Noah Belmnahia (Valhalla, NY) hit a personal best in the second round to win the 2020 edition of the Hispanic Games in New York City. Alliya Booth (Bloomfield, CT) won a close girl’s competition. She was just under her personal best, but showed great consistency en route to the victory. Despite winning by little more than a foot, she produced the four top throws of the meet. Read more
Nick Pisciotta (Commack, NY) added a quarter inch to his personal best to win the invitational competition at the Marine Corps Holiday Classic. The meet took place over two days with different categories of competition. In the varsity competition Robert Decker (Minisink Valley, Slate Hill, NY) broke 60 feet for the first time to win a close battle. Leah Moore (Hillhouse, New Haven, CT) and Raen Smith (Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hyde Park, NY) racked up wins in the girl’s varsity competitions. Read more
Rhode Islanders Jacob Furland (Classical, Providence, RI) and Annika Kelly (Barrington, RI) both headed down to New York this weekend and captured wins at the New York Relays. Read more
Jacob Furland (Classical, Providence, RI) continued his late season hot streak. After winning Weightarama earlier in March, he captured the win at the Hershey USATF Youth Indoor Championship on Saturday. Little more than a foot separated the top three boys and Furland came through with a personal best to jump into the lead and claim the win at 72’03.75″. In the girl’s competition Furland’s teammate Cheyenne Figueroa (Classical, Providence, RI) easily captured the win by nearly eight feet. Read more
After Friday’s Emerging Elite competitions, action continued on Sunday at the New Balance Nationals Indoor with both championship competitions. The girl’s took off first in the morning with a bang. Already on her first throw Monique Hardy (Webster Thomas, Webster, NY) improved her national lead, then jumped ahead even more in round two. Her winning throw of 64’7.25″ added nearly two feet to her best and shot her up to sixth all-time among high school throwers. Behind Hardy were Rhode Island’s top throwers, but not in the order you would expect. Annika Kelly (Barrington, RI) added more than a foot to her best to beat state champion Cheyenne Figueroa (Classical, Providence, RI) for the first time this year and claim silver in the process. Read more
Competition and the New Balance Nationals Indoor kicked off on Friday with 70 throwers facing off in the Emerging Elite competition. In the girl’s competition Julia Garcia (Cornwall, New Windsor, NY) and Kaitlyn Conte (Marlboro Central, NY) both broke 50 feet for the first time to place first and second respectively. Aaron Williams (Bloomfield, CT) added more than three feet to his best to win a close boy’s competition where six of the top seven throwers improved their personal best. The weight throw competition will continue on Sunday with the Championship competition. Read more
The fields are set for this weekend’s New Balance Nationals Indoor in New York. More than 140 throwers are signed up across different categories. Action will start on Friday with the Emerging Elite competition, and conclude on Sunday with the Championship competition. As usual, the fields are deep. In the boy’s competition the nation’s top 18 throwers and 19 of the top 20 will all be in attendance, led by national leader Trey Knight (Ridgefield, WA) looking to defend his title and chase the national junior class record. In the girl’s competition 16 of the nation’s top 20 throwers are on the start list with favorite Monique Hardy (Webster Thomas, Webster, NY) looking to improve upon her fourth place finish from last season. Read more
National leader Monique Hardy (Webster Thomas, Webster, NY) easily captured the New York state title on Saturday with yet another competition over 60 feet. Sophomore Natalia Surdej (Lancaster, NY) was just inches off of her own personal best in second place. State leader Will Goss (St. Joseph Collegiate Inst., Buffalo, NY) won the boy’s title, leading four boys over 65 feet, including two personal bests among the leaders. Read more
The nation’s two top throwers faced off on Thursday at the 111th Millrose Games. National leader Monique Hardy (Webster Thomas, Webster, NY) took the early lead, but Cheyenne Figueroa (Classical, Providence, RI) responded in the third round with a personal best by more than a foot. That throw was also her first time over 60 feet and enough to secure her the win in the end. In the boy’s competition Kyle Moison (Lincoln, RI) also added to his personal best to win. Read more
Sophomore Natalia Surdej (Lancaster, NY) was less than two inches from her best to win the 10th Annual Rock N’ Roll Throw-Off near Buffalo on Saturday. She also won the shot put competition at the meet. In the boy’s competition James Cocca (Averill Park, NY) was also just inches from his best to win the boy’s competition. Cocca held off the state’s top two throwers, with Less than one foot separated the three. Read more
