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Warren smashes T&T junior record

Portious Warren smashed the national Girls Under-20 shot put record at the Paradise Valley Community College (PVCC) Holiday Open, in Arizona, USA, on Saturday.

Warren threw the iron ball 16.20 metres to erase Annie Alexander’s nine-year-old Trinidad and Tobago junior standard from the books. Alexander established her 15.87m record at the 2006 World Junior Championships, in Beijing, China.

Warren was victorious in Saturday’s women’s shot put competition, dominating with an impressive series of throws. The Central Arizona College student opened with a 15.41m effort, and followed up with her big 16.20m throw. In rounds three, four and five, she landed the shot 15.03m, 15.39m and 15.36m. And in the sixth and final round, Warren produced her second best throw on the day, 15.60m.

Second-placed Jess St John, of Antigua, only managed a 15.14m effort, while third-placed Trevia Gumbs, a British Virgin Islands (BVI) athlete, threw 12.32m.

Warren was in fine form this year, grabbing Under-20 gold at the Carifta Games in Basseterre, St Kitts with a 15.22m effort, and following up with silver at the Pan American Junior Championships in Edmonton, Canada with a big 15.57m throw. Warren clashed with Gumbs at both meets. The BVI thrower finished second at Carifta and sixth at Pan Am Juniors.

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