Orji leaping big mid-week again - US #2 all-time 44-0 TJ! NJ pair of US #1 DMR's too!

Mount Olive (NJ) senior Keturah Orji just cannot seem to keep herself off from earning a spot on the front page of MileSplit US but a few days. Arguably one of the nation's top horizontal jumpers did it again with another big mark at the New York Armory on Tuesday in the Varsity Classic meet with a US #2 all-time leap of 44'0" in the triple jump, which was part of an impressive combo of jumps with a win and mark over 20 feet in the long jump of 20'1.50". Orji is already the US leader in the long jump with a season best performance of 20'8.75" at the New Balance Games, while the triple jump mark was a 22 1/2 inch  improvement from her previous US #1 ranked season best mark of 42'1.50" from last Wednesday's Metropolitan Invitational. The University of Georgia recruit is very much capable of being a double national champion in March at the New Balance Indoor Nationals in both the long jump and triple jump. Orji is also inching herself closer to the indoor national record in the triple jump at 44'6.75" set by Ke'Nyia Richardson from Oakland, California in 2007. 

The distance medley relays saw two incredible races to produce the nation's best times for both genders by New Jersey schools. The Don Bosco Prep boys came out on top of an exciting battle with West Chester Henderson (10:15.3) of Pennsylvania in a US #1 time of 10:13.4, while Columbia girls posted a US #1 leading performance of 12:02.1.

Outside of Orji's double in the jumps, Bensalem's Kyle Francis had the second best double performance of the event with a US #6 clocking of 1:54.4 in the 800 meter run and on short rest won the mile run in a time of 4:22.5. The 800 meter time was a remarkable 5 second PR drop for the Pennsylvania senior distance runner

• Varsity Classic Meet Page
• Varsity Classic Meet Results: Boys Results - Girls Results
• National Elite Performances (163)
• Keturah Orji Athlete Profile
• MileSplit US National Rankings - Girls Triple Jump
• MileSplit US National Rankings - Girls Long Jump

Girls Highlights

• 1,600 Meter Run - Kelly Hayes (Pearl River) 5:00.70 SB; Amanda Corbosiero (Mount Saint Dominic Academy) 5:05.00 SB; Liz Wellman (Randolph HS) 5:06.50 SB; Mary Kate Byrne (Red Bank Catholic HS) 5:07.00 SB; Kassidy Ayres (Tappan Zee) 5:07.70 SB; Carolina Beroutsos(Nightingale Bamford) 5:08.40 SB; Colleen Buckley (Immaculate Heart Academy) 5:14.20 SB; Carole Harsch (Randolph HS) 5:15.40 SB; Eryn Mills (Red Bank Catholic HS) 5:16.60 SB; Yaminah Smith (Weequahic HS) 5:16.80 SB; Gabriella Ferrigine (Red Bank Catholic HS) 5:17.10 SB; Ailish Durcan (Pearl River) 5:19.20 SB;
• 200 Meter Dash - Olivia Baker (Columbia HS) 24.64h SB; Imani Solan (Suffern) 24.94h SB; Haisha Bisiolu (Union HS) 24.94h SB; Bria Saunders (Parsippany HS) 25.64h SB; Imani Beauliere (Union Catholic HS) 25.74h SB; Brionna Pettus (Piscataway Twp HS) 25.74h SB; Emily Cowan(Columbia HS) 26.04h SB; Cheyenne Trigg (Columbia HS) 26.04h SB; Claudia Piron (Summit HS) 26.14h SB; Jordan Coverson (Union Catholic HS) 26.14h SB; Chanel Smith (Piscataway Twp HS) 26.24h SB;
• 3,200 Meter Run - Mackenzie Barry (Mendham HS) 11:01.20; Brennan Sharkey (West Morris Central HS) 11:04.00 SB; Lydon Kersting (Academy Of The Holy Angels) 11:16.00; Rachel Belmont (Old Bridge HS) 11:20.90; Megan Coakley (Red Bank Catholic HS) 11:27.30; Abigail Mclaughlin(Bergen Co. V/T) 11:30.10 SB; Kathryn Munks (Monroe-Woodbury) 11:32.00 SB;
• 400 Meter Dash - Jennifer Edobi (Union HS) 56.54h SB; Morgan Harvey (North Hunterdon HS) 58.34h SB; Brionna Pettus (Piscataway Twp HS) 58.34h SB; Carly Pettipaw (Lenape Reg. HS) 58.94h; Aigner Bobbitt (Columbia HS) 59.24h SB; Nia Dupiche (Piscataway Twp HS) 59.44h SB;Jordan Coverson (Union Catholic HS) 59.54h SB; Amari Onque-Shabazz (Mount Saint Dominic Academy) 59.54h SB; Imani Coleman (Columbia HS) 59.84h SB;
• 4x400 Meter Relay - Suffern 4:00.00; Mendham HS 4:05.10; Rahway HS 4:06.00; Hopewell Valley HS 4:08.50; Pope John XXIII HS 4:10.60;
• 4x800 Meter Relay - Randolph HS 9:29.60; Ridge HS 9:36.30; Pope John XXIII HS 9:36.70; Monroe-Woodbury 9:42.50; Union Catholic HS 9:46.50; Academy Of The Holy Angels 9:47.40; Middletown South HS 9:47.50; Lenape Reg. HS 9:48.20; Westfield HS 9:49.00; Commack 9:50.10;North Hunterdon HS 9:52.30;
• 55 Meter Hurdles - Morgan Harvey (North Hunterdon HS) 8.34h;
• 55 Meter Dash - Haisha Bisiolu (Union HS) 7.34h;
• 800 Meter Run - Erin Jaskot (Tappan Zee) 2:15.90 SB; Kylene Cochrane (West Morris Central HS) 2:16.00 SB; Chandi Piiru (Mount Saint Dominic Academy) 2:16.50 SB; Christina Welzer (Northern Valley HS - Demarest) 2:16.80 SB; Megan Cronk (Red Bank Catholic HS) 2:21.10 SB;Shayne McNally (Red Bank Catholic HS) 2:21.20 SB; chelsea edwards (Spring Valley) 2:21.70 SB;
• Distance Medley Relay - Columbia HS 12:02.10; Mount Saint Dominic Academy 12:06.20; Suffern 12:09.60; Lenape Reg. HS 12:15.60; St. John Vianney HS 12:17.00; East Rockaway 12:24.60; Toms River South HS 12:47.30;
• High Jump - Leah Wis (Montville Twp. HS) 5-4;
• Long Jump - Keturah Orji (Mount Olive HS) 20-1.5; Kayla Richardson (Columbia HS) 19-5.75 SB; Tatiyanna Sanders (Paramus Catholic HS) 18-4; Sydney McLaughlin (Union Catholic HS) 18-2.5 SB; Alana Herran (Mount Saint Dominic Academy) 18-5;
• Pole Vault - Catherine Rozalski (Queen of Peace HS) 11-6 SB; Katlyn Rymarzow (Pope John XXIII HS) 11-6; Sam Beyar (Monroe-Woodbury) 11-0; Julia Mszanski (Mendham HS) 11-0 SB;
• Shot Put - Katie Weeks (Msgr. Donovan HS) 40-0.5 SB; Amarys Berry (Hackensack HS) 39-7.25 SB; Nikolia Kanaris (Northern Valley HS - Demarest) 39-5.5 SB;
• Triple Jump - Keturah Orji (Mount Olive HS) 44-0 SB; Tatiyanna Sanders (Paramus Catholic HS) 36-5.75;

Boys Highlights

• 1,600 Meter Run - Louis Corgliano (Hammonton HS) 4:25.30 SB; Michael Campbell (Pope John XXIII HS) 4:25.50 SB; Paul Ehmann (Mendham HS) 4:26.30 SB; Siem Mehretu (West Orange High School) 4:26.60 SB; Dave Mugavero (North Hunterdon HS) 4:26.80 SB; Gerard D'ambrosio(Old Bridge HS) 4:28.70 SB;
• 200 Meter Dash - Jordan Jimerson (Union Catholic HS) 22.04h SB; Hazem Miawad (Old Bridge HS) 22.64h SB; Joel Bartow (Lenape Reg. HS) 22.84h SB; Brandon Moorer (Seton Hall Prep) 22.84h SB; Kendell Ebron (Monroe-Woodbury) 22.94h SB; Seth Wilson (Monroe-Woodbury) 22.94h SB; Thomas Cooper (Monroe-Woodbury) 22.94h SB;
• 3,200 Meter Run - Kyle Kroon (Toms River South HS) 9:17.40 SB; Patrick Sullivan (Don Bosco Prep) 9:37.90 SB; Chris Mascetti (Hackensack HS) 9:43.80; Ryan Depinto (Syosset) 9:44.20 SB;
• 400 Meter Dash - Alex Leto (Old Bridge HS) 49.74h SB; Donovan McDonald (Montclair HS) 50.34h SB; Juwaan Walker (Piscataway Twp HS) 50.44h SB; Jaashir Morris (J P Stevens HS) 50.54h SB; Dwyer Halliburton (Clifton HS) 50.74h SB; Christian Orsini (Seton Hall Prep) 50.94h SB;Mark Cooke (J P Stevens HS) 50.94h; Marcus Hernandez (Old Bridge HS) 51.04h; Richardson Pierre (Spring Valley) 51.04h SB; Randel Maxwell (Weequahic HS) 51.04h SB; Joel Bartow (Lenape Reg. HS) 51.14h SB; Kenny Evely (Union Catholic HS) 51.14h SB; Chaz Byrnes (Marlboro HS) 51.34h;
• 4x400 Meter Relay - Don Bosco Prep 3:26.70; Mendham HS 3:28.50; Randolph HS 3:28.90; Weequahic HS 3:29.60; Montclair HS 3:32.00; Spring Valley 3:32.10; Piscataway Twp HS 3:32.20;
• 4x800 Meter Relay - South Brunswick HS 7:52.60; Syosset 7:58.70; Kingsway 8:05.00; Warwick Valley 8:05.20; Ridgewood HS 8:05.30; Collegiate School 8:08.90; Rahway HS 8:09.80; Suffern 8:10.80; Metuchen HS 8:12.40; Mendham HS 8:12.70;
• 55 Meter Hurdles - Obafemi Animashaun (Union Catholic HS) 7.74h;
• 55 Meter Dash - David Connolly (Summit HS) 6.54h SB;
• 800 Meter Run - Christian Kildal-Brandt (Mendham HS) 1:54.80 SB; Joe White (DePaul Catholic HS) 1:55.80 SB; Kevin Serrao (Bergen Co. V/T) 1:56.40; Jeremy Hernandez (Clifton HS) 1:57.30; Caleb Edgehill (West Orange High School) 1:59.60 SB; Tyler Pressl (Mendham HS) 1:59.80 SB;George Jenkins (Teaneck HS) 2:00.00 SB;
• Distance Medley Relay - Don Bosco Prep 10:13.40; North Rockland 10:19.80; Tappan Zee 10:31.10; Collegiate School 10:32.70; Morristown HS 10:36.60; Voorhees HS 10:39.90; Delbarton School 10:46.80;
• High Jump - Brandon Richardson (Monroe-Woodbury) 6-8 SB; Barden Adams (West Orange High School) 6-6 SB;
• Long Jump - Zack Bazile (St. Joseph Reg. HS (Montvale)) 22-4; Anthony Zarro (Randolph HS) 22-1.5 SB;
• Pole Vault - Todd Uckermark (Warwick Valley ) 16-0; Derek Dibona (Warwick Valley ) 15-6; Travis Fountain (Monroe-Woodbury) 15-0 SB; Abe Gertler (Madison HS) 15-0 SB; Luke Annichiarico (Northern Valley HS - Old Tappan) 14-6; Trevor Knowles (North Hunterdon HS) 14-6; Dylan Altland (Kingsway) 14-6;
• Shot Put - Eric Favors (North Rockland) 57-7;
• Triple Jump - Darrell Jones (Monroe-Woodbury) 48-5 SB; Barden Adams (West Orange High School) 45-5 SB;