In her first meet for Rowan, Salem High’s Diamond Eaddy won the javelin at the Danny Curran Invitational at Widener University in Chester, Pa., Saturday and recorded the top mark so far in the New Jersey Athletic Conference.
Eaddy threw 125-9 on her 3rd attempt. She also had a 124-4 on her 2nd throw and a 120-10 on her first throw of the finals.
Eaddy spent her freshman year at Lincoln University in Lower Oxford Township, Chester County, where she PR’d at 125-11 in a different meet at Widener. She placed 2nd in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Championships last May in Salisbury, N.C., with a 118-0, and didn’t compete again until Saturday.
At Salem, Eaddy had a PR of 107-0 from the 2022 state Group 1 meet at Pennsauken. So she’s improved nearly 20 feet since high school.
The top three throwers in the NJAC so far are Eaddy at 125-9, Rowan senior and Isabelle Deal from Washington Township [122-0] and Rowan senior Dimitra Kossis from Haddon Heights [PR 114-2].
Deal, a four-time All-America (three times for Ursinus, once for Rowan), ranks 18th in NCAA Division 3 history with her 155-0 PR from May of 2023 in Selinsgrove, Pa. She’s the Ursinus javelin school record holder and the Rowan indoor and outdoor shot put school record holder.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 