Baldwin Athlete Is All-American

After a WPIAL championship in the boys javelin thrown this spring—and a few stellar football seasons—folks from around Pittsburgh know what kind of an athlete that Luke Smorey is.

Now, so does the rest of the country.

Smorey, who won't start his senior year at Baldwin High School until August, earned All-America track & field status at the National Scholastic Athletics Foundation's New Balance Nationals this month. Smorey placed sixth out of a field of 30 of the best boys high school javelin throwers in the country with a toss of 59.52 meters, or 195 feet, 3 inches at the meet held at North Carolina A&T State University from June 14-16.

Smorey's personal-best toss is 200 feet, 3 inches, which he accomplished at the WPIAL championships on May 16. His throw of 188 feet at the state championships later in May earned him a bronze medal at that meet.