Burlington Township’s Anthony Barber broke the Arcadia school record in the javelin Saturday in his second college meet, the All-American Invitational at East Stroudsburg.
Barber threw 187-1 Saturday. What was the old record? No school records on Arcadia’s web site and a brief article that mentions the school record literally doesn’t say what the previous record was.
Darren Woo threw 186-10 last May at a meet in York, so that was likely the previous record. But they teach us in Day 1 of journalism school never assume anything, so who knows. Maybe someone at Arcadia 30 years ago – when it was Beaver College – threw between 186-11 and 187-1. Probably not but ya never know!
In any case, Barber opened his college career with a PR 181-5 at a meet at Widener last month, so this is a nearly six-foot PR.
Barber also had throws of 180-7 and 181-11 on Saturday. He had a 180-3 in addition to his 181-5 at Widener, so he’s had five throws of at least 180 feet after arriving in Glenside with a 175-7 high school PR, from last year’s Meet of Champions at Pennsauken.
Barber’s 187-1 is No. 3 so far this year in the Middle American Conference.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 