Delsea junior Jonathan Harris popped an indoor shot put PR Tuesday night with a 56-9 throw at the Al Zulewski Field Invitational at the Bubble.
Field event series is never available in any Bubble results – welcome to 2009!!! – but Harris placed 2nd to Middletown North senior Aidan Mauro, who threw 57-3¾.
Mauro is listed on MileSplit with a previous PR of 50-4 ¾, which would make this a nearly seven-foot PR.
Harris’s previous indoor PR was a 56-2 ¾ this past weekend at the Olympic-Tri-County Meet at the Bubble.
Mauro is now No. 3 in the state this year behind Joshua Huisman of St. Rose of Belmar [63-10] and Glassboro’s Damere Lassiter [58-3]. Hammonton junior Anthony Liakhnovich is 3rd at 56-10 ¼ from last week, and Harris is 4th. South Jersey currently has six of the top-nine throwers in the state. Liakhnovich and Harris are the top two underclassmen this winter.
Harris moved up to No. 11 on the all-time Gloucester County indoor list, passing Woodbury’s Chris Pressley, who threw 56-5 ¼ at the 2003 state Group 1 meet at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym. Pressley went on to play for the Bengals, Browns and Buccaneers from 2009 through 2014.
Of the 10 throwers ahead of Harris on the all-time Gloucester County indoor list, four are from Delsea.
All-Time Gloucester County Indoor Shot Put List
63-1 ¾ … Nick Pulli [West Deptford], 2014
62-0 ½ … Jason Nwosu [Delsea], 2022
60-3 … Harry Dilks [Pitman], 1971
58-9 … Greg Ross [Deptford], 1976
58-8 ¾ … Bill Goldsborough [Delsea], 2018
58-3 … Damere Lassiter [Glassboro], 2024
57-11 … Kwabena Keene [Washington Twp], 2008
57-9 ½ … Rich Lewis [Williamstown], 1985
57-8 1/4 … Josh Awotunde [Delsea], 2013
57-5 … Joe Metzger [Delsea], 2021
56-8 … Jonathan Harris [Delsea], 2024
56-3 ¼ … Chris Pressley [Woodbury], 2003
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 