On a day when five South Jersey shot putters – three from Delsea – surpassed 50 feet at the Bubble, senior and Brock Schenck became Bordentown’s first 50-footer in 16 years.
Schenck – in his second meet ever throwing the shot put – threw 51-6 ½ at the South Jersey Track Coaches Association meet on Monday.
As far as I can tell, that’s the best indoor throw by a Bordentown athlete since James Coleman hit 57-1 ¼ in the winter of 1990 and the best overall throw by a Bordentown thrower since Donnell Hayden hit 53-8 ½ in 2007. Hayden did not compete indoors.
According to MileSplit, Schenck competed in three meets last year but only in the javelin (153-0 PR) and discus (138-2 PR to win Central Jersey Group 2). So his first shot put competition ever was the SJTCA meet at the Bubble a week ago Tuesday, where he threw 47-1 ¾.
On Monday, he surpassed 50 feet along with senior Greg Masso, junior Jonathan Harris and senior Taylor Habersham-Agbemenu of Delsea and senior Mike Simeon of Egg Harbor Township.
Masso won with a 53-8 ½, Harris threw 53-7 ½, Simeon 52-5 and Habersham-Agbemenu 51-1. Masso has thrown 55-4 ¾ and his indoor PR is 54-8. Harris has thrown 58-4 ½ outdoors but the 53-7 ½ broke his indoor PR of 52-0. Habersham-Agbemenu threw 52-7 ¾ outdoors last year and has an indoor PR of 51-6.
Egg Harbor’s Simeon threw 55-3 ½ last spring but blew away his indoor PR of 49-5 from this past March.
Masso, Harris and Absegami senior Gabriel Wilkins [53-1 last week] now rank No. 3, 4 and 5 in the state. South Jersey already has a remarkable nine 50-footers this winter:
53-8 ½ … Greg Masso [Delsea]
53-7 ½ … *Jonathan Harris [Delsea]
53-1 … Gabriel Wilkins [Absegami]
52-5 … Mike Simeon [Egg Harbor Township]
51-11 ½ … Mike Brady [Bishop Eustace]
51-6 ½ … Brock Schenk [Bordentown]
51-1 … Tyler Habersham-Agbemenu [Delsea]
51-0 ¾ … Damere Lassiter [Glassboro]
50-4 … Julian Williams [Willingboro]
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 