Lenape senior Ian Camerato moved into the No. 8 spot in New Jersey in the shot put Wednesday when he threw 51-7 in a dual meet against Cherokee at the Bubble.

His previous indoor PR was a 46-6 from a meet in Virginia Beach in January.

Camerato surpassed his previous PR of 50-11 3/4, which he hit competing unattatched at an outdoor all-shot put meet in September at Kutztown (Pa.) High School.

Camerato is one of 10 50-foot throwers in New Jersey so far during this curtailed indoor season, and his 51-7 ranks No. 2 in South Jersey, behind Joe Metezger of Delea, who threw 54-8 3/4 at the Bubble last month.

His throw is the best indoors by a Lenape athlete since Ray Stinsman hit 53-1 1/2 at the 2009 Meet of Champions, also at the Bubble.

Lenape’s school record is 53-5 1/2, set 42 years ago by Dave DeMattia when he won the state Group 4 title at Jadwin Gym in 1979 in a 1-2 Burlington County finish over Cinnaminson’s Mike Stonebeck, who threw 53-1.

Kingsway sophomore Aubrey Pierontoni added an 800 PR to her 1,600 PR from a few days earlier, both races at the Bubble.

Last week, Pierontoni ran 5:10.01 in the 1,600, winning by about 60 meters over Delsea sophomore Lillie Widmer. Pierontoni’s previous 1,600 PR was a 5:13.74 at Group 4 sectionals last winter. Widmer ran a near-PR of 5:22.74 – less than half a second off her PR from a week earlier.

And then on Tuesday, Pierontoni ran 2:23.21, again unpressed. Her previous 800 PR was also indoors, a 2:24.58 last year at a SJTCA meet at the Bennett Center.

The 2:23.21 makes Pierontoni the top underclassman in New Jersey so far during this abridged indoor season and No. 5 overall and also No. 3 in South Jersey. She’s also No. 5 in the state in the 1,600 and No. 2 in South Jersey.

Pierontoni is coming off a short but terrific XC season that saw her run 19:37 at Holmdel, when she won the “Navy Race” at the East Coast XC Championships by half a minute. 

There was quite a competitive 55-meter dash in a quad meet between Rancocas Valley, Pennsauken and Northern Burlington Monday at the Bennett Center in Toms River.

R.V. junior Herbert Quarterman, a transfer from St. Joe’s Prep, won in 6.72 in his first 55 as a Red Devil, and Pennsauken freshman Elijah Jennings was second in 6.83 in his first high school 55. James McGhee of R.V. was third in 6.86, just off his PR of 6.83 from last year’s Easterns.

Quarterman’s time is No. 2 so far this year in South Jersey, behind Deptford senior John Adams, who ran 6.63 last month at the Bennett Center. Jennings’ time is No. 1 among New Jersey freshmen, and McGhee’s time is No. 6 so far in South Jersey.

R.V. junior David Murry ran a 53.68 PR for 400 meters, edging Pennsauken sophomore Premier Wynn, who ran 53.79 in his first lifetime 400.

In his first meet in almost two years, Kamron Kobolak posted a shot put PR at the Big Ten Championships.

Kobolak, a Cinnaminson graduate and a sophomore at Rutgers, last competed at the 2019 outdoor Big Ten meet in Iowa City in May of 2019.

Kobolak threw 52-4 3/4 with the 16-pound ball at the Big Ten meet at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio.

Kobolak’s previous best was a 52-2 3/4 outdoors at the 2019 Metropolitan Championships at A.P. Randolph in New York. His previous indoor PR was a 51-11 3/4 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational at Boston University in February of 2019.

Kobolak’s throw is best by a Rutgers athlete indoors since James Plummer of Toms River South threw 57-11 1/4 at the 2013 Great Dane Classic in Albany. (There was also a James Plummer who threw the shot for Egg Harbor around the same time, but the Egg Harbor James Plummer went to Clemson).

Rutgers junior Adam Hunt of Collingswood [season-best 51-4 1/4] and Penn State freshman Lucciano Pizarro from Cherokee [50-1 3/4] also surpassed 50 feet in the competition.