From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Moorestown senior Hannah Byrd-Leitner became the first South Jersey girl ever to win the Meet of Champions pole vault Sunday at Ocean Breeze.

Byrd-Leitner, the Meet of Champions winner outdoors in June with her PR 13-2, cleared 12-6 Sunday. She had just recorded an indoor PR of 13-0 when she won the state Group 3 title at the Bubble a week earlier.

Byrd-Leitner passed up through 10-6 and then cleared 11-0, 11-6 and 12-0 on her 1st attempt. With the bar going up to 12-6, only Byrd-Leitner and Dumont junior Jenna Monaco were still in the competition, although Monaco had two misses at 11-6. Byrd-Leitner cleared 12-6 on her 2nd attempt and Monaco failed to clear the bar, giving Byrd-Leitner the win.

She took three attempts at a meet-record 13-0 but didn’t clear. Her 3rd attempt was her best, and she just grazed the bar on the way down, knocking it off the standards. Pingry’s Caroline Dannenbaum set the meet record of 12-7 in 2020.

The pole vault has been held at the Meet of Champions since 2005. The first 20 years, the best South Jersey jumpers were Millville’s Melissa Gale [2nd in 2006 at 11-6], Delsea’s Ashley Preston [2nd in 2018 at 12-6] and Haddonfield’s Rebecca Hoover [2nd in 2024 at 12-0].

Byrd-Leitner is Moorestown’s first indoor Meet of Champions winner in 26 years, since Amandi Rhett won the 55 in 7.13 in 1999.

Moorestown’s other indoor MoC winners were all high jumpers: Sandy Tokoto in 1990 [5-6] and 1991 [5-4] and Shatich Rivers in 1994 [5-6].

Hoover placed 3rd Sunday at 11-6 and three South Jersey jumpers – Haddon Township senior Emersen Levins, Paul VI junior Gianna Cianfrani and Pennsville senior Megan Morris – all had identical series and tied for 9th at 10-6.

Hammonton senior Anthony Liakhnovich popped the 10th-best shot put in South Jersey history Sunday at the 57th annual Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.

Liakhnovich, sitting in 4th place with two throws to go at 59-8 ¾, threw 62-6 ¾ on his 5th attempt to move up to 2nd, which is where he finished, behind only Delbarton senior Peter Donini, who threw 63-7 and had the three-best throws of the competition.

Liakhnovic, Meet of Champions discus runner-up last spring at 181-3, broke his own Atlantic County record of 61-1 from January at the Ott Center.

His 62-6 ¾ makea him the No. 15 performer in Meet of Champions. It’s the best throw by a South Jersey athlete at an indoor Meet of Champions in 13 years, since Braheme Days Jr. of Bridgeton won the 2012 meet at the Bubble with a 67-8 ¾. The only other superior MoC thrower from South Jersey is another Bridgeton weight star, Ray Wilks, who won the 1995 meet at Jadwin Gym at 62-7 ½. So all three from the Cape-Atlantic.

The beat throw at an indoor Meet of Champions by a non-Cape Atlantic thrower was a 61-3 at the 2013 meet by West Deptford’s Nick Pulli.

Also Sunday, Delsea senior Jonathan Harris placed 7th with a 56-7 3/4.

All-Time New Jersey 60-Foot Club
South Jersey throwers in bold
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
65-10 … Steve Adams [St. Joe’s Montvale], 1970
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 1/2 … Marcus Blasucci [CBA], 2025
64-9 3/4 … Joe Licata [Gill St. Bernard’s], 2022
64-5 3/4 … Luke Grodeska [St. Rose], 2016
64-5 1/2 … Chris Licata [Sill St. Bernard’s], 2018
64-2 1/2 … Peter Donini [Delbarton], 2025
63-3 1/4 … MIke Alleman [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 2008
63-1 3/4 … Nick Pulli [West Deptford], 2014
62-11 1/2 … Stephen Mozia [Hackensack], 2011
62-9 1/2 … Christopher Staton [Franklin Twp.], 2012
62-8 3/4 … Benjamin Shue [Bergen Catholic], 2024
62-7 3/4 … Kamron Kobolak [Cinnaminson], 2018
62-6 3/4 … Anthony Liakhnovich [Hammonton], 2025
62-4 … Tyrone Garland [Matawan], 1993
62-2 ¼ … Brian Cortina [Hun], 2005
62-2 1/4 … Sean Wilton [Princeton], 2025
62-1 ½ … Bob Vorhies [Our Lady of the Valley], 1977
61-11 ½ … Vaughn Skidmore [Ocean Twp.], 1976
62-0 ½ … Jason Nwosu [Delsea], 2022
61-9 … Randy Sokolik [New Milford], 1969
61-9 … Lou Gordon [Bridgeton], 1995
61-8 … Ed Markowski [Roselle Catholic], 1968
61-8 … Andrew Trumbetti [Northern Valley-Demarest], 2013
61-7 ¾ … Patrick Passalacqua [Northern Valley-Old Tappan], 2020
61-7 … Ray Bradley [Trenton], 1976
61-6 ½ … Bob Ringwall [Carteret], 1973
61-6 ¼ … Adam Kuehl [Matawan], 2002
61-6 … Tyler Konopka [Toms River South], 2021
61-5 … Manny Silverio [North Bergen], 1976
61-4 ½ … Mark Saner [St. Joe’s-Montvale], 1970
61-4 … Bob Mattia [Union], 1975
61-2 ½ … Bob Brady [St. Joe’s-Montvale], 1970
61-2 … Ray Sahadi [Tenafly], 1974
61-0 ¾ … Reynaldo Hubbard [Long Branch], 1995
60-11 … Bruce Hedenal [Paramus], 1965
60-11 …Sal Delhierro [Toms River East], 2005
60-10 ¾ … John Purvis [Winslow Twp.], 2020
60- 10 ½ … Corey Abernathy [West Windsor-Plainsboro North], 2010
60-10 … Keith Jarvis [Essex Catholic], 1969
60-9 ¾ … John Wojciechowski [Madison Central], 1990
60-9 … Steve DiGiorgio [Bayonne], 2005
60-8 … Felix Lee [Highland Park], 1977
60-7 ¼ … Dorian Scott [Seton Hall], 2000
60-6 ¾ … Jason Bryan [Rumson-Fair Haven], 2014
60-6 ½ … Bob Lutkewitte [CBA], 1982
60-6 … Vincent Elardo [Lacey Twp.], 2007
60-6 … Albert Yodakis [CBA], 2025
60-5 ¾ … Christopher Tavarone [Morris Knolls], 2020
60-5 1/4 … Joe Seib [St. Rose], 2025
60-5 … Spencer Ross [Mahwah], 2014
60-4 ½ … Fabian Gonzalez [Southern Regional], 2022
60-4 ¼ … Shaun McGregor [Bergen Catholic], 1996
60-4 … Dom Mazza [Long Branch], 1967
60-4 … Capp Desheplo [West Morris Central], 2025
60-3 … Harry Dilts [Pitman], 1971
60-3 … Giovanni Gutierrez [Saddle Brook], 2017
60-2 ¼ … Jeff Schwerdtmann [Jackson], 2001
60-2 … Mark Wilkinson [Union], 1973
60-1 ½ … Al Wujciak [Essex Catholic], 1972
60-1 … Todd Stubbier [Toms River South], 2017
60-1 … Damere Lassiter [Glassboro], 2024
60-0 ½ … Ell Ash [WIllingboro], 2004
60-0 ¼ … Jonathan Harris [Delsea], 2024
60-0 … Russ Frame [Union], 1969
60-0 … Joshua Lezin [Lakewood], 2018

Winslow Township’s Prince Owusu-Twum, KaRon Ali, Dominic Bassey and Jayden Poteat ran the 6th-fastest 1,600-meter relay in state history Sunday at the 57th annual Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.

Winslow ran 3:15.97 and placed 2nd to Toms River North, which won in 3:15.70.

Owusu-Twum led off with a 49.67 split, Ali ran 48.66, Bassey contributed a 49.36 leg and Poteat anchored in 48.29, according to the lineup listed in the official results.

The only faster times in South Jersey history belong to Camden, which ran 3:15.78 when it won 2001 Easterns at the Armory, and Pennsauken, which ran 3:15.83 when it won the 2023 Meet of Champions, also at Ocean Breeze. That stood as the MoC record until Sunday.

Winslow’s time is 3rd-fastest in Meet of Champions history. The seven-fastest Meet of Champions 4-by-4 times in meet history have all been recorded in the last three years and all at Ocean Breeze.

Poteat also placed 2nd in the 400 in 48.43, which is the 5th-fastest time in South Jersey history and 9th-fastest in meet history.

Also in that 400, Clayton senior Alexander Osayemi placed 4th in 48.57, the fastest time ever run by a South Jersey Group 1 athlete. The previous fastest was a 48.64 by Florence’s Keith Griffith at the 2010 Metropolitan Coaches Invitational at the Armory. Osayemi also broke the Gloucester County record of 48.96 set at the 2023 Meet of Champions by Deptford’s Lathan Brown. His time is also 12th-fastest in MoC history.

Northern Burlington senior Darryl Pitt ran a school-record 49.78 and placed 7th Sunday. That’s fastest by a Burlington County runner in the 400 indoors in eight years, since Moorestown’s Brandon Outlaw ran 47.90 at 2017 Armory Nationals.

And Bassey ran a PR 1:54.05 and placed 7th in the 800. That’s 8th-fastest in South Jersey history and lowers Bassey’s own Camden County record

All-Time Meet of Champions 4-by-4 list
3:15.70 … Toms River North, 2025 [1]
3:15.83 … Pennsauken, 2023 [1]
3:15.97 … Winslow Twp., 2025 [2]
3:16.72 … Seton Hall Prep, 2023 [2]
3:17.98 … Toms River North, 2024 [1]
3:18.13 … St. Peter’s Prep, 2024 [2]
3:18.25 … Winslow Twp., 2024 [3]

All-Time Indoor South Jersey 1,600-Meter Relay List
3:15.78 … Camden, 2001
3:15.83 … Pennsauken, 2023
3:15.97 … Winslow Twp., 2025
3:16.40 … Lenape, 2000
3:17:15 … Vineland, 2003
3:17.26 … Camden, 2000
3:18.25 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:18.46 … Winslow Twp, 2003
3:18.45 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017
3:18.90 … Pleasantville, 2007
3:19.34 … Camden, 2004
3:19.42 … Camden, 2002

All-Time Indoor New Jersey 1,600-Meter Relay List
3:14.53 … Seton Hall Prep, 2023
3:14.91 … Toms River North, 2025
3:15.78 … Camden, 2001
3:15.53 … Union Catholic, 2014
3:15.83 … Pennsauken, 2023
3:15.97 … Winslow Twp., 2025
3:16.09 … East Orange, 2017
3:16.31 … Union Catholic, 2013
3:16.40 … Lenape, 2000
3:16.48 … Old Bridge, 2014
3:16.60 … East Orange, 2018
3:16.5h … Vineland, 2003
3:17.0h … Trenton, 2003
3:17:15 … Vineland, 2003
3:17.19 … Toms River North, 2023
3:17.26 … Camden, 2000
3:18.36 … St. Benedict’s, 2019
3:18.45 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017
3:18.46 … Winslow Twp, 2003
3:18.49 … Old Bridge, 2006
3:18.76 … Seton Hall Prep, 2022
3:18.78 … Union Catholic, 2020
3:17.98 … Toms River North, 2024
3:18.13 … St. Peter’s Prep, 2024
3:18.25 … Winslow Twp., 2024
3:18.90 … Pleasantville, 2007
3:19.01 … Metuchen, 1997
3:19.09 … Union, 2020
3:19.1h … Asbury Park, 1978
3:19.34 … Camden, 2004
3:19.36 … Seton Hall, 2005
3:19.40 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2012
3:19.42 … Camden, 2002
3:19.47 … Montclair, 1984
3:19.53 … Plainfield, 1985
3:19.82 … Weequahic, 1992
3:19.99 … Rahway, 2009

All-Time Meet of Champions 1,600-Meter Relay List
3:15.70 … Toms River North, 2025 [1]
3:15.83 … Pennsauken, 2023 [1]
3:15.97 … Winslow Twp., 2025 [2]
3:16.72 … Seton Hall Prep, 2023 [2]
3:17.98 … Toms River North, 2024 [1]
3:18.13 … St. Peter’s Prep, 2024 [2]
3:18.25 … Winslow Twp., 2024 [3]
3:18.26 … East Orange, 2017 [1]
3:18.78 … Union Catholic, 2020 [1]
3:19.09 … Union, 2020 [2]
3:19.70 … Union Catholic, 2014 [1]
3:20.53 … Oakcrest, 2012 [1]
3:20.54 … Old Bridge, 2014 [2]
3:20.98 … Jackson Memorial, 2020 [3]
3:21.16 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2017 [2]
3:21.19 … Toms River North, 2023 [3]
3:21.53 … Union Catholic, 2024 [4]
3:21.64 … Winslow, 2013 [1]
3:22.18 … Trenton, 2023 [4]
3:22.1h … Seton Hall Prep, 1970 [1]
3:22.42 … Monmouth, 2007 [1]
3:22.44 … Camden, 2001 [1]
3:22.51 … Deptford, 2024 [5]
3:22.3h … Snyder, 1971 [1]
3:22.71 … Timber Creek, 2024 [6]
3:22.87 … Montclair, 2020 [4]
3:22.84 … Christian Brothers, 2012 [2]
3:22.75 … Egg Harbor Twp., 2016 [1]
3:22.96 … Trenton, 2007 [2]
3:23.02 … Rahway, 2009 [1]
3:23.12 … Cherry Hill East, 2012 [3]
3:23.20 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2023 [5]
3:23.31 … Paul VI, 2016 [2]
3:23.31 … Livingston, 2024 [7]
3:23.33 … Westfield, 2024 [8]
3:23.40 … Cherokee, 2012 [4]
3:23.42 … Winslow, 2009 [2]
3:23.47 … Columbia, 2009 [3]
3:23.48 … Christian Brothers, 2013 [2]
3:23.52 … Franklin Twp., 2014 [3]
3:23.58 … Passaic County Tech, 2020 [5]
3:23.62 … Passaic County Tech, 2024 [9]
3:23.63 … Morris Knolls, 2024 [10]
3:23.68 … Ocean Township, 2023 [6]
3:23.78 … Pleasantville, 2007 [3]
3:23.84… Pennsauken, 2022 [1]
3:23.84 … Morris Knolls, 2024 [10]
3:23.84 … West Orange, 2024 [11]
3:24.88 … Piscataway, 2024 [12]
3:23.93….Westfield, 2022 [2]
3:23.96 … Union Catholic, 2012 [5]
3:23.98 … Buena, 2001 [2]
3:24.02 … East Orange, 2018 [1]
3:24.06 … Franklin Twp., 2016 [3]
3:24.29 … Westfield, 2019 [1]
3:24.32 … Winslow, 2008 [1]
3:24.33 … Rancocas Valley, 2017 [3]
3:24.42 … Elizabeth, 2019 [2]
3:24.43 … Winslow, 2003 [1]
3:24.47 … Seton Hall Prep, 2007 [4]
3:24.48 … Christian Brothers Academy, 2019 [3]
3:24.5h … Lincoln, 1969 [1]
3:24.5h … Lenape, 2000 [1]
3:24.88 … Ridge, 2024 [13]

All-Time South Jersey 400-Meter Dash List
47.50 … Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], 2023
47.90 … Brandon Outlaw [Moorestown], 2018
48.27 … Jade Smith [Camden], 2002
48.36 … Mohammad Kanu [Lenape], 2000
48.43 … Jayden Poteat [Winslow Twp.], 2025
48.45 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], 2025
48.48 … Amir Brock [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2017
48.50 … Alex Reber [Cherry Hill East], 2013
48.55 … Royce Reed [Bridgeton], 1995
48.57 … Alexander Osayemi [Clayton], 2025
48.64 … Keith Griffith [Florence], 2010
48.68 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991
48.72 … Michael Mazero [Paul VI], 2022
48.74 … John Morris [Camden], 2001
48.75 … Luke Colehower [Haddonfield], 2017
48.79 … Gabriel Moronta [Pleasantville], 2020
48.7h … Curt Mcintyre [Bridgeton], 1992
48.91 … Marlin Gross [Bridgeton], 2001
48.91 … Rob Gary [Lenape], 1998
48.96 … Lathan Brown [Deptford], 2023

All-Time Meet of Champions 400 List
47.35 … Xavier Donaldson [Seton Hall Prep], 2023 [1]
47.43 … Jordaine Johnson [East Orange], 2025 [1]
47.50 … Bryce Tucker [Pennsauken], 2023 [2]
47.73 … Jaden Marchan [Leonia], 2024 [1]
48.00 … Alexander Sadikov [Ocean Township], 2023 [3]
48.26 … Zyaire Clemes [Trenton], 2013 [1]
48.26 … Ryan Matulonis [Seton Hall Prep], 2023 [4]
48.33 … Taylor McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2015 [1]
48.43 … Jayden Poteat [Winslow Twp.], 2025 [2]
48.48 … Najee Glass [St. Peter’s Prep], 2011 [1]
48.50 … Lance Wigfall [East Orange], 2003 [1]

All-Time South Jersey 800 List
1:51.52 … Jacob Clark [Pleasantville], 2013
1:51.72 … Isaac Clark [Pleasantville], 2013
1:51.80 … Derrell Manhertz [Kingsway], 2013
1:52.46 … Gabriel Moronta [Pleasantville], 2020
1:52.74 … Bobby Poplau [Cherokee], 2024
1:53.51 … Alan Laws [Pleasantville], 2007
1:53.68 … Ishmael Muhammad [Oakcrest], 2013
1:54.05 … Dominic Bassey [Winslow Twp.], 2025
1:54.41 … Gabriel Moronta [Pleasantville], 2019
1:54.53 … Stone Caraccio [Kingsway], 2020
1:54.73 … Chris Manzo [Egg Harbor Twp.,], 2024
1:54.80 … Marvin Lewis [Willingboro], 2001
1:54.81 … Bill Dolan [Clearview], 2013
1:54.82 … Xavier Fraction [Washington Twp.], 2009
1:55.00 … Steve Butenewicz [Delsea], 2011

It was a huge day Sunday for triple jumpers Josiah Williams of Mainland Regional and Artrill Evans of Winslow Township, who both moved into the top 10 in South Jersey history with big performances at the 57th annual Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.

Williams and Evans both jumped personal bests of 46-4 ½ on their final attempt, Williams getting 5th over Evans on the basis of superior 2nd-best jumps – 45-10 for Williams and 45-1 ½ for Evans.

Going into Sunday, Williams had a PR of 45-8 from a meet at the Ott Center last month, and Evans, a transfer from Camden Eastside, had a PR of 44-11 ¾ from his only previous meet this year, last month at Ocean Breeze.

Williams smashed that PR with that 45-10 on his 3rd attempt, and after a 45-0 ½ and a foul, he popped his 46-4 ½ – a 6 ½-inch PR. Evans also PR’d on his 3rd attempt with his 45-1 ½ before moving up from 7th to 6th with his final-jump PR.

Williams and Evans are now tied for 10th in South Jersey history. Williams improved on his own Atlantic County record. They are tied for 8th place on the all-time Meet of Champions triple jump performance list. Williams also placed 10th in the long jump with a 21-7.

Three other South Jersey jumpers finished in the top 12.

Rancocas Valley senior Adris Lewis jumped a lifetime-best 44-9 on his 2nd attempt and missed the finals by one inch, finishing 9th overall. Moorestown senior Ezra Williams-Thomas sailed 44-8 ½ for 11th, and Bridgeton senior Zamir Chance, down to his final attempt after fouling twice, jumped 44-4 ¾ for 12th place.

Williams-Thomas is the co-Burlington County indoor county record holder with his 45-3 ½ from last month at the Ott Center; R.V.’s Zakiyy Williams hit 45-3 ½ at the Armory in 2025. Lewis is 2nd on that list his 44-9. Chance is the Cumberland County record holder with his 45-4 in the same meet at the Ott.

All-Time South Jersey Indoor Triple Jump List
49-1 …..… Khaliel Burnett [Delsea], 2018
48-9 …..… Dominique Irons [Haddon Heights], 2013
48-8 ½ … Tristan Wilson [Delsea], 2014
48-1 ¼ … Wayne Walls [Camden], 2009
47-3 …..… Rhodeni Spence [Woodrow Wilson], 2007
46-11 ¾ … Jaden Johnson [Timber Creek], 2022
46-10 ¾ … Floyd Whitaker [Highland], 2020
46-6 ½ … Cartrell Moore [Glassboro], 2024
46-5 …….. Orion Joyner [Kingsway], 2019
46-4 ½ … Josiah Williams [Mainland Reg.], 2025
46-4 ½ … Artrill Evans [Winslow Twp.], 2025
46-3 ½ … Keon Grady [Delsea], 2018
45-11 … Jashad Kersey [Eastern], 2023
45-10 …..… Kevin Kevelier [Collingswood], 2020
45-4 … Zamir Chance [Bridgeton], 2025
45-3 ½ … Zakiyy Williams [Rancocas Valley], 2015
45-3 ½ … Ezra Williams-Thomas [Moorestown], 2025
45-0 …….. Earnest Daniel [Kingsway], 2017
45-0 … Hercules Stewart [Ocean City], 2024

All-Time Meet of Champions Triple Jump
48-2 ¾ … Daniel Arana [Franklin Twp.], 2024 [1]
47-11 ¾ … Liam Paneque [Demarest], 2025 [1]
46-10 … Noah Cooper [Union Catholic], 2025 [2]
46-9 ½ ….Jaden Johnson [Timber Creek], 2022 [1]
46-6 ¼ … Jayden Cadet [Elizabeth], 2025 [3]
46-5 ½ … Zachary Jefferson [North Brunswick], 2024 [2]
46-5 ½ … Quincy Pearson [North Brunswick], 2025 [4]
46-4 ½ … Josiah Williams [Mainland Reg.], 2025 [5]
46-4 ½ … Artrill Evans [Winslow Twp.], 2025 [6]
46-3 ¼ … Floyd Whitaker [Highland], 2020 [1]
46-0 … Damian Scouloukas [Hunterdon Central], 2023 [1]
45-6 … Nnaemeka Amaechina [Central Reg.], 2024 [3]
45-5 ¾ … A.J. McKay [Mount Olive], 2020 [2]
45-3 ¼ … Keven Kevelier [Collingswood], 2020 [3]
45-2 ¾ … Matthew Murillo [Hasbrouck Heights], 2025 [7]
45-1 ¾ … Cartrell Moore [Glassboro], 2024 [4]
44-11 …….. Paneque, 2024 [5]
44-10 … Hercules Stewart [Bernards], 2025 [8]
44-9 … Adris Lewis [Rancocas Valley], 2025 [9]
44-9 … Lukas Lundh [Holmdel], 2025 [10]
44-8 ½ … Ezra Williams-Thomas [Moorestown], 2025 [11]
44-4 ¾ … Zamir Chance [Bridgeton], 2025 [12]
44-2 ¾ … Ebenezer Edzii [Millville], 2020 [4]
44-7……..Heru Dwyer [Piscataway], 2022 [2]
44-6…….Joshua Yoon [Cresskill], 2022 [3]
44-5…….Kam Coleman [Christian Brothers], 2022 [4]
44-1 ¾ … Jordan Floyd [Rancocas Valley], 2020 [5]
44-0 … Connor Markovski [Morris Hills], 2023 [2]
44-0 … Jashad Kersey [Eastern], 2023 [3]
44-0 … Matin Mahmoud [Lawrence], 2025 [13]
44-0 … Zachary Jefferson [North Brunswick], 2025 [14]

What a remarkable breakthrough race Sunday for Paul VI junior Macy Huber, who didn’t break 5:15 this past spring, didn’t break 5:10 for the first time until two weeks ago and went into the Meet of Champions with a PR of 5:05.15.

Now she’s one of the fastest in South Jersey history.

Huber ran a preposterous 8 ½-second PR and placed 7th in the fastest Meet of Champions 1,600 ever with 4:56.87 at Ocean Breeze in Staten Island.

Huber is the 9th South Jersey girl to run sub-5 at the indoor Meet of Champions, and her time is No. 28 in meet history and 12th-fastest by a South Jersey miler. The race produced the fastest times in meet history for 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th. and seven of the 28-fastest times in meet history.

The only South Jersey girls to run sub-4:57 at the Meet of Champions over the last nine years are Huber and her former teammate Shaelan McNally, who ran 4:52.90 last year and is now a freshman at Bucknell.

Huber didn’t race this indoor season until late January and only ran two races before states, including a 11:04.83 full two miles at Ocean Breeze last month that was an encouraging sign of her fitness. At Parochial A states, she placed 4th in the 1,600 in 5:05.15 and 3rd in the 3,200 in 11:08.44.

Her 4:56.76 is 12th-fastest in South Jersey history and 5th-fastest in Camden County history.

Here are the fastest 1,600 times ever run by South Jersey athletes at the Meet of Champions along with their overall MoC rank:

#4: 4:48.5h … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1983 [1]
#9: 4:51.60 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2016 [3]
#10: 4:52.90 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024 [3]
#13: 4:53.36 … Lindsey Kane [Washington Twp.], 2014 [2]
#21: 4:54.58 … Celine Mazzi [Delsea], 2014 [4]
#27: 4:56.0h … Ruth Lockbaum [Glassboro], 1985 [1]
#28: 4:56.87 … Macy Huber [Paul VI], 2025 [7]
#30: 4:57.12 … Megan Quimby [Lenape], 2016 [4]
#45: 4:58.54 … Kerry O’Day [Cherokee], 2024 [7]

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 1,600-Meter List
4:41.52y … Michelle Rowen [Wash. Twp.], 1983
4:49.46y … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
4:50.44y … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2025
4:51.60 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2016
4:52.34 … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017
4:52.90 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024
4:53.36 … Lindsey Kane [Washington Twp.], 2014
4:53.85 … Nicole Clifford [Cherokee], 2022

4:54.58 … Celine Mazzi [Delsea], 2014

4:55.04y … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], 2010
4:56.1h,y … Ruth Lockbaum [Glassboro], 1985

4:56.87 … Macy Huber [Paul VI], 2025
4:57.12 … Megan Quimby [Lenape], 2015
4:57.72 … Caitlin Orr [Lenape], 2010
4:57.77y … Aubrey Pierontoni [Kingsway], 2022
4:58.48 … Natalia Ocasio [Lenape], 2010
4:58.54 … Kerry O’Day [Cherokee], 2024
4:59.28 … Grace Wassell [Highland], 2022
4:59.29 … Julia Despirito [Shawnee], 2014
4:59.39 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2012

Paul VI senior Christian Napoli and Winslow senior Dominic Bassey both raced their way into the all-time South Jersey top-10 at 800 meters at the 57th annual Meet of Champions Sunday at Ocean Breeze in Staten Island.

Napoli ran ran 1:53.59 and placed 5th, and Bassey ran 1:54.05 and placed 7th. They now rank 7th and 9th on the all-time South Jersey indoor 800-meter performance list.

Napoli broke the Camden County record of 1:54.54 set last month at Ocean Breeze by Bassey. And Bassey lowered his own PR but lost his county record. Napoli and Bassey are now No. 1 and 2 in Camden County indoor history.

Napoli only ran 1:59.00 last spring and had a PR of 1:57.25 from his win at Parochial A states last weekend. He’s lowered his PR from 1:59.00 to 1:53.59 – about 5 ½ seconds – since Jan. 22.

Bassey ran 1:52.15 last year when he placed 2nd at Group 3 states, fastest by a Camden County half-miler in 46 years. But he opted for the intermediate hurdles at the Meet of Champions and placed 4th with a 53.35.

Napoli’s time is 6th-fastest ever run by a South Jersey half-miler at the Meet of Champions, and Bassey’s is 8th-fastest.

The race the fastest times for 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th place in meet history.

Pleasantville’s Melvin Lewis ran a big indoor PR 1:57.25 in the first of three 800 heats and finished 12th overall. WOodstown junior Joshua Crawford, the state Group 1 champ, lowered his PR about 1 1/2 seconds to 1:57.65 in the 2nd heat and lowered his own Salem County record and finished 14th overall.Ocean City senior Kal Heyman, who didn’t break 2:03 until last month, ran 1:58.28 in the first heat and finished 18th overall. And Haddonfield junior Aaron Keith also ran sub-1:59, placing 21st in 1:58.64. Heyman doesn’t appear in the results at states, so not sure what happened to advance him to the Meet of Champs or whether there was a mistake in the results, but he took advantage of the opportunity with a big PR.

1:51.52 … Jacob Clark [Pleasantville], 2013

1:51.72 … Isaac Clark [Pleasantville], 2013

1:51.80 … Derrell Manhertz [Kingsway], 2013

1:52.46 … Gabriel Moronta [Pleasantville], 2020

1:52.74 … Bobby Poplau [Cherokee], 2024
1:53.51 … Alan Laws [Pleasantville], 2007

1:53.59 … Christian Napoli [Paul VI], 2025
1:53.68 … Ishmael Muhammad [Oakcrest], 2013

1:54.05 … Dominic Bassey [Winslow Twp.], 2025
1:54.53 … Stone Caraccio [Kingsway], 2020

1:54.73 … Chris Manzo [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2024
1:54.80 … Marvin Lewis [Willingboro], 2001

1:54.81 … Bill Dolan [Clearview], 2013

1:54.82 … Xavier Fraction [Washington Twp.], 2009

1:55.00 … Steve Butenewicz [Delsea], 2011

All-Time Meet of Champions 800 Performance List
[South Jersey runners in bold]
1:50.90 … Colin Boler [Delbarton], 2023 [1]
1:51.62 … Ryan Daly [Westfield], 2025 [1]
1:51.72 … Isaac Clark [Pleasantville], 2013 [1]
1:51.80 … Derrell Manhertz [Kingsway], 2013 [2]
1:51.93 … Luke Schagelin [Morris Knolls], 2024 [1]
1:52.09 … Taysaun Wilson [Toms River North], 2025 [2]
1:52.89 … Luke Schagelin [Morris Knolls], 2023 [2]
1:52.15 … Jacob Clark [Pleasantville], 2013 [3]
1:52.18 … Rey Rivera [Old Bridge], 2017 [1]
1:52.24 … Allen Eke [Union Catholic], 2012 [1]
1:52.46 … Gabriel Moronta [Pleasantville], 2020 [1]
1:52.66 … Brody Watt [Bernards], 2025 [3]
1:52.67 … A.J. Chavez [West Windsor-Plainsboro-South], 2012 [2]
1:52.70….Charlie Stock [Westfield], 2022 [1]
1:52.76 … Nicholas Medeiros [Old Bridge], 2020 [2]
1:52.81 … Kyle Reers [Delaware Valley], 2020 [3]
1:52.93 … Adam Petitjean [Chatham], 2025 [4]
1:53.19 … Raynier Galvez [Pasaic County Tech], 2024 [2]
1:53.26 … Elijah Brown [Union Catholic], 2020 [4]
1:53.33 … Jared Mason [West Orange], 2012 [3]
1:53.45 … Bobby Poplau [Cherokee], 2024 [3]
1:53.59 … Christian Napoli [Paul VI], 2025 [5]
1:53.68 … Ishmael Muhammad [Oakcrest], 2013 [4]
1:53.70 … Michael Card [Howell], 2025 [6]
1:53.72 … Jalen Ridgeway [Toms River North], 2020 [5]
1:53.77 … Dylan Decambre [Bergen County Vo-Tech], 2023 [3]
1:53.83 … Patrick Coyle [Red Bank Catholic], 2024 [4]
1:53.7h … Jean Destine [Elizabeth], 1991 [1]
1:53.90 … James Buser [Mahwah], 2013 [5]
1:53.95 … Joe White [DePaul], 2014 [1]
1:53.95 … Blaik Slavinski [Point Pleasant Boro], 2023 [4[
1:53.98 … Elijah Brown [Union Catholic], 2019 [1]
1:54.05 … Dominic Bassey [Winslow Twp.], 2025 [7]

Eastern junior Natalie Dumas won her 3rd Meet of Champions title Sunday and demolished a 22-year-old South Jersey record along the way.

Dumas won the 400-meter dash at the 57th annual Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze in Staten Island in 53.55, the 4th-fastest time in state history and nearly three-quarters of a second faster than the South Jersey indoor record of 54.24 set in 2003 by Willingboro’s Okechi Ogbuokiri when she won the 400 at 2003 Armory Nationals.

The only girl to run faster in Meet of Champions history is Olympic gold medalist and 400 hurdles world record holder Sydney McLaughlin of Union Catholic, who won the 2016 race at the Bubble in 53.34 and the 2017 race in 53.17, both in Toms River.

The fastest previous time at a Meet of Champions by a South Jersey girl is a 55.19 by Oakcrest’s Nijgia Snapp when she won the 2008 race, also in Toms River.

Dumas displayed rare range this year, running 24.41 for 200 meters and 2:11.42 for 800 meters. But she chose the 400 for Meet of Champions and it paid off with the fastest time by a New Jersey quarter-miler since Olympic 800 gold medalist Athing Mu of Trenton ran 52.55 in 2018.

Her indoor 400 PR going in was a 54.45 in January at the Ott Center. She ran a lifetime-best 53.16 to win the Meet of Champions last spring at Pennsauken as part of a rare double that saw her also win the 400 hurdles in 58.32. Both times were No. 7 in state history at the time. She went on to win the 400 intermediates at West Philly Nationals in 58.32 the nezt day, 4th-fastest in state history.

In the 400 Sunday, she took on Taylor Aska of Union Catholic, who ran 53.90 last spring and 54.01 indoors last month; Gina Certo of Academy of the Holy Angels, who was 2nd to Dumas in last year’s outdoor MoC in 54.70; and Willingboro‘s Nester Wea, the state Group 2 champ last week.

Dumas started at the top of the track in Lane 6 and Wea and Aska both went out very fast. But Dumas turned on the jets on the second turn and strode in front of Wea and Aska at the break, hitting the 200 in 25.10, already with a three-meter lead. And she just poured it on from there running the second lap unchallenged, with her lead growing to 10 meters by the finish.

Aska finished 2nd in 54.85, Certo was 3rd in 55.47 and Wea 4th in 55.52, 9th-fastest in South Jersey history. The race produced four of the 12-fastest times in meet history.

Winslow sophomore Cinniya Robinson and Paul VI junior Claire Magee made it four South Jersey runners in the top 10. Robinson ran 56.81 for 8th and Magee 56.96 for 10th.

According to the MileSplit national database, Dumas’s time is No. 2 in the U.S. this winter, behind only junior Brooke Lloyd of Humble (Texas) Summer Creek High. Lloyd ran 53.45 in a meet in Lubbock in January.

Dumas also ran a 54.17 anchor leg on Eastern’s 4th-place 1,600-meter relay team. Junior Adriana Marella senior Samantha Osei-Kyei and senior Jasmine Davies ran the first three legs. Eastern ran 3:54.64, lowering the school record from 3:54.69 from the 2023 Meet of Champions.

Dumas is Eastern’s 4th Meet of Champions winner, following English Gardner [55 in 2007 and 2010, 400 in 2007], Courtney McCrudden [800 in 2000] and Jailya Ash [55 in 2019, hurdles in 2020]

All-Time New Jersey Indoor 400 List
51.61 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2017
52.55 … Athing Mu [Trenton], 2018
53.49 … Olivia Baker [Columbia], 2014
53.55 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2025
53.73 … Julia Jackson [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], 2022
54.01 … Taylor Aska [Union Catholic], 2025
54.24 … Okechi Ogbuokiri [Willingboro], 2003
54.45 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2025
54.64 … Mikele Barber [Montclair], 1998
54.70 … Janine Davis [Queen of Peace], 2003
54.91 … Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], 2008
54.98 … Tawana Watkins [Paterson Kennedy], 2002
55.16 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2006
55.19 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2010
55.19 … Brooke’lyn Drakeford [Piscataway], 2023
55.21 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
55.32 … Amber Allen [Passaic Vo Tech], 2009
55.34 … Symone O’Connor [Franklin Twp.], 2006
55.42 … Jennifer Edobi [Union], 2014
55.47 … Gina Certo [Academy of Holy Angels], 2025
55.49 … Kristen Mahon [Notre Dame], 2006
55.49 … Victoria Vanriele [Governor Livingston], 2019
55.52 … Nester Wea [Willingboro], 2025
55.53 … Rhia Randolph [Union Catholic], 2024
55.4h … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
55.58 … Sofia Swindell [Lawrenceville School], 2025
55.59 … Tiffany Grant [Ocean Twp.], 2006
55.65 … Gina Certo [Academy of Holy Angels], 2024
55.6h … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], 1984
55.6h … Emily Carrollo [Pope John], 2008
55.75 … Emilie Cowan [Columbia], 2014
55.79 … Kaira Brown [Kent Place], 2019
55.83 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2016
55.88 … Sydney Chadwick [Union Catholic], 2025
55.91 … Ajee Wilson [Neptune], 2011
55.94 … Sam Anderson [Matawan], 2014
55.95 … Natalie Englese [Cranford], 2010
55.97 … Reagan Moore [Oak Knoll], 2025

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 400-Meter Dash List
53.55 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2025
54.24 … Okechi Ogbuokiri [Willingboro], 2003
54.91 … Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], 2008
55.16 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2006
55.19 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2008
55.21 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017
55.51 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
55.52 … Nester Wea [Willingboro], 2025
55.4h … English Gardner [Eastern], 2008
55.6h … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], 1984
55.83 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2016
56.19 … Nylah Perry [Winslow], 2020
56.21 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], 1997
56.34 … Katrina Sye [Buena], 1997
56.44 … Avionne Sloan [Camden], 2006
56.44 … Dahlia Beasley [Washington Twp.], 2024
56.56 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2025
56.59 … Jasmine Jackson [Winslow Twp.], 2025
56.62 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 2012
56.65 … Britney Kott [Millville], 2009
56.76 … Simone Thomas [Willingboro], 2003
56.78 … Ajae Alvarez-Tyler [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2018
56.81 … Cinniya Robinson [Winslow Twp.], 2025
56.85 … Emily Duffey [Lenape], 2012
56.85 … Nylah Perry [Winslow], 2020
56.88 … Marcene Jack [Mainland Reg.], 2004
56.88 … Amariah Arango [Winslow Twp.], 2025
56.90 … Nadia Davy [Bridgeton], 1999
56.96 … Claire Magee [Paul VI], 2025
56.98 … Jade Pope [Pennsauken], 2020

Fastest 400 Times in Meet History
53.17 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2017 [1]
53.34 …….. McLaughlin, 2016 [1]

53.35 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2025 [1]
53.72 …….. McLaughlin, 2015 [1]

54.09 … Olivia Baker [Columbia], 2014 [1]

54.72 …….. Baker, 2013 [1]

54.85 … Taylor Aska [Union Catholic], 2025 [2]
55.19 … Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], 2008
 [1]
55.45 … Mikele Barber [Montclair], 1998 [1]
55.47 … Gina Certo [Academy of the Holy Angels], 2025 [3]
55.51 … Brooke’lyn Drakeford [Piscataway], 2023 [1]

55.52 … Nester Wea [Willingboro], 2025 [4]
55.53 … Rhia Randolph [Union Catholic], 2024 [1]
55.91 … Kaira Brown [Kent Place], 2019 [1]

55.74 …….. Snapp, 2009 [1]

55.74 … Amber Allen [Passaic County Tech], 2008 [2]
55.75 … Emile Cowan [Columbia], 2014 [2]

55.7h … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], 1984 [1]

55.83 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], 2016 [2]

55.88 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], 2009 [2]

55.95 …….. Allen, 2009 [3]

55.96 …….. Brown, 2010 [1]

After running the 6th-fastest time in U.S. history in the 55-meter dash, Pennsauken senior Sianni Wynn cemented herself as one of the top high school sprinters in history with the 12th-fastest time in U.S. history in the 200.

Wynn set one state record and tied another at the 57th annual Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze in Staten Island.

She’s now one of only three girls in U.S. high school track history to run 6.73 or faster in the 55 and 22.31 or faster in the 200. The others are Shawnti Jackson of South High in Granville, N.C., in 2023 [6.67, 22.91 in 2023] and Tamari Davis of Oak Hall in Gainesville, Fla., in 2019 [6.73, 23.24].

She’s also now won more indoor Meet of Champions titles than anybody else in the girls meet’s 47-year history.

The question wasn’t whether she would win two more Meet of Champions titles – that’s nine and counting – but how fast she would go on the super-charged Ocean Breeze track.

I wrote earlier about Wynn’s explosive win in the 55, where she tied Michelle Glover’s state record of 6.73. You can read about that here. https://sjtrackblog.com/2025/03/02/sianni-wynn-runs-6th-fastest-55-meter-dash-time-in-u-s-history-in-legendary-meet-of-champions-performance/

She came back to win the 200 by a staggering eight meters over Corbin Raston of West Orange, with Timber Creek senior Ryan Jennings 3rd in 24.47. Raston’s time is 11th-fastest in state history.

Her 23.31 is the 2nd-fastest 200 ever run indoors or outdoors by a South Jersey woman. Dennisha Page of Woodrow Wilson ran 22.39 last spring as a senior at Tennessee at the SEC Championships in Gainesville, Fla.

Wynn broke her own state record in the 200. She ran 23.62 on Feb. 1 at the Ott Center in West Philly.

The previous meet records were Wynn’s 6.81 in the 55 and 24.00 in the 200.

Wynn has competed in nine Meet of Champions events in her career and has won all nine. Her six indoor MoC titles are another record. Columbia middle-distance runner Olivia Baker of Columbia won five in the 400 and 800 from 2011 through 2014, and Giselle Harris of Shabazz won five in the same two events from 1984 through 1986.

Wynn will have the opportunity to compete in three more Meet of Champions before she graduates. With three more individual MoC titles indoors and outdoors, she’ll break the state record for combined MoC wins shared by Baker and Sydney McLaughlin

2023 Indoor
55-Meter Dash [7.00]
200-Meter Dash [24.48]
2023 Outdoor
400-Meter Dash [54.56]
2024 Indoor
55-Meter Dash [6.81]
200-Meter Dash [24.00]
2024 Outdoor
100-Meter Dash [11.36]
200-Meter Dash [23.34]
2025 Indoor
55-Meter Dash [6.73]
200-Meter Dash [23.31]

Here’s the all-time U.S. indoor 200 list:
22.33 … Adaejah Hodge [Monteverde (Fla.) Academy], 2023
22.89 … Mia Brahe-Pedersen [Lake Oswego, Ore.], 2023
22.91 … Shawnti Jackson [Granville (N.C.) South], 2023
22.96 … Dana Wilson [Greensboro, N.C.], 2025
22.97 … Biana Knight [Ridgeland, Miss.], 2007
23.08 … Madison Whyte [Heritage, Newport News, Va.], 2023
23.14 … Allyson Felix [Heritage Christian, Northridge, Calif.], 2003
23.22 … Sanya Richards-Ross [St. Thomas Aquinas, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.], 2002
23.22 … Ashton Purvis [St. Elizabeth, Oakland, Calif.], 2010
23.24 … Tamari Davis [Oak Hall, Gainesville, Fla.], 2019
23.26 … Skylar Brazzell [Northwest Nelson, Trophy Club, Texas], 2025
23.31 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2025
23.34 … Tiffany Townsend [Killeen, Texas], 2007
23.34 … Mariah Maxwell [Humble (Texas) Atascocita], 2025
23.34 … Ramiah Elliott [North Central, Indianapolis], 2022

All-Time New Jersey Indoor 200-Meter Dash Alumni List
22.68 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], March 9, 2018, College Station, Texas
22.98 … Shavon Greaves [Lakewood], Feb. 28, 2010, University Park, Pa.
23.06 … Mikele Barber [Montclair], March 10, 2000, Fayetteville, Ark.
23.07 … Wendy Vereen [Trenton], March 13, 1993, Toronto
23.08 … Me’Lisa Barber [Montclair], Feb. 23, 2002, Fayetteville, Ark.
23.12 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], Feb. 2, 2024, Albuquerque, N. Mex.
23.26 … Dominique Booker [Immaculate Conception], Jan. 29, 2011, University Park, Pa.
23.31 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], March 2, 2025, Staten Island, N.Y.
23.34 … English Gardner [Eastern], Feb. 10, 2012, Albuquerque, N. Mex.
23.49 … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], March 11, 2016, Birmingham, Ala.

All-Time New Jersey Indoor Top-10
23.31 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2025
23.87 … Wendy Vereen [Trenton], 1984
23.93 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2025
23.97 … Sofia Swindell [The Lawrenceville School], 2024
23.99 … Rhia Randolph [Union Catholic], 2024
24.00 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2016
24.11 … Athing Mu [Trenton], 2019
24.12 … Tylor Aska [Union Catholic], 2024
24.14 … Melisa Barber [Montclair], 1998
24.15 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
24.15 … Corbin Raston [West Orange], 2025

All-Time South Jersey Top-10
23.79 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], 2024
23.93 … Ryan Jennings [Timber Creek], 2025
24.15 … Naylah Jones [Timber Creek], 2024
24.38 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], 2006
24.39 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], 2017
24.41 … Natalie Dumas [Eastern], 2025
21.42 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], 2019
24.46 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], 2000
24.52 … Cecelia Gerstenbacher [Delsea], 2017
24.55 … Jasmine Jackson [Winslow], 2025
24.57 … Dahlia Beasley [Washington Twp.], 2024
24.61 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow Twp.], 2012
24.61 … Aliyah Taylor [Rancocas Valley], 2017

In one of the greatest distance performances in state history, Northern Burlington senior Liliah Gordon won the Meet of Champions 3,200 with the 3rd-fastest time in state history.

Gordon won in 10:13.41, a South Jersey indoor record and the fastest 3,200 by a South Jersey girl indoors or outdoors in 42 years, since Michelle Rowen of Washington Township ran 10:12.8 for 3,200 meters at the 1983 outdoor South Jersey Group 4 sectionals at Toms River East.

The only New Jersey girls to run faster indoors are Lakeland’s Angelina Perez, who ran 9:53.50 converted from a 9:56.96 at 2022 Armory Nationals and Colts Neck’s Ashley Higginson, who ran 10:13.17 converted from a 10:16.75 two-mile at 2007 Armory Nationals. Perez is the only girl to run faster than Gordon at a Meet of Champions. She ran 10:00.90 to win the 2022 meet.

Gordon broke the South Jersey indoor 3,200 record of 10:15.71 set in 2006 by Ocean City’s Brittany Sedberry. She ran what was then a state record of 10:19.30 over two miles at the Hall of Fame Classic at the Armory. When Sedberry ran that time, she beat Higginson.

She also broke the Burlington County indoor record of 10:23.49 set by Cherokee’s Megan Lacy at the 2011 Armory Nationals over two miles and convergted from 10:27.13. She also surpassed Lacy’s overall indoor-outdoor Burlington County record of 10:22.02 set at the 2012 outdoor Meet of Champions at Old Bridge.

Gordon is the first South Jersey girl to win the 3,200 Meet of Champions since Devin Grisbaum of Ocean City ran 10:45.20 to win the 2015 race at the Bubble. Rowen in 1981 [10:18.9], Bridgeton’s Cathy McGuigan in 1993 [11:21.96], Bishop Eustace’s Ann Klocke in 1996 [10:58.93] and Erin Donohue of Haddonfield in 2001 [10:38.90] also won indoor MoC 3,200s.

Gordon’s time is No. 6 in the U.S. this year.

Gordon placed 2nd in last year’s MoC by 5-100ths of a second. Including cross country, indoors and outdoors, she had placed in the top 8 in seven Meet of Champions races, including two 2nds. But she ran a brilliant tactical race Sunday and that combined with her incredible fitness level made her unbeatable.

She settled in from the start near the front of a large pack that went out very fast – eight girls came through 800 in 2:34 or faster and six came through the 1,600 at 5:14 or faster. But she was content to sit back and not take the lead and let everyone else do the work.

Gordon finally moved into the front on the 10th lap, leading a group of four that had gapped the field. Still running with Gordon with six laps to go were Ocean Township freshman Leah Starkey, the top seed at 10:32.62; Union Catholic sophomore Cayleigh Kaiser, the state Parochial A champ; and Walkill Valley senior Delana Einreinhofer, the state Group 4 champ.

But Gordon put the hammer down on the 14th lap, using a 37.41 to separate from the field. She increased her lead to 15 meters with two laps to go and 30 meters at the bell, ultimately finishing 35 meters ahead of Einreinhofer, who ran 10:20.60 in 2nd. Starkey was 3rd in 10:24.86 and Kaiser 4th in 10:27.01.

Gordon’s official time at 3,000 meters was 9:39.04, which is a South Jersey indoor and overall record. Indoors, Lacy ran 9:53.39 at the 2011 Princeton Invitational at Jadwin Gym and outdoors Haddonfield’s Marielle Hall ran 9:40.23 at the 2010 Penn Relays at Franklin Field.

Coming into the meet, Gordon had a lifetime best of 10:22.20 from last year’s Glenn Loucks Invitational at White Plains High School (hey, that’s my alma mater!) with an indoor PR of 10:26.49 from last year’s MoC.

The race produced four of the 11-fastest times in meet history:

Meet of Champions 3,200-Meter All-Time List
10:00.90 … Angelina Perez [Lakeland], 2022 [1]
10:13.41 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2025 [1]
10:16.20 … Cate DeSousa [Red Bank Catholic], 2023 [1]

10:20.60 … Delana Einreinhofer [Walkill Valley], 2025 [2]
10:24.73 … Dana Giordano [Bernards], 2012 [1]

10:24.86 … Leah Starkey [Ocean Twp.], 2025 [3]
10:26.25 … Leanna Johnston [Immaculate Heart], 2023 [2]

10:26.44 … Rosemary Shay [Middletown South], 2024 [1]

10:26.49 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2024 [2]

10:26.53 … Ashley Higginson [Colts Neck], 2007 [1]

10:27.01 … Cayleigh Kaiser [Union Catholic], 2025 [4]

10:27.25 … Mackenzie Barry [Mendham], 2012 [2]

10:31.06 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2012 [3]

10.31.98 … Niamh Hayes [Howell], 2017 [1]

All-Time New Jersey 3,200 Indoor List
9:53.50y … Angelina Perez [Lakeland] 2022
10:13.17y … Ashley Higginson [Colts Neck], 2007
10:13.41 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2025
10:14.97 … Charlotte Bednar [Lawrenceville School, 2021
10:15.71 … Brittany Sedberry [Ocean City], 2006
10:16.20 … Cate DeSousa [Red Bank Catholic], 2023
10:17.40y… Abby Loveys [Randolph], 2019
10:20.90y … Kathleen McCafferty [Oak Knoll], 2008
10:22.00y … Julia Trethaway [West Morris Central], 2019
10:23.49y … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2011

Combined Indoor-Outdoor Sub-10:20
9:53.29y … Angelina Perez [Lakeland], 2022 [o]
9:59.34y … Charlotte Bednar [Lawrenceville School, 2021 [o]
10:09.88y … Ashley Highinson [Colts Neck], 2007 [o]
10:10.24y … Abby Loveys [Randolph], 2019 [o]
10:12.73y … Dana Giordano [Bernards], 2012 [o]
10:12.8h … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1983 [o]
10:13.17y … Ashley Higginson [Colts Neck], 2007 [I]
10:13.41 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2025 [i]
10:13.60y … Melanie Thompson [Voorhees], 2008 [o]
10:14.5h,y … Jodie Bilotta [North Hunterdon], 1987 [o]
10:15.1h,y … Janet Smith [North Edsion], 1983 [o]
10:15.02 … Sarah DiSanza [High Point Reg.], 2013 [o]
10:15.71 … Brittany Sedberry [Ocean City], 2006 [i]
10;15.82 … Alexa Westley [Warren Hills], 2019 [o]
10:16.20 … Cate DeSousa [Red Bank Catholic], 2023 [o]
10:16.46 … Molly Malague [Metuchen], 2022 [o]
10:17.18 … Melanie Thompson [Voorhees], 2008 [o]
10:17.28 … Kathleen McCafferty [Oak Knoll], 2008 [o]
10:18.08 … Tilly O’Connor [St. Rose], 2023 [o]
10:18.24 … Mackenzie Barry [Mendham], 2012 [o]
10:18.36 … Lilly Shapiro [Colts Neck], 2021 [o]
10:18.93 … Shaelan McNally [Paul VI], 2024 [o]
10:19.31 … Chelsea Ley [Kingsway], 2009 [o]
10:19.37 … Julia Trethaway [West Morris Central], 2019

All-Time South Jersey Indoor List
10:13.41 … Liliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2025
10:15.71 … Brittany Sedberry [Ocean City], 2006
10:23.49y … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2011
10:29.90y … Chelsea Ley [Kingsway], 2009
10:33.95y … Alyssa Aldridge [Mainland Reg.], 2016
10:38.11 … Megan Venables [Highland], 2011
10:38.90 … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
10:39.88 … Lillie Widmer [Delsea], 2023
10:40.03 … Dina Iacone [Washington Twp.], 2012
10:40.80 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2017
10:42.06 … Holly Bischof [Bishop Eustace], 2012
10:42.42 … Theresa Cattuna [Cherry Hill East], 2007
10:43.2y … Michelle Rowen [Washington Twp.], 1983
10:45.20 … Devon Grisbaum [Ocean City], 2015
10:45.40y … Julianna Catania [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2016
10:46.63 … Erika Kemp [Rancocas Valley], 2013
10:48.28 … Abby Waddington [Clearview], 2023
10:48.78 … Shelby Cain [Haddonfield], 2014
10:49.12 … Madison Coppolino [Sterling], 2017 [3]
10:49.46 … Alyssa Condell [Timber Creek], 2016

The Winslow girls ran the 2nd-fastest 4-by-4 in South Jersey history and 5th-fastest in state history Sundy at the Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze in Staten Island.

All four Winslow runners split 56-point, and the Eagles ran 3:45.89 and placed 2nd to a Central Jersey all-star track factory with the 2nd-fastest time in meet history.

With a listed lineup of freshman Amariah Arango, freshman Adaiah Arango, sophomore Cinniya Robinson and freshman Jasmine Jackson, Willingboro posted the fastest time by a South Jersey 4-by-4 in 22 years.

In 2003, Willingboro ran 3:45.37 with Halimah Bashir, Rhea Mann, Channel Hamilton and Okechi Ogbuokiri to win Armory Nationals and set a state record that stood for 10 years.

The Central Jersey all-star team from Scotch Plains won in 3:45.70 and their time and Winslow’s time were both under the previous meet record of 3:47.27 set by the Scotch Plains school in 2016.

All eight runners on the first two teams ran 56-point. For Winslow, Amariah Arango led off in 56.43, Adaiah Arango split 56.65, Robinson ran 56.59 and Jackson anchored in 56.23.

Winslow broke its own Camden County record of 3:46.87 from last month at Ocean Breeze.

Eastern placed 4th with Adriana Marella, Samantha Osei-Kyei, Jasmine Davies and Natalie Dumas running 3:54.64, Willingboro ran 3:55.71 for 5th with Kaila Speight, Jaden Murry, sophomore Maya Bolden and senior Nester Wea, Moorestown was 7th in 3:58.10 with Sarah Brown, Payton Derer, Lilliana Stack Maya and freshman Hope Edwards and Kingsway placed 8th in 3:59.54 with Jonnelle Lewis, Camryn Stanard, Noemi Haller and Norah Brown.

For Eastern, Dumas anchored in 54.17 after winning the 400 in 53.55. Willingboro’s 2nd runner, listed as Murry, split 57.49. Moorestown anchor Edwards split 58.54, and Kingsway anchor Brown split 59.05.

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
3:45.37 … 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
3:50.89 … Scotch Plains-Fanwood, 2022
3:50.90 … Winslow Twp., 2005
3:50.8h … Snyder, 1981

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 4×4 List
3:45.37 … 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

All-Time Indoor Meet of Champions 4-by-4 List
3:45.70 … Union Catholic., 2025
3:45.89 … Winslow Twp., 2025
3:47.27 … Union Catholic, 2016 [1]
3:48.30 … Columbia, 2013 [1]
3:50.32 … Union Catholic, 2015 [1]
3:50.82 … Union Catholic, 2017 [1]
3:51.49 … Winslow, 2017 [2]
3:51.68 … Union Catholic, 2020 [1]
3:52.06 … Timber Creek, 2024 [1]
3:52.16 … Union Catholic, 2023 [1]
3:52.76 … Columbia, 2014 [1]
3:53.32 … Winslow Twp., 2024 [2]
3:53.50 … Columbia, 2010 [1]
3:53.84 … Union Catholic, 2019 [1]
3:54.10 … Piscataway, 2023 [2]
3:54.59 … Willingboro, 2024 [3]
3:54.69 … Eastern, 2023 [3]
3:55.08 … Camden, 2009 [1]
3:55.24 … Montclair, 1998 [1]
3:55.45 … Mount St. Dominic, 2014 [2]
3:55.58 … Union, 2013 [2]
3:55.69 … Southern, 2009 [1]
3:55.73 … Columbia, 1995 [1]
3:55.83 … Paul VI, 2020 [2]