Williamstown senior Ciara Demarest turned in the best shot-disc double ever at the Gloucester County Championships Thursday, wining the shot with an outdoor PR 42-2 and the disc with a 125-5.
She’s the first to sweep the shot and discus at the Gloucester County Championships in 11 years, since Tara Daniels of Kingsway won both in 2012 with a 36-4 in the shot and 111-6 in the disc.
And she’s also the first in meet history – which goes back to 1978 on the girls side – to throw 42 feet and 125 feet at the same Gloucester County meet.
Demarest has PRs of 42-11 ¼ from a meet at Ocean Breeze in January and 138-3 from the Crusader Field Invite last May. Her outdoor shot PR was 41-10 from Thursday night’s South Jersey Elite before the county meet.
Demarest now ranks 9th in Gloucester County history in the shot and 8th in the disc. The only other Gloucester County throwers to hit 42 and 138 at any point are Delsea’s Jamine Moton in 1997 [44-5, 161-1] and Jocelyn White in 2004 [44-3, 172-2] and Williamstown’s Typhanie Bates in 1995 [44-2 ½, 140-6].
Although the county meet wasn’t held her freshman and sophomore years, Demarest is now a 3-time county champ. She won the shot last year at 38-8 ¾ and was 2nd to Gianni Johnson-Slater of Delsea in the disc, 128-5 to 124-0.
On Thursday, Demarest threw 36-5, 38-0, 40-5 and 42-2, increasing her distance on each of her throws. Washington Township sophomore Ella Karp was 2nd with a 34-7 1/2.
In the discus, Demarest opened with a 114-2, foul and a 111-2 before popping the 125-5 on her 4th and final attempt, which moved her from 3rd to 1st. Clayton junior Maylisa Bluford placed 2nd with a 121-8 and Washington Township senior Sophia Dunning PR’d at 116-1 for 3rd place.
Demarest is ranked No. 3 in New Jersey in the shot and No. 4 in the disc and No. 1 in South Jersey in both throws.
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], 2023
136-7 … Gianni Johnson-Slater [Delsea], 2022
131-5 … Chelsea Cioffi [Pitman], 2010
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
42-2 … Ciarra Demarest [Williamstown], 2023
41-7 ¾ … Genevieve Rybicki [Our Lady of Mercy], 2007
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 