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2002 Nike Athletes of the Year

the dominant high school track and field athletes
of the 2001-2002 school year

Glenn DiGiorgio

2002, Bayonne NJ


The last throw of Glenn DiGiorgio's high school career sailed into the setting sun at North Carolina State University and gave him a moment to remember the rest of his life. Glenn is the middle of three throwing sons of Bayonne NJ tavern owner Dominick DiGiorgio. Despite winning many shot put championships himself, Glenn has labored somewhat in the shadow of older brother Kevin, whose national championship shot put of 69-8.25 in 1997 is still the meet record at AOC Raleigh. After finishing second in shot put to Kevin Bookout, Glenn turned to discus for his crowning achievement. It came down to the very last throw of the competition as DiGiorgio stepped into the ring still trailing Michael Robertson, 208-10 to 205-8. He needed to improve more than 3 feet to win. He got nearly 8 feet for a winning throw of 213-4 as the crowd erupted.

DiGiorgio at AOC Raleigh

 

Date
Event
Perf
Notes Meet
2002-06-15
B-DT
#1 213'4.00"
- NC AOC National
2002-06-15
B-SP
#2 67'6.00"
- NC AOC National
2002-06-05
B-DT
#1 197'0.00"
- NJ Meet of Champions
2002-06-05
B-SP
#1 68'0.25"
- NJ Meet of Champions
2002-06-01
B-DT
#1 211'8.00"
- NJ Group 4
2002-06-01
B-SP
#1 67'8.75"
- NJ Group 4
2002-05-17
B-DT
#1 205'1.00"
- NJ Hudson County
2002-05-04
B-DT
#1 203'5.00"
- NJ Bernard's Inv
2002-05-04
B-SP
#1 65'3.75"
- NJ Bernard's Inv
2002-04-27
B-SP
#1 65'6.00"
- PA Penn Relays
2002-03-10
B-SP
#1 66'6.00"
- MD PG-NIC
2002-02-26
B-SP
#1 66'2.00"
- NY Arm-EasternStates
2002-02-02
B-SP
#1 65'10.00"
- Princeton NJ Meet of Champs
2002-01-26
B-SP
#1 63'8.75"
- Princeton NJ Group 4 Ch

 

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