SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. -- The last line on the javelin field at the PIAA championships is at 220 feet. About 40 feet behind the last line is woods.

Bill Stanley nearly put his javelin into the wilderness Saturday, but don't blame the PIAA for a short javelin area. Stanley threw where no high school athlete has before.

Stanley, a senior at South Park, didn't just win the PIAA Class AAA title, he set a national record when he threw the javelin 246 feet, 9 inches at Shippensburg University.

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