Tionna Tobias pops long jump PR, No. 7 in NCAA, No. 14 among U.S. women!!!!!!!!

Tionna Tobias popped a lifetime best in the long jump Saturday in Gainesville and is closing in on the Iowa school record.

Tobias, a Hawkeye senior from Winslow Township, won the long jump at the Florida Relays with a leap of 21-4 ¼.

Her previous PR was a 21-0 ½ indoors in February in Albuqurque. Her outdoor PR was a 20-9 1/4 as part of her heptathlon at the NCAA Championships in Austin this past June.

Tobias opened with a foul before a big 20-9 ¼ on her 2nd attempt to tie her outdoor lifetime best. Then she surpassed it with a 20-10 on her 3rd attempt and after a foul to open the finals hit another outdoor PR of 21-0 on her 5th. She finished with the huge 21-4 ¼ with a 0.0 tailwind. All four jumps were wind-legal.

Tobias averaged 20-11 ¾ on her four legal jumps, so her average jump actually surpassed her outdoor lifetime best.

Her jump is 8th-best ever by a New Jersey high school alum and 6th-best by a South Jersey alum. The full top-10 is listed below.

Tobias is now No. 7 in the NCAA Division 1 and No. 1 in the Big Ten Conference. Rutgers junior Kristina Tossas from Rancocas Valley is No. 3 on that Big Ten list with a 20-11 ¾ (wind-aided) at a meet in Orlando the previous weekend.

Tobias’s mark is No. 3 in Iowa history behind Aisha James [22-3 at the 2003 Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa] and Jahisha Thomas [21-6 at the 2018 Big Ten Championships in Bloomington, Ind.].

Tobias also ran a near-PR 13.18 in the 100-meter hurdles in Gainesville. Her PR is 13.11 from NCAA West Prelims in Sacramento last May. That 13.18 is No. 21 in NCAA Division 1 and No. 4 in the Big Ten.

Tobias won the heptathlon last spring at the Big Ten Championships with a lifetime-best 5,640. She hasn’t contested a multi yet this spring.

On the 2024 U.S. list, Tobias is No. 14 in the long jump and No. 15 in the 100-meter hurdles.

Here’s a look at the updated all-time South Jersey alumni list!

23-1 … Carol Lewis [Willingboro], Aug. 21, 1985, Zurich
23-0 … Shana Williams [Bridgeton], June 21, 1996, Atlanta
22-1 … Shameka Marshall [Oakcrest], June 26, 2010, Des Moines, Iowa
21-6 ¾ … Tisifenee Taylor [Woodbury], April 21, 2007, Bethlehem, Pa.
21-5 ½ … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], April 15, 2016, Tallahassee, Fla.
21-4 ¼ … Tionna Tobias [Winslow Twp.], March 30, 2024, Gainesville, Fla.
21-0 … Cidae’a Woods [Winslow Twp.], May 12, 2017, Columbia, S.C.
20-9 … Kristina Tossas [Rancocas Valley], Feb. 24, 2023, Geneva, Ohio
20-6 … Asia Young [Holy Spirit], April 6, 2019, Tucson, Ariz.
20-0 ½ … Tenecia Smith [Cherry Hill East], 1992

Glassboro’s Dallas Hohney, now a freshman at Rider, runs huge 400 PR, just misses all-time top-10!!!!!!

After a brief start to his track career at Campbell University, former Glassboro middle-distance runner Dallas Hohney has resurfaced at Rider, and on Saturday ran a huge 400-meter dash PR.

Hohney placed 4th at the Sam Howell Invitational in Princeton in 48.35. His previous PR was a 49.32 from June 2022, when he won the state Group 1 title at Pennsauken.

Hohney’s time is No. 11 on the all-time Rider list, just 5-100ths of a second behind Shawnee graduate Chris Tarello, who ran 48.30 in 1993. Tarello now coaches at St. Joe’s.

His time is fastest by a Rider freshman since James Green ran 48.21 at the 2019 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships at in West Long Branch.

Hohney only raced three times at Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C., according to TFRRS – the Track and Field Results Reporting System – all last indoor season. He ran a DMR leg, a 600 and a 400.

He did not race outdoors, then resurfaced at Rider this past indoor season and ran 49.86 in February in a meet in Boston and also ran his first lifetime 800 – a race he never contested in high school – and ran 1:57.46 two weeks ago.

So far, Hohney is 2nd-fastest in the MAAC in the 400, behind Noah Jefferson of Manhattan, who ran 48.13 last month in a meet in Coral Gables, Fla.

Rider is scheduled to compete at the Big 5 and Friends meet at Franklin Field on Saturday.

Glassboro’s Sunsarai Moore opens 2024 season with a discus win at CBA Penn Qualifier and best throw by a Gloucester County soph in 9 years!!!!!!

Glassboro’s Sunsarai Moore opened her 2024 season Monday with the best discus throw by a Gloucester County sophomore in nine years.

Moore won the disc at the Penn Relays Qualifier at Christian Brothers Academy in Lincroft with a PR 123-8 throw. That’s the best throw by a Gloucester County soph since Emily Hilt of Kingsway threw 129-7 at the 2015 South Jersey Group 4 sectionals at Egg Harbor.

Moore was the top freshman in New Jersey last year with a 118-8 when she placed 2nd at the state Group 1 meet at Franklin. Three of the top four freshmen in the state were from South Jersey last year: Moore at 118-8 was 1st, Delsea’s Hannah Nuhfer was 2nd at 113-1 and Burlington Township’s Gianna Creamer 4th at 103-11.

Her throw is best by a Glassboro girl in 22 years, since Stacie Belzer set a school record of 129-3 at the 2002 Tri-County All-Star Meet at Delsea. Belzer also won the state Group 1 title at Egg Harbor with a 128-0 throw and placed 6th in the Meet of Champions at 127-6.

Miles Acchione opens season with biggest Lenape javelin throw in 24 years!!!!!!

Lenape senior Miles Acchione opened the 2024 season with a big javlein PR at CBA’s Penn Relays qualifier in Lincroft Monday afternoon.

Acchione won the javelin with a throw of 178-3, more than 10 feet beyond his previous best of 167-10 set last spring when he placed 2nd at South Jersey Group 4 sectionals at Pennsauken. He went on to place 3rd at states with a 162-4.

His 178-3 appears to be the best throw by a Lenape athlete since Steve Finlan hit 184-1 at the 2000 Meet of Champions in South Plainfield.

Acchione was a 1st-year thrower as a junior last year. He didn’t throw over 145 feet until late April before his breakthrough at sectionals.

Kyle Durkin of Calvary Christian in Old Bridge, a Meet of Champions medalist a year ago, placed 2nd with a 165-11. Gloucester senior Justice Dolson PR’d with a 157-7 for 3rd.

Series information is not available.

JAILYA ASH DESTROYS UCONN HIGH HURDLES SCHOOL RECORD!!!!!!!!

Eastern’s Jailya Ash smashed a 14-year-old UConn school record in the 100-meter hurdles Saturday on her home track in Storrs.

Ash ran 13.29 with a legal 0.2 meters-per-second tailwind at the UConn Dog Fight, breaking the school record of 13.39 set by Phylicia George at the 2010 Big East Championships in Cincinnati. George ran the 13.39 in the trials and then did not race in the final.

Ash’s previous PR was a 13.57 last May at Villanova, also in the trials of the Big East Championships. She ran 13.58 in the final and won the conference title.

Her time is 4th-fastest in South Jersey history behind Olympic silver medalist Nia Ali of Pleasantville, who ran 12.34 at the 2019 World Championships in Qatar, and Winslow graduates Tionna Tobias, who ran 13.11 last year, and Ste’yce McNeil, who ran 13.28 in 2015. It’s also No. 9 on the all-time New Jersey list.

Ash’s time is No. 1 in the Big East Conference this spring and No. 33 in NCAA Division 1 through March. The World Athletics site – as it has been all year – is late being update, but it looks like Ash should be somewhere among the top 20 or 25 U.S. women, although she’s likely not the only one missing.

Tobias, a senior at Iowa, ran 13.18 Saturday in Gainesville, No. 21 in NCAA Division 1 so far this year.

All-Time South Jersey 100-Meter Hurdles Top-10
12.34 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], Oct. 6, 2019, Doha, Qatar
13.11 … Tionna Tobias [Winslow], May 25, 2023, Bloomington, Ind.
13.28 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow], May 15, 2015, Starkville, Miss.
13.29 … Jailya Ash [Eastern], March 30, 2024, Storrs, Conn.
13.30 … Shameka Marshall [Oakcrest], May 28, 2005, New York
13.36 … Samantha Sharper [Wilson], May 12, 2013, Houston [+0.1]
13.61 … Sherese Price [Pleasantville], May 4, 2002, Storrs, Ct. [+0.6]
13.64 … Magenta Taylor [Willingboro], March 24, 2001, Houston [+0.9]
13.71 … Imani Gilliam [Pennsauken], May 17, 2008, Princeton [+0.9]
13.72 … Nichole Hill [Oakcrest], June 4, 1997, Raleigh, N.C. [0.0]

All-Time New Jersey 100-Meter Hurdles Top-10
12.34 … Nia Ali [Pleasantville], Oct. 6, 2019, Doha, Qatar
12.65 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], May 9, 2021, Walnut, Calif.
12.74 … Dawn Bowles [Neptune], June 15, 1997, Indianapolis
13.11 … Tionna Tobias [Winslow], May 25, 2023, Bloomington, Ind.
13.13 … Charmaine Walker [Plainfield], June 2, 2000, Durham, N.C.
13.15 … Amaya Chadwick [Union Catholic], May 27, 2021, Jacksonville, Fla.
13.18 … Amber Williams [Roxbury], June 6, 2007, Sacramento, Calif.
13.28 … Ste’yce McNeil [Winslow], May 15, 2015, Starkville, Miss.
13.29 … Jailya Ash [Eastern], March 30, 2024, Storrs, Conn.
13.30 … Shameka Marshall [Oakcrest], May 28, 2005, New York

KYLIE ANICIC RUNS 14TH-FASTEST 10,000 IN NCAA DIVISION 2 HISTORY AT RALEIGH RELAYS!!!!!!

Kingsway’s Kylie Anicic opened her senior season at Edinboro with one of the fastest 10,000s in NCAA Division 2 history.

Anicic ran 33:25.55 at the Raleigh Relays at the Paul Derr Track at North Carolina State and placed 2nd to Kenyan Odilia Jepchumba of NCAA Division 1 Middle Tennessee State, who won the race in 33:16.76. Jepchumba was the Conference USA mile and 3,000 champ indoors in her first season of college competition.

Anicic’s previous 10,000 PR was 34:37.31 in a meet at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa., in April 2022.

Her time is 14th-fastest in NCAA Division 2 history according to an all-time list posted on the USTFCCCA site that I was able to update and correct in several cases, thanks to results I found on Newspapers.com.

Her time is also 6th-fastest ever by a South Jersey high school alum and fastest by a collegiate in 10 years – since West Deptford graduate Meghan McGlinchey ran 33:15.95 as a La Salle senior at the 2014 Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif.

Anicic came through 5,000 meters in about 16:55 and closed in about 16:30 for a huge negative split. Her official 5,000 PR is 16:25.97 from her 5th-place finish at the NCAA Division 2 National Championships in Virginia Beach last March in her final year of indoor eligibility.

So she ran within four seconds of her 5,000 PR in the second half of a 10,000.

She closed in 5:10.87 for her final 1,600 meters, only three seconds slower than her fastest high school mile time.

Anicic’s time is No. 1 in NCAA Division 2 so far this year – more than 40 seconds faster than the next-fastest time, 34:07.09 by Madison Clay of Catawba in the same race.

All-Time South Jersey 10,000-Meter Run Top-10
31:05.71 … Marielle Hall [Haddonfield], Sept. 28, 2019, Doha, Qatar
31:35.63 … Erika Kemp [Rancocas Valley], Dec. 5, 2020, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
33:07.10 … Megan Lacy [Cherokee], May 28, 2021, Portland, Ore.
33:15.95 … Meghan McGlinchey [West Deptford], April 4, 2014, Palo Alto, Calif.
33:23.12 … Amanda Goetschius [Delsea], March 26, 2010, Palo Alto, Calif.
33:25.55 … Kylie Anicic [Kingsway], March 29, 2024, Raleigh, N.C.
33:27.41 … Laura Mason [Northern Burlington], April 27, 1995, Philadelphia
34:27.85 … Jenna Darcy [Shawnee], March 31, 2006, Palo Alto, Calif.
34:34.91 … Katie Van Horn [Triton], March 20, 2007, Palo Alto, Calif.
35:26.85 … Megan Venables [Highland], May 11, 2012, Princeton, N.J.

All-Time NCAA Division 2 10,000-Meter Run Top 20
32:08.09 … Caroline Kurgat [Alaska Anchorage], March 29, 2019, Palo Alto, Calif.
32:28.57 … Sylvia Mosqueda [Cal State Los Angeles], June 1, 1988, Eugene, Ore.
32:43.64 … Lindsay Cunningham [Winona State], April 13, 2023, Walnut, Calif.
32:49.06 … Florance Uwajeneza [West Texas A&M], April 13, 2023, Azusa, Calif.
32:49.92 … Lauren Kleppin [Western Colorado], April 6, 2012, Palo Alto, Calif.
32:50.06 … Brianna Robles [Adams State], April 13, 2022, Walnut, Calif.
32:58.39 … Jennifer Sandovl [Azusa Pacific], April 16, 2021, Azusa, Calif.
33:05.8h … Bente Moe [Seattle Pacific], April 25, 1987, Walnut, Calif.
33:09.47 … Tanya Zeferjahn [Queens, N.C.], May 1, 2010, Palo Alto, Calif.
33:14.41 … Joyce Chelimo [Alka Anchorage], April 2, 2016, Palo Alto, Calif.
33:17.39 … Sarah Porter [Western Washington], May 26, 2011, Turlock, Calif.
33:22.70 … Rachel Patterson [Grand Valley State], April 29, 2012 Palo Alto, Calif.
33:24.59 … Zoila Gomez [Adams State], April 30, 2004, Palo Alto, Calif.
33:25.55 … Kylie Anicic [Edinboro], March 29, 2024, Raleigh, N.C.
33:31.80 … Jamie Park [Cal Poly], April 21, 1990, Walnut, Calif.
33:32.51 … Kelsey Bruce [Dallas Baptist], April 18, 2019, Torrance, Calif.
33:32.69 … Ida Narbuvoll [University of Mary], April 17, 2021, Dickinson, N.D.
33:34.40 … Julie Bowers [West Chester], May 22, 1985, Los Angeles
33:39.14 … Fatima Alanis [Queens, N.C.], May 26, 2022, Allendale, Mich.
33:42.32 … Robyn Root [Cal Poly], May 22, 1985, Los Angeles

Catching up on 20 South Jersey athletes who competed at Princeton’s Sam Howell Invitational!!!!!!

Saturday was a very good day for South Jersey athletes at the Sam Howell Invitational at Princeton’s Weaver Stadium.

There’s way too much here to break up into separate posts, so we’ll try to wrap it all up in one post. If I’m missing anybody from South Jersey who performed well at Princeton lemme know in the comment section!

Here’s a glance at some of the most impressive performances:

➤ St. Joe’s grad student Matt Coffey from Camden Catholic PR’d at 5,000 meters with a 14:23.35, dropping his PR from 14:27.93 in Boston in February. That moves him up to No. 22 on the all-time South Jersey 5,000-meter performance list. Kingsway’s Tom Cooke, racing post-collegiately, ran 14:34.72. Looks like his PR might be 14:20.39 from an indoor meet in Boston in 2021. St. Joe’s junior Josh Forrest from Collingswood ran a PR 14:44.18.

➤ Freshman Bryce Tucker from Pennsauken won the 400-meter hurdles in 52.28, a collegiate PR and No. 11 in Rutgers history, and freshman Lathan Brown of Deptford was 3rd in 53.64. The Rutgers all-time 400IH list now includes five South Jersey runners among the top 11: Delsea’s Aaron Younger is No. 2 with his 50.65 at 2010 NCAA Regionals in Greensboro, N.C.; Rancocas Valley’s Micah Wood is No. 7 at 51.42 in Orlando last weekend; Lenape’s Steve Swern is No. 8 with a 51.68 at 2010 IC4As in Princeton; Delran’s Harran Williams No. 10 with 52.19 from 2002 IC4As at Princeton; and Tucker is 11th.

➤ Williamstown’s Ciara Demarest threw a collegiate PR of 43-3 and placed 4th in the shot put. Her previous college PR was a 43-1 ¾ at the Armory in February. Demarest had one superior meet in high school with a 44-8 at the 2023 Tri-County Championships at Delsea, but her 43-3 is No. 10 in Rutgers history. Teyana Ames from Atlantic County Tech in Hamilton Township was 5th with a 42-8 ¼. She’s No. 8 in Rutgers history at 45-9 ¼. The top South Jersey woman on that Rutgers all-time shot put list is ‘Sylvia Galarza of Millville, who threw 49-2 ¼ at the 2007 Penn Relays.

➤ Rider senior Zach Manorowitz from Pennsville won the long jump with a 24-3 ½ on one of only two legal jumps. The jump was slightly wind-aided at 2.3, but it was his best jump since last April, when he hit 25-0 ¾ with legal wind in a home meet. Manorowitz jumped 22-11 ¾ on his only wind-legal jump Saturday. He’s No. 2 in Rider history behind school-record holder Desmond Hamilton of Pennsauken, who jumped 25-8 ¼ in a meet at Princeton in 2007 before transferring to USC.

➤ Briyel Brown, a freshman from Winslow Township, anchored St. Joe’s 2nd-place 400-meter relay team, which ran 47.78. Rider was 3rd in 47.71 with Egg Harbor Township’s Mariah Stephens on the 3rd leg.

➤ Pennsauken graduate Jade Pope placed 2nd in the 400 in 55.39. That’s just off her lifetime-best 54.93, which she ran in a meet in Louisville in April 2022 as a freshman at DePaul University in Chicago. Pope also placed 5th in the 200 in 25.13, also a PR (she ran 25.16 at the same meet in Louisville).

➤ Timber Creek graduate Alyssa Condell, racing for the Philadelphia Runner Track Club, ran a near-PR 4:38.79 in the 1,500 meters. She ran 4:38.45 at Princeton in 2019 while competing for Penn.

➤ Kingsway graduate Kyle Rakitis, a Rutgers freshman, ran a 1,500 PR of 3:52.98, closing in 59.38, and placed 6th, although he won his section of the race. Rakitis ran a full-mile 4:13.55 in Boston last month, but the 3:52.98 converts to about a 4:11.62.

➤ Colton Johnson of Paul VI and Gobi Thurairajah from Egg Harbor Township ran PRs of 3:54.14 and 3:54.50 in the 1,500. Johnson is a St. Joe’s junior and Thurairajah a Rider senior. Johnson’s previous best was a 3:58.32 in a meet at Princeton last April. Thurairajah’s previous PR was 3:56.65 a year ago today in Williamsburg, Va.

➤ Fordham junior Skylar Harris from Paul VI ran a PR 12.27 and finished 3rd in the 100. According two TFRRS it was her first collegiate 100. She’s been mainly a long jumper at Fordham and has a PR of 18-4 1/4 from a meet at Stockton. She had an 18-5 1/4 last spring at the Atlantic 10 Championships at Amherst, Mass., that was slightly wind-aided at 2.2. Harris also ran a PR 25.68 in the 200. She didn’t long jump, but opened with a 17-4 3/4 at Rider in terrible conditions last weekend.

➤ Also: Mariah Stephens [Egg Harbor, Rider] ran 14.38 in the hurdles and R.V.’s Anabella Chin [Rancocas Valley, Rutgers] ran 14.75. Stephens also long jumped 39-1 ¾ … Dillon Page [Cherry Hill East, Rutgers] placed 3rd in the high jump at 6-4 ¾ … Mike Mazero [Paul VI, Cornell] ran the 2nd leg on the winning 1,600-meter relay team [3:15.25] … Brady Shute [Pitman, Cornell] ran 1:51.61 in the 800 … Noah Kriesman [Cherry Hill East, Rutgers] cleared 15-7 in the pole vault … Jenovia Logan [Sterling, Rutgers] cleared 5-6 in the high jump

Dennisha Page helps Tennessee women’s 4×100 run 3rd-fastest time in the world this year!!!!!!!!

With Wilson’s Dennisha Page running the second leg, the Tennessee women ran the 3rd-fastest 400-meter relay in the world this year Saturday in Baton Rouge.

Jacious Sears, Page, Joella Loyd and Jonah Ross ran 42.98 at the Battle of the Bayoy at LSU’s Bernie Moore Stadium, breaking the Vols’ school record of 43.18 set by Tianna Madison, Courtney Champion, Toyin Olupona and Cleo Tyson at the 2005 NCAA Championships at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, Calif.

Their time is No. 1  in NCAA Division 1 this year and No. 1 time on the 2024 U.S. list.

The race was won by a team of world-class LSU alumni: 2022 world indoor 60-meter dash silver medalist Mikiah Brisco, 2021 Olympic 400-meter relay silver medalist Aleia Hobbs, 2020 U.S. Indoor Championships 60-meter dash finalist Shannon Ray and and former NCAA 200-meter dash record holder Nigerian Favour Ofili. That quartet ran a world No. 1 42.78 (although not eligible for record purposes since the runners are not all from the same country).

The only faster time on the 2024 world list belongs to an Australian national team that ran 42.94 in a meet at E.S. Marks Athletic Field in Sydney last weekend.

Page also tied her 200-meter dash PR of 23.08 with a legal wind – a 1.3 meters-per-second headwind, actually – and placed 2nd to Texas A&M’s Camryn Dickson, who won the race in 22.93. Their times are No. 4 and No. 8 in NCAA Division 1 this year. Page also ran 23.08 this past May at the Big Ten Championships as a junior at Rutgers. That 23.08 ranks her 7th in NCAA Division 1.

Paul VI’s Aliya Garozzo destroys UPenn school record in 400 hurdles!!!!!!

Fantastic breakthrough race Friday for Paul VI graduate Aliya Garozzo, who broke the Penn school record in the 400-meter hurdles at the Florida Relays.

Garozzo, a junior at Penn, ran 57.97 and placed 7th in a loaded field with top collegians and post-graduates.

Her time is No. 17 in NCAA Division 1 this year and broke the school record of 58.26 set by Skyla Wilson at the 2019 Ivy League championships at Princeton. Wilson has since transferred to Miami and Duke.

Garozzo’s previous PR was 59.76 last March at the Penn Challenge at Franklin Field. But she ran a series of sub-53 relay legs this winter that indicated her fitness was well below that range. She anchored Penn’s Ivy League-record 3:29.86 1,600-meter relay at Clemson last month.

Garozzo’s time is 7th-fastest ever by a South Jersey woman, just behind another former Ivy League hurdler, Pennsville’s Arianna Smith, who ran 57.84 last spring at Penn. Smith is now at Rutgers. Her time is No. 1 this year in the Ivy League.

She’s No. 33 on the 2024 world list and No. 14 among U.S. women.

Here’s my best attempt at an all-time New Jersey intermediate hurdles top-10 alumni list:

50.68 … Sydney McLaughlin [Union Catholic], July 22, 2022, Eugene, Ore.
55.78 … Tonya Lee [Rancocas Valley], April 21, 1996, Walnut, Calif.
56.21 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], May 26, 2007, Gainesville, Fla.
56.87 … Evann Thompson [Lenape], May 30, 2014, Jacksonville, Fla.
56.91 … Angela Lee [Franklin Twp,.], May 24, 1998, Fairfax, Va.
57.14 … Leslie Njoku [McNair Academic], June 8, 2011, Des Moines, Iowa
57.16 … Jewel Ash [Eastern], May 9, 2022, High Point, N.C.
57.31 … Danielle Myricks [Willingboro], May 19, 2002, Columbia, Mo.
57.84 … Arianna Smith [Pennsville], May 6, 2023, Philadelphia
57.97 … Aliya Garozzo [Paul VI], March 30, 2024, Gainesville, Fla.

Curtis Thompson records world #11 throw in 2024 javelin opener!!!!!!

Curtis Thompson recorded his best season opener ever Friday night at the Texas Relays in Austin.

Thompson, a 2021 Olympian from Florence, threw 266-0 on his 5th attempt, his best throw in two years.

Thompson’s previous-best opener was a 260-1 at last year’s Texas Relays. The 266-0 is his best throw since he finished the 2022 season with a 269-4 on his second throw at the Weltklasse meet at Letzigrund in Zürich, Switzerland, on Sept. 8, 2022.

Jordan Davis of Southern Connecticut State won the event on his final throw with a world No. 4 274-10, a personal-best by more than 30 feet.

Thompson opened with a 260-10 and after a foul and 254-1 to finish the trials, he threw 244-10, 266-0 and 255-8 to finish.

Thompson’s 266-0 is No. 11 in the world this year and No. 3 among Americans, behind Davis and former Penn thrower Mark Anthony Minichello [270-0].

With his 287-9 at American JavFest in East Stroudsburg [Pa.] in July 2022, Thompson is No. 3 in U.S. history. Thompson is a three-time U.S. champion, winning nationals in 2018 in Des Moines and the 2021 Olympic Trials and nationals last summer in Eugene.

The 266-0 Friday night in Austin was his best throw ever on a 5th attempt of a competition. His previous-best 5th throw was a 265-10 at 2021 American JavFest in East Stroudsburg.

Here’s a look at all of Thompson’s 260-foot throws [79.248 meters]:
287-9 … American JavFest, East Stroudsburg [Pa.] South High School, July 9, 2022 [2nd throw]
276-4 … NACAC, Freeport Stadium, Grand Bahamas, Bahamas, Aug. 20, 2022 [3rd throw]
274-11 … Athletissima, La Pontaise, Lausanne, Switzerland, Aug. 26, 2022 [1st throw]
273-4 … American JavFest, East Stroudsburg [Pa.] South High School, July 9, 2022 [1st throw]
271-11… Olympic Trials, Hayward Field, Eugene, July 4, 2016 [1st throw]
271-10 … Spitzen Leichtathletik, Luzern, Switzerland, Aug. 30, 2022 [3rd throw]
271-7 … Olympic Trials, Hayward Field, Eugene, June 21, 2021 [6th throw]
270-3 … Kamila Skolimowska Memorial Invitational, Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland, Aug. 6, 2022 [2nd throw]
269-7 … American JavFest, East Stroudsburg [Pa.] South High School, July 9, 2022 [3rd throw]
269-4 … Weltklasse, Letzigrund, Zürich, Switzerland, Sept. 8, 2022 [2nd throw]
268-1 … Oregon Relays, Hayward Field, Eugene, April 23, 2022 [1st throw]
268-1 … World Athletics Championships [qualifying], Hayward Field, Eugene, July 21, 2022 [1st throw]
267-4 … World Athletics Championships [qualifying], Hayward Field, Eugene, July 21, 2022 [2nd throw]
267-2 … USATF Throws Festival, Roy P. Drachman Stadium, Tucson, Ariz., May 22, 2021 [2nd throw]
266-6 … USATF Throws Festival [2nd], Roy P. Drachman Stadium, Tucson, Ariz., May 21, 2022 [1st throw]
266-2 … Spitzen Leichtathletik, Luzern, Switzerland, Aug. 30, 2022 [4th throw]
266-0 … Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, Austin, Texas, March 29, 2024 [5th throw]
265-10 … American JavFest [2nd], East Stroudsburg [Pa.] South High School, July 17, 2021 [5th throw]
265-10 … Florida State Relays [1st], Mike Long Track, Tallahassee, Fla., March 25, 2016 [2nd attempt]
265-7 … Victoria Track Classic [1st], Centennial Stadium, Victoria, British Columbia, June 15, 2022 [unknown]
265-5 … U.S. Championships [1st], Hayward Field, Eugene, Ore., July 8, 2023 [6th throw]
264-8 … USATF Throws Festival, Roy P. Drachman Stadium, Tucson, Ariz., May 21, 2022 [2nd throw]
264-1 … USATF Championships [2nd], Hayward Field, Eugene, Ore., June 26, 2022 [5th throw]
264-0 … Athletissima, La Pontaise, Lausanne, Switzerland, Aug. 26, 2022 [5th throw]
263-11 … 94th annual Clyde Littlefield Relays, Mike A. Myers Stadium, Austin, Texas, March 25, 2022 [6th throw]
263-7 … Olympic Trials, Hayward Field, Eugene, June 21, 2021 [1st throw]
262-8 … Olympic Trials, Hayward Field, Eugene, June 21, 2021 [4th throw]
262-3 … Spitzen Leichtathletik, Luzern, Switzerland, Aug. 30, 2022 [1st throw]
261-6 … Kamila Skolimowska Memorial Invitational, Silesian Stadium, Chorzów, Poland, Aug. 6, 2022 [3rd throw]
261-3 … Kuortane Games, Kuortaneen Keskusurheilukenttä, Kuortane, Finland, June 17, 2023 [4th throw]
261.3 … Pan American Games, Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile, Nov., 4, 2023 [unknown throw]
260-11 … American JavFest, East Stroudsburg [Pa.] South High School, July 30, 2016 [2nd throw]
260-11 … Kuortane Games, Kuortaneen Keskusurheilukenttä, Kuortane, Finland, June 17, 2023 [3rd throw]
260-10 … Mt. SAC Relays, Hilmer Lodge Stadium, Walnut, Calif., April 14, 2023 [4th throw]
260-10 Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, Austin, Texas, March 29, 2024 [1st throw]
260-4 … Kuortane Games, Kuortaneen Keskusurheilukenttä, Kuortane, Finland, June 17, 2023 [6th throw]
260-4 … Olympic Trials, Hayward Field, Eugene, June 21, 2021 [3rd throw]
260-3 … USATF Throws Festival, Roy P. Drachman Stadium, Tucson, Ariz., May 20, 2023 [5th throw]
260-2 … Paavo Nurmi Games, Paavo Nurmi Stadium, Turku, Finland, June 13, 2023 [3rd throw]
260-1 … NACAC Under-23 [1st], San Salvador, Estadio Jorge “Mágico” González, June 17, 2016 [2nd throw]
260-1 … NACAC, Freeport Stadium, Grand Bahamas, Bahamas, Aug. 20, 2022 [2nd throw]
260-1 … 95th annual Clyde Littlefield Relays [3rd], Mike A. Myers Stadium, Austin Texas, April 1, 2023 [2nd throw]