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Delaware's fastest runners: The best high school sprint and field event athletes 100-31

brandon holveck, delaware news journal
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The first three finishers in class 1 in the first interscholastic track and field meet in Delaware in 1914 were schools that no longer exist in Delaware: Tome Institute of Port Deposit, Wilmington Conference Academy and Wilmington High.

Our list of the greatest 100 sprinters and field event athletes in Delaware history doesn't quite go back that far, but it does span more than seven decades.

While there are plenty more deserving runners, throwers and jumpers that didn't make the list, what follows is our best attempt at recognizing the athletes through the years that lent vibrancy and excitement to the Delaware track and field world.

Lamar Bruton of Howard Tech (right) edges Tatnall's David Huffman at the wire in boys Division 2 400 meter dash at the state meet in 2012.
Lamar Bruton of Howard Tech (right) edges Tatnall's David Huffman at the wire in boys Division 2 400 meter dash at the state meet in 2012.

100. David Huffman, Tatnall, 2012

⌚ 4th all-time 400 meters (47.49)

Creighton Walker (right) of Dover goes neck and neck with Gerald Backus of Brandywine in the boys 200 meter dash Division 1 Saturday, May 22, 2004.
Creighton Walker (right) of Dover goes neck and neck with Gerald Backus of Brandywine in the boys 200 meter dash Division 1 Saturday, May 22, 2004.

99. Gerald Backus, Brandywine, 2005

🥇 3 individual outdoor track state titles, 4 Meet of Champions wins

⌚ 15th all-time 100 meters (10.76), 19th 200 meters (21.64)

98. Chris White, William Penn, 1999

📏 3rd all-time shot put (61-9), 16th discus (169-9)

🥇 4 individual outdoor track and field state titles

Tatnall's Kayla Woods crosses the finish line first in the 4x200 relay during the 2017 DIAA state indoor track and field championships in Landover, Md.
Tatnall's Kayla Woods crosses the finish line first in the 4x200 relay during the 2017 DIAA state indoor track and field championships in Landover, Md.

97. Kayla Woods, Tatnall, 2018

📏 State record for long jump (19-8.75)

🥇 4 individual outdoor track and field state titles

Smyrna's Raven Luckett clears 5'0" to win the high jump at DIAA state meet in 2013.
Smyrna's Raven Luckett clears 5'0" to win the high jump at DIAA state meet in 2013.

96. Raven Luckett, Smyrna, 2013

⌚ T-11th all-time 200 meters (24.70), 16th 400 meters (56.21)

🥇 5 individual outdoor track and field state titles

Alexis Reeves of Delcastle bursts into the lead to win the girls 100 meter dash at the Meet of Champions Wednesday May 19, 2010.
Alexis Reeves of Delcastle bursts into the lead to win the girls 100 meter dash at the Meet of Champions Wednesday May 19, 2010.

95. Alexis Reeves, Delcastle, 2013

⌚ 9th all-time 100 meters (12.05)

⌚ Member of state record 4x100-meter and 4x200-meter relay teams

94. Bill MacLachlan, Mount Pleasant, 1968

📏 Set shot put state records indoors and outdoors

🥇 1967 and 1968 shot put state champion

Ryan Thomas of Milford jumps en route to winning the long jump with a best of 6.79 meters during the 2013 DIAA State Indoor Track and Field Championships, at the Delaware Field House, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013.
Ryan Thomas of Milford jumps en route to winning the long jump with a best of 6.79 meters during the 2013 DIAA State Indoor Track and Field Championships, at the Delaware Field House, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013.

93. Ryan Thomas, Milford, 2014

📏 2nd all-time triple jump (49-6.75), 10th long jump (23-3)

🥇 3 individual outdoor track and field state titles, 3 Meet of Champions wins

92. Ivan Schmidt, Brandywine, 1999

📏 T-2nd all-time high jump (6-10.75)

91. Shannon Matthews, Wilmington, 1984

⌚ 6th all-time 200 meters (21.40*)

90. Charles Taylor, Howard, 1983

⌚ 10th all-time 200 meters (21.50*)

👍 Member of state record 4x100-meter and 4x200-meter relay teams from 1983 to 2023

89. Guy Ramsey, Dover Air, 1976

📏 T-2nd all-time high jump (6-10.75)

Kesha Roberts of Delcastle competes in the high jump.
Kesha Roberts of Delcastle competes in the high jump.

88. Kesha Roberts, Delcastle, 1990

📏 4th all-time high jump (5-6.5)

🥇 4 individual outdoor track and field state titles

87. Tamara Stoner, Delcastle, 1991

⌚ State record for 400 meters indoors (56.19)

🏆 1991 outdoor track and field state MVP

86. Darwin Gibbons, Caravel, 2009

📏 T-3rd all-time pole vault (15-6)

🥇 3 individual outdoor track and field state titles, 3 Meet of Champions wins

Dover's Tayshaun Chisolm wins the division I boys 300 meter hurdles at the 2017 DIAA State Track & Field Championships at Dover High School.
Dover's Tayshaun Chisolm wins the division I boys 300 meter hurdles at the 2017 DIAA State Track & Field Championships at Dover High School.

85. Tayshaun Chisolm, Dover, 2018

⌚ 6th all-time 110-meter hurdles (14.11), 13th 300-meter hurdles (38.06)

🥇 4 individual outdoor track state titles, 3 Meet of Champions wins

Gold team's Sarah Hillman, of Polytech, puts up a shot in the second half of the Blue-Gold Girls All-Star Basketball Game at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark on Saturday afternoon, March 15, 2014. In the spring, Hillman was one of Delaware's best throwers.
Gold team's Sarah Hillman, of Polytech, puts up a shot in the second half of the Blue-Gold Girls All-Star Basketball Game at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark on Saturday afternoon, March 15, 2014. In the spring, Hillman was one of Delaware's best throwers.

84. Sarah Hillman, Polytech, 2014

📏 2nd all-time discus (147-4), 21st shot put (40-1.5)

🥇 3 individual outdoor track and field state titles, 3 Meet of Champions wins

Glasgow's Robert Dixon pulls away from the field in the 110-meter hurdles at the Burgess Invitational in 1994.
Glasgow's Robert Dixon pulls away from the field in the 110-meter hurdles at the Burgess Invitational in 1994.

83. Robert Dixon, Glasgow, 1995

⌚ 8th all-time 110-meter hurdles (14.15), 14th 300-meter hurdles (38.06)

🥇 5 individual outdoor track state titles

82. Tricia Taylor, Ursuline, 2000

🥇 6 individual outdoor track state titles

Seaford's Arnold Mann, the 1988 outdoor track and field state MVP, poses for a portrait.
Seaford's Arnold Mann, the 1988 outdoor track and field state MVP, poses for a portrait.

81. Arnold Mann, Seaford, 1988

🏆 1988 outdoor track and field state MVP

🥇 4 individual track and field state titles

Cape Henlopen's Willie Savage won state MVP awards in indoor and outdoor track and field in 1992.
Cape Henlopen's Willie Savage won state MVP awards in indoor and outdoor track and field in 1992.

80. Willie Savage, Cape Henlopen, 1992

🥇 7 individual outdoor track and field state titles

📏 8th all-time high jump (6-8.5)

🏆 1992 indoor and outdoor track and field state MVP

Tatnall’s Arianna Montgomery runs to the finish line in the Division II girls 4x200-meter relay at the DIAA Track & Field Championships at Dover High School on Saturday, May 20, 2023.
Tatnall’s Arianna Montgomery runs to the finish line in the Division II girls 4x200-meter relay at the DIAA Track & Field Championships at Dover High School on Saturday, May 20, 2023.

79. Arianna Montgomery, Tatnall, 2026

🏆 2023 outdoor track and field state MVP

🥇 5 individual outdoor track and field state titles, 3 Meet of Champions wins

📏 3rd all-time long jump (19-8.5)

Sussex Central's Timothy Wright (center) takes first place in the 55 meter dash ahead of Tatnall's Rahshan LaMons (left, third place) and second-place finisher Jasyn Truitt of Salesianum during the DIAA state high school indoor track and field championships at Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023.
Sussex Central's Timothy Wright (center) takes first place in the 55 meter dash ahead of Tatnall's Rahshan LaMons (left, third place) and second-place finisher Jasyn Truitt of Salesianum during the DIAA state high school indoor track and field championships at Prince George's Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023.

78. Timothy Wright, Sussex Central, 2023

⌚ T-7th 100 meters (10.73), 8th all-time 200 meters (21.42)

📏 2nd all-time long jump (24-4)

77. Zakiya Haley, Saint Mark's, 1993

🏆 1994 outdoor track and field state MVP

🥇 5 individual outdoor track state titles

Katharine DeVilbiss of Cape Henlopen clears 9'6" to set a Division II record at the 2003 state meet.
Katharine DeVilbiss of Cape Henlopen clears 9'6" to set a Division II record at the 2003 state meet.

76. Katharine DeVilbiss, Cape Henlopen, 2004

🥇 8 individual outdoor track and field state titles, 4 Meet of Champions wins

🏆 2004 outdoor track and field state MVP

75. Rob Randolph, Tower Hill, 2001

⌚ 3rd all-time 300-meter hurdles (37.54), 9th 110-meter hurdles (14.19)

🥇 5 individual outdoor track state titles, 2 Meet of Champions wins

Howard's Zyaire Nuriddin blasts to a win in the Division II 400 meter dash on the second and final day of the DIAA state high school track and field championships Saturday, May 22, 2021 at Dover High School.
Howard's Zyaire Nuriddin blasts to a win in the Division II 400 meter dash on the second and final day of the DIAA state high school track and field championships Saturday, May 22, 2021 at Dover High School.

74. Zyaire Nuriddin, Howard, 2021

⌚ 6th all-time 100 meters (21.83), 10th 400 meters (48.05)

🥇 3 individual outdoor track state titles, 3 Meet of Champions wins

🏆 2021 outdoor track and field state MVP

73. Malachi Davis, Mount Pleasant, 2017

📏 4th all-time long jump (24-0), 4th triple jump (49-3)

🥇 5 individual outdoor track and field state titles, 4 Meet of Champions wins

72. Diana Pitts, Christiana, 1990

⌚ 9th all-time 400 meters (55.64), T-11th 200 (24.70*)

🥇 5 individual outdoor track state titles

71. Theresa Hill, William Penn, 1984

🥇 4 individual outdoor track state titles

⌚ 12th all-time 400 meters (55.84*)

⌚ Member of state record 4x400-meter relay team

Newark's Bunny Blaney was the first Delaware sprinter under 10 seconds in the 100 yards.
Newark's Bunny Blaney was the first Delaware sprinter under 10 seconds in the 100 yards.

70. Bunny Blaney, Newark, 1952

⌚ First Delaware high schooler sub-10 in the 100 yards, broke 20-year-old 220-yard state record

69. Myra Wanamaker, Howard, 2012

⌚ 7th all-time 400 meters (55.22), 14th 200 meters (24.79)

🥇 4 individual outdoor track state titles, 2 Meet of Champions wins

Howard's Terri Wanamaker breaks the tape.
Howard's Terri Wanamaker breaks the tape.

68. Terri Wanamaker, Howard, 1990

🥇 5 individual outdoor track and field state titles, 9 individual New Castle County titles

Caesar Rodney's Josh Abrams finishes just ahead of Dover's Jason Lilly in the 400 meters at the 1999 outdoor track and field state meet.
Caesar Rodney's Josh Abrams finishes just ahead of Dover's Jason Lilly in the 400 meters at the 1999 outdoor track and field state meet.

67. Josh Abrams, Caesar Rodney, 1999

🏆 1999 outdoor track and field state MVP

🥇 6 individual outdoor track state titles

Woodbridge's Jim Weal was among the state's best sprinters in the 1970s.
Woodbridge's Jim Weal was among the state's best sprinters in the 1970s.

66. Jim Weal, Woodbridge, 1975

⌚ 17th all-time 200 meters (21.58*); held state record from 1975 to 1983 and holds 220 yards state record

🥇 6 individual outdoor track state titles

65. Tyra Reid, Caesar Rodney, 2014

⌚ 7th all-time 100 meters (11.99), T-20th 200 meters (24.87), 22nd 400 meters (56.41)

🏆 2014 outdoor track and field state MVP

The 1994 outdoor track and field state MVP, Shae Devlin won six individual track state titles at William Penn and Glasgow.
The 1994 outdoor track and field state MVP, Shae Devlin won six individual track state titles at William Penn and Glasgow.

64. Shae Devlin, William Penn/Glasgow, 1994

⌚ 11th all-time 200 meters (21.51), 12th 100 meters (10.75)

🏆 1994 outdoor track and field state MVP

🥇 6 individual outdoor track state titles, 5 individual New Castle County titles

Charles Wulff of Hodgson winning the division 2 boys 100 meter hurdles at the state meet in 2012.
Charles Wulff of Hodgson winning the division 2 boys 100 meter hurdles at the state meet in 2012.

63. Charles Wulff-Cochrane, Hodgson, 2012

⌚ 2nd all-time 300-meter hurdles (37.42)

🥇 2 Meet of Champions wins

Padua's Taliah Cintron leaps a hurdle on her way to a first place finish in the Girls 300 Meter Hurdles event at the Meet of Champions at Dover High School in 2016.
Padua's Taliah Cintron leaps a hurdle on her way to a first place finish in the Girls 300 Meter Hurdles event at the Meet of Champions at Dover High School in 2016.

62. Taliah Cintron, Padua, 2017

🥇 4 individual outdoor track state titles, 4 Meet of Champions wins

⌚ 6th all-time 300-meter hurdles (43.62)

Ty Roberts competes in triple jump. Roberts won several state championships in the jumps at Tower Hill in the 1970s.
Ty Roberts competes in triple jump. Roberts won several state championships in the jumps at Tower Hill in the 1970s.

61. Ty Roberts, Tower Hill, 1977

📏 5th all-time triple jump (49-2.5)

🥇 7 individual outdoor track and field state titles, 6 Meet of Champions wins

60. Ashley Bailey, Middletown, 2015

📏 2nd all-time pole vault (12-3)

🥇 4 individual outdoor track and field state titles, 4 Meet of Champions wins

59. Ali Fordham, Dover, 1999

🥇 8 individual outdoor track and field state titles

📏 T-5th all-time high jump (6-10), 6th triple jump (48-10.25), T-12th long jump (23-2.5)

Terri Dendy celebrates after anchoring a Concord relay to a win in 1982.
Terri Dendy celebrates after anchoring a Concord relay to a win in 1982.

58. Terri Dendy, Concord, 1983

🥇 5 individual outdoor track state titles, 4 Meet of Champions wins

⌚ 14th all-time 400 meters (56.04*), 15th 200 meters (24.80*)

Cape Henlopen's Isaiah Brisco wins the boys division II 110 hurdles at the 2008 state track and field meet at Caesar Rodney High School.
Cape Henlopen's Isaiah Brisco wins the boys division II 110 hurdles at the 2008 state track and field meet at Caesar Rodney High School.

57. Isaiah Brisco, Cape Henlopen, 2008

🏆 2007 outdoor track and field state MVP

🥇 5 individual outdoor track state titles, 5 Meet of Champions wins

⌚ 4th all-time 300-meter hurdles (37.58)

St. Georges' Micaiah Dendy leaps to a first place finish in the Division II Girls Triple Jump event at the DIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Dover High School in Dover on Monday evening.
St. Georges' Micaiah Dendy leaps to a first place finish in the Division II Girls Triple Jump event at the DIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Dover High School in Dover on Monday evening.

56. Micaiah Dendy, St. Georges, 2016

📏 T-2nd all-time triple jump (39-3.5), T-7th long jump (18-11.5)

🥇 4 individual outdoor track and field state titles, 3 Meet of Champions wins

Krystina Muhammad, a member of the All-State team, photographed in June 2008. Muhammad set the girls triple jump state record.
Krystina Muhammad, a member of the All-State team, photographed in June 2008. Muhammad set the girls triple jump state record.

55. Krystina Muhammad, Newark, 2008

📏 T-2nd all-time triple jump (39-3.5); held at least a share of state record from 2008 to 2023

🥇 3 individual outdoor track and field state titles, 4 Meet of Champions wins

Ursuline's Najiya Cornish crosses the finish line to give her team a win in the Division II Girls 4x100 Meter Relay event at the DIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Dover High School in Dover in 2016.
Ursuline's Najiya Cornish crosses the finish line to give her team a win in the Division II Girls 4x100 Meter Relay event at the DIAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Dover High School in Dover in 2016.

54. Najiya Cornish, Ursuline, 2018

⌚ 4th all-time 100 meters (11.89), 18th 200 meters (24.83)

🥇 6 individual outdoor track state titles, 5 Meet of Champions wins

53. Randy Lambert, Mount Pleasant, 1988

📏 5th all-time long jump (23-10.5); held state record from 1988 to 1998

Newark's Ernest "Butch" Patrick holds the indoor track and field state record for the high jump with a jump of 7'0".
Newark's Ernest "Butch" Patrick holds the indoor track and field state record for the high jump with a jump of 7'0".

52. Ernest Patrick, Newark, 1996

📏 State record for indoor high jump (7-0)

🏆 1996 indoor track and field state MVP

🥇 4 individual outdoor track and field state titles

51. Dana Combs, Padua, 1987

⌚ 5th all-time 400 meters (55.14); held state record from 1987 to 2010

🏆 1987 indoor track and field state MVP

Padua's Erin Kelleher works toward a title in the pole vault competition - clearing 12' 2" - during the DIAA state indoor track championships in Landover, Md. Saturday.
Padua's Erin Kelleher works toward a title in the pole vault competition - clearing 12' 2" - during the DIAA state indoor track championships in Landover, Md. Saturday.

50. Erin Kelleher, Padua, 2021

📏 State record for pole vault (13-2)

🥇 3 individual outdoor track and field state titles, 3 Meet of Champions wins

49. Arnold Tucker, De La Warr, 1968

⌚ State record for 440 yards (48.1), T-2nd all time 220 yards (21.8); held state record for 8 years

Rod Lambert is a blur as he speeds to victory in the 220-yard at the New Castle County Championships in 1960.
Rod Lambert is a blur as he speeds to victory in the 220-yard at the New Castle County Championships in 1960.

48. Rod Lambert, Mount Pleasant, 1960

⌚ State record for 100 yards (9.5) and 220 yards straightaway (21.0)

Salesianum's Jasyn Truitt wins the 200 meter dash during the New Castle County Track and Field Championships at Abessinio Stadium, Saturday, May 13, 2023. Truitt's 21.24 was a state record.
Salesianum's Jasyn Truitt wins the 200 meter dash during the New Castle County Track and Field Championships at Abessinio Stadium, Saturday, May 13, 2023. Truitt's 21.24 was a state record.

47. Jasyn Truitt, Salesianum, 2024

⌚ Member of state record 4x100-meter and 4x200-meter relay teams

⌚ 2nd all-time 200 meters (21.24), T-17th 100 meters (10.78)

University of Delaware offensive lineman Bobby Kennedy pass sets in a spring scrimmage. In high school at Caravel, Kennedy was among the state's best throwers.
University of Delaware offensive lineman Bobby Kennedy pass sets in a spring scrimmage. In high school at Caravel, Kennedy was among the state's best throwers.

46. Bobby Kennedy, Caravel, 2009

📏 3rd all-time discus (181-2), 6th shot put (59-7.5)

🥇 5 individual outdoor track and field state titles, 4 Meet of Champions wins

🏆 2009 outdoor track and field state MVP

Cape Henlopen's Kai Maull competes in the triple jump at the 1998 indoor track and field state championships.
Cape Henlopen's Kai Maull competes in the triple jump at the 1998 indoor track and field state championships.

45. Kai Maull, Cape Henlopen, 1998

📏 1st all-time long jump (24-7.75); held state record from 1998 to 2011, 8th triple jump (48-5)

🏆 1998 indoor track and field state MVP

44. Lynn Harris, Christiana, 1999

📏 4th all-time long jump (19-5.5); held state record from 1999 to 2018

🏆 1999 outdoor track and field state MVP

St. Thomas More senior Christina Hillman throws the shot put during the finals of the state track and field meet in 2011.
St. Thomas More senior Christina Hillman throws the shot put during the finals of the state track and field meet in 2011.

43. Christina Hillman, St. Thomas More, 2011

📏 State record for shot put (49-6.5)

🥇 6 individual outdoor track and field state titles, 3 Meet of Champions wins

Caesar Rodney's Destiny Bailey-Perkins competes in the DIAA Track & Field State Championships at Dover High School in 2019.
Caesar Rodney's Destiny Bailey-Perkins competes in the DIAA Track & Field State Championships at Dover High School in 2019.

42. Destiny Bailey-Perkins, Caesar Rodney, 2019

🏆 2019 indoor and outdoor track and field state MVP

📏 4th all-time long jump (19-6.5), T-12th triple jump (38' 1")

🥇 3 individual outdoor track and field state titles, 6 Meet of Champions

Middletown's Brahmir Vick competes on his way to a win in the 110 meter hurdles during the Rod Lambert Meet of Champions at Caravel Academy in 2019.
Middletown's Brahmir Vick competes on his way to a win in the 110 meter hurdles during the Rod Lambert Meet of Champions at Caravel Academy in 2019.

41. Brahmir Vick, Middletown, 2020

⌚ State record for 110-meter hurdles (14.00)

🏆 2019 outdoor track and field state MVP

Saint Mark's Danni McGonigle competes in the Division II girls triple jump at the DIAA Track & Field Championships at Dover High on Saturday, May 20, 2023.
Saint Mark's Danni McGonigle competes in the Division II girls triple jump at the DIAA Track & Field Championships at Dover High on Saturday, May 20, 2023.

40. Danni McGonigle, Saint Mark's, 2023

📏 State record for triple jump (40-3), 15th long jump (18-6.5)

🥇 5 individual outdoor track and field state titles, 1 Meet of Champions win

39. Beth Webster, Padua/Sanford, 1986

⌚ State record for indoor 55-meter hurdles (8.05)

⌚ 9th all-time 100-meter hurdles (14.44*), 17th 400 meters (56.24*)

🥇 6 individual outdoor track state titles

38. Greg Rowe, Woodbridge, 1978

📏 2nd all-time discus (188-8), 5th shot put (59-8.5)

🥇 6 individual outdoor track and field state titles, 5 Meet of Champions wins

Mandy Stille of McKean during long jump competition of the 2003 state track meet at Lake Forest.
Mandy Stille of McKean during long jump competition of the 2003 state track meet at Lake Forest.

37. Mandy Stille, McKean, 2004

🥇 7 individual outdoor track and field state titles, 8 Meet of Champions wins

🏆 2003 outdoor track and field state MVP

⌚ 5th all-time 300-meter hurdles (43.60)

Charter of Wilmington's Nikko Brady takes the field to win the girls division I 100m hurdles at the state track meet at Caesar Rodney High School in Camden Saturday May 17, 2008.
Charter of Wilmington's Nikko Brady takes the field to win the girls division I 100m hurdles at the state track meet at Caesar Rodney High School in Camden Saturday May 17, 2008.

36. Nikko Brady, Charter of Wilmington, 2009

🥇 7 individual outdoor track and field state titles, 9 Meet of Champions wins

🏆 2-time indoor track and field state MVP, 2007 outdoor track and field state MVP

📏 9th all-time long jump (18-10), 17th triple jump (37-11)

“I want everybody to run fast. I want everybody to represent Delaware. If someone were to break my 200 my record, I’ll be glad for him," Edwin Rosembert said in 2017.
“I want everybody to run fast. I want everybody to represent Delaware. If someone were to break my 200 my record, I’ll be glad for him," Edwin Rosembert said in 2017.

35. Edwin Rosembert, Howard, 2017

⌚ 3rd all-time 200 meters (21.36), 11th 400 meters (48.10)

🏆 2017 indoor and outdoor track and field state MVP

34. Connie Ellerbe, William Penn, 1987

⌚ 2nd all-time 300-meter hurdles (42.57*); state record holder from 1987 to 2006

🥇 5 individual outdoor track state titles

🏆 1987 outdoor track and field state MVP

⌚ Member of state record 4x400-meter relay

Michael Jensen of Appoquiniink clearing 16 feet and setting a new state meet record in 2012.
Michael Jensen of Appoquiniink clearing 16 feet and setting a new state meet record in 2012.

33. Michael Jensen, Appoquinimink, 2013

📏 State record for pole vault (16-4.75)

🥇 2 individual outdoor track and field state titles, 2 Meet of Champions wins

Hodgson's Dayne Ross competes at the 1997 indoor track and field state championships at the University of Delaware Fieldhouse.
Hodgson's Dayne Ross competes at the 1997 indoor track and field state championships at the University of Delaware Fieldhouse.

32. Dayne Ross, Hodgson, 1997

⌚ T-4th all-time 100 meters (10.64), 24th 200 meters (21.74)

⌚ Set state records indoors in 1997 in the 55 (6.35), 200 (21.78) and 400 (49.76)

🏆 1996 outdoor track and field state MVP

Smyrna's Myrissa McFolling-Young competes in the Division I shot put at the DIAA State Track & Field Championships in May 2017.
Smyrna's Myrissa McFolling-Young competes in the Division I shot put at the DIAA State Track & Field Championships in May 2017.

31. Myrissa McFolling-Young, Smyrna, 2017

📏 State record for discus (156-9), 5th all-time shot put (43-5)

🥇 5 individual outdoor track and field state titles, 5 Meet of Champions wins

Asterisks denote converted times as they appear on the state's all time performance list. Wins at state individual finals (contested from 1977 to 1983) are considered Meet of Champions wins for accounting purposes as both are combined Division I and Division II competitions. A Meet of Champions was not contested between 1983 and 2001. Listed times are outdoor performances unless otherwise noted.

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This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Delaware track and field: The top sprinters, throwers and jumpers