Noah Sanders, an Ursinus sophomore from Camden Catholic, has the No. 1 hammer throw in the Centennial Conference so far this year, thanks to a series of PRs this past weekend in Chester, Pa.
Sanders threw 174-2 at the Danny Curran Invitational, surpassing his previous PR of 165-7 from his 3rd-place finish at last year’s conference meet at Collegeville, Pa., where he placed 3rd.
On Saturday, he had a strong series with a 161-10 followed by a PR 168-5, a PR 171-2, a 170-6 and then the 174-2 on his final attempt. So he recorded the four-best throws of his life in one meet.
Sanders is still relatively new to the hammer. This was only his 6th all-time competition. His first was just a year ago at the same meet.
His throw is No. 21 in NCAA Division 3 so far this year.
No all-time top-10 on Ursinus’s web site, but the school record is 182-8 by Isaiah Battle of Long Branch at a meet in Grantham, Pa., in April 2023, so Sanders is only about 8 ½ feet off that mark. Battle went on to throw 201-7 after transferring to Monmouth.
Sanders also threw a discus PR of 136-0 Saturday in Chester. He PR’d in the shot at 44-4 ¼ three weeks ago at the Centennial Conference indoor championships in Lancaster. He also won his 1st conference title at that meet, throwing a PR 61-2 ¼ in the weight throw.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 