Delsea graduate Ava Reardon popped the 3rd-best javelin throw in Georgian Court history and the best in eight years Saturday in Ewing.
Reardon, a sophomore, threw a lifetime-best 139-2 to win the javelin at the TCNJ Invitational. Her previous best was a 130-4 last May at West Point, N.Y.
Reardon also had throws of 132-5 and 133-10, so she recorded her three-best throws ever in this series.
At Delsea, Reardon had a PR of 116-4 from South Jersey Group 3 sectionals at Delsea in 2023. Reardon was an incredibly versatile athlete at Delsea. Not only did she have success with the javelin, she also placed in the top six in the 1,600 at 2023 indoor sectionals at the Bubble and ran on Delsea’s 4th-place 800-meter relay team at the 2022 state Group 3 Relays with Emily Hill, Juline Nwosu and Samantha Cole.
Her 139-2 from this weekend trails only Alyssa Whipkey of Pennsville [143-0 in 2017] and Amy Berry of Manchester Township [140-7 in 2014] on the all-time Georgian Court performance list.
Reardon is now atop the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference javelin rankings, and she’s No. 2 on the NCAA Division 2 East Region performance list, behind only Malina Bohlmann of Assumption in Worcester, Mass.
The CACC Championships are scheduled for this weekend at Georgian Court in Lakewood.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 