World Lead Men’s Shot Put 22.10 Meters

  Our training group had a great trip to Tucson, AZ this weekend.  We had the Tucson Elite Throwers meet on thursday followed by a day of High Performance on friday and then a 2nd meet on saturday.  All of the throws were contested men and women’s Hammer, Javelin, Discus and Shot Put.  Most of our top throwers were in attendance for the weekend series.  Will Conwell, Cory Martin and myself were there from our training group, the only 1 missing was Kristin Heaston. Being there together was great because we could practice together and watch each other and cheer for one another.  Will had his 2nd best throw of the season in the discus with a throw of 61.28 meters.  I had my 2nd best throw of season with 61.98 meters in the discus. Cory struggled in the hammer but a few hours later he lit the shot put up.  He is a rare double in our sport of track and field.  Not to many have tried the hammer, shot put double but he is making it work.  Cory threw a personal best on his 2nd throw of 21.76 meters and I lost my mind cheering and screaming.  Then he comes back and throws a World Leading mark of 22.10 meters and what voice I had left was lost on that throw.  What most people don’t realize is that distance wins Gold Medals in Olympics and World Championship meets.  It was a great competition, Ryan Whiting was 2nd with 21.63 meters, Russ Winger 21.25 meters for 3rd and Noah Bryant was 4th 20.69 meters.  Great throws from our young Shot Putters!!!