Tey’ana Ames came within 3 ¼ inches of the Rutgers shot put record Saturday with a PR at the Central Florida Knights Invitational in Orlando.
Ames, a Rutgers senior from Atlantic County Tech, threw 53-1 ¾ on her final attempt, falling just shy of the Rutgers school record of 53-5 set by Jasmine Van Note of Sayreville at the 2022 Big Ten Championships in Minneapolis.
Indoors, Ames PR’d with a 52-9 ½ at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., last month. That’s also No. 2 in Rutgers history, behind Van Note’s 54-5 ¼ at the Armory in 2023.
Ames is No. 3 in That’s No. 3 in South Jersey history, behind Jessica Woodard of Cherokee [63-7 ¾ in Tucson in 2021] and Jamine Moton of Delsea [58-6 ¼ in Clemson, S.C., in 2001]. She’s No. 9 all-time among New Jersey women.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 