From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Sianni Wynn lowered her own state record in the 60-meter dash Sunday at Armory Nationals in New York.

Wynn, a Pennsauken junior, placed 2nd in 7.29, lowering her state record of 7.32, which she ran at the Ott Center in February and again earlier Saturday in the prelims and Sunday morning in the semis.

Dana Wilson of Greensboro Day School set a meet record running 7.16, 10th-fastest among U.S. women this year and No. 2 among world juniors (under 20). It was her 5th national scholastic title.

Wynn placed 2nd in the 100 at West Philly Nationals last spring and is now a two-time All-America.

Wilson and Wynn led all qualifiers in the prelims, Wilson in 7.23 and Wynn in 7.32. In the semis, Wilson ran 7.21 and Wynn 7.32 again. In the final, Wynn out-leaned twin sisters Mariah Maxwell and Mia Maxwell of Atascocita High in Humble, Texas, who both ran 7.30 [7.294 for Mariah, 7.300 for Mia].

Wynn’s 7.29 is No. 14 on the world Under-20 list and No. 8 among U.S. women and No. 45 among all U.S. women.

Her time is also 9th-fastest ever by a New Jersey sprinter and 4th-fastest on the all-time South Jersey alumni performance list:

7.01 … Me’Lisa Barber [Montclair], 2006, Moscow, Russia
7.10 … English Gardner [Eastern], 2019, New York
7.14 … Mikele Barber [Montclair], 2010, Albuquerque
7.18 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], 2024, Clemson, S.C.
7.24 … Shavon Greaves [Lakewood], 2010, State College, Pa.
7.24 … Dominique Booker [Montclair Immaculate], 2011, Fayetteville, Ark.
7.24 … Myasia Jacobs [Paramus Catholic], 2016, Boston
7.27 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2017, Clemson, S.C.
7.29 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2025, New York
7.33 … Aleah Williams [Montclair], 2003, Fayetteville, Ark.
7.33 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2023, Boston
7.33 … Sydney Hawkins [Phillipsburg], 2024, Geneva, Ohio
7.34 … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], 2016, Geneva, Ohio

All-Time New Jersey 60-Meter Dash List
7.29 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2025
7.34 … Myasia Jacobs [Paramus Catholic], 2011
7.45 … Aleah Williams [Montclair], 1997
7.47 … Dominique Booker [Immaculate Conception], 2009
7.47 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
7.48 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2024
7.50 … Melisa Barber [Montclair], 1997
7.53 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2014
7.55 … Ogechi Nwaneri [Chatham], 2008
7.56 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
7.57 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
7.58 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
7.61 … Jenna Harris [Franklin Twp.], 2003
7.61 … Taylor Aska [Union Catholic], 2024
7.62 … Georgina Nembhard [Ocean Twp.], 2007
7.64 … Haisha Bisiolu [Union], 2014
7.66 … Jamie Walker [Haddon Heights], 2007
7.66 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018
7.67 … Sydney Hawkins [Phillipsburg], 2017
7.67 … Dylan Giloley [Washington Twp.], 2024
7.68 … Corbin Raston [East Orange], 2024
7.69 … Racquel Vassell [East Orange], 2005
7.70 … Denesha Ransome [Irvington], 2014
7.70 … Cleopatra Morrison [Long Branch], 2014

All-Time South Jersey 60-Meter Dash List
7.29 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2025
7.47 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
7.48 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2024
7.53 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2014
7.56 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
7.56 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
7.57 … Bria Mack [Williamstown], 2017
7.58 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
7.66 … Jamie Walker [Haddon Heights], 2007
7.66 … Lauren Princz [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018
7.67 … Dylan Gilled [Washington Twp.], 2024
7.76 … Emily Carson [Haddonfield], 2013
7.77 … Jaia James [Winslow Twp.], 2022
7.79 … Maya Bolden [Willingboro], 2024

Eastern junior Natalie Dumas destroyed the South Jersey 800-meter record Sunday morning at Armory Nationals and nearly ran under the South Jersey outdoor record as well.

Dumas ran 2:07.68 and placed 5th, smashing the South Jersey record of 2:09.56 at 2010 Armory Nationals. Tiernan went on to play lacrosse at Temple and never ran another race.

Her time is 9th-fastest in state history.

The only faster time indoors or outdoors by a South Jersey girl came in 2010, when Haddonfield’s Marielle Hall, later an Olympian AT 10,000 meters, ran 2:07.33 at the outdoor Meet of Champions at South Plainfield.

What made Dumas’s performance doubly impressive was that she raced upressed out of an unseeded heat, which she won by 15 meters. So she had to do the work herself and she split 30.58, 31.20, 32.99 and 32.92. Then she watched the seeded race, where seven girls ran sub-2:09 but only four bumped Dumas’s time.

If she was in the fast race? Who knows!

Also, she raced in New York Sunday after racing in the 400 final at Boston Nationals on Saturday and placing 7th in 54.85.

Dumas, the outdoor national champ in the intermediate hurdles, had a previous PR of 2:11.42 from January at Ocean Breeze.

Sophomore Reagan Moore of Oak Knoll School in Summit won the race in 2:05.05, closing in 61.87 and 29.70.

This indoor season produced five of the 10-fastest half-milers in New Jersey history.

All-Time New Jersey Indoor 800-Meter List
2:03.98 … Athing Mu [Trenton], 2018
2:04.13 … Ajee’ Wilson [Neptune], 2012
2:04.80 … Reagan Moore [Oak Knoll], 2025
2:06.02 … Clemmie Lillie [Rumson-Fair Haven], 2025
2:06.0h … Joetta Clark [Columbia], 1980
2:06.90 … Paige Sheppard [Union Catholic], 2025
2:07.24 … Victoria Vanriele [Governor Livingston], 2019
2:07.60 … Janine Davis [Queen of Peace], 2005
2:07.68 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2025
2;08.01 … Reese Reynolds Malone [Rumson-Fair Haven], 2025
2:09.02 … Corrine Myers [Westwood], 2014
2:09.32 … Camryn Wennersten [Ridgewood], 2022
2:09.56 … Megan Tiernan [Washington Twp.], 2010
2:09.60 … Tawana Watkins [Kennedy-Paterson], 2001
2:09.8h … Catherine Pagano [Northern Highlands], 2015

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 800 List
2:07.68 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2015
2:09.56 … Megan Tiernan [Washington Twp.], 2010
2:10.0h … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
2:12.46 … Monica Olkowski [Cherokee], 1990
2:12.55 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
2:13.51 … Emily Duffey [Lenape], 2011
2:14.12 … Carly Pettipaw [Lenape], 2013
2:14.5h … Ruth Lockbaum [Glassboro], 1985
2:14.6h … Michelle DiMuro [Shawnee], 1985
2:14.64 … Bridget Flynn [Ocean City], 2014
2:14.99 … Kami Joi Hickson [Washington Twp.], 2017
2:15.05 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2015
2:15.06 … Sydney Coppolino [Sterling], 2017
2:15.17 … Britney Kott [Millville], 2008
2:15.31 … Lindsay Colflesh [Haddonfield], 2020
2:15.46 … Tara DeBrielle [Overbrook], 2000
2:15.86 … Greta Feldman [Haddonfield], 2009
2:15.89 … Kayla Martin [Seneca], 2016
2:15.90 … Felicia O’Donnell [Delsea], 2009
2:15.99 … Brooke Kott [Millville], 2008

Combined South Jersey 800 List
2:07.33 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2009 [o]
2:07.68 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2015
2:08.87 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001 [o]
2:09.2h … Katrina Sye [Buena], 1999 [o]
2:09.50 … Renee Tomlin [Ocean City], 2005 [o]
2:09.56 … Megan Tiernan [Washington Twp.], 2010 [i]
2:09.84 … Rachel Stremme [Ocean City], 2014 [o]
2:10.1h … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1982 [o]
2:10.44 … Kadence Dumas [Eastern], 2023 [o]
2:10.55 … Shelby Whetstone [Lenape], 2019 [o]
2:10.57 … Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], 2009 [o]
2:10.79 … Krista Ferrara [Vineland], 1991 [o]
2:10.9h … Ruth Lockbaum [Glassboro], 1985 [o]

Senior Ryan Sanchez, junior Larry Norman, senior Marcus Hood and junior Kamaldeep Singh earned All-America honors Sunday morning with a 6th-place finish in the shuttle hurdles at Boston Nationals.

Deptford ran 30.62 in the 10th of 11 heats and was sitting in 4th place going into the final race, and only two schools bumped them so they wound up 6th with the final All-America spot out of 39 teams that raced.

Deptford ran a bit faster in a meet at the Bubble last month with a 30.13, which is 5th-fastest in South Jersey history and No. 2 on the all-time Gloucester County list. The 2019 Deptford team set the South Jersey record of 29.45 at the Group 2 state relays at the Bubble with Tyrece Brown, Naseem Smith, Tyriq Bundy and Khion Smith.

Here’s the all-time Gloucester County top 10:

29.45 … Deptford, 2019
30.13 … Deptford, 2025
30.34 … Washington Twp., 2024
30.52 … Washington Twp., 2012
30.94 … Deptford, 2018
30.98 … Washington Twp., 2023
31.05 … Deptford, 2024
31.29 … Delsea Reg., 2010
31.29 … Washington Twp., 2025
31.43 … Deptford, 2015

Haddonfield juniors Luke Andresen, junior Benjamin Andrus and junior Peter Simpson and senior Bennett Wright earned All-America honors Saturday with a 3rd-place in the 4-by-mile relay at Armory Nationals in New York.

The Haddonfield quartet ran 17:28.49 and placed 3rd behind Belen Jesuit of Tamiami, Fla. [17:06.50] and Coeur d’Alene [Idaho], who was 2nd in 17:10.47.

Andresen ran 4:22.68, Andrus 4:22.10, Simpson 4:19.47 and Wright 4:24.24 for the full mile for the 9th-fastest time in state history and 2nd-fastest in South Jersey history.

The only faster time in South Jersey – and Camden County history and school history – was Haddonfield’s 17:22.12 with Ben Potts, Colin Baker, Matt Nussbaum and Jonathan Vitez. That was also at the Armory at what was then known as the National Scholastic Championships.

Here’s a look at all the New Jersey 4-mile relay performances under 18 minutes and all South Jersey performances under 18:30:

All-Time New Jersey 4-Mile Relay List
17:06.61 … Christian Brothers Academy A, 2025
17:07.17 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2014
17:20.33 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2019
17:21.58 … West Windsor-Plainsboro North, 2009
17:22.12 … Haddonfield, 2010
17:22.18 … Christian Brothers Academy B, 2015
17:22.67 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2013
17:25.47 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2017
17:28.49 … Haddonfield, 2025
17:28.70 … Colts Neck, 2017
17:28.88 … Red Bank, 2004
17:29.44 … Randolph, 2025
17:30.73 … Hopewell Valley, 2018
17:34.17 … Union Catholic, 2023
17:34.87 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2012
17:36.05 … West Windsor-Plainsboro North, 2018
17:37.01 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2011
17:42.71 … Don Bosco, 2007
17:45.20 … Ridgewood, 2004
17:45.27 … West Windsor-Plainsboro North, 2011
17:45.90 … Haddonfield, 2011
17:51.21 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2001
17:52.12 … Don Bosco, 2010
17:52.72 … Westfield, 2023
17:53.69 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2010
17:54.59 … Cherokee, 2024
17:54.70 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2009
17:54.93 … Jackson, 2007
17:55.70 … Haddonfield, 2018
17:56.52 … Westfield, 2022
17:57.66 … Don Bosco, 2015
17:57.82 … Union Catholic, 2024
17:59.36 … Bergen Catholic, 2017

All-Time South Jersey 4-Mile Relay List
17:22.12 … Haddonfield, 2010
17:28.49 … Haddonfield, 2025
17:45.90 … Haddonfield, 2011
17:54.59 … Cherokee, 2024
17:55.70 … Haddonfield, 2018
18:02.86 … Haddonfield, 2019
18:07.32 … Kingsway, 2018
18:12.29 … Haddonfield, 2019
18:15.73 … Cherry Hill East, 2014
18:18.29 … Delsea, 2011
18:20.33 … Washington Twp., 2006
18:21.44 … Cherry Hill East, 2015
18:22.73 … Haddonfield, 2014
18:23.79 … Washington Twp., 2009
18:24.52 … Haddonfield, 2013
18:26.95 … Highland

Sterling’s Marquise Young earned his 8th career All-America honor and Ocean City’s Luke Halbruner his 1st on Rowan’s 4th-place 1,600-meter relay team at NCAA Division 3 Nationals at Nazareth University’s Golisano Center in Pittsford, N.Y.

Rowan ran 3:15.83 for five points and finished in 3rd place with 32 points, behind only two Wisconsin powerhouses – La Crosse [84 points] and Oshkosh [39 points].

Rowan’s 27 other points came in the 60-meter hurdles, where Jason Agyemang, Riverside’s Jamir Brown, Young and Kwaku Nkrumah finished 1-2-4-5.

The 3rd-place finish ties Rowan’s best ever at indoor nationals. The Profs also finished 3rd in the 2018 meet with 37 points. They also placed in the top 10 in 1999 [tied for 4th with 20 points] and 2017 [tied for 6th with 21 points].

Young led off the 4-by-4 for Rowan with a 49.32 split, Nana Agyemang ran 48.69, Samuel Milevoix split 48.79 and Halbruner anchored in 49.04.

Earlier in the day, Young placed 4th in the hurdles in 7.83, tied for 7th-fastest in NCAA Division 3 history.

Young doesn’t have outdoor eligibility remaining and was competing in his final race for the Profs. He goes down as one of the all-time greats in program history. Here’s a look at his eight All-America performances:

2022 Indoors
1st, 1,600-Meter Relay [3:16.56]
2022 Outdoors
5th 1,600-Meter Relay [3:13.44]
2023 Outdoors
7th 400-Meter Hurdles [53.35]
6th 1,600-Meter Relay [3:08.74]
2024 Outdoors
5th 110-Meter Hurdles [14.21]
4th 1,600-Meter Relay [3:11.41]
2025 Indoors
4th 60-Meter Hurdles [7.83]
4th 1,600-Meter Relay [3:15.83]

The Winslow girls ran the 2nd-fastest 800-meter relay in South Jersey history Friday at Boston Nationals.
Who ran for Winslow?

Listed on the official results is a lineup with junior Olivia Okaro, sophomore Jordyn Cato, sophomore Skyhe Seamon and sophomore Cinniya Robinson.

The Winslow quartet ran 1:39.77, 2nd-fastest on the all-time South Jersey list to Winslow’s 1:39.55 with Flora Ahiarakwe, Shakira Dancy, Janeya Hammond and Nylah Perry at 2018 Armory Nationals.

Their time is No. 8 in state history and gives the Eagles the four-fastest times in South Jersey history – all since 2017.

MileSplit lists Sharpe Athletics with a 1:39.27 at 2021 Virginia Beach Nationals, and that performance shows up on some all-time South Jersey and state lists. But while Sharpe Athletics was Clayton’s club name, that team had the three Sharpe sisters from Clayton along with a runner from Neshaminy High School in Bucks County, So obviously not eligible for any New Jersey or South Jersey lists.

All-Time New Jersey Sub-1:41 List
1:38.03 … Union Catholic, 2024
1:38.60 … Union Catholic, 2023
1:38.99 … Columbia, 2014
1:39.29 … Union Catholic, 2016
1:39.37 … Columbia, 2011
1:39.55 … Winslow Twp., 2018
1:39.74 … Franklin, 2003
1:39.77 … Winslow Twp., 2025
1:39.94 … Winslow Twp., 2017
1:39.94 … East Orange Campus, 2007
1:39.95 … Winslow Twp., 2025
1:40.76 … Union Catholic, 2022
1:40.77 … Moorestown, 2000

All-Time South Jersey Sub-1:42 List
1:39.55 … Winslow Twp., 2018
1:39.77 … Winslow Twp., 2025
1:39.94 … Winslow Twp., 2017
1:39.95 … Winslow Twp., 2025
1:40.77 … Moorestown, 2000
1:41.19 … Camden, 2008
1:41.14 … Woodrow Wilson, 2006
1:41.19 … Camden, 2008
1:41.28 … Woodrow Wilson, 2005
1:41.42 … Moorestown, 1999
1:41.70 … Willingboro, 2002
1:41.78 … Winslow Twp., 2014
1:41.80 … Winslow Twp., 2019

4 Sharpe Athletics 1:39.27 2
1) Sharpe, Arianna 12 2) Sharpe, Ariel 12
3) Sharpe, Amirah 12 4) Hebron, Sanaa 12
22.746 (22.746) 51.494 (28.748) 1:15.511 (24.018)
1:39.267 (23.757)

Jason Agyemang won his 1st national title with the 3rd-fastest time in NCAA Division 3 history, and Rowan took four of the top five spots in the 60-meter hurdles Saturday at the D-3 Championships.

Agyemang, a sophomore from North Plainfield, won the final at Nazareth University’s Galisano Center in Pittsford, N.Y., in 7.76, with freshman Jamir Brown from Riverside 2nd in 7.80, senior Marquise Young from Sterling 4th with a lifetime-best 7.83 and junior Kwaku Nkrumah 5th in 7.92.

Rowan hadn’t scored a point in the meet until the hurdles final, where they picked up 27 (10-8-5-4), and that elevated them into 2nd place, just two points behind Wisconsin La Crosse.

Agyemang missed the meet record by 1-100th of a second. Luke Campbell of Salisbury ran 7.75 at last year’s meet in Lincoln, Neb.

The only faster times in Division 3 history are Brown’s 7.72 at Ocean Breeze earlier this year, and Campbell’s 7.75.

Brown, who graduated from Riverside last spring, earned All-America honors in his first season of college track and finished only 4-100ths of a second out of a national championship.

Young lowered his lifetime best from 7.84 – which he ran in Friday’s trials – to 7.83 in fourth place, 7th-fastest in NCAA Division 3 history. And Nkrumah ran just 5-100ths of a second off his lifetime-best 7.87, which he ran earlier this month in Ithaca.

This unprecedented performance leaves the current Rowan team with four of the 12-fastest hurdlers in NCAA Division 3 history:

Jayson Ekiyor, a senior at Bethel (Minn.) University Christian College, broke up a potential Rowan 1-2-3-4 finish in 3rd place, lowering his PR from 7.88 from Friday’s prelims to 7.83. To break a tie with Young, their times wer broken down to 1-1,000ths of a second, and Ekiyor was given a 7.824 and Young 7.828.

Agyemang, Brown and Nkrumah will be the top-three returning hurdlers in Division 3 for the 2026 indoor season.

All-Time NCAA Division 3 60-Meter Hurdles List
7.72 … Jamir Brown [Rowan], Dec. 6, 2024, Ocean Breeze
7.75 … Luke Campbell [Salisbury], March 15, 2014, Lincoln, Neb.
7.80 … Luke Schroeder [Wisconsin-La Crosse], Feb. 3, 2024, La Crosse, Wisc.
7.76… Jason Agyemang [Rowan], March 15, 2025, Pittsfield, N.Y.
7.82 … Oliver Thomas [Worcester Polytechnic Institute], Feb. 12, 2022, Boston
7.82 … Terrence Gibson [Worcester State], March 15, 2014, Lincoln, Neb.
7.83 … Kendrick Gibbons [Lincoln], 2007
7.83 … Jayson Ekiyor [Bethel, Minn.], March 15, 2025, Pittsfield, N.Y.
7.83 … Marquise Young [Rowan], March 15, 2025, Pittsfield, N.Y.
7.85 … Dan Arnold [Wisconsin-Platteville], March 12, 2016, Grinnell, Iowa
7.87 … Taylor Rooney [Gustavos, Adolphus], Feb. 6, 2021, St. Paul, Minn.
7.87 … Kwaku Nkrumah [Rowan], March 7, 2025, Ithaca, N.Y.
7.88 … Dontre Sinegal [McMurry], Dec. 7, 2024, Pittsburg, Kan.

The Winslow boys – KaRon Ali, Kristopher Jackson, Jayden Poteat and Dominic Bassey – destroyed the South Jersey sprint medley record Friday at Boston Nationals.

Winslow ran 3:26.14, which not only took nearly 1 ½ seconds off the South Jersey indoor sprint medley record but is one of the top 10 times in South Jersey history indoors or outdoors.

Ali and Jackson got the stick around for their 200 legs in 44.21, Poteat split 48.32 for the 400 and Bassey anchored in 1:53.63.

Winslow broke the South Jersey indoor record of 3:27.60 set by Vineland’s Dale Coleman, Marcus Lee, Schafer Sherrer and Shannon Sherrer at the 2003 New Balance Games at the Armory.

Their time is No. 3 in state history. Toms River North placed 2nd in the race in 3:25.68 and St. Benedict’s ran 3:25.88 at 2012 Armory Nationals with Edward Cheserek splitting 1:50.5 on the 800.

Winslow’s performance is also 2nd-fastest by a South Jersey school indoors or outdoors in the last 20 years. Moorestown ran 3:25.06 in 2017 at Greensboro Nationals with Brandon Outlaw splitting 46.7 and Kevin Fox 1:52.4. Zion Howard and Josh Pearcy ran the 200s.

Winslow’s time is No. 8 on the combined South Jersey indoor-outdoor list.

All-Time New Jersey Indoor Sprint Medley List
3:25.68 … Toms River North, 2025
3:25.88 … St. Benedict’s, 2012
3:26.14 … Winslow Twp., 2025
3:26.16 … Union Catholic, 2014
3:27.11 … Pascack Valley, 2012
3:27.42 … Seton Hall Prep, 2023
3:27.60 … Vineland, 2003
3:28.38 … Morris Knolls, 2024
3:28.49 … Westfield, 2022
3:28.59 … Notre Dame, 2007
3:28.99 … East Orange, 2018
3:29.01 … Pope John XXIII, 2013
3:29.03 … Christian Brothers, 2013
3:29.07 … West Orange, 2012
3:29.07 … Washington Twp., 2009
3:29.15 … Union Catholic, 2024
3:29.31 … St. Benedict’s, 2005
3:29.31 … Pennsauken, 2023
3:29.6y … St. Benedict’s, 1971

All-Time South Jersey Sprint Medley List
3:26.14 … Winslow Twp., 2025
3:27.60 … Vineland, 2003
3:29.07 … Washington Twp., 2009
3:29.31 … Pennsauken, 2023
3:30.01 … Cherokee, 2002
3:30.35 … Kingsway, 2022
3:30.45 … Lenape, 2001
3:31.73 … Vineland, 2004
3:32.36 … Rancocas Valley, 2016
3:32.90 … Washington Twp., 2010
3:33.22 … Pleasantville, 2012
3:33.99 … Pleasantville, 2007
3:34.12 … Absegami, 2010
3:34.52 … Pleasantville, 2002 [3:34.64?]
3:34.86 … Rancocas Valley, 2017
3:34.88 … Vineland, 2002
3:34.96 … Bordentown, 2005
3:35.0h ….. Edgewood, 1986

All-Time South Jersey Indoor-Outdoor Sprint Medley List
3:22.71 … Vineland, 2002 [o]
3:22.75 … Vineland, 2003 [o]
3:22.85 … Camden, 2001 [o]
3:23.56 … Willingboro, 2003 [o]
3:23.79 … Willingboro, 2001 [o]
3:24.19 … Bordentown, 2005 [o]
3:25.06 … Moorestown, 2017 [o]
3:26.14 … Winslow Twp., 2025 [i]
3:26.25 … Absegami, 2008 [o]
3:26.28 … Winslow Twp., 2024 [o]
3:26.75 … Winslow Twp., 2003 [o]
3:27.10 … Washington Twp., 2010 [o]
3:27.32 … Oakcrest, 2014 [o]
3:27.1h … Bridgeton, 2001 [o]
3:27.3h … Willingboro, 1983 [o]
3:27.55 … Washington Twp., 2009 [o]
3:27.69 … Overbrook, 1999 [o]
3:28.55 … Winslow Twp., 2002 [o]
3:28.63 … Lenape, 2001 [o]
3:29.1h … Willingboro, 1979 [o]
3:29.31 … Pennsauken, 2023 [i]
3:29.44 … Rancocas Valley, 2017 [o]
3:29.5y … Woodbury, 1978 [o]
3:29.72 … Rancocas Valley, 2005 [o]

Hammonton senior Anthony Liakhnovich bombed the No. 7 throw in state history and won the shot put Friday at Boston Nationals.

Liakhnovich had just set an indoor PR with a 62-6 ¾ for 2nd place at the Meet of Champions two weeks ago at Ocean Breeze, finishing about a foot behind Delbarton senior Peter Donini, who threw 63-7. His outdoor best is 62-10 from a meet in May at Delsea.

He actually broke his indoor PR with a 62-7 ¾ on his 1st attempt before PR’ing by 3 ½ feet on his 2nd attempt with a 66-3 ¾.

Donini had a monster series with six throws over 64 feet: 65-3 ¼, 64-9 ¼, 64-6 ¾, 65-9, 65-7 ½ and 64-10. He averaged 65-1 ½ on his six attempts and had six of the eighth-best throws of the competition.

But he couldn’t catch Liakhnovich, who won by 6 ¾ inches over the Summit resident.

Liakhnovich’s throw is No. 2 in South Jersey history both indoors and on the overall combined indoor-outdoor list. Braheme Days Jr. of Bridgeton – who won three national high school titles – is the only 70-footer thrower in South Jersey history with a 70-8 to win 2012 Easterns at the Armory.

Days Jr. won national titles at 2012 Armory Nationals [68-10 ¾] and 2013 Armory Nationals indoors [66-6] and 2013 Greensboro Nationals outdoors [68-6 ½].

Liakhnovich’s throw is No. 14 on the all-time New Jersey indoor and outdoor combined list.

He broke his own Atlantic County record along the way.  The previous county indoor record was 59-9 by Kofi Yamoah at 2013 Easterns at the Armory. Liakhnovich broke that when he threw 60-2 in his first meet this season, at the Ott Center in December. Yamoah also held the overall Atlantic County record of 61-4 from a meet at Buena in May of 2013. Liakhnovich surpassed that with his 62-10 last spring,

All-Time New Jersey 65-Foot Indoor List
71-9 ½ … Nick Vena [Morristown], 2011
70-8 … Braheme Days Jr. [Bridgeton], 2012
67-7 … Joshua Huisman [St. Rose], 2024
67-3 … Kevin DiGiorgio [Bayonne], 1998
67-1 ¾ … James Gilligan [Toms River East], 2008
66-6 … Glen DiGiorgio [Bayonne], 2002
66-3 ¾ … Anthony Liakhnovich [Hammonton], 2025
65-10 … Steve Adams [St. Joe’s Montvale], 1970
65-9 … Peter Donini [Delbarton], 2025 [i]
65-6 … Jordan West [Rahway], 2017
65-6 … Jonathan Harris [Delsea], 2025
65-4 … Cole Tucker [Colts Neck], 2021
65-2 ½ … Greg Cortina [Hun], 1971
65-2 ¼ … Marcus Blasucci [CBA], 2025

All-Time South Jersey Indoor List
70-8 … Braheme Days Jr. [Bridgeton], 2012
66-3 ¾ … Anthony Liakhnovich [Williamstown], 2025
65-6 … Jonathan Harris [Delsea], 2025
63-11 … Ray Wilks [Bridgeton], 1995
63-1 ¾ … Nick Pulli [West Deptford], 2014
62-7 ¾ … Kamron Kobolak [Cinnaminson], 2018
62-0 ½ … Jason Nwosu [Delsea], 2022
61-9 … Lou Gordon [Bridgeton], 1995
60-3 … Harry Dilks [Pitman], 1971
60-10 ¾ … John Purvis [Winslow Twp.], 2020
60-1 … Damere Lassiter [Glassboro], 2024
60-0 ½ … Ell Ash [Willingboro], 2004

All-Time New Jersey Combined List
75-10 … Nick Vena [Morristown], 2011 [o]
70-8 … Braheme Days Jr. [Bridgeton], 2012 [i]
69-8 ¼ … Kevin DiGiorgio [Bayonne], 1998 [o]
69-2 … Benjamin Shue [Bergen Catholic], 2024 [o]
68-9 … Greg Cortina [Hun School], 1971 [o]
68-3 … Andy Papathanassiou [Emerson], 1985 [o]
68-0 ¾ … Luke Grodeska [St. Rose], 2016 [o]
68-0 ¼ … Glen DiGiorgio [Bayonne], 2002 [i]
67-7 … Joshua Huisman [St. Rose], 2024 [i]
67-1 ¾ … James Gilligan [Toms River East], 2008 [i]
67-10 … Jordan West [Rahway], 2017 [o]
66-4 ½ … Elvin Bethea [Trenton], 1964 [o]
66-4 … Rudy Guevara [Essex Catholic], 1971 [o]
66-3 ¾ … Anthony Liakhnovich [Williamstown], 2025 [i]
66-0 ½ … Steve Adams [St. Joe’s-Montvale], 1970 [o]
66-0 ¼ … Mike Alleman [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 2008 [o]
65-10 ¼ … Bruce Heide [Springfield], 1975 [o]
65-9 … Fabian Gonzalez [Southern Regional], 2023 [o]
65-9 … Peter Donini [Delbarton], 2025 [i]
65-8 … Vaughn Skidmore [Ocean Twp.], 1976 [o]
65-6 … Jonathan Harris [Delsea], 2025 [i]
65-4 ¾ … Cole Tucker [Colts Neck], 2021 [o]
65-2 ¼ … Marcus Blasucci [CBA], 2025
65-2 … Aaron Echternacht [Hopewell Valley], 1991 [o]
65-1 ½ … Christopher Licata [Gil St. Bernard], 2018 [o]

All-Time South Jersey Combined List
70-8 … Braheme Days Jr. [Bridgeton], 2012 [i]
66-3 ¾ … Anthony Liakhnovich [Williamstown], 2025 [i]
65-6 … Jonathan Harris [Delsea], 2025 [i]
64-10 ¼ … Jon Kalnas [Paulsboro], 1997 [o]
64-6 ¼ … Ron Dayne [Overbrook], 1996 [o]
63-11 … Ray Wilks [Bridgeton], 1995 [i]
63-8 ½ … Jonathan Harris [Delsea], 2025 [i]
63-1 ¾ … Nick Pulli [West Deptford], 2014 [i]
62-7 ¾ … Kamron Kobolak [Cinnaminson], 2018 [i]
63-2 ½ … Jason Nwosu [Delsea], 2022 [o]
62-10 … Anthony Liakhnovich [Hammonton], 2024 [o]
61-9 … Lou Gordon [Bridgeton], 1995 [i]
61-6 … Josh Awotunde [Delsea], 2013 [o]
61-4 … Kofi Yamoah [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013 [o]
61-3 … Jayden Farmer [Pennsauken], 2024 [o]
61-2 ½ … Matthew Huckabee [Timber Creek], 2010 [o]
60-11 ¼ … Damere Lassiter [Glassboro], 2024 [o]
60-11 … Lucciano Pizarro [Cherokee], 2019 [o]
60-10 ¾ … John Purvis [Winslow Twp.], 2020 [i]
60-3 … Harry Dilks [Pitman], 1971 [i]
60-3 … Dontaye Rivera [Pleasantville], 2012 [o]
60-0 ½ … Ell Ash [Willingboro], 2004 [i]

Stockton junior Kayla Kass ran her fastest 800 of the year Friday and advanced to the final at the NCAA Division 3 Championships in Pittsford, N.Y.

Kass ran 2:11.05 on the flat track at Nazareth University’s Golisano Center, the 6th-fastest time among qualifiers for Saturday’s final.

She came through 600 meters in 1:38.28, the 14th-fastest in the three heats, but she closed in 32.78, the fastest final 200 of any runner in the field. She was second in her heat to earn a large-Q qualifier.

The final is scheduled for 5:05 p.m. on Saturday.

Kass was 8th in last year’s indoor championship in Virginia Beach last March, earning her first All-America honor, and 9th in the outdoor NCAA Division 3 800 in Myrtle Beach this past May.

Her 2:11.05 is 3-100ths of a second off her indoor PR and school record 2:11.02, set on a banked track at last year’s indoor nationals.