US shot putter Chase Jackson (© Marta Gorczynska)
Two-time world champion Chase Jackson broke her own US shot put record at the Iron Wood Classic in Rathdrum, Idaho, on Saturday (28), throwing 20.95m.
Her winning heave came in the opening round. She registered only one other valid effort, but that too was well beyond the 20-metre line, 20.45m. US compatriot Maggie Ewen was second with 19.69m, seven centimetres ahead of Jaida Ross.
Not only did Jackson’s winning mark add 19 centimetres to the US record, it’s also the farthest throw in the world, indoors or outdoors, since August 2013. The 30-year-old is now just one centimetre shy of the North American record of 20.96m, set by Cuba’s Belsy Laza in 1992.
“I know I’ve got more in the tank,” she posted on Instagram shortly after the competition.
World and Olympic finalist Payton Otterdahl won the men’s shot put with a season’s best of 22.09m. Roger Steen was second with 21.68m.
Deanna Price, the 2019 world champion, dominated the women’s hammer with 76.82m, winning by more than three metres from Olympic silver medallist Anette Echikunwoke (73.31m).
World champion Laulauga Tausaga produced one of the best throws of her career to win a high-quality discus contest. She threw 66.59m to beat Gabi Jacobs (65.66m) and Veronica Fraley (64.64m).
