St. Augustine senior Sincere Rhea capped his brilliant indoor track career Sunday with a national championship at the New Balance National Championships. Rhea and rival and U.S. No. 1 Kurt Powdar o…

Thanks to an electrifying finish, Pennsauken’s Bryce Tucker won his first international championship Friday evening at the XXI PanAmerican Under-20 Championships. Tucker won the 400-meter hurdles i…

I can tell you the exact date I first met Nick Baker. It was Oct. 30, 1982, so just about 41 years ago. I had just started working a few weeks earlier for the old Gloucester County Times newspaperx…

The outdoor Meet of Champions, which has moved around to a variety of locations since a 16-year stay at South Plainfield, will return to Rutgers University in the spring of 2021. The NJSIAA’s…

St. Augustine senior Sincere Rhea placed second in the 110-meter high hurdles to long-time rival Kurt Powdar of Oscar Smith High in Chesapeake, Va., at the New Balance National Championships Saturd…

The Rancocas Valley girls blew away the field Thursday in the Penn Relays South Jersey Large-School 1,600-Meter Relay, running 3:51.76 and winning by 35 meters. This is the first time R.V. has ever…

Cherokee’s Jessica Woodard bombed one of the top shot put performances in U.S. history Sunday to secure a spot on the U.S. team that will compete later this summer at the World Championships. Wooda…

On the brink of elimination, Cherokee’s Jessica Woodard on Saturday became the eighth U.S. woman to finish in the top eight in the shot put at the World Championships. Woodard, who fouled on her fi…

Egg Harbor’s Lauren Princz moved into the all-time South Jersey top-10 in the 100-meter dash Friday when she won the freshman race at the New Balance Nationals at Aggie Stadium on the North Carolin…

After finishing 12-100ths of a second behind 2nd place in the 400 hurdles at Under-20 Nationals in Eugene, Pennsauken’s Bryce Tucker assumed he had missed out on his chance to represent the U.S. at…

Brielle Smith destroyed her the New Jersey state javelin record Saturday with a 168-6 at the Woodbury Relays. Smith, a senior at Oakcrest, broke her own Atlantic County, South Jersey and state mark…

So much for running cautiously with a short week before Meet of Champions. Led by individual winner Seth Clevenger, a senior, and with junior George Andrus and Senior Tobias Janssen also in the top…

Junior Brielle Smith of Oakcrest waited until her final throw to take the lead and won the javelin championship at the New Balance National Outdoor Championships Saturday evening outside Aggie Stad…

For the first time in 30 years, the winner of the Broad Street run is an American. And a former Parochial A star from Burlington County. Moorestown native and Camden Catholic graduate Kevin McDonne…

The Haddonfield girls smashed the South Jersey record in the 3,200-meter relay Friday night at the Cherokee Relays in Marlton. Stoner, Lindsay, Naticchia, Allison Seniors Olivia Stoner, Lindsay Col…

WHAT A RACE BY KINGSWAY!!! With senior Stone Caraccio anchoring in 1:52.8, the Kingsway boys ran the fastest 3,200-meter relay time in the U.S. this year Sunday morning at the Meet of Champions! Th…

Pennsauken’s Bryce Tucker on Saturday became the first sophomore in 25 years to win the Meet of Champions intermediate hurdles. Tucker ran 52.17, lowering his own South Jersey sophomore class recor…

Juniors Elijah Jennings and Bronze Whitmore and seniors Premier Wynn and Bryce Tucker sprinted their way to a national title in the 800-meter super sprint medley Saturday evening at West Philly Nat…

Cherokee’s Kelsey Niglio, Kerry O’Day, Megan Niglio and Nicole Clifford ran the No. 10 3,200-meter relay in state history Tuesday night at the Bubble. Racing at the final SJTCA meet of the winter, …

Haddonfield’s Marielle Hall has just run a personal-best 15:02.27 for 5,000 meters, the No. 2 time this year by a U.S. woman and a World Championships qualifier. Hall, a 2010 graduate of Haddonfiel…

A familiar face made it into the U.S. Olympic Trials at the last minute. English Gardner, a graduate of Eastern high School and a 2016 Olympic gold medalist in the 400-meter relay, ran her fastest …

The Ocean City cross country program was all set to travel to Florida to race at DisneyWorld on Friday when disaster struck. The Red Raiders’ Thursday evening flight to Orlando was cancelled, and a…

The Haddonfield girls raced their way into the Championship of America 3,200-Meter Relay with a 9:20.33 for third place in the second small-school race Thursday at the 125th annual Penn Relays at F…

Bryce Tucker outleaned Westfield anchor Charles Stock at the finish line to give Pennsauken its first Meet of Champions 1,600-meter relay title Saturday. Tucker, in his fourth race of the day, spli…

With senior Seth Clevenger placing 4th overall in 15:36 and junior George Andrus also running sub-16, Haddonfield turned in one of the greatest performances ever by a South Jersey school at Holmdel…

World Athletics added a team scoring element to this year’s meet in Eugene, and not surprisingly the United States won the team title, nearly tripling 2nd-place Jamaica. The U.S. finished with 328 …

Florence Olympian Curtis Thompson destroyed his six-year old javelin PR at the American JavFest Saturday and uncorked the best throw by an American in 15 years. Thompson threw a mind-boggling 287-9…

Highland senior Floyd Whitaker soared a quarter of an inch short of 50 feet Thursday afternoon and won the national triple jump championship by two inches. Whitaker jumped 49-11 3/4 on his second a…

Delsea’s Josh Awotunde put together a historic performance Saturday, placing 3rd in the shot put at the World Athletics Championships with the No. 18 shot put throw in world history. Awotunde, comp…

A few minutes after Washington Township senior Ajani Dwyer ran the fastest 100-meter dash in state history in the qualifying rounds of the South Jersey Group 4 sectionals at Pennsauken, Burlington …

Delsea’s Josh Awotunde put together a historic performance Saturday, placing 3rd in the shot put at the World Athletics Championships with the No. 18 shot put throw in world history. Awotunde, comp…

In the span of four races over a few weeks, Sarah Naticchia went from a six-minute miler finishing in the middle of the pack in a novice race to one of the fastest in the state. This is another one…

Schalick senior Zyra Thomas popped a massive PR of 47-5 3/4 on her third throw of the trials to break the South Jersey overall record and hung on to win the championship shot put Saturday at the Na…

Cherokee graduate Jessica Woodard uncorked the second-best shot put throw of her life and her best in three years Sunday and recorded an Olympic-qualifying mark along the way. Woodard threw 60-9 1/…

Cinnaminson senior Kamron Kobolak shattered his own Burlington County shot put record when he placed fifth at the National Scholastic Indoor championships with a throw of 62-7 3/4 at the 168th Stre…

Deptford became the first South Jersey school to run sub-3:20 this year when the Spartans won the South Jersey Small-School 4-by-400 at the Penn Relays in 3:19.98 Saturday at Franklin Field. Depfor…

The Winslow girls shattered the South Jersey 800-meter relay record Saturday at the New Balance National Championships at Aggie Stadium on the North Carolina AT&T campus in Greensboro, N.C. Sop…

The Haddonfield girls capped a terrific weekend at Outdoor Nationals with the second-fastest distance medley in South Jersey history. Allison Colflesh, Payton Weiner, Lindsay Colflesh and Sarah Nat…

The Haddonfield girls packed their top five in 31 seconds and won its 10th state title by 50 points Saturday. Sophomore Anna Earp, junior Sabrina Miller and senior Jess Goode finished 6th, 7th and …

Egg Harbor sophomore Lauren Princz ran her fastest 100 of the year Friday and the second-fastest time in New Jersey this year in winning the state Group 4 title at Franklin. Princz won the race in …

PR’s all over the place in a wild 800 Monday at Haddonfield Distance Night. Kingsway junior Kyle Rakitis continued his hot racing with a 1:53.41 win, leading three half-milers under 1:56 and an inc…

Cherokee graduate Jessica Woodard advanced to the shot put final at the World Athletics Championships Friday with a big throw of 62-7 in the qualifying round. She’s the 13th American woman to…

Cherokee graduate John Shea ran the fastest 5,000 ever by a South Jersey high school alum Friday night at Stanford. Shea ran 13:44.57 and placed third in the 5,000 at the Payton Jordan Invitational…

Cherokee’s sophomore Megan Niglio, junior Madison Van Haren, senior Kelsey Niglio and junior Kerry O’Day put together the 2nd-fastest distance medley in South Jersey history Sunday and placed 4th a…

Dennis Fortuna shattered the DREAM Park course record Saturday morning and led Triton to its first sectional cross country title in school history!  What a historic day for the Mustangs!  Fortuna w…

The Cherokee girls added the 3,200-meter relay to their array of U.S. No. 1 performances Saturday morning in Virginia. The team of senior Nikki Clifford, junior Kelsey Niglio, sophomore Kerry O’Day…

Senior Nicole Clifford and junior Kelsey Niglio ran on four winning teams and senior Alison Cooke and junior Kelsey Niglio ran on three apiece Saturday as the Cherokee girls won the first state rel…

Junior Bennett Wright, sophomore Ryan Gibson, senior Liam Dougherty, sophomore Benjamin Andrus and sophomore Luke Andresen all placed among the top 15 out of more than 150 runners, and Haddonfield …

Bishop Eustace senior Conor Melko moved into the all-time South Jersey 3,200 top-20 Friday evening with a fourth place in the Holmdel Night of 3200s at Bob Roggy Stadium. Melko ran 9:06.52, placing…

Penn State freshman Sincere Rhea ran a PR in the 60-meter high hurdles Friday and advanced to the finals at the Big Ten Conference Championships. Rhea, the national scholastic indoor champion last …

The South Jersey Group 4 sectional championships wasn’t decided on the track, it was decided on a computer screen where timing officials ruled that Rancocas Valley anchor Ryan Maggs had finished 1-…

Holy Greg Hughes! Mainland junior Kevin Antczak destroyed his PR Saturday and moved into the N.J. No. 1 spot in the 3,200 with a negative-split breakthrough 9:20.96 for a full two miles at the Ocea…

Pennsauken’s sophomore Amina Dyer, freshman Sianni Wynn, freshman Sanaya Dupree and sophomore Ameenah Rodriguez raced to the fastest 4-by-4 by a South Jersey school this year, a win in the Penn Rel…

What a way to finish the season! Seniors Sarah Naticchia, Allison Colflesh and Payton Weiner all finished among the top 15 runners to lead top-ranked Haddonfield to a remarkable team victory in the…

Sterling senior Jah’mere Beasely ran the fastest 200 in the state this year, tearing up half a lap on the Haddon Township track in 21.50. Beasely swept the 100 and 200 in the large-school div…

Washington Township senior Ajani Dwyer destroyed the state 55-meter dash record Wednesday night and moved into the all-time U.S. top-10 at the Millrose Games Trials at the Armory. Dwyer – in only t…

Rowan sophomore Francis Terry, a Sterling High School graduate, ran another 400 PR Monday night, clocking 47.55 for second at the Swarthmore Final Qualifier Meet. Terry finished second to Thomas Ka…

A day after winning the Meet of Champions 3,200, Haddonfield senior Seth Clevenger ran one of the fastest miles in New Jersey history. Despite not being assigned to the fast heat, Clevenger placed …

Haddonfield graduate Isabella Miller, a senior at Haverford, earned the biggest victory of her college XC career Saturday when she won the NCAA Division 3 Metro Region Championship. Miller returned…