55 Meter Hurdles
- State Rankings
- 2022 Winner: Anabella Chin 12 Rancocas Valley Reg HS 8.22
- Meet Record: Sydney McLaughlin 10 Union Catholic HS 7.82 2015
- State Record: Sydney McLaughlin 10 Union Catholic HS 7.60e 2015
- 2023 NJ1: Taylor Cox 10 Union Catholic HS 7.95 Ocean Breeze Elite, Feb. 25
Taylor Cox, the star sophomore at Union Catholic, is the clear choice to grab the gold.
She's been the state leader all season, and checks into this showdown with a 7.95, tied for No. 5 in the nation.
Senior Quaycian Davis of East Orange Campus is the best of the rest with the NJ No. 3 8.07 she ran to win the Group 4 state title.
Ajanae Thompson of Union Catholic, NJ No. 2 with an 8.06, won't race due to an injury.
(Jim Lambert)
55mH Group Champions
- Group 1 Ny'era Hand-Brooks 12 Burlington City HS 8.66
- Group 2 Abigail Dennis 11 NV - Old Tappan HS 8.33
- Group 3 Nyjae Shipley 12 Rahway HS 8.35
- Group 4 Quaycian Davis 12 East Orange Campus 8.07
- NonPublic A Taylor Cox 10 Union Catholic Reg. HS 7.98
- NonPublic B Priscilla Michel 11 Ranney School 9.05
Group Championship Performance List
1 1406 Cox, Taylor 10 Union Cathol 7.98 2 37 Davis, Quaycian 12 East Orange 8.07 3 1407 Thompson, Ajanae 12 Union Cathol 8.11 4 12 Drakeford, BrookeLyn 12 Piscataway T 8.27 5 1056 Dennis, Abigail 11 NV - Old Tap 8.33 6 1065 Shipley, Nyjae 12 Rahway HS 8.35 7 38 Stilley, Johnay 12 Eastern Regi 8.38 8 1025 Curtis, Sophia 11 Ocean City H 8.42 9 1060 Ryerson, Morgan 11 Mount Olive 8.44 10 1058 Burke, Shea 12 Pt Pleasant 8.50 11 36 Uzor, Jessica 11 Franklin Tow 8.53 12 39 Folawewo, Ayotunde 12 Toms River N 8.59 13 1059 Bennett, Belle 12 Northern Hig 8.61 14 1062 CrozierCarole, Emma 12 Mainland Reg 8.62 15 35 Shalley, Olivia 11 Hunterdon Ce 8.65 16 1063 Marshall, Janelle 12 Winslow Town 8.65 17 42 HandBrooks, Nyera 12 Burlington C 8.66 18 1057 Rilveria, Abreeana 12 River Dell H 8.66 19 1061 Brawner, MaSyiah 9 Winslow Town 8.66 20 804 Matthews, Nelagh 12 Metuchen HS 8.68 21 9 Smith, Chloe 11 East Brunswi 8.72 22 1269 Pierre, Guerlande 11 Timber Creek 8.72 23 1408 Bonn, Alexandra 12 Union Cathol 8.72 24 1064 Evans, Saniyah 11 Rahway HS 8.72 25 1316 Hopkins, Zoe Scotch Plain 8.73 26 769 Keating, Emma 12 Pompton Lake 8.78 27 371 Alves, Leah 12 Hawthorne HS 8.87 28 1390 Michel, Priscilla 11 Ranney Schoo 9.05 29 1389 Hopeck, Juliana 12 Eastern Chri 9.27 30 1391 Olsen, Fiona 10 St Rose HS 9.35