Missed this one when it happened because it happened at a tiny obscure meet at a small college in North Jersey, but Delsea’s Elisia Lancaster recently bombed a hammer PR of 227-0.
That PR came at the New York Hammer Spring Series 1 at Ramapo College in Mahwah. Why is the New York Hammer Spring Series in New Jersey? I don’t know, but Ramapo College is about two miles from the New York State border. And there is a Ramapo, N.Y., so maybe the meet was actually there.
Anyway, her throw makes her No. 16 among U.S. women this year and gives her a shot at the USATF Championships later this month at Randall’s Island in New York. She has a strong B standard, and only 10 throwers currently have the A standard of 232-11.
Lancaster surpassed her previous PR of 225-1 from a meet in Glassboro in May. Her PR coming into the season was 222-1, which she threw in May of last year at the Princeton Elite Invitational at Weaver Stadium.
Her 227-0 is No. 53 in U.S. history and No. 73 in the world this year.
Lancaster is the No. 2 hammer thrower ever from New Jersey. Alyssa Wilson of Donovan Catholic in Toms River threw 245-4 in June of 2022 in Eugene, Ore.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 