Delsea senior Jonathan Harris on Tuesday became the third Gloucester County thrower in four years to win the Easterns shot put title.
In 2022, Delsea’s Jason Nwosu won with a 61-5 throw, and last year Glassboro’s Damere Lassiter won with a 60-1. Harris on Tuesday at the Armory won the 89th annual meet with a 59-3.
He won by four inches over Sean Wilton of Princeton.
Harris opened with a 56-7 ½ and after a foul hit his 59-3 on his 3rd attempt. He finished with a 57-2 ½ and a 58-5 before closing with a foul.
Before Nwosu, Lassiter and Harris, the only South Jersey athletes to win the Easterns shot put were Willingboro’s Ell Ash in 2004 [60-0 ½] and Bridgeton’s Braheme Days Jr. [70-8 in 2012, 67-8 in 2013].
In addition to Nwosu and Harris, other Delsea winners at Easterns are Sultan Tucker in the hurdles in 1995 and 1996, Tristan Wilson in the triple jump in 2014, Ameer Banks in the high jump in 2015 and Khaliel Burnett in the triple jump in 2018.
Harris is No. 1 in New Jersey this year with his 65-6 PR, No. 2 in South Jersey history indoors or out, behind Days’ 70-8, and No. 9 in state history indoors.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 