Delsea graduate Elisia Lancaster won the weight throw at the 117th annual Millrose Games Thursday at the Armory. Although most of the meet is held Saturday, the weight throw is held Thursday.
Lancaster threw 72-1 on her first attempt and won by nearly nine feet over Stephanie Green of the University of Albany, who threw 63-6 for 2nd.
Lancaster had the four-best throws of the competition. She also surpassed 70 feet on her 4th attempt with a 70-6 ¼ and she had throws of 67-8 ¾ and 67-6 ¾.
Lancaster, the 2022 Missouri Valley Conference hammer throw champion as a senior at Southern Illinois, has a weight throw PR of 73-10 ¼ from the Music City Challenge in Nashville in 2022.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 