From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Riverside’s Jamir Brown won his 1^st outdoor conference title Saturday and ran the 9^th-fastest time in the world this year at the ACC Championships in Louisville.

Brown, who PR’d with a 13.28 in the trials, ran a wind-legal 13.25 in the final at Owsley B. Frazier Cardinal Park at the University of Louisville, breaking the school record he shared with Jaheen Hayles, who ran 13.28 in Austiin in 2023.

The race was delayed 3 ½ hours by a thunderstorm that struck after the runners had initially warmed up

Brown’s time is tied for 5^th-fastest ever by a New Jersey native and fastest in 14 years, since Jeff Porter of Franklin ran 13.08 at the 2012 USATF Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene. He’s 6th-fastest American this year and 5th-fastest collegian.

He’s 6^th on the 2026 U.S. list and 7^th on the 2026 collegiate list but 4^th among hurdlers with wind-legal times.

As a freshman at Rowan last year, Brown set the NCAA Division 3 record of 13.60 in the trials of the NJAC Championships in Ewing, but he didn’t race in the final. So this is his first outdoor conference title.

Brown outraced Florida State hurdlers Zach Extine [13.32] and Andre Korbmacher [13.36] in the final. Extine was the NCAA runner-up last year as a junior at Arizona State.

Brown joins Donald Pollit in 2014, Freddie Crittenden in 2016 and 2017 and Hayles in 2024 as the 4^th hurdler to win a conference title since Syracuse joined the ACC in 2014.

All-Time New Jersey Hurdles List
12.93 … Renaldo Nehemiah [Scotch Plains-Fanwood], Aug. 19, 1981, Zürich
12.94 … Jack Pierce [Woodbury], June 22, 1996, Atlanta
13.08 … Jeff Porter [Franklin Twp.], June 30, 2012, Eugene, Ore.
13.08 … Anwar Moore [Camden], May 5, 2007, Modesto, Calif.
13.25 … Dudley Dorival [Ewing], Aug. 9, 1995, Edmonton, Alberty [Canada] [-0.3]
13.25 … Jamir Brown [Riverside], May 16, 2026, Louisville [+0.7]

It can’t get any closer than this.

Deptford won the South Jersey Group 3 championship this weekend by half a point over Wilson, finishing with a 110-109 ½ edge.

Terrific meet for both teams that came down to the final event and both programs bring a strong lineup to the state Group 3 meet in two weeks at Northern Burlington.

The team title was Deptford’s sixth and 1^st since 2021. The Spartans also won Group 3 in 1970, 1971 and 2019 and Group 4 in 1973. Winslow was seeking its sixth title and 2^nd in a row. The school has won 13 sectional titles if you include Edgewood’s eight between 1978 and 1987

Let’s take a look at how the meet went for Deptford and Winslow:

100-METER DASH [Deptford 10, Winslow 14]: Deptford senior Johann Hernandez won the race in 10.51, 9^th-fastest in South Jersey history, but Winslow took 2^nd and 3^rd with senior Quayd Hendryx running 10.66 and freshman Keyon Ali 10.76 in a wind-legal race.

200-METER DASH [Deptford 9, Winslow 16]: Four of the first seven finishers were from Deptford or Winslow. Hendryx won the race in 21.44, fastest since 2012, when Fabian Santiago of Oakcrest ran 21.00. Hernandez took 2^nd in 21.72, Winslow senior Prince Owusu-Twum was 3^rd in 21.85 and Deptford junior Xavion Holmes placed 6^th in 22.22, 8-100ths of a second ahead of Winslow’s Ali, who ran 22.30

400-METER DASH [Deptford 0, Winslow 10]: Senior Prince Owusu-Twum ran a big PR 48.12 to win the 400.

800-METER RUN [Deptford 0, Winslow 0]: Delsea’s Matthew Littlehales won the race in 1:55.41, but neither Deptford or Winslow scored.

1,600-METER RUN [Deptford 0, Winslow 0]: Littlehales won the 1,600 in 4:20.55 on his way to a triple, and Deptford and Winslow were held scoreles.

3,200-METER RUN [Deptford 0, Winslow 0]: Another one for Littlehales, who ran 9:26.79, but Deptford and Winslow didn’t score, although Winslow senior Vincent Peri ran a strong PR for 7^th in 9:52.59.

110-METER HURDLES [Deptford 18, Winslow 3]: Seniors Kareem Brown and Larry Norman ran 1-2 in the hurdles final, Brown in14.00 and Norman 14.34. Winslow senior Elijah Deanley and junior Jibril Hammond both placed, Deanley 5^th in 14.89 and Hammond 6^th in 14.92.

400-METER HURDLES [Deptford 18, Winslow 6]: Seniors Kareem Brown and Larry Norman repeated their high hurdles 1-2 finish, Brown winning with a South Jersey 2026 best 53.81 and Norman 55.11. Winslow’s Deanley placed 3^rd in 55.72.

HIGH JUMP [Deptford 0, Winslow 5 ½]: Winslow junior Cayden Hester took 4^th with a 6-0 clearance and junior Andrew Kratee tied for 5^th, also at 6-0. Timber Creek sophomore Devin Perry won it with a 6-4 on his final attempt.

LONG JUMP [Deptford 1, Wnislow 24]: Winslow swept the long jump behind some huge jumps by juniors Andrew Kratee and Ka’Ron Caesar and senior Zyaire Rothmiller-McIntosh. Kratee won with a PR 24-1 ½, best in South Jersey Group 3 since 1996, when Wilson’s William Spearman won with a 25-0. Caesar also hit 24 feet for the first time, taking 2^nd in 24-1 and both those 24-foot jumps were on the 6^th and final attempt. And Rothmiller-McIntosh jumped 23-1 for 3^rd. No wind readings in the results, although it sounds like they may have been recorded. We’ll see. Hopefully.

TRIPLE JUMP [Deptford 2, Winslow 8]: Camden Tech’s Jabari Woodard won it by one inch over Winslow junior Ka’Ron Ceasar, Woodard jumping 45-11 and Casaar a lifetime-best 45-10. Deptford senior Damon Morton placed 5^th with a 44-10.

POLE VAULT [Deptford 17, Winslow 0): Senior Mason Henry won the vault with a 14-0 clearance, senior Kamaldeep Singh was 3^rd at 12-0 and senior Dominic DiPietro was 6^th, also at 12 feet.

SHOT PUT [Depford 0, Winslow 0: Delsea went 1-2-6, with junior Sheldon Goldsborough throwing 53-6 ¼, sophomore Eneas Tavella 52-1 ¾ and freshman Holden Roskoski 48-3.

DISCUS [Deptford 0, Winslow 0: Highland senior Zion Josia Brockenbaugh threw a lifetime-best 166-3 for the win, while Deptford and Winslow didn’t score.

JAVELIN [Deptford 8, Winslow 1]: Deptford senior Kaden Roane threw 169-8 for 2^nd to Cumberland Regional senior Richard Pierce, who threw 175-7 for the winner. Winslow’s Hammond threw 145-4 for 6^th place.

400-METER RELAY [Deptford 10, Winslow 8]: Deptford ran 41.76 to Winslow’s 41.93 to win the race. Liam Brown, Xavion Holmes, Johann Hernandez and Kareem Brown ran for Deptford and Keyon Ali, Quayd Hendryx, Elijah Deanley and Jalen Moss for Winslow.

1,600-METER RELAY [Deptford 10, Winslow 8]: The deciding race saw Deptford win in 3:20.15, with Winslow 2^nd in 3:24.02. For Deptford, Kyle Wilson led off with a 49.25, Norman split 51.42, Hernandez ran 50.96 and Brown anchored in 48.54. Winslow ran with senior KaRon Ali, freshman Keyon Ali, Ka’Ron Caesar and Deanley, with KaRon Ali splitting 49.13, Caesar 49.32 and Deanley anchoring in 47.44.Triton leadoff Mukthat Abdulhakeem spliit 49.97 and the Mustangs were 3^rd with a 3:24.33.

3,200-METER RELAY [Deptford 8, Winslow 0]: Ocean City was 1^st in 7:56.84 with Keenan Neuman, Nathan Aschmann, Nevin Millstein and Erik Preisner, with Deptford placing 2^nd in 7:59.13 with Anthony Schilling, Christian Ramirez, Zach Harrison and John Collier, who anchored in 1:57.69.

Juniors Jade Pinder and Trinity Brapoh turned in massive performances for Willingboro in the Central Jersey Group 2 Sectionals at Hillsborough, both winning three events and placing in a 4^th.

Pinder won the 100 in 12.34 after a 12.25 in the trials, ran a PR 24.23 to win the 200 and ran 57.51 to win the 400. She also jumped a big long jump PR 18-4 ½ to finish 2^nd to Brapoh.

Brapoh won the 100-meter hurdles, long jump and triple jump, all with PRs. She hurdled 14.35 and jumped 18-11 ¼ and 37-3. She also took 3^rd in the high jump at 4-10.

Brapoh and Pinder recorded the best long jumps by Willingboro girls in 47 years, since Olympian and former U.S. record holder Carol Lewis set the national schoolgirl record of 21-7 3/4 at the Liberty Bell Classic at Franklin Field. Willingboro’s only other 18-footer since Lewis is Shanavia Thomas, who went 18-0 in 2009.

Willingboro, which competed this spring without a couple returning sectional point scorers from indoors and last spring, fell two points shy of winning the team title, but also got big performances from junior Maya Bolden, who was 3^rd in the 100 with a 12.54 after a 12.41 in the trials, and 4^th in the 400 in 59.07, and freshman Erin Scott, who took 3^rd in the 200 in a PR 25.58, 4^th in the intermediates with a PR 1:08.88 and 6^th in the 100 in 12.80 after a PR 12.38 in the trials.

Sophomore Annalyse Brown placed 2^nd in the intermediates in 1:08.08, also a PR.

Senior Riley Fayer repeated her 2024 distance triple, leading the Audubon girls to their 2^nd sectional title in three years.

Fayer won the 800 in 2:16.66, the 1,600 in 4:57.97 and the 3,200 in 11:21.91 amd Audubon piled up 153 points to win the South Jersey Group 1 Sectional at Lenape.

She’s the first girl to triple the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 in multiple seasons since Haddonfield’s Briana Gess did it in Group 2 in 2014, 2015 and 2016 and Annika Merkh did it in Group 1 in 2015 and 2016.

Audubon won by 50 points over Glassboro, which scored 103 points. Audubon’s 153 points are the most ever in South Jersey Group 1 and 4^th-most in any South Jersey sectional. The previous high in Group 1 was Penns Grove’s 148 points in 2013.

Other Audubon winners were senior Julianna Laxton, who cleared 5-2 in the high jump, and senior Morganna Makuszewski, who cleared 9-0 in the pole vault.

Freshman Emma Camm had a big weekend, placing 3^rd in the 1,600 [5:21.66] and 3,200 [PR 11:30.82] and 4^thin the 800 [PR 2:23.98].

Senior Marissa DeValerio placed in four events, taking 4^th in the high jump [4-10] and long jump [16-7], 5^th in the hurdles [17.26 into a 3.7 meters-per-second headwind] and 6^th in the triple jump [34-0].

Junior Sophia Rizzo was 2^nd in the 400 [59.80] and 4^th in the 200 [26.83], junior athryn McGuire
was 2^nd in the 100 [12.79] and 3^rd in the 200 [26.51], freshman Kathryn Black cleared 4-10 for 3^rd in the high jump, junior Lydia Gravante placed 6^th in the 1,600 [5:34.75] and 3,200 [12:08.19],  senior Julianna Laxton placed 4^th in the hurdles [17.23], senior Kyle Tocco was 4^th in the 400 [1:01.30] and freshman Sabrina Passon took 3^rd in the intermediates [1:08.95] and 6^th in the highs [17.28].

Audubon won the 3,200-meter relay with junior Isabella Legatie, seniors Tallulah Witherington and Charlie Owens and freshman Amanda Drummond running 10:18.53. Rizzo, Passon, Tocco and junior Ava Lebb ran 4:05.99 for 2^nd in the 4-by-4, and McGuire, Rizzo, Tocco and Laxton ran 50.29 for 2^nd in the 4-by-1.

Washington Township’s Ajani Dwyer, a Penn State sophomore, ran the 7^th-fastest 100-meter dash time by an American sprinter this year in the trials of the Big Ten Championships in Lincoln, Neb.

Dwyer led all qualifiers with a wind-legal time of 10.04, the 3^rd-fastest time ever by a New Jersey native behind Olympic gold medalists Carl Lewis [9.86 in 1991] and Dennis Mitchell [9.91 in 1996].

Dwyer’s time, made with a legal 1.9 meters-per-second tailwind, is 2^nd-fastest legal time by a collegian this year, behind a 10.00 by John Caleb of Minnesota last month in Gainesville.

Dwyer has run a wind-aided 9.96 this year, but his previous legal PR was a 10.06 in Gainesville (at a different meet). That was also the previous Penn State school record.

Dwyer will race in the final at 2:52 p.m. Sunday, starting in Lane 5.

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Senior Ashton Gage scored 22 points in three sprints, senior Humberto Cuellar added 16 points in the weights, senior Brandon Lamon was part of a 1st and two 2nds and the Eastern boys won their first sectional title Saturday at Lenape.

Lenape outscored 2^nd-place Williamstown, 82-68, to win South Jersey Group 4. Eastern is the 8^th different school to win South Jersey Group 4 in the last 12 years.

Some 10 schools scored at least 30 points, with Cherry Hill East [53] third, followed by Millville [51], Rancocas Valley [49], 2024 and 2025 winner Toms River North [48 ½], Egg Harbor Township [47], Southern Regional [41], Cherokee [38] and Bridgeton [30].

Eastern’s best previous sectional finishes were 2^nd places in 2007, 2010 and 2013, all at Egg Harbor Township.

Gage won the 200 in 22.15, placed 2^nd in the 400 in a PR 48.49 and was 4^th in the 100 in 10.92.

Cuellar won the shot put with a lifetime-best 55-4 ¼, becoming Eastern’s first sectional shot put champion in 17 years, since Jarred Williams won in 2010 with a 51-3 ¾. Cuellar also threw 140-9 for 3^rd in the discus.

The 400 was a huge event for Eastern, with Gage, sophomore Paul Moore and junior Keshawn Townsend going 2-3-5 for 16 points. Moore lowered his PR nearly a full second from 49.71 to 48.75 and Townsend dropped from 49.81 to 49.52. Gage’s previous PR was 49.18.

Eastern finished the meet by winning the 4-by-4  in 3:21.39 with junior Mike James, senior Brandon Lamon, Moore and  Townsend in the lineup.

Lemon had a big weekend, running 1:55.92 for 2^nd in the 800 and running a leg on the Vikings’ 2^nd-place 4-by-8, which also included senior Liam Keet, junior Michael Young and junior Timothy Shack. They ran a school-record 7:47.45, the program’s first time under eight minutes.

In addition to his 5^th place in the 400, Townsend ran a huge PR 55.76 for 2^nd in the intermediates. His previous fastest 400 hurdles time was 58.41. He never ran the event before last month.

Junior Michael James also medaled in the 400 hurdles, taking 5^th in 58.32.

Led by its deep distance crew, the Haddonfield girls won their 11^th sectional title in the last 15 times the meet has been contested, outscoring 2^nd-place Barnaget 120-54 in the South Jersey Group 2 Sectionals at Delsea.

The sectional title is Haddonfield’s 24^th overall, most of any New Jersey school.

Haddonfield previously won Group 1 in 1983, 1984, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1998 and 1999 and Group 2 in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Haddonfield scored more than half its points – 63 of 120 – in the four distance events – the 800, 1,600, 3,200 and 3,200-meter relay.

Freshman Dylan Hosty led a 1-2-3 sweep in the 1,600, running 4:57.32 with juniors Molly Mills [5:16.45] and Madison Kelsey [5:21.40] 2^nd and 3^rd. Hosty also won the 800, with Mills 3^rd [2:21.72] and sophomore Natalie Lacroce 6^th [2:26.67]. And Mills [11:34.23], Kelsey [11:34.25] and freshman Tatum Russo [11:44.81] went 2-3-4 in the 3,200 for

Haddonfield won the 4-by-8 with Lacrose, junior Harper Benjamin, freshman Bella DeFinis and junior Devon Gervasi running 9:59.98. This was the 11^th time in a row Haddonfield has won the sectional 4-by-8.

Haddonfield also won the 4-by-4 with junior Saya Sood, freshman Scarlet Perry, senior Edith Green and Hosty running 4:06.65.

Junior Nina Fisicaro won the pole vault with a 10-0 clearance, Sood was 2^nd in the 400 [58.83] and intermediates [1:06.68], junior Ansley Kazmarek placed 5^th in the triple jump [32-7] and junior Natalie Mazzei placed 3^rd in the discus [100-2].

Despite a DQ that cost them eight points after placing 2^nd in the 3,200-meter relay, the Winslow girls set a record this weekend at Delsea for most points scored in any South Jersey sectional meet.

Winslow swept four events in the South Jersey Group 3 meet at Delsea and netted 193 points, breaking the record of 181 that they set last year.

Winslow’s 193 points come out to an average of 10.7 per event. So they averaged more than first place per event. Winslow scored in 15 of 18 events, everything other than the 3,200, discus and javelin. Without the 4-by-8 DQ, they would have been over 200 points.

This is Winslow’s 17^th sectional title, 4^th in a row and 12^th the last 13 times the meet has been contested.

Let’s take a look at Winslow’s weekend event-by-event:

100-METER DASH [24 points]: Senior Olivia Okaro, senior Leeya Joseph and junior Amaya Jones swept the 100, Okaro winning in 11.93, Joseph 2^nd in 12.13 and Jones 3^rd in 12.17.
200-METER DASH [24 points]: Sophomore Jasmine Jackson led the 200 sweep with a 24.33, with junior Cinniya Robinson 2^nd in 24.59 and Okaro 3^rd at 25.12.
400-METER DASH [24 points]: Robinson, Amariah Arango and Okaro swept the 400, Robinson winning in 55.66, Arango 2^nd in 56.82 and Okaro 3^rd in 57.60.
800-METER RUN [8 points]: Arango placed 2^nd in 2:15.09.
1,600-METER RUN [2 points]: Sophomore Annabella Cassidy took 5th in 5:26.39.
100-METER HURDLES [14 points]: Jackson broke the all-division sectional record with a wind-legal 13.39, matching her South Jersey record. Senior Ma’Syiah Brawner was 4^th in 14.87.
400-METER HURDLED [24 points]: Jackson, Robinson and junior Jordyn Cato recorded this sweep, Jackson winning by 1-100^th of a second over her teammate. Jackson ran 1:0179, Robinson 1:01.80 and Cato 1:05.79.
400-METER RELAY [10 points]: Adaiah Arango, Cato, Jones and junior Skhye Seamon won the 4-by-1 in 47.87.
1,600-METER RELAY [10 points]:The Eagles closed out the meet by winning the 4-by-4 in 3:52.65. No names listed in the results yet, but we’ll add them when we get them.
3,200-METER RELAY: Winslow initially placed 2^nd to Ocean City in 9:21 but was disqualified.
HIGH JUMP [10 points] Brawner cleared 5-4 to win her 3^rd straight sectional high jump title.
LONG JUMP [19 points]: Brawner and Joseph both surpassed 19 feet with no wind readings available. Brawner won with a 19-8, Joseph was 2^nd at 19-3 ½ and freshman Laila Harrison was 3^rd with a 16-6.
TRIPLE JUMP [14 points]: Brawner and Joseph went 1-4, Brawner jumping 40-5 ½ and Joseph 34-3.
POLE VAULT [8 points]: Senior Nyla Williams cleared 10-0 on her 1^st attempt to take 2^nd place.
SHOT PUT [2 points]: Sophomore Jenelle Harrison threw a four-foot PR 37-5 ¼ for 5^th place.                                                      2

Most Points in a South Jersey Sectional Meet
193 … Winslow Twp., Group 3, 2026
181 … Winslow Twp., Group 3, 2025
154 … Haddonfield, Group 2, 2023
148 ¾ … Winslow Twp., Group 3, 2013
148 … Sterling, Group 2, 2017
148 … Penns Grove, Group 1, 2013
141 … Sterling, Group 2, 2016
141 … Winslow Twp., Group 3, 2018
140 … Winslow Twp., Group 3, 2014
139 … Willingboro, Group 2, 2024
134 … Haddonfield, Group 2, 2012
133 … Lenape, Group 4, 2015
132 ½ … Woodbury, Group 1, 2007
132 … Haddonfield, Group 2, 2014
131 … Camden, Group 2, 2009
130 … Haddonfield, Group 2, 2022
130 … Haddonfield, Group 2, 2021
129 … Clayton, Group 1, 2022
129 … Haddonfield, Group 2, 2013
129 … Winslow Twp., Group 3, 2024
128 ½ … Penns Grove, Group 1, 2014
127 … Winslow Twp., Group 3, 2019
127 … Bridgeton, Group 2, 2005
120 … Winslow Twp., Group 3, 2017

Hannah Nuhfer shattered the state discus record Saturday and then she broke it again.

Nuhfer, a Delsea senior competing at her home track, threw a state record 184-0 on her 1^st attempt at the South Jersey Group 3 Sectionals and followed that with a 184-5 on her 2^nd. She added a 183-2 on her 4^th attempt, surpassing the previous state record for a 3^rd time.

The previous state record was 182-0 set by Donovan Catholic’s Alyssa Wilson at the 2017 Rowan Open in Glassboro. So the two-best marks in state history were both made in Gloucester County.

Nuhfer threw 178-9 to win last year’s West Philly Nationals at Franklin Field and then PR’d in April with a 179-5 at the Woodbury Relays.

Her 184-5 is No. 10 in U.S. scholastic history.

Nuhfer broke the South Jersey Group 3 meet record of 157-6 that she set last year, the overall South Jersey sectional record of 168-0 set by Cherokee’s Jessica Woodard in 2013 and the overall New Jersey sectional record of 172-2 set by Old Tappan’s Layla Giordano in 2024.

Her throw puts her at No. 26 among all U.S. women and No. 2 on the U..S. Under-20 list, according to the World thletics database.

All-Time U.S. High School Discus List
198-9 … Shelbi Vaughan [Mansfield (Texas) Legacy], 2012
196-10 … Amanda Walton [Riverton, Wyo.],, 2026
195-10 … Emma Sralla [Marcus, Flower Mound, Texas], 2023
190-3 … Anna Jelmini (Shafter, California), 2009
188-7 … Jaslene Massey [Aliso, Niguel, Aliso Viejo, Calif.], 2026
188-4 … Suzy Powell [Downey, Modesto, Calif.], 1994
186-10 … Elena Bruckner (Valley, San José, California), 2016
186-3 … Seilala Sue [Aquinas, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.], 1996
185-4 … Melanie Uher [Wilkes-Clatonia, Clatonia, Neb.], 2002
184-5 … Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea, Franklinville], May 16, 2026
184-2 … Valerie Allman [Silver Creek, Longmont, Colo.], 2013
184-2 … Jillian Scully [Miller Place, N.Y.], 2025
183-11 … Leslie Deniz [Gridley, Calif.], 1980
182-6 … Billie Jo Grant [Arroyo Grande, Calif.], 2003
182-4 … Madeleine Fey [Midlothian, Texas], 2023
182-0 … Alyssa Wilson [Donovan Catholic, Toms River], 2017
181-3 … Stephanie Brown [Arroyo Grande, Calif.], 1998
180-9 … Alex Collatz Sellens [Stockdale, Calif.], 2010
180-2 … Camryn Massey [Ashbrook, N.C.], 2024
179-7 … Kiani Phelps [Kingsley-Pierson, Kingsley, Iowa], 2014
179-6 … Maggie Ewen [St. Francis, Washington, D.C.], 2013

56.210

All-Time N.J. Alumni Discus List
199-4 … Alyssa Wilson [Donovan Catholic], May 24, 2019, Sacramento, Calif.
198-8 … Pam Dukes [Freehold Twp.], June 4, 1996, Dallas
190-9 … Jessica Woodard [Cherokee], March 31, 2018, Austin, Texas
189-4 … Denise Wood [Haledon], May 7, 1983, Knoxville, Tenn.
189-7 … Layla Giordano [Old Tappan], April 18, 2026, Charlotte, N.C.
184-5 … Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], May 16, 2026, Franklinville, N.J.

182-1 … Jamine Moton [Delsea], April 27, 2001, Philadelphia
181-7 … Helene Connell [Jackson], March 22, 1980, Palo Alto, Calif.
180-1 … Jocelyn White [Delsea], May 17, 2008, Chapel Hill, N.C.

Winslow sophomore Jasmine Jackson, who set a South Jersey sectional all-group hurdles record of 13.66 earlier in the day, destroyed that mark with a 13.39 in the Group 3 final Saturday at Delsea.

Jackson’s time, achieved with a legal 1.7 tailwind, is the fastest FAT time ever recorded at any sectional meet. The joke of a program that the NJSIAA puts out lists Neptune great Dawn Bowles with a 13.30, but that Central Jersey Group 4 race in 1988 was hand-timed and her time should be listed as 13.3. How do you list hand-timed records but not FAT records? That’s just inexcusable. (They also list all the girls hurdles events as 110 meters. What a joke!)

The fastest previous FAT time at any sectional meet turns out was actually Jackson’s 13.66 in the trials.

Jackson tied her own South Jersey record and New Jersey sophomore record, 5^th-fastest in state history. She also ran 13.39 in Baltimore at a meet earlier this month.

Clearview junior Nya Jackmon-Smith was 2^nd in 14.57 and Mainland senior Camryn DeMorat 3^rdin 14.72. Winslow senior Ma’Syiah Brawner took 4^th in 14.87, giving Winslow 14 points in the event and 149 overall so far.