Delsea junior Hannah Nuhfer shattered the South Jersey shot put record Saturday at the South Jersey Group 3 meet at her home track.
Nuhfer, who PR’d with a 46-4 at the Deptford Spartan Relays last month, popped a 47-9 on her 6th and final attempt, breaking the mark of 47-1 ¼ set by Cherokee’s Jessica Woodard when she won the 2013 Meet of Champions in South Plainfield.
That’s No. 11 in state history and only two inches shy of the all-time top-10. It’s No. 5 among underclassmen. It’s No. 17 in the U.S. this year, according to the MileSplit database, and No. 3 among juniors.
She broke the Gloucester County (and school) record of 46-4 that she shared with Delsea’s Janiece Rose from 2011.
Nuhfer also had a 45-1 ½ on her first throw and a 43-10 ½ on her 5th
Nuhfer broke the South Jersey Group 4 and overall South Jersey sectional meet record of 45-1 set in 2011 by Rose. The overall South Jersey sectional shot put record was Helene Connell’s 46-10 ¼ at the 1977 meet at Toms River South.
.(The NJSIAA’s list of meet records has Rose setting that record in 2017, which was six years after she graduated from high school. It also lists it as “45-27:86,” which tells you everything you need to know about the NJSIAA. They don’t care about track, They don’t care about accuracy.).
Here’s every New Jersey girl that’s thrown 47 feet or more:
58-1 … Alyssa Wilson [Donovan Catholic], 2017
55-11 … Jessica Oji [Livingston], 2025
52-7 ¾ … Nickolette Dunbar [Whippany Park], 2016
50-0 … Layla Giordano [Old Tappan], 2024
49-10 … Shelby Bigsby [Montclair], 2018
49-2 ¾ … Nicole Sims [Plainfield], 1991
48-10 ½ … Amarys Berry [Hackensack], 2016
48-4 ¾ … Jessica Molina [Westwood], 2016
48-0 ½ … Jackie Hudgins [Highstown], 2001
47-11 … Danielle Notarfrancesco [Jackson Liberty], 2016
47-9 … Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], 2025
47-6 … DeAnne Hahn [Brick Twp.], 2007
47-5 ½ … Theresa Picciallo [Immaculate Heart], 2011
47-2 ¾ … Kim Hicks [Plainfield], 1992
47-1 ¼ … Jessica Woodard [Cherokee], 2013
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 