long legs were handled by Outlaw, who ran 48.6, and Fox, who anchored in 1:57.5.

Moorestown’s previous school record was 3:34.5, set over a full mile by a quartet that included Jim Little and Larry Friedman.

The old record of 3:34.5 in 1975 was by T. Swain, J. Little, K. MacDougal, Larry Friedman

Moorestown wasn’t really pressed in each race. Northern Burlington was somewhat close in the shorter sprint med, with a 1:35.00, but nobody was within 13 seconds of the Quakers in the full sprint med, with Shawnee placing second in 3:45.35.

The Quakers are now ranked No. 22 in the U.S. in the 1,600 sprint medley and No. 10 in the 800 sprint medley, which is obviously contested much less frequently.

For the record, it takes 3:27-low to make the all-time South Jersey top-10. But by nationals? Who knows?

• 3:22.71 … Vineland, 2002
• 3:22.75 … Vineland, 2003
• 3:22.85 … Camden, 2001
• 3:23.56 … Willingboro, 2003
• 3:23.79 … Willingboro, 2001
• 3:24.19 … Bordertown, 2005
• 3:26.25 … Absegami, 2008
• 3:26.75 … Winslow Twp., 2003
• 3:27.10 … Washington Twp., 2010
• 3:27.32 … Oakcrest, 2014
• 3:27.1h … Bridgeton, 2001

Pennsauken made the trip to Lakewood Saturday for the Georgian Court High School Challenge, and by the time they left Martin Booker had run not one but two New Jersey No. 1 times!

Booker, a junior, ran 10.87 to win the 100 and 21.96 to win the 200.

What makes his double so impressive is that he was unpressed in both races. Second place was 11.34 in the 100 and 22.54 in the 200.

Both races were big breakthroughs for the son of the former Villanova hurdle star. In fact it was his first time under either 11 or 22 seconds.

Booker’s previous PRs were 11.11 for third in the Group 3 sectionals last spring and 22.18 for fifth in sectionals.

Robert Darby set Pennsauken’s school records in both sprints in 2006, with 10.69 and 21.91.