Collegiate Record: Rhema Otabor Crushes All-Time Javelin Best

Hayward Magic is alive and real.

Rhema Otabor of Nebraska can attest.

Otabor, who entered the javelin competition at the 2024 NCAA DI Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a PR of 59.49m (195-2), added 4.70m (15-5) to that and smashed the collegiate record. Her throw sailed 64.19m (210-7), more than six feet farther than Maggie Malone’s previous record.

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Needless to say, that also gave Otabor the event crown – her second in a row. Otabor is the fifth woman since 2000 to go back-to-back in the javelin at the NCAA DI Outdoor Championships.