From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Sianni Wynn shattered her own state record in the 200-meter dash Wednesday in West Philadelphia.

Wynn, a Pennsauken junior, ran 23.60 at the South Jersey Elite at the Ott Center at the University of Pennsylvania, breaking her state record of 23.79, which she ran on the same banked 200-meter track in December.

That 23.79 broke a 41-year-old state record of 23.87 set by Wendy Vereen at the 1984 The Athletic Congress Championships at Madison Square Garden.

Her time is 4th-fastest in the country this year, according to the MileSplit national database.

Wynn ran a wind-aided 23.34 outdoors last spring when she won the Meet of Champions on her home track. Her wind-legal outdoor PR is 23.79 from the state Group 4 meet in Somerset, so this was her fastest legal 200 indoors or out.

Her time is 14th-fastest this year among all U.S. women, according to the World Athletics database.

It’s also 11th-fastest on the all-time New Jersey indoor alumni list and No. 4 among South Jersey sprinters.

Eastern junior Natalie Dumas, following a personal-best 54.45 in the 400, ran a PR 24.41 for 2nd place behind Wynn.

Wynn also ran 6.83 unpressed to win the 55-meter dash. Her PR is 6.81 from last year’s Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze, and that’s No. 3 in state history.

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.
23.34 … English Gardner [Eastern], Feb. 10, 2012, Albuquerque, N. Mex.
23.49 … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], March 11, 2016, Birmingham, Ala.
23.56 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], Feb. 24, 2018, Clemson, S.C.
23.60 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], Jan. 22, 2025

All-Time New Jersey 200-Meter Dash Alumni List
22.39 … Dennisha Page [Wilson], May 11, 2024, Gainesville, Fla.
22.62 … English Gardner [Eastern], May 12, 2013, Los Angeles
23.07 … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], May 15, 2016, Lincoln, Neb.
23.24 … Amandi Rhett [Moorestown], June 10, 2004, Austin, Texas
23.53 … Torie Robinson [Winslow Twp.], May 14, 2017, Atlanta
23.53 … Shakira Dancy [Winslow Twp.], May 12, 2023, Bloomington, Ind.
23.60 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], Jan. 22, 2025, Philadelphia
23.67 … Aisha Morgan [Schalick], May 10, 2002, Louisville, Ky. [+0.9]
23.71 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], Feb. 23, 2019, Ann Arbor, Mich.
23.90 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], June 11, 2009, Fayetteville, Ark. [+1.3]

Junior Natalie Dumas anchored two winning relay teams and ran on two 2nd-place relays and the Eastern girls won their first state relays title Monday at the Bubble.

Eastern outscored 2nd-place Livingston 37-26 to win the state Group 4 relays title. Dumas anchored 1st-place sprint medley and 1,600-meter relay teams and ran legs on 2nd-place distance medley and 4-by-2 teams. The official esults show her anchoring both.

Sophomore Poetry Anderson, senior Johnna Gonter and freshman Ariana Felix joined Dumas on the sprint medley team, which ran 4:17.73, and senior Jasmine Davies, sophomore Theresa Albertson and junior l;Adriana Marella also ran on the 4-by-4, which ran 4:07.17

Albertson, senior Samantha Osei-Kyei and Marella joined Dumas on the DMR, which ran 12:38.48, and Gonter, Marella and Davies ran the first three 4-by-2 legs before Dumas’s anchor brought the Vikings home in 1:46.53.

Eastern also scored in the shuttle hurdles, with senior Zayanna Fitzpatrick, senior Basirah Corbett-Collier, junior Knoelle Whittle and senior Jean’ae Daniels running 35.19.

Eastern is the fourth South Jersey in the last six Group 4 relay meets to win the title. Millville won in 2019, Cherokee in 2022 and Washington Township last year. There was no meet in 2021.

Cherokee won the 3,200-meter relay in 9:57.24 with junior Madeline Meder, senior Megan Niglio, junior Sofia Recinto and freshman Erin Healy.

Vineland picked up a 2nd in the sprint medley with junior Beatrice Sotomayer, senior Leah Mears, senior Ashlynn Newton and senior Georgina Chalow running 4:22.63 and a third in the pole vault relay with Mackenzie Chalow-Moore clearing 9-0 and senior Natalia Kobys 6-6.

Williamstown’s pole vaulters placed 2nd, with senior Olivia Deletto-Gross clearing 8-6 and junior Brynn Greenwood 8-0.

Senior Ella Karp threw 39-4 ¾ and senior Gianna Shippy 31-6 ¼ for Washington Township, which was 2nd in the shot put relay, and senior Meciah Howell, senior Zaida Taylor-Burch, freshman Nia’Leila Cuascut and senior Dakota Jones ran 32.90 for 3rd in the shuttles for the Minutemaids.

Egg Harbor ran 10:01.51 for 3rd in the 4-by-8 with senior Bithania Andemariam, junior Devyn Per, junior Paige Pacquing and senior Abigail DeCosta.

Kingsway placed 3rd in the 4-by-4 with senior Camryn Stanard, freshman Noemi Haller, junior Norah Brown and senior Jonnell Lewis running 4:09.35.

Rancocas Valley senior Kendra Green threw a huge 41-3 shot put PR, well beyond her previous best of 38-6 ¾ from a meet last month at the Armory. That’s No. 8 in New Jersey this year and No. 2 in South Jersey behind Karp’s 41-5 ½ at the Ott Center. Green is the first 40-footer ever from Rancocas Valley, and her 41-3 is No. 4 on the all-time Burlington County indoor list:

43-10 … Rosetta Hunter [Burlington Twp.], 2015
43-4 ¾ … Jessica Woodard [Cherokee], 2012
41-10 … Lillian Rivera [Pemberton], 1984
41-3 … Kendra Green [Rancocas Valley], 2025
41-0 … Nicole Scott [Willingboro], 1997
40-4 … Shanna Campbell [Pemberton], 2007
40-2 … Chanel Swain [Willingboro], 2023

Delsea’s Nico Morales cleared a lifetime-best 17-2 ¾ in the pole vault Saturday at the Quaker Invitational at Ott Center, the 2nd-best clearance ever by a South Jersey vaulter.

Morales had just cleared 17 feet for the first time last weekend in Akron with a 17-1 ¾ clearance.

On Saturday, he was one of three Rutgers vaulters to PR and re-write the Rutgers record book.

Twins Brian and Kevin O’Sullivan both cleared a school-record 17-10 ½, matching the No. 2 clearance in New Jersey history. Bradley Jelmert of Watchung Hills and Arkansas State cleared 18-9 ¼ in December 2023 in Pittsburg, Kans.

The only superior vault by a South Jersey native is a 17-3 ½ by Cherry Hill East’s Noah Kriesman last spring in Columbia, S.C. Kriesman, like the O’Sullivan twins and Morales, competes for Rutgers. Kriesman’s best this year is a 16-8 in Akron last weekend. He cleared 15-11 Saturday.

Brian and Kevin O’Sullivan, Kriesman and Morales now rank 1st, 1st, 4th and tied for 5th on the all-time Rutgers list.

Morales passed through 15-11 Saturday, then cleared 16-4 3/4, 16-10 3/4 and 17-2 3/4, all on his second attempts, before missing three tries at a PR 17-6 1/2.

All-Time New Jersey Alumni Pole Vault List
18-6 ¼ … Bradley Jelmert [Watchung Hills], March 8, 2024, Boston
17-10 ½ … Craig Hunter [Robbinsville], June 8, 2016, Eugene, Ore.
17-10 ½ … Brian O’Sullivan [Hillsborough], Jan. 18, 2025, Philadelphia
17-10 ½… Kevin O’Sullivan [Hillsborough], Jan. 18, 2025, Philadelphia
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.
17-4 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 ¾ … Nico Morales [Delsea], Jan. 18, 2025, Philadelphia
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.

All-Time South Jersey Alumni Pole Vault List
17-3 ½ … Noah Kriesman [Cherry Hill East], April 20, 2024, Columbia, S.C.
17-2 ¾ … Nico Morales [Delsea], Jan. 18, 2025, Philadelphia
16-1 … Mike Maira [Seneca], March 1, 2014, College Station, Texas
16-0 … Bob Green [Haddon Heights], May 1, 1992, Voorhees, N.J.
16-0 … Marco Morales [Delsea], Feb. 11, 2020, Staten Island, N.Y.
16-0 … Ryan Merlino [Oajkcrest], March 10, New York
15-9 … Nick Gilanelli [Moorestown], April 15, 2006, Charlottesville, Va.
15-7 … Brandon Kurtz [Absegami], May 25, 1991, Bridgeton, N.J.
15-6 … Matt Mancini [Cinnaminson], April 10, 2020, Princeton, N.J.
15-6 … Dan Batdorf [West Deptford], Feb. 23, 2008, Toms River, N.J
15-6 … Dylan Altland [Kingsway], May 30, 2014a.

Amazing Dallas Hohney, a week after a ridiculous 1:50.71 six-second 800 PR, shattered Rider’s 500 meter record at the Quaker Invitational at the Ott Center in West Philly.

Hohney, in only the 2nd 500 of his life, ran 1:01.74 and won by four meters over Princeton’s Karl Dietz, who was 2nd in 1:02.19.

Hohney broke the Rider record by more than a second. Darien Edwards out of St. Benedict’s in Newark, ran 1:02.87 in the prelims of the 2016 IC4A Championships at Boston University.

His time is 7th-fastest ever by a New Jersey runner and 4th-fastest by a South Jersey product, fastest since Delsea’s Aaron Younger from Rutgers ran 1:01.38 at the 2012 Big East Championships at the Armory.

In his only previous 500, Hohney ran 1:05.21 last January at Ocean Breeze. Hohney is a sophomore at Rider after competing briefly for Campbell University in Buie’s Creek, N.C.

St. Joe’s grad student Jayden Greene from Washington Township ran a lifetime-best 1:04.09 to place 5th. His previous PR over 500 meters was 1:04.49 at Ocean Breeze last year.

Where else on Earth are you going to find an all-time New Jersey 500-meter list? Nowhere! But we’ve got it!

1:00.73 … Taj Burgess [Cartaret], 2020, Boston
1:01.02 … Dennis Mitchell [Edgewood], 1987, Gainesville, Fla.
1:01.02 … Greg Gomez [Franklin Twp.], 2008, New York
1:01.24 … Andrew Valmon [Manchester Twp.], 1990, Boston
1:01.38 … Aaron Younger [Delsea], 2012, New York
1:01.57 … Steve Swern [Lenape], 2008, New York
1:01.74 … Dallas Hohney [Glassboro], 2025, Philadelphia
1:01.80 … Kevin Lyles [Franklin Twp.], 1995, New York
1:01.85 … John Marshall [Plainfield], 1985, Boston
1:01.87 … Dylan Capwell [Hopatcong], 2015, Boston
1:01.90 … Ryan Matulonis [Seton Hall Prep], 2024, Lynchburg, Va.

The Winslow Township girls put on a remarkable display of talent and versatility Saturday, recording the highest score in any group in state relays history.

Winslow scored an astonishing 69 1/2 points to win Group 3 for the 7th straight year and 10th overall. Winslow outscored 2nd, 3rd and 4th place combined. Moorestown was 2nd with 23 points, Roxbury 3rd with 22 and Ocean City 3rd with 20.

The Eagles scored in all but one event and won six of nine events, scoring 50 of a possible 60 points on the track.

The previous meet record for points at the state relays was Haddonfield’s 63 in Group 2 in 2022. The previous Group 3 high was 52 by Timber Creek in 2017 and Winslow Township last year.

Only Willingboro, with 11 state relays titles, has won more than Winslow. Their streak of seven straight titles – interrupted by COVID in 2021 – is 3rd-longest ever behind Hopewell Valley’s nine-year streak in Group 2 from 2002 through 2010 and that North Jersey all-star team in Parochial A the last nine years.

Winslow won the 1,600-meter relay with Cinnihya Robinson, Amariah Arango, Skyhe Seamon and freshman Jasmine Jackson in a meet-record 3:54.33, breaking the mark of 3:57.96 set last year by Timber Creek.

Winslow also won the shuttle hurdles with Ma’Syiah Brawner, Jackson, Chantina Walker and Sanaa Bradley, the 800-meter relay with Jackson, Olivia Okaro, Robinson and Seamon, the 3,200-meter relay in 9:40.99 with Adaiah Arango, Amariah Arango, Tristan Hughes and Ava Millner and the sprint medley in with Jordyn Cato, Tammy Ellis, Millner and Okaro in 4:17.91.

Brawner cleared 5-2 and Walker 5-0 to win the high jump relay. In the shot put relay, Brook-lynn Roberts threw 38-6 and freshman Jenelle Harrison 29-6 1/2 for 2nd place. And Winslow tied for 5th in the pole vault, junior Nyla Williams clearing 9-6 and junior Cherish Hazelton 7-6.

For 2nd-place Moorestown, seniors Hannah Byrd-Leitner and Jaya Stockham won the pole vault relay, Byrd-Leitner clearing 12-0 and Stockham 9-6.

The Quakers were also 2nd in the 4-by-4 and 4-by-8, with Sophia DiFiore, Lillliana Stack Maya, Hope Edwards and Sarah Brown running 4:10.50 and Brown, Gabrielle DeJoseph, Edwards and Stack Maya running 9:42.68.

Ocean City took 2nd in both the DMR and 4-by-8, with Chloe Care, Maeve Smith and Carly Godfrey running on both teams. They were joined by Alana Clevenger on the DMR, which ran 12:27.02, and by Riley Tolson on the 4-by-8, which ran 9:42.19.

Pennsauken picked up 2nd places in the shuttles and 4-by-4. Ameenah Rodriguez, Sianni Wynn, Sanaya Dupree and Olivia Dupree ran on both teams.

Camryn DeMorat, Isabella Moscola, Aryanna Perez and Ava McDole took 3rd for Mainland in the shuttles in 33.61.

Here’s a look at all the schools that have scored 60 points in a state relays meet:

69 1/2 … Winslow Twp., 2025, Group 3
63 … Haddonfield, 2022, Group 2
62 … Notre Dame, 1997, Group 2
62 … Bishop Eustace, 2005, Group 1
62 … Haddonfield, 2024, Group 2
60 … Willingboro, 2010, Group 1

Delsea senior Henry Cifaloglio moved into the No. 6 spot on the all-time South Jersey indoor pole vault list with a 15-0 clearance at the Group 3 state relays.

It’s the Bubble so we get no field event progression, which is preposterous in this day and age. But the Bubble is stupid. So no splits on the track and no event progression in the field.

But Cifaloglio became the 9th South Jersey vaulter to clear 15 feet indoors, 3rd from Delsea and 6th from Gloucester County.

Cifaloglio is the 2nd Gloucester County vaulter to clear 15 feet this indoor season. Deptford’s Marcus Hood did it last month at a meet at the Ott Center. Hood cleared 15-3 outdoors last spring.

Cifaloglio’s indoor PR was 12-0 coming into this season. He cleared 14-0 at the state Group 3 meet at Delsea last spring and had just cleared 14-6 for the first time earlier this month at the Ott.

Delsea junior Mason Murray cleared 11-6, and the Crusader won the pole vault relay at the Group 3 State Relays with a combined 26-6. Deptford was 2nd with Hood [14-0] and junior Mason Henry [11-6].

All-Time South Jersey Indoor List

16-0 … Marco Morales [Delsea], 2020

16-0 … Ryan Merlino [Oakcrest], 2024

15-6 … Dan Batdorf [West Deptford], 2008

15-6 … Nico Morales [Delsea Reg.], 2019

15-1 … Dylan Altland [Kingsway], 2014

15-0 … Mike Rivard [Haddonfield], 2009

15-0 … Noah Kriesman [Cherry Hill East], 2021
15-0 … Henry Cifaloglio [Delsea], 2025
15-0 … Marcus Hood [Deptford], 2025

All-time S.J. combined indoor/outdoor PV list

16-0 … Bob Green [Haddon Heights], 1992 [o]

16-0 … Marco Morales [Delsea], 2020 [i]

16-0 … Ryan Merlino [Oakcrest], 2024 [i]

15-7 … Brandon Kurtz [Absegami], 1991 [o]

15-7 … Nico Morales [Delsea Reg.], 2019 [o]

15-6 … Dylan Altland [Kingsway], 2014 [o]

15-6 … Dan Batdorf [West Deptford], 2008 [i]

15-5 … Mike Davis [Haddonfield], 2004 [o]

15-5 … Devon Purves [Haddonfield], 2006 [o]

15-4 … Jason King [Lenape], 1993 [o]

15-3 ¼ … Dan Lamp [Willingboro], 1977 [o]
15-3 … Marcus Hood [Deptford], 2024 [o]

15-0 ¼ … Mike Hulme [Eastern], 2003 [o]
15-0 … Josh Moline [Gateway], 2000
15-0 … Mike Rivard [Haddonfield], 2010
15-0 … Daniel Couse [Clearview], 2023
15-0 … Mike Maira [Seneca], 2010
15-0 … Michael Hulme [Eastern], 2003
15-0 … David Murname [West Deptford], 2000
15-0 … James Lynch [Deptford], 2019
15-0 … Noah Kriesman [Cherry Hill East], 2022

American University junior Sophia Staiger from Eastern ran a huge 5,000 PR and the No. 9 time in school history Friday at Ocean Breeze.

Staiger won the 5,000 at the NYC Gotham Cup in 17:50.69, lapping the entire field along the way. She destroyed her PR of 18:27.39 from an outdoor meet in Fairfax, Va., in April (where she finished a step ahead of Moorestown graduate Kate Inglis of Catholic University, also in Washington). This was Staiger’s first indoor 5,000.

Staiger took the lead for good on the sixth lap. After nine laps, she still only led by one second, but she gradually pulled away from the field and ran away with the race, covering her 1,000s in 3:35.09, 3:34.93, 3:38.16, 3:32.76 and 3:29.75.

Willingboro graduate Chris Johnson, a junior at Delaware State, popped a shot put PR and the No. 1 throw this year in the MEAC Saturday Friday in the Gotham Cup at Ocean Breeze.

Johnson threw 54-3 1/4 on his final attempt to pass Robbie Babson of Georgian Court, who was leading with a 54-0 3/4, and win the event.

Johnso’s previous indoor PR was 54-2 from a 2nd-place finish at the indoor MEAC meet in Virginia Beach this past February.

He also had a 53-5 1/4 in his series on Friday.

Delaware State is one of few programs that doesn’t list school records on its web site, but the best throw I found was a 54-6 1/2 outdoors by Tyrell Martin two years ago. Johnson’s 54-3 1/4 is the best indoor mark I found going back to 2010, which is as far back as TFRRS goes.

Rowan junior Kwaku Nkrumah, the NCAA Division 3 national champion over the 110-meter high hurdles in the spring, blasted an indoor hurdles PR and the No. 10 mark in Division 3 history Saturday at Ocean Breeze.

Nkrumah lowered his PR from 7.92 to 7.90 at the NYC Gotham Cup. Here’s a look at the all-time D-3 hurdles list.

Post-grad Edward Williams, a former IC4A champ at Central Connecticut, won the race in 7.86. Nkrumah was 2nd and Sterling grad Marquise Young placed 3rd in 7.99, just off his lifetime best of 7.96 from last year on the same track. That’s No. 16 in D-3 history.

Rowan sophomore Jason Agyemang from North Plainfield was 4th in 8.23 and junior Michael Lawrence from South Plainfield 6th with a PR 8.28.

Rowan freshman Jamir Brown, the NCAA D-3 record holder with his 7.72 last month, ran 8.17 in the trials and qualified for the final but didn’t finish.

Brown is No. 1 this year in Division 3, Nkrumah No. 3 and Young No. 4.

Here’s my best attempt at an all-time Rowan sub-8.10 list:
7.72 … Jamir Brown [Riverside], 2025 [Staten Island, N.Y.]
7.90 … Kwaku Nkrumah [Teaneck], 2025 [Staten Island, N.Y.]
7.96 … Marquis Young [Sterling], 2024 [Staten Island, N.Y.]
7.98 … David Benjamin [Freehold Twp.], 2017 [Naperville, Ill.]
8.01 … Bobby Cooks [McArthur, Pembroke Pines, Fla.], 2018 [Ithaca, N.Y.]
8.07 … Jacob Kiyler [Toms River North], 2024 [Staten Island, N.Y.]
8.08 … Jason Agyemang [North Plainfield], 2024 [Rochester, N.Y.]

Audubon junior Kylie Tocco, freshman Bianca Curran, sophomore Sophia Rizzo and junior Riley Fayer ran 4:22.81 and won the sprint medley at the state Group 1 relays at the Bubble Friday.

Audubon topped Schalick, which placed 2nd in 4:25.18 with senior Gia Martellacci, sophomore Brooke Valentine, senior Allyson Green and senior Jordan Hadfield.

Audubon finished 3rd in team scoring with 34 points, behind only Ramsey [54] and Metuchen [46]. Haddon Township placed 5th with 18 points, and Woodbury was 6th with 12 points.

Also for Audubon, sophomore Lydia Gravante, Rizzo, sophomore Isabella Legatie and Fayer placed a close 2nd to Metuchen in the distance medley in 12:48.53, and senior Elizabeth Butrica, junior Micayla Cary, junior Julianna Laxton and junior Finola Witherington took 2nd in the shuttle hurdles in 36.03.

Tocco, Cary, Legatie and Fayer also ran 4:21.12 for 3rd in the 1,600-meter relay.

Haddon Township won the pole vault relay with senior Emersen Levins clearing 10-0 and senior Osinachi Okpara 8-0. Pennsville placed 2nd with senior Megan Morris clearing 9-6 and junior Molly Gratz 7-6.

Woodbury ran 1:51.09 for 2nd place in the 800-meter relay with junior KaChar Woods, sophomore Jazmirra Watts, senior Denirah Jones and junior Zaryn Cooper.

Junior Casey Birdwell cleared 4-10 and senior Jessica McGary 4-8 and Haddon Township placed 2nd in the high jump relay.

Glassboro juniors Sunsarai Moore and Heaven Franklin placed 3rd in the shot put relay, Moore throwing 31-11 and Franklin 27-10 1/4.