Delsea junior Jonathan Harris earned All-America honors for the first time Sunday with a 6th-place finish in the shot put at Boston Nationals at the TRACK.
Harris threw 59-6 ¼ on his 3rd attempt, only six inches off his lifetime best of 60-0 ¼ from a meet at Cherokee in February. He’s thrown 59-5 or better in each of his last four meets.
Harris threw 58-4 ½ in the spring. Last winter, his PR was 52-0 so he’s improved eight feet in a year.
Senior Joshua Huisman of St. Rose in Belmar, the only thrower to beat Harris in the Meet of Champions, placed 2nd Sunday with a 64-0 ½ throw.
Harris opened with a 54-6 ½ but then threw 58-4 ½ and 59-6 ¼ on his next two throws. He opened the finals with a 56-11 ½ before fouling on each of his last two attempts.
The top six earn All-America honors, and Harris finished 7 ½ inches ahead of 7th-place Kaden Garland of Oak Park and River Forest High of Oak Park, Ill.
Delsea senior Greg Masso threw a PR 55-7 and finished in 22nd place, giving Delsea two of the top 22 finishers and two of New Jersey’s top three. Masso’s previous best was a 55-6 at a meet in the Bubble in January. He threw 54-4 ¾ last spring at a home meet.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 