* Leah Howard, the seventh-best javelin thrower in the country, won this week's National Girls Performer Of The Week
Photo Credit: Mae Kellert/MileSplit
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The 2022-2023 season has come to an end and Millville's (NJ) Leah Howard went out with a bang.
Howard, the seventh-best javelin thrower in the country, competed in her final NJSIAA State Meet of Champions last week. The Texas Tech recruit and Franklin (NJ) graduate was able to launch a 159-4 toss to secure her first state title. Her performance was quite impressive as she won the title by roughly 20 feet.
Earlier this season, she set a new personal best of 163-1.
During the week, she won the National Girls Performer Of The Week poll powered by TrackBarn by 1 percent over the Ohio standout Camden Bentley. Howard earned 48 percent of the votes to win the final National Performer Of The Week poll of the year.
This will be our final National Performer Of The Week recognition of the outdoor season. Our awards will resume during the cross country season.
If you've been selected as National Girls Performer Of The Week throughout the course of the season, if you haven't already done so, please send your mailing address to olivia.ekpone@flosports.tv to receive your backpack courtesy of TrackBarn.
NPOTW Outdoor Season Winners:
- Week 1: Kennedy Jacquet, Humble Atascocita (TX)
- Week 2: Rylee Hampton, Houston Cypress Ridge (TX)
- Week 3: Hana Moll, Capital (WA)
- Week 4: Myla Greene, Bullis School (MD)
- Week 5: Lauren Lewis, Prosper (TX)
- Week 6: Karrie Baloga, Cornwall (NY)
- Week 7: Jessica Secor, Dupont Manuel (KY)
- Week 8: Victoria Cameron, Stephenville (TX)
- Week 9: Akala Garrett, Albemarle (NC)
- Week 10: Evelyn Bliss, Union (PA)
- Week 11: Shawnti Jackson, South Granville (NC)
- Week 12: Sianni Wynn, Pennsauken (NJ)
- Week 13: Leah Howard, Millville (NJ)
NPOTW Indoor Season Winners:
- Week 1: Cady McPhail, Chelsea (AL)
- Week 2: Tyler Glover, Ardery Kell (NC)
- Week 3: Sophia Gorriaran, Moses Brown School (RI)
- Week 4: Taylor Cox, Union Catholic (NJ)
- Week 5: Cady McPhail, Chelsea (AL)
- Week 6: Shawnti Jackson, South Granville (NC)
- Week 7: Kennedy Flynn, The Bullis School (MD)
- Week 8: Karrie Baloga, Cornwall (NY)
- Week 9: Cady McPhail, Chelsea (AL)
- Week 10: Mia Brahe-Pedersen, Lake Oswego (OR)
- Week 11: Hana Moll, Capital (WA)
- Week 12: Brianna Selby, Indian River (VA)
- Week 13: Akala Garrett, Albemarle (NC)
- Week 14: Adaejah Hodge, Montverde Academy (FL)
- Week 15: Veronica Vacca, Mount Saint Joseph Academy (PA)
