Stockton’s Bryant Nelson from Millville had a career day in the triple jump Sunday, posting the No. 13 triple jump in NCAA Division 3 this year and 2nd-best by a freshman.
Nelson came into the meet with a PR of 47-3 from a home meet in Galloway Township last month. After a 46-8 ¾ on his first attempt at the New Jersey Athleti Conference Championships in Mahwah, he PR’d at 48-2 ½ on his 2nd jump. He finished with a 47-10 and a 48-0 ¾ separated by two fouls, so he recorded the three-best jumps of his life in his first outdoor conference meet.
Nelson led the event until Rowan All-America Joshua Justin, 2nd at indoor Nationals, hit 48-6 on his final attempt. All jumps were wind legal.
At Millville, Nelson jumped 44 1 ½, PR’ing last April in a meet at Buena, so he’s extended his PR by more than four feet since high school. His indoor PR was 44-6 at the NJAC Championships at the Ott Center, where he placed 6th.
He extended it 45-9 in March at Widener and then had a breakthrough with a 47-3 at the Osprey Open at Stockton the first weekend of April.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 