Delsea’s Ava Reardon and Absegami’s Josephine Buxton both threw well in the javelin at the NCAA Division 3 Championships Saturday, although they both fell just a bit short of earning 1st-team All-America honors.
Reardon placed 10th with a 138-10 and Buxton was 13th at 135-9 at Veterans Memorial Stadium in La Crosse, Wisc.
The top eight finishers earn 1st-team All-America honors, and 8th place was 141-3.
Reardon threw within an inch of her PR of 138-11, which she set in Charlottesville last month. She had three solid throws, opening at 133-6, then 136-7 and then the 138-10.
Buxton opened with a 130-6 and followed with her 135-9 before fouling on her 3rd attempt. The cutoff for qualifying for the final and three more throws was 139-5, so both were very close.
Reardon, a transfer from Georgian Court in Lakewood, is a junior and Buxton is a freshman, and they finished 5th and 7th among returning throwers. Buxton, who PR’d with a 145-2 in the NJAC Championships in Mahwah earlier this month, was the top freshman at NCAAs and the top freshman in Division 3 this year.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 