From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank

Washington Township’s Izzy Deal, a senior at Rowan, moved into the NCAA Division 3 top 10 in the shot put Sunday at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships at The College of New Jersey in Ewing.

Deal threw a lifetime-best and school-record 46-4 for her 2^nd win of the weekend. She won the javelin on Saturday.

Deal came into the meet with a PR of 45-8, which she had hit twice – once at last year’s NJAC meet in Galloway Township and again last month in Collegeville. That was the previous Rowan record as well.

She surpassed that with a 46-2 on her 3^rd attempt Sunday and then topped that with a 46-4 on her 4^ththrow. She added a 45-8 ½ on her 5^th attempt, which means she recorded the three best throws of her life on Sunday.

Her 46-4 is No. 9 in NCAA Division 3 this year and the best throw in the NJAC in 16 years, since Monique Riddick of Montclair State and Bishop Ahr High School in Edison set the meet record of 48-9 ½ in 2009 before transferring to Indiana.

Deal also won the javelin on Saturday for the second year in a row with a 128-6 throw.She’s now won eight conference titles – three at Ursinus and five at Rowan.

2021 Centennial Conference outdoors: 1^st shot put [38-4], 1^st javelin [136-6]
2023 Centennial Conference outdoors : 1^st javelin [140-5]
2024 NJAC indoors: 1^st shot put [44-0 ½]
2024 NJAC outdoors; 1^st shot put [45-8], 1^st javelin [133-9]
2025 NJAC outdoors: 1^st shot put [46-4], 1^st javelin [128-6]