New York's Shot Put Sixty-Foot Streak Hits Decade Mark

The 60-foot mark in the Boys Shot Put is one of those "magic marks" in HS Track & Field that are major benchmarks in the sport.  Not only that, but New York has a long tradition of surpassing that mark.  We have done so for every year straight since 2009, with a four-year-streak before that from 2004 to 2008.  

Now, with John Surdej (Lancaster) repeating his feat from the year before this Indoors, which helped him take another State Title, the streak has hit the 10-year-mark.  Surdej, who hit 60ft five times this Indoor Season, is a piece of a long line of throwing tradition here in New York.

Anthony Harrison (Ramapo) hit 59-5.25 for second at States, and is close enough to add his name to the legacy this spring.

Check out the best marks of the past decade here

Year	Season First Broke	Name	Team	Season Best
1992-2003
2004	Indoor	Derek McGuire	Watertown	64-11.5
	Indoor	Josh Dupuis	Tupper Lake	61-8
2005	Indoor	John Hickey	Tappan Zee	63-11.75
2006	Outdoor	Blake Eaton	Allegheny-Limestone	62-11
2007	Indoor	Walter Henning	St. Anthony's	64-1.75
	Outdoor	Eaton		63-10.5
2008
2009
2010	Indoor	Josh Haghihi	Wheatley	61-9.5
	Outdoor	Shane Smith	Fonda-Fultonville	60-3.5
2011	Indoor	"Chuk" Enekwechi	Francis Lewis	62-4.5
2012	Outdoor	AJ Wolf	Hackley	60-5.25
2013	Indoor	Devon Patterson	Williamsville South	60-4.75
	Outdoor	Benjamin Bonhurst	Smithtown East	61-11
2014	Indoor	Bonhurst		65-0
	Indoor	Patterson		63-10.75
	Indoor	Eric Favors	North Rockland	63-0.5
	Indoor	Dennis Russel	Longwood	62-1
	Outdoor	Corey Murphy	Longwood	64-1
	Outdoor	"Pobo" Efekoro	Forrest Hills	60-9.5
2015	Indoor	Favors		66-1
	Indoor	Jaelen Vasquez	Cardinal Hayes	60-4.5
	Outdoor	Patterson		60-11
2016	Indoor	Andrew Cannistraci	Iona Prep	62-0.75
	Indoor	Colin Blair	Lancaster	60-4
2017	Outdoor	Jack Zimmerman	Briarcliff	61-2.75
	Outdoor	Jeff Derwin	Broadalbin-Perth	60-8.75
	Outdoor	Danny Byrne	King's Park	60-2.5
2018	Outdoor	John Surdej	Lancaster	61-0.5
2019	Indoor	Surdej	Lancaster	61-9