Olympian Curtis Thompson from Florence popped a season-best javelin throw at a meet in Finland.
Thompson threw 261-3 at the Kuortane Games at Kuortaneen Keskusurheilukenttä in Kuortane, Finland, in the South Ostrobothnia region.
That’s Thompson’s best throw since September, when he threw 269-4 at the Weltklasse Diamond League meet at Letzigrund Stadium in Zürich.
Thompson, 27, won U.S. championships in 2018 in Des Moines and 2021 at the Olympic Trials in Hayward Field in Eugene.
So far this spring, Thompson ranks 5th among American men. He’s No. 3 in U.S. history with his 287-7 at the American JavFest last July in East Stroudsburg, Pa.
Thompson is scheduled to throw Saturday at the USATF Grand Prix at Ichan Stadium on Randall’s Island in New York. Results will be posted here. As of now, there is still no order of events available. Maybe the NJSIAA is running the meet.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 