Big double for Williamstown junior Ciara Demarest at Delsea Tuesday night with personal bests and South Jersey No. 1 marks in both the shot and discus.
Competing at the Delsea Crusader Field No. 1 Invitational, Demarest won the shot put with a 41-¼ and the discus at 138-3. Both marks came on her final attempt of the competition.
She’s now No. 3 in New Jersey in the shot put behind Northern Valley-Demarest senior Casey Sullivan, who threw 45-8 at the Bergen County Championships in Old Tappan, earlier this month, and Columbia sophomore Madison Stevens, who threw 42-7 at the Essex County meet last week at Montclair, and she’s No. 2 in the state in the disc, behind only Union Catholic senior Jada Mia Puryear, who threw 139-1 at the Union County Championships in Berkeley Heights earlier this month.
In the discus, Demarest moved up to No. 8 in Gloucester County history with the best throw in nine years, and in the shot she’s No. 13 in county history.
She’s No. 2 in Williamstown history in both throws behind Typhanie Bates, who threw 44-2 ½ to win the 1995 state Group 3 meet and 140-6 a week earlier at sectionals. Bates went on to win the Meet of Champions in the shot that spring.
Demarest’s previous PRs were 40-0¾ at the South Jersey Elite meet at Delsea and 129-3 at the Woodbury Relays.
Demarest actually PR’d twice Tuesday in the shot put, hitting 40-1 ½ on her 5th throw before 40-0 ¾ on her final attempt. She had a near-PR 127-4 on her 4th attempt in the disc before bombing the 138-3 on her sixth attempt.
All-Time Gloucester County discus 129-foot club
172-2 … Jocelyn White [Delsea], 2004
161- 1 … Jamine Moton [Delsea], 1997
149- 3 … Tara Daniels [Kingsway], 2013
140- 6 … Typhanie Bates [Williamstown], 1995
139-7 … Victoria Imbesi [Our Lady of Mercy], 2009
139- 5 … Taylor Johnson [Kingsway], 2011
138¬-11 … Jen Frank (Delsea], 2006
138-3 … Ciara Demarest [Williamstown], 2022
131-5 … Chelsea Cioffi [Pitman], 2010
129-7 … Emily Hilt [Kingsway], 2015
129-3 … Stacie Belzer [Glassboro], 2002
129-2 … Brinae Thompson [Delsea], 2019
All-Time Gloucester County shot put 40-foot club
46-4 ……… Janiece Rose [Delsea], 2011
44-5 ……… Jamine Moton [Delsea], 1997
44-3 …. Jocelyn White [Delsea], 2004
44-2 ½ …. Typhanie Bates [Williamstown], 1995
43-8 ¾…. Janet Morris [Kingsway], 1991
43-7 …..… Shamire Rothmiller [Glassboro], 2008
42-7 ¼ … Tara Daniels [Kingsway], 2013
42-3 …… Tessie Allen [Kingsway], 2007
41-7 ¾ … Genevieve Rybicki [Our Lady of Mercy], 2007
41-5 ½ … Victoria Imbesi [Our Lady of Mercy], 2009
41-5 ½ … Amaya Reed-Clark [Paulsboro], 2019
41-0 ¾ … Emma Painter [Clayton], 1980
41-0 ¼ … Ciara Demarest [Williamstown], 2022
40-11 …… Lavon Childress [Paulsboro], 2011
40-3 … Angela Polino [Paulsboro], 2005
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 