Shalaway Beats Marc Minichello In Battle Of Pennsylvania Natives; Austin Milton Launches HS Meet Record With 219-0

By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor

Ethan Shalaway, who was fifth at the recent Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships, threw 251-6 (76.67m) to win the elite men's competition Saturday at the Ninth American JavFest in East Stroudsburg, Pa. 

Shalaway, who was second in the 2022 event, defeated another Pennsylvania native, Marc Minichello, the third-place finisher at the U.S. Championships two weeks ago in Eugene, Ore. Minichello threw 242-4 (73.88m).

Minichello, who was fourth at the NCAA Division 1 Championships for Georgia, was in need of a World Championships qualifying mark (279-6/85.20m), but came up well short. 

RESULTS

Shalaway competed at Boyertown High in Pennsylvania. Minichello prepped at Wyoming Area in Pennsylvania. 

In the high school boys elite division, Oregon 6A champion Austin Milton, an incoming freshman at the University of Oregon who graduated from Sherwood High, threw a career best mark of US#4 219 feet (66.76m) to break a meet record. 

Hayden Gorovitz of Desert Vista AZ, the Arizona state record holder and US#2 thrower in 2023, threw 211-0 (64.57m) for second place and Bronson Krainak of Danville PA threw a season's best 205-9 (62.71m) for third. 

Eliza King, the South Carolina 4A state champion and state record holder, repeated her JavFest title with 155-0 (47.25m) in the elite high school girls division. Sophia Scott of Burke Catholic NE was second with 150-0 (45.73m).

Julia Campezato of Rayham, Mass., won the women's open division by nearly eight feet. The former University of Rhode Island thrower achieved a mark of 157-5 (48.00m). 

Julia Moraitis from Wilbraham, Mass., who competed collegiately for UConn, was second with 149-6 (45.58m). 

On Friday, Troy Cocco of Mt Pleasant TC of South Carolina won the men's open division with 212-6 (64.77m) and Milton was behind him in second with 206-10 (63.06m).