Boys 55 Meter Hurdles
- State Rankings
- 2023 Winner: Yashahya Brown 11 Washington Twp HS 7.22
- 2022 Winner: Christopher Serrao 12 East Brunswick HS 7.47
- Meet Record: Jermaine Collier 12 Trenton Central HS 7.19 2012
- State Record: Yashahya Brown 12 Washington Township 7.06 2024
- 2024 NJ1: Yashahya Brown 12 Washington Township 7.06 South Group 4, Feb 2
Event Preview
Yashahya Brown of Washington Twp is in a league of his own over the barriers.
Brown, the defending champion, set the state record with the US No. 1 time of 7.06 at the South Jersey, Group 4 Championships and is undefeated this season.
Taking nothing away from his competitors, this will most likely be a race against the clock as Brown should shatter the meet record of 7.19 set in 2012 by Jermaine Collier of Trenton, and could flirt with a sub 7.00!!!
That's how good Brown is!!
There are just two other hurdlers in the state that have broken 7.50, Alexander Hollimon of Williamstown (7.36) and Group 2 State Champ Joseph Kurak of Manchester Township (7.40).
Preview by Jim Lambert
Group Champions
| Group 1 | TYLER CASWELL | Glen Rock HS | 2025 | 7.58 |
| Group 2 | JOSEPH KURAK | Manchester Township HS | 2024 | 7.42 |
| Group 3 | IAN HOPKINS | Scotch Plains-Fanwood HS | 2024 | 7.76 / 7.74p |
| Group 4 | YASHAHYA BROWN | Washington Twp HS | 2024 | 7.21 |
| NPA | COREY GREENFIELD | St. Peter's Prep | 2025 | 7.55 |
| NPB | MARCUS MCCOY | Union Catholic Reg. HS | 2024 | 7.73 |
Performance List
Includes Group meet performances & any improved seeds for Champions
Boys 55 Meter Hurdles Prelims
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Name Year School Seed
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1 Brown, Yashahya 12 Washington Twp HS 7.21
2 Kurak, Joseph 12 Manchester 7.42
3 Hollimon, Alexander 12 Williamstown HS 7.48
4 Greenfield, Corey 11 St Peters Prep 7.55
5 Caswell, Tyler 11 Glen Rock HS 7.58
6 Hopkins, Ian 12 Scotch Plain 7.62
7 Husta, Clayton 12 Oakcrest HS 7.63
8 McCoy, Marcus 12 Union Catholic 7.65
9 Alvarez, Jason 11 Elizabeth HS 7.67
10 Gayanilo, Emanuel 12 Westfield HS 7.73
11 Herman, Cole 12 Rumson-Fair 7.76
12 Bastos, Elijah 12 Morris Knolls HS 7.76
13 Laing, Adrian 12 Paramus Cath 7.77
14 Perdue, Manny 12 Deptford HS 7.77
15 Naik, Vedant 12 Metuchen HS 7.78
16 Sanchez, Ryan 11 Deptford HS 7.82
17 Jaramillo, Cicai 11 Paramus Cath 7.82
18 Tables, Romelo 11 Malcolm X Sh 7.82
19 Parker, Anthony 11 Salem HS 7.82
20 Young, Bryan 12 Piscataway Twp HS 7.83
21 Curtis III, Alton 10 Millville HS 7.83
22 Keyes, Kyle 12 Lakeland Reg 7.84
23 Jusino Lansing, Tristan 11 Lawrence HS 7.84
24 Madubuko, Raaluchukwu 11 Livingston HS 7.85
25 Thomas, Camryn 11 Toms River 7.86
26 Rose, LeBron 12 Robbinsville HS 7.86
27 Vassell, Desmond 12 Glassboro HS 7.88
28 Kutney, Brian 11 Donovan Cath 7.91
29 Willingham, Noah 12 St Peters Prep 7.91
30 Rojas, Al-Qamar 12 Union Catholic 7.95
31 Pesquin, Tomas 12 Newark Academy 7.99Event by Event Previews
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