Stockton’s Bryant Nelson from Millville pops big triple jump PR and best jump by Stockton freshman in eight years!!!!!!!!

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Big PR triple jump Friday by Stockton freshman Bryant Nelson of Millville at Stockton’s Osprey Invitational in Galloway Township.

Nelson jumped 47-3 on his 1st attempt with a legal 1.4 meters-per-second before fouling five times, but that was good enough to win with the best jump in the NJAC so far this outdoor season and No. 26 jump in NCAA Division 3.

Nelson’s previous PR was a legal 45-9 last weekend in a meet in Chester, Pa. His high school best was a 44-1 ½ in a meet last April at Buena and his wind-legal PR was 41-7 ¾ at the state Group 4 meet in Somerset (most meets don’t lug a wind gauge out to the triple jump).

So this was a 18-inch PR for Nelson.

That’s the best jump by a Stockton freshman since nine-time All-America and two-time national champion Jared Lewis from Deptford hit 50-0 ½ at this meet in 2018.

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