Delsea junior Hannah Nuhfer destroyed the 21-year-old South Jersey discus record and won her 1st national title Friday with the No. 2 throw in state history at West Philly Nationals.
On her 3rd throw on the river field across the railroad tracks from Franklin Field, Nuhfer bombed a monster 178-9, which is 2nd in state history only to the state-record 182-0 set by Alyssa Wilson of Donovan Catholic in Toms River at the 2017 Rowan Open in Glassboro.
Her throw is No. 19 in U.S. scholastic history and broke Wilson’s New Jersey junior class record of 175-1 set at the 2016 Ocean County Championships at Central Regional in Berkeley Township.
It’s the No. 8 throw in U.S. history by a junior and is the No. 41 throw this year among all U.S. women and No. 3 on the 2025 U.S. Under-20 list.
Nuhfer had PR’d with a 167-5 on her 2nd throw before the meet winner, which broke the meet record of 170-4 set by Layla Giordano of Old Tappan at the 2023 meet. For some reason, “meet records” are only listed since the meet moved to Penn in 2022.
The competition, originally scheduled for Thursday afternoon, was rescheduled for early Friday because of bad weather in the area on Thursday.
Nuhfer broke the South Jersey record (and school record) of 172-2 set at the 2004 Rowan Invitational in Glassboro by Delsea’s Jocelyn White.
Nuhfer has now improved more than 25 feet in about six weeks. Her PR going into the state Group 3 meet was 153-2 from the Woodbury Relays. She extended it to 161-4 at states in South Plainfield before the 167-5 on her 2nd throw and then the historic record setter on her 3rd.
She won the competition by more than 10 feet over J’Nia Simpson of Tampa Catholic, who threw 166-6 on her final attempt to move up from 3rd to 2nd.
The only South Jersey women to ever throw farther than Nuhfer at any point in their track and field career are Cherokee’s Jessica Woodard [190-9 in 2018], Delsea’s Jamine Moton [182-1 in 2001] and White [180-1 in 2008].
Nuhfer is now the South Jersey record holder in both the shot and discus. She set a South Jersey shot put record of 47-9 at South Jersey Group 3 Sectionals at Delsea last month.
After her mammoth 178-9, Nuhfer finished the competition with throws of 160-7, 163-8 and 158-7. Her average throw went 163-9 and would have been good enough to win the competition.
Glassboro junior Sunsarai Moore threw 147-4 on her 2nd attempt and placed 9th. She was 4th among underclassmen. Moore missed reaching the finals by two feet.
All-Time New Jersey 150-Foot Discus List
182-0 … Alyssa Wilson [Donovan Catholic], 2017
178-9 … Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], 2025
172-2 … Jocelyn White [Delsea], 2004
172-2 … Layla Giordano [Old Tappan], 2024
168-10 … Jessica Woodard [Cherokee], 2013
161-11 … Helene O’Connell [Jackson], 1977
166-2 … Jessica Oji [Livingston], 2025
161-1 … Jamine Moton [Delsea], 1997
155-7 … Jada Mia Puryear [Union Catholic], 2022
155-2 … Sunsarai Moore [Glassboro], 2025
153-6 … Tisha Kerrin [Eastern], 1989
153-3 … DeAnne Hahn [Brick Twp.], 2008
153-2 … Sylvia Galarza [Millville], 2004
153-2 … Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], 2025
152-4 … Kirsten Batts [Marlboro], 2007
And here’s a look at the all-time New Jersey top-10 alumni list!
199-4 … Alyssa Wilson [Donovan Catholic], May 24, 2019, Sacramento, Calif.
198-8 … Pam Dukes [Freehold Twp.], June 4, 1996, Dallas
190-9 … Jessica Woodard [Cherokee], March 31, 2018, Austin, Texas
189-4 … Denise Wood [Haledon], May 7, 1983, Knoxville, Tenn.
184-4 … Layla Giordano [Old Tappan], May 10, 2025, New Haven, Conn.
182-1 … Jamine Moton [Delsea], April 27, 2001, Philadelphia
181-7 … Helene Connell [Jackson], March 22, 1980, Palo Alto, Calif.
180-1 … Jocelyn White [Delsea], May 17, 2008, Chapel Hill, N.C.
178-9 … Hannah Nuhfer [Delsea], June 20, 2025, Philadelphia
171-5 … Erica Davis [Northern Burlington], May 13, 2007, Princeton
171-5 … Fatimah Owens [Millville], May 11, 2024, Elon, N.C.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 