Delsea senior Hannah Nuhfer didn’t just win the discus Thursday morning at the 130th running of the Penn Relays. She dominated the event.
Nuhfer, who set the South Jersey-record 179-6 last weekend at the Woodbury Relays, threw 177-0 on her final attempt and finished with whe five-best attempts of the competition (we think).
Because of ongoing issues with results, the final girls discus results weren’t; posted until nearly two hours after the event ended, so we’re only now learning what Nuhfer’s winning throw was.
After a 175-1 on her 1st throw, Nuhfer hit 143-10 on her second throw, then finished with 174-4, 169-4, 172-0 and 177-0. The results from Penn have been a mess all day, so we don’t know exactly what he final mark was, but word from Franklin Field is it may have been her best of the day. But the final results have not been updated.
Even with the subpar second throw, Nuhfer averaged 171-3 on her six throws, which would have won the event by 10 feet.
Nuhfer is the first South Jersey girl to win the Penn Relays discus in 24 years, since another Delsea girl, Jocelyn White, won the 2024 meet with a 157-3. Other New Jersey winners have been Sarah Herske of Mendham with 135-5 in 1999, the first year the girls discus was contested, and Layla Giordano of Northern Valley with 167-10 in 2024.
Nuhfer is only the 3rd non-Jamaican girl to win the Penn Relays discus since 2010.
Her 175-1 – if that was the winning throw – is 9th-best in Penn Relays history and 3rd-best ever by a non-Jamaican thrower.
Pending the unreported 6th throws Nuhfer led by close to 15 feet. Dionjah Shaw of Edwin Allen of Clarendon, Jamaica, was in 2nd through five throws at 160-4.
Glassboro senior Sunsaarai Moore placed 7th with a season-best 141-11 on her only legal throw, her 3rd attempt. That’s No. 2 in New Jersey this year.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 