Delsea sophomore Hannah Nuhfer joined the 40-foot club Thursday with a 40-8 on her final attempt at the Cherokee Throw Down #1. That’s the best throw in South Jersey this year.
Nuhfer threw 36-5 last spring at the Lenape Invite and then PR’d with a 37-9 ½ last month at a South Jersey Coaches Association meet at the Bubble. She was the No. 4 freshman in the state in 2023 and No. 2 in South Jersey, just behind Hammonton’s Mitra Sampson, who threw 37-9 at Group 3 sectionals at Delsea.
She opened Thursday with a personal-best 38-8 ½ and after a foul and a 35-1 ½ she finished with her 40-8, becoming Delsea’s first 40-foot thrower indoors in 13 years and the No. 9 throw in
Nuhfer led five throwers over 37 feet Thursday, with Clayton senior Maylisa Bluford throwing 38-2 ¾ for 2nd place on her final attempt, Willingboro junior Chanel Swain 3rd with a 37-8 ¼, Washington Township junior Ella Karp 4th with a 37-3 and Sampson 5th with a 37-1 ¾.
Nuhfer’s 40-8 is No. 2 in New Jersey this year, behind only Columbia senior Madison Stevens, who threw 41-5 ½ at the Group 4 state relays on Sunday at the Bubble.
It’s the best mark by a South Jersey sophomore indoors since Najeaya Singleton of Vineland threw 43-3 at the 2016 Meet of Champions at the Bubble.
All-Time South Jersey 40-Foot Indoor Shot Put List
47-5 ¾ … Zyra Thomas [Schalick], 2018
46-1 ½ … Najeaya Singleton [Vineland], 2017
46-1 … Cydney Thomas [Haddon Heights], 2019
45-3 … Nacole Moore [Bridgeton], 2000
44-6 ½ … Sylvia Galarza [Millville], 2004
44-3 ½ … Jocelyn White [Delsea], 2004
44-0 ½ … Melinda Boykin [Bridgeton], 1996
43-11 ¾ … Stephanie Scaramella [Bishop Eustace], 2007
43-10 ¼ … Mercedes Hicks [Atlantic City], 2006
43-10 … Rosetta Hunter [Burlington Twp.], 2015
43-4 ¾ … Jessica Woodard [Cherokee], 2012
43-4 ½ … Victoria Imbesi [Our Lady of Mercy], 2009
43-3 … Janice Rose [Delsea], 2011
42-11 ¼ … Ciara Demarest [Williamstown], 2022
42-7 ¾ … Typhanie Bates [Williamstown], 1995
42-5 ½ … Genevieve Tybicki [Our Lady of Mercy], 2007
42-4 … Sophia Coleburn [Haddon Heights], 2007
42-1 … Donovan Bennett [Vineland], 2014
42-0 ½ … Lisa Stuto [Winslow Twp.], 2009
42-0 ¼ … Lola Agabalogun [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2013
41-10 … Lillian Rivera [Pemberton], 1984
41-9 … Bernadette McGowan [Paul VI], 2016
41-8 … Alijah Caul [Sterling], 2019
41-6 ½ … Dana White [Camden], 2000
41-3 … Tara Daniels [Kingsway], 2013
41-2 … Ciarra Johnson [Winslow Twp.], 2018
41-0 … Nicole Scott [Willingboro], 1997
40-11 … Alexis Kennedy [Millville], 2012
40-10 … Danea Wint [Vineland], 2015
40-10 … Nyla Noble [Egg Harbor Twp.], 2014
40-9 … Amanda Thompson [Camden], 2001
40-8 ¾ … Emily Hilt [Kingsway], 2017
40-8 … Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], 2024
40-5 ½ … Cameron Daniels [Vineland], 2015
40-4 … Shanna Campbell [Pemberton], 2007
40-3 ½ … Lacole Fields [Camden], 1996
40-2 … Chanel Swain [Willingboro], 2023
40-1 ¾ … Kelly Staten [Atlantic City], 2001
40-1 ½ … Sophia Colburn [Haddon Heights], 2007
40-1 … Katherine Johnston [Haddonfield], 2012
40- ½ … Linda Dougherty [Sterling], 1982
Gloucester County Indoor Shot Put Top-10
44-3 ½ … Jocelyn White [Delsea], 2004
43-4 ½ … Victoria Imbesi [Our Lady of Mercy], 2009
43-3 … Janice Rose [Delsea], 2011
42-11 ¼ … Ciara Demarest [Williamstown], 2022
42-7 ¾ … Typhanie Bates [Williamstown], 1995
42-5 ½ … Genevieve Tybicki [Our Lady of Mercy], 2007
41-3 … Tara Daniels [Kingsway], 2013
40-8 ¾ … Emily Hilt [Kingsway], 2017
40-8 … Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], 2024
39-10 ½ … Giaanni Johnson-Slater [Delsea], 2022
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 