From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Desi Stroud, a sophomore at Holy Family from Mays Landing, opened the spring season with an outdoor long jump PR and the No. 2 mark in school history.

Stroud, placed 2nd to teammate Odane Smith with a 23-4 ¾ jump at the Stockton Invite in Galloway Township, surpassing his outdoor PR of 22-1 ¼ from 2023 South Jersey Group 4 sectionals at Pennsauken.

Smith, a senior from Edwin Allen in Frankfield, Jamaica, won with a 23-5 ½. He’s the school record holder outdoors with a 23-5 ¾ at the Doc Jopson Invitational in Bridgewater, Va., last March (that mark – 7.16 meters – is listed incorrectly as 23-6 in the results but 23-5 ¾ in the record section of Holy Family’s web site).

So Stroud was only one inch from Smith’s school record.

Javon Bowen, a current Holy Family junior from Jamaica College in Kingston, set the indoor school record of 24-0 ¾ at the East Coast Conference Championships at Ocean Breeze last month. Smith jumped 23-8 in the same meet, and Stroud jumped a lifetime-best 23-8 ¾ indoors at the Fastrack National Invite at Ocean Breeze in February 2024. Bowen did not compete Saturday at Stockton.

Stroud also has a triple jump PR of 46-5 ¼ and he ran on the school-record 800-meter relay team that ran 1:29.06 at the Penn Relays last year.

At Atlantic County Tech Stroud

Apparently there’s a 3rd “national” meet, and it’s held a week after Armory and Boston “Nationals” in Virginia Beach.

Eastern junior Natalie Dumas, hot off her South Jersey-record 2:07.68 at Armory Nationals, made the trip to Virginia Beach to anchor Eastern’s sprint medley team on Sunday.

While she was waiting, she jumped in the 400 and … won it.

Dumas ran 53.66 and one by eight meters over Kadia Rock of SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio, who was 2nd in 54.66.

Dumas set a South Jersey-record 53.55 when she won the Meet of Champions 400 at Ocean Breeze earlier this month, so she was only 11-100ths of a second off her PR Saturday at the Virginia Beach Sports Center. That time is No. 4 in state history.

The previous South Jersey record was 54.24 set in 2003 by Willingboro’s Okechi Ogbuokiri when she won the 400 at 2003 Armory Nationals. So Dumas now has the two-fastest indoor times in South Jersey history.

Delsea’s Nico Morales recorded the best outdoor pole vault mark ever by a South Jersey athlete Friday at the South Florida Alumni Invitational in Tampa.

In his first outdoor meet since the Big Ten Championships in Bloomington, Ind., in May of 2023, Morales cleared 17-5, surpassing his outdoor PR of 16-9 ½ from the 2023 Penn Relays.

Morales had a stretch of indoor meets where he cleared 17-6 ¼, 17-6 ½ and 17-5 ½ this past January and February, with that 17-6 ½ in Cambridge, Mass., establishing an indoor or outdoor South Jersey alumni record.

The previous South Jersey alumni outdoor record was set by Morales’ current Rutgers teammate, Cherry Hill East graduate Noah Kriesman, a Rutgers sophomore. He cleared 17-3 ½ in a meet last April in Columbia, S.C.

Morales’ 17-5 appears to be No. 2 in Rutgers history outdoors, although the school hasn’t updated its all-time performance list in a while.

Current Rutgers sophomore Brian O’Sullivan cleared 17-5 ½ in the NCAA East Prelims in Lexington last May.

His brother, junior Kevin O’Sullivan, is the Rutgers indoor school record holder at 18-2 from a meet at the Armory in January, but his outdoor PR appears to be 17-1 from last year’s South Florida Invitational.

All-Time New Jersey Alumni Pole Vault List
18-9 ¼ … Bradley Jelmert [Watchung Hills], Dec. 9, 2023, Pittsburg, Kan.
18-2 … Kevin O’Sullivan [Hillsborough], Jan. 31, 2025, New York
18-0 … Brian Sullivan [Hillsborough], Jan. 24, 2025, Indianapolis
17-10 ½ … Craig Hunter [Robbinsville], June 8, 2016, Eugene, Ore.
17-9 … Kevin McGuire [Lawrenceville], May 26, 1993, Fairfax, Va.
17-8 ½ … Steve Keating [Pompton Lakes], June 12, 1993, Los Gatos, Calif.
17-6 ½ … Adam Sarafian [Ocean Township], Jan. 28, 2006, Reno, Nev.
17-6 ½ … Nico Morales [Delsea], Feb. 8, 2025, Cambridge, Mass.
17-4 ½ … Ed Keefe [St. John Vianney], Feb. 17, 2002, Syracuse
17-3 ½ … Noah Kriesman [Cherry Hill East], April 20, 2024, Columbia, S.C.
17-2 ½ … Christian Mazza [Toms River East], Feb. 23, 2003, Syracuse
17-0 ¾ … Chris Wykoff [Toms River East], May 25, 2013, Greensboro, N.C.
17-0 … Bill Lange [Bridgewater East], 1980, Hanover, N.H.

In her first meet of the outdoor season, Jenovia Logan from Sterling smashed the Rutgers school record in the high jump.

Logan set a PR and school record of 5-11 ¼ at the University of South Florida Alumni Invitational in Tampa, breaking the school record of 5-10 ½ set by Kimberly Fife from Ringwood High at the 1999 Colonial Relays in Williamsburg and matched by Courteney Campbell from Ridge in 2021 at the Big Ten Tri-Meet in Piscataway.

Logan’s previous PR was 5-10 ¾ in her final indoor meet – the Big Ten Championships earlier this month in Indianapolis. Her previous outdoor PR was 5-7 at last year’s USF Alumn Invite.

On Saturday, she passed 5-1 and 5-3 and cleared 5-5 on her first attempt. She cleared 5-7 and 5-8 ¾ on her second attempts and then 5-10 on her first. Four jumpers were left at 5-11 ¼ , but only Logan got over the bar, and she did it on her 1st attempt. She finished by taking three attempts at 6-0.

Both Rutgers high jump records are now held by South Jersey alums. Schalick graduate Anthony Butler jumped 7-1 ½ in Charlotesville in 2004.

Other Rutgers records held by South Jersey athletes: Paul Friedman [Moorestown] men’s outdoor 10,000 [29:20.80], Chris Mirabelli [Rancocas Valley], men’s javelin [251-6], Dennisha Page [Wilson] women’s outdoor 100 [11.30] and indoor 60 [7.26], Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown] women’s outdoor 200 [23.07] and indoor 200 [23.32], Shameka Marshall [Oakcrest] women’s outdoor hurdles [13.30], outdoor long jump [21-6 ¾], indoor long jump [21-10 ¼] and indoor hurdles [8.19] and Claudine Smith [Atlantic City] indoor triple jump [41-10].

At Sterling, Logan jumped 5-6 several times and won the 2022 state Group 2 champ in Somerset. Her mark Saturday is 4th-best ever by a South Jersey high school graduate. Here’s a look at the eight South Jersey jumpers I’m aware of who’ve cleared 5-9 or better.

6-3 … Priscilla Frederick [Paul VI], July 22, 2015, Toronto, Canada
6-1 ½ … MaryBeth Labosky [Holy Cross], April 17, 1992, Lawrence, Kan.
6-0 ¾ … Kenady Wilson [Willingboro], April 23, 2022, Greensboro, N.C.
5-11 ¼ … Jenovia Logan [Sterling], March 22, 2025, Tampa
5-10 ½ … Megan Kirschling [West Deptford], June 2, 2012, South Plainfield
5-10 … Tierra Hooker [Timber Creek], June 9, 2018, Mansfield Twp.
5-10 … Bryanna Craig [Millville], April 14, 2022, West Monroe, La.
5-9 ¼ … Lindsey Walsh [Lenape], May 15, 2011, Princeton

In her first race for Howard, Pennsville’s Arianna Smith ran the 4^th-fastest time in school history and nearly ran a PR.

Smith, who started at Princeton and then spent a year at Rutgers, won the intermediates Friday in her 2025 season opener at the University of Southern Florida Alumni Invitational in Tampa.

Smith ran 57.89 to finish 1^st in a field of 42 hurdlers opening their 2025 outdoor track season. Jessica Wright set the school record of 55.81 in 2003, Simone Watkins ran 55.92 in 2024 and Landria Buckley ran 57.88 in 2009.

Smith set a school record of 57.84 while she was at Princeton at the 2023 Heps at Franklin Field. Her best time last year at Rutgers was a 59.55 when she won this meet last year, and that’s No. 3 in Rutgers history. So she’s now top-4 all-time at three different schools.

Catching up on some remarkable performances last weekend, we’ll start with the Winslow Township girls, who smashed the South Jersey 4-by-4 record at Boston Nationals.

Freshman Jasmine Jackson, sophomore Skyhe Seamon, Amariah Arango and Cinniya Robinson ran 3:44.74, breaking a 22-year-old South Jersey record.

Jackson led off in 56.82, Seaymon ran 55.26, Arango split 55.50 and Robinson anchored in 57.12, with each earning All-America honors.

The time is 5th-fastest in state history and 2nd-fastest by a public school, behind only Columbia’s 3:42.03 with Olivia Baker at Armory Nationals [which was the same meet as this year’s Boston Nationals, just in a different place].

Willingboro set the previous South Jersey record of 3:45.37 at 2003 Armory Nationals, at the time the state record. Rhea Mann [58.01], Channel Hamilton [57.12], Halimah Bashir [56.03] and Okechi Ogbuokiri [54.21] ran on that team.

Winslow also placed 4th in the shuttle hurdles in 33.04, with Jackson, junior Ma’Syiah Brawner, sophomore Justice Green and senior Sanaa Bradley earning All-America honors. Winslow also ran 1:39.77 in the 4-by-2 with junior Olivia Okaro, sophomore Jordyn Cato, sophomore Skyhe Seamon and sophomore Cinniya Robinson is No. 2 in South Jersey history.

All-Time New Jersey Indoor 4-by-4 List
3:40.28 … Union Catholic, 2016
3:41.19 … Union Catholic, 2025
3:42.03 … Columbia, 2013
3:43.38 … Union Catholic, 2025
3:44.74 … Winslow Twp., 2025
3:45.37 … Willingboro, 2003
3:45.89 … Winslow Twp., 2025
3:46.42 … Columbia, 2014
3:47.03 … Union Catholic, 2015
3:47.31 … Union Catholic, 2019
3:47.59 … Union Catholic, 2024
3:47.95 … Willingboro, 2002
3:48.9h … Plainfield, 1980
3:49.07 … Camden, 1995
3:49.18 … Rumson-Fair Haven, 2025
3:49.50 … East Orange, 2006
3:49.50 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:49.59 … Timber Creek, 2024
3:49.9h … Plainfield, 1981
3:50.82 … Union Catholic, 2017
3:50.88 … Lawrenceville, 2025
3:50.89 … Scotch Plains-Fanwood, 2022
3:50.90 … Winslow Twp., 2005
3:50.8h … Snyder, 1981

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 4×4 List
3:44.74 … Winslow Twp., 2025
3:45.37 … Willingboro, 2003
3:45.89 … Winslow Twp., 2025
3:47.95 … Willingboro, 2002
3:49.07 … Camden, 1995
3:49.50 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:49.59 … Timber Creek, 2024
3:51.49 … Winslow Twp., 2017
3:52.37 … Willingboro, 2000
3:52.55 … Wilson, 2006
3:53.61 … Willingboro, 1998
3:53.81 … Paul VI, 2020
3:53.6h … Willingboro, 1999
3:53.82 … Timber Creek, 2023
3:53.97 … Rancocas Valley, 2019

A personal note: Apologies for not posting any results the last several days, but it was out of respect to South Jersey track legend Mike Pascuzzo, who we lost last weekend. You can find my remembrance of Mike here.

It was July 15, 1988, at the U.S. Olympic Track Trials at the Michael A. Carroll Track and Soccer Stadium on the campus of Indiana University Indianapolis campus. The Burlington County Times had sent me and ace photographer Dennis McDonald out to Indy to cover the large South jersey contingent at the Trials, and that Friday afternoon Lenape graduate Mike Pascuzzo was competing in the high jump. Mike – “Scooze” – had PR’d with a 7-5 that January in a Metropolitan Athletics Congress indoor meet at West Point and matched it in June when he placed 6th at the U.S. Championships in Tampa. But this wasn’t his day and he failed to clear opening height of 7-1 ½.

After his 3rd and final attempt, he remained in the pit on his hands and knees staring straight down in disbelief, and Dennis captured that heartbreaking moment with a full-color photo that ran the next morning on the front page of the BCT. [Somehow, Dennis found that image this morning,, and that’s what you see here] For the next 35 years, Mike gave Dennis and me plenty of good-natured ribbing about that photo every time we saw him. It was something we laughed about literally for nearly four decades, and I can’t believe I won’t get the opportunity to laugh with him again.

Mike was a true heartbeat of track and field in South Jersey. Nobody cared more about the sport and nobody gave more to the sport as a competitor, coach, organizer and entrepreneur. In the winter of 1981, as a Lenape senior, Mike broke the South Jersey indoor high jump record three times, culminating with a 6-11 in a meet in Glassboro State College’s gym. That remains the No. 3 mark in South Jersey history behind Mike Morrison’s 7-4 ¼ in 2003 and Terry Ferguson’s 7-0 in 1987. Mike went on to win a JUCO national title competing for Hagerstown and earned NCAA All-America honors at Maryland – where he also won an ACC long jump title – before spending several years traveling the world and high jumping on the pro circuit.

When he retired from competition, he turned his energy over to doing everything he could to help grow the sport he loved. He coached at Lenape for decades and had a bunch of outstanding jumpers – Musa Cooper, Dan Mitchell and Ty Coughlin among them – and founded the long-running Vertical Adventures camp, where every summer for over 30 years he gathered a remarkable collection of world-class athletes in every discipline who donated their time to work with athletes from South Jersey and beyond. Nearly 20 years ago, he started an annual beach pole vault competition that ever summer draws hundreds of vaulters in different age groups and categories to the beach in Atlantic City. Mike coached at Lenape but for decades if you were over at the high jump at any big meet, you would see Mike helping athletes from every school, many of whom had attended his camps. Coaches from other schools didn’t mind because they knew Mike just wanted the best for every competitor.

Mike was an idea guy. Every time you’d see him, he’d have another big idea of how to make track better, and they all made sense. You’d say, “That’s impossible, it’ll never happen,” and then he’d shake his head and explain why it could happen and tell you what he was doing to make it happen. When he was frustrated that FedEx couldn’t get a set of camp brochures from Manhattan to Mount Laurel in one day, he started his own courier service,, All-American Courier Services. And Mike was tireless in his efforts. He would drive up to White Plains, N.Y., every May to post camp brochures at the massive Glenn Loucks Meet and then race down to Northern Burlimgton to post brochures at the BCSL meet later that day. And he’d always have a Glenn Loucks program for me, since he knew I went to White Plains High. In fact, one of my teammates at White Plains, distance runner Greg Herzog, was Mike’s teammate at Maryland. When we first met in the mid-1980s, that was one of the first things we talked about.

Scooze died this weekend up in the Poconos. He was 63. It’s impossioble to imagine South Jersey track without Mike. He’s meant so much to so many athletes, coaches and parents over the years, and I was looking forward to seeing him in two weeks at the South Jersey Track Hall of Fame banquet. It’s hard to imagine going to a meet and not seeing Mike and sharing a laugh and listening to his latest ambitious idea or project. I was always so impressed with the enthusiasm he would have talking about a freshman who just PR’d or a kid from some school in Western Pennsylvania who had come to his camp and just cleared 6-8 for the first time. Here’s this former world-class high jumper – still ranked in the top 100 in U.S. history with his 7-5 ¼ PR from New York in June of 1992 – who got as much satisfaction from helping a 9th-grade kid clear 5-10 for the first time as he did when he PR’d himself. “Scooze” was one of a kind and he’ll be missed tremendously by everyone he crossed paths with. Peace and love to Loretta and all of Mike’s friends and family.

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