Ballen's College Best Marks
National/Regional Honors
Outdoor - NCAA East First Round Qualifier (No. 40 in the East), IC4A medalist (silver), javelin (2026), America East medalist (silver), javelin (2026), Penn Relays medalist, javelin (2025), All-East, javelin (2024, 2025), All-East, discus (2025)
2025-26: Became the first men's thrower in NJIT program history to qualify for the NCAA East First Round. ...secured his spot after setting a school record in the men's javelin with a throw of 64.20 meters at the High Point Last Chance Meet, which also set the NJIT school record. ...at the NCAA East First Round, the senior recorded a throw of 60.12 meters to finish 40th in the East Region, closing out his collegiate career. ... the 40th place in the second highest place for an NJIT athlete at a Regional Championship. ... silver medalist at America East Championships with a distance of 59.76m. ... silver medalist at the IC4A Championships with a distance of 58.86m. .
2024-25: Won the javelin (60.74m) at the Monmouth Season Opener...finished fifth to earn a medal in the javelin (59.24m) at the Penn Relays...finished fourth in the javelin (57.99m) at the America East Outdoor Championships...scored in the discus (season-best 46.76m) and javelin (personal-best 61.00m) at the IC4A Outdoor Championships.
2023-24: Won the javelin (53.59m) at the Rider 5-way...won the javelin (59.93m) at the Legacy Track and Field Meet...posted a personal-best discus throw of 46.91m to finish second at the Legacy Track and Field Meet...earned a bronze medal for the javelin at the IC4A Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a personal-best 60.23m.
2022-23: Posted a personal-best weight throw of 12.07m at the NYC Gotham Cup...won the javelin (53.11m) at the Colonial Relays...finished third in the discus (43.70m) and javelin (53.34m) at the Mets Outdoor Championships...finished sixth in the javelin at the America East Outdoor Championships with a throw of 56.39m.
Prior to NJIT: Discus school record...indoor shot put school record...2021 Group 1 discus champion...2022 Group 1 discus runner-up...2022 Group 1 javelin champion...2021 Group 1 javelin 3rd place finish...finished in 12th place in the discus and javelin at the 2022 State Meet of Champions...Bergen County Second Team All-County for javelin...First Team All-League for javelin, shotput, and discus.
Personal: Jason Christopher Ballen...son of Lori & Toby Ballen...business major.
