Anthony Barber, who just graduated from Burlington Township, threw a big javelin PR of 185-0 at American JavFest Friday at East Stroudsburg High School.
Barber PR’d at 175-7 when he placed 6th at the Meet of Champions at Pennsauken last month. That was his first time over 170 feet.
On Friday, he hit 185-0 on his 3rd throw and placed 3rd in the “emerging elite” division at the annual two-day javelin festival.
Burlington Township’s other javelin specialist, 2025 graduate Dylan Fitzpatrick PR’d at 188-1 when he won the state Group 3 title at South Plainfield.
Barber and Fitzpatrick are South Jersey’s only 185-foot throwers this year. They’re the first South Jersey duo ever to surpass 185 feet with the new javelin in the same season and the first with any implement since Steve Finlan and Brian Lee did it for Lenape in 2000. Finlan threw 190-11 and Lee 185-1 with the old jav.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 