Stockton junior Michaela Pomatto from Egg Harbor Township recorded the best throw in the NJAC so far this year over the weekend at Delaware.
Pomatto threw 129-10 on her 1st attempt and then improved to a season-best 131-3 on her 5th throw, winning by 6 ½ feet over Delaware State junior Orianna Moore. It was her 9th career throw of at least 130 feet.
Pomatto won the discus last year at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships in Mahwah with a 129-10 in her first year at Stockton after winning the discus at the Centennial Conference Championships at 123-10 as a Ursinus freshman in the spring of 2022 in Collegeville, Pa.
Her best throw at Ursinus was a 138-5 in April of 2022 in the Larry Ellis Invitational at Princeton, and that remains the school record at her former school Her best throw for Stockton was a 138-5 last April, also at the Larry Ellis Invitational. Stockton’s school record is 147-5 set by Clearview graduate Audra Schappell. (Where did Schappell set that record? Great question! I can’t find it anywhere, and obviously the Stockton web site is no help. The best mark I found for her was a 144-10 at the 2006 ECAC Championships in Springfield, Mass. Schappell did throw exactly 147-5 in the hammer on April 16, 2007, at the New Jersey Invitational at The College of New Jersey so maybe somewhere at some point someone got confused?)
Anyway, here’s a look at all of Pomatto’s 130-foot throws:
138-5s … April 15, 2023, Larry Ellis Invitational, Princeton [2nd throw]
138-3s … May 18, 2023, Selinsgrove, Pa., Championships [1st throw]
132-6s … April 22, 2023, Widener Invitational, Chester, Pa. [5th throw]
132-5s … April 22, 2023, Widener Invitational, Chester, Pa. [2nd throw]
131-7s … April 15, 2023, Larry Ellis Invitational, Princeton [6th throw]
131-4u … April 16, 2022, Larry Ellis Invitational, Princeton [1st throw]
131-3s … April 15, 2023, Larry Ellis Invitational, Princeton [5th throw]
131-3s … April 6, 2024, Delaware Invitational, Newark, Del. [5th throw]
131-2s … April 15, 2023, Larry Ellis Invitational, Princeton [3rd throw]
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 