Rancocas Valley’s Kevin Burr Jr., a sophomore at Tennessee, opened his 2025 season with a javelin PR and the 6th-best mark ever by a South Jersey high school alum.
Competing at his home track in Knoxville, Burr fouled on his first attempt before unloading a 240-1 on his 2nd throw.
That’s No. 6 in Tennessee history and best in 11 years, since Kyle Quinn threw 256-10 at the 2014 Tennessee Relays.
His previous PR was a 234-6 last May in the NCAA East Prelims in Lexington, Ky. That earned him a spot at the NCAA Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., where he placed 11th, was the only freshman in the field of 24 throwers and became the Vols’ first javelin All-America since Quinn placed 10th in 2013.
Burr’s mark puts him 11th in NCAA Division 1 so far this year, No. 4 in the SEC, 5th in the NCAA Division 1 South Region and No. 7 among U.S. men, according to the World Athletics database. No. 1 on that list is Curtis Thompson from Florence with a world-leading 287-11.
Here’s my best attempt at an all-time New Jersey 240-foot list:
287-11 … Curtis Thompson [Florence], March 28, 2025, Austin
261-2 … Vince Labosky [Holy Cross], June 15, 1990, Norwalk, Calif.
261-2 … Tim VanLiew [Deptford], May 21, 2016, Tucson, Ariz.
259-7 … Bob Roggy [Holmdel], June 7, 1986, Eugene, Ore.
251-6 … Chris Mirabelli [Holy Cross], April 29, 2017, Philadelphia
250-11 … John Amabile [Wall Twp.], May 31, 1987, Piscataway
260-2 … Gerard Langlois [Madison Central], June 10, 1995, Piscataway
249-6 … Bobby Smith [Hopatcong], July 6, 2008, Eugene, Ore.
249-9 … Cade Antonucci [Holy Spirit], June 9, 2021, Eugene, Ore.
241-4 … Brandon Anthony Heroux [Westfield], June 7, 2012, Des Moines, Iowa
240-1 … Kevin Burr [Rancocas Valley], April 5, 2025, Knoxville, Tenn.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 