Smyrna and Padua standouts share top Delaware track and field honor

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After compiling two of the most prolific careers in state history, Smyrna's Aaliyah Turpin and Padua's Anna Bockius have been named Delaware's most outstanding female track and field athletes.

Turpin and Bockius each received the Bill Thomson Award, the state's top track and field award, at the N5CTA All-State banquet on June 15 and lead the All-State team composed of the event winners at the May 21 Meet of Champions.

The two seniors are the fourth co-winners of the award, which was first disseminated by the state's coaches in 1985.

Turpin is committed to compete at Texas Tech and Bockius is committed to compete at Notre Dame. Turpin was also named girls indoor track and field MVP.

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In a season she described as life altering, Turpin accumulated several rare achievements.

Turpin reset Delaware's girls 100 hurdles record, which had been held by Glasgow's Jernail Hayes since 2006. Turpin first surpassed Hayes' 14.13 at a meet in Columbia, South Carolina on April 11. She ran faster in both the prelims and finals of the state meet on May 15-16 at Dover High, ultimately lowering the record to 13.57.

At a postseason meet in Forestville, Maryland, Turpin ran 13.17. It is the second-fastest time in the country this year, considering all conditions, according to Athletic.net.

Smyrna's 4x100 twice ran under the state record of 47.70 set by Tatnall in 2024 and surpassed Delcastle's No. 1 all-time performance of 47.28 from 2010. Angel Marfo, Micahlena Cotton, Krista Byrd and Turpin combined to run 47.21 in winning the Division I race at the state meet.

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At the Art Madric Hall of Fame Invitational at Caravel on April 18, Turpin ran 11.51 in the 100 dash to surpass the state record of 11.59 set by Middletown's Daija Lampkin in 2017. Moments after winning the 100 hurdles in D-I at the state meet, Turpin doubled back to win the 100. She also won the event at the Meet of Champions.

Her 200 personal best of 23.66 from the Madric meet ranks second all-time behind Lampkin's 23.36.

Turpin is a nine-time individual state champion between Division I outdoors and the single-division indoor state meet and a state record holder in four events between the indoor and outdoor seasons.

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Bockius won 31 championship races over the past four years between the indoor and outdoor state meets, the New Castle County championships and the Meet of Champions.

She won every 800, 1,600 and 3,200 race she entered in Delaware over the last two outdoor track and field seasons.

As a senior, Bockius lowered her own 800 state record, running as fast as 2:05.84 at NYC Track Night on New York's Randall's Island on May 1. A week earlier, she placed third in the Penn Relays mile in 4:45.71.



In May, the Delaware Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association selected Bockius, a state record holder in seven events across the indoor and outdoor seasons, as the top high school senior female athlete in Delaware.

Bockius was also named the top female cross-country runner in the fall and won the top honor of the indoor and outdoor track and field seasons last year.

Here is the complete All-State girls outdoor track and field team.

All-State girls outdoor track and field team​

Paige Ballinger, so., Padua (3,200, 4x400)​

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Addison Barker, jr., Odessa (4x200)​

Anna Bockius, sr., Padua (1,600, 4x400)​

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Jada Boothe, fr., Tatnall (100 hurdles)​

Audrey Burris, fr., Padua (4x800)​

Vera Cincilla, so., Padua (4x800)​

Micahlena Cotton, so., Smyrna (400)​

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Devon Craig, so., Dover (200)​

Teresina DeAscanis, sr., Padua (4x400)​

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Mary Drost, sr., Padua (4x800)​

Alyse Edouard, fr., Padua (4x100)​

Katya Geyer, sr., Sussex Academy (high jump)​

Marlise Harris, jr., Archmere (300 hurdles)​

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Annamay Hendrixson, sr., Padua (high jump)​

Audrey Howard, fr., Odessa (4x200)​

Amirah Laster, sr., Padua (discus, shot put, 4x100)​

Shea Lowman, jr., Padua (4x100, 4x400)​

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Arianna Montgomery, sr., Tatnall (long jump)​

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Kaprice Pointer, jr., Dover (triple jump)​

Aziza Prince, sr., Tatnall (pole vault)​

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Malia Thomas, fr., Padua (4x100)​

Aaliyah Turpin, sr., Smyrna (100)​

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Lea Wentworth, fr., Padua (4x800)​

Ryleigh White, jr., Odessa (4x200)​

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Makayla Wilkins, sr., Odessa (4x200)​

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Krissa Woods, so., Tatnall (800)​

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Brandon Holveck reports on high school sports for The News Journal. Contact him at [email protected].

This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Turpin, Bockius win Delaware track and field girls MVP, lead All-State

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