Rancocas Valley’s Kevin Burr, a sophomore at Tennessee, bombed a six-foot javelin PR Friday at the Big Orange Invite at Tom Black Track in Knoxville.
Burr moved into the No. 9 spot in NCAA Division 1 with a 246-8 throw on his final attempt. His previous PR was 240-1 at the Tennessee Invite last month at the same facility.
His throw makes him No. 6 in South Jersey history and No. 6 this year among U.S. men, according to the World Athletics database. World No. 1 is Florence’s Curtis Thompson at 287-11, so Burlington County has two of the top six U.S. javelin throwers so far this year.
Burr opened with a 223-6 and a 218-3 and after a foul threw 219-5 and 222-0 before his final-throw heave.
Burr improved from No. 6 to No. 5 on the all-time Tennessee performance list. His throw Friday was the best by a Tennesse javelin thrower in 11 years, since Kyle Quinn threw 256-10 at the 2014 Tennessee Relays, also in Knoxville.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 