From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Camden senior Azir Lee ran the 10th-fastest 200 in state history Saturday at Ocean Breeze.

Lee won the 200 at the 10th annual Ocean Breeze Invitational in 21.47, breaking the Camden County record and moving into the No. 2 spot in South Jersey history.

Lee, who ran 21.78 last spring, came into the meet with an indoor PR of 21.91 from a meet last month at the Ott Center in West Philly. This is Lee’s first season of indoor track.

He lowered his PR to 21.59 in the trials before joining Washington Township’s Ajani Dwyer as the second South Jersey sprinter to run faster than 21.50 indoors. Dwyer ran 21.25 at Ocean Breeze in February. He ran 20.65 last week for Penn State.

Lee broke the Camden County record of 21.72 set just a few weeks ago by Winslow Township’s Jayden Poteat at Ocean Breeze in the same race Lee ran his 21.91.

Lee’s time is fastest ever by a Camden sprinter indoors or out. Sherron Bullock ran 21.63 at the state Group 3 meet at Egg Harbor in 2004.

Woodbury senior Marquis Taylor matched his PR of 21.64 in 2nd place. Taylor also PR’d in the 55 with a 6.40, No. 10 in South Jersey history. He trimmed 1-100th of a second off his 6.41 PR from from two weeks ago at the Ott Center.

All-Time New Jersey 200-Meter Dash List
20.90 … Mario Heslop [Franklin Twp.], 2019
21.05 … Shamali Whittle [Hamilton North], 2022
21.07 … Xavier Donaldson [Seton Hall Prep], 2023
21.08 … Jordaine Johnson [East Orange], 2025
21.24 … Fitzroy Ledgister [St. Peter’s Prep], 2022
21.25 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024
21.28 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024
21.34 … Adian Sanderson [Ewing], 2004
21.37 … Taylor McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2015
21.47 … Azir Lee [Camden], 2025
21.48 … Najee Glass [St. Peter’s Prep], 2012
21.51 … Zamir Thomas [Snyder], 2010
21.53 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2012
21.55 … Jaden Marchan [Leonia], 2024
21.58 … Cole Isaac Cramer [Southern Reg.], 2024
21.62 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
21.63 … Brian Bucknor [St. Benedict’s Prep], 2008
21.64 … Marquis Taylor [Woodbury], 2025
21.64 … Souleymane Fall [Bergenfield], 2022
21.67 … Greg McQueen [Elizabeth], 2022
21.68 … Rahmir Johnson [Bergen Catholic], 2019

All-Time South Jersey 200-Meter Dash List
21.25 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024
21.47 … Azir Lee [Camden], 2025
21.53 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2012
21.58 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024
21.62 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
21.64 … Marquis Taylor [Woodbury], 2025
21.71 … Julian Conigliaro [Delsea], 2024
21.72 … Jayden Poteat [Winslow Twp.], 2025
21.75 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
21.82 … Antonio Tarantino [Paul VI], 2018
21.83 … Alexander Osayemi [Clayton], 2025
21.85 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991
21.86 … Antonio Abney [Willingboro], 2007
21.89 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 2004
21.91 … Sterling Pierce [Rancocas Valley], 2015
21.91 … Azir Lee [Camden], 2025
21.92 … Rajahn Dixon [Eastern], 2023
21.94 … A.J. Bunton [West Deptford], 2006
21.96 … Michael Bolling [Willingboro], 2001
21.97 … Austin Bailey [Paul VI], 2025

All-Time South Jersey 55-Meter Dash List
6.18 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024
6.22 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024
6.26 … Damiere Byrd [Timber Creek], 2011
6.30 … Jamar Ervin [Camden], 2001
6.31 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1984
6.34 … A.J. Bunton [West Deptford], 2006
6.36 … Kenny Reynolds [Willingboro], 1986
6.37 … Carl Lewis [Willingboro], 1979
6.38 … James Brown [Glassboro], 2009
6.40 … Marquis Taylor [Woodbury], 2025

Once again, Nico Morales has improved on his own South Jersey alumni pole vault record.

The Delsea graduate, a senior at Rutgers, cleared a lifetime-best 17-6 ¼ Friday at the Scarlet Knight Open at the Armory in Manhattan.

That’s No. 3 in Rutgers history and No. 8 so far this year in the Big Ten. It also supplanted current teammate Noah Kreisman, a Cherry Hill East graduate, as the top vaulter ever from South Jersey. Kreisman cleared 17-3 ½ outdoors in April in Columbia, S.C. It’s also No. 8 ever by a New Jersey alumni.

Morales passed through 4.94, cleared 16-8 ¼ on his first attempt, 17-2 ¼ on his second and 17-6 ¼ on his first before missing three tries at 17-10 ¼. Kriesman, a Rider transfer, set an indoor PR of 16-8 ¼ Friday at the Armory, surpassing his 16-8 from Akron earlier this month. That’s No. 7 in Rutgers indoor history.

Teammate Kevin O’Sullivan extended his Rutgers school record to 18-2 and twin brother Brian O’Sullivan was 2nd at 17-10 ¼. O’Sullivan broke his brother’s school record of 18 feet set a week earlier at the Ott Center. The O’Sullivans are graduates of Hillsborough High in Somerset County.

Morales cleared 17 feet for the first time at 17-1 ¾ in a meet at Akron Field House earlier this month. He improved to 17-2 ¾ at the Quaker Invitational at the Ott Center in West Philly a week later, then cleared 17 feet again at the Crossroads of America Festival in Indianapolis last week before PR’ing Friday at 17-6 ¼.

Before this month, Morales had a PR of 16-9 ½ from the 2023 Penn Relays and an indoor PR of 16-6 from last year’s Big Ten Championships in Geneva, Ohio.

Here is a look at every 17-footer from New Jersey I could find. Anybody missing?

All-Time New Jersey Alumni Pole Vault List
18-9 1/4 … Bradley Jelmert [Watchung Hills], Dec. 9, 2023, Pittsburg, Kan.
18-2 … Kevin O’Sullivan [Hillsborough], Jan. 31, 2025, New York
18-0 … Brian O’Sullivan [Hillsborough], Jan. 24, 2025, Akron, Ohio
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 ¼ … Nico Morales [Delsea], Jan. 31, 2025, New York
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.

Woodbury senior Marquis Taylor raced to the 5th-fastest 200-meter dash time in South Jersey history on Friday.

Racing in the Penn Relays Winter Showcase at the University of Pennsylvania’s new Ott Center, Taylor ran 21.64. His previous indoor PR was 21.82 last month on the same track. He also ran faster than his outdoor PR of 21.67 from the state Group 1 meet last spring in Somerset.

Five of the six-fastest indoor 200 times in South Jersey history have been recorded by Gloucester County sprinters. Taylor is closing in on the school record of 21.53 set at 2012 Easterns at the Armory by Darrell Bush. That was the only indoor 200 Bush ever ran.

Taylor’s time is No. 17 all-time in New Jersey but only 16-100ths outside the all-time top-10.

Earlier this month, Taylor ran a 55-meter dash PR of 6.41, No. 11 in South Jersey history. He’s No. 2 in the state this year in the 200 and No. 3 in the 55.

All-Time New Jersey Indoor 200-Meter Dash List
20.90 … Mario Heslop [Franklin Twp.], 2019
21.05 … Shamali Whittle [Hamilton North], 2022
21.07 … Xavier Donaldson [Seton Hall Prep], 2023
21.08 … Jordaine Johnson [East Orange], 2025
21.24 … Fitzroy Ledgister [St. Peter’s Prep], 2022
21.25 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024
21.28 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024
21.34 … Adian Sanderson [Ewing], 2004
21.37 … Taylor McLaughlin [Union Catholic], 2015
21.48 … Najee Glass [St. Peter’s Prep], 2012
21.51 … Zamir Thomas [Snyder], 2010
21.53 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2012
21.55 … Jaden Marchan [Leonia], 2024
21.58 … Cole Isaac Cramer [Southern Reg.], 2024
21.62 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
21.63 … Brian Bucknor [St. Benedict’s Prep], 2008
21.64 … Marquis Taylor [Woodbury], 2025
21.64 … Souleymane Fall [Bergenfield], 2022
21.67 … Greg McQueen [Elizabeth], 2022
21.68 … Rahmir Johnson [Bergen Catholic], 2019

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 200-Meter Dash List
21.25 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024
21.53 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2012
21.58 … Malachi James [Burlington City], 2024
21.62 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
21.64 … Marquis Taylor [Woodbury], 2025
21.71 … Julian Conigliaro [Delsea], 2024
21.72 … Jayden Poteat [Winslow Twp.], 2025
21.75 … Premier Wynn [Pennsauken], 2023
21.82 … Marquis Taylor [Woodbury], 2025
21.82 … Antonio Tarantino [Paul VI], 2018
21.83 … Alexander Osayemi [Clayton], 2025
21.85 … Lamont Smith [Willingboro], 1991
21.86 … Antonio Abney [Willingboro], 2007
21.89 … Reuben McCoy [Winslow Twp.], 2004
21.91 … Sterling Pierce [Rancocas Valley], 2015
21.91 … Azir Lee [Camden], 2025
21.92 … Rajahn Dixon [Eastern], 2023
21.94 … A.J. Bunton [West Deptford], 2006
21.96 … Michael Bolling [Willingboro], 2001
21.97 … Austin Bailey [Paul VI], 2025

All-Time Gloucester County Indoor 200 Top-10
21.25 … Ajani Dwyer [Washington Twp.], 2024
21.53 … Darrell Bush [Woodbury], 2012
21.62 … Todd Dutch [Washington Twp.], 2001
21.71 … Julian Conigliaro [Delsea], 2024
21.82 … Marquis Taylor [Woodbury], 2025
21.94 … A.J. Bunton [West Deptford], 2006
22.13 … Tyriq Bundy [Deptford], 2019
22.52 … Khion Smith [Deptford], 2019
22.73 … Thomas Hampton [Clayton], 2019
22.75 … Jimmy Vargo [Delsea], 2019

Pennsauken junior Sianni Wynn raced to her second state record this month Saturday at the Ott Center.

Wynn ran 7.32 in the 60-meter dash final at the Penn Relays Winter Showcase, breaking the state record of 7.34 set by Paramus Catholic’s Myasia Jacobs at 2011 Armory Nationals in New York.

She broke the South Jersey and Camden County record of 7.47 set this past March by Timber Creek’s Naylah Jones at Boston Nationals.

Wynn set a state 200 record of 23.60 last week on the same track. She approached that Saturday, winning the 200 in 23.62.

Wynn began her day with a 7.49 in the 60 trials, smashing her indoor PR of 7.56 from last March at the Armory. Ten minutes later, she won the 200, and about an hour and a half later she ran that historic 7.32.

Her time is No. 2 in the U.S. this year, according to the MileSplit national database. Lisa Raye of West Warwick (R.I.) High ran 7.24 at the New York International Showcase last weekend at Ocean Breeze.

Timber Creek senior Ryan Jennings was 2nd in 7.48, lowering her PR from 7.53 from Boston in March. Jennings is now No. 6 in state history and No. 3 in South Jersey history.

All-Time New Jersey 60-Meter Dash List
7.32 … 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
7.32 … 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

Maryland senior Kami Joi Hickson from Washington Township ran an 800 PR at Penn State Friday and the 2nd-fastest time in Terrapins history.

Hickson ran 2:07.63 at the Penn State National Open in State College, lowering her PR from 2:08.15 from a meet this past April in Azusa, Calif., and dropping her collegiate indoor PR 2:09.51 from a meet this past February in Boston. She did run 2:08.58 at 2019 Armory Nationals

The only faster indoor time in University of Maryland history is 2:06.54 by Julie Sinkovitz from Woodcliff Lake, Bergen Catholic, and Immaculate Heart Academy in Washington Township, Bergen County. So Maryland’s top two indoor half-milers are both from Washington Township in New Jersey – just different ones.

Anyway, Hickson’s time is No. 6 in the Big Ten Conference this year.

Hickson ran 2:12.04 as a freshman at Washington Township and placed 7th in the Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington. She finished her high school career at Neumann Goretti in South Philadelphia.

Every one of these performances from the New York International Showcase over the weekend is worth a separate post, but I’ve been a little busy the last week with my main job. Too bad this can’t be my main job!

So here are capsule summaries on some incredible races, jumps and throws at Ocean Breeze. Sorry if I missed anybody!

Alexander Osayemi, Clayton, 200: Ran a PR 21.83 in the 200. That’s No. 8 in South Jersey history and No. 5 in Gloucester County history, behind Washington Township’s Ajani Dwyer [21.25], Darrell Bush of Woodbury [21.53], Todd Dutch of Washington Township [21.62] and Marquis Taylor of Woodbury [21.82 last month].

Jayden Poteat, Winslow Twp., 400.: Ran an indoor PR 48.90, No. 3 in New Jersey this year, No. 2 in South Jersey and 8th-fastest on the all-time Camden County list. And a Winslow Township school record.

Dominic Bassey, Winslow Twp., 800: Bassey’s 1:54.54 is No. 9 in South Jersey history indoors and broke the Camden County record of 1:55.92 set by Pennsauken’s Bryce Tucker two years ago at Ocean Breeze. Bassey ran 1:52.15 last spring at the state Group 3 meet at Delsea, but his indoor PR was 1:55.33 from last year’s Meet of Champions.

Deptford boys, 800-meter relay: Kareem Brown, Kamari Brown, Xavion Holmes and Neo Clark-Tabb ran 1:31.24, a tad off their 1:30.61 from the Armory in December.

Winslow Twp. boys, 1,600-Meter Relay: Artrill Evans’ 47.36 anchor led Winslow to 2nd place in 3:16.45, behind only Archbishop Carroll of Washington, D.C., which ran 3:15.86. Chukwuemaka Ajaegbulemh [49.84], KaRon Ali [50.17] and Dominic Bassey [49.10] ran the first three legs. Winslow’s time is fastest in New Jersey this year, 5th nationally, No. 8 in state history, No. 4 in South Jersey and less than a second off the South Jersey record of 3:15.78 set by Camden in 2001 with Jade Smith, Maurice Young, Dwight Ruff and John Morris at Easterns at the Armory.

Artrill Evans, Winslow Twp., triple jump: In what appears to be his first meet for Winslow after transferring from Camden, Evans hit a PR of 44-11 ¾. That’s No. 9 on the all-time indoor Camden County list.

Jonathan Harris, Savien Higgs, Delsea, shot put: Harris [57-4] and Higgs [51-6] went 1-2 in the shot put.

Ryan Jennings, Timber Creek, 55, 200: Jennings ran 7.01 and 24.53 in the 55 and 200.

Jasmine Jackson, Winslow Twp., 55 hurdles, 200: Jackson shattered her own South Jersey freshman 55-meter hurdles record with an 8.09, No. 2 in New Jersey this year, No. 21 nationally, No. 1 among U.S. freshmen, No. 14 in South Jersey history and just 7-100ths of a second off the New Jersey freshman record of 8.02 set in 2022 by a runner from a Scotch Plains-based all-star team. Jackson also ran 24.55, No. 9 in South Jersey history, 7th-fastest in New Jersey this year and No. 5 among U.S. freshmen.

Adaiah Arango, Winslow Twp., 400, 800: Arango ran 57.75, joining Jackson [56.59] and Amariah Arango [56.88] as the third Winslow freshman under 58 seconds. They’re the top-three freshmen in New Jersey. She also ran 2:22.09 in her first high school 800

Amariah Arango, Winslow Twp., 400: Her 56.88 makes her the No. 10 freshman in the U.S. this year and No. 2 in New Jersey behind teammate Jasmine Jackson [56.59]

Cinniya Robinson, Winslow Twp., 400: One of eight Winslow girls who’s run sub-60 so far this indoor season, Robinson ran an indoor PR of 57.05.

Olivia Okaro, Winslow Twp., 55, 200, 400, 4×2: Busy day for Okaro, who ran 7.16 in the 55, 25.01 in the 200 and 58.82 in the 400 (and also ran a leg on Winslow’s 1:39.55 4×2).

Olivia Serrano, Pemberton, 400: Junior’s 58.82 is fastest this winter by a Burlington County quarter-miler.

Leeya Joseph, Winslow Twp., 400: Her 58.85 is a lifetime best indoors or outdoors. She’s No. 12 in South Jersey this year.

Jordyn Cato, Winslow Twp., 400: An indoor-outdoor PR 59.11 in the 400 for the Winslow sophomore.

Winslow girls, 800-Meter Relay: Freshman Jasmine Jackson, Olivia Okaro, Skyhe Seamon and Cinniya Robinson ran 1:39.66, 6th-fastest in state history and No. 2 in South Jersey history behind Winslow’s 1:39.55 at 2018 Armory Nationals with Flora Ahiarakwe, Shakira Dancy, Janeya Hammond and Nylah Perry. Their time is No. 9 in the U.S. this year.

Ma’Syiah Brawner, Winslow Twp., long jump, triple jump: Brawner hit a season-best 18-4 ½ in the long jump. She’s already No. 1 in New Jersey this year in the triple with a 39-4 but jumped 38-6 at Ocean Breeze.

Chantina Walker, Long Jump: Walker popped her first lifetime 18-foot jump with an 18-0, a 5 ½-inch PR.

Brook-lynn Roberts, Winslow Twp., shot put: Roberts threw an indoor PR of 39-5 ½. Roberts was a Meet of Champions medalist in the discus last spring and has a PR of 147-7, No. 8 in South Jersey history.

Winslow Township’s Amariah Arango, Jasmine Jackson, Adaiah Arango and Cinniya Robinson put together the 5th-fastest 4-by-4 in state history and the fastest by a South Jersey relay in 22 years Saturday at Ocean Breeze.

Winslow ran 3:46.87 at the New York International Showcase, the 4th-fastest time in the U.S. this year acccording to the MileSplit national database behind three all-star programs.

Freshman Amariah Arango led off in 56.14, freshman Jasmine Jackson split 56.08, freshman Adaiah Arango ran 58.46 and junior Cinniya Robinson anchored in 56.21.

It’s fastest by any New Jersey school since a Scotch Plains-based Central Jersey all-star team ran 3:40.28 at 2016 Armory Nationals.

The only faster time in South Jersey history is Willingboro’s 3:45.37 with Halimah Bashir, Rhea Mann, Channel Hamilton and Okechi Ogbuokiri when they won Armory Nationals in 2003 and set a state record that stood for 10 years.

Winslow’s time is so fast it would rank 11th on the all-time South Jersey outdoor list.
Arango led off with a 56.04 split to give Winslow the lead, Okaro split a nearly identical 56.08, Seamon ran 58.46 and Robinson anchored in 56.21.

Winslow won by 20 meters over Archbishop Carroll of Washington, D.C.., which placed 2nd in 3:49.56.

The Eagles broke the Camden County record of 3:49.07 [converted from a full mile] set by Camden when it won Easterns at Harvard’s Gordon Track in Cambridge, Mass., in 1995. Winslow’s previous fastest time was a 3:49.50 last February at the Millrose Games at the Amory, with Seamon, Okaro, 2024 graduate Djassi Dean and Robinson.

All-Time New Jersey Indoor 4×4 List
3:40.28 … Union Catholic, 2016
3:42.03 … Columbia, 2013
3:45.37 … Willingboro, 2003
3:46.42 … Columbia, 2014
3:46.87 … Winslow Twp., 2025
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
3:49.50 … 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
3:46.87 … 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
3:50.90 … Winslow Twp., 2025
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

Northern Burlington senior Liliah Gordon ran the 5th-fastest indoor 1,600 in South Jersey history Saturday and smashed the Burlington County record.

Gordon, racing at the New York International Showcase at Ocean Breeze, ran away from the field and won in 4:52.73, finishing 50 meters clear of the field.

She broke the Burlington County indoor record of 4:53.85 set by Cherokee’s Nicole Clifford at the 2022 state Group 4 Championships at the Bubble. Clifford holds the Burlington County outdoor record with her 4:48.82 from May of 2022 at Icahn Stadium in New York) (converted from a 4:50.50 full mile).

Gordon, a three-time state Group 3 cross country champion, has an outdoor 1,600 PR of 4:51.84 so she was less than a second off that indoors and fairly early in the season. She has shown great range, from 2:17.65 for 800 meters to 17:04.54 for 5,000 meters. Earlier this month, Gordon placed 2nd in the USATF Under-20 cross country championships in Lubbock, Texas.

Her performance Saturday at Ocean Breeze is the fastest indoor 1,600 by a South Jersey runner in eight years, since Kingsway’s Rachel Vick ran 4:52.34. converted from a 4:54.05 full mile at Armory Nationals in 2017.

Her time is No. 3 in New Jersey this year and fastest among runners from public schools. She’s No. 8 nationally, according to the MileSplit U.S. database.

All-Time South Jersey Indoor 1,600 / mile List
4:41.52y … Michelle Rowen [Wash. Twp.], 1983
4:49.46y … Erin Donohue [Haddonfield], 2001
4:51.60 … Briana Gess [Haddonfield], 2016
4:52.34 … Rachel Vick [Kingsway], 2017
4:52.73 … Lilliah Gordon [Northern Burlington], 2025
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
4:57.12 … Megan Quimby [Lenape], 2015
4:57.72 … Caitlin Orr [Lenape], 2010
4:57.77 … Aubrey Pierontoni [Kingsway], 2022
4:58.48 … Natalia Ocasio [Lenape], 2010
4:58.54 … Kerry O’Day [Cherokee], 2024
4:59.28y … Grace Wassell [Highland], 2022
4:59.29 … Julia Despirito [Shawnee], 2014
4:59.39 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], 2012

Washington Township senior Ella Karp popped another shot put PR and moved into the No. 5 spot on the all-time Gloucester County indoor list on Thursday night at Cherokee.

Karp won the Cherokee Throwdown #2 with a 42-8 ¾, the top throw in South Jersey this year and No. 3 in New Jersey behind West Philly Nationals champion and U.S. No. 1 Jessica Oji of Livingston [53-6 ¾ at the Armory earlier this month] and Trenton senior Sonjay Baylor-Reeves [43-5 ¾ earlier this month at the Bubble].

Her 42-8 ¾ is No. 15 in South Jersey history. Her previous indoor PR was a 42-4 ½ on Wednesday at the Ott Center. She also had throws of 41-8 ¾ and 41-5 ½ on Wednesday, so her four-best lifetime throws have come since Wednesday.

Karp opened with a 39-9 ½ and 38-8 ¼ before hitting 41-6 on her 3rd throw and the 42-8 ¾ on her 4th and final attempt. Baylor-Reeves finished 2nd at 39-0 ½.

Washington Township has never had a 40-footer indoors or outdoors before. Karp threw 40-3 ¼ last spring.

All-Time South Jersey Indoor Shot Put List
47-5 ¾ … Zyra Thomas [Schalick], 2018
46-1 ½ … Najeaya Singleton [Vineland], 2017
46-1 … Cydney Thomas [Haddon Heights], 2019
45-3 … Nacole Moore [Bridgeton], 2000
44-6 ½ … Sylvia Galarza [Millville], 2004
44-3 ½ … Jocelyn White [Delsea], 2004
44-0 ½ … Melinda Boykin [Bridgeton], 1996
43-11 ¾ … Stephanie Scaramella [Bishop Eustace], 2007
43-10 ¼ … Mercedes Hicks [Atlantic City], 2006
43-10 … Ronetta Hunter [Burlington Twp.], 2015
43-4 ¾ … Jessica Woodard [Cherokee], 2012
43-4 ½ … Victoria Imbesi [Our Lady of Mercy], 2009
43-3 … Janice Rose [Delsea], 2011
42-11 ¼ … Ciara Demarest [Williamstown], 2022
42-8 ¾ … Ella Karp [Washington Twp.], 2025
42-7 ¾ … Typhanie Bates [Williamstown], 1995
42-5 ½ … Genevieve Tybicki [Our Lady of Mercy], 2007
42-4 … Sophia Coleburn [Haddon Heights], 2007
42-3 … Genevieve Rybicki [Our Lady of Mercy], 2009
42-1 … Donovan Bennett [Vineland], 2014
42-0 ½ … Lisa Stuto [Winslow Twp.], 2009
42-0 ¼ … Lola Agabalogun [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
41-10 … Lillian Rivera [Pemberton], 1984
41-9 … Bernadette McGowan [Paul VI], 2016
41-8 … Alijah Caul [Sterling], 2019
41-6 ½ … Dana White [Camden], 2000
41-3 ½ … Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], 2024
41-3 … Kendra Green [Rancocas Valley], 2025
41-3 … Tara Daniels [Kingsway], 2013
41-2 … Ciarra Johnson [Winslow Twp.], 2018
41-0 … Nicole Scott [Willingboro], 1997
40-11 … Alexis Kennedy [Millville], 2012
40-10 … Danea Wint [Vineland], 2015
40-10 … Nyla Noble [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2014
40-9 … Amanda Thompson [Camden], 2001
40-8 ¾ … Emily Hilt [Kingsway], 2017
40-5 ½ … Cameron Daniels [Vineland], 2015
40-4 … Shanna Campbell [Pemberton], 2007
40-3 ½ … Lacole Fields [Camden], 1996
40-2 … Chanel Dwain [Willingboro], 2023
40-1 ¾ … Kelly Staten [Atlantic City], 2001
40-1 ½ … Sophia Colburn [Haddon Heights], 2007
40-1 … Katherine Johnston [Haddonfield], 2012
40-½ … Linda Dougherty [Sterling], 1982

All-Time Gloucester County indoor girls shot put list
44-3 ½ … Jocelyn White [Delsea], 2004
43-4 ½ … Victoria Imbesi [Our Lady of Mercy], 2009
43-3 … Janice Rose [Delsea], 2011
42-11 ¼ … Ciara Demarest [Williamstown], 2022
42-8 ¾ … Ella Karp [Washington Twp.], 2025
42-7 ¾ … Typhanie Bates [Williamstown], 1995
42-5 ½ … Genevieve Rybicki [Our Lady of Mercy], 2007
41-3 ½ … Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], 2024
41-3 … Tara Daniels [Kingsway], 2013
42-11 ¼ … Ciara Demarest [Williamstown], 2022
40-8 ¾ … Emily Hilt [Kingsway], 2017
39-8 ¼ … Karen Johnson [Williamstown], 2006
39-8 … Elisia Lancaster [Delsea], 2016
38-9 ½ … Emma Painter [Clayton], 1981

North Carolina State junior Kevin Antczak from Mainland Regional ran a big mile PR Saturday in Blacksburg.

Antczak placed 2^nd in the Hokie Invitational at Virginia Tech’s Rector Fieldhouse in 4:07.91, finishing just behind Charlotte senior Bryce Anderson, who ran 4:07.62.

Antczak’s previous mile PR was a 4:14.46 on the same track a year ago. Antczak has also run 8:04.87, 14:08.24 and 29:33.01 for the Wolfpack.

Antczak split 62.16, 61.82, 62.41 and 61.52.