Millville’s Leah Howard, now a junior at Texas A&M, is back at it, with a 153-7 in the Texas Relays javelin Saturday in Austin.
Howard had a very good series, opening with a 147-8, then 145-0 and after a foul, 147-7, then the 153-7 and a 150-0.
She is No. 3 in the Big 12 so far this season, behind BYU junior Alyssa Keller [165-3 in Los Angeles last weekend] and TCU senior Sydney Juszczyk [157-1 in Fort Worth two weeks ago].
Howard is No. 8 in South Jersey history with her PR of 164-4 from May 2024 in Waco, Texas.
Howard will be returning home later this month to compete in the Penn Relays for the first time since 2023, when she placed 3rd in the high school javelin as a Millville senior with a throw of 148-7. The Penn Relays javelin is held on the grass fields adjacent to the Ott Center, across the Northeast Corridor train tracks from Franklin Field.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 