Paul VI junior Savien Higgs moved into the all-time Camden County top 10 in the indoor shot put with a huge personal best.
Higgs threw 54-6 ½ on his 3rd attempt at the Ocean Breeze Freedom Games Saturday and placed 2nd, behind only Chase Dorsey of Calvert Hall College High School of Baltimore, who snatched the win from Higgs with a PR 55-10 ¼ on his final throw.
But Higgs PR’d by four feet and four inches after hitting 50 feet for the first time two weeks ago at the Bubble in Toms River. He brought a PR of 48-9 ½ into the indoor season from the Camden County Championships in May at Haddon Township. His indoor PR before last month was 45-4 ½ from Ocean Breeze Freedom Games a year ago.
But he’s now PR’d in all three indoor meets he’s contested this winter – 47-6 ½ at the Bubble in early December, then 50-2 ½ at the Bubble and now 54-6 ½, which is No. 9 in Camden County history.
Higgs was one of New Jersey’s best discus throwers in the spring with a 148-6 at the South Jersey Invitational at Delsea that made him the No. 7 sophomore in the state.
It looks like Higgs could be the first 50-foot thrower Paul VI has had. He’s now No. 4 in the state with his 54-6 ½ and No. 2 among both New Jersey juniors and South Jersey throwers behind Delsea’s Jonathan Harris, who has a 54-10 from the Bubble last week.
All-Time Camden County Indoor Shot Put Top 10
60-10 ¾ … John Purvis [Winslow Twp.], 2020
59-0 … Chris Bolden [Edgewood], 1990
57-10-½ … Matthew Huckabee [Timber Creek], 2010
57-8 ½ … John Purvis [Winslow Twp.], 2020
57-3 ½ … Ron Dayne [Overbrook], 1996
55-7 ½ … Phil Hatfield [Bishop Eustace], 1995
55-6 … Charles Anderson [Edgewood], 1984
54-9 ¼ … Bob Bohlman [Edgewood], 1993
54-6 ½ … Savien Higgs [Paul VI], 2024
54-5 ½ … Eric Harmon [Wilson], 1986
54-5 ½ … Osemwingie Asemota [Timber Creek], 2016
54-3 … Greg James [Edgewood], 1977
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 