Winslow Township junior Brook-lynn Roberts threw a season-best 129-9 and placed 9th in the discus Thursday morning at the 128th annual Penn Relays.
Of the eight girls that finished ahead of her, six are Jamaican and one is from the Bahamas. Layla Giordano of Old Tappan won the event with a 167-10 on her 3rd throw. That’s No. 6 in the U.S. this year and No. 5 in New Jersey history
So Roberts was the No. 2 American thrower. She had three throws over 127 feet – 129-3 on her 2nd throw, 129-9 on her 3rd and another 127-3 on her 5th.
Roberts is No. 2 in South Jersey this year, seven inches behind Glassboro sophomore Sunsarai Moore, who threw 130-4 at Woodbury last weekend. Moore placed 13th Thursday with a best throw of 121-2 on her 3rd and final attempt.
Roberts won the South Jersey Group 3 title last spring with her PR of 137-0, No. 2 in Camden County history and best in the last 35 years.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 