Layla Giordano
Old Tappan senior thrower
Before last spring, no one had ever thrown 150 feet in the discus in Bergen County history at any meet. Giordano did it six times, the last a monstrous heave of 170-4 to win the New Balance Nationals at Franklin Field. No Bergen County athlete ever won the State Meet of Champions title in both the shot and the discus until Giordano did it last spring. And now she tries to do even more before she goes off to Princeton University next fall. She’s the third-ranked discus thrower in state history and the third leading returnee in the United States.
By 
Paul Schwartz NorthJersey.com
